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designed to save you money. there s a new concept taking whole when it comes to reinvesting in communities. rather than just donating money, one program is focusing on empowering small businesses, which in turn hire more people and continue the cycle. eight goldman sachs 10,000 small businesses program, and we should note that goldman sachs is a partial sponsor of our show this morning. joining us from mt. vernon marketplace in baltimore just outside a restaurant owned by one of the program s graduates we have ceo lloyd blankfein, former mayor of new york city michael bloomberg and the owner of scrub nail boutique, jasmine simms who is graduating from the xram toda program today. congratulations. thank you. lloyd, we ve been fortunate enough to go to many of these
business decisions, joe. lloyd blankfein, michael bloomberg, thank you very much. joe, you have too much hair to work at goldman sachs. okay, well, there you go. once again discriminated against. exactly, poor guy. all right, thank you, everybody. still ahead this morning, senator claire mccaskill, senator chris van hollen, senator rob portman all join the conversation. morning joe back in a moment. nothin g s wrong with the elevator. right. but you want to fix it. right. so who sent you? new guy. what new guy? watson. my analysis of sensor and maintenance data indicates elevator 3 will malfunction in 2 days. there you go. you still need a pass. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy.
environment is very bad. and when you re dealing with the economy, it s not it s not just science, you re dealing also with sentiment so of course there s an interaction between the politics and the economy because at the end of the day economy requires confidence. and so it could be better. there s some frustration about the fact that it could be better, but really, joe, financial conditions and economic conditions are really not as bad as the politics would suggest. mike barnicle. mr. mayor, you just heard what lloyd said. the dow yesterday rockets through 22,000. everybody, front page stories about the dow jones and the stock market is great. why do you think there is or do you think there is such a lack of faith among middle income americans in the economy today. their immediate future is paycheck to paycheck, month to month, why that lack of faith given all those numbers that
sachs ceo lloyd blankfein. morning joe is back in a moment. what s critical thinking like? a basketball costs $14. what s team spirit worth? (cheers) what s it worth to talk to your mom? what s the value of a walk in the woods? the value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter.