cliche exists for a reason. in your piece, a very humanizing piece for a politician is genuinely who he is. >> right. in a sense the story is damming, if not more damming of the media, mythologist that grow up around washington than anything john mccain has perpetrated. every politician is a mythmaker to some degree. look, what i wanted to bring to life here is this is a human being who has lived an extraordinary life, yet another extraordinary moment of his career, possibly the end. look, washington is cliche central. okay. again, the media is front and center of this. >> said tough talking mark leibovich. >> it's frustrating to everyone. it's sort of a disservice to the culture in that you lose the human element, deeper perversity, extraordinary life that gets lost in this big haze of myth. >> i think our inability to comprehend the various lives that mccain has lived and sort of square those together. he has had an extraordinarily huge life. we were talking about this before the show. talk about his restless

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movie john rishton have become clichÉs. you get a sad movie or a happy movie. -- movie genres have become clichÉs. you have to experience something. having experienced something, you want to talk about it. i just thought that is important. tavis: describe to me what i i'm sure people who have seen this movie already, as we head toward the academy season, all the buzz on the films, i know what i heard, i know what i felt when i saw it. musically, tell me what you did to me. what was i listening to? >> somewhere in these conversations with steve, he said you know, i am making a movie about love. so however brutal the subject matter is, at the end of the day , this is a man who needs to come home to his children. he needs to come home to his wife. , anda movie about love ultimately it's a movie about loving each other. so the music is actually about love. i sort of stuck to that, doggedly stuck to the idea that it had to be about that. plus you get expiration -- inspiration from -- every frame is a painting. again, there is a

. >> you should be the cliche was an actress over 40 is out of work. >> jon: right. >> and now an actress over 40 is an award nominated top of her game respected damsel. >> jon: have you seen some -- >> i kind of have a crush on cate blanchette. >> jon: when you see jack nicholson in a movie now he's great but it's like look at him acting. you know what i mean but with cate she just inhabits whatever it is she z. is there one you would like to work with, had work with? >> i would like to work -- i did a movie with cate and never worked with her for a day. >> jon: did she request that? is that what happened? this woman is talking me. >> i did meet her on the red carpet. >> jon: how was she. >> tiny. she's wee. i thought she was statueesque but she's wee. >> jon: more wee than me? >> it's tough to be more wee than you. >> jon: people meet me sometimes and they think i'm tall and then they meet me and the disappointment in their eyes is often palpable. >> i get the same thing, you know. >> jon: i think you are tall. >> people think i'm larger than i am. people always say but you are small. i

the cliche that is firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad 3 are cooking up a family meal. is every firefighter expected to cook reasonably well? >> if they don't, they catch hell. >> really? >> yeah. >> it's almost a perfect society in that sense. because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. in that if they're not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their cooking. we cook some outstanding meals. we've learned to shop, we've learned to shop with less to feed more. you don't want to be a belly-robber. you better bring some food back for the boys. >> firefighters in my experience are a lot like the marines i've met over the years. no matter how badly led, ridiculously underequipped, underappreciated, no matter how doomed their mission, they take a bizarre and quite beautiful pride in at least being screwed more than anybo

. >> one of the cliches that you often here is this country's going to be the next so many kwra is a monthly i can't. this country could be the next rwanda. is that an exaggeration? >> it isn't in terms of if ethnic violence within communities gets unleashed and the political leadership isn't governing effectively to try to keep that under control, then indeed you can see reprisal attacks carried out by individuals and it's very difficult then to get that back under control. i don't believe that's the way south sudan is going, but i think that the warning is legitimate >> very briefly is there danger that america will be brought into this? >> well united states needs to be involved very much so. the united states helped to bring about the independence of the republican south sudan whether it's boots on the ground or dip low mats on the ground we should be fully engaged. >> thank you for your thoughts. >> thank you. >> in other news, african union troops have opened fire killing one person. about 40 people were also injured mostly in a stampede that followed. african unions and french

in this case, it's not a cliche. he truly is a giant and is one who will be recognized in history as such. and i am glad to see all the tributes that are coming in around the world for him. because people aren't doing lip service. they really mean it. because he deserved it. i know our son-in-law who is a photographer at the white house had a chance to meet him when he was there. he was so moved by that meeting. i don't know anybody who hasn't been moved in meeting nelson mandela. >> senator patrick leahy, thank you for taking time to share your experiences and your personal photos there. it's much appreciated. >> thank you very much. >>> so new job numbers. they have come out. they show unemployment now at a five-year low. why republicans in congress are still unable to celebrate about it. >>> and senator rand paul will pay a visit to detroit today. he says he's got a plan to rescue cities like the motor city from financial ruin. i'm going to get into both those topics next with jared bernstein former economic advis

