atari's founder, nolan bushnell, recalls a video game they created.ad one project that everyone turned down. it was a game called breakout. finally i said, "steve, hey, do this for me." and he said, "done." wozniak wasn't on the payroll and jobs was. they worked something out in the evening. two weeks later, in a project that traditionally took months, we had a prototype. in january 1976, jobs, the promoter, began pestering wozniak, the designer, to build some printed circuit boards so other hobbyists could build their own computers. we invested $1,000 and we'd have to sell 50 to profit. i said, "i don't think we'll get our money back." he said, "no, maybe we won't, but we'll have a company." if you're like me, that's reason for doing something. you don't have to justify it in some productive sense. we started as just a little play dream. for start-up capital, jobs sold his van and wozniak his calculator. soon they had a prototype. i took this blank pc board to hewlett-packard and showed it to my engineer friends. everyone was gloating over it. a few

. >>> atari is looking for more time to figure out a bankruptcy plan.e videogame maker has been on the hunt for a buyer since filing for chapter 11 in january. the atari says the outcome of the sales process will directly affect how it will repay the creditors, making it hard to come up with a plan. >>> this weekend it is all about mom. according to the mpv group, americans will spend as much as $20 billion on our moms this year. about 58% plan to spend as much as they did last year while 17% will spend even more. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. at a dry cleaner, we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. liz: bees stow -- bistros in a dorm room? this company is the owner of the second largest publicly-traded student housing unit in the country. it is called campus crest communities. it has student housing spanning across the

threatens trade atari of so against china for pricing key products to cheaply all of it's been following the tolls between the it can only try and save europe and asia. the new chinese prime minister is in germany for talks with chancellor angela merkel and trade a set to dominate those talks last year alone germany exported around sixty seven billion euros worth of goods to china and they want to see that increase in the future. has in the past made no secret about her want to call the chinese markets last year she visited beijing twice within the space of seven months and she's wanting to make sure that the trade can be done between the two countries especially considering germany's traditional markets in europe do appear to be drying up the financial crisis meaning that those countries in europe that were previously buying german exports really can't afford to do that at the moment she also perhaps has an eye on the future in a potential british exit from the european union that could see over seventy billion euros worth of exports put into doubt if great britain wasn't part of the tr

won him a position on times one hundred most influential people he has also worked on projects at atari in microsoft and he founded it research which was the first company to sell virtual reality products let's listen in to this fascinating conversation. an optimist because they see a way that advancing technology can create a stronger middle class than ever before in the past the middle class has always needed special little mechanisms to help it out because it wouldn't be stable otherwise their vote was big for ten year or licenses that sort of thing i think if we acknowledge where value comes from underage will networks it would turn out that a lot of people are valuable and we don't actually get the middle class more naturally than we have in the past so i'm actually an optimist i.e. if we keep on doing things the way we are where all the wealth of the power concentrates around whoever happens to have the biggest computer at a given time then of course it gets bleak and that's kind of what's been happening but i think we can change. ok and i wanted to get your thoughts on this in th

i stayed home with my atari for prom. >> that's a classic date. >> jimmy: what is your reaction from said, regina that's the stupidest idea i have ever heard no one will think it's funny and i said mom, the internet will think it's hilarious. >> jimmy: that is important. >> i think you are justified in my idea and she is sitting off in the corner in shame. >> jimmy: take that, mom. grab your mom for a second. pull your mom into the camera for a second. i would like -- yeah. come on, mom. pop in there for a second. i would like you to apologize to your daughter for doubting her and the next time she wants to take a machine to anything i think you should be supportive of it. yes, yes? >> we never saw the joke was going to end so far. everybody knows her now on the internet. >> everybody in real life knows me. i have people come up to me and there are lines i use when someone's annoying me do you know who i am on the internet. but since the post became big there was a girl laughing at me and i said stop laughing do you know who i am on the internet and she said, yes, actually i do and i

