her name is associated with products sold by novo-nortis and qvc. many of the companies are evaluating their relationship with the southern chef. paula deen's celebrity isn't just about her food, it's also about her marketable persona. racial slurs strike at the very heart of that golden image. >>> in a statement, qvc says, we are closely monitoring these events and the ongoing litigation, we're reviewing our business relationship with miss deen and in the meantime, we have no immediate plans to have her appear on qvc. sears holding says it's exploring next steps as they pertain to miss deen's products. smithfield foods is terminating their relationship with paula deen. it's important that our values and that of our spokespeople are aligned. marshall cohen estimates paula deen's empire is worth $6.5 million annually for combined retail and contract revenues. forbes puts her net worth at $17 million. that's before the latest controversy started boiling. for nightly business report, i'm courtney reagan. >>> and finally, we want to hear from you, tell

and the diabetes drugmaker novo nordisk.spended her in the wake of the fire storm over the use of a racial slur. there was a silver lining, news that her forthcoming cookbook is at the top of amazon's best-seller list, going from number 1500 to number 1 and beating out best sellers from stephen king. even "game of thrones." >>> and call it extreme makeover royal edition. prince william and kate middleton have been renovating their kensington palace home for the baby next month. and today, palace officials confirmed. the price tag, $1.52 million. it seems they have to remove asbestos, rewire the outlets and replace a hot water heater. who knew the palace was just a pricey fixer-upper. >>> a soulful family reunion today at the funeral of james gandolfini. the actor's wife and son joined by his on-screen family. edie falco was there, she played the long-suffering wife, carmela. jamie lynn sigler who played his daughter. and so many of the tough guys from "the sopranos" mob. david chase said your talent is that you can take in t

. >> reporter: in a statement, drug maker novo nordisk, said paula deen, who has type 2 diabetes is still a spokesperson for one of its diabetes drugs. we contacted several other companies including wal-mart, k-mart, and target, about their deals with deen. k-mart's parent company sears responded saying the company is currently exploring next steps as they pertain to deen's products. jim. >> axelrod: elaine, thank you. up next, a celebration of japan's mount fuji as its status reaches a peak of its own. ♪ [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums you'll forget you had heartburn. so you can capture your receipts, ink for all business purchases. and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from chase. so you can. next minute i'm in the back of an ambulance having a heart attack. i was in shape, fit. i did not see it coming. i take bayer aspirin. [ male annou

and the company, novo suspending their partnership. it is bad when even the disease doesn't want to associate itself. why does diabetes need a spokesperson? doesn't it sell itself. paula deen would fatten you up with her hams, and then try to sell the diabetes medicine. her new cookbook, today, it is number one. it is the number one book on amazon. and not only that she has been offered the job of personal chef to quentin tarantino. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, if you're planning to go to the movies this weekend, you should know that the channing tatum movie, "white house down," has been released. and they're so excited about it they have already released a see conventional. white house has not even premiered yet, but they're already promoting a new chapter in the series, look at this. >> hi, welcome to waffle house, may i take your order? >> give up the cheesy grits recipe, or the waffle lady dies. >> you know i can't do that. >> i'll give you to the count of three, let her go. one, two! [ gunfire ] >> i'm going to have the

her other sponsors, v and caesars, randomhouse, and the novo, the diabetes company who have one the bigestto lose, and with moeymatters, they ar a str pharmaceutical companies. they have a lot on the line, and they are waiting to see what haapens. melissa: if nbc picks her up, you saw it here first. ank you for coming on the show. >> thank you. melissa:here's the question of the day, will you still buy paula deen products? the overwhelming response was yes. yo bought a bunch f pots thether day, and they were fantastic. th were cheap. they work great. that's what it' about. interesting to follow this and see what happens to th bsiness for sure. like" us on facebook at facebook.com or follow me on twitter @melissaaj fracis. there's high prce employees that are getting the boot,and the replacements are the final insult. it's all the word on wa street, and we hae all the details. at the end of the day, it's all about "money," there was a lot of "ales" in tre. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ melissa: to wha you have been waiting for, the behind the scenes story ll here on "money," and today's word on

walmart, target, food network, novo, home depot.r cookbooks is number one on amazon, people are lining up for her annual cruise and she tweeted i want to express how deeply your kind words have moved me the last few days. thank you and love to all. how much are these people who are feeling like the media is being too unfair, everybody makes mistakes and how much is support from unsavory characters who think that word is acceptable? >> her core supporters would be there anyway if this controversy hadn't happened. as far as her book being a best seller, this is show biz and there's no bad publicity. but the people that would be crossover, potential paula deen fans are obviously turned off. as far as the companies dropping endorsements, it reminds me of athletes losing shoe endorsements after behaving badly. they want to be part your brand as long as you're seen in a favorable light. this has nothing to do with the first amendment. >> it was said we cannot use paula deen as scapegoat for the errors of our country. are we? >> partially.