most people have this clichÉ of these formula one drivers. these guys are athletes. hopefully, his excellent physical condition will help them to recover -- helped him to recover. >> he recently made a comeback. it was not the success he was hoping for. >> no. it was kind of a last laugh, if you will. he decided to have another go of it for a couple years when he was pushing 44 mercedes -- pushing 40 fofor mercedes. we can only hope he does recover now. >> we do hope that. thank you for that update. security is on high alert in russia following the second suicide bombing in as many days in the southern city of volgograd. >> at least 14 people have been killed in monday's blast and around 20 others injured. or has been no immediate claim of responsibility. -- there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. >> the bomb destroying the bus during morning rush hour. it was evidently intended to kill civilians and to sow fear. the powerful blast also shattered windows in nearby buildings. >> the blast hit me so unexpectedly i did not know what was going on. there was

. >> do you know that we might find out by 5:00 tonight who bought that winning ticket and the cliche is, people who bought the winning ticket are not going to show up at work the next day. >> that's it. >> who did not show up at work today? >> where's your coworker today. >> where's mr. mallicoat? >> i don't know. he just became my best friend. [ laughter ] >> no kidding. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> ridge: gan. >> brooke: ridge. >> ridge: did you miss me? >> liam: what took you so long? >> hope: [ chuckles ] well, weddings make my mom very sentimental. >> liam: so she pulled out the baby photos. that's what you're saying. >> hope: started talking about ridge. >> liam: oh. i haven't heard that name in a while. >> hope: i know.

. >> it's really cliché, but laughter really is the best medicine, and when you laugh, like, things don't seem as bad. so we try to we try to laugh to deal with things, and sometimes when we laugh, she laughs, and then it kind of makes us forget temporarily what's been going on. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> ♪ cha cha cha [ clapping ] >> and even though this story would not have the happy ending, there were still ways to make things seem not so bad. laughter. [ laughter ] [ dog barking ] and even though as time goes on it gets more and more difficult to find laughter, it remains the only thing that weakens the curse. >> his mom encouraged alex to enter the video in the afa's contest. his uplifting message earned the grand prize. >> alex's video really stood out to us because he found hope amidst a very dark disease. he portrayed the humor, the moments of meaning in someone's life. and teens and family members really need to try to find ways to connect with their loved ones despite the person's decline. >> i would say for other teens with a family member with alzheimer's, i would say i

most people have this clichÉ of these formula one drivers. these guys are athletes. hopefully, his excellent physical condition will help them to recover -- helped him to recover. >> he recently made a comeback. it was not the success he was hoping for. >> no. it was kind of a last laugh, if you will. he decided to have another go of it for a couple years when he was pushing 44 mercedes -- pushing 40 fofor mercedes. we can only hope he does recover now. >> we do hope that. thank you for that update. alert in russia following the second suicide bombing in as many days in the southern city of volgograd. >> at least 14 people have been killed in monday's blast and around 20 others injured. or has been no immediate claim of responsibility. -- there has been no immediate claim of responsibility. >> the bomb destroying the bus during morning rush hour. it was evidently intended to kill civilians and to sow fear. the powerful blast also shattered windows in nearby buildings. >> the blast hit me so unexpectedly i did not know what was going on. there was glass everywhere. wi

ennis seems resolved to leave no cliché unturned. so we're no closer to finding him than we were an hour ago. i'm not so sure about that. standing inside this space is like standing inside howard ennis's brain. it's hard to imagine there isn't something of value here. actually, it's quite easy to imagine. he let us find this place. he left his cell phone here so we could triangulate its signal. why? 'cause he's making a point. this room represents who he was, not who he is. if there was anything of value here, ennis never would have led us to it. were you not listening when i explained his plan to become profile-proof? just out of curiosity, how accurate were your allegations against the ennis family? the first allegations of sexual abuse came in your profile, but that was just pure speculation. your book, on the other hand, you quoted an anonymous source, a neighbor who claimed that ennis had confided in him about the abuses. so? what are you saying? well, i'm saying that you've been known to cut corners. in the article you wrote ab

