when david stern took over, it was more like a commissioner as you think of it. making sure everybody stayed in mind. but now, the league is a media property. that means it is a ceo job. you have to be managing, merchandising, marketing. the first thing silver is going to have to do is negotiate new national tv deals that will be worth more than $1 billion per year. >> david stern led quite a legacy with the way he dealt with the players union. there was a five-month lockout. >> stern puts over in charge of that as an opportunity for him to step up and be in front of the owners more. when it became apparent that silver was going to be the next commissioner, the owners asked for more time with them. they wanted to hear him speak in his voice. that is really when he did it. they basically won that negotiation. they extracted a pretty big cut in the share of revenue that goes to the players. that won him the final approval of the owners. they voted 30-0 to make him the next commissioner. >> he was also in attendance last night in london. he talked about succession.

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here is olivia sterns.cally, an op-ed in response to the wall street journal about the demonization of the rich. progressive kristallnacht coming. any of you watch "fawlty towers." the number one rule is to not mention the war. ure that thes never go well. i am not sure why he says this. we were shocked by his views expressed. how shocked a silicon valley? >> i didn't even know there was a perkins. the guy is not involved. not involved. >> does he speak for silicon valley? in any way? >> in no way. in no way. i have no idea who he even is. >> it is very strange. his outrage comes from the fact that he thinks there is a perceived rising tide of hatred of the successful "one percent. -- 1%. >> i cannot get to the tragedy of con number europe in the 1930's. >> it is a stretch and it is not going to go over well. >> do you see signs of social unrest in the bay area? >> no. not at all. feeling this is an older gentleman. >> tom, inequality was the watchword at davos. the 1-99 where is split? >> i think it is alm

the park is divided into 2 sections we are in the stern area.you get over to pine lake meadow and pine lake, pine lake is considered a natural area. in 1847, the green family came out here, back then this was kind of an empty canyon and sand dun area. they claimed this property. in 1892. george green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody ca

stern. >> i love howard stern >> because of how he uses the format or sense of humour. >> everything, (a), it's a beautifully crafted radio show, where the design is beautiful. when you think about what it is - there's him, a bunch of characters who you come to know wh love. people that don't listen to howard stern have a misconception of what the show is. when he publicis it he talks about girls coming in did and taking off their tops, which is there. it's the least interesting part of the show. >> what other shows or broadcast or news sources do you follow? >> there's a set of public radio shows that i'm a big fan of, including "fresh air", and "radio lab", and "on the media", and the daily news shows which are a big source for me. times." >> i have to ask you something that you talked about regarding your dog. through your pitbull you learnt that you respond to neediness and vulnerability more than shows of affection. >> did i say that in >> yes, you said that. >> on the radio? speeches. >> i respond to neediness and vulnerability >> needy, vulnerable. >> he's affectionate, he's a

a show called "the howard stern and so i went show" on madison avenue. i went to the place at the the appointed appointed time. asked me to wait and they asked me to wait. sitting there, flipping through i flipped through magazines and magazines. and they they had a disgusting conversation on. and conversation on, and i said to can't they the other guy why can't they get some nice music. i mean that's a horrible that's a horrible thing to have have on in the waiting in the waiting room. you know. and he said that's the show >> he said, "that's the show we we're waiting to go on. and they calmer to get me. and are waiting to go on." they came to get me. lean, tall, i was introduced to a lean, tall with glasses. >> howard wild haired guy with glasses. >> howard >> howard stern. and >> and i said good morning, and morning. and he said, oh, you he said, "oh, you have a deep voice. anyone with a voice that deep voice. anyone with a voice that deep has to has to have a... "i said, "are we on air?" and on air? and he he said, i "yep." i said, "oh my", and he an

it is based running success for david stern. what a success. ♪ >> a busy friday morning.rlet fu and michael mckee with me. robert albertson with us from sandra o'neill on the state of american banks. islet's take a look at what happening in bangkok. dozens of people wounded. thrown into device a truck carrying government protesters. they want the country's february 2 election to be postponed. rising in the u.k.. forecasts increased 2.6%. it was the strongest december since the government began tracking sales in 1996. earl weaver paid for the orioles. planning to use replay to correct missed calls. each manager can challenge one call per game. if they get it right to they can get a second challenge. >> let's get to morgan stanley. the stock is trading higher in the premarket. ofis after it reported a lot messy one-time items in its fourth quarter and orders. -- fourth-quarter numbers. whether it is the tax benefit or legal reserves, earnings per share are up 15% that are up $.15. a $.2 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, the consensus was for $8 billion. incomes, commoditie

well, on the howard stern show, eric stonestreet admitted to using dating and hook up app tender.n using the app and actually missed out on a recent date because he had to get up early for wednesday's interview with stern. >> and kristen bell and dax sheppard had enough with the paparazzi. they were urging followers to boycott magazines that print photos of celebrity kids claiming children shouldn't be stalked. i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today."

