to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian. he will give any legal advice tonight. pacheco is the legal assistant. i'm the executive board director, we are welcome from matters of the board. scott sanchez is here. building inspector representing the department of inspection. murray is here with the san francisco municipal transportation agency and john kwaung is here manager of public works. at this time mr. pacheco if you would go over the meeting guidelines and go over the process. >> please turn off our cell phones. appellants, permit holders and department representative each have 7 minutes to present their cases. people speaking must include their comments in 3 minutes. people affiliated have up to 3 minutes to address the board but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the accurate presentation of minutes, you are asked but not required to submit a speaker card of the board staff when you come to the podium. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing, schedules

to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian. he will give any legal advice tonight. pacheco is the legal assistant. i'm the executive board director, we are welcome from matters of the board. scott sanchez is here. building inspector representing the department of s

he is coming to brian roberts and saying, if we will get something done, we need you. berts is sort of the kingpin in all this. >> what dates to we need to mark on the calendar? >> in the next couple weeks we should get a sense if charter will bump up the bid. time warner is likely to mount a defense, saying they have said $160 is what they are looking for. we will see. will time warner cable come down in their asking price or are they sturdy at 150? if they are, the process will continue. charter will nominate a slate of directors and put it up for a vote for time warner shareholders. >> to we have a deadline? >> february 15 is the deadline for a nomination of new directors. that is the day that charter will name a slate of directors, a few days before. the annual meeting is not until >> duly noted. may. the first publisher of rolling stone magazine says there is one detail people are forgetting? >> this is the aereo case before the supreme court. if aereo wins, and the consensus looks like they will, there goes $5 billion or $6 billion of retransmission fees the cable

liz: will brian roberts who runs comcast do you think he will? how much higher can he go?o higher than charter, they will do this two times and charter ads 4 times. they have a better balance sheet to work with. and would not want to is the washington read of combining these companies. >> that is the issue, regulatory antitrust issues. >> reporter: it is too low. if you think of ordeals have gone, in the inside deal, the u.k. a liberty global, those were between 7.4, an 8.2 times forward cash flow. charters, 7.4. i -- >> i'm not an expert at this. my wife is. the kissel industry is rapidly changing. you have tv everywhere which is a way of bypassing cable operators. if this bid is reflective of a dynamic going on in that industry? >> the concern about over the top was the this rated two years ago. what we see, subscribers are mostly complementary, not substituted. liz: charlie and i love to talk about the egos involved because we talk about the business of people, anybody can look at a stock chart on foxbusiness.com or market watch but let's talk about the egos. you mentio

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian robertsnd so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >>

. >> that's right, comcast ceo brian roberts speaking today announcing some positive news about comcastubscribers saying that in the fourth quarter the company modestly grew video subscribers for the first time in 6 1/2 years. now, this is the first quarter in 6 1/2 years that comcast has added videos subscribers. brian roberts says it will take some time to grow for the whole year but it is a, quote, exciting reversal and encouraging sign. this follows 26 straight quarters where comcast lost video subscribers. over 10 of the last 12 years they've improved on prior years results but this q-4 was an important one for comcast to turn around the video declines. it will not make all of last year positive but it's just referring to q4 and it is a positive turn around. sco scott, book over to you. >> pos titive reaction. media companies have done well over in last 12 months and our parent comcast is in that mix of stocks that has participated in that rise. >> done well and most of them also have the additional mma premium attached to it. i go back to a name cablevision. cablevision is the one

>> ralph roberts, brian roberts. >> not for anything. >> steve parks. >> there are names that need toeer. >> mark hoffman, cnbc president. >> there's 200. >> i don't know if he makes 25. >> don't sell him short. >> 50. 50. >> all right, guys. >> easy. >> is ted turner on this list? >> ted turner would have to be on this list. >> i think he is. yes. yes. >> that didn't happen in the last 25 years. >> just looking. >> what about roger ales. >> he's on the list. >> ales is on the list. >> tyler, thank you. >> let me say i've covered all of my possible bases as far as career goes. >> i think i've done them all. >> as far as the tv business. >> go ahead, ty. take it away. >> i think you're supposed to take it away. >> i'm still just in -- anyway, tyler. thank you. up next, policy analysis and the global economy. hedge fund manager, dan arbess will join us after the break. >> announcer: still to come from the world economic forum in davos, chamber of commerce ceo thomas donna hugh, morgan stanley's jim gorm man and actor matt damon. a big morning live from the alps. "squawk box" in davos co

