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[applause] if brian roberts is in the room, thank you for writing that print. it is wonderful for getting us to where we are today. thank you very much. -- thank you for writing that grant. [applause] >> it is true, there are a lot of wonderful things about san francisco. there is all of us. there is all that marvelous food. and we have terrific leadership. it is important that we have good leadership in the departments, the mayor's office, and in our budget office. but, likewise, really important that we have great leadership in our board of supervisors. david chiu is the president of our board, and he knows the issue of technology, plus many other things, a very, very intimately. he probably knows more than any of us will ever -- are ever likely to know. we might wish to know it, but we probably will not because he comes from the technology world. he was the founder and chief operating officer of grassroots enterprise, and online communications company. he is also a member of the city's committee on information. and he is -- which sets policies within the cit

brian orakpo and robert griffin iii and these are all signed. so we talked to this ultimate redskins collector. come on in jimmy. tell me, how in the world did you get started with this tremendous collection? >> it all started when i was a kid collecting football cards. >> reporter: and then just everything redskins, you just pick it up? >> if i found something redskins as a kid i picked it up. so did my dad. >> reporter: what do you like the most? >> sean taylor autographed stuff. >> reporter: and you have these mini helmets and they look like they are all signed? >> they are. >> reporter: and this is a family affair for you? >> oh, yes it is. we sit down on sundays if they are not at home and we watch it on tv. >> reporter: from what i understand the dogs are named after redskins players? >> yes, ma'am, they sure are. >> reporter: what about sunday and the redskins' chances against seattle? >> i think we are going to win about theby at least 7. >> reporter: and you guys will be in the stands watching? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: we are going t

robert menendez. interesting. mr. kilmeade over to you. >>brian: our next guest taking on big government.'s floating home and destroyed it so they could redevelop the waterfront. but the man took his case up to the u.s. supreme court. thousands of hours, thousands of dollars, and guess what? he won. he joins us right now. how does the victory feel? >> fantastic. >>brian: your contention was that your home should not be ruled by any maritime laws even though it was on the water; correct? >> exactly. it should come under florida statutes and floating homes around the country come under state jurisdiction and not federal jurisdiction. >>brian: how many hours did you put in in stating your case and fighting for your case? >> over the last six years, probably 4,000 or 5,000 hours. >>brian: six lawyers, four law students on this. while you were fighting this, they wreck your house? >> after i lost at the district court level, the judge ordered my home sold at a u.s. marshal auction. the city of rivera beach outbid destroyed my home at taxpayers' expense. >>brian: while you're paying property ta

>> we've got robert cline, darrell hammond, wanda sykes, brian regan.f laughs, but it's for the garden of dreams foundation. the garden of dreams is madison square garden's foundation, they help these at-risk kids. it's a great night. >> jimmy: it sounds like a great lineup. will you feel nervous when you do this? >> you know, it will be my normal standup, so i'll be doing the get hit in the crotch bit. >> jimmy: so will you do any of the other stuff we've heard tonight? if you enjoyed tonight's performance and would like to see it again -- >> here's what we do. if anyone from the studio audience comes and i know they're there, i will do all different material. >> jimmy: okay. no one here is invited, all right? >> so please don't come, you people, because i don't have much more material. >> jimmy: ray romano and other great comedians, january 26th, madison square garden. also, the season finale of "parenthood." i love you on "parenthood." ray romano, everybody. we'll be right back with amy brenneman. i'm with sandra who just got these great glasses. you

brian roberts i'm sure is watching. >> he's great. >> yeah. an, are you happy? >> at comcast? i'm thrilled. >> you're com castic. >> not a single complaint. >> cast no aspersions. >> we have a yogurt parfait and the food isn't free. >> do they have soda here? >> we do have a lot of soda. >> small-sized. >> a couple years ago, gave us a couple pizzas after we were number one. >> that gets the he is pre de core going. >> a guy jumping into some m & ms here. tell me about mars. people running around there, call themselves martians, only a 5% turnover. another great company to work for. >> mars is an amazing story. the third-largest private company in the united states after coke industries and cargill. that's $33 billion in sales so bigger than starbucks or mcdonald's or general mills but very, very secretive. it's in northern virginia. it's interesting, right near the cia and people say there's -- like willie wonka a little like that. >> several companies on your list are private. do private companies have something special going for them that he

