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we spoke to thed to. >> abraham high at is the president of the news beat. they have a database launched today. >> we can search for him. >> by searching an officer, plaintiff or attorney name you can find a case. >> it's the goal, to give readers, people in the community this kind of information to advocate for a police department that's more transparent. what they found, since 1990 they have settled 430 cases. that's six times more than the largest agencies in california have spent. 63 were named in three or more of the suits. city leaders would not comment. a spokesman said they have not had enough time to review the database. he said the numbers paint a positive picture of officers on the force. >> the vast majority of them have never been involved in a lawsuit. have never used excessive force. we're looking at a very small percentage of the police officer in this database. >> hyatt said none of the private information is lifted. all the information is public record. now it's more easily accessible to everyone. >> you can read the record about the opd br

the state has a plan in place to help save thed a roading coast. built new barrier island for the wildlife. an help surviving wildlife. >> bp has paid several billion to the businesses that have been affected by economic losses. also plaintiff attorneys say that there is a possibility that over 200,000 millio 200,000 medd be filed for those who are cleaning up the oil spill in the aftermath in 2010. del. >> robert ray, thank you very much. still ahead on al jazeera america: >> i was really a mess. my palms would get sweaty my face would get hot. >> a unique theater program that is helping children with autism find their voice and improve their social skills. also, an amazing first evidence that earth like planets do exist beyond our solar system. >> around the world? crirchts archristians are celebd friday. marking this procession that goes through the old city, they carried wooden crosses to the ancient church of the holy sepulcher. where jesus was crucified. thousands are allowing them to be nailed to crosses, while others watch. the conflict chu

i know that i often get upset if people make fun of harm reduction and so i am sorry if i roughle thed feathers. >> we will tell bary that you said that. >> hopefully he will watch that and sorry bary. >> so, with cincode mayo coming up i don't remember it being a big issue are we doing any special announcements or the best practices to our permit holder? >> well, i know that there is a couple of events or permitting daytime on that weekend, before and i think that it is... >> it is on a tuesday. >> or a monday or a tuesday. >> yeah. >> so, all right, we don't expect it to be overly, dramatic, and i mean that we have the usual suspects of the, you know, parties in the mexican restaurant and but, if i hear of anything. and out of the ordinary, and i am sure that inspector burke will be on the scene. >> all right, any other commissioner comments? >> just want to say that i do believe that i am very thrilled that the city is really doing well. and that we have a lot of businesses and our unemployment rate is super low. and i am really glad that i own my house. but, with that comes a lot o

the banks were to loan me the money, let's just say we were to unwind my stations that exist now. , thed them in four months bank would come for me. i would no longer exist. i would go belly up. i speak for all mall broadcasters that are in the same predicament. , what isong williams your joint sales agreement with sinclair broadcasting? >> every side car agreement is not the same. that peoplemportant understand that. normally, i have control over the programming. sinclair broadcasting said that they will put this on, but if i don't like it, they can't put it on. of the revenues that come in, 85% come to me and 50% go to sinclair. that 85% pays for the entire operation of that asian. let me give you an example. meflint, michigan, it cost $6.5 million a year. that is almost $20,000 a day. remember this. -- ad to get jpmorgan >> be $50 million? ismy payment to jpmorgan roughly $130,000 a month. that is debt. if you want to improve your bottom line, the programming, the operations -- i am all over the country. we cater to the local market. that is a very important. i agree with that. progra

