joining us next to anale what it means and what it represents with the huge societal shift is the manhattan institute to explain why the boys to men journey has become -- become too tough for many. the south this lamp quiet of the winter storm more than 59 deflates canceled there the 3,000 delays a big storm between one and 6 inches and icy conditions through virginia and georgia in of the carolinas. for the latest we're joined by the meteorologist. >> i know it is a mouthful. [laughter] you were talking about the ice storm potential i am concerned for friends across georgia and the carolinas it is eight points in a lifetime event some of the warnings coming out is epic, a catastrophic, a devastating, life-threatening if you live in those areas you need to be closely monitoring the weather and with your local stations with fox business to local news. reseed the freezing rain with the next wave of precipitation arkansas , the vienna, a mississippi this will be a devastating storm for our friends across the southeast with i stilwell's with half an inch so we will need to monitor this very car

joining us next to analyze what it means and what it represents with the huge societal shift is the manhattannstitute to explain why the boys to men journey has become -- become too tough for many. the south this lamp quiet of the winter storm more than 59 deflates canceled there the 3,000 delays a big storm between one and 6 inches and icy conditions through virginia and georgia in of the carolinas. for the latest we're joined by the meteorologist. >> i know it is a mouthful. [laughter] you were talking about the ice storm potential i am concerned for friends across georgia and the carolinas it is eight points in a lifetime event some of the warnings coming out is epic, a catastrophic, a devastating, life-threatening if you live in those areas you need to be closely monitoring the weather and with your local stations with fox business to local news. reseed the freezing rain with the next wave of precipitation arkansas , the vienna, a mississippi this will be a devastating storm for our friends across the southeast with i stilwell's with half an inch so we will need to monitor this very caref

luckily i won't be around to know. >> stay tuned for tips on how to beat the manhattan art market, and weekend away with richard branson. the virgin c.e.o. introduced me to some super-sized friends. ♪ >> you can't drive this next pursuit, but you can bring it home with you. we talked to legendary art collector, ronald lauder. >> it is a question of taste and passion. >> and his top advisor, phyllis hattis, gives us an insider's tour of today's market. >> it sounds like you are telling me not to buy it. >> i am telling you to take your time. >> ronald lauder is heir to the famed estee lauder cosmetics fortune. he started collecting art at age 14 and has amassed one of the most impressive personal collections in the united states. >> these are picasso. >> all picasso. >> this year he displayed it for the first time at this museum he founded on the upper east side. >> what inspired you? >> the most important art is tough art, art that is brutal. to me, art is never about investment. there has always been a passion. >> an expensive passion. lauder's passion made headlines when he purchased

the north-east. we have winter storm watches impacting manhattan and boston. it's the tract of the storm that looks unsure. now it does appear that the storm will bring snow to maryland, but we'll get snow for the manhattan area and parts of the eastern new jersey, maybe about one to four inches approximately as we get thursday night into early friday morning. and a lighter storm coming over on top of that. temperatures. ing it -- something to watch in the days ahead. >> we'll have updates on al jazeera america. >> on capitol hill, the house voted to raise the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. it approved a clean debt limit bill. the senate is expected to take up the bill today. a fight over the debt ceiling contributing to a 17-day shutdown last october. >> attorney-general eric holder is making a case for allowing former felons to vote. banning convicts from voting once released from prison makes it harder for them to reintegrate into society. he pointed to a study finding ex-felons return to prison less often. >> holder doesn't have the power to forc

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gerri: i want to bring in paul howard here from the manhattan institute. paul, you've seen everything with obamacare. you've seen all kinds of glitches and all kinds of fundamental problems. is this surprising to you? >> these were the problems that were supposed to be cleared up in november. the government is supposed to check your income and citizenship linked them through the federal data hub. on the other hand if he gets higher rejection rate means the process has not been fixed. if this is widespread occurrence they're claiming enrollments not really completed yet. gerri: that is the heart of the matter, right, dennis? that is one of your big questions? are people being counted and this accounts for the big numbers administration is touting? what do you think? is this isolated case or is this happening all over the country? >> this is happening all over the country. the state i'm in north carolina, we don't have a state exchange. we have to go through the federal exchange. it gets bogged down and getting people through and subsidy things like that. if

in addition to the fees, the manhattan toilets will require a $15 annual membership. people say this whole idea stinks, but there is nothing that underscores the growing inequality in our society more than you can buy a subscription to a safe clean public washroom. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. ♪ >>> huh, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in "the stream." teach for america is a program designed to revolutionize how kids in low-income areas are taught. the question tonight is where whether the program is living up to its mission. ♪ >> our digital producer, wajahat ali is here, bringing in all of your live feedback.