. >> reporter: now, novo nordisk, that drugmaker, is cutting ties, too. steve osunsami, abc news. >> thank you, steve. >>> meanwhile here in new york city, family, friends celebrities and hundreds of fans gathered yesterday, to pay their final respects to james gandolfini. the beloved star of "the sopranos," who died suddenly of a heart attack in italy last week. abc's gio benitez, has the story on the actor they simply called jimmy. >> reporter: hundreds of emotional fans, carrying signs, lined the block, as james gandolfini's casket arrived at new york's cathedral of st. john's church of the divine. among those who came to mourn, michael imperioli, and edie falco. his wife accompanying the hearse, along with his son, mike, the last person to see gandolfini alive. now, a pallbearer at his funeral. >> we lost family. lot of tears in there. >> someday soon, you're going to have families of your own. and if you're lucky, you'll remember the little moments. >> reporter: the star of "the sopranos" died last week of an apparent heart attack, while on vacation

others like novo nordisk say they're suspending ties. >> now we move on to the most extensive facialr the first time the families and doctors are sharing their remarkable story with nbc's ann curry. >> reporter: this is a story of two young men. one richard norris, hid from the world for 15 years after a disfiguring shotgun accident. the other, josh yeah, was just emerging into the world, signing up to be a marine, wanting to serve. >> he just had a very loving spirit about him. >> reporter: but randy says joshua was just walking across a main road when he was suddenly hit by a van. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> reporter: joshua was airlifted to baltimore trauma center, the same hospital where richard was a patient. >> the one thing i prayed, please don't let him die. >> reporter: the doctors told them joshua's brain injury was too severe for him to survive on his own. after they considered withdrawing life support, they got a request to donate joshua's organs. they said yes. then they were asked to donate joshua's face. to richard. >> we just felt like this is so

home depot announced it had stopped seller her kitchen and cookware line and diabetes drug company novo nordisk suspended its relationship with deen. several others, including walmart and the food network also have called it quits in recent days. >> your big sponsors, your big corporations are going to stay away from her. >> reporter: forring ranked her the fourth highest pat celebrity chef last year. estimating her earnings at $17 million, but it's not all bad news for deen. her fans have flocked to her facebook page to show their support. there's even a we support paula deen page with hundreds of thousands of likes. some members of the african-american community have also come out in her defense. >> was it right? no. i mean, she could have used another term, but, hey, it was a mistake she made. >> she can't have a heart against black people with all she's done. >> reporter: actress stacy dash showed her support in a tweet saying in part, god does everything for a reason, paula deen. only god can judge your heart. >> i spoke with the vice president of the travel company that arranges d

home depot stopped selling her kitchen and cookware line and novo nordisk called it quits in recent daysthe fourth highest paid celebrity chef last year, estimating her endorsement earnings at $17 million. it's not all bad news for deen. her new cookbook set for release later this year is topping amazon's bestseller's list and her fans have flocked to her facebook page to show their support. there is even a we support paula deen page. several african-american communities have come out in her support. >> hey, it was a mistake that she made. >> she can't have a heart against black people with all that she's done. >> actor tracy dash showed her support in a tweet saying, in part, god does everything for a reason, paula deen. only god can judge your heart. >> qvc posted a statement saying that they've decided to take a pause. meaning that paula deen will not be appearing on any of their shows and her products will be phased out online. wolf. >>> coming up, jeannie wolf and drive-in something. stand by. and to keep our comm. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,0

activities to strike this would be inconsistent with the president's commitment to congress jury jim novo. >> the gentleman yields back. gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the chairman of the subcommittee already said i'm going to stick to the first line on the b-61. we just adopted an amendment requiring nsa to certify they are getting this done by 2019 because it's so important. our nuclear weapons have detained paste the radioactive material decays over time and some of the materials in these warheads have deteriorated or based on obsolete technology like transistors. they don't have the security safeguards built into them here drop those reasons we need to move ahead on the in-flight b-61. that first linux is a poor amendment. this is almost getting dangerous. i would urge a strong no vote. i yield back. >> any other comments on this amendment? gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for two minutes. >> to be 61 -- b-61 keeps coming up. the b-61 program is escalating and caused and complexity. it is principally a weapon de