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. >> and this one particular morning i had my assign: it was a show called "the howard stern show" on madison avenue. i went to the place at the appointed time. they asked me to wait. i flipped through magazines and they had a disgusting conversation on, and i said to the other guy why can't they get some nice music. that's a horrible thing to have in the waiting room. >> he said, "that's the show we are waiting to go on." they came to get me. i was introduced to a lean, tall wild haired guy with glasses. >> howard stern. >> and i said good morning, and he said, "oh, you have a deep voice. anyone with a voice that deep has to have a... "i said, "are we on air?" and he said, "yep." i said, "oh my", and he had it on tape. so from then on, whether i'm there or not. whenever someone says something outrageous he presents a button and i come on and say, "oh my", now it's my signature. >> we wish you the best of luck with all your projects in the future. it's a pleasure to talk to you. thank you very much for talking to us. >> i enjoyed talking to you. >> this is al jazeera america. syrian p

joining me as always, scarlet fu and olivia sterns. it is wonderful to have you here. what do we have today? reported the u.k., it of oneanded at 7/10 had growth in every sector except construction. they calculate it differently. year-over-year 2.8% and that was the surprise of 2013. was3.4%. rate in india was raised. the turkish central bank is expected to do -- to make a move later tonight. >> at 8:30 a.m., durable goods orders will come out and the case schiller index on housing will come out and consumer confidence will come out so many earnings are coming out. we will have dupont and other earnings calls. and theizer, comcast big event of the day, the state of the union is at 9 p.m. tonight. >> what? is thecolor of earnings so far >> now we get real companies. getre wondering whether he topline growth that everyone is looking for. >> we will talk about apple in a bit with some carnage. let's do a data check. continues, up nine. we have the indian response and argentina had a note last night calming the market a little bit. euro-dollar goes nowhere and neither does

. >> how about bruce stern in "nebraska"? >> this is tough. "bruce -- bruce stern, rest in peace.e the daughter. >> laura? >> fantastic. i loved her in "jurassic park." >> she is like a poor man's goldie hawn. >> bless her hart. heart. bruce stern is not going to win this. he died. they only give the award possible few mussily if -- possible few mustily if you are hot. heath ledger is hot. >> the other guy in the category, leonardo do cap trio -- dicaprio, does he have a chance? >> i don't even know what he is nominated for. >> the last that could knock off matt, "12 years a slave." >> "12 years a slave" my ass. matthew has been a slave to the industry for 30 years. he ain't never won nothing. jarod leto and mcconaghey will come victorious from the academy awards and his speech will be epic. >> if they could put a bliebd -- blindfold on you and take you to neptune and they better have the sprockets rolling when you get off the space ship because you will behave as your man. that is a glorious feeling. >> cate blanchett took it to him. >> matthew mcconaghey spoke about neptune and

that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol is a stern statement. in the interview with the new yorker, president obama says he does not think it is more dangerous than alcohol, clarifying that it is less dangerous to alcohol, i think i've told my daughters it is a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy. the president's comments come as more and more states are decriminalizing marijuana, some make exceptions for are medical use, some, colorado, make exception for are personal use. >> 162 in the negative, the motion is adopted. >> in a vote just days ago, new hampshire became the latest state to take a step legalizing pot for personal use. new york's governor announced his agenda to do the same but it's not just the blue states with its democratic leaders. republican state representative allen peek where pot is prohibited said he recently changed his stand on the drug? where many children fighting for their lives could benefit from medical marijuana. >> this is a huge shift. i want to be very clear, we don't want to go down the slippery slope of