we won't become clichÉs -- because we have not done anything yet. >> liverpool faces a city destructive at home. a tough placeis to go this year. --easley manchester city obviously manchester city has one bank every game at home and we won every game at home bar one -- manchester city has won every game at home. sergio for city. boxing day program in england. arsenal level on points with liverpool. face a short trip to take on west ham. fourth-place chelsea host swansea. everton tackles sunderland and new casco -- without a doubt, 2013 was all about serena williams when it came to women's tennis. it was an inspirational season for the 32-year-old who became the oldest world number one in wt a career 11 titles -- winning the french and u.s. open, a trophy case that town has 17 majors. just one behind the great chris evert. >> i think her year was phenomenal. i think it is wonderful that she at her age can still find the motivation and inspiration to go out there and go out and improve her game. she did very much. she became a better defensive player. she worked on her physical fitness. i

i know it's cliche, i definitely had my fill. time to hit the gym today or whatever you do. we have an he can check tick mix for you. we have a coffin company selling itself with naked women. i'll explain that later. or lewis will, actually. we begin with an update on the train derailment in new york. stretches of the commuter rail line are closed this morning after the deadly crash yesterday. we have new video just in of crews already back on the scene to get the trains uprighted. four people, of course, killed. 63 injured. 11 in critical condition. early morning commuter train traveling south from poukeepsie, new york, to grand central station derailed in the bronx. 100 people were on the seven cars which came to a violent stop just short of the nearby river. the train was only about 12 miles from the destination. a lot of people, frankly, at that time in the morning dozing off when the cars tumbled off the tracks. >> as we were going over, i looked at my two and i screamed. we're going over. i couldn't believe it. i was in shock. >> i just felt the jerky moment. that's wh

i know it's cliche, i definitely had my fill. time to hit the gym today or whatever you do. we have an he can check tick mix for you. we have a coffin company selling itself with naked women. i'll explain that later. or lewis will, actually. we begin with an update on the train derailment in new york. stretches of the commuter rail line are closed this morning after the deadly crash yesterday. we have new video just in of crews already back on the scene to get the trains uprighted. four people, of course, killed. 63 injured. 11 in critical condition. early morning commuter

you managed to fit or squeeze thousands of people in downtown san jose and it's lining, a cliche, winter wonderland, that is what it really s >> it is, something that's truly special, in fact, we just found out this last week that there is an online magazine called essential based out of the uk. named christmas in the park one of the top ten christmas destinations in the entire world. in the world. >> wow. >> yes. >> pretty impressive. >> we are very honored for that. >> i know we have teetered every year with funding, going to come back, more donations where are we at now? >> solid for this year, obviously. we usually fund for the following year. right now, trying to raise money for without's event. 2014 event. also seeking sponsors for next . also seeking sponsors for next year's event. 2014's event. also seeking sponsors for next year's event. christmas july event, circle of palms, a very festive area and other programs here and there. right now, we are pretty solid. >> i know we lost the holiday parade because we -- understandably, a one-time event, this one, a month-long. >> absolut

across town, i know it's a cliche but yes, of course 7- eleven is open. >> we never, ever close. this is my 18th year and i don't remember that i have closed for a single day. >> reporter: today it's a family affair. he and his son are working so the other employees have some time off. local customers are glad, too. >> we are getting champagne for some more mimosas. >> come get gas for christmas. >> reporter: the shell station is another business that never closes. ever. >> we are very glad that this gas station is open at this very moment because we needed it. >> reporter: if you are looking to stretch your legs a little, the san francisco zoo is open. usually cold and windy, today it is rm. at muir woods, they are open. the forest makes a great break from the tree in your living room. lastly, there's one more business that runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year for the past 60-plus years. >> don ford, call the desk. >> reporter: the kpix 5 tv newsroom. in berkeley, don ford, kpix 5. >> by the way, don says there's no reason to feel bad for him that he had to work on

tends to act rashly even though russia's foreign policy is anything but rash when you see that cold war clichés are still a major influence in international affairs today because i'm full of cyclists and i agree that attempts to portray our actions as rash and emotional have nothing to do with the reality this may be part of the information war i mentioned earlier if you look at what we did with syria and iran for example you will get a totally different picture we are always for it magic and flexible we never connor ourselves like some did more than two years ago when they said that asad was no longer a legitimate and did not represent anyone this was a rash and emotional statement by some of the world leaders how can you see that he doesn't represent anybody while in reality he's backed by a significant portion of the population if not the majority it's due to a number of reasons it's not because he's that's lead toward by the people but because a lot of people depend on him it's not just the minority has a lot of sunni depend on him whatever you might think of it many of them have successful

