ben anderson: no.done environmental stories and films about slave labor in to buy. -- in dubai. conflict -- i can cope there. i can get young men with weapons to open up to me. charlie: where wouldn't you go? ben anderson: i have never said no to a job. charlie: if isis said -- come, would you talk about anything you could want to? ben anderson: that is a good point. that was offered. we did a film with isis where a filmmaker had a relationship with those guys. there was talk of me going in there. which would have been me. charlie: and? ben anderson: they promised a letter with the guarantee of my safety. my problem is not a guarantee of safety, the problem was morally i had a very big problem. they take pleasure in beheading journalists and civilians. journalistically i could not see a really good reason to go. we had done the film already. we had shown the nature of these guys. we knew what they were capable of and what they wanted to do. i didn't think there was anything to gain from doing that stuf

ben: yes. charlie: i see. i assume that the militias had a directed all of their hostility towards sunni's, as well as isis. a ben: that is the big fear. in the areas where they clear out isis, they take revenge and against the sunni population. charlie: and that is the problem in the beginning. ben: yes. i think that one of the biggest mistakes of the war was allowing maliki to have a second term. a after the first, i think i feel i put that question to a ambassador crocker and he said he was the only man who would have done that job at that point. but he had a record of governing along very sectarian lines. that should have been enough. most iraqis voted for a secular coalition. but maliki was given a second term. i think that that directly led to the rise of isis. charlie: fighting isis now are acharlie: fighting isis now are shia militias. you are saying that they are often as bad as isis was in terms of beheadings, in terms of pillage, in terms of violence against women? ben: exactly. you

ben: nothing.as thinking to myself, head to the face, that he knew that we were westerners he would kick us out straightaway. in fact he did find out we were there and kicked us out. he heard that we were there to cover this operation and was very angry about it. i think that he just said -- leave, now. he later said -- it would not surprise me if he just got his men to stick a bullet in your head and tell everyone that they were killed by isis during the fighting. i have no idea if that's true or not, but we had to leave and did not get to cover the operation. charlie: talk about the fighting in iraq respect to the battle against isis. you have got iraqi militias. is he directing those militias? as you are suggesting? ben: absolutely. created and commanded by iran. absolutely. former ambassador ryan crocker, we spoke to him for the work we are doing on a rack and he said there is difference between them and isis. charlie: no difference between them? ben: terms of the way that they behave. charlie:

still love you. >> i need some air. >> ben reacts by avoiding carly for days. helps him deal with his pent up emotions. >> give it all you got. let it all out. [ screaming ] . >> it was anger, depression happiness, sadness. it was like everything really. >> reporter: how did that feel? >> it hurt but it felt really good afterwards. >> reporter: carly first told ben she was transgender years earlier when he was 13. how did that hit you? >> it was like my dad died. it was hard. like seeing my dad as a new stranger i have known for so long. >> reporter: susie says that ben lost his male role model just as he was becoming a man. >> made me furious, really furious. i wanted carly to wait. >> i would say carly waited as long as carly could wait. i feel a great sense of responsibility for the hurt i have caused. i own that. that's mine. but it doesn't change the fact i have to live my life. if what existed today would have existed 25 30 years ago. >> reporter: you would have transitioned then? >> oh yes. >> reporter: back then was different. the couple married in thei

>> obviously ben's right in terms of politics. no group comes out to vote more than -- more than the people getting these benefits and they always kill you no matter what. but it is an economic problem. it won't go away. and whoever will come up -- whoever has the nerve to come up with a cohesive plan. chris christie's idea of giving people -- i mean governor huckabee talking about giving people a flat payment. that's nuts. going to spend it all. then what? i think chris christie trying to punish people making 80 grand is nuts. it should be voluntary. it should be a saving account that you can pass on to your heirs. it should be means tested. >> oh, no. >> i think so. >> you should be able to invest it in the stock market in the top 100 companies if you want because the promise of 8% by this government is why this ponzi scheme has fallen apart. >> this is the cart before the horse. i'm telling you that social security becomes less of a problem when the economy is growing and that should be what every republican is focused on. i wi

