with this use of social media, president-elect donald trump has been referred to as the nation's tweeterf. jan crawford takes a look at how his tweets may impact his presidency. >> reporter: from his florida estate, donald trump's 140 character proclamations reverberate in capitols around the world. this response from secretary of state john kerry. >> i think it's having some impact, obviously, on allies who are questioning what is going on, but they have their own policies. you know? they are not going to be swayed and intimidated by a tweet. >> this has caused a lot of friction. >> reporter: "wall street journal" white house reporter carol lee says trump that done away with the notion the sitting president should be the one speaking on behalf of the nation, not the president-elect. >> it's another instance in which donald trump is rewriting the rules and breaking with tradition. >> reporter: this month, he suggested he will expand the u.s. nuclear arsenal and made overtures to taiwan, angering official on the chinese main land. >> reporter: like fdr did through radio. >> i have several

everything is about boeing, trump, tweeter in charges judge just pointed out.ut i'm going to call this optics action. it goes back to everything we discussed regarding brexit, trump, tea party. he won fair and square. look at the things that have been promised. is there anything more transparent that a tweet? if you want to see what he says without having people in the middle try to tell you what somebody meant, as aska. >> listen, it's nudging. is this really any different than the notion of quantitative easing, japan buying stocks, the fed talking about buying corporates? where is the gray matter in government? you know, the people that elected donald elected a man that was employing to be an executive in charge of a country, and this is exactly what they want. now, whether he can actually deliver or does he go further in the gray, i can tell you one thing. one of the major dynamics of many who voted for trump were that they didn't want the people they elected that consume a different diet than they do, says whether it's retirement, their benefits, how they t

and follow me on tweeter. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's gold is what that is. i really think donald trump the refrigerator perry. on tweeter donald trump announced his nominee for secretary of state, rex tillerson, ceo of a small mom and pop business called exxonmobil. he announced he's changing his slogan from drain the swamp to fill 'er up! tillerson was a strits pick but you can't argue with the magic 8-ball. when it speaks -- anyway. [ laughter ] trump calledle the truly great business leaders of the world. he said he's a world-class player. democrats and some republicans like marco rubio, john mccain, are concerned about his ties to russia. he's done a lot of business there. back in 2013, the president of russia, vladimir putin, awarded him the order of friendship which is a fancy way of saying he gave him a best friend necklace. [ laughter ] these cabinet appointments are something else. i mean, i can't wait to see who he picks to actually be history. tonight our parking lot security guard guillermo, this is very exciting, tonight guillermo is going to at

. >>> plus, early morning tweeter in chief. president-elect donald trump tweets a major warning to u.s. businesses to, quote, not make an expensive mistake. we'll tell you what he says that mistake is when we go live to new york's trump tower. >>> and green party presidential candidate jill stein is vowing to ask for an american federal court order tomorrow. she pushes for voter recounts in key battleground states won by president-elect donald trump. . our top story today, emergency and rescue crews working around the clock in oakland, california, where a massive fire ripped through a warehouse friday night killing at least 24 people. the death toll is expected to rise as dozens of people are still unaccounted for. what's left of the building is unstable, and that, of course, then poses a threat to firefighters' safety. they are removing debris bucket by bucket. adam is on the scene in oakland with the very latest. hi, adam. >> reporter: hi, shannon. grim news as the number is 24. they expect that number to rise. the recovery e

he has this direct pipeline to the american people. >> the tweeter in chief new followers will likely include hostile government and foreign spies. >> intelligence agencies all over the world, just through social media, they love social media. it is great way to get insight. >> on wednesday mr. trump turned his twitter account on president obama, accusing him of setting up roadblocks, in the closing days of his administration, officials even tried to ensure his policies can be easily reversed when he leaves office. jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >>> german authorities believe an automatic breaking system may have saved lives during the terror attack in berlin. german media outlets reported the truck used during the berlin christmas market attack december 19th assaulted after nearly 90 yards, because of that system. the truck sent impact and applied those brakes automatically. the automatic breaks are required under your peer and union regulations. still to to come tonight, hatchamals. more than just gibberish. the company wants to you believe. what some parents say the toy is tea

