scooter braun. thank you for joining us.ou were raised in connecticut. >> that's true. >> the son of an orthodontist and a dentist. did you ever in a million years think you would be dominating pop music? >> i don't know that i am dominating pop music. i am just having a good time. when i was younger, i thought like every kid that i wanted to play in the nba and nobody told me i would grow up to be 5'11". at the not have the hops that i was going to have. one thing led to another. i read a couple of books that kind of inspired me and here i am. >> what kind of music was scooter braun listening to when he was 13 years old? >> 13? that was my bar mitzvah circuit. "i like to move it, move it." that was a big one. i was a big michael jackson fan. ii men. oyz i loved biggie. i was the first kid in the suburbs who liked biggie. my roommates were from harlem. i went back to these suburbs and when it was on the radio, i felt i owned it. it gave me for the first time the sense of self discovery. >> can you sing? >> until about pubert

braun is the manager who catapulted him to superstardom. but as the music industry goes through dramatic transformations, braun is reinventing his own empire, producing movies and tv shows, investing in tech companies like uber and pinterest, and looking for more stars he can make along the way. joining me today, rising every mogul. thank you for joining us. you were raised in connecticut. >> that's true. >> the son of an orthodontist and a dentist. did you ever in a million years think you would be dominating pop music? >> i don't know that i am dominating pop music. i am just having a good time. when i was younger, i thought like every kid that i wanted to play in the nba and nobody told me i would grow up to be 5'11". one thing led to another. i read a couple of books that kind of inspired me and here i am. >> what kind of music was scooter braun listening to when he was 13 years old? >> 13? that was my bar mitzvah circuit. "i like to move it, move it." i was a big michael jackson fan. i love boys to men. i loved biggie. i was the first

what is the myth of scooter braun and what is the reality? >> the myth is that i plug them into this machine. it is hard work. every single day is hard work and i think there was a point in my career when i felt i had done such a good job that i went from being ok scooter braun entrepreneur to being justin bieber's manager because i did a good job and so did he. i think people think that success is this beautiful glamorous thing. i get paid to do the bull [beep] i am a normal, flawed person who is too stupid to know i shouldn't be doing some things. >> justin bieber, psy, arianna grande, what is your secret? >> the first time i saw justin, i knew that i could get him to be a worldwide pop star. i knew it in my gut. ♪ >> justin bieber, psy, arianna grande, what is your secret? >> sometimes it is a gut thing. the gangnam style was a phenomenon here. the reason it worked is because he could do it live so incredibly well. justin is one of the most talented people i have ever met. he has so much pressure on him. growing up in front of the entire w

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one was famed rocket scientist von braun. >> president kennedy here with missile expert von braun began a two-day tour of u.s. space centers. >> i read a letter from von braun, he wrote to kennedy, when he said how can we beat the russians, and von braun's letter basically said, we can't beat them anywhere except to be the first on the moon. so that's what we committed to. >> reporter: may 25th, 1961 the president made a dramatic announcement before a joint session of congress. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself of achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> we didn't go to the moon to collect rocks. we went to the moon to stick the flag in the moon before the russians did. >> we didn't have the cold war would kennedy have had the same deal? no. >> to have something that would show america's ability to respond to a challenge as well as to do it in a full open and peaceful way, i think really did catch the imagination of the american people, and of the politicians at the time. >> reporter: catch the i

. >> mike braun, the former chief of operations for the u.s.rug enforcement administration, told us bout first exploded on the scene in war-torn west africa in the late 1980s, elevating bloody conflicts from machetes and single shot rifles to... >> ak-47s, not by the thousands, but by the tens of thousands. >> so he weaponizes civil war in africa. >> he transformed these young adolescent warriors into insidious, mindless, maniacally driven killing machines that operated with assembly line efficiencies. >> bout, from the soviet republic of tajikistan, is a mystery man who reportedly served in the soviet air force and intelligence service. the u.s. has indicted him on four terror-related charges, including conspiracy to kill americans. what makes him a threat to the united states? he is a shadow facilitator. he's arming not only designated terrorist groups, insurgent groups, but he's also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. >> taking advantage of russian military contacts at the highest levels and the collapse of the s

and justin braun, his first of the year. we are now tied at two in the third period.th win in a row. and then tiger woods, after a four-month layoff, he had the flu. and rolls all the way back to his feet. he is not happy. tiger woods redeems himself. he shoots a 360, even and it will be a big year. tiger in last place. and then the niners raiders tomorrow. >>> that's it for tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. thank you so much for joining us. the news does continue now online on twitter, facebook and all your mobile devices with our abc 7 app. this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants -- a book publicist from astoria, new york... a tutor and musician from san francisco, california...

