how this may affect people nationally. that s what s so interesting. i m going to be honest with you. most people outside of new york don t give a hoot that there s a new mayor in new york. right. but what they re listening to this talk of one america, two economies and how it plays for them. new york is always much bigger and bolder and louder than the rest of the country, but there is this issue right there that seems to be playing out on the national stage, so it s sort of like a test tube for national politics. nice to see you, susan. new york s billionaire mayor, you saw him there, he s just a billionaire. no more billionaire mayor, just a billionaire, ahh. so what s next for michael bloomberg? i applied to teach spanish at a few universities, but i m told that my accent isn t quite bueno. how about a lighthouse run, instead? the business of being bloomberg is next. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wante
his foundation, bloomberg philanthropy has distributed $370 million in 2012, alone. he s given more than $1 billion to his alma mater, johns hopkins, and donated $2.8 billion for causes like art to public health. the thing that gives me the most pleasure in the world is knowing i m making a difference. reporter: what s next for the billionaire mayor? i don t know what the future holds. president, pope, naked cowboy. reporter: he has quashed rumors about white house dreams for years, but he is deep in the political fray. championing causes from gun control to immigration reform. business mogul and billionaire mayor, the business of being michael bloomberg is far from over. thanks for starting your saturday s smart with us. coming up at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon eastern time, stocks finished last year with record high levels. is the market set for a drop this year? a bull and a bear face off on a brand-new your money here at 2:00 p.m. eastern.
but it s a recovery of a majority of americans insist they are not feeling. in new york city, a billionaire mayor who oversaw a wall street renaissance has given way to a populist promising to take on income inequality, and he has a nation of democrats behind him. susan candiotti joins me now. hi, susan. ly. it s interesting to see how this new mayor, bill de blasio, just elected here in new york city, just taking office, how he s going to do. he campaigned as a man of the people, and that message was also made clear during his inauguration ceremony. new york s populist new mayor bill de blasio and his family got to his inauguration ceremony the way millions of new yorkers get to work every day. on the subway. before emerging, even running into his predecessor, former mayor michael bloomberg. in his speech, signaling a reversal of policies that saw business boom under bloomberg, some say at the expense of the poor and working class. when i said i would take dead
shared prosperity. stop blaming job oh creators. shared responsibility. we are living in the world occupy made. it s all of our jobs protect the first amendment. and to honor a movement of meaningful, heart felt movement that is speaking to what people are feeling all over this country. yes, many liberals saw this week s inauguration of bill de blasio as an echo of occupy wall street, the battle of new york s billionaire mayor as a symbol of the unholy fusion of the agenda and government power. he was one who took sides with the protesters and that group included jesse lagreca who protested for several weeks, sometimes sleeping overnight and con celled. james peterson joins us, msnbc contributor, and director of africana studies at lehigh university. and national political reporter. welcome to you all. let me start with you.
has to say something so obvious. john mccain, because after the filibuster that he called libertarians a wacko birds, and chris christie, because he said this. this strain of libertarianism that is going through both parties right now and making big headlines. i think it is a very dangerous thought. well, it s big government is dangerous. and a lump of coal to governor chris christie. but nice gifts for democratic senators tom harkin and jay rockefeller. surprise to find them here on the nice side of this ledger. and oh, they retire this year. that is good for all of us. and this town s billionaire mayor, michael bloomberg will retire as well. and that is good because he somehow doesn t understand that government bans the sale of big cups of soda and he said this. we are not winning anything. we are just shut entrancing that we want to show you how big the