. >>> when we met joseph regan at one of the massive kitchens at new york city's rikers island jail, he was serving 90 days for misdemeanor assault and penny larceny. >> they're not always as clean as they should be. and you got cockroaches and stuff in here like that. but, you though, didn't see anybody die lately so i guess they get away with it. >> while he may never get a job as a rikers island spokesman, he offered a plug for life here. >> if you like being told what to do, if you like being told what to eat, when to sleep, go to the bathroom, scratch your ass, if you like taking a chance getting your ass kicked or getting killed, then this is the place for you. >> like many other inmates here, reagan has had multiple arrests. >> most people that come to jail stay in jail, regardless if they go home or not. they come back and come back. they end up spending the rest of their life in jail. >> while inmates can sometimes be in denial about the circumstances that brought them to jail, reagan was crystal clear. >> it's not that we don't have the knowledge to do different things. i k

the same age ronald regan was when he was elected. >> biden will be 70, right? 71? >> biden will be older than that. no, biden will be 74 by inauguration day 2017. >> wow. okay, well, as i get closer to those ages, i have always said that, you know, 70 is the new 50. just work your way down. >> 70 is the new 69. >> exactly. >> but you're absolutely right. they're looking younger and younger. >> as are you, larry. thank you very much. >>> you think we have never been attacked on u.s. soil since 9/11? some folks in boston might disagree. so, too, now some folks in san jose, california. you know about boston. something just as chilling, maybe even longer-term more chilling in san jose. [ doctor ] and in a inical trial versus litor, crestor got more high-risk patient bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. way to go, crestor! yh! tting to goal is a big deal, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors. because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. so, when diet a exercise aren't engh to lower cholterol,

mark evans ostad was a regan appointee, he caused an international incident, found drunk, yelling and banging on a woman's door at 3am. at a similar time an appointee was asked to leave because he kept two prostitutes at a residents in denmark. >> after two years cynthia styne had to resign after irregularities were found and staff transferred from the cushy count from to hot spots like afghanistan. things must have been bad to leave a cushy job to live near the taliban. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle

they know if i say i would like to use the regan china and they will say me might not have enough. or if the decor is hot pink you probably don't want to use red. not that we use hot pink. but they will help you figure out the china, and what linens look the best. >> there is a storm expected to hit washington, d.c. on thursday. what do you do if the weather doesn't cooperate? >> that is the most stressful thing. i can imagine departments were doing a weather call on the phone. luckily it was a beautiful day but it was cold. the decision was to go forward. we have had decisions where it rains and we have the guy standing behind with the umbrella. but the weather is a call that is made the day-of the event >> in the two state dinners you were responsible for; were the inside the whitehouse or did you have the tent? >> for mexico we were inside for dinner and then outside for a tent where beyonce performed. for china, we had three tables in three different rooms and everything was inside the whitehouse >> your work is done by the time the dinner is underway. so what is your job like

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>> i don't want you to know but let's look at regan and gorbachev. dproms was critical. >> came after beijing and inside europe. you have to use the elements of national power together, diplomatic and military. >> that's what works. >> is there a weariness with war? >> that's the ultimately the problem we have. it's not a horrible strategy. dialogue. >> the u.s. is not with peace but hayeseps the cop conflict. >> that's pretty direct, obama what he did in syria. >> if you look at the book, the book is pretty critical. it's really but beep's look at the history of the last half century of the problem with adversarie adversaries. >> again, we have to carry the big stick? >> ultimately, we have to carry the big stick if we don't want to use it. i would argue for the middle east, wars are for the caused by oil and water. they are caused when one side says it's important. >> doesn't lead to a reactive conflict frfrn something mute happen, though, if they don't behave. dancing with the devil, the perils of engaging rogue reason e-mails. thank you. >> thank