he is coming to brian roberts and saying if we are going to get something done, we need you. brian roberts is the kingpin in all this. >> i am an investor and i am listening to this, what do i need to know about the three players? >> follow the process -- next coupleover the of weeks, we should get a sense if charger is going to bump up that bit of $132.50. time warner cable will likely mount the defense saying they have set $160. we will see if they will come down in their asking price. if they are steady in their price, the process will continue and charter will nominate a slate of directors and put it up for a vote for shareholders and we will see what happens. >> do we have a timetable? >> february 15 is the deadline for a nomination of new directors. charter will name its slate of directors a few days before area that is the general ballpark in the annual meeting is not for a few more weeks. >> thank you so much. up, another marlboro man may be dead by the cigarette industry is alive and well. ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop." pastor 2014, 2014 -- adams is with us for

>> the combination of brian roberts and steve burke. >> i men the brian roberts, too. >> tough to beatcompetitor when i was at time warner. he's a terrific guy, a terrific young man and thoughtful guy. he knows what he doesn't know, which is the beginning of wisdom as they say. bringing steve burke in and putting steve in charge of the nbc thing was a master stroke. i think you'll do well for a while. >> go on. go on. >> no. don't. stop. >> i'm the guy not on payroll. >> the nbc thing kind of snuck up on us. >> it did. a year ago -- >> it started with "the voice" and "sunday night football." >> "black list" is awesome. i finished the last season last night. >> they may try to buy the thursday night package from the nfl which could be a game changer if they get that. >> all these stocks making for some interesting moves in the markets. take a look at where the futures stand right now. after a rough last week, the end of last week and beginning of this week, the futures at least at this point are indicated higher. the dow futures are up by 66 points right now. that is off their highs of

we will bring you the very latest on a deal that john malone, brian roberts, and other big execs arerafting. also, apple's iphone sales were lower than expected. john frankel will join us, telling us how that will affect his investment decisions, and a famous museum and a collector in jail. that is all part of south bees -- southby's. tost up, though, we take you president obama, who says he is prepared to use his executive powers in congress stand in the way of his agenda. peter joins us from the hill. peter, will there be a reckoning tone in the president's tone quest? >> he is going to outline this in the state of the union address, and it is an effort by the white house to reassert the agendants second term after a very rough 2013. this increase in the federal minimum wage for federal contractors, short of raising the minimum wage to $10.10 across the economy. other things, white house advisers are telling us to listen to things like job initiatives that he might be it own,you take out on his and dealing with the issue of climate change. this go it alone strategy is not fromng ra

brian roberts said it modestly grew at an investment conference. it sent shares up 3.5%. you. >> thanks very much. another big story, jp morgan's two point 5 billion dollar price tag to resolve criminal and civil allegations regarding bernie madoff's allegation scheme. it is good to have you both here. we were just talking. you said we're going to talk about j.p. morgan. we are still going to talk about jp morgan. how long has this been going on? >> they had a pretty busy year in 2013. they had close to $16 billion for various wrongdoings. we're starting off the new year with a $2.6 billion fine for issues related to madoff. >> what did they admit to if anything? >> j.p. morgan has deferred prosecution agreement. they admitted to and were able to skirt criminal charges even though they are guilty of criminal wrongdoing. for failing to filesystem issues activity reports and failing to flag people. they knew there were returns that were too good to be true. they do not run it up the flagpole or alert the proper authorities. in the end they had to pay two -- $2.6 billion. >>

we will bring you the very latest on a deal that john malone, brian roberts, and other big execs are

>> yeah, brian roberts, the ceo of comcast, is a pretty big democrat donor, couple hundred thousand tobelieve, and $27,000, might be getting the numbers off a little bit, for republicans. there's quite a differential between his democratic donations and republican donations. i think their affinity is to the left, but i'll ask this question of mr. roberts, how is this helping liberalism? if you're a liberal, you want an effective liberal. someone like rachel maddow -- >> she is responsible, she makes her point, she believes what she says, she's not malicious. >> no, i don't think so. >> why can't you hire a few more of those kind of people? now make a prediction. make a prediction, is comcast going to step in and do anything about this network? >> well, i would like to think they would. my prediction is some time in the next 12 months, especially before the next presidential election, you'll see the swinging door at msnbc again and there will probably be new faces and some of the newcomers of the last year or so will be gone. >> maybe they'll make you a big offer and we'll have to top i