>> i'm talking about what i used staff, thed bank gates foundation, the rockefeller foundation. we have this paternalistic attitude in which we think we know what is best for poor people, and we don't recognize poor people's rights to determine their own destiny, to determine their own democratic destiny. that is what we fundamentally disrespect in the business of foreign aid. tavis: to my mind, the tyranny is not maligned neglect, it certainly is not well-intentioned, just add implementation. that is a damming indictment. >> it is really a sin of omission more than commission. that we really don't seem to care about the rights of four people. let me give you one small example if i could. there is a world bank project that was done in uganda to convert land to forests among which was thought to be of higher value output for the land. it sounds very technical and very good and neutral, but it wasn't neutral at all. soldiers went in with guns, took away 20,000 ugandan farmers land at gunpoint, burn down their homes and crops, kill their attle, march them away gunpoint and left the

he has had criticism from shiite for thed sunni arabs fact that he has failed to improve basic services. becoming increasingly authoritarian, seeking a power base. toseems to be playing up this once again, as he did in 2008. tom little joining us there from baghdad. thank you very much. a peace deal for the middle east was to have been reached by today. that was john kerry's land in the latest israeli-palestinian talks. instead, he finds himself at the of problems with israel. john kerry said the word apartheid was ill-chosen. but he defended his warning of the risks if they do not fight a deal. mahmoud abbas has said there will be no peace deal with israel without confining borders as even asked that -- even the deadline comes and goes today, it seems the two sides are as divided as ever they were. washington to jerusalem and ramallah and back again, for more than nine months, john kerry has made a dozen trips to the middle east, hoping to push israeli and palestinian leaders to make concessions for peace. during the process, the u.s. secretary of state believed the two parties and no

but thed a -- leg. but the advice they have betterie euthanized. the protestors say they had other options rather than killing her. >> many ole haven'ts have even -- elephants have even gone with the blown legs being untreated and in a sanctuary. i have a daughter 34 and if she broke her leg i wouldn't have her euthanized. >> reporter: six flags released this statement, it reads in part -- >> reporter: for families looking to just enjoy a relaxing day at the park, a memorial service for the asian elephant betterie may was not on the itinerary. >> yeah it's a little troublesome. but -- maybe -- at the entrances of a fun place like this protesting. >> it could be in a little dampen on the fun. >> reporter: and these protestors aren't stopping anytime soon. they tell me they're going to be here every weekend until the season ends. in vallejo, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> the six flags statement goes on to say safety well-being of our guests and animals and employees are always our highest priority. >>> vandals struck the homes again. this latest incidented

process that encompasses our competition -- constitution and the 10th amendment that has real areas thedn certain federal government has privacy. in other areas we have to work out the differences. when it comes to the laws themselves, it is the congress that need to adopt federal laws and not the administration to say we like what we are doing. a difference of opinion is a great debate. >> event chairman of the dish or a year and a half. maybe the bill you are most proud of having gone to the committee? very are working on issues important to the american people. we have discussed several on this program already. what we have not mentioned is legislation that i introduced last year to crack down on patent litigation abuse. patent trolling. with verythe house strong bipartisan support. i work closely with numbers on both sides of the aisle. when it passed on the floor of the house, about 90% of republicans and about two thirds of democrats gave it a very overwhelming majority going over to the senate. we were to very closely on the issue. we have expressed our concerns. like. is a bill t

feeling an economic pinch but that doesn't seem to be bothering them as a matter of he has thed he feels west at an advantage. gwen: thank you, peter. now to domestic politics the came into the white house briefing room yesterday knowing that he would get he tions about ukraine but had a little crowing to do first. eight million have signed up on act health are exchanges and 35% of them are have i -- the e insurance industry is beginning to agree with him that in his this thing is working. this is where the politics comes in. it strange the republican position on this law is still stuck in the same place that it has always been. they said nobody with sign up. they were wrong about that. would be it unaffordable for the country. they were wrong about that. trying e wrong to keep to repeal a law that is working hen they have no alternative answer for millions of americans. > the president went on to go after states which also haven't expanded medicaid to allow more to sign up to get coverage. molly, why did the president political to go on a offensive like there? >> i think the feeling is

