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"the new york times" were affected because they're at the l.a. times printing plant. we'll switch gears with late breaking news. it seems like, garrett, a flurry of activity. can you tell us what's happening now? >> we're all used to these headlines by now. another major corporation hack, more concerns about data, another set of worries about hacking and all of it raising questions into the new year about the best ways to protect your information. >> reporter: with a new year on the horizon, this morning, new fears about hacking after a cyber attack over the weekend caused printing disruptions...

The gulf of mexico about to be the worst disaster in u.s. history. this leak has been spewing between 300 and 700 barrels a day since 2004. when hurricane ivan sunk a production platform owned by a company of taylor energy. about 12 miles from the louisiana coast. federal officials believe this oil spill will continue through this century. you're watching "velshi & ruhle" on msnbc. i'm ken jacobus, i'm the owner of good start packaging. we distribute environmentally-friendly packaging for restaurants. and we've grown substantially. so i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn ...

It's a different kind of question. >> when the press secretary talks about slapping a 20% tariff on anything that comes in from mexico, what would be the domino effect of that? >> i think three risks associated with that. one is retaliation, imitation, and taxation. retaliation because if we violate our obligations to mexico or other trading partners we give them license to raise tariffs on our products. 11 million americans who owe their jobs to exports, we have an integrated production platform across north america, 40% what have we import from mexico is u.s. product that's gone down to mexi...

About something you wrote in a new york times story about apple computer. i'm quoting you. "apple's an example of why social security so hard to create middle-class jobs in the u.s. now. if it's the pinnacle of capitalism, we should be worried." what did you mean by that, jared? >> i thought this article did a great job of explaining that kind of a concept. what i meant was that the structure of production of this great device, the apple iphone, is one that leaves many in the american middle class quite far behind. we simply don't have the production platform that china has when it comes to pu...

Distinction. but there's always going to be isolated incidents, isolated fanatics, isolated terrorists even. but an organized terrorist effort to me is different, which requires an investigation into itself. >> well, the white house is already working out -- is already out working to reassure the muslim community that this is certainly not a war on them. so is it reality or racial profiling? we'll have a debate about this in our next hour with dr. suni jassar. he will be testifying at the hearing. as well as the founder of a national movement promoting interfaith cooperation. seven minutes p...