before he left for vegas, johnson stopped by our cnn studio and he revealed he's anything but a cliche. so, you finally had a little time to let this sink in. >> yes. >> you mentioned after you won that michael jordan won six title and you got a text. >> i sent when aim text. i said, now what? he said go get seven so it's time to go chase down seven. >> you are one title behind dale earnhardt sr. and richard petty. what does he make of you? >> i feel so fortunate to be in our sport at this time and have the opportunity to see the king and even before the race, he's one of the last people i talk to. putting the belts on, helmet on. he says, hey boy, you better enjoy it. it'll be over before you begin it. i was so nervous about the race and what could hopefully take place that my mind wasn't around enjoying the experience. >> you're not a typical stock car driver. you are from california. >> right. >> you don't have an accent. you're a little bit of an outsider and i think people who aren't big racing fans identify with new kid at the school. just trying to break into elite racing and ho

delay's home to many cliched told to sit him on the streets as well as mosques everywhere we go here to see on the cross is on next. now added to these received leg to heidi's flags it's daunting i know. well in the car something goes wrong the hooting covering a place to find dozens of army soldiers hunting from enemy schoolmates. i mean bread has been targeted. it seems our home liao. we think overall expenses were going to be a jet ski. notable appeal. my cute kids. thankfully it's not serious but it becomes clear we come to eat and eat small the widow stunk. here in this cone and then on trying to get on top. and even the sled. well not not not not. the center of the then anything. going to bed. i hope i'm looking to clear the law. due to its dingy whizzing by nothing that could reduce sectarian i'm probably not misleading this is. the media. it is nice too much going on. we leave. well given two forces continue their friends the market with the rich which despite the claims remains under siege. rachel shah see people see it from syria. of course the searing conflict could take i

and baby know it's a cliche' but it is cold outside! but is it just weather or should we be worried? we be worried? really worried? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the person who knows all about this is chad myers live in the cnn we usually call it the severe weather center. i'm going to call it the extreme weather center for tonight, chad. we are being pounded by storms every few days. what's going on? >> all the cold air that should be up in canada, that should be making more ice in the arctic has now spilled all the way down to the deep south, all the way here. so anytime this cold air mass comes in and then we get another low to run up through here, we get an ice or a snowstorm. look at these lows tonight. wind chill international falls tonight 56 degrees below zero. we should have this in january or february, not today. the deal is as the jet stream sets up and the lows run up the east coast, we get storm after storm after storm. and they are set up every three to five days all the way until january. like lining up planes

all the sorts of clichÉs that have been manufactured and disseminated to get top elations -- to get populations accustomed to an invasion of their privacy. i think that although there is a perception -- [no audio] is that people instinctively understand why privacy actually is vital. that is why they put passwords on the e-mail accounts and social media networks, why they put locks on their bedroom and --hroom doors, white why if you propose to put video cameras in their home to protect them from invaders and criminals, they would react with repulsion because human beings instinctively understand that privacy is a critical component of what it means to be a free human being. i think, though, that it is worth spending a minute to underscore why that is. i think we all have this understanding that when we know that we are being watched by other people, when we know that other people are testing -- casting a judgmental examination upon our choices and behaviors, our behavior is much different than when we act in the private realm. when we think other people are watching us, we make choices to conf

that's the cliche we always hear. well, i can tell you to believe it. here's why. chad pregracke, one man, used his two hands to pull 45,000 pounds of trash out of the mississippi river. when he was 17, he tried to earn a living fishing, working on barges and diving for mussels, but seeing all that junk messing up the gorgeous banks and islands broke his heart. chad decided to do something about it and spent months with his boat hauling garbage from the river. 15 years later, he's done even more. he started living lands and waters. he has barges and a crane to pull out boats and cars. he's helped plant half a million trees, launched an adopt a river mile program, and so far, 70,000 volunteers completed this monumental work. sometimes to the sweet sounds of a little karaoke. 23 rivers rolled on because chad, one person, decided to make a difference. >> mystic river is one ist -- tr is one of the most famous rivers in the world. people get their daily drinking from it. it's a huge migratory flyway for all the birds. it's almost like a huge national park. i grew up ri

it sounds cliche but that is exactly what we are doing. >> wow mark twain would be proud of him. and don't miss the incredible act of generosity that brought the audience to its feet. it is tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> now we continue our live coverage of the train derailment in new york. a passenger train derailed just after sun up in the bronx. 4 people were killed, 67 injured at least 11 seriously. we will bring you the news conference at 4:30. nick valencia is going to bring us the social media information. >> some of the first images surfaced on social media. i want to share with you some of those that we