without thed we do daily top 10 list? we will find out. david letterman will retire from cbs in 2015. it will be the longest ever run for late-night talkshow host. announcing his retirement according to a twitter post from cbs news. ceo brandonng its ike has resigned. criticized for donating to an anti-gay marriage group. stocks slipm saw today, agreed to pay more than $5 billion to settle a u.s. claim. the settlement relates to cleaning up 85 years worth of pollution left behind by its err-mcgee unit.krtt- those are some of the headlines this hour. the future offor television heating up yesterday. amazon introduces a new video streaming device called fire tv. director, andor, producer ron howard announces he is teaming up with discovery communications. a new studio that focuses on videos for just online users. >> but you have to approach it in a new way. you have to reach to the people that now for some years have been exploring a creatively. it will be great to be part of it and to grow a studio. >> discovery communications is a partner

. ♪ his to thed philippines with plans for a stronger military alliance.re stocks are rising that ipos are a tough sell. the issue with vietnam. and the oedipus complex, building the tallest tower in the world. so first, let's build on things with markets now. >> investors will be wishing for the --to be as high as it wasn't a pretty morning session here. stocks were the gainers out of the 225. for that yield on the 10-year jp be. for the carmakers, bit of a mixture. marketsaction from the and some other stocks are positing. capital structure for the jicama koman. for kiko olympus starting their deliberations, whether or not it would make sense for the company perhaps going forward not to merge itself. --are looking at a time tale a timetable, maybe april next year. pictureems the overall is one of risk aversion given the tensions in ukraine. what is happening in terms of commodities? >> that's right. with a look at the equity space, volumes are quite nice. gold right now has two or three dollars announce. are now seeing a little bit of dollar strength des

to getting thed car, which people appreciate. there is the one dollar safe ride.does the money go towards? why is that the way you chose to do it? >> safety is a huge priority for us and always has been. there are certain pieces of our economics that goes to safety. is going to things like background checks with drivers and training with drivers. there are a number of pieces around economics of the given ride that is safety. we want to be clear about that dollar going to those things. thiseaking of the future, year we are seeing bigger and bigger valuations. what is next for uber? how was the latest fundraising going? >> we're focused on building the service out everywhere. that is part of uber 100. that is why it is so exciting for us. use exciting things like uber rush in new york -- you see exciting things like uber rush in new york. we did very well. i think that is the main thing. how broad can you go? so that uber is not just a private driver high-end offering. >> how do you think about fundraising versus ipo in market conditions? >> we're thinking about wha

is thed said it difference between skiing and surfing. when you ski, the mountain does not move. with surfing, the mountain moves. everything moves. it is a more fluid process. to write is different for theater? >> i hope i have an answer by the time i am done. i think, again, a lot of it goes to not having a camera. there are opportunities in a screenplay where somebody does not need to say something because you know you can push in on them and capture their a motion. ane there is a -- opportunity for people to verbalize things that they could normally express or the camera could help them express. or editorial could help them express. >> even though you have done this before? do you come away with a different sense of the power of theater? >> absolutely. think forgetting about the fact that people cannot steal it whenich i really like -- you talk about empathy, there is a connectivity between the performers and the audience in a live situation that is unique. very electric. very satisfying. parks and can change from night to night. >> it really does. ourre pieces about story --

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says the agency secretliens thed a social network aimed at underminding cuba's communist regime. david reports. >> it is no secret that young cubans crave access to social media enjoyed by those in the rest of the world. a new report wants to exploit that by setting up this service, similar to twitter. according to the press, it was done so a complicated system of front companies, set up abroad to highlight the cuban authorities. this was an effort, a one of a variety that the united states engaged in as part of it's development to promote the flow of free information to promote engangment by citizens the yeah id is to build up a strong base, before launching more politically provocative messages. the first test came in 2009. by the columbian singer. represented in havana by this interest section. >> they would say there's nothing new in u.s. efforts to undermine the government, but the scope of these goes beyond anything we with have seen in recent years. the pressure on the u.s. presence here has suddenly grown dramatically. were with set up after an employee linked half a mill

