some northwestern university players talking about joining a union. >> some of these players on the northwestern university football team about to make history. not for the number of games they win. but for something that is happening off the field. they want to join a labor union. but they could be in for a battle. >> the football playing wildcats bring millions of dollars to northwestern university when they take to the gridiron. but the big 10 athletes say too often they are on the hang for medical expenses or are stripped of scholarships if they get injured while play. that's why ken colter is leading the charge for union representation for his teammates. >> some athletes don't have a voice. it is a dictatorship where the ncaa places rules and regulations without their input or negotiate. >> the president of the new college athlete players association filed a petition on behalf of the team with the national labor relations board. a hearing on the petition is scheduled for next week. >> in the period of 60 years the ncaa knowingly tenned a system using student athlete and amateurism to skirt

athletes at northwestern university are trying to unionize.ed with the national labor relations board to form the first of its kind union. former quarterback kain colter says because college sports is a multi-billion-dollar industry, student athletes are actually employees. >> the goal is to give players a voice. right now we don't have a voice. right now it's almost like a dictatorship, without input. everything is put on us without our input and negotiation. right now we want a seat at the table. >> the ncaa says there's no right to organize student athletes because they are not employees. >>> in baseball now, a big pitch for safety. for the first time ever, major league baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers. it's bigger than the usual cap but it will protect the forehead and sides of the head. it will be available for testing during spring training on a voluntary basis. >>> in college hoops, overtime drama. the hawkeyes have the ball. down by two against michigan state. just over four seconds left. in o.t., mike gesell drives

world-class resources of northwestern university. to corporations across the state such as hewlett-packard, ibm, and more. especially proud as a graduate of northwestern with my degree in mechanical engineering. ontoday's hearing, we focus private sector and university stem engagement programs. i look forward to hearing from these a compass individuals who have dedicated their careers to improving stem engagement and learning in their communities across the district. across the nation. i also look forward to hearing from students who participated in the first robotics competition. i also want to say a few words about the federal role in this partnership. investsral government $3 billion in stem education across 14 agencies. while that is a large dollar figure, it is important to put that number in perspective. less than half of that is focused at the k 12 level. federal investment in k-12 education overall account for only 10% of total u.s. funding education, and the total for stem funding this year is likely to be less than 10%. so t

. >> the first device explodes at northwestern university just north of chicago. disguised as an ordinary package, the bomb inflicts minor injuries on a university police officer. a year later northwestern is hit a second time. when another package detonates on campus, a graduate student sustains cuts on his arms and burns around his eyes. then on november 15th, 1979, a bomb is placed in the cargo hold of american airlines flight 444 heading from chicago to washington, d.c. in mid-flight, it sets off a smoldering fire. 12 passengers suffer smoke inhalation. >> the pilots were able to land the plane at dulles shortly before they said to us later it probably would have burned through the hydraulics and dropped the plane out of the sky. >> authorities now begin to suspect the bombings are linked. all doubt is removed seven months later. a suspicious package arrives at the home of percy wood, the president of united airlines. the subsequent explosion inflicts cuts and burns over large portions of wood's body. >> now come 1980, we know we have a serial bomber. and so t

. >> physics professor bob beakenr at northwestern university, has come up with a solution, beakman introduceintroduce introductione physics. higher ed turned on its head. no more lectures. students learn the facts outside of class. >> there's videos they can watch, do the searches on wikipedia, i don't care where they get the information. >> students work on the problems in teams of three. >> i knew they could get better when they get hands on experience. you can see when they are explaining to somebody else, that's the best. >> it's definitely different than my chemistry class last semester. i'm at home taking notes trying to figure out how to do the work in class. >> beakner designed the first flipped classroom almost 20 years ago and the professor has been perfecting ever since and like a good scientist collecting data along the way. more than 16,000 students over five years. even though beakner raised the standards, the failure rate was five times what it had been. it was five times lower for women, five times lower for aring minorities. beakman went to the lecture class, pimp pichtion pitching t

