it seems very unsatisfactory. >> it seems very unsatisfactory, and the money spent $3.8 billion does not solve any problems. election is a ritual. without transparency, accountability and good governance, this is not a democracy. >> there seems to be an unbreachable gap between the two sides. i heard some people say it's the worst. what's your observation in. >> i'm very, very much agree to this issue and i think the reason is the real prime minister of thailand is not in thailand, and -- >> you mean the caretaker prime minister yingluck shinawatra's brother thaksin shinawatra. >> that's right, he is calling the shots. negotiating is not an issue for thaksin right now. he doesn't want to negotiate. he wants to be a caretaker government until the longest that he can take. the thing is what is really, really crucial -- >> the other side, what they want seems to be anti-democracy. this is a criticism that we heard. why are they blocking the vote. it was a disruption to the ballot that made this unsatisfactory. >> yes, a free and fair election can only take place if the climate is correc

it was a unsatisfactory process and we're happy about the outcome and the chamber of commerce >> thank you. any other members of the public? >> welcome. thank you. my name is roxanne and i - >> excuse me. cue speak into the microphone. >> my name is recognizing an and i work for the treasure island homeless initiative. we're very pleased as well that the supervisors and the entire city and employers have begun along with the ban of the box. our population that we serve is persons that are disadvantaged economically but they're the person who have the barriers to employment. our constituents are the people who have a criminal record from the 80's or 90s that have to do with marijuana but we have a lot of people who have a criminal background and we want to let you know we're gravity we really are hopeful this will help a lot of our clients that have a difficult time getting a job because of the box and early criminal records. when they do why get a job the majority of them don't go back into criminal problems some have horrifies of alcohol abuse or wla whatever. it is they stay clean an

the status quo is pretty unsatisfactory.hnology is going to help, particularly to that motivated learner, and how do you create the motivation broadly? that is mostly a human problem and helping the teacher do it as best as possible. >> tell me what you think about the state of the technology industry now and how the new crop of leaders, how you see them. >> the rate of innovation is faster than ever. things like understanding speech and vision, taking large amounts of data and understanding that, big high-resolution screens on your walls in the office, at home -- we are really in a fantastic period where finding information and understanding information is going to get a lot better. that will lead to productivity. we can simulate things so that new product design and innovation can go faster. we see it in biology -- even understanding complex systems and what drugs should be tried out. i am a great believer that whether it is helping the poorest or just helping the global economy, technology can solve a lot of problems. >>

the current equipment is expensive and unsatisfactory to virtually every elections official with whom commission spoke. that is due to a federal certification process that is broken and must be reformed. this is a subject to which few are paying attention and will not end well on its current path. one of the issues we heard about consistently was having adequate physical facilities for polling places. in most communities, those facilities were schools. but officials in an increasing number of jurisdictions cite safety concerns as a reason for not making schools available for voting. adequate facilities to vote and safety for our children cannot be competing interests. the commission called attention to the problem and to recommend security concerns be addressed by making election day an in-service day for students and teachers. bob already talked about long lines. let me touch on some of the other subjects that the commission specific recommendations and best practices to the state and local officials. early voting was one. our commission charge was to make it easier for eligible vote

providers dominate the market leaving customers with little choice but to pay high bills for often unsatisfactory concerned that comcast's proposed would only make it worse for consumers. there is no need to divulge any sort of connection but i wanted people to know that. >> there's no need to divulge. >> comcast defends this merger. >> right. >> they say that the two companies share no customers with the same zip code but you argue that the merger will mean that the prices go up? >> here's the biggest cable provider in the country and the second biggest cable provider in the country and they don't compete anywhere? >> right. >> there's not enough competition. we need more competition significance, not less. this is going exactly in the wrong direction. and consumers are -- i am very concerned are going to pay higher bills, they are going to get even worse service and less choice. >> you live in minnesota. you have comcast? >> we get comcast. >> are you allowed to -- are you comfortable for talking about your service? >> i have comcast and -- >> did you get rid of it? >> we don't have it anymore.