fox news paraded around their part-time contributor and full-time carpet bagger scott braun. >> goodou? >> actually, you're doing really well. yesterday you got an endorsement from a prominent democrat. >> a lot of buzz about this picture of you in your polar plunge. do we have that picture? all the women on the staff are going nuts and immediately -- take a look at this ladies. immediately, senator, had me thinking of a certain other massachusetts guy. his name escapes me. this picture. john kennedy, that moment. what do you think? >> well first of all, i'm just being myself. >> i think both sides are saying you're one of the finest politicians that that i seen because you like people and you like meeting them. and you'll have a few beers with them. >> but he just can't win. scott brown used the network as a springboard for his failed campaign. fox news was happy to play along. new hampshire didn't take the bait, but fox welcomed him back with open arms. media matters also named george will as the misinformer of the year. the conservative columnist wrote privilege is a byproduct --

braun gets san josi even. it didn't take the sharks long to go in front.oughly two minutes later, logan couture will state in on ramo to give san josi the lead. the sharks held that lead until the final moments of the period. >> this time off the post -- . >> and now we're late in the 2nd. this shot is blocked by niemi and gaudreau will for the rebound. here is the game-winner on a string hundredth looking shot in the 3rd period. couture deflects it and patrick marleau -- here on the replay, the sharks against the 3-2 win. they are try to move back into the top 8 in the conference. >>> let's the arguments begin, college football conference championship games are over and tomorrow four teams will be chosen to play for the national championship. that means two one-loss games will be left out. florida state is the only undefeated major college team putting that record on the line in the acc title title seminoles get a receiver open as winston finds green for a 44- yard score. they are tied 21. and here is the final touchdown for the seminoles before they adde

justin braun setting up burns. one time. and he got it.r for fernsie and the sharks have a 1-0 lead. 1-1 now. third period and again san jose on the attack. great look coming up from joe thornton. from the corner finds pavelski, pretty stuff. it's 2-1 and staylock did his best. he stoned parise and as they say standing on his head. stopping just about everything in sight. 18 saves and 19 chances. the sharks have been 3-1. they have won six of their last season. >>> on paper this match up looked great. cardinals against rams. on tv it looked, at one point i went searching for the uloge and the fireplace. we can -- remember they proclaimed we can win a super bowl with bruce staton. well not anymore. because he went down with an injury. six field goals scored by cadezaro. 49ers by the way cannot win the nfc west. >>> might the giants have an answer at third base. might being the operative word. what we know is a -- >> and what sherman says about another chance at the 49ers. >>> sunday it's been 49ers versus raiders, kap versus tmz. finally we

. >> pamela braun, thank you so much.alk about this is a cybersecurity expert and former vice president of worldwide internet enforcement for the motion picture association of america. thanks for joining us. weeks ago you said this was likely a combination of hackers on the outside working with somebody on the inside. what led you to that conclusion almost a month ago and were you surprised when the white house so directly fingered north korea? >> well just even a month ago when this first happened immediate type of information coming out wreaked of what i call a crime of passion or a crime of vengeance. and one of the best things about crimes of passion or vengeance is they leave a sloppy crime scene. one of the things that was coming out of this is the information that was being leaked. the e-mails, for example, were the types of e-mails only a true hollywood insider would be aware of are the kind that would cause embarrassment to the company or for that matter to the industry. not something that i think somebody like a

her husband buddy is the braun. >> we start in september if not before. >> reporter: yup, it sure doese time. gloria says it's worth it and she's not alone. >> they have to have points to come. >> reporter: this year folks come from all over the country for a feeling even santa claus can't deliver. >> i'm proud of it. i think it has turned out good. >> we actually started out with like every standard family just one tree. >> they went went to two. >> reporter: and now a hundre hundred. in other words they're collection has really branched out. >> we've been doing it so long but as long as we can go up the ladder we'll do it. >> maybe eighths little bit crazy it's something we really have passion for. >> reporter: now the wither row's know their home really is like a classic christmas carol. beautiful, time less and finally complete. >> it's just gotten to the pinnacle -- to the point where we say okay, i don't think we can top it. >> santa comes down the chimney there he won't leave. looking to save a little cash. a 14-year-old coupon experts offering advice. 14. meet mark, he says tha

instead of passing laws that create new bail-out opportunities for "too big to fail" banks, let's pass braunffman, the bipartisan 21st century glass steegel act, a bill i've proposed with john mccain, angus cane and maria kant well, let's pass anything that would help break up these giant banks. a century ago, teddy roosevelt was america's trust-buster. he went after the giant trusts and monopolies in this country and a lot of people talk about how those trusts deserved to be broken up, because they had too much economic power. but teddy roosevelt said, we should break them up because they had too much political power. teddy roosevelt said, break them up because all that concentrated power threatens the very foundations of our democratic system. and now we're watching as congress passes yet another provision that was written by lobbyists for the biggest recipient for bail-out money in the history of this country. and it's attached to a bill that needs to pass or else the entire federal government will grind to a halt. think about that kind of power. if a financial institution has become so b