. >>> while on the howard stern show, eric stonestreet admitted to using dating and hookup app tinderg the app and missed out on a recent date because he had to get up early for wednesday's interview with stern. >> show me how to use it? >> we'll move on. i think you're married. you got kids. >>> and kristen bell and dax shepard had enough with the paparazzi. they're taking to twitter on wednesday urging followers to boycott magazines that print photos of celebrity kids claiming children shouldn't be stalked. >>> i'm richard lui. this is "early today," we hope it is just your first stop of the day right here on nbc. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever. you raise her spirits. we tackled your shoulder pain. you make him rookie of the year. we took care of your cold symptoms. you take him on an adventure. tylenol® has been the number 1 doctor recommended brand of pain reliever for over 20 years. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices

howard stern, who i love. smith, mitt romney, and now lou dobbs of the fox business network, has a new book out called "upheaval" where he offers his solutions to the republican party. this book is great. he gets into some really good points. one, he tells republicans, stop killing each other. it's really, really good advice, and of course, lou is just a great guy. you can see him at 7:00 on the fox business network, but this is an excellent book, and he's been a very good friend to me and the show. >> lou dobbs. >> go get it. >> he's one of my heroes. >> go, lou. >> dancing for lou. shake it up. >> stir the soup. >> i've had too many twizzlers. let's not kid around, but, so we're going to put a little lady in "one more thing." how about a little gisele on your life? she's under a lot of criticism here. she was riding in her atv while holding her daughter with the other hand. you know, no seat belt, no helmet. i don't know what you think about this? >> she makes everything look good. can we just give her that?

stern's "extra's" he said/she said quiz. >> he said/she said. who is more romantic? yo or beth?i am. >> howard is more romantic. >> who has more style? >> beth has more style. >> i definitely have more style. he has a stylist. i do not. >> i love it when -- >> i love it when i'm in bed making love to my wife and at home. just relaxing. >> i love it when it's just the two of us alone together. >> recipe for perfect date night? >> home, dinner, glass of wine and to bed. right? what did she say? >> definitely a bottle of wine. amazing food and probably going to bed early. >> i know the woman. we've been together a long time. >> 20 years,eth and i will be -- >> in florida. >> what did she say? >> growing old together. probably in florida. that's our dream. >> see, i'm an attentive husbanand. how many did i get right? >> you got all of them right. >> did i really? >> you did. my wife is going to really love now. >> howard, you got that right, too. >> i love you so much. >> will ferrell has been a style we love since his days on snl. now after almost a decade, fans of "anchorman" once

one-on-one with david stern.epares to pass the torch after 30 years as head of the nba. >> the brooklyn nets faced off against the atlanta hawks here in london last night, taking their rivals down 127-100. ryan was there. >> brooklyn nets are on the road. but this is no ordinary away game. nets are facing off against the hawks. it's a home game for atlanta, only it's in london. it's the national basketball association's eighth ever regular season game in england, it's the latest arduous step to take the franchise global. >> we looked at some of the assets that we had. brooklyn itself, 150 nationalities, a global brand, and now we're at the point where we want to further leverage it and monetize t. >> the nba is already going global. the nets' owner is russian. one of the nets players is -- >> from russia with love. >> two others are from europe scommarbgts roster includes a german, a mexican, and the league's first macedonian. >> i didn't know in america there were so many macedonians. >> kevin garnett may be the

david stern denounced the trip and rachel nichols told our team sterns thinks money did play a role. >> i had the opportunity to ask david stern when he was a guest on "the situation room" with wolf blitzer why a guy like charles smith would take this smith. we know charles is a different guy than dennis rodman who tends to do this thing. we wouldn't expect this from charles. he said, look, i think the guys were blinded by the payday. i know that was the topic at the end of the conversation with charles smith and i do think money was a factor. >> others using diplomacy think it was a bad idea. charles smith painted it as a success. yesterday i asked hamer kareem abdul jabbar what he thought. >> i think it certainly back fired on them. i don't think they could have known, so much isn't known about north korea. it's a very unpredictable place. the leadership there can do some bizarre thing. caution is usually the best way to approach situations like that. when you have no idea of what's going to happen, it's usually a wise thing to do to stay away from those situations. >> a group of p

