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experience with a big sprawling bureaucracy, because that s what this job is. it has to be important. this is one of the most unwieldy agencies in the federal government. it faces a lot, right now, existential questions about should it even persist in the form we know it as. it s very easy to come into dhs and know a whole lot about one thing that it does, cybersecurity, aviation security, immigration. it s very rare and in fact, we haven t really had it yet, for a dhs secretary to know everything or at least most things about everything dhs does. tell us what you think about jeh johnson. think he could be effective? fascinating choice. johnson has a very rounded background inside a lot of the very important national security law issues that he faced at the pentagon. for someone to run an agency like this, even with the management questions, he knows a lot as we were just discussing about the inner agency process that s going to be really important. and this will be a test of how
welcome back to the lead. i m jake tapper. our money lead, it s now your source for one click shopping for everything, from running shoes to movies to groceries to, yes, inflatable unicorn horns for cats. a steal at just $5.89. but while amazon.com famously began as just an online bookstore, its mastermind and ceo jeff bezos always planned on the site evolving into much more than that. it s the subject of the new book the everything store. jeff bezos and the age of amazon. brad stone, senior writer for bloomberg business week, joins me now. thanks for being here. the book just came out. congratulations. so you take us through the rise of bezos, through everything he s been through from being a precocious 12-year-old to a wall street whiz kid to one of the world s most influential titans. he told you that his story isn t ready to tell yet. what does that suggest that even
welcome back to the lead. now it s time for the pop culture lead. we reached that sweet spot in the year when hollywood starts rolling out all of its oscar buzz-worthy movies. no, i m not talking about the over the top thriller big ass spider which might pull off a sweep at the razzies this year. opening is the incredible true story of solomon northrop. critics are calling the film everything from unflinching to unforgettable. days ago i was with my family in my home. now you tell me all is lost. it was a trap. a business deal gone bad that cost him 12 years of his life. northop, a free black man living in new york in 1941 was duped to taking a trip to washington, d.c. for a job and ended up sold to a plantation in louisiana.