bill: they made a point of being there for the swearing in the night before and came back for the inauguration the next day. why did they feel it was necessary to be so prominent at both events? is this the way you shore up the base? i think it s about them. about them being there as the midnight and the next day. we are talking about the clintons. we are not talking about the new mayor. this is part of their strategy. when there is so much attention focused on an events why not appear. they will suck the energy out of a story that should be about the new mayor. it s an honor to be by a former president. i think the clintons will never resist the temptation of upstaging an event. more people are talking about
no, at this point i don t think that s going to happen. i think it s unfair to the athletes who work so hard. like most americans we enjoy watching the olympics. their motivation and dedication and inspiration to the everybody who is watching that. and you tune in every four years and you receive events you normally don t see, and you see tremendous people in terms of what they are trying to accomplish in their lives. patti ann: general jack keane, thank you as always. bill: you are going to be all right, right? former israeli prime minister ariel sharon taking a turn for the worst. and why the clintons appearance at the swearing in of the new york city s new mayor is raising eyebrows. when i said i would take dead
weather. bill: if you have a picture of illinois, michigan, ohio, indiana, send us your pictures. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits dropping slightly. extending unemployment benefits high on the agenda. stuart varney, host of the varney and company. good morning you have to. the issue on the jobless number, better or not. that s still a very high number. 339,000 people claiming jobless benefits. that s still a high number. it s down a little from where it was a year ago or 18 months ago. the democrats will use that relatively high number for an
recreational use. and a third of those people they say came from out of state. patti ann: this an industry now. how big might this become? reporter: in colorado medical marijuana is a billion dollar industry. a respected economist from harvard university says marijuana in the united states legal and illegal is a $20 billion tri. there have been various studies about what this industry could produce taxwise. if you were to tax mayor juan pennsylvania legally the way they do in colorado, the way we do with tobacco and alcohol it will raise $8 billion in tax revenue if the 5080s were to follow colorado s lead. bill: kind of like amer dam out
bill: does this message sell? bill deblasio won a primary against a bevy of moderate candidate. and we ll see his policies work. new york city is a multi-cultural and complex city. bill: if a republican candidate comes in 2016 and starts cutting back and taxes and cuts back on regulation that frees business from the binds of government so they start employing again. you made the case earlier that what republicans will argue is that you improved the economy and that s how you give people a fair shake. the way you improve the economy is give people a job, not a check. how? what s the plan? real simple. you guys don t understand it. we are not going to spend more