. >> activist investors are hoping the board, because one clichÉ about words is that often they are appointed by more -- too cozy, too is friendly, myopic. there is this kind of positive take away from it, right? >> hugely important, and under focused on what especially in smaller companies. when these stars become public, but stay small for a while, it does not have the access to the quality of directors that a bigger company has. when an activist can come in and address the idea that you're getting to before, of getting the right talent to the right decision making, one of the ways of doing that is having the activist. they want to make money just like the people in management and on the board do. they can help the situation. >> what do you see for the next year? there are a lot of tech companies with talent -- cash on the balance sheet. bigger than a hedge fund, why did i not do something with it, why did i not give something back? >> you will see trends continue, you'll see more money come into the activist ross funds -- activist funds. you -- you'llede continue to seize and lost, people

. >> is this growth the goldilocks to come back to that clichÉ. is that what we're seeing echoplex i hate to say it -- seeing? >> i hate to say it. i think we will get a whiff of inflation coming in. >> what are some of the sectors that might do the best going into 2014. >> you either have to like the industrials or start looking helping sectors like technology, putting people back to work should be helpful to consumer discussion. has had a long run. one more contrary in play here. onthe market figures out yields will not run away, maybe something like utilities, relative to bond yields, do seee to -- they earnings growth as the economy improves. i think it is an interesting place. >> ok. thank you so much, talking to us about the jobs report and the fallout. we will be on the markets once again in 30 minutes. "bloomberg west" starts next. ♪ >> live from ebay headquarters, welcome to a special edition of "bloomberg west." inside ebay. it started as an auction site, but it has become much more. a massive online marketplace, a major player in onli

this guy totally off the reservation even though that is a cliche and he committed the fundamental mistake something you never never do. he went to hostile territory to an iranian island to debrief a source. you make the source come to you. but if i may, it tells me that the iranians had this set up from the beginning. >> let me ask you this, the ap knew this story three years ago and did not report it because the government asked them not to. why now, do they think he's dead or not? >> could it be ambition or could it be because they are helping the family? the obama administration has done nothing seriously about it. before we entered nuclear negotiations with iran we should have done something. >> we have had breaking news today i have to wrap it there. it is hard to believe but it has been three years since brian terry was murdered and his family is still waiting for wan sers. >> what this little girl is doing to make sure her parents enjoy a school concert. you don't want to miss it. ♪ ♪ santa, santa >>> a new report finding jane fonda's charitable foundation may not have been so

. >> another great download, all those christmas clichÉs. you want to hear a great, great song. and just in time for christmas. two new ones that are just unbelievable. that's lovely. >> did christmas leave with you a bunch of gifts that you didn't want? this is the first christmas we have no gifts and i loved it. >> it was excellent. we'll tell you how to donate some or swap them. >> i don't have to do any of that. and we'll find out how these lovely ladies look after their ambush makeovers. >>> the holidays have come and gone, which mean there is are several gifts you love and several you don't know what to do with. >> here to help figure out how to help the unwanted gifts is the executive editor of "all you" magazine. how are you? >> although you're grateful for people being so generous, you won't love everything. >> it is so nice people have given you gifts, but maybe you don't like what it looks like, maybe it doesn't fit you, maybe you have too many of them and so there are really smart things that you can do. and we're all about helping people shop smarter and that comes

that's the cliche we always hear. well, i can tell you to believe it. here's why. chad pregracke, one man, used his two hands to pull 45,000 pounds of trash out of the mississippi river. when he was 17, he tried to earn a living fishing, working on barges and diving for mussels, but seeing all that junk messing up the gorgeous banks and islands broke his heart. chad decided to do something about it and spent months with his boat hauling garbage from the river. 15 years later, he's done even more. he started living lands and waters. he has barges and a crane to pull out boats and cars. he's helped plant half a million trees, launched an adopt a river mile program, and so far, 70,000 volunteers completed this monumental work. sometimes to the sweet sounds of a little karaoke. 23 rivers rolled on because chad, one person, decided to make a difference. >> mist -- the mississippi river is one of the most famous rivers in the world. people get their daily drinking from it. it's a huge migratory flyway for all the birds. it's almost like a huge national park. i grew up ri