as she was scared him say he met at under diagonals of issues in this year's session here for mike braun and eric on saturday before the killings. i'm putting wings on takes is what he said on the close the tech what our blessed to there's to the more staid and terrestrial of the press officer that his emphasis will consult was found a state in may and during a foot said into the home in the sunset district he fired killing the officer and then he fired back killing the inmate his partner. >> james: there be flooding in low-lying areas on the close amid the sea its strange wells of the year as well to keep that in mind. guy ties chancellor parking lots >> reporter: math sciences is all golden special labeling it rich. reliquary area from the bay area >> reporter: and oakland lesson half a mile right now visibility at small and hayward no problems to have napa of six house and the violence and mild no problem there to look dreadnought generally in the fifth is 55 and san francisco and 43 is affected in san jose and 59 in the market defied our friends in oakland to look at the satellite an

northbound now looking good right now also some video speaking of the north bay some video from to braun and you conceive businesses there lets the cove flooding issues before the storms come in and then seems like they can't catch up the gang the sand bags ready again yet another round of showers coming to area and a more flooding concerns me also shot some-camera video earlier today when the rain first aired the fall along highway 101 north bay and then you conceive that even around 4:00 traffic really starting to slow down. a lot of trouble on here on the roads right now rain not falling too bad but again it's been steady since about 3:00 coming up here live and look at the bridge and go cat and do talk with chp basking drivers to slow down like they always do when they say hey be careful this lesson your dos is the next because it's not because a lot right now especially, how i paid attention bunch of letters all the good stuff and be careful. >> : the ballot tennessee valley road closed due to mutt landslide there. rain calotype engineers who say the earth is so saturated that canno

dennis a fire the season tunney's braun offset but looking for a break at the miners still have harbaugh under contract to the 2015 season other at the fire or trade him and the raiders in new york jets also mentioned as a possible landing spot for harbaugh at the seized >> : take a break of 426 coming up on the morning news tensions are high end hongkong pro-democracy protesters us quit the campaign tried to surround the headquarters and latest on the unrest and avoid another government shut down details on the builders and discussing and the death of a high of city university football player a reason questions about the long- term effects of concessions in sports what led to his death but level to outsiders careless morning what weather on the horizon still may be a brief break between storms and a long and just a minute look at the forecast on the claim and the time for 30 saw the big stores following this morning and busiest travel weekends of the year comes to an end million americans traveled by come yesterday after the is giving holiday and courting the floor where the outcome or

bring many more big storms >> : for israel brought back tough memories for business owners and to braun so clean up for the past flooding. sandbags 75 doors of the pro shopping center friday and business owners their trend keep water on of their already damaged stores and owner of nearby physiotherapy jim says that businesses now just getting back to normal. >> : new inches of for all- around in new carpets and new computer for a few weeks ago caused a backup water pumping station >> : and developments for you this morning on a flimsy at the from refinery thursday night richmond a contra costa county health department releasing some airports a dusting of flour with salt did some blood types. in a report says chevron needed to reduce the pressure in the ash placing unit and is what looks like thursday night and frightened many residents in the area chevron saying the public's health however never any danger and the flaring as simply part of normal refinery operation. cutch costa county supervisor says that he's not happy with the way chevron is responding to residents' concerns >> : and

these are items that come from willie braun's closet and you donate them. >> every year.s year was no different from last year and it won't be for next year. it's such a good cause. >> reporter: they put people to work in this community. >> all of the money that's raised by goodwill goes to help people find jobs. that's so important. the connection between people who do not work, who have tifty getting a job -- difficulty getting a job, to come to goodwill. you end up working. >> absolutely. >> reporter: dave clark wants to know why you don't donate any of these suits to him? >> dave! >> reporter: wrong size. wrong size. that's all. i want to bring in maureen. this is one of your favorite days of the year. >> yes, everyone gets to come out and bring their treasures to share about goodwill so we can put people back to worth. it's such a wonderful die start the new year. >> reporter: how do you give people in the community hope who might not be able to find it? >> put them back to work. last year we placed about 640 people back to work. this year we're hoping to top 700 whi

being joined by attorney general family michael braun trade on martin. this coming on a hill of the grand jury decision in new york not to indict the police officer who killed an unarmed black man. the struggles let's listen in >> : prison and all loss the no this can't bring them back but the promise not for to happen again >> : lotus here from the mother >> : sinfully worser with reverend attorney harding always given honor >> : everyone attorney bishop brown just everyone you as a whole >> : list and live to a rally going on in york city right now. they prepare for a demonstration march against police brutality in new york. the mother of their garner the men killed and police chokehold. previously heard from al sharpton. and continue to monitor the rally and march as more news >> : other news is more in teacher in south sacramento under arrest for d y after crushing a car on her rework. and the city says that she hit two parked cars and crashed into this dome. authorities said local level 3 * legal >> : obviously perturbed and it's unacceptable behavi