well, going back to president regan, the first president, at least that knroe of, who ever pointed to someone in the gallery and made sort of a very important part of the speech being about them. every president since then, everyone, has brought someone to sit, typically with the first lady and point to them. i will say this for the president. and i do admire him for this. i'm glad that the person he did pick to sit up in the balcony with the first lady was a true american hero, and i'm grateful we all got a chance to pay tribute and the most sustained applause of the entire night was for that wounded warrior, a true american hero. finally, governor huckabee, my question is, what would you have most wanted him to say in his state of the union speech that he didn't say? i thought about that, suzy, and came up with this one. maybe he could have said, i will resign as of noon tomorrow. well, just kidding. okay. there was another president who once said that. i was thinking he could have borrowed that, too, since he borrowed so many from george bush, but that's not to be. the other bish n

kevin and bloomberg anchor trish regan who has written a book on pot. let me start with you, kevin. these numbers are stunning and they don't surprise trish because she has been reporting on this. do they surprise you? $184 million in tax revenue from pot. that makes the argument that every state should rush to do this. >> look, we heard that argument for the lottery to save public education and the last time i checked and teachers still being paid incredibly low salaries. this is now just the latest in a series of things presented as a quick fix. my question back to the governor and also to trish and others at what costs do these revenues come? what about the extra cost of the increase problems that we have. a 44% increase in marijuana positives in the workplace and that's a cost employers will bear. what about the health care system and education? we know the connection between marijuana and iq and, frankly, low grades and heavy marijuana use among kids. the only people making money from this, erin, the big tobacco-like industry that is in full force advertising like crazy. promot

they know if i say i would like to use the regan china and they will say me might not have enough. or if the decor is hot pink you probably don't want to use red. not that we use hot pink. but they will help you figure out the china, and what linens look the best. >> there is a storm expected to hit washington, d.c. on thursday. what do you do if the weather doesn't cooperate? >> that is the most stressful thing. i can imagine departments were doing a weather call on the phone. luckily it was a beautiful day but it was cold. the decision was to go forward. we have had decisions where it rains and we have the guy standing behind with the umbrella. but the weather is a call that is made the day-of the event >> in the two state dinners you were responsible for; were the inside the whitehouse or did you have the tent? >> for mexico we were inside for dinner and then outside for a tent where beyonce performed. for china, we had three tables in three different rooms and everything was inside the whitehouse >> your work is done by the time the dinner is underway. so what is your job like

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>> i am trish regan, everyone. stocks rising. the s&p about the record close. fed chairman jim mcgovern takes the stand. -- janet yellen takes the stand. welcome, everyone. " there. still putting the jacket on. never far away. what a great day. in another record. not huge gains but interestingly we go to an all-time high. we are pretty much going to be able to do that. 1851. >> traders have been having trouble with the market because it gets almost there and turning back and retrieving. so it has been difficult. >> i wore green up for a reason today. i knew i would need it. heading to olivia sterns. >> the king of green, shares of , shares up almost 20%. -- speaking of green, j.c. penney shares are up. they think sales will increase in margins will expand. also watching ebay, a story you know well. carl icahn and ebay stepping up the attacks on one another. carl icahn has written his third letter in four days, accusing ebay of having conflicts of interest among the board erectors. back.s firing their ceo says carl icahn is well entertaining and false and dead w

that you found a color upholstered with us as well and it's a good job with the vice president judith regan is read as to how we were talking about. at the pace changes add to that the fiscal regime in france for foreign companies investing at any level will be for tonight is that what's needed and what does that surprise us much question of the size of the fiscal i wait it is the instability in the constant changes that people fear when they invest in front of the sunday due to the hospital can fix. this was actually discussed and stench be moved to promote chess which mentioned before the advent and cease existing towns because no ones knows ithem seconds. the second on each student needs to be t and i know that's the race disgraced and pink silk times here. and petitions night no need to reform a key. but we need to keep a clear direction to companies making his discretion in making this part of what has been announced. this morning my aunt was put on sale. it's really bad that we need to have good too. sheila takes to get her to be sure that everyone understands and is very chio. want t