olivia sterns jointly with more. what are we talking about?u know the platinum amex is the goto card for high rollers. it costs $460 per year just to have the card. particularly for people who travel a lot. the bad news is the perks are going to change. as of march 22, you will no theer have access to airways clubs. they are kicking out the platinum customers. >> so the cost is the same. >> and a less perks. except for the lounge? or you are getting other perks also? >> it is just the admiral's lounge. you can go to the website, read the complaints. take a listen to some of the complaints. one member who has been there ifnce 1989 wrote on the site " american express wants me to continue as a platinum member, they are going to need to solve the airline lounge access or substantially reduce the annual fees." wow. -- >> wow. it -- wow. that is amazing. olivia sterns, thank you so much. "street smart" is next. >> good afternoon. live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm emily chang. >> and i am alix steel. happy friday, every body. w

now napping in a is the main adult figure in the show she represents stern love the fair is played but he same person and i think fairy is the thing have you for your first child pure love. i think nature is a beautiful thing and all widespread rabbits come to nature it's about how far and not something our kids get those days. ♪ ♪ ♪ there's fantastic spectacle what happens with the computes so i think in life performance you see it more successful and ask people to buy into your world so long as the world is consistent that you have on stage and film say, i want this message for kids. the world doesn't have to be spectacle it can be about relationships and a taking things seriously and not about being blown away. what is real asked the child one day and the success for the most part when you are 7-year-old you sit in the seats and kids laugh and ask questions and that's a sense of success. i think the fact we tour it and do it here and still are audience is lasting. i want to say its lasting because the story is a wonderful story. if it was just an okay story it wouldn't have laced th

. >> coming up, howard stern is apparently not the only one watching "the five."on stewart has his eye on our show as well and we'll tell you what we think about what he did, which was kind of awesome, coming up. >>> directly ahead, "duck dynasty" and "american idol" return tonight. you'll see a sneak peek at what the robertson clan has in store for season five. can you call them a family? i don't know. and season 13, a shake-up with the idol crew, next on "the five." my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. hey thanks for calling my doctor. sure. pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. don't stop taking prad

andy stern the guy who created the force for what it is said and i "making the look said a quite -- correctly that essay used singly the most powerful warsh united states. he is right and we will have to deal with this into the future. >> please join me in thanking fred siegel. [applause] >> fred will be signing books outside and for c-span audience. thank you. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the teachers that are trying to close the gap are dealing with such a hard problem. after reading the book i write a disclaimer that says this is making the assumption that no one is going to fix anything outside of the school. no one is going to do anything about the poverty of the racism or anything. can you close the gap and put all of the burden on the teachers and the principals? they are not getting that message. that is not the message from the schools. the school is like you have an inner-city african-american kid and a white suburban kid in second grade they can be at the same level in june when they graduate and when they come back in september the white sub

that is on the market, i'm olivia sterns.

i was trading and at about 2.89%. >> olivia sterns joining us from the newsroom.et's take a quick check of the markets before begin that decision. dow jones sliding about 129 points. the s&p 500 down 6/10 of one percent. index isq composite down nearly three quarters of one percent. >> the taper continues. the fed is reducing its bond buying from the current $75 billion to 55 billion dollars a month at the final meeting of head chairman ben bernanke. the forward guidance remains the same. much of the language remains the same. there is some news comments with regard to the economy. perhaps the most important section within the statement itself. it says -- and it's a repeat of the last statement -- if income information broadly supports expectation of ongoing improvement in labor market and inflation moving back toward its longer run objective that the meeting will likely reduce the asset

there a guy you want to you could have a or any person do you want to be with for a night charlie stern show that those are all these are all would be your number one she's gorgeous the first person you ever kissed. oh this little boy in the park i think i was eleven and he put his tongue in my mouth and it freaked me out so bad i was like spitting yeah member's name i think his name is jake in vegas in vegas so he's hardly that he probably brags about it all but. how would you define love. my definition of love is is trust and being able to lean on that person and and know that they accept you for all your faults when you monogamous in your marriage yes absolutely most people or about money would keep you up at night i think that would be worry about if you're a business woman or a businessman. money always keeps you up at night no matter how successful you are i'm always thinking of new schemes and what to you know how to how to change things how to make money how did you know where's that where's the next guy me wanting money money money yes yes if you could change one thing about yo