. >> ben stein? >> i'm trying to imagine my wife, who's my whole life is captured god forbid by isis i would want to do ef possible thing to get her out of there. i would use every possible bit of leverage including the little money i have left to get her out of there. the throat of my wife having her throat cut or head cut off because of some policy is very upsetting. it's great to have a policy. i think the people involved who have knives at their throats are frankly more close to that policy. it's a distant money maker. their main money maker is oil. >> you're right. but for when they get european hostages or latin-american hostage, it is a big money maker. the government's directly involved. >> let's not let any americans go there. >> there is that. julie, what do you think? >> i agree with dagen but if this were my kid i would do everything i could, including mortgaging every ounce of what i owned to get them out of there. i think it's hard to say to these family hands off, you can't do anything

ben: that is the key. twitter has demotivate what people -- has to motivate what people are doing rather than to buy. for pinterest it makes more sense. clearly for google it make sense, too. in some ways they are catching up with amazon, but in a more social from the way. advertisers will not say i'm going to do facebook or pinterest. they will say, i will give this a try. and which is the better used or higher monetizing buy button, my guess would be pinterest in terms of her user. they're looking to buy. facebook has a lot of traffic so people will try that, too. emily: buyable pins are rolling out next month. thank you for joining us. thank you all. we have new details on fitness plans to go public. the maker of a wearable fitness tracker is seeking $478 million in ipo. meaning fitbit could reach a evaluation of more than $3 billion. and the company is hot right now. they shot up to 740 million dollars while turning a profit of $100 million, but it's not an easy sell to investors. a third of the people

to ben stein, charlie gasparino. along with julie. by the way, the very rich charles payne is off today, no doubt piling more point into his considerable pot. adda lishinsky also off, no doubt trying to find ways to take that money from said pot. my point is i'm not here to express positively or negatively on his campaign but the message is rich and proud of it. what do you think? >> look i think the message is about greatness, not just the amount of money. the message of this country in recent years is about limitation and not potential. it's about welfare and not workfare. and all this talk about if you're poor and middle class it's because others are rich and keeping you down. i love the message and i hope he keeps talking about it. >> i totally agree with gary. this is a message that's sorely missing from politicians these days. the american dream of working hard and building something and becoming successful and if you get rich in the meantime while you're doing that that is great and you are welcome to brag about it. i know trum

ben: it could well do.f people know they can curate and purchase all in the same place, they should get more users rather than less. we work with lots of advertisers. typically they say until a site has at least 50 million users in the u.s., they are not interesting in advertising in a new place. pinterest is being different more like a search engine than a social network. therefore the potential revenue per user is probably higher than with many other social networks. people are curating things rather than planning to buy things. emily: sarah, should google and amazon be worried? sarah: definitely. if you look at what pinterest has achieved, they are able to say that this certain person is interested in buying this certain thing, we can show it to them and they can click on it and buy it directly through the site. in the past, some pinners have gone to amazon and google to find that item. now they can do it directly through pinterest. emily: and as we talked about, google is working on a buy button. facebo

ben: i felt very ashamed and confused. it was the days before the internet so there was not a lot of information about this sort of thing. as i got into my 20's, i was doing well. i was doing well in my career. i was doing medical training and research training. i was increasingly uncomfortable. like many trans people, i started to think about suicide. i thought about it a lot. this is a picture of me back when i was barbara. i was 30 at that point and a bridesmaid at my little sister's wedding. i could still remember vividly just the agony that i felt, the discomfort putting on that dress, wearing jewelry and makeup. i still remember that. anyway, i did complete my training and begin my job at stanford. two years into that, i developed breast cancer. i was very confused about my gender identity, but i knew i did not like to have breasts. when the doctor said he had to do a mastectomy, i said while he were there, please take off the other breast. he was quite horrified by this. perhaps he was the first one i shared with my

i looked at the name, and it was katrina ben. last purchaser of that handgun. >> reporter: and you've got her. >> oh, yeah. it was pretty incredible. i was literally jumping up and down. >> reporter: now he just had to lasso katrina ben. easy? you decide. >> and if i was going to do something like this, it would be -- it wouldn't be like this. it wouldn't be stupid. >>> coming up -- was katrina ben a monday night girl? >> a girl who you do not take out, you do not show off and you do not introduce to your friends. she had her purposes. >> and was that a motive for murder? introducing a whole new way to enhance your eyes. it's 1-day acuvue® define™ brand contact lenses. the eye enhancement lenses that comfortably accentuate your eyes' natural beauty. ask your doctor today about 1-day acuvue® define™ brand. music: "we're good together" by cathy heller ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ double the lovin' this summer at mcdonald's with the double combo for just $2.50. ♪ i try hard to get a great shape. this... i can do easily. new benefiber healthy shape helps