. >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "street smart" with trish regan and adam johnson. >> i'm adam johnson. >> and i'm julie hyman. we are one hour from the close of trade here in the u.s.. opening ceremonies in sochi. sochi,ou have a shot of and elaborate opening ceremony, as has become the custom. even as that was going on, the olympics, a lot of criticism about the readiness of russia. there was also a hijacking attempts on a plane bound for the ukraine. it landed in istanbul. apparently the passenger was intoxicated. fear is about terrorism looming over the games. >> amazing details coming out of sochi. the world is coming together. we hope them -- we hope they get it right. well.h them go pro. this came out earlier today. strike when the fire is hot. that little guy -- i'm not too sure. in 2012, the sales were about $5 million for the company. this company is only about two years old. it is thought that it will be doubling. cooln we talk about how this is as we look at all these videos? that is why there is excitement. it changes the way eu can shoot. of twitter,k

i am trish regan. you are watching the most important hour of the session. we have 59 minutes ago on the closing bell. in $19 billion deal. poised to close out the day in the green. trade is today and a first-rate of tomorrow. bit was chattering a little . client is good. a good day. big news day. a heavy newsday. >> a $19 billion deal to talk about. we have a lot of developments that we will get to coming up. >> the stocks to watch into the close. beie has what we should keeping an ion. >> hopeful as the weather finally turns in new york city. tesla speaking in korean. it is again at a record. the company plans to boost production of the model ask sedan this year. it is heavily shorted. report, get a positive you see this. >> verizon also -- also a buying nexttunity ahead of his business update. investors are following that advice and buying shares and he'lly, a potential deal -- dear -- deal here. may be equity firms interested in safeway. >> time for our big story. buybook struck a deal to pp.t's at is the company really worth $19 billion? the facebook ce

trish regan will be speaking to carl icahn later today. the battle that keeps on going, men's wearhouse we think it's offer for juice of a bank. they rose their offer 10% to $1.8 billion, and could go .igher it is a battle that began in october when joseph a bank offered to buy men's wearhouse. out in silicon valley, the word is going on with the markets, it is time to cash in and go public. ipo to considering an just a number of companies .onsidering this ipo path with us now is jon erlichman. he is in los angeles. he broke the roku story. david menlo.is david, why is this happening now? >> the prime example is what happened with facebook and whats coming upf the blue with a valuation of $16 billion. anything along that kind of technology, people think they can get 2x, 3x of what they thought. new fundingived back in may. any idea why they did the ipo now? >> it may have less to do with those vc's meeting their money back now. it is more about the opportunity resented as the business gets bigger. we are seeing roku and the apple cast, ae,

and happy birthday to ronald regan. he would have been 103. >> happening now starts right now. see you back tomorrow. >> and breaking news on today's top headlines. >> court action for a women accused of killing her husband while he slept but she said it was self defense. spl and why the postal service is getting into the banking business. >> and off the top, a new olympic terror threat just as olympic games begin. >> hope you are off to a great start. >> they are warning to be on the look out for tubes of cosmetics or toothpaste because there maybe explosives in them. how are security officials taking the threat? >> they are taking it

i am trish regan in for that he lived. let's get a quick check on the markets. like we are looking at what could be a lower open. we had a new all-time record on the s&p 500 yesterday. 1848 was the level we need to cross and we got 21852. there is optimism out there and we will see whether this continues today. there is economic it a coming out at 8:30 a.m. including gdp and personal consumption. we will bring those to you as soon as they cross. we will be "on the markets" again 30 minutes. ibm began firing workers yesterday as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan. in addition to cutting staff, the company has sold assets, cut its tax rates, $20 per is aiming for share adjusted earnings up from $11.67 in 2010. saw the bays is the proud new owner of the pink star diamond. caret cut stone. the buyer defaulted. 8.3 alieneen a record dollars -- $8.3 million. there's a storm that will move across the country this week and could dump snow from kansas city to boston. it will make for a messy monday morning commute. storm has a silver lining. it is currently bringing