i want to bring in olivia sterns in our newsroom to give us more of a date. the company responding to a report that malicious software had been accessed? >> there has been a unauthorized access -- they say security attacks are becoming a more regular occurrence and recently identified a coordinated effort to gain unauthorized experts -- unauthorized access to mail accounts and says they prompted users to reset passwords on accounts that were impacted. they are resetting passwords, working with federal law enforcement to find the perpetrators responsible for this attack. they say they have implemented things to lock -- there are bigger concerns run hackers targeting infrastructures and software and the one being the attack on target software systems with nearly 100 million accounts compromise there. lex thank you very much. we will follow this story with yahoo! accounts accessed -- and unauthorized access for malicious software. this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. ? >> 3-d printing -- it has been one of the most talked about technologies of 2013. many compani

the markets.r on olivia sterns is in new york.luctuating between gains losses after the very surprising jobs report we had this morning showing that payrolls in the u.s. only increased by 74,000 in the month of december. at the same time, the labor department revised up the month of different -- the month of november. the unemployment rate fell. one stock to highlight is tesla. upgrading its forecast despite recent fires. the national consumer safety board give a five-star rating to the tesla s. ♪ >> this is the early edition of "bloomberg west." i am emily chang. top headlines, the u.s. unemployment rate dropped to 6.7% in december, the lowest it has been since october, 2000 eight. that low figure is in part because people are dropping out of the workforce. hiring also fell to its lowest a's in three years as -- lowest pace in three years. will nominate stanley fischer to be vice chairman of the federal reserve. he will replace net yellen, who was nominated to be president. current fed governor jerome powell is being nominated fo

olivia sterns has more on how that season shaped up.us as shoppers and bad for the retailers. had the deckers stacked against them. it might not have been good for a because we had fewer days to shop. there were fewer days in between thanksgiving and christmas. six fewer days to shop. retailers. the other issue was extreme weather. there were snowstorms here in new york city. it really didn't bite. there were storms across the midwest and in the north wiest and accordingly, there was a in footfall, down 15%. it is hard to say how much of that is from the weather. unit -- you do not just want to blame it on the weather. either way, they really hurt. 2.7% would be the weakest level since 2009. ? wehat is the distinction heard positive news from macy's today. >> always in the higher end, it seems to be luxury retailers have more pricing power and are able to resist the trend to discounting, which you saw in the mass market. even if you see total stores for holidays rise, it is much weaker of a picture in reality because the discounts eat i

so i guess today's whistleblower everett stern former employee of one of world's banking giant h.s.b.c. everett it's really great to have you on our show today. now you've been very vocal about your experience with h.b.c. can you tell our viewers in a nutshell in your simple world what it's all well what it's all about sure. i mean this is a normal big c. and the i mean this is about a bank sponsoring terrorism and killing people that's why this is about and it's about defending the united states and defending the world as a whole against terrorism and and saying that too big to jail is not an ok policy for any government to have. or about this is actually huge words what did actually happen you were hired by i'm sure i mean let's start from the beginning so you were hired by h.p. see after you want to business school right and then what happened. first i was a candidate for the convention service and then while in business school and my undergrad and then. joined teacher's p.c. tobar two thousand and ten right after the cease and desist order came into effect . and i was hired as an e

first, to our headlines with olivia sterns. >> charter communications has offered to buy time warner cable for $132 per share valuing it at $61 billion. it includes $83 in cash per share and about $49 in stock. another big deal after the bell, google has landed nest labs for $3.2 billion. nest will continue to operate under its own brand. those are the top headlines. >> charter has made an offer to buy time warner cable. joining me with details and reactions, we have alex sherman and the chairman of mediamorph, shahid khan. thank you for joining me. you broke the story, alex. apparently time warner cable has already said they are not going to be satisfied with the price they were given. >> we heard in the story that john malone was telling his associates they don't expect time warner to accept that amount. i was talking to a source familiar with the situation and this person told me that 132.5 is the starting price in the sense that if time warner will not engage, why even bother? >> why isn't time warner cable engaging in this in order to try to negotiate a higher price? >> i think

we're going to talk about outgoing in be a commissioner david stern.y were talking about the brooklyn nets. we will hear what he had to say. the nba is taking bitcoin. >> i think we should start taking it. >> what? >> we are not going to. ♪ >> welcome back. we have earnings up from ups coming up earlier than expected. ups is cutting their earnings for the year. they thought they would come in at four dollars and $.50 -- $4.50. -- they seeing they are are seeing higher costs. >> that is a big problem. >> we talked a lot about that. >> you were upset because you did not get some of your stuff on time. >> i know people who ordered things late and they arrived after christmas. that does not do a whole lot of good then. these numbers, they reflect those problems. >> you have to wonder with amazon, today push back and say ups, you have to eat some of the cost of us refunding the cost of presence going out? >> that is what they offer to their customers. did u.s. -- ups have to be responsible? >> that is a tricky thing to balance. it failed. they have to figur