. >>> and latest on one northwestern university's push for union rights for college athletes. plus, a look back at the politicians who popped up in super bowl tv ads over the years, and what is for a newfound tradition of the presidential game day interview. good morning from washington. it's friday. the last day of january, january 31st, 2014. this is a special football-focused edition of "the daily rundown," and it's not all fun and games. since the future of the sport seems to be in a little bit of doubt these days. let's get to my first reads of the morning. we begin with a simple question. are you ready for some football? it's the most popular sport in the country by far, and it keeps on getting bigger. send night football is on track to finish a third straight year as the top show in prime time, period. an average of 30 million people watch the playoff games. over 50 million saw the championship games. and, of course, the super bowl is poised to break yet another record for tv viewing audiences. in 2012, it was 111 million viewers. it'll likely be more this time. it's th

tim calkins is a clinical professor of marketing at the kellogg school at northwestern university. general trends this yearwhat's new? >>this year we're seeing an incredible amount of hype before the game. people are putting out teaser spots, social media campaigns >>one company that's not doing thatprobably deliberatelyis chrysler. there are always a lot of car ads. >>nothing from chrysler this year and that's very consistent though with what they've done the past couple of superbowl's where they are very quiet until the game. then they run something very impactful. so it will be interesting to see what they do this year. >>hyundai has come out early with what there ad's gonna be. so has audi. >>right. they are taking a very different strategy than chrysler, getting out there and trying to get people looking at the ad before the super bowl actually airs. it's a pretty good strategy for them. >>how about the yogurt wars? i'm surprised to see so many yogurt ads. >>it's an astonishing development this year. we're going to have 2 yogurt brands going head to head. we've got oikos from

northwestern university football players overwhemingly support the creation of college athletes players association. they are seeking academic and financial protection. the ncaa tells espn-- "this union-backed attempt to turn student- athletes into employees undermines the purpose of college: an education." the start up company that ties athletes future earnings to stock-- is back in the game. fantex is moving forward with is still to come: are expectations too high for facebook's earnings report. plus... the man behind the figures of corporate america's ... and we are not talking money. and, a segment of the population that's struggling to save. that's next with bill moller after this in the know message! for a number of reasons hispanic americans are less inclined to set up a retirement plan. a study found they have less access to information and have less understanding of the financial system - and they're less inclined to feel investing for retirement is important. let's dig deeper into this. anna escobedo cabral was the u.s treasurer in george w. bush's administration. is this due

northwestern university's football team is asking to be represented by a labor union. the first time that's ever happened. 30% of team members had to support the move before paperwork was filed at the chicago office of the national labor relations board today. the next step, a formal vote by the whole team supervised by the nlrb. very interesting development there. >> it is interesting. who else is going to sign up? what other schools? or does it fizzle out. we'll see. that's "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm susie gharib. thanks for watching. >> we hope you'll join us tomorrow night. i'm tyler mathisen. have a great evening. again we hope to see you back here tomorrow. "nightly business report" has been brought to you in part by -- >> the street.com. the street.com is an independent source for stock market analysis. cramer's action alerts plus service is home to his million million portfolio. you can learn more at the street.com/nbr. >> tonight on revolutionaries. >> no matter how much progress women have made, the world and you know, get ready for the blood

sports some student athletes are asking to be represented by a union football players at northwestern university in illinois have started the process be officially represented by a union players have filed paperwork with the national labor relations board and are being backed by the united steelworkers union and the national college players association which is student athletes really be considered employees of their respective schools and share in the wealth joining me now for more on this is michael woods writer with e.s.p.n. michael welcome. thanks for having me tom thanks for joining us. you've got student athletes who are creating millions of dollars for their universities there are also typically grad students who are doing research projects you know developing new vaccines and things who are making millions of dollars for the universities as well you know most of the really high level r. and d. in this country is done at the at the university level. a lot of those grad students are actually union members already wired why not the student athletes. that's a great question and this is somet

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relationship between democratic presidents and american trade policy and a group of footballers from northwestern university in illinois i want to start a labor union if they're successful there is will be the first players union of any kind in all of college sports that this be the start of the end c.w.a. labor movement. you know this tonight barack obama will go before congress to deliver his fourth state of the union address his fifth big part is. it's this is actually the fist. time that is addressed congress in what is the constitutionally defined state of the union address but the fourth time that he's spoken about his state even because the first one was just two weeks after he had been inaugurated every presidential speech is a big deal but this one will be especially crucial for obama twenty thirteen was a tough year for the president maybe his toughest year yet revelations about the n.s.a. secure surveillance programs alienated many people in his base in the messy rollout of the obama what obamacare website threaten to cut the legs out from under health care reform before it really even got starte