that's the cliche we always hear. well, i can tell you to believe it. here's why. chad pregracke, one man, used his two hands to pull 45,000 pounds of trash out of the mississippi river. when he was 17, he tried to earn a living fishing, working on barges and diving for mussels, but seeing all that junk messing up the gorgeous banks and islands broke his heart. chad decided to do something about it and spent months with his boat hauling garbage from the river. 15 years later, he's done even more. he started living lands and waters. he has barges and a crane to pull out boats and cars. he's helped plant half a million trees, launched an adopt a river mile program, and so far, 70,000 volunteers completed this monumental work. sometimes to the sweet sounds of a little karaoke. 23 rivers rolled on because chad, one person, decided to make a difference. >> the mississippi river is one of the most famous rivers in the world. historically helped build the country. people get their daily drinking from it. it's a huge migratory flyway for all the birds. it's almost like a h

aren't you tired of that cliche? i would expect more from what's his face. >> will farrel. >> i don't like going to see movies when people don't go out and they go out and talk to themselves and shouting and kids crying. i like to sit at home and cry. my favorite christmas movie of all time is blue velvet, the classic david lynch movie. i'm not sure it is a christmas movie but for me it reminds me of christmas because there is a lot of nitrous oxide. >> and dana, are you planning to see any movies? >> i like to watch at home, so whatever is available on netflix or apple tv, i'll try to catch that. and i have the grandchildren from scotland are coming, 7-year-old twins so we'll figure out where the disney channel is. and my favorite movie ever, christmas movie, and greg, don't grump -- >> don't do it. don't -- no, no. worst movie ever. it is not even a real movie. >> how can it not be a real movie. >> and i love that movie. i didn't watch it the last two years so i think this year i'm due. >> jeanne momma gave to me.

i do not want to draw to many cliches but we have had a good year. take some of the pressure off. year after year, month after month it has been a pretty healthy stock market. it is now time to pay a little bit back. we're going to shift from monetary issues. if we had revenue on top of a common next year should be a good year. >> all of these companies are holding on to so much cash. at the you think there will be confident enough to start hiring an expanding? >> i think it is company by company. some of them are stating that apple should give back about $50 million. he has a invested entrance pripet you make the cover of time magazine that is pretty good. his also arrogance sprea. >> he has no legal issues, he owns a lot of shares of apple. he is putting out that they should mold their stock. >> i own shares of apple. but i am not trying to get all the insiders fired. there is a little bit of mr. trust where we do a tap on our own stocks will rely cannot. >> a lot of companies are giving money back to their shareholders. >> let me just tell you this story. china mobil has seven

i am not trying to be cliche. i would say no sense pushing forward something that is broken. >> because he would look at that as a loss, ken. >> bill, that's what leadership does when your confident is eroding. they say we have to stop. this is a failure and we have to fix it right now. that's what they do in business when the stock prices are dropping. they have to fix the problem and even if we blew it that it is blown. you are talking about a guy with no business experience. >> that's the point. >> he sat on the board. >> if i were president obama i would put together the top ceo's and put a panel together and say what would you do? >> he had a summit of ceo's this week and we'll see if any of that comes to bear in the speech in 20 minutes from now. thank you so much. >> all right. meanwhile, new details on the air force general who was in charge of our country's nuclear missile and fired for motorcycle mike kerry was reloved of his doubts for being drunk and frattenizing with random women in a business trip. h

that's the cliche we always hear. well, i can tell you to believe it. here's why. chad pregracke, one man, used his two hands to pull 45,000 pounds of trash out of the mississippi river. when he was 17, he tried to earn a living fishing, working on barges and diving for mussels, but seeing all that junk messing up the gorgeous banks and islands broke his heart. chad decided to do something about it and spent months with his boat hauling garbage from the river. 15 years later, he's done even more. he started living lands and waters. he has barges and a crane to pull out boats and cars. he's helped plant half a million trees, launched an adopt a river mile program, and so far, 70,000 volunteers completed this monumental work. sometimes to the sweet sounds of a little karaoke. 23 rivers rolled on because chad, one person, decided to make a difference. >> the mississippi river is one of the most famous rivers in the world. people get their daily drinking from it. it's a huge migratory flyway for all the birds. it's almost like a huge national park. i grew up right on t

