how do i feel about working with publicis or omnicom?think people have seen a lot of fallout from clients who walked out of those businesses. attain the trust of clients in that environment. there are some very good people working with those clients to try to maintain their relationships. clients of the existing and relationships with people on the shop floor, those people are thatng very hard to ensure the fallout doesn't impact their day-to-day business. >> very briefly, does this prove that takeovers are better than mergers in this business? marketink mr. sorrell's model will prove that. he has done an amazing job. very proud of a fellow brit in the advertising business. even acquisition isn't always easy. i think the difference between publicis and omnicom is best summed up by the song, let's call the whole thing off. .ou say tomato, i say tomahto >> on that note, let's talk about advertising songs and jingles that go with the world cup. michael is going to stay with us. picture of the massive scale of the games. >> the world cup is

i agree with some of the concerns raised before, but i also believe that the publicis item should -- public users should be run and owned by the public, not by some private entity. that's an aside. now i'm here because i have ridden the san francisco municipal transportation agency bus line since i moved here in february and i am a native. i have raised this issue directly on the seventh floor [speaker not understood] and i finally put in a sunshine ordinance whatchama-call-it, to get this information to get to the bottom of it. i've gotten on those buses. ifill gotten on those train cars. i was told by an operator i am not allowed to do ti was told by another operator i have a legally allowed to be new [speaker not understood] on this bus system. it is not funny. it's my right and this is what i personally believe in. there are [speaker not understood] who would love to get on the trolley car system or any of the buses, but they're not allowed to because the operator does not feel comfortable to it. so, i could you guys give me something in writing that states i'm legally as is ever

and i guess that the word equality has exactly the same omnicom level and the publicis level. it is not only management positions. it is much more important that one or two people, for a merger of this magnitude, one or two people are extremely important. everybody is extremely important. what was at stake is the future of 130,000 people, not one or two people. stake was out to make sure that the new model will deliver the fruits that we promised to the market. -- levyce leavy explains why the deal with omnicom falls apart. for some people, that deal was a nice way of him exiting the business. >> europe braces for a possible gas supply disruption over the standoff in ukraine. a european energy union. when we come back, we will bring you our special conversation with him. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." the heatas is feeling in the big apple. new york's top banking regulator is pressing the bank to dismiss one of the chief operating officers as part of a negotiation process. bnp is also facing a multimillion dollar fine. mark is in paris with the latest. .his s

i he is doing it publicy. have the good sense about him, most people do, when you have been caught on audio tape, doing something terrible, he should not do it again. you're leaving a voicemail. it is being recorded. you are, you've been accused of racism. now you're going to be accused of misogyny. >> obviously there's something wrong with donald sterling this is what happens when someone of privilege is used to getting his way all the time. now suddenly he's not getting his way and he's unraveling. this is what happens when you don't take the time to examine your motives, examine yourself. examine your beliefs, and examine your life. thank you very much, rachel nichols. >> the nba, they're hearing this, seeing this. what, what are folks in the nba saying about this? >> well, look, donald sterling is still an nba owner as of right now. he's still technically owns the l.a. clippers, they got to pay attention to all this. now they're expected to have a board of governors meeting in about a month. they'll be abl