football players in northwestern university want to unionize. is that possible?apolitano is here with me on this. >> it is ground breaking and creative and it might be possible. >> why would they want to do it and what are the advantages? >> they are taking the position that we football players contribute to the wealth of the universities and we want a piece of. that i don't think it is physical, health or safety. they are well cared for and the laws of every state in the union and illinois is in the high end of the laws provide strong protection. >> they get credits and a scholarship and a degree and an education, but is that it enough to say give me money, too? >> when i went to college, before there was coloredtelevis >> it was considered an honor to play for the school and if the sport made money it went to the university. the fartherest is that the money is yours. attitude and amount of money has changed. the pools of money earned by big- time basketball and football teams are enormous. >> and at a drive the university for income. you are arguing that collec

a group led by several northwestern university football players are forming the first-ever student athletesthletes players association has filed a petition in chicago with the national labor relations board to start a union movement in college sports. >>> consumer confidence climbed in january to 80.7, up from december's 77.5. january's number beat expectations. it was the strongest reading in five months. the conference board found consumers feeling more upbeat about the labor market and the economy. >>> single-family home prices rose in november according to the latest case-shiller report. the 20-city index was up 13.7% year-over-year, matching the estimate. the biggest annual rise in almost a eight years. that is the very latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. lori: google teaming up with vision care insurance company vf 3 global to offer prescription lens options for google glass in an effort to broaden the wearable tech audience. jo ling kent has more. >> hey, lori. the largest vision health insurance provide remember trying to take google glass mainstre

universities. what's going to happen in that situation are all the best players then going to go to a place like northwesternr private university and play football? what's going to happen to the state university? how are they going to be able to compete in the future? it will be the end of college football as we know it. which you're going to see some universities which are there to grant degrees, okay? they're not there to pay students just to be athletes. they're going to say, you know what? that's what you're going to do? we're going to stop having any types of, you know, college clubs. any college teams. any college athletics. i don't think it's going to go that far. >> i was going to say, what is your sense of where this push to unionize will go? where will it end? >> it may not end immediately at the nlrb. it may go further. but at the end of the day, you have to look at the ramifications. you can see potential violations of title 9. women's sports. inequity when it comes to women's teams versus men's teams. how do you compensate these football players? there are some that don't play at all. they're on

the thing i'm most fascinated aboutt is to see student athletes at northwestern university trying toi am proud of them. we can argue about whether or not they are employees. i argue they are absolutely employees. they work and get a salary in terms of scholarship and creating value for the university. we see that unionizing can change an industry where there are no unions. that is why the status quo fights back so hard. >> i think that is right. you can look at the history of industry after industry of americans and see the dramatic change that came with organization. the northwestern case is pretty unique. it is yet another example of workers or players in this case agitating for some collective representation that we have seen among fast food workers, wal-mart workers, restaurant workers throughout the country. that is something relatively new. i would say the ncaa is not wal-mart but like wal-mart i hazard to guess ncaa wants nothing to do with it. >> do you think we are seeing a new rise in organized labor whether through traditional labor unions or other organizations? >> i thin

he's a graduate of northwestern university and harvard law school. he began his career as a prosecutor and the state attorney's office. in 2004 he argued that medical marijuana case in that case actually feature prominently in terms of the analysis for the obamacare case. he's he is the author of over 100 articles as well as mine books. and he will discuss the role that policy played in litigation. please join me in welcoming our panel. [applause] >> okay, up to you, whatever you would like. >> okay. thank you very much, john. thank you to the heritage foundation for putting on and also for helping out and doing an incredible job of litigation. i also want to thank the conspirators come through to my left and uncle we are representing. david bernstein was my boss will proceso and he gave me opportunities work on this book. and i had some interesting experiences coming out of law school. so that was somewhat surreal things working at the cato institute. and so i lecture about this throughout the country and sometimes it doesn't have to return people t

. >> the northwestern university football team leads a fight to unionize college sports. >> show me theball teams are worth hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and many coaches are paid multimillion-dollar salaries. >> at least 26 of northwestern's 85 scholarship players had to sign the petition. >> right now we just want a seat at the table. we want somebody who is going to be looking out for us and representing us. >> lee joe gerard, president of the united steel workers international joins us tonight. mr. gerard, thanks for your time. i want you to, if we can, leo, explain exactly the steelworkers' involvement here. i understand that you're not looking for due -- due-paying members. you're looking out for the athletes to give them support to organize this. or is that mischaracterized? >> no, that's the right characterization, ed. and, in fact, we've been working with remogi huma and the athletes association now for over ten years as he tried to bring change to the ncaa. and each time that he would make some progress, the ncaa would try to put some additional roadblock in fron

football players at northwestern university, including this one, now say he want to unionize to get af the team's profits. those players include this quarterback. he compares the current system to a dictatorship. of course college football is enormous business. here are examples. according to the magazine, texas longhorns made $82 million in profit even though rebels beat them by three touchdowns. alabama, $47 million. fighting irish, $46 million. we'll have responses from northwestern on all this. plus nca takes on the issue. what could this mean, really, for college football as we know it? that's ahead on shepard smith reporting at the top of the hour. >> thanks so much, shep. meantime reporting under way, on the docket, tax and turbans. is the military doing enough or too much to ensure religious freedoms for those who serve. >>> do you recognize this guy without his four super bowl rings? football legend and fox sports terry bradshaw in the studio to talk about the game. the not so secret cheerleaders handbook. you're going to talk about that? . >>> time to find out what america i