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i spoke to all of the superintendents in manhattan and the attendance is low. parents who wanted to keep their kids at home did. those who had to work, however, brought their kids to school. there is hot lunch and there is the there are teachers there but it's a rock in the hard place. it's really hard for pedestrians to cross. there's a lot of slush at every crosswalk. the roads are clear but the pedestrian movement is very challenging. >> gail, al rocker from nbc got into something of a spat with the mayor about the school closings. he tweeted, "i knew this a.m. the mayor's office new york city schools would close schools. talk about a bad prediction. long-range de blasio's forecast, one term. >> i respect al rockker a lot. it's a different thing to run the city and give the weather on tv. >> ouch. al roker responded this way. mr. mayor, i know i could not run nyc but i know when it's time to keep kids home from school. what do you think, in retrospect, is al roker correct? >> i know al roker and his wife and his family. i don't think there was a lot of learn

the older people were forced to leave. and all these uptown or some want to come and have their sort of disneyland manhattan experience they have other options to other communities they can go to but the poor skid row really have no other housing anywhere at all almost anyone would say to you've got to be crazy why would you save skid row what is the possible value of saving a skid row if you think about it by if thousands of people on main street lose their house and that's thousands of people for whom the city will have to build a massive and costly shelter system and makes far more sense to preserve the housing the poor live and and let the poor continue to pay their own brand so makes good economic sense not just good social and moral sense for the city to in fact preserve the housing that's in the skid row area. there are a lot of empty lost in the area the city could convert that into housing i mean only. twenty four thousand dollars a year to have some warm. supportive housing or more services. for the forty percent of your return true right. but compares to anywhere from forty five thousand to one hundred thousand

in addition to the fees, the manhattan toilets will require a $15 annual membership. people say this whole idea stinks, but there is nothing that underscores the growing inequality in our society more than you can buy a subscription to a safe clean public washroom. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. ♪ . >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york. here are the top stories. the white house says it's supporting a new government forming in ukraine. the interim government is not legitimate. it recalled its ambassador. the former president viktor yanukovych is on the run and police issued a warrant for his arrest. >> 13 people are dead, and more than 100 injured in venezuela. traffic came it a halt as protesters put up barricades. they've been protesting for several weeks, blaming the government for the high crime rate. >> president nicolas maduro blames the international media for distorting the situation in the country. hundreds rode motorbikes to show solidarity. >> the pentagon is looking to shrink the army to pro-world war ii lev

and the most the you know he's always allowed the fascists to take over his city administration the manhattan institute and as far as i'm concerned up from my perspective chief bratton runs his stand city and i don't know why we have a mayor yet rule of the schools. for the poor. quality of life. we and. thirty. three. police chief william bratton made his name cleaning up new york city with the controversial broken windows theory of crime reduction. safer cities how to implement the same policy in his town. the same tactics it was june and the broken windows theory in new york right where necessary cost to fire you the same way he justified new york is saying well you plan on june the. california address was a really big story for hours of the people here especially people with disabilities the first year there were. areas of otoh where thirteen girls or people were twelve rows sorry to. issue most for starters for littering care workers. who care to burrow under the thirty or for. over a warrant for their arrest. an article at business insider brags for americans who feel insecure about the