the idea that the month for example, each review every three years is a de novo review and does not take into account previous decisions by the copyright office probably harm to cell phone on locking exemption when it came up in 200012. in exemption that has been there for several years. 2006, 2009, and 2012 until today, that sort of regular review can cause innovators not to want to create services and tools that allow you tom locke. >> if the cost of enforcing is zero, that is if we could make sure that everyone is circumvents to infringe punished and everyone who circumvents for non and frenchmen purposes as in the think it would be a no-brainer, but i have some reservations about it because of the enforcement cost being very high. what if a company invests to develop the service that circumvents the erm. a platform to allow you to extract a 42nd segment of online video for fair use of either certified or using that china transformative matter. that will be the development and the use, but then let's say they come along and reid purpose that. they build upon the investment and circumv

lerner's actual activity and would be picking a decision clearly de novo. having said that, i cannot nor would any chairman of either party hold hearings every time there is misbehavior or improper conduct of a witness. >> yeah. >> whether you can understand that the committee cannot be turned into every member -- everyone coming and doing that. >> mr. chairman -- >> ms. lerner was here pursuant to a deposition, sorry, pursuant to a subpoena and was represented by counsel. >> mr. chairman, just one moment. mr. chairman, i'm not trying to make this more difficult than it should be. it's just that i think that when we are dealing with -- i'm or very sensitive to this, this constitution. because i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for it. and i just when we're dealing with people's rights, i think that we need to make sure that at least -- the only thing that i was asking, and i know that you've denied it now, and that's all well and good. the only thing i was asking was that we make sure that the members when they vote, they have access to the legal sides of this

and diabetes company novo nor disk suspended their relationship with deen.others have called it quits in recent days. >> your big sponsor, your big corporations are going to stay away from her. >> reporter: forbes ranked deen the fourth highest paid chef last year. estimating her endorsement earnings at $17 million. her fans have flocked to the facebook page to show support. there's an even we support paula deen page with hundreds of likes. some members of the african-american community has come out in her defense. >> was it right? no. i mean she could have used another term, but, hey, it was a mistake she made. >> she can't have a heart against black people with all the work she's done. >> reporter: god does everything for a reason, paula deen, only god can judge your heart." i spoke to the manager of a travel company who arranges deen cruises. she also commented that people have been calling their support for deen and also asked about her cruises. alina machado, cnn, atlanta. >> and if you go to her facebook page, you can see paula deen's new cookbook. she

in the past, deen has lost contracts with the food network, smithfield foods and the drug company novoding wal-mart, target, and home depot have also cut their ties. >>> well, it's been a nice morning, expected to be a hot day. one last check with rosemary before heading out the door. >> yeah, it's already heating up, mike. good morning to you. here we go. mostly sunny skies. 10:00 hour, mid to upper 60s around the coast and san francisco. already beginning to feel 70s along the bay. mid-80s for the inland communities. i'm looking at antioch nearing 90 degrees in the next half hour or so. probably already hitting that in some cases. mild to warm for your lunch hour. upper 60s at the coast. widespread low to mid-80s around the bay. mid-90s for the hottest locations. and here is a look at the afternoon highs for your area. 101 for napa. 103 in concord. 104 for livermore. around the bay, upper 80s to low 90s. around the coast, upper 60s to low 70s. santa cruz, it's going to be warm there and the heat settles in and doesn't go away. all the way through tuesday, little change in the forecas

business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? ms. clarke: to address the house for one moment, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday i was unavoidably detained at a meeting and missed the first votes of the day. had i been present i would have voted no on roll call number 254, the motion on ordering the previous question on the rule and no on roll call number 253, h.res. 271, the rule providing for further consideration of h.r. 1947, federal agriculture reform and risk management act. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's correct. he house will be in order. without objection, the gentle

unfinished business is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. hastings: i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the bill h.r. 2 31, the clerk -- 2231, the clerk is authorized to make technical corrections and conforming changes to the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will now entertain for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek to be recognized? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. student loan rates are set to double on monday. it's been a month since the house passed the smarter solutions for students act that would stop this doubling of rates. at a time when we need to restore people's