. >>> coming up, apparently, howard stern is not the only one watching "the five." watches as well. we'll tell you about what he did. >>> directly ahead, "duck dynasty" and "american idol" are back tonight. can you call them a family? i don't know. season 13, a shakeup with the "idol" crew. >> i love it. j. lo's back. ♪ ;ñ;ñ;ñ ♪ ♪ i like the way you do that right there ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. big night on tv tonight. a couple of highly anticipated season premieres. lucky season 13 of "american idol" kicks off, j. lo, keith urban, and harry connick jr. and "duck dynasty" season five. tonight, willie and korie welcome rebecca robinson. here's a clip. >> rebecca's been in the wrong l.a. los angeles. >> well, it's changed a lot. >> what is phew? >> we got gnaw fwas station with a drive through. john luke. and hopefully, that hasn't changed her too much. you figured out everything about fashion. he's fine. apparently, it taught her to travel home with five bags for a two-day visit. use your legs, son. use your legs. >> your thoughts? >> i love them. they're fun. t

"bloomberg businessweek" with nba commissioner david stern. >> how to manage an enterprise that continues to grow. every successful corporation has to deal with that because they are going to have so many markets crawling out for so much development -- that -- so much development. we had that when we were 24 and now when we are 1200. >> we will see what happens on february 1. >> i feel like i have some chuck e. cheese all over me now. we are in different parts of the newsroom. best buy plunging nearly 30% as the giant faces intense competition from online retailers such as amazon.com. joining me now to discuss what happened down what's ahead is ronnie moas founder of standpoint research and craig johnson, president of customer growth partners. what happened at best buy? >> it's a company with a great history and a great future. the present is not so good. it's a very competitive industry. margins are tiny and it is not managing the business that well right now. it is suffering from what we call the tear any of the installed base. these giant behemoth stores that they need maybe half the s

in addition to christian bail, he is up against bruce stern, and matthew mcconaughey.mark barton, nbc news. >>> step aside, oprah, someone else topped the list for most influential celebrities. >> steven spielberg won, oprah dropped to second, third is george lucas. not on the list, miley cyrus, justin bieber, and kim kardashian. >> they're disrespecting the biebs. >>> two recycling plant owners that saved a puppy's life. >> well today two workers saved an injured puppy. >> they found the ten week old puppy nicknamed gem on a conveyer belt. she was thrown away in a truckload of trash including bottles, cans, and other recyclebles. she has come a long way, but she is still in foster care. gem herself will be at tonight's event, up for adoption, as soon as she fully recovers. so far authorities have not been able to identify who did d that to the poor little pup. >> nice work to those people, the mayor will be there and gem will be there. >> thank you for joining us. our next newscast is at 5:00. [whining like a dog] (tina) oh, my, not that--this. sorry, i don't shake ha

sterns, thank you. "on the markets" again in 30 minutes.ades you need to know about, alix steel joined in. google.0, i u.k. artificial intelligence company deepmind, the acquisition will be used to improve search results and google translate. google has spent $17 billion in the past two years to purchase hardware, software, and advertising technology companies. >> number nine, the homebuilder was downgraded to equal rate at barclays -- equal weight at barclays. their profit will be capped by decelerating price trends. barclays raised its price target by one dollar to $30 per share. >> walmart cutting 2500 jobs. this will be made -- these will be made at sam's club divisions, intended to streamline management. >> lululemon shares were cut to neutral from buy. the analyst cited a slow recovery from public relations industry -- public relations issues. >> who could forget the see through yoga pants? media, culinary fourth-quarter results beat estimates. they also announced its chairman and ceo will step down immediately. they named former yaho