and although four were arrested, sources they the manhattan d.a. will decline to prosecute one of the men. the arraignment for the 22-year-old woman has just wrapped up. she's been charged with misdemeanor possession. her lawyer says she's not guilty. ann? >> all right, katy tur tonight. to be continued. thank you so much. >>> and we are back in a moment with the giant celebration tonight in a great american city. >>> the scene in seattle today as that city celebrated the victory of the seahawks in the super bowl. officials estimate that about 700,000 people poured into the downtown. that is more than the entire population of the city. it may have been the biggest gathering in seattle's history. and because so many people were using their cell phones, the city asked people to stay off of them because 911 calls were not going through. >>> confirmation tonight about something that happened during the super bowl that just didn't look right to millions who were watching. the frequently shirtless base player for the red hot chili peppers who calls himsel

the manhattan funeral ended with pallbearers bringing the coffin out of the catholic church to the hearsee 46-year-old hoffman found dead sunday of an apparent heroin overdose in his apartment. >>> it was dirty harry to the rescue. clint eastwood jumped into action when a man began choking on a piece of cheese. that man was steve john. the golf tournament director at pebble beach. he and eastwood were chatting at a party when it happened. >> i just choked. i was choking and clint could see that i was choking and he grabbed my arm, turned me around and performed the heimlich on me and saved my life. >> clint says he noticed immediately that something was wrong. he told the local paper, i looked in his eyes, saw that look of panic that people have when they see their life passing before their very eyes. i gave him three good jolts and that got it out. eastwood is 83 now. part owner of pebble beach and an active behind the scenes presence at the annual at&t pro- am golf tournament that's taking place right now. >>> now back to our top story, mark sayre on some nervous neighbors who are hopin

ofis the manhattanization silicon valley. the construction going on, the price appreciation. s' time you will start to think of san francisco like manhattan is today. >> pete flint, cofounder and ceo of trulia. we will be right back. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." no, we did not forget. it is valentine's day. we have the perfect person to talk about valentine's day. the ceo and founder of eharmony. how is your business on valentine's day? what happens to traffic for you guys? >> we have five times the traffic on valentine's day. we wish every day were valentine's day. >> i bet you do. i bet you don't see that kind of growth the rest of the year. how does that tie into the way your business is growing in terms of users or revenues, compared to the rest of the year? 50% in ourgrown business during the past 12 months. everything is growing very rapidly. valentine's day, especially since this year there is a four-day holiday, it is the top of the top. >> what you think of some of these newer dating apps like tinder? >> that's kind of popular right now. but we don't think v

a short while ago, under very mysterious and completely misreported circumstances, he left the manhattand at age 52, moved to tokyo to start all over again. i was determined to track him down and see what the hell he was doing. these days, this great man is running a 14-seat sushi bar in the manado district of tokyo. his wife naomi is his only helper. >> welcome to the place. thank you for coming. >> why did you do such a hard thing? >> this city, tokyo, this is kind of the maker of the sushi. so i just want to be the sushi chef in tokyo. >> yasuda is a friend, and my master in the sense that he's taught me pretty much everything i know about sushi over the years. he's a very, very interesting and complex man who constantly surprises. >> this is the most expensive wasabi. so i wait, wait, wait. finally this goes to the discount box. then i bought this. >> it's very french of you. so many things separate yasuda from other japanese sushi masters. the most noticeable is his hands. they're huge. look at the knuckles. enormous from years of pounding cement walls during repeated daily practice

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it is the manhattanization of silicon valley.n five years time, you will start to think of san francisco like manhattan. >> i do not know. if the prices going higher, there might be mutiny. thank you for joining us. we will be back after a quick break. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." we do not forget that it is valentine's day. happy valentine's day. >> same to you. >> thank you. we have with us the ceo of eharmony. thank you for joining us. how is your business on valentine's day? what happens to traffic for you guys? >> we have five times the traffic on valentine's day. we wish every day was valentine's day. >> i'll bet you you do not see that kind of growth for the rest of the year. how does that high into the way your business is growing? >> we have grown 50% in our business during the past 12 months. everything is growing rapidly. valentine's day, especially since this year there is a four-day holiday, it is the top of the top. >> what do you think of some of the newer dating apps like tinder? >> that is popular right

