barton: thank you. now we want to recognize congressman from corpus hristi, texas, mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: thank you, chairman barton. it's great to be here to talk a moment or two about my good friend, ralph hall. when i was first elected to congress a few years back, ralph was one of the first people that i met being a texan and he has the kindest heart and always has a smile on his face and a good joke ready at hand. people ask me, what do you see your career as congress, who do you look up to, where do you see your career in congress going think? said, i might want to grow uper to ralph hall. then -- grow up to be ralph hall. then some of his adversaries said he was too old to be in congress and ralph jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. i had to rethink of growing up to be ralph hall after he jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. but it's a testament to the dedication and courage he has. ralph was committed to serving texas and the folks that he represented and he would go to any len

barton: thank you.to yield five minutes to the distinguished congressman from colin county, congressman sam johnson. -- collin county, congressman sam johnson. mr. johnson: thank you. i rise to appreciate ralph hall. it's been said, quote, a hero is someone who has given his or her life to someone bigger than ones self-. ralph embodies these -- one's self. ralph embodies these word. he's a fierce protector of freedom and a great conservative. he is a shining example of all that is great about america and the great state of texas. ralph and i have known each other for a very long time. i won't say how long. we are blessed to represent neighboring districts, and there's no greater friend and ally in congress than ralph. we have worked together on a number of issues. recently, i was pleased to help ralph with a zebra mussel water bill. that is a bill that provided clean water to north texas. now, ralph is known both around the hill and back at home for his sense of humor. you might say that's why he's neve

>> with his arm around the woman, barton waits until an ambulance arrives.hen he gets back on the bus, it's to a rousing round of applause. [ applause ] barton finishes his bus route for the day and heads home. things are back to normal. that is until barton's employer takes notice of the video and decides to share it with the public. within a couple of weeks, the video becomes a worldwide sensation. >> i remember getting a text message, hey, man, you are trending on something -- i didn't know what that meant either. said, that's cool. not knowing what it meant. and the mayor made may 7th barton day. i'm a private person. so this is culture shock for me. i'm truly honored. >> billionaire businessman donald trump gets wind of the story and sends out a tweet that makes a generous offer to barton for $10,000. >> this is very special and he's a special guy. he has to be rewarded for that. >> i'd like to say i'm going to -- i don't know buy a bentley but i am going to pay bills and, you know, i don't want to take some of the money and start something that is long

barton was not one to panic and skedaddle. at the end of the day found barton can buy gunpowder, her skirt tale penned about her waist, her hair jumble. when the doctors complain that lack of light discontinue the surgery she summoned -- from her wagon. one doctor soon wrote to his wife that in my feeble estimation general mcclellan's with all his laurels sinks into insignificance beside the chu heroin of the angel of the battlefield. by way of beside this is a period picture that alexander gardner took of the battlefield. when i it was put on display in new york at matthew brady's gallery, and it wasn't anywhere near the size, people use magnifying glasses to look at them. it was very detailed and the first they had seen that suggested the terrible carnage of the war. in antietam alone the casualties amounted to 25,000 men. the images i have been showing you by the way are of clara barton's house in clinical maryland. is that a little better? now the time has come to get to the most important like it or not, out of bed. briti

barton: thank you. with that i want to yield five minutes to the distinguished congressman from colin county, congressman sam johnson. -- collin county, congressman sam johnson. mr. johnson: thank you. i rise to appreciate ralph hall. it's been said, quote, a hero is someone who has given his or her life to someone bigger than ones self-. ralph embodies these -- one's self. ralph embodies these word. he's a fierce protector of freedom and a great conservative. he is a shining example of all that is great about america and the great state of texas. ralph and i have known each other for a very long time. i won't say how long. we are blessed to represent neighboring districts, and there's no greater friend and ally in congress than ralph. we have worked together on a number of issues. recently, i was pleased to help ralph with a zebra mussel water bill. that is a bill that provided clean water to north texas. now, ralph is known both around the hill and back at home for his sense of humor. you might say th