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are your impressions and reaction to the news earlier this week that football players at northwestern universityted the idea of becoming unionized. is this a good idea? will it happen? fanned they're unionized, then -- making an income, shouldn't they then be taxed on the value of their scholarships? >> this system has always been dysfunctional, because it takes athletes, forces them to go to college, when they might not really want to go, to be able to get to the pros, and then it keeps them on scholarship, sometimes at lower levels than that of their non-athletic peers, and so you get agents giving them money, which risks all sorts of ncaa sanctions. you also get alumnus giving them money. the system needs restructuring. at the very least, we need to be giving a stipend to those athletes who show economic need at the -- i'm not sure -- unionization -- >> can unionization be a part of that, a constructive part of this, do you think? >> it could be. it's -- now, trying to get -- if it's a closed shop or an open shop is an interesting question. >> right. >> but the point is that, these athletes g

. >>> members of the football team at northwestern university are making an unprecedented move by takinged as employees under federal law. they're calling it the college athlete players association and are being backed by the united steel workers union. the group has filed a petition with the national labor relations board asking to be certified. and a hearing is expected within the next ten days. but their move brings into light, of course, a growing question in the sports world, should college athletes be treated as employees? and the group being led by cane colter who argues they should since they get scholarships. the ncaa has released a response saying this union-backed attempt to turn student-athletes into employees undermines the purpose of college, an education. the student-athletes are not employees and their participation in college sports is voluntary. what does your gut tell you? do you think college players should be able to unionize? go to "newsnation" to cast that vote. >>> and take a look at what we're saying about yesterday's gut check, we asked about the state of the un

northwestern university's football team wants to unionize.and the ncaa to recognize them as employees and pay them. sandra, you're a former ncaa athlete. you know what this is all about. what's going on here? >> well, all i have to say is good luck. northwestern's already responded to this saying they believe their student athletes are not employees and collective bargaining is therefore not the appropriate method to address the conditions. they're pinning this on a popular argument that the sports needs to enhance safety. stuart: really? >> concussions are a big part of it. stuart: they want unionization on the grounds of safety? >> that's one of them. one of them. they flu a banner over the bcs national championship football game that read all players united for concussion reform, wake up ncaa. stuart: i'm sorry. >> that was the national college players association. stuart: there's a hidden agenda. >> i tell you i've read through the 11 things they're asking for. this is more about money than anything. number two raise the scholarship amoun

this move by northwestern university and football players, collegiate players to unionize for the firstre you in favor of that? is this a good idea? >> i don't think unionization is going to be as easy as people might think to do the college players. i think what the threat of unionization will do, i believe it will force the ncaa to make changes in what they do for the athletes that participate. not just in football. basically the football programs and the revenues they receive fund almost every other program in the university. so it is a money maker for football. >> look at your alma mater. >> perfect example. >> look at under armour which is now a part of the notre dame. so it's an incredible deal that i think has helped kevin and good friend of mine and golfing friend. but i really think that what it's going to force the ncaa to do is accelerate the process to be able to say a stipend should be given to our athletes, there should be opportunities provided. maybe those things that a union might ask for would probably be incorporated. once again, it's going to be a monitoring system.

a graduate of northwestern university and harvard law school and began his career as a prosecutor in the cook county state's attorney's office in chicago in 2004, the medical marijuana case which featured rather prominently in terms of the analysis for the obamacare case, author of over 100 articles is as well as nine bucks and will discuss the role of politics played in the litigation join me and will turn over. [applause] >> thank you for putting this on and helping out. i also want to think they can spur tors. david bernstein, my professor in law school for giving me an opportunity to work on this book which was incredibly fun. i have the interesting experience of coming out of law school and working on the base supreme court case in 50 years which was somewhat surreal. i am going to give a few brief comments. and lecture about this throughout the country. sometimes i feel like after return people to civics class. kneele of the problems we have that the constitution his biggest people forgot not civics , particularly politicians to view the constitution as and admit to making the

