head of the investment company explains by skype. >> anybody in america who has retirement portfolio and wants to invest a portion of that in what they think may the next facebook at very early stage will be able to do so. >> new regulation could be a lot easier for them to bring specialize product like this to market. also means you have to deal with something they may never have dealt with before. investor relation. >> once you take equity and partner and have to figure out how to keep the partner whole. that becomes important task. >>reporter: investors in guardian tee. they could last everything. that's why the long list is 10,000 dollars. that's just enough to bring more cool product to market. >> see an explosion of the small specialize company that are doing really remarkable and interesting things. >> after comment period the sec could have a new law by january to take effect in the spring. this is abc 7 news. >> coming up next. look at consumer report new auto reliability survey which popular cars scored much worse this year avo: at volkswagen we believe everyone deserves a

joining us by skype is the dean of aviation and public services at utah university.n our google hangout is trevor tim an activist with the electronic freedom foundation, and steve, a drone pilot and the superintendent of shark, an animal protection group. pierre, you are an army intelligence captain and a drone pilot, and really there are so many other uses. give us the 101 on the vast array of drones. >> sure, lisa. number one they come in all shapes and sizes, so they could be as small as the size of your hand or as big as a 737 bowing. >> wow. >> they can fly for minutes or days on end. and thirdly, the sen source you put on them. you can have full-motion imaging or just to detect heat. in the military we use them number 1 for lethal purposes, but that's a small sliver of what the military uses drones for. in most cases we're using them to gather intelligence. so as we transition, i think we'll see that drones can be used for firefighting, for search and rescue, and border patrol, and lots of domestic uses as well. >> let's talk about private drones. there is a mi

he spoke to 11 news by skype. recently discharged for medical purposes, he says his part-time job is not enough to live on. >> i am angry. it makes me feel my service was really -- it didn't matter. >> these other real-life consequences for millions of veterans and the focus of testimony wednesday by the head of veterans affairs. secretary eric shinseki warns that payments could be in jeopardy if the shutdown lingers. >> i didn't know there was going to be a shutdown. i had no idea that this was intended. >> officials say the shutdown has also affected backlog disability claims through the v.a. jennifer franciotti, to wbal tv 11 news. >> the superintendent of the u.s. naval academy in annapolis confirms 2 of three midshipmen accused of sexually assaulting a classmate should face a court- martial. vice admiral michael miller says he has referred the cases to general court-martial, stemming from allegations they sexually abused a female midshipman during a drunken encounter last year. she says she does not remember

a doctor who helped discover the outbreak told us by skype many syrian newborns aren't getting polio or any other vaccinations. polio is highly contagious and world health officials worry it will spread. >> this virus does move. it will infect anyone who is undervaccinated or not vaccinated and does not know any boundaries. >> reporter: it can easily be spread by refugees. and there are now about 7 million of them in and outside of syria. many syrians are only now realizing that polio has returned. and the war, the dangers, the same reasons that allowed the disease to reemerge are also preventing medical officials from delivering vaccines. brian? >> richard engle with our report on this disturbing situation in syria. >>> still ahead, sounding the alarm as doctors now look inside the stats on the number of american kids getting concussions. and they don't like what they're finding. >>> and later, the little boy who stole the show from the pope, not that the pope seemed to mind one bit. >>> we're back with a warning about kids and sports, specifically a major new report from the instit

joining us now by skype--- kathryn petralia she is coo and co-founder of kabbage. you're here with the results of what companies are telling you. what are you hearing? what are they saying about the consumer? > >are customers are expecting a very strong holiday season. all of our customers are small business and they depend on the holidays to make their numbers. 4 out of 10 of our customers are expecting their growth to be 20% higher than it was last year. > >why so optimistic? aren't they nervous? > >i think part of it is the strong season they've already had. the first 6 months of this year 70% of our customers said their sales were higher than they were the year before and they anticipate that to continue. > >there's many people out there that feel that the economy is struggling. how are they able to surpass that? > >i think a lot of it is that many of our customers are in retail. and our customers--- many of whom are e-commerce businesses. you're seeing a huge growth in e-commerce year over year so they're benefiting from that growth. > >what about corporate sp

he is joining us by skype. it was your wife heather who secretly nominated you. right?ding out. >> rob is a closet fan. his wife outed him. now he's a very proud viewer. >> he records every episode and even has one of our mugs. such a darling little baby. that's ellie. even though he is a hard-working sexy trainer, his day is not complete without hoda and kathie lee. >> here's what you've won. four diamond orlando marriott in florida with a suite and $100 food and beverage credit. >> and you'll be treated to a round of golf at hawk's landing golf club and hotel and round trip airfare for two furnished by the four diamond orlando world and marriott. >> have fun. >> have a ball, guys. thank you very much. >>> we are back with more of "today" on this money-saving monday. instead of throwing away cash when you do all that online shopping, we are basically giving it away today. nina is here. >> to find discounts and deals and executive editor of "all you" magazine. >> there are simple things we can do on the web that will save money? >> we are all about smart shopping and he

