get to see the real barack obama. maybe it s not such a bad idea. although part of me agrees with pat. governor, always great to see you, thank you for coming in. apple s ceo is paid just $1 a year, but is still one of the richest chief executives on the planet, not number one, but one of the richest. we will tell you who is the best paid. senator john kerry s story brand-new $7 million yacht in rhode island to avoid paying taxes to his own state. what he s saying about it all or not. [ male announcer ] if you ve had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery,
and these state legislative races, chris, they are very important for the national party because there is going to be significant redistricting coming off the 2010 census. a lot of power wanting to get in there in order for each party to bevictorious so they can have more say in how these states are distributed. they can significantly change the face of capitol hill. chris? thank you, luke. always a pleasure. bp decides the best man to run the gulf cleanup is, the man who they want to run the company. so, who is in charge of cleaning up the oil now? plus, you won t get in trouble with the government if you add unauthorized apps to your iphone. that doesn t mean apple is okay with it. [ male announcer ] he s sweet, even with 1/3 less sugar than soda. kool-aid delivering more smiles per gallon.
want to mention, steve jobs of apple. you know, this is a guy that takes a $1 a year salary, however, he had some stock options, restricted stock, i should say, that came due or vested, rather, in 2006. they were granted in 2003. that really helped to bump him up to number four on the list and i will tell you that he made $748.8 million. so, pretty darn nice. not quite in the leagues of larry ellison, but you can t complain about that. dick fauld is another one. remember him, chris, lehman brothers. he came in at number 11 with $456.7 billion. of course, lehman brothers was the company that went down in a very big way, triggered all that concern on wall street and, really, let us impart into the biggest recession that we ve seen since the great depression.