another instance is evan and business went to ashton kutcher's place and sat with demi moore by the pool and tried to pitch the story. and then al gore is my favorite story. he was running current tv and gore saw the potential for what this was during the elections. and he invited evan and biz to his place in san francisco and wined and dined him and tried to convince him to sell him part of twitters. they wanted to create a twitter television. he got the founders very drunk. there was a moment where gore goes into the kitchen and comes out and says i hear this is the good stuff with a bottle of patron. and evan and biz decline. there are dozens of stories of people trying to buy it. >> host: where does twitter get the revenue? >> sponsored advertising and twitter accounts. if i want to get more followers, i could go and pay to have my account highlighted to people to see if i could get more followers. i can target people that live in san francisco and buy books. i can tell that based on their tweets or what it says in their profile. another way to do it is to actually promote tweets. on

instance involves ashton kutcher in la. they sat by the pool with demi moore in a bikini and a pitch them to sell a part of the company. my favorite story is al gore. he had done a little experiment with twitter during the 2000 election -- 2008 election. and biz toevan his place and san francisco. he whines and dine them and try to confine -- tried to convince them to sell twitter. he wanted to merge twitter and current and create twitter tv. he got very drunk and there's one moment where al gore goes to the kitchen and comes out with a bottle of petrone. -- patron. biz politely decline. there are dozens of stories like this. >> where does twitter get its revenue? >> twitter makes money from advertising. they do sponsored advertising and sponsored twitter accounts. if i wanted to get more followers, i could pay to have my account highlighted two people. i could see if i could get more followers. i could target people that live in san francisco. i could tell that based on their tweets, or what it says in there profile. anoth

including ashton kutcher, leonardo dicaprio, justin bieber, katy perry. in a few years branson's tourist flights into space will bring the price tag down to roughly the cost of an expensive suv. >> after today's successful flight, it means we're getting closer and closer to going into space this summer. i think we'll be giving our astronauts in waiting the ride of a lifetime. >> reporter: this was the critical test of the ship that will make it all happen. including the foldup wings that will help slow the spaceship on reentry. >> there's nothing like this that you can pay the money for, and get this sort of ride. >> again, that was tom costello reporting. they have to go through three days of preparation not to mention a lot of cash. >>> skiers and snowboarders enjoyed fresh snow in the sierra today. very nice. look closely and you can see snow is falling on that mountain. the forecast calls for an inch or two of new snow at lake level. that is welcome news to skiers as well as to meteorologists like rob mayeda who wants to see water and snow pack and al

bill murray is one of them and ashton kutcher. bill murray in a recent interview said he believes we have to take on greater personal responsibility and you can't look someone else to fix your situation. ashton kutcher made a lot of waves, at a people's award benefit he said opportunity is a lot like a job. he said i never had a job that was beneath me. we have seen a lot of people dropping out of the workforce. not willing to take a job they might see as beneath them. >> government policies under this administration have made tonight many ways easier to not work because the payoff is so much better. i'm not talking about everybody. there are so many americans out of work who do want to work. but it pays to stay at home or pays to be on the government dole. that's why you see the disability roles exploding. a weakecessity. the objective of the left is to lock as many people into government dependency as possible. if that is the objective it has worked politically. >> reporter: it's gotten them to a place where they never thought t

another instance, ev and biz went down to ashton kutcher's place in l.a.and sat by the pool with demi moore in a bikini who then both tried to pitch them to sell him part of the company then. and then, of course, my favorite story was al gore, and al gore was running current tv, and he'd dope a little experiment -- done a little experiment with twitter during the 2008 elections, and al gore, i think, had seen the potential for what this thing was. and a few months later he invited ev and biz to his place at the st. eerie jis, he had a -- regis, he had a place there in san francisco, and he wined and dined them and tried to convince them to sell him part of twitter. one of the concepts was to merge twitter and current and create a twitter tv. and he got the founders very, very drunk, and there's one moment where al gorgeous into the kitchen and comes out with a bottle of patron and says i hear this is the good stuff. and, of course, ev and biz politely decline. but there are dozens of stories like this of people trying to buy the company. >> host: where doe

