former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is the chair of the museum. he spearheaded its creation during his time in office. stephanie ruhle spoke to him about the challenges of building the memorial. were big.lenges >> massive. he took over the effort in 2006. this was a time when some people thought the memorial was never going to be completed. it seemed like a black hole. finances were out of control. lo and behold, it's completed. keep in mind the world war ii memorial took 40 years. when you see this, you will be so impressed. it is worth the wait. theked him what portion of museum took his breath away. take a look. >> one of the fire engines. i wondered what happened to the guys on that fire engine. it brings it back to human beings. i didn't know very many people who died. christie's husband was running the port authority at the time, the world trade center site. three of my employees who i did not really know, young people, died. guy i worked with died. you know, handful of others. all about people, ideas, freedoms. of those weeedoms left behind

bloomberg. >> i notice you mention michael bloomberg over and over. i think your point about michael bloomberg has been established. >> my point is it changed the dynamic of this debate because there has never been so much money poured into it. michael bloomberg in his last year spent $30 million, add half a million dollars to the gun policy institute you run in the last year, it changed the debate because he is running for senate, people in the house purely -- i don't think president obama's agenda because it is not supported, overwhelming majority of americans, it is up 9% in the past eight months do not support more gun-control laws. 67% to not support it. president's objective and quite frankly his success in passing gun-control laws in 8 states, 100% due to all the money being put in politics by michael bloomberg, he has said this year he will spend $25 million in 25 races so this is outspending the and r.i. 10 or 20fold. that is why this is an important factor because it is not the will of the people. look at any poll you will never find a poll

in the clip you saw with the president and michael bloomberg standing by ladder 3 truck. larry brown who was the captain on that. he was last heard on the 33rd floor saying we're heading up. and to look at that charred and battered rig. i saw it right after the tower came down, i saw that rig down and to see it down in the middle of this museum is remarkable. the drummer that you saw leading the procession, it's a kid names james. his father was killed at the trade center and he's now a firefighter. >> everyone who was alive that day has a story where they were, what they thought, how it impacted them, and i mentioned at the top that this is about the loss, and it's also about resilience. it's about heroism. we're going hear now from former new york city mayor michael bloomberg as the ceremony gets under way. we'll be back with more. >> rises out of the bedrock of our city, our history and our hearts. in the years to come the 9/11 memorial museum will take its place alongside the fields of gettysburg, of pearl harbor and the vietnam veterans memorial as a sacred marker of

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michael bloomberg takes on the gun lobby with a controversial new ad about child deaths. do the numbers and statements ring true? the so-called busters in san francisco. are they really destroying the city's way of life? and -- >> republican 80th do nothing labor. >> does the current capitol hill clash need to be compared to the do nothing congress? here is nbc bay area's sam brock. >> thanks for joining us. for the next 30 minutes, we expose the realities and facts about the hot button issues. reality check is about what's understanding what's going on around the world using data, research and analysis. we begin with a lightning rod topic debated in statehouses across the country right now. legalization of marijuana. washington and colorado broke through first. now other states are considering green lighting marijuana for recreational use, including here in california. they argued smoking pot is dangerous. is it more dangerous than alcohol that is widely consumes and legal. the reality may surprise you. the topic is kind of out of the bag. cannabis supporters. even the p

"market makers" anchor, stephanie ruhle, sat down with michael bloomberg. somebody had to pull it together. we had great people who made enormous progress in getting commitments for $150 million. a lot of work had been done with the port authority and the states of new york, new jersey, several -- city, federal, government. the controversy had taken over and he came the story itself. you need somebody to say look, we cannot all do everything. idea.not include every that is not the real world. we want to live -- listen to everybody. somebody has to make a decision. decisions are made by an executive. you don't start out by saying you have an unlimited budget, use it and we will see what it costs. you cannot do that in the real world. we would have to raise an enormous amount of money privately. donors wanted to know that their money was going to be well spent and that it was going to be well done. how did you get david cook and john stewart on the same page? i don't inc. they live on the same planet. >> that is not true. most expressed -- both expressed thei

