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South african magazines. his mom is a black south african and his father a german. mixed unions weren't allowed. >> they had me, which was illegal, so i was born a crime. >> he has joked about americans. >> they don't know much about africa as a whole. >> when he did three segments recently, the laughter was underwhelming. the reaction was trevor noah is kind of smoking hot, to excellent dimples, so they couldn't find an american for the job? one thing he will have no trouble doing is ac sent. >> have you been in contact with ebola. >> to middle eastern.

Nbc's key to the strategy. >> last week my daughter ella told me she wanted to start getting paid for doing our little political playground segment. i told her she would have to negotiate a contract with the executive producer and she marched in there and worked out a contract and asked for what she wanted, a 5-year-old was able to do something that a lot of adults, myself included and a lot of women i think often have trouble doing, which is asking for more money. our next guest has advice on how we can all be a little more like ella. kate white, the former editor in chief for kos month poll ...

>> a billion dollars. >> a billion dollars is very, very cool. let's bring in a friend of the lead and soon to be billionaire himself, one way or another, rocco. thanks for being with us. people were counting facebook out. was it too soon out of the ipo disappointment? >> i don't think it's ever been experimental, except back when zuckerberg was doing this in his dorm room. there's something about separating the stock from the company that a lot of people, particularly investors, have trouble doing. you have to realize is that what happens with the stock isn't always in correlation with what i...

Stick them in the basement of the white house and have them nothing but writing jokes about mitt romney. you couldn't make this stuff up. >> steve mcmahon, the president doesn't get credit for a tax cut that he was responsible for. i think another great example, i mentioned it here on "hardball" a couple of nights ago, where he's not sold it. >> he hasn't sold it. republicans are blocking it. they don't seem to be paying a price at all. you're absolutely right. the economic things that he's done, to some degree people are aware of, but they don't always have a positive impression of those thin...

Just barack obama but many politicians have trouble doing. they're very good at saying what they did. they're very bad at sometimes articulating why it matters to folks and why folks should care about it and appreciate it more. >> president obama acknowledged his oratory prowess during the 2008 campaign and how things have changed since then. watch. when i ran everybody said you can give a great speech, but can you actually manage the job? in my first two years, i think the notion was, you know, he's been juggling and managing a lot of stuff. but where is the story that tells us where he's goi...