he told howard stern said the only justification for using a gun is moving half a million people into auschwitz. i don't think we need guns in this country. i hate it. i think the nra is a disaster area. i am going to make a movie. shouldn't say it, but tell you. make a movie, with meryl streep. take the issue head on. they're going to wish they weren't alive after i am done with them. >> ooh. i'm sure they're scared at nra headquarters right now. one thing that harvey did say that was right. he said, i shouldn't have said this, howard. he shouldn't have said it. [ applause ] >> let me tell you why. as -- as a life member of the nra, can i just tell it, something, to harvey, i don't think any of the members of the nr have? are afraid of you. we are afraid of a disarmed america where the only people whoen end up having guns is bad guys with guns. nra position is simple. straight forward. the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have a good guy with a gun who can stop him. because you are not going to stop a bad guy with a gun by saying, please, please, don't do that. well, ever

what you can do is what moms and .eachers know well, being stern stern is ok.you are stern, that means you have decided what is going on is not cool, and you are going to express that as opposed to just react to. >> sometimes we cry. >> john boehner has made a career of it. about where john boehner is, he is a guy. he is a congressman. he is a republican. all of these things say strong, strong, strong. he could get away with it. it was very tough. there was one famous episode we should talk about a little bit. >> that was very compelling. hillary clinton. >> one of the archetypal case studies of how this stuff works is hillary clinton. this in theout book. hillary clinton when she first showed up on a lot of our radars was back in 1992, and the first thing we knew about her when she was first lady was this was somebody who wasn't interested in baking cookies. there was a role she was auditioning for, first lady, and if you think about women and warmth, first lady is almost the mother of america, 20 years ago almost more so. said, i'm notn that. >> she actively

must have been close to minus forty celsius but these olympic torch is and torch bearers are made of stern stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat of the city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot. lives so when to mate with it. and again show me the way. by carlo. good choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deep this lake on the planet on the site of a very special olympic celebration. for the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water. in this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger . are professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic my cow has many faces and winter it's tough and in summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power i

sterns county, minnesota, accidents all along the roadways. this is another one in a series of snow events that have been coming through the area. looks like detroit is going to set an all-time record snowfall for the entire season. so as the snow comes from chicago to detroit heading eastward another round of snow showers, 1 to 3 inches common across the area throughout the ohio valley into the northeast. this arctic blast is another in a series that will drop temperatures to some dangerously low levels. 1 and 2 below for chicago. minneapolis 23 degrees below monday and see it's cold boston all the way down to atlanta. we'll talk more about that coming up. bianna, back to you. >> never-ending winter season. i want to hear more about that grits factory, bill. >> i'll fill you in. >>> we'll turn to a social media milestone. courtney love winning a decision in the first ever twitter liable trial. a jury saying the singer did not defame one of her former lawyers in a tweet. abc's linzie janis has the details. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, the quee

sterns county, minnesota, accidents all along the roadways. this is another one in a series of snow events that have been coming through the area. looks like detroit is going to set an all-time record snowfall for the entire season. so as the snow comes from chicago to detroit heading eastward another round of snow showers, 1 to 3 inches common across the area throughout the ohio valley into the northeast. this arctic blast is another in a series that will drop temperatures to some dangerously low levels. 1 and 2 below for chicago. minneapolis 23 degrees below monday and see it's cold boston all the way down to atlanta. we'll talk more about that coming up. bianna, back to you. >> never-ending winter season. i want to hear more about that grits factory, bill. >> i'll fill you in. >>> we'll turn to a social media milestone. courtney love winning a decision in the first ever twitter liable trial. a jury saying the singer did not defame one of her former lawyers in a tweet. abc's linzie janis has the details. ♪ >> reporter: this morning, the quee

. >> and the british royal family gets a stern warning, why they're being asked to tighten their belt. >> we're giving you a sneak peek at your seven-day forecast, including the lieu than in new year on friday. we'll tell you when we're expecting raindrops on your doorstep, boy to do we need the rain. nbc bay area will be right back. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> well what are we going to do about this drougt? the district includes ten reservoirs that provide 25% of santa clara county's water supply. bob redell joins us from the lexington water levels that are low across the bay area. >> good morning to you, scott. during years with lots rains if you today here you would be under water or at least knee deep. this is one of the driest 12-month periods since 1867. this reservoir is at just 30% capacity. you're looking at video right now, this is south of san jo