brian. >>> robert gates taking shots at the obama administration, the former defense secretary also with somessments of joe biden and hillary clinton. could his new memoir actually have an impact on the 2016 presidential race? gloria borger standing by live to discuss. ♪ humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures, living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where, if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask an insurance expert about all our benefits today, like our 24/7 support and service, because at liberty mutual insurance, we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, so we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. plus, you could save hundreds when you switch -- up to $423. call... today. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> memoirs from former cabinet officials, certainly nothing new. but what is sort of unique about the upcoming book from the former defense secretary

charter and liberty together interested, it will come down to will john malone do a deal with brian robertsther into a deal here, or will comcast decide that maybe they want more of it then charter is willing to give up. john malone's whole thing here is that we need scale. you need to get bigger. you cannot give up too much, because then you do not get big enough, but you can give up some of them to a joint deal, and comcast would guess -- get what they want as well. >> can you really bring companies together? is there any trust >? >> comcast will begin to hit a ceiling. i was the ceo of liberty for a while, and there is a dramatic inference between scale and quality. when i had the privilege of being john's partner, he is focused on gail -- scale. owning a lot of cable systems does not mean much to me. owning the right cable systems means a lot. markets, the 27 cities that comprise the nfl. that is what we gave comcast out of at&t broadband. when i say st. louis and los angeles would be enough tract of complement to complement -- an attractive couple met to comcast, we owned those, and we

brian roberts would like to guidee his ex one -- x1 platform and the rest of the industry would lovesthe resources in that is why they added in the fourth quarter last year. will we see cable companies competing with each other? sell you amcast bundle over the top in time warner cable's footprint? i don't see that happening. the value is in the pipeline. thank you for joining us. great to get your thoughts. he is a portfolio manager. >> this is rocket science. why did nasa build a $350 million test facility it doesn't need? that is coming up on "market makers." ♪ >> it is time for bloomberg's "mama markets." bloomberg'sou a -- "on the markets." is down so much more than the s&p 500. this helps explain why the tao is not as good an index. machine.onal business it is leading the dow down because another price of $180. it is down by less than a percent. 500, it is pretty much flatlining. decline on thele s&p 500 and that would be microsoft. there's a good reason for that. not moving toy is seattle. he is staying at ford. ford investors seem to like it. they are up about one and a half p

brian. >> great, thanks. >> robert gibbs on "morning joe" today brought up last year's speech and how dysfunctionalen. >> 2013 was a lost year for the president. he was buffeted by crisis after crisis, and i think the test of this speech will be, do the american people that do watch, do they feel like this president has a plan to get some of those things done, or is this just another speech out of washington? >> you know, it's a fair point. this will be a tough spot for any president, so just put that aside, cory, people wanting tonight, they want results, but with all the stuff he's going to talk about and who knows what will get done, it's almost impossible to fulfill the goals of tonight. >> yeah, you know, a lot of the things that he'll talk about to some degree were talked about in his state of the union speech last year in 2013, and we saw how well that worked for him last year as robert gibbs just said, last year was a lost year for the president. i think he's still going to try to set the political agenda for the year, but really, you know, he has to be careful here. you know, he's talking

play and you're starting this process with john malone launching the first grenade, why wouldn't brian robertsndle this and it would be -- i think a very, very attractive deal for comcast. >> rich, we have to go. what price does this ultimately trade at? >> we've said even before time warner laid out the 160, we think this thing should trade to $160 over the course of the next year. >> stock at 134.26. we're going to talk about another subject in an exclusive interview that becky had, target ceo gregg steinhafel said he sat down and said for now, the time for banks and retailers to embrace a more modern security technology is now. >> there's a better way and it's called emv technology. >> is that the chip. >> that's the chip technology that's pervasive and it's a well established standard globally throughout the world. we think it's time for america to make that commitment to get to that standard. >> is 2015 that time horizon realistic? joining us now is martin ferenczi, ceo of oberthur technologies. when are we going to see this? >> it has been already happening. our company has delivered to

i know this to be true in the case of brian roberts and steve burke.i'm really willing to -- >> very handsome men. >> yeah. all the way down through the entire organization, hoffman and pat, all of them. extremely attractive. >> and very symmetrical. >> perfect. and one other guy that we always mention, lundgren. >> i was going to say lundgren. >> but how do you explain jack welch? just kidding, jack. we love you. we love you. the greatest ceo of all times, not exactly george clooney, but he has his own appeal. >> you know what it is? the patient sympathy etry, like angelina jolie has a really symmetrical face. >> she's not a ceo. >> no, but it's -- >> i don't think brad pitt would be a very good ceo. >> no. but the point is, historically we've elected people who are attractive. >> we elect people who are tall. >> we elect people who are tall, who have hair. and part of it is that they are as a result of whatever this attraction level is are better salesmen, therefore better able to persuade the organization to do what they're supposed to do. >> you ha