the current equipment is expensive and unsatisfactory to virtually every elections official with whom the commission spoke. that is due to a federal certification process that is broken and must be reformed. this is a subject to which few are paying attention and will not end well on its current path. one of the issues we heard about consistently was having adequate physical facilities for polling places. in most communities, those facilities were schools. but officials in an increasing number of jurisdictions cite safety concerns as a reason for not making schools available for voting. adequate facilities to vote and safety for our children cannot be competing interests. the commission called attention to the problem and to recommend security concerns be addressed by making election day an in-service day for students and teachers. bob already talked about long lines. let me touch on some of the other subjects that the commission specific recommendations and best practices to the state and local officials. early voting was one. our commission charge was to make it easier for eligible

the current equipment is expensive and unsatisfactory to virtually every elections official with whom the commission spoke. that is due to a federal certification process that is broken and must be reformed. this is a subject to which few are paying attention and will not end well on its current path. one of the issues we heard about consistently was having adequate physical facilities for polling places. in most communities, those facilities were schools. but officials in an increasing number of jurisdictions cite safety concerns as a reason for not making schools available for voting. adequate facilities to vote and safety for our children cannot be competing interests. the commission called attention to the problem and to recommend security concerns be addressed by making election day an in-service day for students and teachers. bob already talked about long lines. let me touch on some of the other subjects that the commission specific recommendations and best practices to the state and local officials. early voting was one. our commission charge was to make it easier for eligible

>> and i'm going to give you a very unsatisfactory answer.i am not going to play the hypothetical game. >> that is not hypothetical. that actually did -- >> i realize that. and my answer is, i will answer for my own reporting and my own judgments, but i am not going to sit in judgment on others, especially in this case where my own newspaper was involved. >> ok. i want to take a minute now to identify ourselves for our radio and television audiences. this is "the kalb report." i am marvin kalb. and i'm here talking with "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman. >> very frustrating -- >> only on certain issues. >> you have been at this for a long time. 33 years with the times. upi before that. if you had it to do all over again, would you still do it as a journalist? >> oh, god, this is the most fun you can have legally that i know of. [laughter] growing up i only wanted to be gave it over stem, -- be david aversham, i got to meet him. i have had, this is been the most amazing run. i have never had a bad day, and i have never gotten up i

>> and i'm going to give you a very unsatisfactory answer. i am not going to play the hypothetical game. >> that is not hypothetical. that actually did -- >> i realize that. and my answer is, i will answer for my own reporting and my own judgments, but i am not going to sit in judgment on others, especially in this case where my own newspaper was involved. >> ok. i want to take a minute now to identify ourselves for our radio and television audiences. this is "the kalb report." i am marvin kalb. and i'm here talking with "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman. >> very frustrating -- >> only on certain issues. >> you have been at this for a long time. 33 years with the times. upi before that. if you had it to do all over again, would you still do it as a journalist? >> oh, god, this is the most fun you can have legally that i know of. [laughter] growing up i only wanted to be david aversham, i got to meet him. i have had, this is been the most amazing run. i have never had a bad day, and i have never gotten up in the morning and said,

>> i am going to give you a very unsatisfactory answer. not going to put a hypothetical man. >> but that is not hypothetical. >> i realize that. and my answer is to my will answer from my own reporting in my own judgments, but i am not going to sit in judgment on others, especially in this case were my own newspaper was involved. >> okay. i want to take a minute now to identify ourselves or our radio and television audiences. this is the marvin kalb report. i'm marvin kalb, and i am here talking with new york times columnist tom friedman. >> jerry frustratingly. [laughter] >> only on certain issues. only on certain issues. but now, you have been at this along time. thirty-three years. >> for starters. >> and upi before that. if you had to do all over again, would you still do it as a journalist? >> oh, god, this is the most fun you can have legally that i know of. you know, growing up by only wanted to be david halberstam. i mean, really, he was my idol. i got to meet him and get to know him a little bit. and i have had the -- this has bee