lp, michael bloomberg, the chairman of the museum and memorial site. he was not in charge of this until 2006. this was a time when the project was riddled with problems. there were many individuals and companies willing to write checks, but i felt like, is this project ever going to get done? big question. how do you take something that is so easily politicized and manage it in a more sensitive, more responsible way? >> well, they did it. we will be back with more in just a few. you're watching "market makers" on bloomberg television. ♪ it all seemed and how powerless it makes us all feel. but what this museum does is allow us to see that we absolutely can affect each other's lives. ♪ >> you are watching "market makers" on bloomberg television. i'm erik schatzker with stephanie ruhle once again. about going on for your feet. the two biggest companies and stored -- sportswear fighting to own the stock market. an inside look at how mikey and adidas plane to make billions at the world cup. and adidas plan to make billions at the world cup. >> saturday

city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. things are better. >> in the bill and melinda gates foundation, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the tone was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. where does this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also the facts are on the side of the optimist. it is dangerous that people are focusing on the bad news and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they don't look at the best practices. it makes them less generous. we are raising poor countries up. most people live in middle-income countries now. there is more to be done on health and agriculture, but the track record success, if you don't see that you are not going to participate in what we need to do. >> you say that there will be no poor nations by the time we reach

it's all being done with the assistance of former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. martin fletcher reports. ♪ >> reporter: every sunday mexico city tens of thousands answer their president's challenge to exercise one hour a day. mexico's health ministry says its citizens are too fat. yoga classes on the city's main reforma avenue. nearby zumba, five straight hours of latin american dance and aerobics all overseen by horatio de la vega, a mexican pent ath leith. >> you see that 30% of mexicans are obese. you're an olympic athlete. how do you feel about that? >> it's a very important problem. it's sad that we came to this, but it has a lot to do with education, with the culture and we're trying to make a lot of effort to make this reverse. >> reporter: we met diana cardona at the zumba dance, this mother has struggled with her weight her whole life. zumba has helped her lose 20 pounds. she's hoping to lose 20 more. the zoom ba class is certainly hard to resist. a catchy part of what mexico calls its three pillars to fight obesity. so this is pillar number one, more

michael bloomberg got a standing ovation. it's not okay to suppress any idea because you don't agree with it. accusing universities of becoming less open-minded about diverse ideas, michael bloomberg lashed out at liberal colleges and college faculties accusing them of a modern day form of mccarthyism. >> it's liberals trying to compress conservative ideas, even as conservative faculty members are in danger of becoming endangered species. >> reporter: he pointed to figures that they donated to barack obama's re-election campaign. >> 96%. there was more disagreement among the old soviet parlboro. >> they boued out this year following student dissent. condoleezza rice backed out at rutgers university. and imf chief christine lagarde backed out at speaking at smith college after students talked about not supporting women in developing countries. >> in politics, people don't listen to facts that run from their ideology. >> across the campus i believe faculty, students, alumni alike and staff are concerned about mayor bloomberg's

city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. things are better. >> in the bill and melinda gates foundation's annual letter, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the tone was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. where does this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also i think the facts are on the side of the optimist. it is dangerous that people are focusing on the bad news and not seeing the progress we have made. it means they don't look at the best practices. it makes them less generous. we are raising poor countries up. most people live in middle-income countries now. there is more to be done on health and agriculture, but the track record success, if you don't see that you are not going to participate in what we need to do. >> you say that there will be no poor nati

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bloomberg and rudy giuliani. the museum officially opens to the public on may 21st. general medication is $24. there is a live look at the reflection pool at the site. >>> we move on to business now for you today. we're coming off record highs for the dow and s&p. all three markets, though, they were down yesterday. it also put an end to the dow's five-day winning streak. jeff, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. it was a pullback and the dow shed 100 points. western at the lows for trading day as we came to that close there. there were just a few market participants who were feeling we've come a little too far too fast. and among those are david teper he is a hedge fund manager. people listen up when he speaks. his line to cnbc was, i'm not saying go short, i'm just saying don't be too freaking long right now. so i guess the message is clear from him. you know one of the reasons he's nervous? it's about what the european central bank does. this is the equivalent of the fed for europe. we just had some gro