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start thinking about brian roberts and, again, you can say jim's a house man.i ever been a house man for anyone? not even my own house for that matter people that know me well. >> that doesn't mean you won't pay attention to the emergency meeting in turkey today. >> if you are going to go nonsecular, you're not going to get a lot of money. look at the way egypt was at one point a great gateway to africa. if turkey wants to get serious for those of us who remember the initial turkey away from the army running the country and going to a less secular, that's what caused deval after deval after deval, if turkey wants to go the wrong way, do you know what, you don't need to own yapi credit, but we have people come on our network and they say don't worry about emerging markets, they must be rich to say that because if we have individuals who are not worried about emerging markets, i feel bad for them. they should. they're reaching for yield the way people started reaching for subprime mortgage. we could reach for yield and be stupid. but i got to tell you are as dumb

on our panel, dominic chu, robert frank and dennis gartman. brianis here as well 37 dom, one of the first things that happened is auto sales are quite disappointing. do you think that had to do with the selloff -- or i should say, pull back from almost 70 80 points on the dow or more with what's happening with the fed today? >> i think it's key what you said. this wasn't like a sell off. we're talking about a market with a decent selloff with the s&p down about, we'll call it almost a percent yesterday. what you have today is a -- is consolidation, if you will this kind of tug of war going on. people want to figure out whether or not they want to jump into this market, whether or not this was a dip or not to buy. that's the real issue. those auto sales, yes, they were disappointing and, yes, they do paint perhaps a slightly bleaker picture about spending in america but it dentidn't weigh heavy on the markets. >> what was it about -- we started the year off on a pretty weak note. >> it's going to be a down week. i'm calling this the hughie lewis mark

. >> brian adams concert in zimbabwe, sends the wrong message about robert mugabe'e's controversial regime worldwide artist. >>> regulations that would allow banks to do business with legal marijuana sellers. paw paw beban has this story from denver. >> 20 states that have legalized marijuana for either recreational or medical use, for them really banking and managing money have probably been the biggest obstacle to doing business. of course they have not had access to lines of credit or accepting credit cards, they can't even set up a checking account, which makes it difficult paying their employees or paying bills. when is the last time you pay bills in cash? >> total game-changer. bring everybody the legitimate, keep the piles of cash in the banks where they belong, instead of at these centers where they are at risk of robbery. everything else is really, really good. >> banks will not be accepting deposits, what it's going to do is tell prosecutors not to prioritize taking action against banks that do. banks of course want a lot more specificity on that, lot more details, they are conce

brian shactman up next in today for thomas roberts. >> that would change my domestic situation significantlythank you very much. the agenda next hour, deep freeze gripping much of the nation, 49 states experiencing some type of cold weather right now. even the south being sucked in today by the so-called polar vortex. this weather, dangerous and deadly. we have reporters blanketing the country. meantime, the senate is voting right now on whether to leave 1.3 million americans out in the cold when it comes to unemployment benefits. president obama will speak live surrounded by americans who need that helping hand. and the rush to the altar by same-sex couples in utah grinds to a screeching halt. the courts decide whether they have that right. what happens to the now more than 1,000 gay and lesbian couples that already tied the knot? that and more in just three minutes on msnbc. ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insu

roberts from abc. ben smith, the editor-in-chief of buzzfeed. and brian schweitzer.can strategist and cnn contributor, ana navarro. >>> bill, let's start out with what we heard from senator rand paul and senator chuck shurm. i don't want to overstate this, you started to see some optimism on a couple of fronts there could be cooperation between the two parties. >> i think there should be. co-sponsoring a bill. challenging the obama administration on iran. there have been democrats that have voted for delaying parts of obamacare. they're deciding to separate themselves from the obama administration. it's amazing how strong the white house has been. you've been in the white house. obama has been very successful at keeping democrats alive. i think one of the big stories, is can he do that issue after issue? >> outside groups are still going to play a role. the degree that can stay inside, the institution itself, we're seeing it right now happening on that big budget deal that was made before they left. the word in washington, the grownups are now in charge. the appropri