. >> thank you so much, mark barton on the green. areng up, the british taking wagers ahead of the chancellor's autumn statement. the color of from his tie to how well his speech is received is on the table. how the brits are gambling on osborne. our twitter question of the day -- >> will you watch osborne's autumn statement? let us know. we are back in just a couple minutes. ♪ ." welcome back to "the pulse we are live on bloomberg tv on radio. >> in a few hours, george osborne delivers his autumn statement. the latest forecast has the deficit closer to 100 billion pounds, much higher than anticipated. so, walk-through the reduction plan into a lower gear. crunch the numbers is the program director of the institute for fiscal studies. is there anything announced today that is going to move the dial when it comes to the deficit? >> i think the big picture is that today won't really change anything. we are halfway through a nine fiscal tightening plan. there is a large hole that needs to be filled. today's numbers perhaps are slightly

. >> i'm mark barton. don't expect any major pre-election giveaways because of the deterioration in the public finances. there will be measures to support more business on top of the extension of the funding scheme. will we see an overhaul of the in the u.k.?stem i will be asking that question in about 40 minutes time. back to you in the studio. , we have got an exclusive interview with the chief executive of club med soon to be speaking in paris. its takeover bid for club med. an interview you do not want to miss. >> let's return to our top story. the last big chance to shake up the nations economic agenda. judge osborne will deliver a range of measures with one eye firmly on voters. what will be in the statement? osborne has announced an extension of a program intended to help small and medium-sized businesses. what other announcements can we expect? mark barton is outside westminster and. how constrained is osborne? the public finances are not getting any better, are they? there are borrowing from april

. >> mark barton came in and the art chart ranked and stay tuned for that.edwardsnews, is she a good driver? >> no but he is qualified to answer this question -- nobody is qualified to answer this question. >> we caught up with victoria's secret angels ahead of their multimillion dollar london debut after the break. ♪ >> welcome back. i am mark barton. >> i am definitely manus cranny. lufthansens a -- says it expects a pilot strike. travel on long flights from germany and they will not be affected for the 36 hour walkout which ends today at midnight on german time. it is the latest industrial action over pilot retirement benefits. russia was asked to retract a statement about nondairy companies using nondairy fats. they said the use of plant oils instead of raw milk is hurting local russian farmers and they and the allegations that saying it is deeply insulted by the minister comments. raised its international takeover bid for club med. out're trying to edge global resorts by $.50. the offer stands it 23.5 euros per share in their -- pledging to ask banded c

let us know about your booze intake. , at mark barton. right up, it is the bart charged time. -- chart time. that is after the break. stay with us. >> it is time for the chart. how long can i hold a summons for dramatic effect. it depends on if you live in europe or the united states. the chart compares gasoline in europe and the united states began thet crude oil collapse. fall has been since the end of june. purple since june. line at the top according to european commission data. 27% is according to data with the automobile administration. that is the green line. the other line is european and gasoline, excluding tax. that shows a drop. the head of commodity strategy in cup and hagan sums it up perfectly. he says that two thirds of the price he pays -- we pay in europe is tax at the pump. he goes on to say that the changes are movements in crude oil. it is an outright level, rather than a price. here are the figures. four dollars a barrel. in the u.s., and amounts to $.49 a gallon, according to data. there you go. the oil decline, to u

interesting times for britain's water utilities. >> thank you very much, mark barton.hree top headlines you need to pay attention to. fallen below $60 a barrel, extending this week's losses to almost 10%. the move comes as opec refuses to cut output, defending market share. brent also slid to its lowest price since 2009. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a $1.1 trillion government spending bill. the senate now has two days to pass the legislation. the package has been criticized by democrats because it rolls back some restrictions on banks. stocks in japan rose this morning. the nikkei closing up 114 points. index down more than 3% ahead of elections this weekend. shinzo abe's coalition is forecast to win. for more on that story, shery ahn filed this report from tokyo. >> abe is on course to become japan's longest-serving prime minister in decades. we had several polls this week saying that abe's liberal democratic party may get more 475 votes in the lower house in this election. they may get around 317 seats. the nikkei putting that number higher. what that

