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Of the city of new york, bill de blasio. >> that's a very royal sound to it. bill de blasio was sworn in after noon today, and he prom e promised a strong taste of progressivism to the city that has roared back under its own style of conservatism. >> so help me god. >> probably recognize bill clinton, the president, doing the honors there. his presence underscoring the hope being placed on de blasio by democrats around the country. susan candiotti is with us now from new york. why is all this hope, really, being placed on bill de blasio? >> hi, marty, happy new year to you. a lot of democrats ...

We'd find a way to spend $50 trillion. it's exploded over the last 30 years except for a briefs rebite during bill clinton years. it's gone straight through the roof. this isn't about increasing revenue. we need a revenue around a certain 17% to 19% of gdp. this is the fact we have prom e promised free pizza and ice cream to everybody, don't want to cut anything so let's raise taxes on everybody, that's the only answer this congress and administration has. >> jehmou, is this proof really that it's spending that's the problem, not taxes? we don't need more taxes. we have record numbers coming i...

Plea, but it's just the shell, the impact is minimal or nonexistent. >> reporter: did the punishment fit the crime? pfizer says yes. it paid nearly $1.2 billion in a criminal fine for bextra, the largest fine ever. it paid a billion dollars more to settle civil suits, although it denies wrongdoing on allegations it illegally prom e promoted other drugs. in all pfizer lost the equivalent of three months' profit. though mike, who spent a decade prosecuting largest drug companies in the country, isn't sure $2 billion is enough to make big farm ma clean up its act. >> i worry the incentives are so...

From the campaign trail, prom e promising to put it all in place starting january 20th. kristin welker is in new york. president-elect is back in midtown manhattan today. this russia stuff, he says he has new information that other people don't. what are the chances that we, the public, know what the president-elect knows? >> reporter: he says he's going to reveal new information over the next 72 hours, halle, but he was really pressed about this by reporters to give more specifics. he wouldn't do it. we know he's going to have an intelligence briefing at some point this week so we anticipate ...