we have seen a rise in wages at thed middle and below the income spectrum. rising skill gaps and wages at least going back to the mid-1980's, and economists, of course, debate exactly what the causes are of those unsettling , and theret trends are a lot of ideas that have .een put forward trends in the global economy, institutional changes. on anybody's list of what the private and public sector can do to address this disturbing trends would be ,reater training and education and, clearly, there's a great deal that the public can do and also i see state and local governments and private individuals making their own training orout responding to those differentials in ways that i think will be helpful overtime .- over time >> thank you very much for a very clear statement. as you have indicated, the fed has two goals of low unemployment and price stability. because inflation is now very, very low, that policy is focused on reducing slack in the labor market and raising inflation to about 2%. at some point, a stronger economy may bring higher inflation rates. to

that the local authorities realize they are somewhat over their head and they reache reached out for thed the fbi to help them. >> do you think this is someone who is trying to scare people and is not trying to kill somebody? >> based on what we're seeing, i think this is someone who is having fun, twisted way of having fun. shooting cars, thinking the metal from the car is going to protect the person inside. it's almost as if it's a video game, almost like a disconnect, a person plays a video game, video game is controversial. similarities emotional disconnect between the shooter and what they're doing. >> i know it's difficult to know this but is this something that could clearly escalate? >> this is the thing now that everyone is looking at the shooter it may deescalate. if this is a smart individual they're going to cease and desist at least for a while. perhaps if it's a game with law enforcement, they have can beat law enforcement all these weeks, they've been duping them, they may up the ante, and consider it a pleasurable game. they could see the person take the initiative and eng

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also venezuela's president tear gases opposition heerdz and thed then claims he's the victim of bias. >>> will the wealthy have more to say over who is elected? >>> and escaping a prison sentence because he's rich? i'm antonio mora, here's more on what's ahead. >>> venezuela's president, nicholas maduro lark out. >>> protesters clashed with riot police once again. >> after two months of protests there's no sign that they will stop. good this is a knife fight. senate democrats investigating passive abuses by cia. >> the man who crafted the benghazi talking points insisted -- >> we did not -- >> some students are opting out. >> selgt for a status quo of mediocrity should not be the answer.about. >> fourth degree rape, he admitted he performed sex acts on his three-year-old daughter. >> my guess has a lot to do with this. >> we begin with breaking news from fort hood texas which spent much of wednesday in lock down after the second mass shooting in five years. four were killed, 14 wounded at the army base, home to the first cavalry division. nadal hasan killed 14 people in 2009. after we

risk is thate there will be, you know, there thed be a dip in international presence for a period while those steps were being taken. and before nato countries could necessarily conclude their own agreements, pass their own come back. and then and we don't want to see that. i think aiming for the b.s.a. to be concluded as soon as new government i think is still the right objective. but we shouldn't allow these timelines to undermine what is in our strategic interest. >> amen. >> i have a question about said aboutall have what the afghan people want or, there was more enthusiasm than trepidation. data, on what basis you all say what, how the afghan people are actually process?t this i'm just curious, is this polling, what is it? >> yes. there have been surveys conducted. i mean, i can point you to surveys that have been conducted over the last several years, and and every one of them shows afghans beingf more hopeful, having actually more trust in their government do, havingnk they definitely a lot of trust in forces who have done an incredible job with the the international community, i

interpret the this older law saying they can't get rid of them so squishy that you could interpret thedt. >> classroom is looking at porn recommendation pornography. >> or the supreme court. the supreme court could have taken this case as well. >> there were several outlets along the way. >> taksim enterally you just joined us, go research the supreme court. they got quite a history. taking a look at the wisconsin supreme court. anyway; thank you. >> and a rancher taking on the federal government and senate majority leader harry reid. who are the winners and losers in this political battle? we will ask our political panel yet. also new information about. this caught on camera clash. a student and teacher both getting into hot water for this fight in the class. who is still in big trouble and who just got off the hook? the latest coming up. >> going head to head with majority leader harry reid, we can't have an american people violate the law and just walk away from it so it's over. >> isn't he supposed to protect the life, liberty, and property of the people? harry, why are you not doin