straight ahead, we'll tell you why some northwestern university football players trying to make history but not for the number of games they win. they wanted to join a labor union. they could be in for a battle. >> the football may go wildcats bring millions of dollars to northwestern university when they take to the gridiron, but say they are on the hook for medical expenses or stripped from scholarships if injured while playing. that that's why kain colter in leading the charge. >> athletes don't have a voice, they don't have a seat at the table. the current model reassembles a dictator ship where the ncaa places rules on players without negotiation. >> the president of the new college athletes players association filed a petition on behalf of the team with the national labor relations board. a hearing on the petition is scheduled for next week. >> within a period of 60 years, the ncaa knowingly established a pay for play system while using terms like student athlete to try to skirt labor hows. >> the ncaa argues student athletes can't organize because may go sports is volunteer, sayi

is a graduate of northwestern university and harvard law school. he began his career as a prosecutor in the cook county state attorney's office in chicago. in 2004, he argued that medical marijuana case before the supreme court and that featured a prominent terms of the analysis for the obamacare case. is the author of over 100 articles and blog reviews as well as nine books, in randy barnett goes the role that politics played in litigation. with that please join me in welcoming our panel and then we will turn it over. [applause] >> thank you very much, john. and thank you to the heritage foundation both for putting this on and for helping out the litigation of this crazy case. i want to thank the volokh conspiracy -- my professor in law school for giving me the opportunity work on this book which was incredibly fun. got to relive some of my own past because i had the interesting experience of coming out of law school and working on the biggest supreme court case in 50 years, and that was somewhat surreal thanks to working at the cato institute. i'

connell: northwestern university, the quarterback in the steelworkers union get together.irst labor union for college athletes. dagen: the ncaa none to please. what does andrew napolitano have to say about this. >> it is actually kind of interesting. student athletes have not been employees. the question is, will the nlrb caught with a book at this in the first instance, conclude that student athletes are employees of the universities which they attend. it would revolutionize college sports. connell: this is not necessarily about getting paid. they mentioned protection from injuries. if they did identify them as employees -- >> the income would be extraordinaire. >> they are very literal. dagen: much more liberal than it was. >> the nlrb traditionally manifests the values of the president. this nlrb, which has two interim appointments, nevertheless, is filled with liberal democrats who were labor unionists. i do not think they should. back when i was in college, when television was black and white. you could play in a varsity sport and put some money to the bottom line of

northwestern university football players signing union cards to start the college athletic players associationg news. they're trying to get more rights for student athletes and possibly cash in on some of the ncaa endorsement deals. garrett tenney live in chicago with the latest on this so, garrett, what exactly are they hoping to get out of this? >> well, martha, the group said initially it included in their goals not to have players receive any kind of salaries but they quickly added they're not ruling that out as a possibility of something to get down the road. this is the first time in college sports that student athletes are asking to be represented by a labor union. some of what they are asking for are better medical protection and for scholarships to be guaranteed even in cases of injury which is not currently the case. now the face of this movement is former northwestern quarterback kaine colt hour just completed his senior season. he said in the multimillion-dollar business players deserve a say in the decision-making process. >> i came to the conclusion, these occur in the ncc. as li

> reporter: for the last three years quarterback kain colter was a leader on the field at northwestern universityng very different. the charge to unionize college sports. >> student athletes don't have a voice. they don't have a seat at the table. the current model resembles a dictator ship. >> reporter: the nacaa is a multi-billion-dollar franchise. ncaa rules prohibit athletes from being paid to play, but they can receive compensation in the form of scholarships and living expenses. isn't that enough? >> not at all, and, you know i think we're very grateful for the education that we get and we put in hard work to obtain the degree at the end of the day. there are essential rights and benefits that we're missing out on. >> reporter: coulter says athletes are missing out on fully funded athletic scholarships scholarships, due process of ncaa violations and guaranteed medical insurance coverage for former and current players. >> we have to think down the road. this is our lives. >> they have to prove they're employees of the university, a claim the ncaa flatly rejects. in a statement it said this

i'm a graduate of northwestern university.home in chicago and be at chicago id all week with you. i will talk a subject a little different than cole and parmy set up. i will talk about the privacy and approach it from internet things. this idea that all the gadgets we have being connected to each other and to the internet and what those quon sequences might be. i see it as a new playground for digital feed. so with every new technology you're always going to have this tradeoff between security and convenience. you want the cool factor but what are you giving up in the meantime? what sort of behavioral privacy might be collected by these new gadgets coming into our lives? we're in a time of great experimentation. if you think back 10 years ago when, say, facebook was first around, people put their addresses and all sorts of personal information up there because they wanted to share with the world what was going on. then we realized, oh, bad idea. let's backtrack on that. don't want do that anymore. what is going on passively wi

