mulligan and sam wallace and both made it out and today they share grandchildren so jim's son married sam johnson's daughter and they now have what they collectively called the p.o.w. grandchildren. sam is now a congressman from the state of texas and was the elite solo pilot for the thunderbirds. ron stores is one p.o.w. from this group of 11 that didn't make it home. it was wrong. when you read the book and i want you to read the book not ache as i wrote it but because it's the most incredible story you will ever hear. when you read the story and you read about ron the kind of understand how terrible ,-com,-com ma mentally terrible that whole situation was. nell tanner. nelson ross. flew together. they were on the carl's ep they got shut down. nels was not a senior officer but he ended up in this group of 11 and i will tell you why. and i love this story. .. they thought they had this great confession. well, they got a phone call from the united states other couple weeks later, and one friend told them that clark kent was superman. and they came, got nels and took nells along with these other fol

i think men who sacrificed a lot more than senator pryor or i, like sam johnson or john mccain have beenongress. frankly, i think if we had more people in the congress who were veterans, congress might be a little more respected, like our military is. >> not all are democrats or republicans. but when they go in, they have a sense of service like the people who serve in the military. so we got word to senator pryor. we wanted him to come on. instead they just sent this statement. so let's read it together. this is from his campaign: quote, of course mark is grateful for congressman cotton's service. but this campaign is about two very different records in congress and it's cotton's irresponsible votes against medicare, social security, and affordable student loans that matter most to arkansas voters. cotton himself had military experience should not be the sole qualification for political office. your reaction? >> this can lead to different results for the american people. pryor spent 25 years in office. he was led to vote for obamacare which cut millions of dollars out of medicare and na

the reverend julie johnson staples, the reverend sam mu elcruz, professor of church and society and lutheran raushenberg. michael, let me start with you. >> a year ago we were sitting here and we had this first jesuit pope. he activated the imagination, to see god in all things and all people. set hearts on fire. but on this very issue you're bringing up it's true that faithful catholics have been disappointed and especially with that most recent interview. we go back to the establishment of the commission on the protection of minors and we think, look, he's centralizing power in a good way, right? he's centralizing power to look at every issue involving laypeople, every issue that under girded the sexual crews sis. it seems that new policy isn't needed it's enforcement of existing policies. there's already zero tolerance. there are examples in kansas city u.s. bishop robert finn is still a standing bishop even though convicted of protecting a child important nothing gra 49er. to a standing bishop, we look at the jesuit inspired spirituality, we say, yes, yes, yes, right. then we look at act

sam grobart. more on "bloomberg west" after the quick break. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on technology and the future of business. i am cory johnsonr emily chang. salesforce, 15 years ago, it was founded in san francisco. even then, the company had a focus on poverty and those less lucky. it continues to have a focus on poverty. hoping to raise $10 million for anti-poverty programs in the bay area. i spoke to salesforce ceo, marc benioff, earlier today. >> 15 years ago, we started salesforce in a little apartment. >> and it is now is bigger. >> it is bigger. we do $5.3 billion this year. 13,000 employees. the most exciting thing is to give back to the community and you can see how today we were able to get 15,000 pounds of food donated to the food bank. >> it has become a really big issue. i am surprised it is taking hold. why do think some people are really ticked off about the inequality? why now? >> you have a serious issue. you have the buses that are symbolic. they are very physical. people are getting thrown out of their homes. tech is not organized in a smart way to give back. we are changing those things. we took a percent

sam? this is bloomberg "surveillance." 3.is monday thomas march joining me a scarlet fu. he saw all the oscars, we welcome cory johnsonor the hour, richard dalton asked. falkenrath. >> russia raises interest rate unexpectedly. china pma dropped to an eight-month low. u.s. mortgage approvals rose more than forecast in january to them highest level in more than six years as the property market .trengthens this shows the change in the global housing market. we are expecting some of that. i is some manufacturing construction spending and total vehicle sales a big number that is being driven. subprime lending a big deal. >> earnings after the bell, mbia as well. >> we have company news. >> berkshire hathaway sales will rise as much as the s&p 500 through 2008. the first time the company missed on the five-year target dating back to 1965. after ringing up record earnings last year, looking to do more deals this year. in the united states. microsoft ceo is shuffling management. mark penn will fill the new role of street -- cheap strategy officer according to people familiar with the matter. executive bp tony bates was -- lea

sam tomahawk kentucky. >> caller: hello. a watch on television and msnbc. i am religiously republican. i live down here where lyndon baines johnson come down here on the war on poverty. you come down here and elected this county. it's run by all republicans. and the poor people out here vote republican because they'll work in a coal mine. there's one man that runs the county. we have to go 23 miles to a hospital. the 018 miles and other with a hospital. we have nothing in this county. the poor schools don't have no books. they don't have nothing. they want to talk about poverty, alan the world as kids going to learn anything if they can't get what they need. and it just burns me that the republicans and doing what they do. progress of obama, feel so sorry for the man. they down and every time they turn around. but mitch mcconnell has never been in this county and everyone votes for the fool. in the same way with rand paul. he has never been in this county. he comes down here and he gets the votes down here. just bothers me that the people down here and a lot of the people out of state to not see what the republican party is all a