pickett. i got on near seventh and market. >> as the bus winds its way through the philadelphia streets, pickett notices the little boy. >> he was running up and down the aisle. >> pickett says he hears the mom tell her son to sit down. >> and she begins spanking him like he was some sort of animal. >> pickett leans forward and reprimands the young mom and >> i said, he's a child. let him be a child. you shouldn't be spanking him like that. if you continue to do it, i'm going to turn you in for child endangerment. she was like, you don't know me. this is my son. i will deal with him any way i choose to. >> for whatever reason, he offers his unsolicited parenting advice, saying he's just a little boy, that's child abuse. >> philadelphia native joe slabojen is a veteran staff writer for "the philadelphia inquirer." over the course of his 30-year career covering court cases, he thought he'd seen it all, until he watches the footage captured that day by septa security cameras. >> she's seen on the

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. >>> joining us right now is denise pickett, she is president of american express open. open is a card issuer for small business owners. is it just me or is it getting harder and harder to be a little guy competing against these giant companies? >> small businesses offer convenience. o a lot of unique onsumers and items and personalized service. >> you're right about the uniqueness too. it's got to be something different. i think about all the shopping i do online now. if you want to get really good discounts, they say you have to sell in bulk. that's not going to happen with small businesses. what do they need to get additional people indoors? >> we created that five years ago. it was really in response to the most pressing needs we saw for small business owners, which is how do we get that traffic during the holiday season. this is the fifth year of small business saturday, and it is bigger and better than its ever been. >> is this a one off for the year or something that helps them throughout the holiday season? >> we were really interested in that. we studied consume

lenny pickett! i know that song!enny pickett, and the roots. [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. hope to see you tomorrow! eric church! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- mark wahlberg, fashion icon, diane von furstenburg, comedy from kyle dunnigan. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and special guest bob mould. [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone! i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? everybody good? [ cheers and applause ] a lot to be happy about, a lot to be happy about. the holiday season. you know, a lot of energy around here, a lot of positive energy, which is why it's hard for me to admit this, i'm a little sad, i'm a little upset. i'm a little sad because earlier this week for three glorious days the roy

." >>> joining us right now is denise pickett, american express open, a card for small business owners. >> thank you for having me. >> is it getting harder and harder to be a a little guy competing against these big, giant companies. >> small businesses offer a lot beyond price. if you think about small businesses, they offer convenience, local to consumers. i think they also offer a lot of unique items and that's what consumers are looking for. and i think the personalized service, when you go to small business as well. >> i will give thaw. you're right about the uniqueness, too. it's got to be something different. i think about how much shopping i do online now. i think about the idea if you want good discounts. they say have you to sell in bulk. that's not going to happen with small businesses. what do they need to get additional help to get people in the doors? >> i think small businesses can take advantage of days like small business saturday. small business saturday is the day between black friday and cyber monday. and we created that five years ago. it was really in response to

. >> that was pickett's charge for vladimir putin.of you, by the way, who were not watching at the time, they were supposed to be five rings at the opening ceremony and one was supposed -- and one failed to open full stop it was a catastrophe, a little snowflake that failed to become a ring. a harbinger of things to come. >> the ruble than was roughly $33. >> a harbinger of the winter stability. >> very good. 50%. >> is that a word even? >> i don't think it is. >> i like how i am asked to you because you are british and that means you have a greater command of english than i do. >> the ruble is down 80% since the olympics? >> they did everything he wanted to do and now there are a lot of anti-buildings in sochi. coming up, some ceo's have had it bad this year. this is "bloomberg surveillance." on bloomberg television, streaming on your tablet, your smartphone, and bloomberg.com. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." stability in the markets this morning. a nice tweet just came in saying why aren't you talking about uk

bill pickett back up in the spring with the idea of this been finished by june 2015. more traffic coming up. >> time for the early bird special. the question is, what did the tradition of some tinsel come from a spider, a rabbit or reindeer? if you know the answer log onto our website and you could win a $50 gift card to ace hardware. the winner will be chosen later today. >> coming up, grammy nominations are in. hello? >> i'm excited. >> we will show you who is nominated. mr. clean's grandmother was stronger than people twice her size. and that strength inspired his liquid muscle cleaner. it lifts tough dirt so you do less scrubbing. and it's nozzle stops by itself so less is wasted. sure made grandma proud. mr. clean liquid muscle. the 57th annual grammy nominations have been revealed. beyonce, sam smith and pharrell lead with six nods each. all 3 scored noms for album of the year. beyonce also became the most nominated female in grammy history... with a total of 53 nods. australian artists iggy azalea and sia scored multiple noms...competing against each other for

this morning picketters demonstrated outside the headquarters in laurel maryland. they've ben strike since last friday. the union said negotiations over the first contract have stalled. meanwhile, replaceme workers are on the unity truck making mickups of trash and recycled materials at 20,000 households in howard county and 12,000 residents in montgomery county. some of the strikers indicated to us that the replacement trash haulers were day laborers who were hired from convenience store parking lots or school bus drivers on holiday, but montgomery county officials say that is not the case. >> unity owns a number of sister companies. it's not the only trash company that they own. my understanding is they are bringing drivers and helpers in from some of their other companies. >> we asked some of the residents in wheaton to rate their trash pickup today. >> it was normal to me. it might be a little bit later than some weeks. >> reporter: university disposal says it's made a new proposal for the union and welcomes their employees back to full active duty band back to

i was trying to sing like wilson pickett, james brown and all these other folks. al green? come on, man. ♪ >> reporter: but he changed his mind. and went down to royal studios in memphis, where mitchell would push his protege. >> he would say, you're trying too hard. relax and sing al green. i said, yeah, but you see, i don't know how al green sounds. this man made me mad. i went outside, got my corvette, did doughnuts in the street. and i let off some steam. and i come back in and i said, okay, what do you to want say? i'm not even going to try to put no emphasis in it at all. he says, okay -- ♪ i said -- ♪ i'm so in love with you wherever you to do ♪ he stopped the machine right there and he said, now, that's al green! i said, oh, god, you scared me to death. ♪ is all right with me >> reporter: it was 1970 and the next four years would be al green's golden era. he and mitchell would score eight gold singles. all of them recorded on this microphone. ♪ i want to spend my life with you ♪ >> reporter: what was it about microphone number nine that you always went bac