host: our guest is scott winship , a fellow at the met -- manhattan institute, graduate of northwestern university harvard, previously with third way and the brookings institution in washington. vivian says, why are people who are making at or near minimum wage working 40 hours a week also need government assistance to survive? let's go to a read on the democrats -- loretta on the democrats' line. caller: this is a great conversation. i have two points i want to make. the first is the tax cuts, loopholes, carried interest, these areanking -- all designed by republicans for the one percent and corporations. i would like to know when was the last time they paid taxes in full like the rest of us. you have to qualify to get tax cuts, loopholes, carried interests, and offshore banking. i think there are a lot of ways the tax code could be fairer. racz -- it's more progressive than people realize. it is the case there are special interests on both sides, who have carved out these breaks that are not fair to people who don't get them and make for an inefficient tax code. congress has been talking about t

. >>> and latest on one northwestern university's push for union rights for college athletes.und tradition of the presidential game day interview. good morning from washington. it's friday. the last day of january, january 31st, 2014. this is a special football-focused edition of "the daily rundown," and it's not all fun and games. since the future of the sport seems to be in a little bit of doubt these days. let's get to my first reads of the morning. we begin with a simple question. are you ready for some football? it's the most popular sport in the country by far, and it keeps on getting bigger. send night football is on track to finish a third strai

. >> the pride of northwestern university, our schools. >> there you go. >> a big cover. >>> all right realizing it came to you by mistake for none other than the president of the united states. take a look at the tag on the gift from barack, michelle and the girls. it was intended for mama kaye, who was sasha and malia's godmother. it was mistakenly sent to elaine church who lives north of chicago. she joins us now via skype. elaine, good morning. congratulations. >> good morning, matt. >> what exactly is the gift? what's in this thing? >>t was a beautiful personal photoshop like shutterfly. >> and what are some of the pictures? do you want to kind of take us through, or are you not allowed to show some of these? >> we are sort of keeping it private for mama kaye. very special. private moments of their year 2013 together. >> and so how did it get to you, though? what happened that it ended up with you opening the book instead of mama kaye? >> well, we have an uncle david in new york and he sent us a box of presents, and it was a week later. and we finally got the gift yesterday on new

northwestern. or maybe it was the university of chicago.municateo really across multiple disciplines in the company. andgners interacting collaborating with engineers, sales and marketing. that's a rare goal set in the company. >> i want to continue this conversation after a quick break. michael kim, former microsoft executive that worked closely .ith satya nadella we will hear more from him after this quick rate. -- quick rate. ♪ >> welcome back. i'm emily chang. our top story, iker soft is asse to naming satya nadella their ceo, the guy who runs their cloud and enterprise business and has been working at microsoft since 1992. someone who worked with him is michael kim, a former iker soft he is the founder and ceo of habit design. he joins us on the phone from seattle. you were talking about how satya internally andar was identified very early on. but externally, he is not a known quantity. how much does that matter? seattle it's the culture. we tend not to toot our own horn too much appear. it could be a cultural personality you are sayin

university. it's not clear why they are held and the u.s. embassy has not commented. last month four u.s. military personnel were briefly taken into custody at a check point in northwestern libya and later released. >> new details investigators searching the scene of a deadly bombing in a hezbollah stronghold in southern beirut. yesterday's blast killed five and injured dozens more. the lebanese army says 44 pounds of explosives were placed in an suv during rush hour. the blast damaged nearby buildings. lebanon's capital has been hit by a number of bombings amid heighten sectarian tensions over the civil war in syria. this protest in cambodia turned deadly when police opened fire on several hundred striking garment workers, killing at least three, hurting several others. police say officers started firing after protesters blocked a road south of the capital and started burning tires and throwing objects at them. the workers demand minimum wage be doubled to $160 per month, so far the government has only offered $100 per month. >> new video this morning of a massive fire in central tokyo which is causing nationwide delays after affecting major train and transportation hub

. >>> and a new play at northwestern university. athletes there want to form a union. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, january 29th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, president obama hits the road today, traveling to maryland and pennsylvania. he'll push to raise the minimum wage and help the long-term unemployed. he spoke about those issues last