i'm trish regan and this is "street smart." alix steel alongside me as cohost today. good to have you here with me. really ignoring some disappointing news we got earlier about retail sales and business inventories up. offset theenough to rally because we had the time warner table deal. we will get to that in a moment, but first, the stocks we are watching as we get into the close -- julie hyman is keeping an eye on them. >> one of the stocks we are keeping an eye on is facebook. not really any headlines that have spurred the gains today, but what is notable is facebook is trading at a record high. track thisteresting stock has gone on. goodyear tire & rubber is the best performer in the s&p 500 after it came out with its earnings which beat estimates even as revenue fell, missing estimates. goodyear has managed to to boost its bottom line and they are also boosting its relationship with sumitomo of japan. -- a lot ofdecline concerns about slowing sales growth at the grocery, cutting its forecast for full-year sales eatingwith competition into its sales and gross marg

trish regan spoke with icon yesterday at on her program. she joins us now with some of the highlights. he is pretty worked up over this. he says he really is never seen anything as egregious as the situation. he speaking specifically about these conflicts of interest that the board members have. let me just he's perhaps the most provocative sound to share with you. >> they compete with us. they say it is overlapping. we just bought raintree. paying when he writes these letters? bs on thislling conflict of interest. carlfired back after issued his open letter to shareholders yesterday. he is getting at this conflict specifically with mark and scott cook, two members of the board. made,es investments they including with skype and said, look, they took this from ebay and wound up selling it to microsoft and made a lot of money for himself. in karl's view is very much an issue given that mark is on ebay's board. i have been through a lot of these over the list 30-40 years and i have sent in a letter and a mean it. i've never seen one as blatant

they know if i say i would like to use the regan china and they will say me might not have enough. or if the decor is hot pink you probably don't want to use red. not that we use hot pink. but they will help you figure out the china, and what linens look the best. >> there is a storm expected to hit washington, d.c. on thursday. what do you do if the weather doesn't cooperate? >> that is the most stressful thing. i can imagine departments were doing a weather call on the phone. luckily it was a beautiful day but i

i'm trish regan. is dropping -- he will add $66 billion for defense programs. he seeking more revenue through taxes. he will summit the budget to congress next month. herbalife is making its case in washington today. of company has been accused being a pyramid scheme. they invited investors to ask questions about how they operate. they say herbalife provides capable ofat are not being resold. they're trying to conform their business into a more dynamic wireless carrier. double has been able to dish's share price. in the ukraine, a fight broke out in parliament this morning. mediators have been working to

versus ronald regan standing at the gate saying tear down this wall. he didn't have to bluster or bla make false claims. we have this going on in all of the arab countries and now in the heart of europe. >> what cup of action can the administration take? >> reporter: it is now too little too late. the europeans are in the hands of putin. 7-10 pipelines come from russia that go through the ukraine. so he has the europeans right where he wants them if you understand my grasp. the idea we can marshal and threatening boycotts or sanctions it is too late >> what is the sichation? >> reporter: i think it is going to be hungry like 1956. it will be a point of civil war in large parts because the soviet puppets will be dominated by proxys and special operations people that are being sent in to deal with this so it ends quote in their favor. >> not a czech republic resolution? >> reporter: no, i don't see that because no one is backing him on the other side >> hopefully it will end without more carnage. >>> how will raising the minimum wage impact the workforce

make the adjustment and these intustitutiontustitutp on their own why have the regulations >> ronald regan set up the nsa as an executive order. this isn't the first president. i am troubled by executive orders in general, not just obama. but you cannot single out obama and continue to say every other president -- >> he singled out himself. he condemned the use of executive orders and said this isn't going to happen. but we said this is the value of what the executive orders are that are getting people riled up. >> we will see where this goes and whether or not -- this is a big decision and it will affect a lot of businesses and oil refi refineries and companies that create pollution. thank you very much. good to see you both. eric? >>> well john scott is in the snowy nation's capital for what is happening now. >> the snow is coming down. we are reporting live from washington, d.c. john scott mccain and john barrasso are here to talk about obamacare and ukraine skwch. premiums could be going up for 11 million folks working for small businesses because of the affordable care act. and new qu