democrats exploit ed thed that.hite house has dismissed this as being crass partisan politics but there's an element of that going into this midterm cycle. >> lily ledbetter is at the microphone. let's listen in. >> folks often refer to me as the face of fair pay. but for today at least that title belongs to president barack obama. [ applause ] today, president obama will sign an executive order that will ban federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss their pay and their salaries. not only is this a critical piece of the stalled fairness act, but this action also gets at what was my largest barrier for all those years ago. i didn't know i was being paid unfairly, and i had no way to find out. i was told in no uncertain terms that goodyear then, and still, a government contractor, fired employees who shared their salary information. it was against company policy. whoever left me that anonymous note did so bravely, knowing that he or she could face retaliation if they were found out. for my names

people buy teams for two reasons, money and admiration, and thed a mr.ation will -- admiration will be sucked another of his universe. the 20-year-old will blow on him. she's a piece of garbage -- >> the woman who taped the conversations. >> absolutely. look, no man should ever touch her, and the nba needs to distance themselves and all endorsers from this owner, from donald sterling, as fast as possible. >> does basketball have any different relationship among its honchos and team owners that baseball or football? how is it different, how is it similar? i guess if you besmirch the team or the image of the league, your time could be up. i'm told these contracts aren't so black and white when it comes to morality issues. >> i think in this case -- this is about business. it's not whether it's baseball, basketball, football. it's business. and how can a business continue on with a black eye this ugly? so, i believe what happens with donald sterling is he doesn't sell the team to magic johnson. he basically turns this over to his wife or some dummy corporation, he steps aside -- >> why wo

they played a clip of thed star came back on camera. >> lena gets cred every week for being naked.ping on the bandwagon. wait a minute, why is my big black box so much bigger than yours? >> oh, my gosh! >> you've got a cube and i got a rectangle box. >> take time to enjoy our view. >> okay. how's this? >> you don't need a black box, you're fully dressed. put those down. >> but it's -- it's cheap. it's a cheap stunt to do a tv show naked. can you imagine barbara walters doing this? i don't think so. >> oh, so you're not in favor of this fifth of frivolity. >> no. and jenny even said we want more ratings too, and then she said "enjoy our view." >> we've seep plenty of jenny mccarthy. she's been in "playboy." it was sad, it was cheap, it was tabloidy. it was a desperate cry for ratings and i'm giving it a 10. >> i'm giving it a 2. >> all right. still to come, your best tweets and how "60 minutes" made a very loud mistake. i bought a car, over and tells you, and you're like. a good deal or not. looking at truecar.com. there's no buyer's remorse. save time, save money, and never overpay

my hope would be that someone thed have it -- one of investigation will be done, if not more. we are committed to reviewing the findings of the investigative report, taking any additional action necessary to put it behind us. >> i want to thank you for that word committed. you are unequivocally committed to this committee. the 501(c) four proposed regulations will not be finalized this year. >> i think what i have said is the chances of it being finalized before the end of the year, not before the election, are slim. we are not rushing to get them done. >> the chances of something happening in dodge city, kansas. are slim to none. some left town. why don't we say none. what can we do that? >> we could do that. it is a slim chance. what i can commit to is we will not be near completing the regulations before somebody has completed an investigation. >> i hope you share them with us as we go through them. >> time has expired. >> thank you visitor -- thank you mr. chairman. >> i wrote you and secretary lew and asked about the decision to delay the employer mandate until 2017 for 5