correspondent peter doocy is in west palm beach, florida, reporting on the soon to be tweeter in chief. >> reporter: the president-elect plans to keep sounding off even after his swearing in. president @realdonald trump will not give up his platform to reach world citizens and world leaders and the person who will have to explain what the next president did or didn't mean with his tweets says it's exciting. >> he has this direct pipeline to the american people where he can talk back and forth to 17 million people on twitter. >> reporter: that means mr. trump will still have a way to defend himself like with this post. "i gave millions of dollars to djt foundation, raised or received millions more, all of which is given to charity and media won't report." it means mr. trump will also have a way to go on offense when he wants to like he did after american diplomats ignored his advice and let an anti-israel resolution pass. it said "the united nations has great potential but it's a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad." that comes as prominent conservatives l

>> well, clearly the tweeter machine was correct this morning and then things changed after the phonewas made and things are back on track. look, it's been clear over the -- from the very first meeting that donald trump had with president obama that the president made it quite clear he wants to do everything that he can to make sure there is a smooth transition and by all appearances up until recently, that's been the case and i do know behind the scenes the obama administration, the team members, are doing everything they can to help the incoming team as they progress and transfer into the white house. however, that being said, there have been some comments made by president obama with regard to saying that he would have beaten trump if he had been on the ballot and also taking a jab at donald trump yesterday talking about making sure that we treat all people, those who are different, in a more respectful manner, comments along those lines. kind of taking a jab at donald trump, thouknowing full well if donald trump is provoked, he will act out on that. and so he was kind of taking a

in fact, minutes after that "snl" parody about trump as a compulsive tweeter, trump tweeted. just tried watching saturday nightlife. unwatchable, totally bias, not funny and the baldwin impersonation just can't get any worse, sad. he's got to punk wactuate it wi "sad." >> i'll be very restrained, if i use it at all, i'll be very restrained. >> here's the progress report. he has tweeted more than 90 times since that interview, including that one today. "if the press would cover me accurately and honorably, i would have far less reason to tweet. sadly, i don't know if that will ever happen." well, there's at least one thing he can't pin on the press. trump has tweeted more than 34,000 times on things from his iq to kristen stewart's relationship with robert pattinson. that's all for today. "hardball with chris matthews" starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, with a busy hour of news before "hardball." we start with president-elect donald trump, taking another step towards filling his cabinet, all the while dealing with an international controversy

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this tweeter in chief's new followers will likely include hostile governments and foreign spice. >> intelligencegencies all over the world sift through social media. they love social media. it's a great way to get insight. >> reporter: jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> back here in northern california, the commercial dungeness crab fishery has just expanded but you may still have a tough time finding crab or pay more for them. that's because crabbers from bodega bay, north through oregon and washington, went on strike yesterday. its all over a price dispute. wholesale buyers want to lower the price fishermen earn to $2.75 per pound but the fishermen want $3 a pound saying they will either stop crabbing in areas where the season is already opened or delay the start of their season to try to get that higher price. >> starting today, palo alto's tap water won't be coming from hetch hetchy. the public utilities commission is changing the source to local reservoirs to allow for inspections and repairs of a key pipeline connecting to hetch hetchy. officials warn this new mix of water may an earth

. >> the russian embassy and the united kingdom shared it outrage on tweeter. saying "cold war" dejavu, as everybody, including the us people will be glad to see the last of this happen less administration, that tweet included photo after duck with the words lame across it. >>> in other world news, russia and turkey have declared a cease-fire in syria. russia currently backs the syrian government while turkey supports the rebels. the cease-fire could be a breakthrough in the six years of fighting in syria. the conflict has left more than a quarter million people dead and has triggered a refugee crisis across europe if it holds, peace talks will take place next month in cabbing sick stand. >> secure tim for new years, celebrations will be extra tight this year. sixty-five sanitation trucks filled with sand will surround times square to stop vehicles from driving into the crowd. one hundred patrol cars will also act as blocker vehicles. police say they want to prevent truck attacks, like those in berlin and nice. nearly 2 million people are expected to fill times