weapons inspector involved in training the inspectors working recently joins us now by skype from belgium. thank you very much for being on aljazeera. what exactly is this process? what involves it? how do they go about verifying and destroying these weapons? >> what they're going to do now at first and what we have heard through the media is of course they have started the disruption process today. at first, they destroy those things that can be destroyed easiest in the safest way. from what we have heard is they have started destroying certain bombshells and warheads, and i suppose that all of those are empty at this point, so they were actually forcing to be filled by chemical agents by the syrian regime. >> does that mean that the actual verification process is now over? >> no, that's not true, but the thing is they have tight time lines, so they need to do both at the same time. they are verifying the declaration, trying to get a very accurate picture on the ground by inspecting certain storage facilities. on the other hand, they are starting simultaneously at the same time the destr

we talked to him today by skype. >> if we give them greater uncertain tip as far as job stability inthe public sector and we make their uncertainty the same as the private sector, there's very little incentive for them to stay. >> reporter: swaldewell is promising to compensate workers and businesses. but that still leaves owners of businesses like terra mia concerned. >> we'll see what to do. >> reporter: i talked to persons over at lawrence berkeley lab and stanford and both say the federal shutdown is not affecting them at this time. no furloughs yet at lawrence berkeley lab. but both say if the shutdown goes on, that might change. >>> scams targeting immigrants are on the rise here in the bay area. today he launched a campaign warning about scamming promising immigrants work permits or getting them to the front of the line for a visa. scammers take advantage of the news to prey on immigrants who are typically hesitant to report crimes. >> it is important that our community understands that we want to hear about their cases. that their immigration status is not a concern to us but

joining me now by skype for an interview, the honorable sandra watts.cecile richards. judge watts just walk us through in detail what happened to you when you went to cast your vote on monday. >> monday was the first day to vote in a constitutional election in texas. i presented myself with my voter registration and was aware of the new voter law so i also presented my texas driver's license which is valid and unsuspended. i was then advised that the name had to be -- the names had to be identical. and i said that was ridiculous, that i had been voting for 49 years and the law required me to present a voter i.d. i subsequently went back and asked to see the law. i read the law once again. and what it states is when a voter presents themselves to vote, they will provide a voter i.d. the election official will then verify the voter i.d. with the registration and they will make a determination as to whether or not it is substantially similar. the regulations to implement the law literally states that it must be identical. my driver's license, which i've ha

this time, though, some have already said they're going to drive again joining us by skype is samia. she took part in the demonstration, and you were arrested. tell me what happened. >> we were detained. i went for what i hoped would be an uneventful drive in support of people that have been making sacrifices in doing this because i believe this is something that needs to be done and just normal. unfortunately, i was followed and apprehended by some undercover police or officers, and then shortly thereafter detained in my car. >> you said in your car. what did they say? i want to clarify, though, you are a naturalized saudi citizen, so you learned to drive outside the kingdom, you're licensed outside the kingdom. >> yes. i have a driver's license. i've been driving since i was 15 and i'm 60 now. >> i'm sure your driving skills weren't in question here. when the officers detained, what did they want you to do? what was the demand of you? >> tuly, by the time they actually stopped me, i had gotten out of the front seat and gotten into the back seat and my driver was there. but they had

complaints on twitter and freelance artist told us by skype that he gave up waiting to talk to someonethe calf call snivrment i hit hour and a half mark i gave up. at that point. >> so are you looking forward to doing it again or not. >> yes. yes i'm excited. probably going to get some snack out and drink and so forth. >> she doesn't have insurance but need to good to the web site. she had as a big concer concern. >> hard because you need to think about the income and what if you can't afford to have and income isn't based on. that as students a lot of us aren't even working right now. >> experts say health care plan will need high enrollment to succeed especially among young people who think they won't get sick. >> i'm not that young but i'm relatively young. so i feel in like i'll be okay stuff like that but unforeseen things happen all the time im glitch tied to high demand on the first day. the consumer used to fast reliable on line service. gary is chairman ceo in mountain view. >> reason company like amazon.com, ebay successful is they figure out how to make what they market and