brian todd, thank you very much indeed. >>> as defense secretary to presidents george w. bush and barack obama, robert gates knows more about america's military than just about anybody else. his in book is "duty." thank you very much for joining me. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> if i may start with your reaction to those images we've just seen which are pretty horrific whichever way you look at it. on the assumption they're genuine images, we haven't independently verified them, what would your reaction be to american troops behaving in that manner? >> well, there have been some rare instances of u.s. forces, u.s. troops in both iraq and afghanistan behaving in ways that are not sanctioned by the united states and are contrary to military regulations and uniform code of military justice. so i think that what the pentagon has announced is exactly the right way to go, which is to investigate, see if they can identify the individuals involved and the unit they're from, and then carry the investigation forward from there. >> another emerging story today is 37 air force officers in charge of maintaining an

brian? >> former secretary of defense robert gates slamming the white house's foreign policy in many respects president's leadership yet. that's pretty much agreed upon because the respect that gates has coming in. joining us, lieutenant colonel tony schaefer, senior fellow with the london center for policy research, fresh off an exclusive trip to egypt to give us a up close and personal look. out comes excerpts from this book by former secretary of defense gates, eminently qualified to comment within the obama administration. what sticks out is when he says there is a suspicion and distrust of senior military advisors by senior white house officials, including the president and vice president. what's the big deal? >> huge deal. i was speaking to a former commander who said during the time he was in command, if he had a problem with a policy the president put forth, i would call the secretary of defense, fly up and see the president the next day. i was told by this general, i won't mention who he was, he said that that access to the president by generals no longer exists. there is a complete

swartz, his lawyer elliot peters, and by brian knappenberger, the director of "the internet's own boy -- the story of aaron swartz." as well as his father robertwartz. but first, i want to play an extended clip from that recalls a happier time in aaron's life as activist. it begins with trevor trimm of the electronic frontier foundation. bill intended to curtail the online privacy of music and movies, but it took a sledgehammer to a problem that needs a scalpel. >> only a handful of us said we are not for piracy either, that it makes no sense to destroy the architecture of the internet in the name of fighting piracy, and aaron swartz got that right away. >> the freedoms guaranteed in our constitution that our country had been built on would be suddenly defeated. any ushnology instead of greater freedom would've snuffed out fundamental rights we have always taken for granted and i realized we cannot let that happen. >> i do not think anybody beaten.sopa could be >> he was one of the most prominent in the community. it was like striking a match, it was being blown out, striking another, it was blown out, and finally managed to catch enough candl

brian rooney reporting. >> coming up. south sudan crisis. the american couple and their mission to save trapped orphans. plus, battle cry. former defense secretary robert gates explosive new book, what he said about afghanistan and president obama. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here is a look at the headlines - president obama invited a group of unemployed americans to the white house to push for passage of a bill to extend long-term jobless benefits. the u.s. senate began to debate the measure that if passed it would face tough opposition in the house. >> jpmorgan will pay $2 million to settle allegations that it ignored the bernie madoff uponsy scheme. >> forecasters say the worse of the cold should be over in the next day or two, but the weather is frigid across most of the country. roads are closed, schools shut down by the hundreds and businesses suffered. not even the south has been untoucheded by the cold. most of the countries has not seen temperatures this low in decades. metrologists are encouraging people to stay home. some cities are turning to other options. we go to a warming area in detroit. hopefully there's

robert zimmerman, joe watkins, to be continued. thank you so much, guys. >>> congress wants answers from target on the massive credit card breach. brianur money. brian, what are they looking for? >> i guess you'd say, chris, target to the bullseye of two democratic senators asking for information about the data breach, names, home addresses, whatever it is. they are basically asking target to come forward and explain exactly what happened. a lot of people have expressed concern about that. of course, privacy is a big issue. this could be one of the biggest data breaches in the history of the world, so the senators going after it. separately but relatedly, jpmorgan chase saying it will replace 2 million credit cards and debit cards. the ceo saying this is a big issue and it's not going away. chris, listen, we talk about computer privacy all the time, i think that at some point we're going to get to a critical mass and figure out other solutions, whether it's biometric fingerprints or chip in a credit card like they do in europe, but, obviously, two democratic senators not happy with target. >> cnbc's brian sullivan, always good to see

