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Count. we just haven't seen anything like that. you know, i was thinking back on when is the last time we saw an ipo that had this much hype, this much interest. thought back to google, when google went public, a lot of people knew what it was but they didn't understand the juggernaut it was going to be. at this point facebook is already the biggest site on the internet. the fact it's going public is just a big cultural moment as well as being a huge financial moment. >> just to tell everybody, real fast, i want to jump it because we're hearing it's going to start trading 11:05. they're pushin...

And the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect. small investors could get a chance to own part of facebook when it makes a record breaking debut on wall street. the hedge funds will get to buy first. the new york times reports today the rest us might get a chance to take a bite out of it, too. joining me now, evelyn, the report he for the new york time deal book. thank you for joining us. let's talk about. this i say small investors could get a chance. is that a pipe dream? >> it's a small chance that will be a slightly bigger chance. >> like getting hit by thun...

That they have here in the u.s., they won't take union workers and they've been accused of all kinds of unfair labor practices, so, the fox is in the hen house, and they can take a little hit. and subsidize grocery prices, because that's going to bring more people into the stores and buy more retail goods, which they get cheaper, and had a little fall off on the retail side. >> gary b, you say it's how capitalism works, right? >> exactly. at one point at wal-mart, i love how they're gouging the customers, what, 3% profit margin? i mean, and i wouldn't say that's exactly gouging, but you're rig...

tans movement. an indonesian man accused in making the bombs in the 2002 bali attacks is set to make a plea this monday. he could be handed a death sentence if convicted. 2002 people were killed in the bali bombings. at least 44 min mates are dead after a prison riot in new mexico. rival gangs were fighting in the prison and at one point inmates took a guard hostage. australian prime minister julia laggard says she will survive the office. australian media report the former prime minister says a leadership challenge is, quote, not in the prospect. those are the headlines from c...

Interesting article, by the way in "los angeles times" about how president obama is trying to change the conversation from the slow recovering to his fight for the middle class. in the meantime, of course, the republicans are doing battle largely with each other. a week from the caucus there. one of the keys to winning iowa is organization. the candidates have spent more than $10 million just in december just on tv and radio in iowa, but another side is just as important, getting your supporters to actually come to the caucus. nbc's political director mark murray joins us to talk about the ret...