(laughter) - well, i hope your happy, joe hackett, 'cause you've made me cry. (laughter) - you know, hon, i'm a little nervous about telling them. - oh, it's not gonna be that bad. besides, brian and casey'll get over it. you know, joe, once we're married, there's gonna be a lotta things that we feel uncomfortable about. the important thing is we do them together. - you wanted to see us? - actually, joe did. (laughter) - what's goin' on? - well, okay, here it is. helen and i have decided to move in together. - whoa! (hands smack) wow! (laughter) before you get married, and you decide to live together. you so craazy! (laughter) - no, no, stop, no, no. that's not, we were just thinking that if we move in now, then when we get back from the honeymoon, we'll be all settled. - oh, that is so sweet, the two of you starting your lives together. i am so happy for you. - wait, wait, wait. don't you get it? one of us is about to get chucked out on his or her ass. - oh, no, and they wouldn't, it's me isn't it? (laughter) oh, i don't believe this, you can't just throw me o

. >> it's the most wonderful time of the year in catherine hackett's east vermotworkshop. >> been doing this a long time. my daughter is 30, so i guess you would say 31 years. it's been a really great journey. >> the smell of balsam reminds you of christmas. >> when they open the box, that smell transports them to a different time. i have gotten a lot of comments on that, that the fragrance reminds them of childhood or reminds them of a special time in their life. there's not a lot of businesses that you can do that with, actually. >> this landscaper rounds out her year's work by handcrafting the festive designs for her mail order business. >> my fvermont wreath. the tag line sums it up perfectly. the scent of vermont sent anywhere. >> we did 1,000 last year. we'll do pretty a little more than that this year. i make each one. i make every single wreath. >> all of the wreaths which are made with brush from local trees and make up a quarter of her yearly revenue take shape in a very short period of time. >> we're working in this tiny window so there's a huge amount of pressure and stress

election, but hackett to the benefit of donald trump.f line do you expect the administration to take on cyber security given these hack attacks may have helped them? serve toese stories highlight we are at a cyber security crisis point. this is an issue that has been asked the obama administration and they were never able to come up with a fully effective solution. expectedwe would have if hillary clinton had prevailed to see some progress being made would be in that regulatory space. require companies to adopt security standards -- it is possible donald trump will look into places like the commerce and somewhat ironically, that's a line president obama has pushed. thely pushing the line that solutions and cyber security will come from the industry itself. obviously a lot of open questions here. we will be watching. thank you for joining us. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. come, more to come on a chinese at maker ipo. ofember all episodes bloomberg tech are live streaming on twitter. that's all for now. this is blo

larry hackett is here with more.luck on that one but, larry, setting up to be a record-breaking year once again so what's the big story line here? >> well, it is. you're right. at about $10.7 billion right now, the record was last year's record at 11.2. i think we'll beat it and the reason why in addition to ticket prices going up the success of family movies. pictures like "sing" opening this weekend and "rogue one," "moana," the number one movie of the year, "finding dory." all of these saved the bacon of hollywood. back in june there were stories saying this year would be the worst year ever. instead one summer hit and these movie, four of the top six of the year is why hollywood is doing so well this year. >> you just named so many movies. so many choices. so what are the hits and what are the misses in your opinion? >> well, let's look at this weekend alone. "sing" coming out which i mentioned. same people that brought you "the secret life of pets." good reviews so far. i think that's the kind of picture people