carl demayo wants to win office and he is live with a message to the vandals. >> and michael bloomberg called out liberals on the carpet at harvard university in a huge way saying they are trying to repress conservative ideas and do so that their own peril. >> if a university thinks twice before am inviting a speech because of his or her politics, the moral enemies of freedom win out. out. nnouncer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase [ bo i make a lot of purchases for my business. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. verizon has always set out to provide you with th

listen closely to michael bloomberg. he criticized, he criticized modern liberals for their intolerance and diverse ideas. >> a number of college commencement speakers withdraw. the protest from students and to me shockingly from faculty and administrators who should know better. they deny the honorary degree to individuals that they deemed politically rejection all. >> it cannot be said enough. all the way to the senate. the mayor that impose the artificial and the big g band. really, mayor bloomberg, i commend him for it. a full fledged assault on the constitution. i understand where mary is coming on this. i really think more people need to sign up. >> i will. when you look at china, you should think about what he said. stuart: now this. artwork. returned to the rightful owners. now, those paintings on the auction block. how much will it go for? is there value enhanced? we will show you in a moment. >> put a team together and do our best to protect buildings, bridges and art before the nazis destroy it. that is much b

and michael bloomberg takes on the gun lobby with his controversial new ad about child deaths. but to the numbers and statements ring true? the so-called google buses in san francisco. they're really destroying the city a way of life. >>> and -- >> does the current capitol hill class really deserve to be compared to the famed do nothing congress? here's nbc bay area's sam brock. >> thanks for joining us. we'll be exposing the realities and facts behind some of the most hot button controversial issues of the last few months. "reality check" is about understanding what's really going on in the world by using data, research and expert analysis to vet claims. >>> they argue smoking pot is dangerous. but is it more dangerous than alcohol which is widely consumed and has long been legal? the reality may surprise you. the topic is kind of out of the bag. cannabis supporters say it's improving lives and at the national forefront. even the president is weighing in telling the new yorker magazine recently, i don't think it's more dangerous than alcohol. is this true? >> my initial impres

michael bloomberg, not, george soros, not. you can kind of pick and choose. public defender, what do you make of this? >> here know, consider the source. you have democrats that talk about the republican donors. you have vice versa. it is all on fair play. you have no money -- it's different. millionaires have the right to be billionaires'. they can put their money where they want. focus on one issue. he had 100 l.a. in dollars. fine. neil: busy in the last election. a lot of big money went. they did not get their wake. despite these kind of guys they are out man-to-man outgunned, and out moneyed steadily in the last election and the election before that. navy democrats should be counting their lucky stars they're getting the money they are. >> i don't know what the big beef is any way. the koch brothers raised a ton of money in the last election cycle and we lost. the republicans lost, lost mitt romney and we lost miserably. so obviously money should not matter. neil: properly targeted it might on twitter reacting to all this going of both parties. there's a

he replaced michael bloomberg and became the first democrat to hold the office in 20 years. he won a landslide victory. i am pleased to have him at this table. you have watched other mayors. tell me about the job. what surprises you about being mayor? the challenge? >> it is a fun job because it is endlessly facinating. there is an intimacy to the huge scale. i think that is wonderful. people want to talk about something and they have an issue. i like that connection. i love what i do. i can see it working or not. >> if i come back in four years and talk to you, what we do have accomplished? >> i want to fight inequality. the city needs amending and healing to become more of a commonality. we have to address honestly the factors of any quality do not want to american values. it has been made more intense by the economic crisis. from my point of view, the way to judge me is, do i change that reality in any appreciable way? the things we start with, getting more new yorkers to have pre-k and after school programs for middle school kids, addressing inequality not just about eco

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he replaced michael bloomberg and became the first democrat to hold the office in 20 years. he won a landslide victory. i am pleased to have him at this table. you have watched other mayors. tell me about the job. what surprises you about being mayor? the challenge? >> it is a fun job because it is endlessly exacerbating -- excess -- exasperating. intimacy to the huge scale. i think that is wonderful. people want to talk about something and they have an issue. i like that connection. i love what i do. i can see it working or not. >> if i come back in four years and talk to you, what we do have accomplished much and mark >> i want to fight inequality. the city needs amending and healing to become more of a commonality. we have to address honestly the factors of any quality do not want to american values. it has been made more intense by the economic crisis. from my point of view, the way to judge me is, do i change that reality in any appreciable way? the things we start with, getting more new yorkers to have pre-k and after school programs for middle school kids, addressing