fellowlso an adjunct with the manhattan institute for legal policy and a longtime blogger in our web gazine. institute and the institute for class-action fairness are institutionally separate. but ted is here to talk about a certain variant of class-action abuse, really, any class-action abuse, but in particular what the center focuses on, which is class-action settlements that are thought to be unfair to the .laintiff ted can explain more what we mean by that. he has been called by other publications a leading tour reform advocate by the wall street journal and the new york times has called him the leading critic of class-action abuse settlements. he comes at this with significant experience, doing the work that i do as the president of the american enterprise institute. as well as a decade of aperience in the law, as litigator with class-action experience on that end. was a high honors graduate of the university of chicago law school. executivember of the committee of the federalist society litigation practice group. [applause] >> thanks to jim for that kind introduction and to the

and paul howard senior fellow at the manhattan institute he added moms to the staff we have to do that haddistressed babies that we paid $1 billion each to be sure they were okay in these are the things that add up to benefit cost so i made the decision to change the 401k plan. critical of their decision to give employees less benefits. do you have a problem wi what mr. artrong had to say? >> as i understood in it he was playing obamacare with the increased cost rather the individual situation. that caught -- cost is indisputable obamacare is costing them millions of dollars. >> so what he was saying is the employee health premiums have to go up or they have to cut the batching. so the company and the employees a of the culprit is obamacare. gerri: there are other sources for those funds. you were not a favor and? you thought it was bad form? to make you don't want to single out any individual employee for health care. it could even be federal violation classic case of foot in mouth spicule party as opposed to disclose -- as clues medical liberation about employees. gerri: they give al

the manhattan institute, are institutionally separate.that ted is an excellent person to have talk about a certain area to class-action abuse here. really in a class-action abuse, but in particular the class-action fairness focuses on, which is class-action settlement that are thought to be unfair to the point of classes of. ted can explain more about what we mean by that. he's been called a major publications a leading tort reform advocated by "the wall street journal." adam liptak of "the new york times" called him the leading critic of abusive class-action settlements. he comes with the african experience doing work like what i do is the first president of the american enterprise since the two, legal center for the public interest as well as the decades experience in the law as a litigator with a lot of class-action experience on that and. on the seventh circuit court of appeals for the high honors graduate of the university of chicago law school and member of the american law institute and the executive committee of the federalist soc

>> it depends on the different marketplaces. manhattanhing we are seeing in san francisco and miami and chicago, it is mostly all-cash buyers. all cash buyer, they will not feel the pain. it is more middle america the more leveraged buyer, they were -- there will be more pain. >> the top and cities are protected. going for things are a sonic in be picked up by more private equity guys, the rest of it in the middle will be mailed by high interest rates. >> i call it the london effect. take a look at london and easy high it is gone. it has become a safe haven city for people around the world. it tells you new york has room to run. there are so many people in places from venezuela to the maybe i need an alternative home in new york city. much.nk you very theof thor equities, managing director at s&p. one of the minds behind the s&p index. qwest coming up, bloomberg system with the blackberry ceo. hear what he has to say about a potential bbm ift is blackberry messenger, you do not recall if he used to have that phone, a spinoff of that servi

outside the west village manhattan apartment, alexandra, what can you tell us about the sce scene. dozens keep arriving. this is the apartment building behind me. here in west village. it's called pickwick house. philip seymour hoffman found in the bathroom of the fourth floor apartment. we're told the medical examiner has arrived. she's on the scene in the apartment. the medical examiner looking into the death trying to answer questions about what led to this death including how long hoffman's body may have been there before it was found. you can see cameras. a truck with barricades, put them out in front of. tape at the enof the block. neighbors have come out here, dozens of them. many taking picks. a few looking upset to learn the news, loss of a neighbor, public and well-known face. a lot of people out here watching, waiting to see what happens. five or six new york police department officers guarding front door and keeping control of the crowds. some people coming out and sharing stories, even seeing philip seymour hoffman in their neighborhood. he was a recognizable face. we'

