bill baldwin, talk to me real quick about apple vs.nt business. >> i'm a little bit afraid that the asian engineers are getting the american disease. they're going to end up spending more money on patent lawyers, less money on the engineering. that's really sad. >> is it true that, i mean, apple's had its stockmarket troubles. we all know that. these, in fact, the older foerngs we don't have to worry the newer phone, there are no patent problems? >> i think the market is smart enough to realize apple's success depends on things moving too fast to patent you get a six-month lead on your competition, not a 17-year lead. the pat tent is almost irrelevant. >> samsung has given them a run for their money, is that fair? >> i think the lawyers are causing them problems. >> samsung i think has surprised everybody with great products. brian kelly, talk to me about the gmt. current surprise $34 a share. what do they need? i think they're about $10 billion in the hole after this reoffering,ing like that. what do they need? can gm stock go to 44?

we'll have steve fosh and rick and elizabeth and mike and bill baldwin. >> tax rate cuts are always a good idea. reduce the price, risk taking and success and this is the way to get the economy moving and does good things for the balance sheet. when people see prospects for growth they upthe value of assets. >> rick, this is the weakest recovery that we've had since world war ii. 2.3 million fewer people are working now than the recession. please don't blame it all on bush? >> i had forgotten about him. i have a vague memory. i would love to agree with steve. i don't like to pay taxes anymore than the next person does. there was a in- depth study by the congressional research that was skwalch by the republicans who ordered it and that survey shed that over the 40 years cutting taxes. >> oh, no, it doesn't. >> yes, it does. >> you will get an argument. >> we have our study and you have yours. >> it was the national research service. >> john, the growth was estimated 2.4 percent and the latest figure 1.8 percent and a tremendous drop. how much did tax hikes play in that? >> they don't h

we'll have steve fosh and rick and elizabeth and mike and bill baldwin. >> taxate cuts are always a gooddea. reduce the price, risk taking and success and this is the way to get

i told you bill baldwins really smart. >> (laughter) >> they go from them to smart. >> if you have to reach back to the early '60s and the kennedy years. >> do the math oneagan and on clinton. oh, comeon, look at the democrats all over tax cut. i love how the democrats dismis tax cuts and toutingax credits for oughtios or cash for clunkers and you can see the economy react. >> the biggest group hurt in all of ts is the small business. they are the biggest job creators. the big cooperation can do fine tis t a problem. we are seeing more small businesses fail and they are the primary job creators. >> we have to talk about a problem here. is there any movement to cut taxes across the board? will the president sign off on all of the addditional taxes frm obama care? >> no sadly, this money believes that the money you are allowed to keep is a loss to the government. it is wat you makeon line two, send it in. he will not push it. later this year, the house of representative led by the house ways and means committee, david kemp and others are coming up with a radical tax simification. >> he

bill: alec baldwin is tweeting again. you know that is never good. meltdown, next. bill: there are what could be described significant developments in the george zimmerman murder trial. one of of the prosecution's key witnesses just testified about what he saw and heard the night trayvon martin died. the state attorney is playing his 911 call, the gentleman's name is john goode you'll hear from him in a moment that he plays to police that night in february more than a year ago. listen here. >> the person on the bottom was laying flat. >> correct. >> could you tell if he was on his back or not. >> he was on his back. >> he was on his back. at this point was the person on the back -- the person on the top, whose back you can see, what was he wearing? >> it was the same person that was on the top when they were t-shaped to the sidewalk. dark colors. >> they did not change positions, did they? >> no. i didn't see the entire thing it's two seconds. >> the entire time you were actually watching what was going on. >> 8 to ten seconds. >> that's when you had

. >> congressman chaffets hopes to introduce his bill in the next couple of months. >> actor alec baldwintter rampage after tweeting about wedding presents and upcoming tv appearances during the funeral yesterday during soprano star james gandolfini. that reporter stark works for the uk. mr. and mrs. baldwin denied the allegations angry alec we attended a funeral and some toxic brit writes this [bleep] trash. this is the part that got him in trouble. i'm going to read it straight here: i'm going to find you george stark, you toxic little queen, and i'm going to [bleep] you up. alec baldwin put out a statement couple hours ago saying that attack on that journalist had nothing to do with anybody's sexual orientation. and that reads in part as someone who flies and fights against homophobia, i apologize. paula deen's 100-million-dollar empire keeps falling apart. now valentine books the publisher of upcoming cookbook has just announced it will not publish it after all. number one in preorder sales on amazon.com. among the other companies that have severed ties with deen after the recent reve

bill. this morning, what he said and how she is responding. >> and a reporter accused alex baldwin's wife of light hearted tweets during gandolfini's funeral sending baldwin into a tirade. his account deactivated today,

bill. this morning, what he said and how she is responding. >> and a reporter accused alex baldwin's wife of sending light hearted tweets during gandolfini's funeral sending baldwin into a tirade. his account deactivated today, june, 28th, 2013. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a. >> good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i am matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side natalie morales and al roker. out west they're used to hot temperatures but it's brutal. 115 in las vegas expected today. 119 in phoenix. >> if that's not hot enough, the high in death valley where you get lost if your gps messes up, could approach a world record high of 134 degrees this weekend. let's get to mr. heat and humidity al roker. what's going on. >> i'm triple h baby. let's show you. we have a big area of high pressure dominating. this happens normally this time of year but it's even hotter this time. the jet stream pushes way to the north. we have rising air, a clockwise flow of air around this. it's like a giant heat pump. look at w

the fiscal 2013 bill, analyzed the president's fiscal 2014 request, and crafted the bipartisan measure before us. thanks to ben nicholson, chris mallard, cornell teague, valerie baldwin, pam williams and hillary may on the majority side, and of course derek newbyy and justin weam on our side of the aisle. with that i approve -- i urge approval of the bill and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. carter: mr. chairman, at this time i yield atches time as he -- as much time as he may consume to mr. rodgers from the great state of -- rogers from kentucky, a former great prosecutor for the great state of kentucky. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding the time. mr. chairman, i rise in support of this bill. first, i'd like to thank our colleagues for their careful consideration yesterday of the military construction, veterans appropriations bill which as you know passed overwhelmingly in the house. there were only four members who voted against that bill. and i'd like to ask all of the supporters of those bills, that bi