they gained twitter followers. >> i mean, i'm wondering, maybe barton, this is for you, is this just preview to what could happen next year? imagine this had been disney coming up with the "avengers" and "star wars" movie at the end of next year and things like that getting released we would be talking about huge financial consequences. >> that's a tremendous question. the issue of piracy and movies is something that's a growing concern as more stuff is digitally consumed. today the episodes have been confined to the niche movies, lions gate had an episode with "the expendles" i think they believe dinged their box office a little bit. digital allows you to open up emerging markets like china that have been really closed because of piracy. you can sell things on-line there. so i think there's kind of a double edged sword here. clearly there's a technology arms race, the industry is fighting to stay on top of this. you wouldn't want to see "star wars" 7 before it comes out in december of next year. >> when you think about how big a month december is for the media industry and the fact

barton: thank you. with that i want to yield five minutes to the distinguished congressman from colin county, congressman sam johnson. -- collin county, congressman sam johnson. mr. johnson: thank you. i rise to appreciate ralph hall. it's been said, quote, a hero is someone who has given his or her life to someone bigger than ones self-. ralph embodies these -- one's self. ralph embodies these word. he's a fierce protector of freedom and a great conservative. he is a shining example of all that is great about america and the great state of texas. ralph and i have known each other for a very long time. i won't say how long. we are blessed to represent neighboring districts, and there's no greater friend and ally in congress than ralph. we have worked together on a number of issues. recently, i was pleased to help ralph with a zebra mussel water bill. that is a bill that provided clean water to north texas. now, ralph is known both around the hill and back at home for his sense of humor. you might say th

. >> and i am mark barton.oday,up on "countdown" these days vital records are big is this in vintage chic. 2014 has been a year of sales for vinyl albums selling across the one million mark for the first time in two decades. find out which driving the revival will little bit later. >> russian president vladimir putin reassuring his nation's economic relief will come in two years and one western leader is helping his case. >> german chancellor angela merkel and david cameron complies,russia french president francois hollande broke ranks from his eu counterparts saying in use in sanctions is possible. i consider that if the gestures rusher is making what we are waiting for, there is no reason to enact any new sanctions. on the contrary, they will allow us to start the escalating the situation. >> barack obama signing legislation that gives him the power to impose more sanctions. the u.s. president said he would only act in line with european allies. joining us now to discuss all of this is our russian expert, rya

right now you can always find me at mark barton tv. christmas coming early for americans, they got an upward revision of gdp. the u.s. comes back and it doesn't stop there. we'll talk about the world's biggest economy and what is to come in 2015. stay with us. ♪ >> u.s. gdp jumped the most in a decade. my guest says growth in the world's biggest economy could even exceed expectations. investment fidelity management. thanks for joining us today. were you even surprised by that blockbuster u.s. gdp number for the first quarter? >> that is a quite incredible number. way the boost of consumption that's going to come from the sharp decline in oil prices is already coming true. year, we expect the ,.s. to be a bright force again growing somewhere above 3% with housing accelerating, with the consumer growing at a faster pace. >> what does that mean for interest-rate policy? how soon is the federal reserve going to press the buttons to reserve -- to raise interest rates? inflation is actually moving in the other direction. they want to make su

lee, clara barton and frederick douglass. this is about an hour. >> good evening. i'm from the presidential library. i'm really glad you guys are here. i have been looking forward to this because this book, houses of civil war america is freely fascinating. anyone who likes to travel is going to places where people live that have been so tied to history. i think just going to abraham lincoln's home. almost you walk in and some of the dark wallpaper and defiance of the time just kinds of things to take you back into the time that you've kind of got in a sense of the people from the places they've lived. what is really neat is how he took on architecture. his first book, the preservation was a collection of profiles. that was taking a look at the architectural biography and he partnered with roger straus to take the photograph and was followed is a series of books that are not only stunning to look at but fascinating to read. we had the houses of the founding fathers as one of the things looking at the founding fathers fathers and the houses they've lived in. he's wr