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let's talk about it with larry hackett. former editor and nischelle turner.et's listen to debbie reynolds in her own words talking about what was a very loving and also very complex relationship with her own daughter. >> it's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you when you want to talk to them and you want to touch them and hold them. it was a total estrangement. she didn't talk to me for probably ten years. that was the most difficult time of all. >> but, clearly, a mother's love is like no other. they reconciled. she dies 24 hours after losing her daughter. what thoughts, larry? >> you know, when we were talking yesterday about carrie fisher it wasn't so much that she was hollywood royalty that made her interesting. she was like you. she battled her demons and had a connection to the people. no way i can embellish the irony of what happened here. clearly along the very same lines. this is not about two movie stars. this is about a mother's love for her daughter through thick and thin through all of these difficulties and appears at that last

entertainment tonight host and cnn contributor nischelle turner and former editor of "people" magazine larry hackette with you. what a year. good thing that it's over in terms of these deaths. we lost david bowie, and we lost prince. these are two artists that you say were particularly tough for their loss. why? >> because they were still incredibly active. they were still, although they were getting older they were incredibly productive. david bowie had an album that came out three days before his death. prince had thousands of hours of music in the archives. and it was shock. there's a whole litany of other rockers, it goes on and on. and i think baby boomers being who they are, they're passing away. it comes in this incredible horrific cluster this year. >> he says incredible horrific cluster. in the last week zsa zsa gabor, george michael, and carrie fisher and her mother debbie reynolds. there have been more been the past two or three weeks. >> i was thinking about this yesterday just the month of december alone, i felt like that there was a lot over and over and over again. and the end of this

joining me now is former "people" magazine editor tony hackett and the director of her play "wishfullarry, we talked just moments ago, it's unbelievable that you lose both of these stars one right after the other, one day apart. what do you make of it? >> well, there's nothing i can do to embellish the irony and the storybook nature of this. i mean, the tragedy is going to be felt all over the place. yesterday, when i was talking about carrie fisher, i said one of the things that connected her to people, yes, she was a child of hollywood royalty. however, it was in her work and her writing you could become relatable to her. she talked about her mother. she talked about her struggles. that's what made the ordinary person relate to them. what happened yesterday is going to be one of those things that people will relate to. the idea of a mother dying, call it heart break, whatever it may be, but dying as she was trying to bury her daughter something any family can relate to. yes, she was famous and yes we knew her for 70 years. that's what makes it more poignant. we saw this family grow

the hackett case in pennsylvania is the best example. >> the problem is as i read the cca opinion, it'sooking at adaptive restrantsz only and not lt deficits. and looking at the depth of the -- or how they form the intellectually disabled component. even dr. compton, the state's expert testified that mr. moore could not from memory recreate a clock. now, she says i don't quite believe that. but she doesn't quite believe that of a person who at 13's father threw him out because he was dumb and illiterate, couldn't tell the days of the week, couldn't tell time, couldn't do anything anyone would consider within an average or even a low average of intellectual functioning, who's eating out of garbage cans repeatedly and getting sick after each time he did it but not learning from his mistakes. the state's opinion does very little except say those are products of his poor environment, they are not products of his i.d. intellectual disability. >> in addition to be analyzing -- and she said there are limitations, i see, but there have to be significant limitations and she said that wasn't ther

but use the least know will get the hackett he he so if i is i. >> but he has this.and but with that disability component to testify that mr. moore could not fond memory recreate. i don't quite believe that but she did not believe that every person who let 13 because he was dumb and illiterate to. he cannot tell the days of the wheat board the months of the year or time or anything that was not considered within the average your bow average for intellectual functioning. repeated the sec. >>. >> it is not part of his intellectual disability. >> he did not have that deficits. there are sawn limitations. >> but to show up during the proceedings. and in response to the questions of what is going on and laydown in the streets. >> the house is that different? >> but the state had no problem to say even the you could work and earn a living , to 92 but also severely and dysfunctional spinet bet that the strength >> bed did is not part intense but they pledged not to address this and one but that strength of adaptive function. if you use the standard. >> no. id did not. with