but i think he's had a more flack than he deserves and i think in thed, as we move on to another president, we will probably see people having a second look at karzai. >> rose: who 2k50u69 the president will be. >> i think it will go to a second round and i think it will from probably be -- if the passion comes out which is problematic in the south and the east where the security's bad. but if they come out, they will stick to their tribe and they will vote. >> rose: it's a big what if question but what if massud had lived. >> i think of that almost every week, every day. i think it's a great sadness. i think he would have built an army and police force much quicker. one of the lessons he learned when they were in power in the 90's which as you know was a terribly difficult time in afghanistan, there was a civil war and all factions citing each other. the one thing he learned trying to hold things together in kabul with the fighters when they come in from the hills, they can't police. they don't know how to police. so he set up a police academy actually when he was in the resistance agains

it appear ed thed that a fedex crossed the freeway and slammed into their bus.d that it sounded like a series of explosions, and some of the students had to kick out the windows to get out of the bus in addition to the students killed, the drivers and three shchaperos died in the crash, and more than 30 others were injured. ntsb investigators are on the scene determining what happened. >> most of us were trying to get out, and so students that were there broke the windows, and that helped a lot of us get out safely. >> and you see the injuries on the face, and they say that our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the tragic accident on i-5 in california. we will be cocan operating fully with the investigation. and what are the witnesses saying happened? >> well, you know, i think that you summed it up real, real nicely. for most of yesterday, chp was handling it, and they said that about 6:00 thursday evening the accident broke out. for all of yesterday, it was nine folks who were declared deceased, and then very, very early friday morning, chp wa

. >> there is a reason for the thed not really neglecting findings of this report, because they are profound. let me repeat once again, we have said categorically in this report the implications for human security, we have reasons to believe that the world doesn't do anything about mitigating the emissions and the extent of climate change theinues to increase, than very social stability of human systems could be at stake. >> and the malaysian human rights activist orang fernandez has died at the age of 67. fernandez faced government persecution for her devotion to championing the rights of women, migrants, and a mystic workers. she endured malaysia's longest ever trial on charges of spreading "false news" after criticizing the treatment of migrant workers. after 13cquittal years. she was awarded the right livelihood award in 2005 "for her outstanding and courageous work to stop violence against women and abuses of migrant and poor workers." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with renee feltz . >> welcome to

you know, i saw-- i saw president putin thed from night before he was inaugurated on behalf of the president, and it was clear then that we were stalled with respect to major issues between the united states and russia, like syria, like arms control -- >> like iran. >> iran, no i think-- on iran, they have been a constructive participant in our p5 plus 1 effort, with respect to iran. they have been supportive of the sanctions regime. they have been important players in the negotiations, and to date, i think that still continues. as, by the way, does the activity with respect to the syrian chemical weapons which as of today we have about 90% out of the country. >> rose: but there are new reports of using chemical weapons. >> different kinds, chlorine gas. but with respect to the weapons identified by the u.n., we're about 90% done with it. that's an important thing to get done. but how to characterize the relationship. it had stalled i think with respect to specific issues. putin moved to a posture-- very different, by the way, from the posture he was in when he had my job as national securit

look at thed, we bank of japan's decision from a different angle. us. with ♪ >> time for today's company news. the bank's wealth management business in the region jumped 38% in the past two years. the recruits will boost the number of ubs client advisors and asia to the biggest pool since ubs started its operations in the region. the stake is a reflection of the confidence in the company's future. the stake was valued at 1.3 billion euros at yesterday's a combined $9 billion after a u.s. jury found that they hid the cancer-causing certain medications. the biggest fine since 2009. having refrain from the stimulus program. joining us now is global strategist. when is it going to change? >> i will go with may. people of got a bit excited coming forward. it seems the bank of japan is in reactive mode. it wouldn't take much to get them to do more. they want to anything until we get the first reports on what is happened to retail sales since the beginning of april. it is only a week since the sales tax has changed. you want to get a bit of a look. will hard t

