russell simmons successful entrepreneur or drill into bricks he thinks everyone should be financially empowered sure he developed a rush card. a prepaid debit card is this the kind of quote unquote innovation that too big to fail banks are flocking to now to pass on the cost of regulations right back to consumers we'll talk about it let's get to today's capital account. so as you know if you've been watching this show for several months since the show began we've interviewed u.k. and european parliament politician nigel farah a number of times about the crisis in europe he's talked about the lack of democracy in europe the rise of tech not prosy and predicted a country like greece was headed toward some kind of revolution thirty years ago since the early one nine hundred ninety s. when pharaoh's was a founding member of the u.k. independence party he has been a skeptic pushing for the u.k. to pull out of the e.u. altogether for years he was a lone voice in european parliament calling the eurozone project a disaster and people luck to him now he says not so many people are laughing and

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privilege of being able to host an event tomorrow night here in new york at 92nd street y with russell simmons be very interesting insofar as russell has been very aggressive on the cultural front in trying to raise the awareness of the use of collective collaboration in our culture and specifically, using that to get money out of politics. specifically. and so the conversation tomorrow night, i can assure you will resolve around what we all can do in 2012 to get money out of politics. how it is that collective collaboration can be organized over the course of the months to come to address what really is the root issue, whether it is oil, prisons, defense, health, banks. you read the books. so you know the story. the unholy alliance is at the root. big conversation tomorrow night. i do hope you will be able to come out, about getting it that root. as we take a break here straight ahead, office ick. new research shows we are picking up a lot more than a paycheck we we go to work. does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now with the touch of a button ? droid does. does it pos

russell simmons and myself with a big announcement on getting money out of politics. we'll reveal it tonight at the y, and "hardball" starts right now. >> the eye of newt. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. i've got newt gingrich with me here tonight and it's going to be an interesting discussion. i hope to get the former speaker to tell us what he really thinks because he thinks a lot. whatever you think of his conclusion or rough politics, and i stand ready to challenge him on both, he stands at the higher level of debate for the simple reason he thinks on a deeper level of discussion than his opponents. he's got the perspective of knowing history and knowing its importance. let's go on with the man who gave mitt romney a good fight, who knew the hard way about mitt than most of us will ever learn. former presidential candidate, mr. speaker. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> i have a theory which anybody who watches, you're smarter than they think, you read endlessly about american politics, you write historical

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. >> russell simmons first announced his death on his website global grind.com.o cause of death has been announced. in 2009 he revealed he had a cancerous tumor. >> in addition to directing iconic music videos for his fans yelk is credited as a pioneer in hip hop music. the beastie boys arguably pushed rap into the main stream in the 1980s. the band formed in high school. they have since sold more than 40 million records. yelk is survived by his wife and one daughter. >>> now to the weather we could get some stormy weather this afternoon and this evening. >> this weekend get ready for more rain. storm 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is here with your first forecast. >> steamy and warm out there. you probably noticed the higher humidity and, yes, we could have some thunderstorms some of which could be strong coming our way over the next couple hours. as far as the radar goes there are a few showers around fauquier county and prince william county but we could see this area fill in with more scattered showers and again thunderstorms here over the next couple hours

and russell simmons on the future of occupy and the problem with american politics. >> the scream has's 1895 painting, now a modern symbol of human anxiety. you probably recognize it. it is everywhere. they sold it last night after just 12 intense minutes of bidding. >> i shall sell it for the historic sum of $120 million. sold. >> that's intensity. including fees and commission, the final price for the scream, $120 million. so the buyer's name, we're learning details about the buyer have been released, have not been released but it hasn't stopped us from being curious. i have to tell you. this note came out. this amount. you are obviously an art expert. you know what's going on in this world. i think even experts were stymied by this. >> everybody was stunned. obviously, we're in an economic crisis. but globally, greece, the u.k. we're not just struggling here alone in america with the economy. so who has this kind of money to spend? >> globally, there are people with a lot of cash. and they look now at art as an asset class just like stocks and bonds and jewelry. >> is it still equa