larry hackett is joining us. this pope is portrayed as a borderline but compares himself to god. what is the reaction to this show? i have an idea what you're going to say. >> he smokes and drinks cherry coke so you can imagine, you know, the wrath that will fall on him. it debuted in italy to critical raves and as a former altar boy and choir boy i can assure you that, you know, as surely as the eucharist follows the homily there will be people who find this completely offensive and one more attack on the catholic church. as you saw in that clip, the catholic church has three things for drama. power, it has mystery and it has unbelievable pageantry and outfits. this lends itself to people recreating it and thinking preposterous things about it. we checked with the pope, the office -- the pope's office says he doesn't even watch television so they're not losing a lot of sleep about this but it's driving the controversy that people are going want to see it. >> well, we're talking about it. >> absolutely. >> we have to, you know, again, say this is not based on any particular pope,

rr hackett is joining us. rdis pope is ptrayed as a what ishe t reactn to this show? i have an idea what you'reoing >> he smokes and drinks cherry coke so you can imagine, you ow, thth that wil fall on him. it debutedn ita to critical ravesnd as a formerar boy d boy aur that, you ow, as surely as the eucharist follows the homily on more attack onhe clic ind for drama. power, itas mystery and it has unbelievable pageantry a outfits. this lends itself toeople prcreating it and thinking osterous things about it. we checked with th pope, the office -- the pope's office says he doesn'tven wat televisn so they're not losing aot of sleep about thisut it's driving thsye conhat people are going want to see it. >> well, wre talking about it. >> absoluty. >> we have to, you know, again, say this is not based on any particular pe, obviously. no, he's an american pope this, ght. >>co covered many popes and, of course, your great mother, the u.s. ambassador, so i saw you watchg the clip as larry was talking. what do you think? >> actually i was thinking as he was talking, pope bene

larry hackett joins us. some are questioning whether she had the midas touch. what now?ther person's gain. she owns a huge share of stock at weight watchers and now it's gone up. she took 10% of the company last year. stock went up 27% when that happened. when she made this announcement about losing 40 pounds it went up 10%, slid down to 5. she clearly still has cache. when i was editor at "people" magazine when we did weight loss stories whether kirstie alley or valerie bertinelli, these always sold well. people like to read them. the trick is going to be whether or not this holds. you know, can this be sustained? will oprah keep the weight off? will the story go on and will weight watchers get its act together. beyond the oprah part there's been executive shake-ups at the company. people are moving away from these diet programs and going to their fitbit and to free apps and things like that. so the whole weight loss business is changing. she clearly still has the cache. theres a huge reservoir of good will towards her. whether it can be sustained is what we don't know

and the headline read, call me what is concerned publicly bringing russians for hackett democrats could appear to political in run up to the elections. that's "washington post" headline. it's an interesting reticence, as you point out. congress should get your classified briefings. you should understand that hacking. there is a huge problem. we are constructing of the national state archive website a whole cyber ball to get declassified much of the subsidy documents. as michael hayden said one of the problems of cybersecurity is it was born classified. it grew up in this hothouse where it was all shielded by compartments but what we would need in our society as a robust debate that involves academics, civil libertarians, the tech companies, and this committee and is congress. we've got to open it up. that cyber vault is beginning to get populated but it needs more, it need to this congress to get into it. it needs to present the intelligence community and homeland security to is the basis of their attributions. that's the hardest part as you well know, mr. cummings. >> one last thing, m

the hackett case from pennsylvania is the best example. >> the problem is that as i read the cca opinion it's looking at adaptive strengths only and not at adaptive deficits and looking at the depth of them or how they formed the intellectual disability component. even dr. compton, the state's expert, testified that mr. moore could not from memory recreate a clock. now she says "i don't quite believe that" but she doesn't quite believe that of a person who at 13's father threw him out because he was dumb and illiterate, couldn't tell the days of the week, couldn't tell the months of the year, couldn't tell time, couldn't do anything that one would consider within an average or low average of intellectual functioning who's eating out of garbage cans repeatedly and getting sick after each time he did it but not learning from his mistakes. the state's opinion does very little except say those are products of his poor environment, they're not products of his intellectual disability. >> in addition to analyzing, she said, there are limitations i see, whether it's academic abilities or social