when these three factors converge, governments opening up, engaging in the economic thed, complying with wto-types of characteristics, that created an opportunity for economic expansion and growth for the company and access to great sets of skills. don'tother words, you have to rely on -- if you are in texas, instead of all your workers being in texas, you can have workers anywhere in the world so long as they can do the job because of the advantages in technology. >> that's right. --iji is really a concept gig is really a concept. entity, you have access to talent pools and natural resources. you have access to capital anywhere in the world where it makes sense. >> what does this mean for a company, a pretty good-sized company that is taking advantage of these? >> mid to large companies that would be looking at this, one is growth and expansion. when i was at ibm from about 2004 through 2011, those countries were [indiscernible] so tremendous growth opportunities. the other thing it represents is access to great talent. they have great technical skills and talent that you can have acces

. -- is thed economic cold economics blurring our vision of what should be an ethical issue?ose decriminalize marijuana in his date. a professor of harvard university, the author of the influential research on the economics of legal marijuana. professor, you have done a lot of research into what legal recreational marijuana would mean for states federal tax revenue. we are looking at $3.5 million that was gained in tax revenue in colorado in a single month. do you anticipate that number will grow larger? wille colorado number certainly go up a bit in the short term. reasons whyrious the january number might have overstated it. if more states legalize, there will be more competition for that marijuana and the ability of any one state to set a high tax rate might face some limits. the other risk is the federal government, at some point, changes its mind about the itrent hands-off approach has taken in colorado so far and start interfering and enforcing the federal law and most of the market will go back underground. been onesor, that has of the concerns. when you look at the ba

it was thed about if weather to blame for some of the bad numbers we have been getting. shows a glimmer of hope that maybe the underlying -- it is only one number. but it shows that there is a drive for optimism in the market. >> we see a lot of the economically sensitive groups and we saw the nasdaq rise today double in terms of percentage in terms of what the s&p 500 rose. industrials, health care, consumer staples, cyclicals doing well. -- >> you have the fed acting as a support vehicle. combined with a bit of better economic data. people think this could all and pretty well. the fed keeps its zero interest rate and continues tapering and the economy starts to move along hopefully in the right direction. let's get back to the hearing we have been discussing. and travis so kolsky . supplies --hat surprised by maryborough not owning up to a lot of what is happening. reluctant to was admit any kind of guilt. as a customer of gm, you can think well of that kind of strategy. >> she definitely has to keep her interest in the interest of the company in mind legally. but you

tomorrow where regulators will examine whether the merger gives comcast to much power fear the merger thed make the company largest u.s. operator. at a time when cable is losing out to competition to online screaming -- streaming, does a monopoly really mean anything anymore? now -- me michael, i know you opposed to this murder -- merger. how much do you think media consolidation will affect competition? >> it will affect competition in a number of different ways. it is not just media consolidation. consolidation of all these cable networks and conservatives -- and distributors. >> you wonder about the pricing power they have. spoke with the executive vice president of comcast, david cohen. i want to share with you what he had to say about competition concerns over the deal. >> this particular transaction actually raises few competition concerns. the number one reason why is and conquest -- comcast they do not compete against each other in an area. the transaction will not lead to any reduction in consumer choice to any market. >> do you believe it will not result in reduction? absolutely,

enabled thed to -- incorporation of egypt. given theially, history of ethiopian engagement in somalia, which has not always been happy or well received by somalis, there has been a strategic change in approach both from ethiopia and the government in somalia to each other. that is positive. they are committed to working .or achieving stability somali led government. it in itsees strategic interest to have a strong, stable somalia. i think that is encouraging. things unique about the -- in defiance of often normal practice, it is normal for normal -- neighboring countries to take part in peacekeeping countries, it is entirely constituted by neighboring countries. ethiopia, did you booty -- d jibouti. envoy who isecial now being very active on the political file supporting the prime minister and trying to take forward the limitation of the agreements. it is welcome is taking a leading supporting role for the federal government. we know kenya is an important partner. the headline is dominated by the detention and return of somali