after hearing some initial criticism, trump tweeter "interesting how the u.s.ells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call. >>> also tonight at least nine people were killed when a fast moving fire trapped them inside a warehouse oakland california. the death toll could rise as high as 40. cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: a converted warehouse that went up in flames was under investigation for code violations. >> there was an inspection of the property and we were able to confirm blight at the property and we are still investigating the allegations of unpermitted construction. >> reporter: the fire tore through the oakland go slip warehouse as dozens of people attended a rave party friday night. at least nine people were killed but officials believe more victims could be buried under debris caused when the roof collapsed. >> we expect the number of deceased to go up. how far i don't know. but we're expecting the worst, maybe a couple dozen. >> reporter: investigators are taki

with the tweeter-in-chief in the wings, there are just so many different possibilities for foreign policynd trade policy. we think investors are best off right now sticking with their investment plans. >> what are you most worried about? i mean, we see the relationship between mr. trump and mr. putin, but now we see china kind of coming on the offensive, saying, you know, kind of a shot across the u.s. bow. what are you watching the most closely? >> that's right. i think your reporter hit the nail on the head a few minutes ago in the segment where you mentioned the "art of the deal." mr. trump, president-elect trump has his own art of the deal, so i think does vladimir putin. and so does the president or the chinese leadership. they have their own art of the deal. and the stakes are very great, they're very large. we don't really know how things will play out if each side starts taking on a different style of negotiation. so, yeah, we're worried about how china reacts or negotiates with the u.s. we're worried about the u.s. in the middle east and how the new foreign policy may change the

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the tweeter in chief responded to the decision. follow along.een hays, bloomberg, new york. >> that is beginning at 1 p.m. in new york and 2:00 a.m. in hong kong. first, saudi arabia is said to be taking a leak out of south korea's book as part of its economic transformation to turn a number of key companies into global household names. >> it is -- they are trying to achieve that initially. basically they want to start with trying to boost profile hundred tatian allowing -- boost their profile. somevide them with financial incentives and help accessing funds and so on. they are trying to see how much they can boost the private sector and create jobs through that plan. tracy: give us some more color. saudi arabia has been trying to transform its economy to wean itself off its reliance on oil and some time. >> they are in the beginning of this. we don't know the details and how they will accomplish this. you're looking at an economy that is only 40% private sector and tried to boost that. 70%.have a population of they need to provide jobs for that

trump is a famously avid tweeter.t led some to assume the trump team is nursing a grudge after twitter reneged on an agreement to provide a special emoji to go along with the hashtag crooked hillary. in a statement twitter said they ultimately decided not to permit this particular format for any political advertising. so the conference table was only big. >> reporter: rnc communications director sean spicer insisted there was no attempt to shut twitter out. >> if you go down the list of the top tech companies i guarantee you you'll find additional ones that weren't there. >> reporter: and twitter is smaller than the other companies that were represented in the room. also in the room were mr. trump's two sons, eric and don jr., despite his vows to turn his business over to them and create a wall between the business and the white house. >>> new research shows hundreds of airline pilots around the world are likely flying depressed. some even report having suicidal thoughts. the study comes after last year's germanwings

bill: i am not a tweeter. i think we would all be healthier that with the case.mily: jack ma, jeff bezos are now in this clean energy fund. do you think this fund will move the needle in an area that has been slow to have a big exit? bill: i hope so. i know all of them and i admire them and i think bill gates in particular has an amazing track record, especially in health care, helping to rid the world of polio, on the way to doing the same with malaria. if he can do in energy what he has done in health care, it would be fantastic. emily: bill maris. we will be right back with you. apple is said to have held talks about investing in softbank's $100 billion tech fund. apple may contribute up to $1 billion to the fund, which will give the company insight into up and coming technology. apple also invested $1 billion in the ride hailing giant didi. half of the $100 billion fund would be invested in the united states. all episodes of bloomberg technology are live streaming on twitter. check us out on weekdays. 5:00 p.m. in new york. technology are live streaming on ♪

. >> biotechs and the trump tower tweeter. >> until he becomes president, and i say until because they will be important for agenda and what gets through. let's see if that is afterwards. >> part of me thinks this is a simple -- we bought the election and we sold the inauguration. what you do you think about that? >> well, right now you look like a genius. so far. >> you don't need to put that many to get dow 20,000. >> it's meaningless. i have no idea what that means. >> okay, january 20th, inauguration, dow 20,000, if you're looking for a signpost to sell, maybe it's the inauguration, it just reminds people it's now. >> if you get more gridlock you have to absolutely -- let's let the rubber meet the road and next year see some of the things pass and see things get through congress. >> i think you have to have a buy as. >> you're not going to know until well after the inauguration. >> i think -- >> you could take the signal -- it. >> when you say sell the inauguration and it's interesting to hear that from you coming from morgan stanley because it sounds like you're talking pete, jon