emily: ben, you think they will have 25,000 suvs next year.: a lot of the hiccups are last year was then beefing up production lines to get ahead of this and get the facility in order. i think that that is a pretty conservative estimate out there. there is a lot of skepticism. again, it has been pushed a couple of times. that's why this is an exciting time. emily: the other thing that musk said is that the model x will be a better suv than the model s is a sedan. what do you make of that? matt: i don't find it hard to believe. incredible torque, incredible power, with self driving features already available. for example you can get out of the car and watch it parallel park itself. maybe it can come over and pick you up when you walk out of a restaurant. there are some pretty amazing promises. elon musk is obviously famous for talking big and then not really delivering until a much later date, but it is still a very exciting product and i think it works at hell of a lot better as an suv. emily: i love that he himself is test driving these. are

meet ben, nate, and sean.ass as siblings luke and nevada and were told the same steps for gun safety. >> stop don't touch. >> run away. >> tell an adult. >> excellent. >> hi, i'm ben. >> reporter: do you have guns in the home? >> no. >> reporter: no guns in the home. >> no guns. >> reporter: and ben's mom is pretty confident ben will not touch the gun. >> i think he'll be frightened by the situation. i think he'll stay away. >> hi, my name is nate. >> reporter: do you have guns in your home? >> we do. we do. >> reporter: you do? >> our boys have not seen the gun. and it is secured. and i grew up with guns. so we are fine with having a gun in the house for safety. >> reporter: nate's mom also thinks her son will steer clear of the gun. >> i don't think he'll touch it. >> hi, my name is sean. >> reporter: sean's mom says there are several guns in their house, all of them locked. do the kids know that you have guns in the house? >> they do. >> we always check to make sure it's empty. >> i've let them handle them.

as you pointed out, we have ben with u s. ben is a long-term colleague.e is a major scientist in my field, in brain science. also in catherine's field. he's chairman at stanford. member of the national academy of science and a transgender person. he made a decision in his 40's to undergo a bodily change. he can tell us what it was like before when he felt he was in the wrong body and how we feel about. people knew him as a scientist before he went under this change -- they can describe him interacting as a woman and now as a man. we have norman with us. norman is one of the pioneers in the united states of pediatric endocrinology. he can help people make a decision whether or not they should go one with their idea that they are in the wrong body. he has adopted a european strategy and applied it into the united states of postponing puberty subtest -- puberty so that they actually want to do and make the decisions in an intelligent fashion. the reason he wants to delete puberty -- delay puberty, is because once puberty forms it is a more radical procedure

ben vereen was everywhere.> humanitarian this cat was nobody's never friend. >> star can in "pippen." and on tv where he sang danced his way on to just about every variety show. here he is with the muppets. ♪ the consummate entertainer. but upbringing in brooklyn might as well have been a thousand miles from times scare. >> i had never been to a broadway show. it wasn't in our vocabulary. my background did not want me to be on the stage. we didn't talk about theater. we watched television. we didn't talk in my home about broadway. >> not the only thing they didn't talk about. when did you find out that you were adopted. >> i was 24 56r7b8g9s. >> vereen would never meet his fort worth mother. >> that takes the rug out from under your life. the question becomes what was wrong with me. the actor who spent decades searching from his own roots became household name when he started in the 1977tv mini series "roots." >> did you have any idea that it would be the phenomenon that it became? >> no. >> vereen played chick

this is ben watson. >> ben everybody. ben. >> hi, ben. >> your mom and dad went to the mom prom and asked, not too long ago in aston. >> yes. >> do you remember what the mom prom was a benefit for. >> fundraiser for alex's lemonade stan. >> yes good what did they bid on that got new this very spot. >> a chance to do the weather where. >> fox 29 news. >> yes. >> okay. so how old are you ben. >> eight. >> where do you get to school. >> aston elementary school. >> are you married. >> no. >> not yet. >> so ben you have to help me with the weather here, is what going on with that green stuff on the radar that is rain in philadelphia. >> rain right here in philadelphia now can you find where you live on this map. >> right there. >> aston delaware county. they just had a shower, now we are getting showers here in philadelphia. >> good news for me. >> you are going to need an umbrella is what high temperature to going to be today. >> eighty-seven. >> what will we have. >> sun and cloud storms later. >> and what about this, the se

