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>> reporter: that space also goes totally against a new trend of niche marketing, and theres going to be wasting there. not everyone will be drinking coke, whatever it might be. >> reporter: though for the brands, its not about selling a specific product. its about your brand basking in the glow of the super bowl, or the olympics, or the fifa world cup. brazil was a no-brainer for these big companies, but the next world kun is in russia in 2018, and then qatar in 2022, both hugely controversial ...

From his 8 by 7 foot prison cell on robben island where he spent decades of his life nelson mandela not only inspired people of south africa to emancipate themselves from a brutal system of apartheid his struggle inspired generations of future leaders throughout the world. in that way mandela lives on as a symbol for freedom, grace and humanity. joining me from san francisco is former president and ceo of the naacp ben jealous. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, alex. >> were doing a lot ...

Barbara walters, shes retiring. the legendary broadcaster is expected to announce her retirement today on the show she yesated back in 1977. that would be "the view." walters began her on-air career on 1961 on nbc news "the today show," where she would later become the first woman to co-host in 1974. two years later nbc hired her away to co-anchor abc "word news tonight" at an unprecedented salary at the time of $1 million a year him wallers, 83-years-old, has been with abc ever since. shes goin...

>> no doubt about it. and states made it better. they said we will discount it and spend it all at once like we won the lottery. >> yes. go ahead, rob. >> yeah, peter, im trying to reconcile the idea that you want to curb these behaviors, whether smoking, drinking, eating twinkies, drinking coke. all those things at the same time, that you dont actually want to make this a consumption tax it sounds like. make it a tax on producers, poison producers as dylan calls it. but im not sure how this wor...

>> yes, if everyone is drinking coke or dr. pepper at your party, you might know theyre conservative according to the study. im going to have a beer, though. >> i was going to say, i dont know if theres a lot of conservatives out there this weekend that would enjoy a beer or two. >> i think so. this is the food and actual meat item. i like this. this is what liberals eat. i love how they put this, too. if you walk into a home and smell home cooked curry and lamb, you can bet that person is a lib...

Garbage there? the wrapper to your what? >> big mac. they have a new big mac breakfast bingo game thaw play. >> disgusting. >> you have this big board and you put big mac empty -- they tried to give me the paper ones, you know? but i want the plastic. you have to eat five, of course, to spell bingo! but i did it just now! >> collect all five. >> i dont know what you just ate because you ate it so fast, seriously. >> miky is in the news today. >> miky! he eats everything! >> eating pop rocks and ...

Martha: new reports that china is buying up stakes in the u.s. economy, its no secret they have picked up a massive chunk of americas debt but what you may not know is how much is invested in some of the biggest american corporations, names you know very well, morgan stanley, bank of america, citigroup. youve got an iphone? china has apple as well. drinking coke? they have coke shares. a visa card? part of your interest payment, of course, is going to beijing. motorola is in chinas portfolio, to...