brian schactman is here with the latest and our wealth editor robert frank.o much masculinity and manliness been in this newsroom since the day 50 cent walked through. >> he is studly than me. the one time phil mickelson is unhappy shooting in the low 60s. >> good in golf, not in taxes. >> after a 37th place finish at humana challenge in california where he pocketed 22,400 before taxes, phil said i happen knob that zone that is targeted federally and by the state. it doesn't work for me right now. so i have to make some changes. those could include leaving california for one. it has that 13% income tax rate. you can leave the country, or he could leave the game entirely. this is a guy worth at least 150 million. he made almost 50 million last year. only 4 million of that from playing golf. the rest was endorsement money, perhaps that's why he's backtracking. in a statement to cnbc he said i don't have a definitive plan at this time. like everyone else i want to make decisions best for my future and family. adding finances and taxes are a personal matter and i

roberts, who offers them this message. >> we, individually, have to know our history so that we understand our present and can anticipate our future. >> and that is our present for this sunday. brians will be here tomorrow covering the inauguration. i'm lester holt. reporting from washington, d.c., for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> it's really a thrill. we are hard workers. we all put the work in. we've come from so far. you know, we've come from the bottom. >> from the bottom to the top. the san francisco 49ers are now headed for the super bowl where they hope to claim their sixth trophy. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. celebrations are in order tonight after the niners come from behind to win in atlanta. this video is from our nbc bay area chopper. shortly after the niners victory, fans took to the strelg streets to celebrate. but no one seemed to mind. mindy is in atlanta with reaction from the team and henry wofford has the highlights. monty francis is in san francisco where the party continues. hello, monty. >> reporter: good evening. along the embarcadero, the waterfront has mostly cleared of fans. we were in pete's tavern whe

roberts, who offers them this message. >> we, individually, have to know our history so that we understand our present and can anticipate our future. >> and that is our present for this sunday. brianere tomorrow covering the inn falling in racial. i'm lester holt. reporting from washington, d.c., for all of us at nbc news, good night.

robert, always fun. >> thank you for having me. >>> lets-go to brian shactman. >> two items on hess, up about 5% on stronganning to up their stake in, and also hess wants to sell off its terminal and refinery business. it's 28 million barrels of storage capacity. not only will they get money from the sale, but they also according to what they have said will get $1 billion in operating capital to put somewhere else. a net positive in both stories. back to you. >>> the stock under pressure, will shareholders start to blame tim cook for the fall. wall street legend stops by to talk about the s&p's winning streak and also thoughts on icahn/ackman. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> the rise of apple shares over the past few years have been meteoric. but they've been on a prolonged slide since it reached $700 in september. does this indicate a crisis in leadership, and is it time for tim cook to go as ceo. joining us now from what we like to call of the two management experts. dean and professor of management practice, a

. >> steve: the other john roberts is going to be administering the oath of office later today. >> brianxpects and hopes the president will say in his big speech, which should last 22 minutes. donald trump, welcome back to "fox & friends." >> good morning. >> brian: good morning to you. what do you hope to hear today to make you maybe think the next four years will be better than the previous four? >> first of all, we wish the president good luck. we have a lot of problems in the country and a lot of problems in the world, frankly. we hope he does a great job, whether you're a republican, democrat or other. we want him to do a fantastic job. at least i do. and we wish him good luck. but obviously he's going to be talking about jobs and the economy. i think in order to do that, he's got to be making us more competitive throughout the world with other countries because you look what's going on in india and china and others and brazil, as an example, and they're eating our lunch. we'll be discussing obviously immigration, which, again, whether it's republican or democrat, they have to get o