interview with robert redford, a visit to comcast headquarters in philadelphia, and insights from andrea mitchell, glenn beck, cory booker, and the pope. we've got a great show ahead today. i'm brian

roberts is up next. >> richard, good morning to you. on the agenda next hour, i know you were talking about the olympics and we have brian boitano to talkdelegation, and why he will stake his claim as a member of the lgbt community. we have the nor esther expected to cripple most of new england especially boston and the ripple effects for air travel around the country and this is the first real test for new york's mayor bill de blasio. will he get a passing grade, plus are the clintons aleening future political opportunities for the ultra progressive lens. is specifically, is hellry clinton looking to shift left on 2016, straight ahead. s don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. [ inhales deeply ] peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can g

robert harris is serving a ten-year sentence for forging prescription narcotics. he landed in cell house 220 a year ago after several staff assaults. >> hey, everybody knows you're special, brian> all there is to do in here is listen to other people banging on stuff. you know, officers constantly running in on them, and cussing. just a lot of crazy stuff, you know. i call it bugs. always somebody bugging out, always somebody causing trouble in the cell house. it's hard. it's really hard. they got me on a lot of medication. >> inmates in cell house 220 get an hour of recreation in the morning and a ten-minute shower several times a week. >> one of the worst things in this cell house is the compound day-to-day events, typical stress incidences that add up. and some of the things you're subject to, stabbings, hangings, self-mutilation, those type of things and the actual assault itself. i don't think there's an officer in this unit that has not been assaulted. >> correctional officer robert helmick was recently assaulted. >> one of the assaults i encountered, opened the flask, had an offender standing there with a homemade weapon. we call them shanks in here. asked him to pass hi

brian. thank you. >>> we also want to thank robert for spending the hour with us, valuable expertise on what's going> nixon to hillary clinton. >> before i leave, i want to make one point, china, let's not get too excited or negative about china. there's still a lot of growth there. >> get on the plane to china tonight? >> i think this china credit trust issue is going to be resolved. the chinese are rebalancing their economy. let's not panicking. >> we'll leave it there on that optimistic note. >> put in a hillary plug, hillary, if we're talking about the economy, mihillary did moren the state department to help business. >> final words, we got to leave it there. final words on hillary and china, positive ones from robert. >>> coming up, heavy selling across emerging markets is continuing right now overnight, catching investors off guard. more on what market pros will be watching as we get ready for trading here in the u.s. >>> also, another round of bitter cold weather gripping much of the country. take a look at the price of natural gas hitting multiyear highs thanks to that winter chill. >>> fut

brian dance? >> can i dance? yes. >> let's see it. ♪ >> jimmy: i don't know why he doesn't have shoes on. moves like that cannot be contained by shoes. who else do we have? >> robert dance? >> jimmy: yeah! >> jimmy: a couple of no's. but boy, an outfit like thiat, e better be able to dance. >> of course. >> let's see it. ♪ >> jimmy: he's good. he was one of the zombies in thriller. who else is there? >> my name is barry jacobs. >> barry, can you dance? >> no! >> jimmy: can barry dance? let's find out. >> not really. >> go ahead, prove it. ♪ >> jimmy: he's the barry whitest is what he is. i don't know what that was. that was not dancing, though. next up. >> my name is kurt miller. >> kurt, can you dance? >> jimmy: more yeses then no's? i don't know what you're basing that on. let's find out. >> no. i have two left feet. >> let's see them. ♪ >> jimmy: he looks like he's work on the runway at an airport. i bet he's good at other stuff. how many more? two more? >> where are you from? >> originally brooklyn, new york. now here in l.a. >> seymour, can you dance? >> yeah! >> jimmy: everyone wants to seymour gan dance. he can barely get that hat on his head. >> i can danc

interview with robert redford, a visit to comcast headquarters in philadelphia, and insights from andrea mitchell, glenn beck, cory booker, and the pope. we've got a great show ahead today. i'm brian stelter, and it is time for "reliable sources." >>> that redford interview really is interesting. we're going to save it for later in the show because first it's the bieber. ♪ ♪ oh, whoa, oh ♪ oh, whoa, oh >> boy, those were the good old days, weren't they? i just checked tmz's home page. there are 76 mentions of justin bieber's mention this morning. none of them flattering. and tmz's not alone. television networks, websites, they've all been buzzing about bieber. ever since the pop star was taken into custody on thursday morning. >> pop superstar justin bieber has been arrested. >> police say the young star failed a field sobriety test. >> here he's smiling in his mug shot. >> congresswoman, let me interrupt you just for a moment. we've got some breaking news out of miami. stand by, if you will. right now in miami justin bieber has been arrested on a number of charges. the judge is reading the charges including resisting arrest and driving under the influence. >> now, that's one way