>> tweeter in chief. >> the risk of a tweet is something new.have not had to worry about this before. yes. this is relevant. in the >>> good morning.the past we had that meant trump has been hawkish on monetary policy. i think that's a naive interpretation. this is a man whose business is built on leveraged money in the past. it's somebody who is very clearly not afraid of stimulus at the expense of a bit higher inflation. so i think that the interpretation of this could be quite significant. there are still two vacancies on the fed at the moment. there are potentially another four vacancies by the middle of 2018. chair and vice chair are up for re-election. and there are questions about the very independence of the fed coming from congress. so the attitude of the president-elect, i think, will be really significant here. >> paul, can i also ask about the euro and where we're heading, given that we're expecting a hike today. last week the ecb extended the timeline of the easing. stark difference in the monetary policy we're seeing in europe and

the -- not the caller but tweeter is suggesting there is a cost to it, absolutely. host: steve, ohio, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? host: doing fine. caller: i was very concerned with the 2014 national defense authorization act that president obama signed. during that time, charlie wrangell also signed hr 1509, which is from age 18 to 45, a selective service draft for women, too. i was also looking a few days ago about the college debt. those kids will be examples for the new draft under the declaration of war or the use of military force. >> this is a great night for the great state of florida. president elect donald trump here tonight. president-elect. jobs?u ready for are you ready to take back our country? are you ready to make america great again? back in 2010, my race was like donald trump's. people said you cannot win, you are a businessman. proved the, pollsters wrong. you proved the pundits wrong. you got out and elected donald trump and made the state red. said, we are going to have a fighter in the white house. a fight

. >>> and the tweeter in chief, defense stocks moving again following a tweet by president-elect trumpfriday december 23, 2016. "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> live from new york where business never sleeps, it's "squawk box." >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box." i'm melissa lee. our guest host this hour, kenny dichter from wheels up. we'll check on equity futures at this hour after the first back-to-back losses yesterday in the markets in six weeks. looks like we will have a higher open. the last trading day before christmas, the average return is ten points. looks like we're in line there with 8 points at the open. s&p has indicated to add 2.5 points. nasdaq opening slightly lower. a look at the picture overnight in asia. japan's nikkei was closed for a public holiday. we did see losses in shanghai as well as the hang seng. >>> as for europe, the big news there, deutsche bank settling over the mbs investigation. that is giving

. >> therefore, as a politician, not a tweeter, not a businessman, but as a politician right now, youe to say his status is moving up. is it not? >> absolutely. let's look at what he did that hillary clinton or barack obama or bernie sanders probably couldn't do. if barack obama or if hillary clinton had won, or if bernie sanders had won, went to an american corporation and said you're not leaving this country, conservatives on talk radio and some on this channel would have been all over obama or clinton or sanders saying you can't tell a private company. >> oh, i don't know about that. >> what to do. >> not in this economic climate,. >> hold on. >> but just -- i don't think they would say -- i think conservatives would have attacked barack obama. that's what i think. but just as nixon was the one who opened the door to china, if mcgovern had won in 1992, 1992, not 19 -- 1972. >> right. 1972. >> he could not have opened the door to china because conservatives would have said he is codin cozying up to a bunch of comiew p communists. he did what would have been difficult for barack obam