i took a trip there about three years ago, and we we were wined and thed by the crew, idea was to gettalists excited about getting money there and starting research labs or opening headquarters, etc. this money on this fancy replication of silicon valley, and they kept flying all of these people from russia over to conferences in silicon valley. then with this latest thing happened, all of that has happened. -- has stopped. >> was it ever really started in the first place? >> there were a lot of people starting to get involved in russia. some people took some capital from russia, in our last fund. all of these people who we were developing relationships with disappeared. they are doing double damage your. -- here. they do not know what is going to happen. some of the people working for russian companies here in the u.s., they do not know when the next check coming from russia is going to show up. it is very uncertain now. >> back here in the united states, i know you want to get immigration reform done. when the president was in korea he said he believed it will get done this year. do

what the fbi is looking at is these complicated algorithms and computer programs that give across thed. does that violate the law? what they will do -- it will be extremely difficult. there has been way too many over generalizations. i don't want to call out the to say thelashpoint. market is rigged is way too overgeneralized. we have to break down and look at these programs and see who has specific advantage over other traders. >> so the fbi is in the knowledge business right now. they're trying to get smarter about these processes. please explain why this is important to the average american who probably has never placed 100,000 share orders in their life. when you have a journalist writing a book that says the market is rigged, that gets main street and the average investors' attention. what is going on here? what the fbi wants to do is break down the argument. if some people have said that high-frequency trading creates liquidity. you have seen all of the articles and i've looked at them in the new york times. to sayhat arthur had about this. there are good actors and bad actors. t

when you see an apple transaction and a follow-on bond theds for buyback, what are consultants like yourger institutional science? >> well, we don't really advise clients in that sense. we advise them as to what the activist situation is and what is going on there. you know, we are not really advising -- >> but you are talking about cash, dividends, share buybacks, you are cap -- counseling on that, are you not? >> activists are the ones coming in to get the best rate. we are counseling our advisors on the activists and what they are doing. >> a lot of people say the rise investing has to do you -- has to do with the zero interest rate environment. will it taper off once we have a riskier environment? growing, thereis are lots of transactions for them to target. deterioration will come once you get late in the cycle, where people start doing silly transactions. not at silly yet? >> we don't think so, not yet. is 98 billion dollars? 99. >> excuse me, i was off by $1 billion. going back to what you and i talked about earlier, it is just money up to their eyeballs. especially overseas. tha

they hid thed that risk of cancer knowingly. are labelingmments the drug saying there were cancer risks associated with it. it'd been on the market for 12 years without that warning. they both came out and said they are going to vigorously challenge this. shales -- shares are selling off. they are down by six percent in tokyo. they say this remains an --ortant option for td treating type 2 diabetes. they deny that it causes cancer. >> as we look at the case law and other decisions, can we draw any conclusions? >> one case it might be comparable could be what happened with merck in 2005 over vioxx. annals are saying that they might have to pay $30 billion. in the end, they only paid $5 billion. that is still a lot of money. we spoke to one analyst who said the market is talking about a 40 $950% knockoff of the billion figure. it is the lot. >> the year has started with a bang. it seems like they buy day we're hearing about a big deal after a big deal. to a 27% jump in the value of transactions announced during the first quarter.

lost magazines so to answer the question, i can say it's become increasingly challenging, and despite thed a ven of -- the advent of technology like social media you have to become an expert in a lot of different thing that writers done need to become expert in. so, that the part of the thing like to come away with, how do we expose people to books? when i first started my web site, i could sit back and wait for every new back to come across my desk and say, i'll cover that or post that. 3500 books coming out a day, that's impossible. and it's impossible to discover which are the good books because there's so many coming at you, like a fire hydrant. at it difficult to discern which ones are worth reading. i don't have an answer, actually. >> we'll talk about that. as an agent, you work with all different types of writers, and as a publicist i know writers and -- some are very surprised that they have a lot of work to do in order to get the book out into the market place. what happens inside a publishing house but often happens outside of a publishing house is more important before the book