ashley: god, i can't live up to ashton kutcher. >> you're smarter. ashley: retweet.. ashley: i think so. tracy: got "bridgegate", got withholding superstorm sandy fund. the hits keep coming as new jersey governor chris christie prepares for his second inauguration tomorrow. talk about bad timing? >> no kidding. should be fun. google glass, driverless cars, we're looking more like the generation of "the jetsons." the pros, cons and an expert who says this will be the norm in less than five years. tracy: we're down to a bird and a horse. yes, seahawks and broncos in the super bowl. we'll tell you who the markets are placing their bets on. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and ows morbusinesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business

everyone loves ashton kutcher. maybe that with me all the difference. >> that's a good point.th this, you know will change? she is a rising star. blackberry is the descendants, going into a black hol going into nowhere. but over a billion dollars in september, which she was supposed to help launch. melissa: they paid her money, and she was still tweeting with their iphone. that was among the most esntial problems. does that a grt rson to have it endorsing a product. >> certainly at think she made a few mistas. typical of these kinds of promotional deals i hope for her sake she did not invest in blackberry stock. that is a loss yesterday. sets up a little apple incident. melissa: all right. topic number two. foresails paving the way. the top seller. people still want gas guzzlers. doubling down on a green as it spins big box developing a new solar powered hybrid car. this car could be a tough sell. the only thing that would be tougher is one of those little tiny cars with a huge wind turbine on top. what do you think? >> i think it is odd to be jiving around of the solar panel

joining him at ten under is matt kutcher. hewitt winning a title. beating roger federer and overcoming the 17 time grand slam champion. the australian opening on january 13th. >> thank you. >> all smiles for the india space agency and launching engineered satellite. now joining elite club of five ore nations that have achieved this. this is a leap forward as a space power. >> with that, india launches a satellite. the applause well earned after a number of years of setbacks. in 2010 two failed. one falling into the bay. last summer a fuel leak was discovered an hour before the liftoff. >> the most important part of this mission is the testing of the [inaudible]. >> the launch comes on the heels of the launch last november and that was a source of pride for all indians. t another source of pride is the fact that the entire satellite and launching vehicle was indian made and showing that the country can compete in the space industry. it is a model that other countries can follow. >> thank you very much for watching. >> good afternoon to you and welcom

next week, ashton kutcher will be here, dr.will sarah paulson, from "captain phillips," oscar nominee barkhad abdi will join us. we'll have music from zedd, the lone bellow, and the head and the heart. and one week from tonight, next thursday, we will be joined by the cast of the movie "the monuments men." george clooney, bill murray, cate blanchett, john goodman, bob balaban, and, unfortunately, matt damon will be here too. it was a package deal. hopefully his flight will get canceled or something. and one more programming note. the week of march 10th we're taking our show on the road to austin, texas for the annual south by southwest music festival. a lot of people have been asking when they can get tickets. the answer is now. tickets for the shows are available starting now at kimmelinaustin.com. we hope to see you there. that will be a lot of fun. so go and get your tickets and join us there. [ applause ] >> jimmy: after ushering a generation of teenage girls into puberty with a beguiling combination of basketball and dance

district that is a center-right district in the center-right kutcher. >> tel has -- is the mood here the same as it has always been a your time? has a taste for the better worse? >> what i noticed recently, there are a lot of folks are stock. we have people on the extremes, both sides that have a hard time getting into the trenches. but i found at least during the government shut done is that it is the case to about of the trench is committed to no man's land. there are a lot of people out there who want to get some things done, worker problem-solving. and so i feel like i'm actually much more encouraged today that was a few months ago. a budget agreement, get the appropriations bill done. there is lot of space between those in the far left his sale this fiscal problems with us the fantasy world. some of the other extreme view of our time getting to yes on anything. but when you get beyond those two extremes there are a lot of space to get things done. i feel better today than i have over the past year. >> charlie did is republican from pennsylvania. former representative david dreie