. >>> as we all know the president-elect is a pretty prolific tweeter, but today he has chosen to tweet just one thing. quote, president obama campaigned hard and personally in the very important swing states and lost. the voters wanted to make america great again. now, with all respect to all involved, the race is long over and president obama wasn't even in it. but to also be fair, trump isn't the only one here redebating this election. as the old saying goes, one man tweet is another man's podcast. and one man stirring this up in a new pod cast interview, that story is ahead. >>> during t cold war, the united states military stockpiled hundreds and hundreds of nuclear missiles in the open fields of places like north dakota, nebraska, montana and wyoming because most efficient way to fling a nuclear missile is not to fling it east over the atlantic and europe or other the pacific but rather north. the u.s. government built hundreds of hardened missile silos in those open fields in places like north dakota these were huge to house nuclear missiles and then launch them at even a moment'

she was a big tweeter. whenever you would interview her, you could always count on her for a fresh and honest take. she would not be shy about political opinions. she said recently that, if she could use the force, she would get rid of donald trump. she was not afraid to say what she thought. this admission in her book about her diary was not a surprise. i remember when i saw it, i said, of course she is talking about this now. >> harrison ford, i should mention, just released a statement on fisher's death. i will read from it. he said, carrie was a one-of-a-kind, brilliant, original, funny and emotionally fearless. she lived her life bravely. sara nathan, it gets to her artistic talent but also her outspokenness on the personal issues. >> absolutely. i think the one thing we all loved about her was just that she was so very outspoken. i loved her from when you i was a little girl. we were just saying, you know, you grow up watching her be so outspoken and be so brilliant and be that accidental feminist. in

he's not just tweeter in chief, he's negotiator in chief. least right now doesn't it seem he holds all the cards? stick with crime ever. ame ever. . . . . >>> we've got that good news after the bell, 30% dividend hike in a very big fortune billion dollar buyback by boeing. let's not lose sight of the fact many of these stocks have run with more circumstance sum expect. i like to say there is always a bull market somewhere. i promise to find it for somewhere. i'm jim cramer, this is "mad money." see you tomorrow! at a popular kitchen-supply tostore in manhattan...... howard: how you doing, ladies? come on in. lemonis: ...one of the owners is cooking up a catastrophe. howie, why would you be ordering knives? howard: i'll get approval. don't worry. lemonis: are you being a dick? his reckless spending has put the business in the red. howard: we're not choking. lemonis: can you close for a week to do inventory? howard: no. lemonis: then you're choking. his careless merchandising... there's [bleep] everywhere. ...has thrown this store into chaos.

situation as president if he's going to single out single companies or individuals each day on his tweetert's going to be very hard to govern overall. he's going to get mired in these individual controversies instead of trying to make the larger point, creating legislation or policy goals that will help him make his larger point, rather than get mired into one on one controversies. >> chuck jones, the local union leader, he was on cnn criticizing donald trump saying he lied about the number of jobs that were saved. obviously donald trump didn't like what he was watching apparently on cnn. what does that say about him? because a lot of people say he has a thin skin. it's one thing to reply if you're a private citizen, but you're president-elect of the united states. >> it suggests thin skinness as you said, and to david's point. a dispute about 300 jobs, he is basically pushing back on the number that donald trump announced himself. if the trump campaign has a problem with his math, they should push back on that math. but it's a real situation if he's going to push back on individual person

if he does, though have the internet machine on his tweeter, he might conceivably have checked the state department website before he made this consequential call. even if he didn't want to talk to somebody from the state department. he could have googled just what the state department says on its website about taiwan. it's not complicated stuff, it's clear. at the state department website it says -- the united states and taiwan enjoy a robust but unofficial relationship. in 1979 the u.s. switched diplomatic recognition from taipei to beijing. and the united states recognized the people's republic of china as the sole -- the sole -- the sole legal government of china. acknowledging the chinese position that there is but one china and taiwan is part of china. even if you don't care about the world at large. even if you only care about taiwan, because you might want to build a hotel there. even if you're not interested in your intelligence briefings, in the state department telling you who you're talking to and what's important to them. and what the red lines are that might really upset th

even though he is the twitter, tweeter in chief.high-tech executives. >> right. and you're referring to reports that that was some kind of payback. there was some theory about a potential icon or emoji about clinton and they didn't like it. and all of that stuff. the trump folks have pushed back. but there is a long undocumented record of him being aggressive, bullying and nasty. the difference is he is coming into government. let me read to you again on the market impacts. he hit other defense stocks. the attack appeared to have an impact. so the question becomes whether this is a responsible use of the bully pulpit. there is a rule in congress that you can't pass legislation that is designed to target one person or company. a bill of attainer. that is seen as an inappropriate use of power. we don't have rules about whether the president can hate tweet a company but it does seem to be moving in lines that are concerning. >> that's right. it doesn't matter whether one wants less defense spending or whether somebody wants a different