robert frank. >> i can dream. >> and michael crawford from philadelphia trust company. joining us is "fast money" contributor brianrst. sara eisen are making this point, you're grinning because this is all about currencies. what is going on? >> if you think the action in stocks in january was exciting or had some sharp moves you haven't seen anything. look at the currency moves. i looked at the biggest losers because we talk about carnage in emerging markets. if you look at the biggest losers argentine peso since the beginning of the year lost 18.5% of its value against the u.s. dollar. other currencies like the south african rand all of these currencies, they lost more than 5% of share value against the dollar. you saw funds coming out of emerging market stocks out of bonds. last week investors yanked $6 billion out of emerging market stocks. whether that helps the u.s. in the long run? that's the question for february. >> i wonder if you could put it in perspective. you have had 19 times when it's gone down at least 5%. i spent a lot of time covering emerging markets at the "wall street journal." by nature this

brian. >> 22 minutes before the top of the hour now. the white house doing major damage control after former defense secretary robert gates' memoir revealedry families, like the ones we're about to be joined by. billy and karen vaughn who lost their son when his chopper was shot down over afghanistan. they're author of the book "betrayed" and are our guests this morning. we thought of you right away because you were kind enough to join us before to talk about your son's death and the investigation of the chopper attack in 2011. that's one thing aside. when gates comes out and says the president wasn't committed to his own war plan that he campaigned on, what's your reaction, billy? >> it's outraging to families and to war fighters on the ground that their commander in chief does not have their back when he sends them into harm's way. i just want to point out, brian, that there is, according to congress, going to be an investigation early on in 2014. but we've received word from the inside that they're not going to talk about the foreign policies of this administration. this is exactly what needs to be talked about. american citizens and f

brian from the joint center of political and economic studies. we from the board of ncai have so many board members joining us today. we have the first vice president, michael finley. secretary robert shepherd, treasurer dennis walsh. we have the regional vice presidents. i also want to thank senator jon tester, who will be providing the congressional response, he has been an advocate of indian country throughout his career and an important ally for tribes can't particularly in critical tribes,portant ally for particularly in critical legislation. he helped reauthorize the indian health care improvement act. looking forward to many years of working together on our shared goals. it is my pleasure to energies therman brian cladoosby, 21st president of the national congress of american indians. he will deliver his first state of the indian nations address. president cladoosby was elected last october and has served the swinomish community as chairman since 1997. he has spent his career furthering the interests of native people and has helped create jobs and open opportunities, reinvigorated the fish and seafood industry. he is a respected leader in washington and throughout the northw

brian shactman. that does it for me on this hour. happy new year to everybody. thomas robertsa warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ >>> hi, everybody, good morning. i'm thomas roberts and a very happy new year to you all. i'm going to speak softly just in case you're a little hung over today because from the look of it the entire world had a great time ringing in the new year. last night's biggest party kicked off here in new york where officials estimated about a million people would show up to see the wall drop, helping to send the city into the new year, supreme court justice and bronx native sonia sotomayor. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 -- happy new year! >> fireworks also helped turn las vegas into several of its casinos into a scene right out of "ocean's eleven" w

brian higgins, congressman from new york, democrat, is back with us on the washington journal. guest: thank you for having me. begin with the memoir by former defense secretary robert gates. i think that these books come out periodically and people look for those juicy components that can be exploited. questiono call into the consistency of relationships between the secretary of defense and the president. i think these are exploited very often. i think the full context of the book should be taken on its face. i think robert gates is an extraordinary -- has done extraordinary public service and has a lot of credibility. i am more interested in his take on the situation in afghanistan and iraq relative to long-term american interests. war is a very complicated thing. i have been to iraq and afghanistan many times. i would like to know from him his perspective about what we ought to be doing to try to stabilize that place. whether it is direct involvement or not. host: right now, the united states is trying to get the afghanistan president to sign this pact allowing troops to stay there past 2014. another issue. does this criticism of the president not wanting -- not