. >> and michael bloomberg delivering a hard firing graduation already and it's burning liberal. we'll be right back. >>> another fox news alert to tell you about. darrell issa, releasing a statement just moments ago releasing john kerry from testifying in the state's issa committee. congressman issa wrote, seeing -- congressman's investigation into benghazi, attempt to use the upcoming june it's time to reassess. it's been disappointing to watch a former senator like secretary kerry, releasing him from the upcoming hearing commitment we made only after we issued him a subpoena, end quote. a lot of politics going on there, but we'll have to see whether or not secretary kerry eventually does testify before the select committee. >>> in the meantime, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg slammed liberals for what he calls a lack of tolerance. accusing -- here's what he told graduates yesterday at harvard. >> if you want the freedom to worship as you wish, to speak as you wish, and to marry whom you wish, you must tolerate my freedom to do so or not to do so as well. now what

michael bloomberg will introduce the president. there was a small handful of people who tried to take away your children's right to say what they want to say and believe in what they want to believe. theyssociate with whomever want to associate with and be in charge of their own destiny. aid when came to our this cowardly act took place. democracy has come out stronger because of this that it was going into it. >> mike bloomberg -- i spoke with him at a function and he really emphasized the leadership that existed at the time. whether it was him or giuliani or bush. other leaders within the gloom of what we remember. 2002 or june of 2002 with the shock and agony of this eerie that the leadership was the key determinant. pushinghe key to forward. maybe that was the toughest thing at the time to try to understand why this happened. how do we push forward? >> steven levitt with us. this is that intangible, isn't it? we can study mathematical functions. leadership is about the human condition. how do you interpret that? partly, you jus

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. >>> yesterday i spoke with mayor michael bloomberg. i had a chance to ask him about his biggest regrets and some of his best management practices. >> i hate it when people leave because you are losing the investment and their talents. if i thought they were there because i thought they were good. but sometimes people decide to have other careers and go off. i think nepotism is a terrible idea so my kids can't work in the foundation where we are now or in the company. they are trustees out of the foundation, board members, but they can't work here. same thing with the company. we give employees's sons and daughters a summer job, one summer. there is a lottery because we have so many people now. i'm a big believer that organizations are family. and you can't be perfect. sometimes you make mistakes. but we've got to make sure that people understand if they devote themselves to the good of either the city government where i worked or this the company or the foundation or whatever, it's a two-way street. >> more from the former mayor on evo

it was something that was made by the mayor at the time, michael bloomberg, and it happened rather quickly, the bushback from above and from the government. i just the on weigh in on the guantanamo differences, because there are major ones. in the federal courthouse in, no, the judge is in charge. what happened in guan tan morning the military commissions are such that the government is in charge beyond the judge, and while there can always be pressure on the judge, guantanamo, they intervene on what happened. and sharing evidence and communications with the defense attorney. problem with the military commissions as opposed to the federal courts, they're not proceeding. we're still waiting for the 9/11 trial to happen. it's more than 12 years after 9/11. what's happening in the obama administration, they have put the debate aside and said, let's look at the future. guantanamo is the future, and we're going to have terror suspects that we as a country want to try. it is now moot point. they're coming into court and we're going to have these trials. one of the questions we haven't weighed in

former new york mayor michael bloomberg was the driving force behind the museum. he spoke at its dedication on thursday. >> it is a with it tons tragedy. it is an affirmation of hum on life. reminder to us to all future generations that freedom carries heavy responsibility. and it is reflex of our believe that the true hope of humanity resides in our compassion and kindness for one another. >> schieffer: after dedication we sat down with the mayor in his manhattan office told us why he fell the museum was so important. >> i think the families that lost loved ones, you can't put yourself in their position. but to me it is the fact that freedom is not free. it's a lesson that we keep forgetting and here was a chance toqç:)aphically with scale, tell the next generation and generation after that, maybe tell our elected leaders today that we've got to protect ourselves. we are the symbol for the world, and new york is a symbol for america, i suppose downtown trade center was the symbol of new york. of some basic freedoms which others don't want us to have. it isn't th