fake calls have been directed to the homes of ashton kutcher, tom cruise and miley cyrus.his new law callers or even their parents will be required to reimburse police agencies for the full cost of each emergency call, which can run as high as $10,000. the pranksters could also face up to a year in jail. now, in our next hour of mornings on 2 we will hear from some of the people in the area of last night's hoax and how they feel about the whole ordeal. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook. >> thanks, pam. >>> 7:48. we have just received new video of a suicide bombing in baghdad this morning. a man with explosives strapped to a vest blew himself up at a military recruiting center. 21 army recruits were killed with dozens more injured. no terror group has claimed responsibility yet, but these types of suicide attacks are a hallmark of al-qaeda. and just yesterday iraq's prime minister vowed to get rid of al-qaeda entirely. >>> time now 7:48. back here at home, pleasant hill city council members say the city clerk is not doing her job and they are not happy about it. coun

>> jimmy: ashton kutcher?immy: ass [ bleep ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ kill you! kill you. >> kill you, peach! >> jimmy: kill you, peach! let's talk "blacklist." congratulations on that. that last time you were here was right before "the blacklist" came out. [ cheers and applause ] and i knew it! i knew it! i knew it was going to be a hit. i knew it -- >> i set lower expectations. you told everyone -- >> jimmy: you told the -- the whole world, "lower your expectations." >> i hadn't put any new shoes on tables. no hats on beds. >> jimmy: no hats on beds. it came out and gosh, right away, it was a runaway hit. >> doing all right. >> jimmy: it's exciting and it's fun. i love it. >> thank you. >> jimmy: do you want to tell everyone what it's about if you haven't seen "the blacklist"? >> they should just watch it. i'm not very good at that. >> jimmy: i will try to do it. >> yeah. okay. i think there's a clip. no. i have no idea how to set it up. is there a clip or no? >> jimmy: there is. >> i want to s

but already 675 passengers have paid a deposit, including ashton kutcher, leonardo dicaprio, and othershope of richard branson that in a few years his daily tourist flights will bring the price tag down to roughly the expense of an expensive suv. >> after today's successful flight it means we're getting closer and closer going into space this summer, and i think we'll be giving our astronauts-in-waiting the ride of a lifetime. >> reporter: this was the critical test of the ship that will make it all happen, including the fold-up wings that will help slow the spaceship on re-entry. >> there's nothing else like this that you can pay the money for and get this sort of ride. >> that was tom costello reporting. people who go along for the ride will first have to go through three days of training and preparation. how long do astronauts train? much longer than that. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," colorado making millions of dollars after legalizing recreational marijuana. what stores are doing to make sure they don't run out of marijuana. >>> and playoff fever for the 49ers and much of

the advice you are giving is you are not saying, it is not as dramatic, not turn off your cable, kutcherd. it is not realistic. you're saying, sell yourself for one month on going to go without this, and then see where you are. the end of that month you can go back, but you might make it and be proud of yourself. >> you're going to live anyway. if we tell you to go and deprive yourself you're going to go to the far extreme. it is about realistic behavior. melissa: i love it. thank you for coming down. up next, the social experiment that many cannot wait to get in on. our very own adam shapiro is in colorado talking with people that are livinggthe high life. he is not. don't worry. you can never have too much "money." ♪ [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room above the strip mall f roble avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those o believed thehad the power to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world'great stories. that began muc

but already, 675 passengers have paid a deposit, including ashton kutcher, leonardo dicaprio, justin. the hope of virgin's richard branson, that in a few years, his daily tourist flights into space will bring the price tag down to roughly the cost of an expensive suv. >> after today's successful flight, it means we're getting closer and closer to going to space this summer, and i think we'll be giving our astronauts in waiting the ride of a lifetime. >> reporter: this was the critical test of the ship that will make it all happen, including the fold-up wings that will help slow the spaceship on re-entry. >> there's nothing else like this that you can pay the money for and get the sort of ride. >> reporter: customers who go along for the ride will first have to go through three days of training and precipitation. nbc is teaming up with virgin galactic to document this entire experience as they go higher and higher, and ultimately, into space. we'll be along for the ride. erica, back to you. >> quite a ride it will be. all right, tom costello, thanks. >> they're apparently going to wai