. >> that would be more fascinating if it did not look like atari. that is how the graphics were back...then. >> now over to the red flag warning. >> we have serious weather. during the overnight hours, we have had winds up to 74 miles per hour on mount diabolo and 44 miles per hour where some of us live. across san francisco, most of us in the low-to-mid 60's but 67 in san francisco and downtown the ferry building and presidio and veteran in portrero and 51 in ocean beach. microclimates there. as far as temperatures, we have 68 in union city and santa clara and saratoga at 61 so today we have a lot of warmth. above average highs and possible record highs today tomorrow and friday and the fire threat continues through the early evening. as far as temperatures, it doesn't look too bad but the 4th day in a row with temperatures above average, and 88 in los gatos and cupertino is the warm spot. up the peninsula, look at 86-degree highs and redwood city and los altos, and 88 and mel bray is warm at 81 and half moon bay at 73 and 75 in daly city and the t

won him a position on times one hundred most influential people he has also worked on projects at atariand microsoft and he founded research which was the first company to sell virtual reality products let's listen in to this fascinating conversation. in optimists because they see a way advancing technology can create a stronger middle class than ever before in the past the middle class has always needed special little mechanisms to help it out because it wouldn't be stable otherwise sort of always being so or ten year or licenses that sort of thing i think if we acknowledge where value comes from individual networks it would turn out that a lot of people are valuable and we don't actually get the middle class more naturally than we have in the past so i'm actually an optimist. we keep on doing things the way we are we're all the wealth and the power concentrates around whoever happens to have the biggest computer at a given time and of course it's bleak and that's kind of what's been happening but i think we can change it ok and i wanted to get your thoughts on this in the one nine hun

atari is reportedly looking for more time to figure out a bankruptcy plan.the video-game maker has been on the hunt for a buyer or buyers since filing for chapter 11 back in january. they say the outcome of the sale process will directly affect have it repays its creditors making it hard to come up with a plan. in the u.s. postal service is warning it will continue to lose money withheld from congress. this after pouring in nearly $2 billion loss during the first quarter. postmaster general says the agency is considering its options, including another possible price hike. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power prosper. ♪ ashley: a special series, the business of real estate continues with a look at an illinois company that turned an entire town around after it was hit hard by the housing crisis. jeff flock is an carpentersville, illinois. could have been going to the docks. reheard that, but it is a great story. >> reporter: yes. the company also engineering, manufacturing company that makes switches for motorola, john deere.

. >> i have an atari 600. and it still works. 25 minutes after the hour.ogy. >>> coming up this morning. flash flooding turns deadly in texas and there could be more severe weather on tap for today. >>> and a woman found dead in the home of a high profile criminal attorney. the bizarre details of that case. >>> another body pulled from the water after historic floods bury a texas community. the rain may be over but the cleanup has just begun. >>> a young paralegal found dead inside the home of her boss, a prominent criminal attorney. was this murder? >>> and havoc on the speedway. a nascar race comes to a screeching halt after a cable, a cable falls on the tracks. >> that was something. welcome being to "early start" i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. it is 29 minutes after the hour. first up, historic flooding claims the lives of three people in southern texas. san antonio has been under water since torrential downpours started on friday, and the waters are subsiding now, but the damage, it certainly remains. texas not the only part of the country

they can hog raisers were surveillance we can elevate them or think there's something called atari system which we have some of the elevated observation posts. not any one of these by itself is going to work anyway. were the highest risk is after those risks. secondly, the technology and the assets available to complement the ground forces to figure out which particular technology is most appropriate in a given area of a reporter. it ain't rocket science. in the past we have the resources. we're going to have the resources. providing those resources and making sure our input and the output of our appropriate led by senator landrieu to make sure senator coats with a chair and ranking members of the perp relations subcommittee. the other thing i'm going to say and then ask a question. somehow we have to do a better job of conveying not just the folks in mexico to want to come to our country to work, but the people in salvador, honduras, guatemala and other countries because they're squeezing bubble, squeezing the ball and we see a lot of them heading south to making life in this country is