connell: these terms or clichÉs thrown around a lot, what do they all mean for your investment goals, your personal goals, your personal benchmarks, long-term personal investment plan. spend a few money the mac minutes talking about that now with the chief investment strategist of charles schwab. sounds like she is here to tell us w we're part of the problem. >> it is all your fault. connell: some of the interviews we do, been doing this for a while, they don't add up a whole lot to ask somebody what should you do with your money because everybody is different. >> i can pontificate like anybody else on with the market is going to do but frankly it should have no bearing on what investors are doing. might even have a very high conviction outlook next year in terms of the market. does not mean everybody should be buying based on that view comments depends on your personal circumstances, your risk tolerance, time horizon, your income needs, your tax bracket. some investors should based on the strengths, some should be buying. benchmarks should be your own long-term plan, not the market,

how many cliches are involved? now she plans to get n a annulment because sources say that is a surprise the wedding was fuelled by alcohol. anyway, sherrod, you actually married. >> -- you actually married joy behhar. >> i did. >> why do people think about this when they are drunk? >> from you that drunk how do you even walk down to someplace and get married? i would have to be that kind of drunk that you would have to drag me in there and put my hand up and put a ring on it. she is already a dumb girl. all due respect, but i love clint eastwood, but she is as dumb as the day is long. >> have you ever met her? >> i saw her on the reality show. i thought clint eastwood has to get his family off tv. well america did because they don't watch the nonsense. >> you actually got hammered and married carrottop in vegas. >> he is amazing in -- no i'm kidding. >> he could be. >> people talk that stuff about him and he is like i'm gonna tear this up. >> you know what he can do inventing a dildo thingy? >> let me answer your

you can use any cliche. nobody within the agency thought to question it. somebody would have said maybe we aren't allowed to do this, let's find out if we are. the way they went about it is unbelievable. >> just last month is what finally brought these cases to light. the memo itself scalled the practice dangerous and unlawful, and goes on to call eight medicine that is worse than the disease. >> it lays out how abuse calls should be handled. >> they are rules and regulations specifically say they can't do that. they have no choice. >> cps may not have the man power to carry it out. in publish reports it has roughly 600 fewer caseworkers than it needs. one criticism is that the child welfare system is broken it has been managing from crisis to crisis for decades. my personal believe is that will also dissipater. >> people in arizona can only hope that f capable of handling its workload. >> this it is the job to make poli. so for people that need palm, thanks again. well, packaging made of mushrooms up next, find out why. but the real solution can be growin

how many cliches are there. now she plans to get an annulment because sources say the wedding was fueled by alcohol. >> you married joy behar when you were drunk. >> i meant to. i'm in love with joy. >> why don't people think about this? >> how do you even walk down to some place and get married if you're that drunk? you'd have to drag me in there and put my hand up and put a ring on it. she's already a dumb girl. with all due respect. i love clint eastwood kind of. she is dumb as the day is long. i saw her in that reality show. i'm like he's got to get his family off of tv or america did because nobody watched that nonsense. >> you got hammered and married carrot top. you stayed with him for four years. >> five years. he's amazing in bed. >> people talk all that stuff about him he's like i said what's up. >> you know what he can do by inventing a thingie. >> let me answer your question. this is why i don't drink. when some of us girls drink you get very lovey. you love everyone. like one glass of wine is i love

i was back in politics, i was broke, had no leads, i used the cliche about how the rejection letters came in, but i didn't even get them. in 2004, there were a million political news sites out there. remember, this was 2002, the idea was exotic. the listing came with an aol address, i was curious, excited, desperate. i wrote a long e-mail and poured out my heart, pretty much, explaining how interested i was in politics, how badly i wanted to write about it for a career. how much this opportunity would mean to me. the ad was vague, i didn't know who was on the other end of the e-mail. the response came later, the new hampshire job was filled. but they had another site, in new jersey. there was an opening there. they asked if i was interested. i was a massachusetts kid and knew nothing about jersey, but i was interested. the site, it was called politics nj.com was an anonymously owned website. it was a pseudonym, the site was about two years old back then and had really taken off in political circles, the guy who ran it had great sources and unmatched institutional knowledge. now he wa