connell: biggest pc firm drafted ashton kutcher to its cause now they want to dominate the mobile industry. talk with bigwigs from vegas, ces 2014. dagen: from the desert to the frozen tundra. the rest of the country in such a deep freeze, temperatures compete with us in north america. more on this nasty weather gripping the nation. connell: sec chief at the center of a frontline piece coming up on insider trading on whether the rules the government has laid out are enough. we ask charlie gasparino coming up for us. stay here. connell: big gains for two drugmakers this morning. nicole petallides has those stocks. nicole: two names that may not be familiar to everybody but certainly important treatments for different elements. it has been on the rise, there it is up 78%, that is a huge move. up over 65%, but when you're looking at this one, this is for a drug about the main goal of producing symptoms in 201 2017 t drug moves forward. working on a blood cancer drug getting a payment in collaboration of $25 million. watch these two names. back to you. dagen: smart phones are going resistant.

the largest purchaser of steel, electronics, and other raw materials, and in every part of the kutcher people are -- dealerships, repair shops to model parts, the massive impact of the auto industry is felt way beyond detroit and the industrial midwest. you know, certainly the collapse of the industry would have been dealt. as some argued, it could have pushed the u.s. into depression. >> we have been showing of view is live shots of the washington of no-show, the financial times had a story. the industry's drive by sideshows. just to redo a little bit from that story. cars become more tech -- technologically advanced. the importance of the traditional car show has begun to fade. a lot to get your thoughts on the importance. >> i think there is lot of hurdles. number one, a lot of these events are being live streamed. but as many reporters are going. they do their own presentation. a lot of companies are going to the consumer electronics show to introduce new vehicles, but still, like the detroit show you have five dozen journalists. it really is moment when the financial press focuses

congress won't help, of the congress will participate, for the president to just sit there will the kutcher does not make the progress the people milanese. >> where do you see common ground between the democrats and republicans in the house? >> i think there is common ground in that everybody says they want to grow the economy. the president said he wanted to see taxes reduced on businesses that were doing in going jobs here in america. and did not want to the advantage those who were taking jobs overseas and what a to make sure that people could bring profits home. so from that standpoint i think we can reach common ground. think we ought to be able to reach common ground and cumbria's of immigration reform. 70 percent of the american people think that makes sense. the chamber of commerce this that makes sense. the afl-cio optics that makes sense. for motorists think it makes sense. farmworkers think it makes sense. angelico's think it makes sense. certainly the congress of the united states ought to agree with the overwhelming majority of the american people and interest groups sunnyside

and join the kutcher for three months. they give me 90 days. if i stay for 91i get every cell phone, health care. but people always ask me, what do i care about america. what i come to this country from the zealand to give -- to do something in your country. there are two basic reasons. the first is simple granted. my country was only saved of world war ii by the use sacrifice of your fathers and uncles and grandfathers at the battles of of canal and that currency in they're wake. that still resonates in my country today. [applause] now, i live right down at the bottom of the south pacific. people that they think we're safe. look, folks, if your country goes of the direction des alcoa dobrynin military, china is moving to our region no. there are trading the fijian military. tom is almost a client state in will be soon. a few months ago the australian minister of defence was often china for talks. of the top chinese general said to them canal is the day for a strategy to be deduced. he won an american gun father or chinese godfather? if you're

the more it will hurt its economy, the more it will hurt the living standards of people in its own kutcher. and china, like all nations, has a lot of issues that it has to deal with internally. environmental, pollution, but also economic issues with in china. the chinese people in the country of china long run will be a lot better off if they open up more transparency and the more the level the playing field it is extremely important to appoint a we make over and over again. we can compete. companies can compete. one a level playing field. >> last question will be about exactly that, a level playing field. africa, as you know cullet is a continent of immense importance to the united states, china, in the world as the greatest store aisles of remaining there are reserves for the word. the recent discoveries of oil and gas and minerals over the east and west coast has sparked a real aggressive move by china to take a dominant position. in fact, they have eclipsed the united states as they're main trading partner for africa and the demint -- dramatic investments are often done in ways that ar

