And field under their own flag as a member of the russian olympic committee. Lynchttorney loretto traveled to orlando, the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in history. She praised First Responders. Are also offering emergency counseling to First Responders to help them deal with the trauma they experience. It doesnt know bravery, they shoulder the dangers visited upon all of us and they carry that weight long after the smoke has cleared. The attorney general also met with those wounded and killed. I am mark crumpton. Bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, elon musk makes his latest play. Tesla offers to buy a Rooftop Solar Company where his cousin is ceo. Does the deal makes sense . He will discuss. Daily on million instagram. More than doubled. We sat down with the ceo of instagram to talk about unprecedented growth. And 10 sent it to become a Global Player. And can chinas Largest Internet Company become a Global Player . They will pony
Welcome to hungry minds speak of series with Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism and corruption in government power. Steve sampson is director of legal studies at Ayn Rand Institute in irvine california. A former constitutional litigator for the institute for Justice Steve has litigated cases in the u. S. Supreme court and lower federal and state courts throughout the nation. Steve was the lead lawyer in speech now versus sec, the case that created super pacs and he has litigated many many other campaignfinance and constitutional cases over the years. Steve has written and spoken on a wide variety of legal and constitutional issues. His writings have appeared in the wall street journal, the washington post, the Washington Times and many print and on line publications over the years. So lets will come Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism, corruption and government power. [applause] okay. First of all thanks very much hannah and doug and hungry minds for having me here. I have to say its a
The first is this. Government is not a value neutral enterprise that should be open for everybody to use depending on whether they get voted into office or whetherthey control the government. Its not value neutral. There is a right sort of government, a good sort of government, beneficial sort of government and theres an evil sort of government, a wrong sort of government in a destructive government and that really matters. As i said i think the distinction is ignored in the context of cronyism. What is being ignored ultimately is governments proper purpose. The idea is this. He idea is government is just, its a value neutral enterprise and whoever wins the lottery called elections get to use it for their purposes. What is the essential point behind back . Its this. Its might makes right. If i hold the reins of power is pretty much get to use power however i want and the government power which is the power of force. What we need to do to have a proper government is to subordinate the r
Cycle . Thats his gift to janet yellin. Those stories and much more coming up on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everyone, im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. We are live here 7 00 p. M. Sxeern eastern and 4 00 p. M. Pacific. Much of the east coast digging out from a big snowstorm today and man,s is it cold. Single digits here in new york. Nbc newss ron mott joins us live from boston, where it may be worse. Good evening, ron, and thank you. Reporter hey, larry, good evening to you. Let me tell you, it is so cold out here its hard for me to really convey to you how cold it is. The muscles in my face are really straining to be able to get this mouth to talk, but i can tell you its 9 degrees right now with a wind chill of about 7 below. The temperatures are plunging quickly. And overnight were expecting the wind chills to hit minus 20. So theres . Real concern about the Homeless Population in boston. There are teams going around the city trying to get them int
Closer to a deal to escape going over the fiscal cliff. Good to see you this morning. Welcome again to the program. And we welcome your calls at 186655press. In other big news, the Supreme Court has decided to hear two cases on Marriage Equality but why even bother to hold a hearing . Hey, theres no doubt about it. Under the constitution, it is wrong to discriminate against anybody for any reason. So, of course, gays and lesbians have every right under the constitution to marry each other. There is no doubt about it. Well talk more about that today and a whole lot of other issues but first, we get the latest. Here she is with todays current news update, Lisa Ferguson standing by in our studios in los angeles. Hi lisa, good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. Nothing on the president s public schedule today. He just has his usual briefing in the oval office followed by lunch with the Vice President. The first lady will be visiting the Childrens National Medical Center in d. C. And