michael bloomberg takes on the gun lobby with a controversial new ad about child deaths. do the numbers and statements ring true? the so-called busters in san francisco. are they really destroying the city's way of life? and -- >> republican 80th do nothing labor. >> does the current capitol hill clash need to be compared to the do nothing congress? here is nbc bay area's sam brock. >> thanks for joining us. for the next 30 minutes, we expose the realities and facts about the hot button issues. reality check is about what's understanding what's going on around the world using data,

president obama and michael bloomberg toured the museum at the world trade center site. katie marzullo? >>> president obama said no act of terror can mask theç strengh and character of the united states. a somber and powerful return to a horrific day that carries so much emotion. >> family members of victims, first responders and survivors, gathered at what was the site of the world trade center joining president obama and political dignitaries to dedicate the museum. he said we can see the faces of the 3,000 innocent victims of the attacks and hear their voices. >> here we tell their story. the story that generations unborn will never forget. >> the museum is vivid and at time as gut-wrenching journey for the day that changed the nation. seven stories underground, all the way to the bedrock that supported the towers build around the stairs used by hundreds to escape. >> running down the stairs was a lifeline. >> visitors can walk through the day minute by minute and hear the voices of regular people from 48 countries share their memories. >> there are 500 hours of vid

city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head.

. >> surprising speech from the nanny mayor, michael bloomberg. he is accusing liberals of silencing conservatives. we will take a look at the elite intolerance on college campuses coming up. >> problems with -- illegals dumped at a bus station in arizona after being caught. ceo steve ballmer for a record $2 billion pending a from the nba's board of governors. donald sterling not going down without a fight. he has filed a 1 billion-dollar lawsuit against the nba for forcing the sale. despite promises from his wife shellie to protect the league from litigation. tucker? anna? >> thank you, clayton, unlikely ally in the fight against conservatives and their speech. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. >> used his commencement speech at harvard this week to lash out at what he calls a disturbing trend. >> on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas. even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species probably nowhere more true than it is here in the ivy league. >> joining us now

. >>> meanwhile, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is defending hillary clinton on benghazi in a new interview with politico saying, quote, i think most of the criticisms of hillary are totally unfounded. you can maybe disagree with her policies, but what do you expect her to do in benghazi? it's that type of cheap politics which i don't like. she's very competent. >>> at a vote on chamber of commerce, issued a joke saying this about immigration reform. >> if republicans don't do it, they shouldn't have bought and run a candidate in 2016. >> wow. >> i mean, think about that. think about who the voters are. and i just did that to get everybody's attention, but -- >> republican governor brian sandoval is up for re-election in nevada. he sent out a campaign mailer that would not have attracted much attention except for the fact the mailer spells the state's name wrong. neveda. your morning reminder to always use spell check. that'll do it for today's edition of scrambled politics. >>> i'm joined in studio be ellis hitican. thank you for joining us. >> how are you? >> i want to

. >>> this morning on "today," former new york city mayor michael bloomberg gives matt lauer an exclusive walking tour of the 9/11 museum at ground zero ahead of tomorrow's dedication ceremony. >>> sports headlines, let's start with st. louis rams' draft pick michael sam. he spoke out on media day about his sexuality and team. >> i said long ago that whoever picked me, whatever team that does pick me, they know about my sexuality, they know everything about my past and that is the team i want to play for. >> fans see it that way, too. sam's rams jersey is selling better than all nfl rookies except johnny manziel. >>> oklahoma gets a dramatic win over los angeles, but not without controversy. russell westbrook gets three free throws after he's fouled. chris paul, he cannot believe it. down by one, the clippers have a shot, but lose the ball. oklahoma wins a nail-biter, 105-104 to go up 3-2 in the series. >>> the wizards staved off elimination outrebounding the pacers by 389 pacers by getting 39 rebounds for martin and 27 from john wall. playoff highs from both of those guys. 102-79 washing