(laughter) which is it, is it holland s the netherlands, the low country, is it belgium's canada? who knows, that is why i just call it what it, hitler's left turn lane. i, i will be amsterdammed if i ever let anything remotely dutch into my life again. no, i'm done with it, i'm done. i'm taking this off. (laughter) no! no more! yes, yes. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yes, they're comfortable and they're stylish and they're practical and available to anyone with two logs and a chisel. but not on my tootsies, not any more. but i will admit, i will admit one thing in your favor, you have, you have given the world some lovely tulips. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: and i'll give you one hint where you can put your two lips. now folks i've always said revenge is best served cold on razor sharp blades. you can help our speed skaters fight back against dutch arrogance by making a donation to colbert nation.com, in return will you get this blade in the usa t-shirt. it's soft. it's stylish and it's just as aerodynamic as team usa's uniforms. remember, that's blade in the

you were the one when francois hollande 's predecessor, president sarkozy showed up after he split from his wife. who sits next to the president? >> there's a wonderful guest list that's put together selected by fortunate and first lady with people that they wanted to have at the dinner. so there will be plenty of other people that they could select next to the president for sure. >> so, why don't the two heads of state sit together. that's what i was wondering? i was thinking more chance to talk, or is it, i guess, the whole point they don't ever want to talk. >> well let's remember they are going to spend the entire day together at meetings and talking about important issues which is the real reason why a foreign head of state is invited to come here because there's important business to discuss. but, you know, one of the biggest reasons why, it's a matter of precedent and protocol, of course, over hundreds of years, but this gives an opportunity for more people to sit with the principals rather than putting all the principals together at one table. can you have them be hosts at vario

you were the one when francois hollande 's predecessor, president sarkozy showed up after he split from his wife. who sits next to the president? >> there's a wonderful guest list that's put together obviously selected by the president and first lady with people that they wanted to have at the dinner. so there will be plenty of other people that they could select to sit next to the president for sure. >> so, why don't the two heads of state sit together. that's what i was wondering? i was thinking more chance to talk, or is it, i guess, the whole point they don't ever want to talk. that's why you separate them? >> well let's remember they are going to spend the entire day together at meetings and talking about important issues which is the real reason why a foreign head of state is invited to come here because there's important business to discuss. but, you know, one of the biggest reasons why, it's a matter of precedent and protocol, of course, over hundreds of years, but this gives an opportunity for more people to sit with the principals rather than putting all the principals togethe

s total sales. >> michael holland is with us. google goes and goes and goes. buy and hold google or buy-and-hold apple. how do you know when to finally get out of a dog that used to be buy-and-hold? >> you cannot always do it. two reasons, the company simply turns into something that you did not originally buy. codec, motorola, the names go on and on. the other is that it gets to a level -- google, when i bought it, years ago, they were a lot lower. not only in price but in valuation. the company has grown dramatically, i love companies whose name is also a verb. ha, ha. at the end of the day, for example, twitter and tesla -- >> did you buy off management? the microsoft ceo changes or mercer mayer -- or marissa meyer at yahoo!, do you buy off people. thebsolutely, if you have right person in charge. microsoft -- i don't think ballmer did a bad job if you look at cash flow. this looks like a good change. >> google is a curious rennanreed, sergey bri running it. what if it becomes a consumer product company, no longer about search? >> any of these companies --

newsom and governor brown will meet with hollande. flying in from washington, he just attended a state dinner with president obama last night. after meeting with lee, newsom and brown this morning, hollande will have lunch with local business leaders, including dole and twand twitter execs. >> the 2014 olympic games april live look of the the olympic torch burning bright in sochi. american athletes fired up for their chance to go for the gold. >> gold finals in sochi near the black sea and slopes. >> norway has the most overall with 11. then canada, and the netherlands. u.s. and russia in fourth with seven medals total apiece. "today in the bay's" janelle wang live with a preview 0 of the competition including an american olympian who dropped out of a competition. >> reporter: unfortunately talking the halfpipe snowboard women's turn today. four americans scheduled to compete. but arielle gold had to drop out ace dislocating her shoulder during practice, 17-year-old from colorado. we still have hannah teter from lake tahoe, she has wo

french president francios hollande came alone on his u-s visit ---making for an interesting seating arrangement at the glitzy affair. that and the the high- profile guest list has everyone talking. jim acosta has the details. >> for a least one night it was out in any with the glitz and glamour. >> stars came into the white house. >> they had washington headliners to greet the president. >> i have an official exhausted my french. >> what president obama french on it was so far, he made sure his taste was not lost. >> to our friend and partners, to all of our friends who are here today. >> god bless america. >> the high profile at dinner had days of diplomacy. the practice of the president has widespread. >> there is no country--the leaders-as he warned companies about following executives who try to do business in a run even though the world is trying to rein in. >> we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. >> both presidents expressed frustration over the war in syria and they're great that no military solution right now. but the two leaders get along, one wanted to know if france cut re