>> tweeter -- i think he tweeted it. >> what have people been saying about donald trump's plans to put waterbed in and a mirror put a waterbed in and a mirror put a waterbed in and a mirror put a waterbed in and a mirror on the ceiling? >> some people saying it's cool, some people saying it's gone too far. if he likes to get down and get a little freaky and want to look at himself on the mirror, bounce around on the waterbed, so be it. >> melania actually did this sketch using an architect in mongolia. what do you think about this, people gathered around the spire? >> that looks like a rendering of mecca where muslims do their pilgrimage -- >> no, no, no, no. of course donald trump wouldn't be the first president to renovate the white house. taft widened the doors. jimmy carter put the outhouse out back. >> that was neat. >> the president of france wanted to use the outhouse. do you remember margaret thatcher got locked in the outhouse? >> i don't remember that. i heard about it but i don't remember what happened. >> he went on at length about the white house christmas tree being too s

>>> as we all know the president-elect is a pretty prolific tweeter, but today he has chosen to tweet just one thing. quote, president obama campaigned hard and personally in the very important swing states and lost. the voters wanted to make america great again. now, with all respect to all involved, the race is long over and president obama wasn't even in it. but to also be fair, trump isn't the only one here redebating this election. as the old saying goes, one man tweet is another man's podcast. and one man stirring this up in a new pod cast interview, that story is ahead. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a photo of you opening the safe. a post using the hashtag "#justrobbedthesafe" so, what are we supposed to think? switching to geico could save you a bunch of money on car insurance. excellent point. case dismissed. geico. because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance woo! because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance is always a great answer. >>> during the cold war, the united states military stockpiled hundreds and hundreds of nuclear

had, all of the thing is wrote about were in public records and still in the public records, his tweeter feed, facebook page, an arrest warrant, and the newspaper clipping and the incident report. he's already been written about. already exists publicly. and i think the issue for me is, do you treat these people with respect? more tricky is another child who -- one parent does talk to me, they give me the number of the other parent, and the other parent leaves a blistering message on the phone. i'm going to get my lawyer. and you are writing this book to make money off my child, and -- just how dare you, and i'm not even filling filling in the more colorful language. my feeling about it was -- i mean, first of all, probably a record. and secondly, one of the parents have spoken to me already, and i did the same thing for every parent. i would present them with a request, and i would say, i hear your child died. would like to know how they lived. i would like to know who they were. anything that you would like to tell me about them issue would like to hear itch would give them a copy of t

get the trail of that stuff, but what i understand is that there's literally tens of thousands of tweetersnd facebook stuff they're saying they're with chuck and being very positive and constructive because they know chuck was just doing his job. let me come back to something that the president said that i want to work with him and support. he said he wanted to get rid of the trade deals. our union has been fighting these rotten trade deals for more than 35 years. we're willing to work with the president to replace and repair trade deals with nafta, cafta, bntr, korea. we want to work for with him. he says he wants to repair and replace or replace and repair those trade deals. we want to work with him. any company, and this is important to rexnord, boeing, and others, any companies that wants to take jobs out of america to another country to export the low -- exploit the low-wage environment is going to export those jobs back to america, he wants to slap a 35% duty on them. i think that that's something that he ought to do. we're prepared to work with him on that. but one other point that

we never had a tweeter-in-chief before. >> no. exactly. of course i don't buy that. everything about this administration, everything about mr. trump is unusual, is different. that's why people elected him or at least a lot of people. so i don't think we can possibly think that the man who calls us sleaze bags will want to embrace us. he's not going to have a choice, eric. whether or not he meets with us, we are going to continue covering him. his press team will work overtime explaining what it is that mr. trump means by his tweets. look at the confusion caused by his tweet over the need to expand and strengthen america's nuclear arsenal. he's already explaining that america doesn't want an arms race. >> the guy -- i've covered him for decades in new york city -- he's been, in my view, one of most accessible big shots we've ever covered in my life. all you would have to do is call hiss assistant, pick up the phone, come on over at 3:00. he would talk to you. going back to 1980 or so. how does this jive with the fact that he hasn't had a news conference in 149 days? d