especially the parents at the school felt like it was an unsatisfactory outcome at the school board meetingistrict nutrition director for the salt lake city school district, offered kind of, you know, semi -- like a half explanation of why things happened. it just didn't satisfy us as to the steps were going to be made to correct it and kids were not going to be denied their lunches in the future. >> the parents are one part, but the kids are the main part. your daughter, i understand, was there. some of her friends had their lunches taken away. how did the kids react? >> it was awful. i mean, this is a school where most kids do not usually go without school lunch. it was a billing error with the new system that caused the glitch. so you had a lot of kids being given this partial lunch when they took their tray to the counter and had the majority of it thrown in the trash and just offered this milk and a piece of fruit. so there were a lot of tears. it was a lot of shame. they ended up going back to the classroom. the teacher went back through the line for some of them and bought them new l

i guess what we have is an unemployment situation which is unsatisfactory, a rate that's too high, participationo we have the reality of an employment situation that need as tension. we have potential of an inflation situation. i disagree with you that they would have trouble tapering. i think they've been showing ability to do that. but the other point i would make is this, ever since the days of the fiscal crisis 2008, there have been predictions the activism of the fed that bernanke has led, inflationary impacts, and none of it has happened. it doesn't mean it can never happen but it does mean that focus successively on that potential banker in the face of experience and ignore the real problem we have in employment would be a mistake to me. >> we could have a long discussion about janet yellen, congressman, but on twitter, all they want to talk about is your beard, which continues to be very handsome. we'll see you next time. >> thank you. my husband will like that endorsement. >> barney frank. >> we can talk about macro prudential supervision as well. >> jawatching jcpenney's tweets? prepla

i think if you have something about yourself you find unsatisfactory, you've got to either deal withs cut it off. >> welcome back, how was your vacation? >> it was fantastic. i think it looks fantastic. >> i think it was the healthiest thing i've ever done in terms of my appearance. >> i think you reach a certain age, this is the body i have, let's make the most of it, have fun with it, play some basketball, play some football. and at the end of the day, i think i'm probably right about the right height. 6'4" is a good height where you're tall, but not too tall. >> my ears, nice and close to the head. never caused me a problem in my life. great ears. >> my hands because my nephew says i have my mother's hands. you have grandma's hands. and it touched my heart and become my favorite part of my body. >> now i like my height. i tower over everybody all the time on the "today" show and i go with it. >> i don't think too much about myself. i know it's a real selfie world right now. but i try to focus on the beauty in other people. >> when i think of beauty, i think of my wife. >> beauty i

>> and i'm going to give you a very unsatisfactory answer.i am not going to play the hypothetical game. >> that is not hypothetical. that actually did -- >> i realize that. and my answer is, i will answer for my own reporting and my own judgments, but i am not going to sit in judgment on others, especially in this case where my own newspaper was involved. >> ok. i want to take a minute now to identify ourselves for our radio and television audiences. this is "the kalb report." i am marvin kalb. and i'm here talking with "the new york times" columnist thomas friedman. >> very frustrating -- [laughter] >> only on certain issues. >> you have been at this for a long time. 33 years with the times. upi before that. if you had it to do all over again, would you still do it as a journalist? >> oh, god, this is the most fun you can have legally that i know of. [laughter] growing up i only wanted to be gave it over stem, -- be david aversham, i got to meet him. i have had, this is been the most amazing run. i have never had a bad day, and i have never

the current equipment is expensive and unsatisfactory to virtually every elections official with whom the commission spoke. that is due to a federal certification process that is broken and must be reformed. this is a subject to which few are paying attention and will not end well on its current path. one of the issues we heard about consistently was having adequate physical facilities for polling places. in most communities, those facilities were schools. but officials in an increasing number of jurisdictions cite safety concerns as a reason for not making schools available for voting. adequate facilities to vote and safety for our children cannot be competing interests. the commission called attention to the problem and to recommend security concerns be addressed by making election day an in-service day for students and teachers. bob already talked about long lines. let me touch on some of the other subjects that the commission specific recommendations and best practices to the state and local officials. early voting was one. our commission charge was to make it easier for eligible