and on tuesday night, president hollande received the treatment royal. he was without his longtime partner and without his latest squeeze, the french actress. >> question. what is driving this between president's hollande and obama? >> both of them want a deal in foreign policy. obama, because he's pretty much blocked here in d.c. but hollande, he's about 20% popularity. unemployment is over 10% in france. he's really losing the battle against germany for preeminence. but for more than that, john, the european union is in very serious trouble. this may, they're going to have parliamentary elections and these populist sovereignty parties, the front, marine front in france, the party in holland, they're going to have a sweeping victory and a very dramatic effect because they want to destroy the european union. the whole institution is very much in shape. you've got the north-south battle. they're tired of bailing folks out. in england, they've not only got the independence party, in september, they got a vote in scotland where they want to get out of great

president obama welcomed visiting french president hollande on tuesday. hollande said he thinks trust has been restored between the two governments. obama issued a warning to businesses on flouting u.s. sanctions with iran during the period of an interim nuclear agreement. >> businesses may be exploring or there are possibilities to get in sooner rather than later if and when there is an actual agreement to be had, but i can so atou that they do their own peril right now. we will come down on them like a ton of bricks. with respect to the sanctions that we control. >> the florida man who killed an unarmed black teenager in a dispute over loud music has taken the stand at his murder trial. in 2012, michael dunn pulled up next to a car of teenagers and asked them to turn their stereo down. inside her car. following an argument, he shot eight or nine times into the vehicle, even after the teens tried to drive away. he fatally hit a 17-year-old jordan davis. testifying for the first time on tuesday, dunn claimed he feared for his life. now i'm paying attentio

. >> thanks, david. 20 president obama playing host to francois hollande last night. who attended, what was on the menu, and the french president's schedule today. >> our very own francine lacqua went down to the famed london 's totment store harrod talk with the ceo who was also the ceo of the qatar investment authority. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i'm mark barton. >> and i'm anna edwards. the qatar investment authority, one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds, have a stake in many british companies. it spent $1.5 billion buying harrods. breaking the clock caught up with the ceo of the qatar investment authority to discuss his outlook for the store and other opportunities he may be considering. it has been a few years since our acquisition and i think we have done a lot in the number .hows the improvement we have put a lot of money into it and we are doing our best to take it to the next level. britishds is a big brand. is there any expanding? >> i do not want to disclose it that we have a plan on what we want to do, how we can do it. >> does this showcase

. >>> five, french president hollande visits san francisco after the white house state dinner last night with president and mrs. obama and will attend the city hall event before lunch with local business hers and high-tech executives. >>> 60's, most -- six, most of us off to a cooler and cloudy morning. before you head out the door on visibility with live doppler 7 hd you can see it is thick and getting thicker the next hour or two with flight arrival delays into sfo. if you were above, say, a thousand or 1,500' this is how it looks, gorgeous sunrise from the east bay hills camera with nothing through the morning and it will be sunny by noon and slight chance of sprinkles across the north bay and most of us in the low 60's today. >>> 15, a bit of a gloomy look where it will take you 20 long minutes away from the maze into san francisco. at our map this is where we have a problem, a crash involving a couple of vehicles southbound along 880 south of highway 92 and in the north bay we have a new report of a crash there and that is at highway 92 before you get to the tolls. this is on the so

van holland where having your discussion earlier we talked about balanced budget in the 90s and early 2000's because what i think of as the cash flow surplus during those years but the truth is congress is borrowing from the social security trust fund money that was supposed to be dedicated elsewhere. i don't want to take issue with that but what i want to take issue with is the suggestion that tax rates were higher and that led to prosperity. when when when i locate your 10 year window i see income tax receipts as a% of gdp to about 9.4% and as i look back historically at the decade upon decade upon decade that you report covers i can only find one here in the history of our nation that income tax revenues were higher than they are projected to be in this 10 year window so we are going to have historically high income tax collections but to say again you are saying that debt is not going to return to normal levels and in fact that's going to continue to rise nominally? >> yes congressman and i would just add there has been a shift as you know in distribution of taxes over time so the

president francois hollande kicks off talks with president obama at the white house today. he's hoping to recesuscitate hi rock bottom popularity in france. discussions on the menu include google, iran, trade. stephane is in paris. stephane, all the topics aside, just how closely aligned are these two politically? you have obama denying that he's a socialist and you have francois hollande trying to cling to his socialist roots despite his u-turn. >> obviously, we came a very long way since the freedom fries and all the media in france are very much aware of the single of a state visit. it's the first time in 18 years that a french president is invited for a state visit in the united states. but the view in france is that hollande has been rewarded for his position on syria, in iran and on the recent military action necessary africa. france led two military actions to tackle the growing influence of al qaeda and that is something perfectly in line with the strategy from washington. you know, the easy thing with france and the united states is that the two countries are almos