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and canada together, which congressman barton just spoke about.we have had a remarkable increase in production, and it's very important to look upon this through a north american lens, but it is this north american lens that is so stable. and it is this rapid run-up in production, particularly if you include natural gas liquid, that has made a remarkable change. next slide. now, you can see prices have come down. but i don't think we quite understand what this means. the reduction in price, and i've testified here many times, where members have said, well, you know, we know if we open the ban more, if we do x or y we'll get more production, but opec will just cut production, the price won't come down. well, the price has come down. and this price decrease is an enormous benefit to the world economy. the world consuming centers are going to get a savings of approximately $1.3 trillion next year if these prices persist. the american driver, who spends about $3,000 a year in gasoline, is going to get an $800 savings. this is an enormous boom and bene

also, the rail service that connects the downtown area to the eastern suburbs go through barton placeit's one of the busiest rail stations in the city. it was a busy time. in terms of a time to make such attack, it could not have been better in that sense. >> in addition to that, we have to talk about the shock for the australian people, the first attack of its kind in australia for decades. >> the last attack was back in 1978, what was known as -- it was a bomb that went off at the meeting of the heads of government. one person was killed, 11 others were injured. in terms of terrorist attacks on australia, it has been quite minimal. the big worry is the number of australians who are fighting for the islamic state in syria and iraq. security and intelligence services estimating its around 70 -- estimating it is around 70. this is a point of major worry for the government. another issue is the impact it has had on australia's muslim communities, which numbers around 2.2% of the population. it has caused very front tensions within -- very fraight -- fraught tensions within the community

but it is age we live in. >> professor greg barton, many thanks indeed for your time.news have their offices literally just opposite this cafe. one reporter chris reason was at the scene. he's been following events. >> there's a cafe just next door to the one that has become the center of this siege situation. and we saw it around quarter to 10:00 this morning, all of the activities breaking out around the cafe and everyone went closer for a look and the police were quickly there and pushed us all back. it wasn't until we saw the hostages up against the windows that we realized just how serious this was and when we saw the now famous black flag being held up by one of the hostages with arabic writing on the front that it took far more severe and serious turn. at that point, the police effectively evacuated our building. we live in a glass fish bowl of a newsroom that looks out over the martin place in front of us, and they decided it was simply too unsafe to allow staff to stay there. so the 200 or so of us were e c evacua evacuated. as were many of the people surround

barton for five minutes. >> thank you. >> i want to welcome mr. flores. glad to you have here. >> i didn't see him. from oklahoma. glad to have him here. i see mr. barrow over there. he's a member who's not going to be here next year. his state is the peach state. do we have a ban on exports of peaches? yes or no? okay. we have mr. mckinley up here. do we have a bonn on the export of coal? we have miss caps from california. do we have a ban on the export of movies? i think so. we got mr. pompeo and mr. terry. do we have an export on corn? i was saving that for last, mr. chairman. my point is that there are -- in a free market economy like the united states, there are almost no commodities or products that we have a ban on. we are the free market nation in the world. they banned exports of crude oil to the united states in the '80s. and we retaliated. and also requiring that no crude oil with few exceptions could be exported from the united states. that made some economic sense and some strategic sense in the 1970s. but this isn't the 1970s. one of the key

and canada together which congressman barton to just spoke about, we have had a remarkable increase in production. it's important to look upon this through a north american lens because it is this north america lends that is so stable. and it is this rapid run up in production particularly if you include natural gas liquid that has made a remarkable change. next slide. now, you can see prices have come down but it don't think we quite understand what this means. the reduction in price, and i've testified your many times where members have said, well, you know, we know mr. pugliaresi we opened up anwr and will get more production that opec will cut production and the price will come down. the price has come down and this place decrease is an enormous benefit to the world economy. the world consuming centers are going to get a savings of approximately $123 trillion next year if these prices persist. the american driver spends about $3000 a year in gasoline, is going to get an $800 savings. this is an enormous boon in benefit to national economy to the world economy, and it's being delive