my taxi cab driver was not from here originally bid he was for my country, eritrea, probably a kutcher not many people as far enough. onion the name. east africa, tiny. right about ethiopia. we just got to talking. and it really interesting story. he came over here because he wanted freedom. he came over here with a green card. he had a family member of the government to the country. the get a green card, started working in a taxi business. he started -- married, had five kids. eventually ended up working for the capitol police. he was opening of letters. the dust, the rest of the people said. niacin. he actually inspected the letters before they came into the congressional offices. hard worker, but he had a dream. his dream was to love the taxicab business. his dream was and still to the state committee wanted to open his own taxi company. one and a fleet of saddam's. we were talking about that. i worked hard. i save the money. he had five kids. gabba some. five kids. about a year-and-a-half ago he quit the government kick in october with the body of his to start a cab company. they w

once the program is approved it's become a program of the country is importing the kutcher takes ownershiprease the funding as attorney. >> reporter: >> as a key partner of the tables the notices of america if abound to support the institution to work for stability the interest of the entire, but clearly in the interest of the united states as well. there of the difficulties in those -- been a part of the world. is a key part of the united states and the key economic region in the world. if it had been in disarray everyone would have suffered as a result. i think everyone is interested, including the u.s. >> looking to the fed, what is your assessment of the impact of fed tapering on the global economy? >> it's a bit difficult to say. they're beginning now. sort of hands in may and june that there might be looking into tapering which gave us a bit of a dress rehearsal of what it might be. what in the dress rehearsal, i think it helps everyone anticipate what the outcome of the tapering could be which has helped countries, particularly emerging-market companies prepare for the provincial ta

is there a way to ascertain if these kutcher numbers to really people covered for the first time ever and now have health insurance but never had before? >> it's a really good question, and we are working on being able to provide data as to the number who were previously uninsured verses the number may have been injured before and the switching to new coverage. rio vista and that is an important issue. >> if you can work on that. you know, one side tells one side of the story. one side tells the other. usually the truth lies in the middle. when i hear how many people never had covered before lost it thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> the gentleman yields back. >> thank you. they've you for your testimony today. i promise that you will be regarded as one of many people in this administration and across this country who were on the right side and helped millions of americans get insurance. you're doing the right thing and i wanted thank you for what she do is. mr. chairman, this is getting ridiculous. my friends just won't let go. made reference to it a few minutes ago. let me tr

i never thought i would say it but ashton kutcher was intriguing, who knew. genius with a fine supporting cast. still, another movie to be a made about this is happening. steve wozniak. that should be interesting to see. more up for 2013, and i know you loved all as well. >> i did. i think it's fantastic. robert redford did a great job and he should be nominated for best actor, the way he carried that movie. >> and what a hard job that was. the way way back, fruitvale station, marvelous film, and finally, american hustle, though you didn't care about the people, it was a great sense of fun, and quickly paced. looking forward to seeing that, haven't seen that one yet. >> frozen for the entire family, one of the few movies. it's about two girls for once, and filimena,. >> i loved it and the films that you mentioned all belong on a top ten list and i think you did a fantastic job with that, it just shows the richness in hollywood this year, which is so refreshing to see. >> yes, we need it. we definitely need it. it's not lawrence of arabia and the king's speech

and you lurk in the van, i thought at least ashton kutcher would pop out. >> darlene, thank you. her 13-year-old twins. we're going to talk to all of them in a moment but first, how they became kate plus 8. ten years ago kate was expecting sextuplits with her husband john. they quickly gained traction as one of the most watched families with tlc's hit show "kate plus eight". >> very quakely we turned into two different people. >> but after years in the spotlight, kate and john went their different ways and the show ended its run. >> you want it hot or not hot? >> now as teenagers kara and maddie want to set the story straight about their family. >> kate, kara and maddie gosselin with here with all of us. we have not seen you or gotten to talk to you two in a long, long time. and you want to let the world know that you're doing okay. what would you want to say about how you and your sister and your family are doing? >> maddie, yours words. spit it out. >> it's a hard question. >> what about your kara? >> so this is their chance to talk. this is the most wordless i've heard them al