we come back from that break we have saint louis cardinals fan and boston red sox fan standing by via skypetonight we will pit them against each other. look at them they're already not getting along. in a skype scavenger hunt, and sean diddy combs and keith urban. ♪ ♪ the meeting's starting now, guys. ♪ good night. [ male announcer ] at&t knows you don't want anything to come between you and your new iphone. that's why we're offering at&t next at $0 down on all new iphones. ♪ on all new iphones. "...three cat toys, two hamster wheels..." ♪ "...and a rawhide enough for three." ♪ (laughter) ho, ho, ho, ho... (female announcer) celebrate the season! save 20% on hundreds of items! plus, save $5 on select simply nourish™ dog food and $2 on select simply nourish™ cat food. at petsmart®. with an ultra-thin coating and fast absorbing advil ion core™ technology, it stops pain before it gets worse. nothing works faster. new fast acting advil. look for it in the white box. to make it easier. therey [ doorbell rings ] what is a wetjet? some kind of a mopping device. morty, there's a lot of dirt on here

we did it by skype, and that the image on the screen was him with his cockatiel sitting on the shoulder i assume percy was named after the author of "a colossal wreck." it was a marvelous interview. it was right after jack had been fired by slick. we talked about press criticism and since alex was the creator of the modern school of press criticism in this country, we would talk something about that. it had gotten old and tired. everybody is now a critic. it hadn't gotten, had gotten a little old and it was nice to see he moved on from that. as i said we certainly have political differences, but forgot what a marvelous wide and thinker he was to the very last minute. and i want to reach as low something he wrote in novembe november 2011 in the nation. i remember when the schema it arrived in the mailbox and i'm so excited about these two paragraphs that i'v i read him t five times and in read them aloud to my wife, a fellow nation writer. and here goes but it was right after the mr. of the occupied moment. after digesting together reports on our national battlefield, austin confidence,

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. >> jacqueline joining us by skype. good morning. >> good morning, al. >> what is your question? issues with chores and keeping up with responsibilities. i would like to see some consequences. my husband on the other hand is very lax and will always go to, what were you like when you were her age? i feel like my hands are tied. >> they are not on the same page. that's the first thing. >> that is a tough position to be in as a step mom. what are your suggestions? how should she handle the situation. >> blended families are hard. she is the step mom, the guardian. perhaps she wants to make sure this child doesn't get into trouble. at the end of the day, defer to the biological parent. >> if he's not dealing with it, it sounds like he is not telling her the consequences. >> if he is not dealing it, that will be his issue down the line. she's got to step back from it and recognize blended families are different. she will never be looked at as the biological mom. >> step mom is a misnomer. you are a wonderful guardian. you are dad's wife more than you are mother. >> we've got time for

he is joining us by skype. hi, rob. >> hello. >> how are you? now he is a very proud viewer. >> he records every episode and the adorable family of three never misses our show. he even has one of our mugs. come on. and such a darling little baby. that's ellie. even though he is a hard-working sexy personal trainer, rob's day is not complete without hoda and kathie lee. >> three dfour days, three nigh the four diamond orlando marriott in florida with a suite and $100 food and beverage credit. >> and you'll be treated to a round of golf at hawk's landing golf club and hotel and round-trip airfare for two furnished by the four diamond orlando world and marriott. >> you guys, have fun! >> have a ball, guys. thank you very much. see you later. susan, stop fake farming. kelly, quit selling your brother's stuff on craigslist. and, john, you just sent her the friend request. give it 24, bro. now what? read 'em and weep. oh, yay! bling, blang, blah. giddy-up. straight flushizzle. oh, susan. [ giggles ] are you kidding me?! [ male announcer ] make us part

to discuss this, we're joined by jordan valinski, from tech blog, and on skype, phil bron stein, reporting, and welcome to "the stream" everyone. and phil, no question, the media landscape is changing, primarily due to digital. but the interesting, and i think certainly lesser probed issue here is why news consumption is on the decline. what are your thoughts? >> well, i'm not sure that consumption of information that we would considering to news, first i want to say that i'm not the executive director, that's robert rosenthal, but i'm on the board. >> our apologies. >> no problem. so i think that whether it's mill enials or other age groups in the demographics, i don't think there's less interest. we have a relationship with a group called you speak, a spoken word organization. now in 50 cities, thousands and thousands of kids between 14 and 19. and we have a relationship with them. as they discover that what they used to call the news in a very hostile way. we don't talk to the news, news doesn't relate to us. in oakland, the only thing that you see on the news are shootings, and that do