and the i'm looking across the river over at the clara barton. it's at a standstill. back to you. >> we need people to breathe deeply tonight on the way home. >> that's for sure. >>> tonight, montgomery county police plan to execute a search warrant at the rockville condo where a woman was murdered. crime scene technicians are still on the scene at old georgetown road. police got a call around 10:00 this morning that there had been a death in the building. the victim's name has not been released but police say she was stabbed to death and they're questioning her roommate. >> we're interviewing a roommate who is identified as a female in her 50s. she was present when police arrived. >> reporter: police described this as a closeable case. detectives do not believe this was random and they say there is no danger to the community. >>> $6.2 billion, that is how much president obama wants from congress to step up the fight against ebola. he put in that request about a month ago and today the white house tried to put new pressure on lawmakers to approve that emergency fundin

and i remember bringing over congressional records from years past and as joe barton said he, served weapon -- he served with -- said, he served with 2,500 members here. when you go through the journal with some of the big votes, like the voting rights act and going through what the members said on that particular day. he was a fair chairman. always went by the rules. had a command of the issues. a brilliant staff. still their loyalty exists today. and of course the light of his life, the lovely debra. a great person who we know is going to be taking his place, serving those 700,000 people in the next congress from soviet michigan. -- from southeast michigan. when you look at his life he served his country from the first day until today. a world war ii vet, something he has always been so, so proud of. chairman of the most pow everyful committee here in the house. but in addition to -- of the most powerful committee here in the house. but in addition to all that, e's been a friend, a father, a husband, a colleague, whose word has always been his bnd and who has defined the very utmos

we have gone into overdrive because mark barton has the 1000y breached level on twitter.ts me to shame in terms of numbers. >> patience. benjamin franklin. adhere to should that. plummeting oil prices and the ruble in freefall. it's not an ideal backdrop for vladimir putin to take to the podium today for his annual press conference but our next guest says the worst is will to come for russia. stay tuned for that. ♪ >> i see no exit strategy for him. he is there for life. he cannot leave the kremlin. >> you don't see him gone? and how nobody knows including him. what is important for us is to convey the message to his inner circle, the russian ruling elite that putin is the problem. there is no solution to be found while he's there. champion world chess garry kasparov saying in his view vladimir putin is the problem for russia. putin heads to the world stage in his annual press conference today. what can you say to his country as they fall deeper into economic crisis and his currency collapses? our next guest is professor of economics at the institute or political study an

texas republican congressman joe barton plans to introduce such a big tomorr bill tomorrow. the measure is given almost no chance to pass as lawmakers worry about fuel prices and cost to refiners. the export ban was passed in the 1970s after the arab oil embargo created food shortages. >>> cheaper oil means cheaper gasoline. the latest survey shows a gallon of gas has dropped a whole dollar since early may. that's the lowest price in more than four years. in the past two weeks regular gasoline prices have fallen another 12 cents, says lumberg. and aaa found that the average price for a gallon of regular today, $2.67. and it should keep falling now to five-year lows pretty soon. >>> and now to some merger news. drug company and dow component merck announcing a major acquisition today of drugmaker cubist pharmaceutical. in a down market, the news sent merck shares up fractionally and cubist stock soaring 35%. meg terrell explains why the deal is putting renewed attention on an often ignored part of the drug market. >> drug giant merck is making a big move in an area abandoned

over on your approach to the dumb barton bridge an accident affecting the left hand lane. just take it nice and easy out there. that's your kcbs traffic. >>> the north bay getting drench just like all of us. ryan is up in laxerburg. take it away. >> all of us, not you. hey frank. it's been raining consistently all morning. we saw a couple of expeyton mannings where -- example of hydro planing areas. from san francisco cross the golden gate bridge, this must have been before that car hydro planed on the golden gate bridge. we took it very slow, about 30 miles an hour and we made it here. here at the ferry terminal, plenty of the commuters said they didn't want to mess with driving across that bridge s it makes it very nice. it's a much more civilized commute even when it's dry and sunny out. >> if i'm on a bike and i can take a reliable transit, that's how i get around.? yep, more civilized. it's going be much easier for them. they can sit back and relax and don't have to worry about the morning commute. >>> meat that was slammed on the sidewalk did not get served to custom

