>>
a lot of warmth, though, from this crowd.
>>
a lot of warm smiles. people with strange mustaches. i'm
carl quintanilla
here with
erica hill
. lester has the morning off. coming up in this half-hour, have you ever gone to the mall planning to spend a certain amount of money and you walk out spending twice as much?
>>
yeah, i do that at target a lot.
>>
target, anywhere. coming up, we'll reveal what some of your favorite retailers are actually doing to get you to spend more of your crash. some interesting
mind games
going on.
>>
obviously, that's their goal. ours is to save some. happy to have those hints coming up. also, we'll switch gears a little bit this morning when we introduce you to a
young woman
who has really become an inspiration for so many. she's battling cancer, diagnosed at just 22 years old when she was living what she thought was the
perfect life
. she turned the situation around and she's helping others.
>>>
a bit later this morning, a legal uproar over a sentencing handed down by a judge in oklahoma who ordered a teenager convicted of causing a deadly
car crash
not to ten years of prison, but to a decade of church instead.
>>
interesting legal bats on that front, too.
>>>
meantime, today, as you know,
small business
saturday. a chance to give your favorite
mom and pop store
a boost of business. here in this area, badly needed in the wake of hurricane sandy. joining us more to talk more about that is new
york city
mayor
michael bloomberg
. welcome.
>>
thank you. welcome to
small business
saturday.
>>
good to be here. we all know what the city has been through over the past few weeks. you have an announcement regarding some of those businesses that even still can't open.
>>
number one,
small business
saturday is the creation of
american express
. they've done a wonderful thing helping
small businesses
grow in this city.
small businesses
account for 98% of all businesses. they employ 50% of the people in this city. 2/3 of them have five employees or less. they really are the job creators for new
york city
. new
york city
has gotten back 200% of the jobs lost during the recession. the country has only gotten back 40% and it's really all been in
small businesses
.
small businesses
are the ones in your neighborhood that let you really find good values, get somebody that
knows what you need
, understands your culture, and it's very important, a lot of them, however, got very badly hurt from hurricane sandy.
>>
this is something i know you helped spearhead in new
york city
, to help a lot of these with .
>>
we've raised $40 million privately to match loans. our
small business
services can provide you with ways to get around the paper work. we have an exemption of sales tax. you have to buy things to get your business back going again. those kinds of things.
>>
where are you shopping on
small business
saturday?
>>
well, i've got a
small business
in my neighborhood. i eat in small restaurants. i'm going to get gifts for my daughters.
>>
you run a
small business
. or at least it used to be small.
>>
it started small anyway. thank goodness it's not anymore. that's how we pay the bills.
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