. >> there's a lot of things like e-mail and skype and being on facebook in fact, by you see seniorsho are creating websites and doing graft design and having photograph. >> what programs will you be using or are you a casual suffer would you like to take it with you around town. >> it's great typing short e-mails by nothing extensive on a be tabltd. >> i need to be able to buy a good all around desk for $400 but if you very specific he needs the cost can go up. you want 2 gig hurts and at least 4 gigs of ram. those store your videos and documents. if you're looking for a laptop try them out in the store as they have any touch pads >> there are different types of of mouse's and there's voice activation. >> once you have an idea of what you need be sure to shop aaron and compare on line and look at the mustards website for refurnished computers that come with a warrant. and they offer computers for much, much less. purchasing a computer should not be securey you can slejtd/select a system that can get you >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ag

she and her husband own a ranch that was hit by these storms. she is on skype from scenic south dakota. i feel like i'm just catching up on parts of this story. when did you get word of this storm. was it essentially too late to do anything meaningful to mitigate the potential losses here? >> sure we were aware there was a storm coming the entire week prior to it hitting. we were not aware of the extreme conditions that would result from it. and there were a generations worth of management practices all of which were put in place to the best of our ability. this just ended up being one of those extremely rare and deadly weather events like treanor -- katrinkatrina or sandy. we have had some vets post the cattle and we have been told they died of drowning. whether they were in bank barnsr man made shelters or outdoors. >> this must have been devastating. what cattle losses have you and your neighbors sustained? we are looking at a figure of 100,000 is that about right? >> that ithat is what i have he. we lost 13 cows and yearling breeding heifers. we have neighb

an opposition activist in the rebel-held side of the town who was reached by skype said the situation is so dire now in the rebel-controlled area people are subcysting on whatever they can forage including grapevine leaves fresh mint and figures figures -- and figures figs. here we are the result of our much helded agreement on chemical weapons. they killed in this town 400 people 400 of them children, with gas and now they're going to kill 12,000 more with conventional weapons bombs guns tanks knives. and brutality and torture has characterized their behavior for a long period of time. it seems to me it's a little bizarre, it's a little bizarre that we are hailing this cooperation from bashar assad on chemical weapons and the slaughter goes on. one million children refugees, the surrounding countries being destabilize and, of course, the refugee camps are terrible, terrible situations which we have not given the assistance that we should. i would urge all my colleagues if they have the opportunity to visit one of these refugee camps and hear the stories of the murder the gang rapes t

detainee families on a ministerial committee set up by the government - the same government he blames for what's befallen his brother. in his last skype call with his family, arranged through the international red cross, abd as- salam told his brothers about the hunger strike that started last february - at its peak, more than 100 detainees were participating. hayil has gone on hunger strike too, and is also being tube-fed. the hunger strike has drawn international attention and prompted obama's renewed pledge to close guantanamo, and the lifting of the moratorium on transfers to yemen. in july, the department of defense said it was going to begin holding hearings for 71 men, including those on the list of "indefinite detainees," to determine whether their captivity is still warranted. since their release, mohamed and faruq have done their best to move on. wab: since you've been released. has al qaeda in the arabian peninsula ever tried to recruit you? they have found scarce jobs in a honey store in taiz. faruq is studying to be a lawyer. both have married, and are expecting their first children soon. the government of the united stat

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by the name gort. we have been in touch with gort. was unable to skype with us. we asked him, first of all, was the video himself a joke? what was he doing up there? >> the video was a joke. i thought it was obvious that it was a joke and i wasn't a rapist in waiting. >> i wear the mask because there are a lot of bugs up there. >> we also asked if he knew the girl. >> no, i didn't know the girl. there's not a lot of people up there. i wasn't trying to shatter anybody's serenity. >> he did have an interaction with the police because women in the area were a little freaked out after watching this. it's important to point out there was no crime committed here. >> the police basically got in contact with me. they really just wanted my name, address, personal information, date of birth and all that and to make sure in fact i had not raped and murdered somebody on top of montara mountain. >> he does obviously have a sense of humor and that's why he's so popular. i hope he at least understands why some people got a little creeped out by it. >> you're looking at dash cam

lots of six hundred million skype users worldwide could have been snooped on by the n.s.a. and one european country that's not willing to put up with it to challenge the internet giant in court. for international news in brief now a massive cycling is that eastern india battering its coastline with heavy rains and winds forcing hundreds of thousands of locals to move inland in search of shelter among the hardest hit is the risk the state where entire villages have been swamped by high waves in addition is considered a hot spot for such cyclons with one of the deadliest killing ten thousand people back in one nine hundred ninety nine. moving on with some dramatic pictures of sea rescue operations in the mediterranean thirty four people have so far been confirmed dead after a boat carrying african migrants sank off the coast of sicily on friday however as you can see here the majority of the two hundred or so one board were rescued and transferred by to land by italian and maltese ships and then a similar tragedy last week more than three hundred fifty people mostly from erit