emily: what about the battery, ben? double the power, is that enough? ben: the criticism was correct. the generator does not work the same. haired with solar it makes sense. the big story here is that we focus a lot on the residential battery when really they will be selling sales to utilities with commercial customers like target and walmart for backup power. emily: the giga factory is making progress. can we believe in their targets? matt: it is true that yunnan must does not get enough credit for his achievements, but the reason it is time and again every product he delivers he comes to market a little bit early with the beta version and problems that need to be fixed. the roadster certainly was not a product that was ready for market. i assume that the model ax and power wall will be similar. it was the same thing with the giga factory. it is not going to meet his projections and the time limit that he set, but i'm sure that in the long run it will be totally awesome and it will be given commendations, but i think that he is too fired up and excited

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ben: surprises, surprises. thank you so much. if the greek prime minister wants this deal he will have to give his anti-austerity plan on board. while lawmakers said it is tantamount to a tombstone for greece. he says he is confident that the agreement will get through. the measures include the touchy subjects of pension cuts and tax hikes. >> to his frustration for jewelry is the first thing off the shopping list of consumers when money is tight. in recent months he is been fighting for survival and now this. >> all of these taxes raising our business tax to 129% increasing sales tax, they are burning us when we are in a very bad state. we are all in the red, and i am to you at my age. it is not just is this tax that will be increased by 3%. sales tax is set for a hike. pubs and cafÉs will become more expensive for customers. will greeks continue to buy from these places? it is a balancing act less income in the economy collapses. this owner of the shop is anxious about her future. >> of course we are worried about the tax incre

ben: surprises, surprises. thank you so much. if the greek prime minister wants this deal he will have to give his anti-austerity plan on board. while lawmakers said it is tantamount to a tombstone for greece. he says he is confident that the agreement will get through. the measures include the touchy subjects of pension cuts and tax hikes. >> to his frustration for jewelry is the first thing off the shopping list of consumers when money is tight. in recent months he is been fighting for survival and now this. >> all of these taxes raising our business tax to 129% increasing sales tax, they are burning us when we are in a very bad state. we are all in the red, and i am to you at my age. it is not just is this tax that will be increased by 3%. sales tax is set for a hike. pubs and cafÉs will become more expensive for customers. will greeks continue to buy from these places? it is a balancing act less income in the economy collapses. this owner of the shop is anxious about her future. >> of course we are worried about the tax incre

ben: you would be surprised. about individual conversations with ceos but i have had quite a few over the years. there is a set of them who have done quite well because they played by the rules and they did it right and they put the customers first. erik: every firm has been held accountable. ben: the vast majority have not actually and i think we created an environment where if you want to do well in new york and you want to compete in new york, the very best thing you can start off by doing as have a great product, treat your customers well and make sure your compliance is very tight. erik: what is next for wall street as far as regulation goes? ben: i think they will be a huge focus on cyber security for the next year or two. i think we have to resolve the remaining foreign exchange cases and i think there is a whole aspect of those cases around electronic trading that we have been focused on and that will take some time to shake up. erik: how was the now former superintendent of financial services in new york

ben: back over to sarah with more international news. we will have more business later on in the show. sarah: let's look at the other stories making headlines around the world. germany has offered security assistance to tunisia in the wake of the beach shootings. the prime minister said berlin will help to ensure the safety of tourism. 38 people were gunned down. the 35-year-old confessed to the gas factory crime, admitted to the heading his boss before ramming his van and to the land -- into the plant causing an explosion. you are watching dw news. still to come in our show. all eyes are on london as one blend gets underway. taking a look at the top tennis tournament. all that and more in one minutes time. go away. -- don't go away. sarah: welcome back. you are watching dw news and these are our top stories. the greek prime minister alexis tsipras says that he does not think -- his government's rejection of bailout he is hoping for a no vote. german chancellor angela merkel says that she is ready to reopen talks. the european commission

all of our bridges are moving just as easily as ben. we have a lot of good news. as we continue maybe catching a flight out of town or picking up someone at the airport thinks i-95 outside phl in, delays at airport or i-95. happy to know even in south philadelphia we are looking good on i-95. i will say that we are starting to feel a little bit of the rumbling of the rush hour on i-95 southbound at girard and will only get bigger from there. we have in bound delays due to amtrak work for wilmington