barton, that is true.t costco even higher if this content costco even higher if no flex was to be a player and grabbing that shorter timeframe? and spendingtflix $3.5 billion, they're doing a ton of things. a lot of it is working well. you can see that any subscriber growth. each million subscribers they add drives $109 of an criminal conservation cash flow to the bottom line -- $100 million of incremental cash flow to the bottom line. when they level that out, the trick is at the equilibrium point where the last kind of 12 million or 13 million go straight to the bottom line instead of the incremental contact. are they doing things different? yes, they are expanding the view of movies. they are signing just to get that i think is an interesting thing. i don't think it necessarily transform the industry, but it does fall flow into the very that subscribers are signing up for netflix. >> the business is very different than two years ago. the offerings they have are two -- are different. we cannot just extra

i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. also, talking the deficit. george osborne tells charlie rose that the u.k. is a front runner in the world economy. u.k., weularly in the have a budget deficit, even though it has come down by half. our debt to gdp is too high at 80%. we want to be in the front ranks of economic nations. >> russia's currency is in crisis, and its economy is unraveling. the ruble plunged to its lowest ever against the dollar despite the central bank's efforts to stem the route with its biggest interest rate hike since 1998. there is the dollar-ruble over the last two days. it touched 80 yesterday, coming .own to around 71.75 today still, the russian prime minister held an emergency , deciding not to consider currency controls. the economy minister insists the moves are not reflective of the country's fundamentals. of course, everything we've been talking about is on the stabilization of the ruble. ratelieved its exchange does not correspond with the fundamental macroeconomic development. we see how it breaks away from the oil pri

. >> i mark barton and these are the bloomberg top headlines.ntified a $15 billion shortfall in its bailout and warns the country faces financial collapse. that is according to a report in the financial times. says the additional cash would come on top of the $17 billion announced in april. people briefed about the warning say the gap has opened up because of a contraction in ukraine's domestic output and the collapse of exports to russia. >> president obama said the u.s. government made some "terrible mistakes" in authorizing torture of suspects in the aftermath of the september 11 attacks. he said the techniques used including waterboarding and sleep deprivation did not extract better information than that gained in other ways. the releasefollowed of a senate report on cia interrogation. that any fair-minded person looking at this would say that some terrible mistakes were made in allowing these kinds of practices to take place, and part -- in part because study after study has shown that when people are tortured, beaten, put in a position of

i mark barton in london. these are the bloomberg top headlines.inister is concerned that crude oil prices will correspond with global demand. he told a conference in abu had beent a glut created by a lack of participation with producers outside of opec. prices rose 5% last week. an exclusive interview with bloomberg, lithuania's finance minister says international markets already see his country as part of the eurozone. lithuania joins the eurozone at the start of january. rimantas sadzius says there will be great advantages to adopting the euro. >> advantages. better competitiveness. better business climate. in the economic region. greece's prime minister has offered a compromise to ensure presidential elections go smoothly. >> after the presidential elections, we can and large the government coalition with personalities that believe in the european perspective of the country so the next age will find us more united. >> big day for airbus, its first a350 airliner will be handed over to qatar airways. plane is a direct competitor tebowing's dreaml

another departed catcher derek barton joins cespedes mark.now. # tenth homer goes to the padres in exchange the a's receive two right-handed pitchers. jesse hahn you will see him here. pretty good report 7-4 with a bad team in san diego. 3.87 era. you'll have to wait and see on the young pitchers how that works out. >>> and the men in teal have themselves a little win streak going. see how they pulled it off. sharks in sports two, next. (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> all right once a sure thing jam packed out every night at the tank. tonight though marks the tenth consecutive nonsell out for the sharks. but they will return. big time if they start seeing this brand of hockey put out there every night by san jose. wake up tommy wen gels. tied things in the fourth, 3-3.