you are "in the loop," and i am trish regan and four betty liu. it is the biggest internet deal in a decade. facebook has agreed to buy mobile messaging startup whatsapp. the price? billion in cash, stock, and share. whatsapp can competes with apt from twitter and snapshot. walmart says economic trends and higher health care costs is hurting its business. and tesla motors is gearing up for further growth. elon musk's electric car company will boost production of its model s sedan. it is also learning to build a massive battery plant. tesla is up 10% in premarket trading. we will hear from tony and their musk himself. facebook -- we will hear from billionaire musk himself. facebook agreed to by whatsapp for $19 billion, the biggest acquisition in more than a decade. why did the world's

timothy regan, vice president who will succeed willard as the firm's third president in its 105-year history noted, "he is a legend for his good work understand irony is that most of his good works are not even known." the "sun" resounded a story of baltimore architect adam gross completed. according to mr. gross, willard asked the school head mistress how many women were graduating from engineering degrees. then a few days later he sent a sizable check to the school to provide scholarships for women in engineering. he was like that. he did deeds that no one knew about, mr. gross said. willard was a man of quiet strength who professionally and charitably enriched his beloved baltimore. he was an active alumnus of gongjohns hopkins university who gave back to the school and hospital in countless ways. he was a humble man and rarely stood still to take credit for his many successes because he already gang to tackle the next challenge. besides being at the helm of one of the largest companies in america, he never outgrew his city or fellow citizens. his benevolent -- he will be miss as

how about our new co-anchors, sidney and regan, from the girl scouts of greater new york here for a very good reason. this weekend kicks off our national girl scout cookie weekend, kicks off friday. we're counting down to the big day with a special announcement this morning and here's some more scouts coming in, as well. the brand-new cookies for this year. i guess we got two new ones. tell us about them. cranberry citrus crisps and the first gluten-free cookie. >> yes, we're introducing our new limited edition gluten-free cookies. and it's going to be really exciting because there's a lot of people in the market that really like gluten-free. >> yeah. >> and are really excited about this. >> chocolate chip, shortbread. but your favorite like so many -- >> yes, the thin mints and they're great frozen so they are my favorite. >> they are. >> yes. >> all right. way to sell it. and, you know, we'll be giving away -- the girl scouts are actually giving away a whole year's worth of free cookies. >> yes. >> and you can find out how to enter the contest by going to our website goodmorningamerica

they're 10 and 25 rather than the 15 and 28 that ronald regan had. there is a 10% surtax on income over $250,000 -- over $450,000, rather, the plan is expected to have the tax rates at 10 or 25 for 99% of taxpayers. 40% of capital gains tax would be excluded from taxation. there's also a bank tax, this gives you one of the reasons why, kelly, this will be controversial among republicans as well. in order to get those rates down to 25%, you've got to do an awful lot in terms of raising revenue elsewhere. so there's going to be a version of the financial crisis responsibility fee that obama proposed a couple of years ago. so-called bank tax. there's all sorts of deductions that are likely to be trimmed in this proposal and that's why they're not talking about those today. that's why republicans don't want to move it, because if you limit the exclusion for health care premiums that employers pay, that can be called a tax on health care. if you exclude the charitable exemption or reduce the exemption for charitable giving, that is going to generate oppos

regan ngyuen, one of ethan couch's attorneys. sir, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> morning. >> now the idea that this situation is about affluenza you find to be a strict violation of what actually happened here, and i want to get to that. first, just tell us, what is the sentence and what do you believe are the challenges ahead for your client? >> judge boyd has ordered that ethan will be on probation for ten years. he will be likely transferred to the adult probation system at the age of 19. as a condition of his probation, she has ordered that he go to and complete the program at a lockdown drug treatment facility here in the state of texas. there were several conditions placed on him as the condition is probation, including he not drive any vehicle at any time under any circumstances. his driver's license is suspended until further order of the court. he has been ordered not to be anywhere where alcohol is kept. can't have any alcohol in his house. obviously commit no law violations. not be around any persons who commit crimes. it's a pretty in