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Three university administrators asking me why i would do that and telling me that bill cosby called and asked about my tenure status. i was an untenured junior faculty member at the time. he's on the board of trustees meaning that bill cosby ultimately votes on my tenure or not. there's a power dynamic. the other thing he does is because he's rich he's not just a philanthropist he's also engaging in what we call philanthocracy. he dangles the check in front of you and makes you do what he wants you to do under the guise of promising you money. so many institutions do what bill cosby requests b...

You come to mothers and fathers and talk about how i'm going to take care of your kid and look out for their best interest. no, you're looking out for your own best interest. how can you sit there with a fat check and talk about you have players' rights and you have players that are saying they're hungry. players traveling, coming back late night, restaurants and places aren't open to get food. he can go take several seats. i can't believe he's commenting. coaches, stay out of it. i think as a player for me that's on the executive committee with the wnba, of course we would, because players ne...

Someone in california took home the $425 million jackpot in last night's powerball drawing. the winning ticket was sold at a bay area gas station and the owners just took home a fat check for $1 million. but we still don't know the winner of the actual drawing. i'll tell you about another winner, jonathan, science. this january came in as the fourth warmest winter on record. take that polar vortex. it was more than a degree above the 20th century average. mind you they started keeping these records in 1880, also worth noting this is, of course, a global average. the eastern u.s. was colder t...

That gentleman, they vote themselves a special $7 per share dividend. he and his wife own 2 million shares of costco. so they get $14 million. after tax, that is $12 million. a nice, fat check and they'll get it this month. if they paid that dividend next month, in january, they'd only get $8 million. >> gretchen: why? >> so they've cheated the obama treasury out of $4 million. why? because next year the tax on dividends goes up. if they get the dividend this year, the tax is lower. this great supporter of tax the rich avoids the tax the rich tax by paying himself the dividend this year, not n...

of the hour here. a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. also a newly released unemployment number and a syrian defector talks about the blood shed back home. want to begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill where the house we know has just pass this had jobs act to help the startups and small businesses. so specifically, what does this do going forward? >> this is a combination of about the six measures, brooke. it's a package of six measures that some of which have actually passed in the house before. but this package you summed up well. it's aimed at helping small businesse...