>> brian: i would love to get my ipad back and my son's phone was stolen. this hurts a lot more than just losing the game. robertguys in sports going down against the seahawks, clearly hurting. he reaggravated his knee injury. he is scheduled for an mri today. seattle won the game. they play the 49ers next week. seattle was a tremendous in the second half, regardless. mike shanahan facing criticism for letting rgiii play to begin with and coming under fire by the team doctor. shanahan claims andrews gave him the okay. andrews said, i never gave him the okay. that will be a scandal. >>> retirement will have to wait for the ravens ray lewis. baltimore ravens beat the colts 24-9 to advance in the playoffs. joe flacco threw two touch the ravens got their hands full next week. they about to the broncos. a great regular season, peyton manning never looked better and they had a week off. thanksgiving, had a farewell to lewis. it was the last home game of his career. >>> from the brink of death to the brink of back to back championships, bacanovic quarterback leads them to the bcs title game tonight after he got a secon

brian. >>> you are watching book tv on c-span2. tonight we are at the national press club in washington, d.c. for their annual authors night and we are pleased to be joined here by robert merry who is the author of "where they stand the american presidents in the eyes of voters and historians." mr. merry, do we tend to like our presidents? >> i think the american people love their presidents. they love the presidency. but when they have a president that has not succeeded to the judge a failure, they vary on sentimentally cast them aside and that is our system to read that is what they were invited to do by the founders and by the constitution. >> do we have a short patience? >> we understand the constitution gave them hiring and firing authority over these guys every four years. so that briefs patients. if it was six years or eight years there would be a lot of inpatients in the directorate. for years as a pretty good time frame so they can feel pretty comfortable making a judgment. estimate how much control do presidents have over their own destinies and over what happens during their administrations? >> this book has a lot. a successful president may have a lot of lu

roberts. monday's swearing-in ceremony is just part of the pageantry. there's parades, concerts and, of course, huge crowds. cnn's brianm the national mall with an update on all the preparations. exciting time, brian. >> reporter: well, joe, it's all coming together here, less than a week out. saw the shot you mentioned. that's the west front of the capital where the president's rise to the podium is being assembled. hundreds of seats up there for vips. speakers are set up along the reflecting pool. jumbotrons will come up soon. possibly the most crucial part of the whole setup, thousand, of po port-o-johns. you can't stage an event like this without those. this event may not be the same scale as four years ago but has every bit the symbolism and the importance. this year, it will be scaled down. if you call about 900,000 people scaled down. officials say for president obama's second inauguration, washington's national mall will have about half as many people as it did in 2009. but it's still a huge undertaking. millions watching on tv. washington, a buzz with ceremony, symbolism, that big event feeling. what's crucial

brian. the inauguration for the president's coming up this monday. but what about the number of wealthy in attendance this time around? robertnumber of jets scheduled to fly in. you might surprised at his findings when we come back. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. >>> the president nal inauguration, many of the rich may be staying home as robert frank explains here at post 9. >> the pres

brian and writing a book to write the life of the great man. images that exploit how political power in the second half of the 20th century. so with robertes, i try to do with a power broker. to try to do a urban political power, how power works not just in new york, but all cities in america. then i wanted to do national power and i knew i wanted to johnson because he understood national power better than anyone else in the second half of the 20 century. >> host: moses is 74, first of adequacy to? >> guest: correct. c-span: what was the title? >> guest: path to power. c-span: does enable these books? >> guest: sure. c-span: after 82 was 90. in that title came from what? >> guest: sometimes the titles of my books, like to come right out of the book. as i'm writing none, my first publisher didn't want the power broker as a title. buckley didn't come to a showdown. but each title is the path to power. the whole thing is called the years of lyndon johnson. first volume is the path to power, that means that they sent, then master of the senate and now the passage of power. c-span: 2002 was the master of the senate and the spoke on 2012, whic

roberts bailed him out. imagine the campaign had the court gone the other way in health care. >> brian, we saw kathleen -- >> health care law. it's not going to be easy and a lot of the states have not set up the exchanges. >> the usual rural and flourishes again. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, joseph r. biden jr. and dr. biden act companied -- accompanied by lamar alexander and mrs. lamar alexander. ♪ >> you heard that as well as we did this. this is a miscue. the vice president was prematurely announced into the room. >> i wondered what was taking him so long. usually he's not shy at showing. >> meantime, i hope they all like bison because that is the main course today for the lunch. steny hoyer came in instead as you look at leon panetta. as we watch this, i am told we have the ability to speak to congressman john lewis. congressman, you're there? >> yes, i'm here. >> thank you very much for being with us today. i have to add a personal note. my condolences, i know you lost your wife lilian of 44 years over the new years' break. and i wanted to pass along my condolences