claire barton at glen echo, the right lane blocked because of a trash that still happened. 56 and 95 moving along. 95 in virginia in 10 minutes. >>> an air bag manufacturer prepares to get grilled on capitol hill. why they are unhappy with the company's response to the recall. >>> 'tis the season to the gorgeous holiday sweaters. you only wear them once, right? >> i love a sparkly snowman. no, that's not even a snowman. >> just switch it right t >>> welcome back at 5:15. today lawmakers on capitol hill will grill a company behind the air bag recall. takata senior vice president will testify before a congressional panel. the firm has refused to comply for an expanded nationwide recall. they can explode and shoot shrapnel when deployeded. so far 16 million vehicles worldwide are affected. >>> new york avenue northwest is what ferguson protesters shut down overnight. the road is open again right now. police arrested one man who may have been impersonating an officer. you can follow nbc washington on twitter for pictures and information as things are happening. in ferguson, michael brown

dave barton, way funnier. >> you made it bigger than them because -- >> i had to work harder at it. comedy didn't just pour out of me. i had to think about it intellectually. just being liked, i never did anything well until i got on stage. >> you found your home. >> it was a calling. there was nothing i did well. to this day, my friend mario, his nickname for me is just jokes because i suck at everything else. >> what do you want to do that you have not come to grips with yourself in terms of your future? you have a successful movie that people say is you. you hosted the oscars. >> i have posted the oscars. >> you do great stand up. >> that was a dream. i like being the guy who hosted the oscars. >> thank you. congratulations. >> thank you for doing our movie. it is our movie. we will always have it. ♪ . . . >> he made his name as a top tech analyst on wall street, leading coverage of the amazon ipo. then, bill gurley made his way to the promised land of silicon valley, launching a venture capitalist firm, joining venture capital in 1999. almost right away, the bubble burst. bill g

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more people using clara barton, canal road, using lee highway, 66 inside of the beltway to get toward rosslyn. northbound lanes are open. inbound 14th street bridge, your early lineup on to the eastbound freeway near 12th street there's a crash that blocks the left side of the roadway jamming things up on 395 north. then d.c. 295 south leaving eastern avenue and out of cheverly, you're jammed to the inbound 11 rght street bridge. -- 11th street bridge. got to slow it down in the rain. >>> the boeing company and the federal aviation administration are being blamed for a series of missteps which led to a fire aboard a 787 dreamliner. >> that's according to federal safety investigators. the fire broke out on the japan airlines plane at boston's logan airport. no passengers were on board at the time. the entire fleet of dreamliners was grounded for almost four months after a similar fire in another jet. poor design and manufacturing caused the battery fire. they also blame the faa for failing to identify design defects. >>> we gave you a heads up yesterday. metro is about to face a seriou

quite a good place this clara barton, mathew brady nexus. this contest began even before lincoln's assumption of office and the two women sparred dramatically throughout wartime washington. more of kate's story can be gleaned from john aller's new book, american queen, the rise and fall of kate chase sprague which tells us as much about society in 19th century america as it does about this woman's fascinating life. rumors in washington suggest that the chase/lincoln feud had its roots in the earliest days of the lincoln administration. the lincolns made their way slowly to washington via train in the early weeks of 1861. the couple visited at the home of governor william dennison of ohio on february 13th the day after lincoln's 52nd birthday. the president-elect enjoyed a speech at the capitol and then they spent the eke being entertained, including a military ball. some have suggested the ohio stopover initiated this battle between the women as rumors circulated that mrs. lincoln was angered by her husband's dancing with a beguiling 20-year

texas congressman joe barton points out takata's production of replacement parts won't cover all thed vehicles. >> do you think that's acceptable? >> not speedy enough. >> as you heard, congress suggested carmakers should give dealers and drivers loaner cars. they can't fix the recalled airbags right away. here in philly, lawyers are pushing takata to hand over proprietary information about how it makes airbags so other manufacturers can increase production. if you want to see if your car is affected, just go to our website, nbc10.com. we have a complete list there along with statements from some of those manufacturers. for the investigators. nbc 10 news. >> all right, thank you, mitch. >>> a woman died when a gas leak caused her house to explode. then another nearby building to catch fire in northeast pennsylvania. investigators believe the vir incident unfolded just after 2:00 this morning when a water mane break near done moore lackawanna county, utility crews there believe the water main break may have triggered that gas leak. the house exploded around 3:45 killing a woman who li