g also the manhattan u.s. attorney is said to be reviewing mt.gox. it went off-line as today.ghly 400 million dollars is missing. u.s. is said to request documents. an escalation into what went theg -- an escalation into investigation as to what went wrong. we will be following this throughout the day. back to you. this is "lunch money." i am adam johnson. imagine a world where underground parks are the norm. the concept has become a real possibility things to someone named james ramsey. he's participating in the second annual design conference coming up in march. oh, my god, what a crazy question. me, the idea of design is just coming up with the most perfect elegant solution to a problem that you identify. oftentimes i think people tend to focus on finding a solution without really looking at the problem. my project is a kooky idea that proposes using cutting-edge solar technology to irrigate natural sunlight into an abandoned trolley terminal. it just so happened i know former engineer who pointed out the area. in my head but intimately went to, how can we share that amazin

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joining us is the senior fellow at the manhattan institute and former colleague of the rock knee campaigno you make of an hhs secretary that says such things? is that an explanation? >> the opposite of what she says is the truth. all enomists agree obamacare is reducing employment. it raises taxes by $1.2 trillion. that cuts down on the labor force, cuts downon jobs. employer maate cuts down on jobs thfact people are dropping out of the work force, slows economic growth. >> i have to say, as an aside, i want to compliment the congressional office. they have reasserted their integrity and the conttious discussion. >> they perform a very important service by bng a referee. i will say there are always deficien and inadequatd quatd - >> they have reasserted themselves. i watched them try to reassert that integrity and i want to give them credit for it. it's difficult, as you know. talk about buffeted by competing forces. as weook at obamacare, it's a distance in it for work. i think that should be there should be understanding and view on that but there's not. >> that's been, to me, the most

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a-team lead by national review economist john, "fox news" legal analyst, and senior fellow at the manhattan care policy adviser of the romney campaign. great to have you here. >> choose to work less? choose to work less? are you kidding me? the message is we want you to choose to work less that's going look better for us. as far as -- >> lou, it wasn't just the media matter. the white house actually explicitly made that line. msnbc the entire progressive movement is going on and saying it's a great thing there will be 12.3 million less people participating in the work force. by the way, it's not 2.3 million @%ople less working in the work force. it's about maybe 7.5 or 10 million people whose hour will be cut back by 10, 20 hours a week. lou: when they passed obamacare they said it would create 4 million jobs. >>> we have propaganda and various allied groups around that are basically here to tell us up is down, right is left, and black is white. it's astonishing. it was overwhelming endeavor today. they were caught flat footed. to watch jay out there trying to spin this thing. to see an eco

joining us now, the a team, led off by national review columnist and fox news analyst and fellow at the manhattandviser to the romney campaign, roy. >> choose to work less? choose to work less? are you kidding? are you telling me that message out there is we want you to choose to work less because that's going to look better for us? >> lou, it wasn't just the media matters. the white house actually explicitly made that line. ms nbc, the entire progressive movement is going on and saying it's a great thing that will will be 2.3 million less people participating in the workforce. it's not 2.3 million people less working in the workforce it's 7.5 or 10 million people whose hours will be cut back by ten hours, 20 hours a week. >> when they passed obama care, they said it would create 4 million jobs. we now have a minister of propaganda and very allied groups around it that are basically here to tell us up is down, right is left, black is white. it's astonishing. >> this was orwell yan endeavor because they were caught flat footed to see an economist trying to spin things when it's a little intellectu

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get details from robert bryce from the manhattan institute. welcome back to the show, robert. really another government program and it is going to do what? >> well, gerri, this is the -- [laughter] the latest rhetoric from the obama administration on climate change and, let me be clear, i have no problem with what the president is saying here in trying to make our infrastructure, make your cities more resilient to weather events. right?ust makes good sense, we've seen cities like london, like amsterdam, venice, st. petersburg, build barriers to help control flood events. gerri: right. >> now the president is saying we're having severe weather in some areas, particular letter he was in california last week talking about the drought. what i have a problem though is the way the administration continues to conflate these extreme weather events and blaming it on co2 emissions there is no science to support it. gerri: usually controversial but i hear what you're saying. here is what i don't understand. how does spending a billion dollars of taxpayer money, my money, your money out t