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by gort. we have been in touch with gort. >> this is gort evans. he was unable to skype with us a but he was able to answer some questions.e asked was the video a joke? >> the video was a joke and i thought it was obvious a joke. i wasn't a rapist in waiting. >> he wears a ski mask because there's lots of bugs up there. we asked him if he knew the girl. >> no. i didn't know the girl. the girl was just some random person that walked past on the trail. in fact, she never saw me, never knew she was filmed like most of nous our daily life. >> he did have an interaction with police because women in the air were creeped out after watching this. there was no crime committed here. >> the police got in contact with me and they really just wanted my name, address, personal information, date of birth, all that. and to make sure that i, in fact, had not raped and murdered somebody and left them a bloody mess on top of the mountain. >> he does, obviously, have a sense of humor and that's why he's so popular. i hope he understands at least why some people got a little creeped out by it. >>> kangaroo takes a shot down under. >> oh! >>.

his camera back but he's been a little bit amused by the sea lion and to figure out how he got the camera back we have jordan right this minute via skype from denmark. jordan, first of all, tell us how got it from you and you got it back. >> my girlfriend and i were snorkeling and had the idea it could be nice to put the camera on the bottom and let the camera float up to us and have a picture as we're sitting on the surface. i swam down, put it on the bottom and as i swam up notice the gopro disappeared. and it was a bit of a panic. what to do. we didn't expect to get it back, but in the end we were lucky enou to find it rocks with the beside us. >> the sea lion dropped it. you didn't have to pull it from him? >> it was sitting with its head buy side the go pro and there was a bit of a struggling and confrontation. he felt like playing with it a bit longer. >> did you ever get the picture you were trying to take in the first place? >> no. >> i'm sure this is much more exciting than the picture we would have gotten. >>> a guy barges into a packed emergency room. >> and people immediately know he's up to no good. >> what he did to spark

before we go through this, maybe we should have a phone call or talk on skype or something like that. melissa: yeah. >> so usually by the time you get there you've actually kind of met the person, sort of online. melissa: how does insurance play into this? a couple of articles reading about this, in some cases your insurance company will pay for to you fly to another place if it is significantly cheaper for then. how do you get your insurance company involved in shopping for prices? >> a lot of people use private third party administrators where they have more flexibility and it has to be right in the plan document where it will allow. some big carriers won't actually allow you to negotiate a better price without considering it out of network which means you pay more of a deductible. you have to make sure your plan is set up to wraparound this kind of travel arrangement. melissa: yeah. >> if you're geting a knee replacement for 21,000 versus 70, it would be foolish for the carrier not to cover. so with self-funded employers where they can do this. melissa: what is the most common type of surgery people are traveling

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. >> on skype is chris beam, a foster parent and author of 2 life of american foster care and in our google quest hang out, we are joined by a foster chile who is an advocate. welcome to the stream. >> rick, you and your wife stepped into the lives of 25 kids over a course of 10 years that was arguablythe most vulnerable time in their life. set this up so people understand it is almost never a rainbo and unicorn situation? >> there is a story about why kids enter foster care. they are all bad. denominator. it's some terrible thing that's happened that's caused society, typically in the form of local police to walk into some home, and pluck little kids away from a parent. that doesn't happen lightly or easily, but it happens, and it happens because there is drug abuse, neglect, a crime scene. something terrible, a kid has been injured badly. so these kids get taken away. they are in the back of a police car and then they have to go somewhere, and unless there is a foster home where the kids can go, they go to a state facility. what else can they do? and so it becomes vital that there. be a foster home that provides not only

by the economy's poor performance. >> let's return to our top story - and the wave of bombings across iraq. we are joined live via skyperom washington. a professor at john hopkins school of advanced international studies and a scholar at the middle east institute. iraq has suffered a decade of this violence. there has been an uptake recently. this year almost 6,000 civilians have been killed, according to the united nations. what do you attribute that to? >> there has been an update. largely it's adistribute uble to -- attributable to al qaeda resurges, due in part to the situation -- resurgence due in part to the situation in syria. >> there has been dominance by the al qaeda groups, but what about the insurgens in iraq, and the wave of bombings that you see - the targets, shia areas - it suggests that there's sunni groups operating within the country. >> unquestionably there are sunni groups operating in the country, but some of those are al-qaeda affiliated. without the al qaeda ingredient it would be very hard for the indigenous sunni groups to mount this kind of effort. frankly, most sooupies in -- sunnis in iraq