to be 48 to ben carson, he may have been talking about britney spears' video "slave4u."s carly fiorina. you got mike huckabee, who i assume is running just to amuse me personally. jeb bush is going to announce on june 15th. sorry, jeb, but i saw the first two movies, and you need to stop remaking this. all right. george pataki, i don't know who that is. seriously. rick perry, didn't he have a funny name for his house or something? was it like figure head ranch ginger head ranch. what was it? oh yeah. right, right, [bleep]. and we got lindsey graham worse nabisco treat ever. all right. that's okay. i'll keep going. finally rick santorum pulling at the same percentage as reduced fat milk. i would have gotten it. you know let's talk about rick santorum for a second. okay? he recently made the pope his, like archnemesis. here's what he said last week. he was asked about pope francis' call to action against climate change. >> the church has gotten it wrong a few times on science. i think we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists. >> okay. no, i know. here's

plus, meerkat ceo ben ruben is here.ou can check him out live on the app and live in the studio next. ♪ cory: i want to get back to that breaking news, news out of upstate new york sang one of the two inmates and that dramatic escape from prison has been killed. this was reported just a little while ago, one of the two convicted killers they have been hunting for three weeks of course, looking for these guys one shot and killed. richard matt was killed. david sweat is still on the run. the official was not authorized to talk to the public, but did talk to the associated press. the new york times had a similar source. new york governor andrew cuomo said that richard matt and david sweat used our tools to escape from prison. cut a hole in the law, leading to one of the biggest manhunts we have had in new york state ever. both of them had life sentences. one of them, that life has ended. david sweat still on the run. it is time for the daily byte, one number that tells us a lot. 50 as an 50%. that is how much 24m says it ca

i agree with bens. i don't think gun laws and even the strictest of gun laws relative to what was proposed would have stopped this from happening. that doesn't mean this isn't an opportunity to say, hey, we can do better. and that's the the issue here. i disagree with ben's assertion. i disagree with ben's assertion that president obama had the votes. president obama never had the votes because six to nine democrats said we're not voting for this because of our states. it's problematic to assume all of them will vote the same way. given how complex gun issues are, particularly in places like the south, where it's cultural as well as political. >> all right, guys. >> ben, i got to get a break in here. i got to get a break in here. we're going to come back. we're going to talk about the continuing debate going on around the confederate flag. where it stands in south carolina. that that's next. the turtle cove fin club. the team jet runners. what we do is fun. but so is what comes next. in fact what origin

charlie: let me begin with 10. -- ben.ell me the experience you went to -- the experiments you went through. -- the experience you went through. benl:: i think my experience was typical for other transgender people. i was about four or five years old when i started to feel like a boy. i felt like a boy, i played with little boys, i preferred boys toys, i remember dreadfully wishing that i could be in the cub scouts and boy scouts. every halloween i would dress up as an army man or a football player erie it it also -- football player. it all seemed normal to me. as i got into middle school, i did start to feel more and more uncomfortable with this. i did not feel i should have breasts. i did not feel comfortable at all wearing dresses, makeup, jewelry and it became increasingly uncomfortable when i got into high school. i started to be teased more by kids. i had a lot of confusion about my gender and i felt ashamed of it. i never spoke with friends or family about it at all. charlie: no one. ben: no. i felt ashamed and conf

senator ben cardin: this is very helpful. very helpful. i want the councilman to have a chance here. i was going to share with you a study that was done in baltimore about two years, a year and a half ago. a study of life expectancy by that code. i don't know the left expectancy in the zip codes you mentioned but it varies by as much as 30 years. depending where you live. 30 years! that's a pretty dramatic difference. now, there is not one cause for that. some of it is violence. some of it is not have a healthy food. some of it is not having recreational facilities, not having health care facilities. there are reasons why we have serious issues. so we have to deal with that. what, i'm going to give you -- nick, i'm going to give you a chance. are you in our area? he represents the council. it is nice to have him here. >> thank you, senator. we understand the structural issues that plagued this community. the one thing i keep leaning on his one-time rahm emanuel said the worst thing you can do is wake in crisis. i think the lens of the worl