. >> on august 22nd, 2004, carl ables earned the infamous distinction of being the only spring creek inmate to kill another prisoner. >> put a cellie in with me, the guy was doing life, in for homicide for killing his mom. which is disgusting. but this mental illness thing. he got 39 years suspended and eligible for parole in 20 years. he's bragging about that, i killed mommy, and i'm getting out in 20 years. blah, blah, blah. i stand and listen to this garbage, and i have to listen to garbage, and i can't tell him. so i tore the sheet and i wrapped it around his head and i said, you ain't doing nothing. you go say hi to mommy. >> the murder earned carl 99 years on top of his 77 years he was already serving for killing of a co-worker and animal cruelty. >> i caved his head in. caved it in totally. the biggest fragment of bone they found was the size of a half dollar. then i -- i probably got a little out of hand later on. i kept on hanging out. beating on him some more. i was interested in how the decomposition would be. it was pretty interesting. but it was kind of twisted. three da

carl. we were able to do it at the end of the lines where it wasn't in the street right-of-way. so at that time we did about seven of those way side platforms and in the 90s there is the passage of the americans with disabilities act. one of the requirements was to designate key stations. you can think about boston or new york or the systems especially new york they have an underground systems. they need to go through their systems and decide what will be key stations and put in elevators. we put in those requirements with reference to stops. we put in key stops and determined which should be ak ccessible under the ada. we looked at where there were more aboardings at the stops at the transfer location and other transportation options where it was an end station or major trip generator like a hospital or school or something that one would interpret many people would want to go to. at that time we did a plan and had a lot of public input and we determined key stops and we then and bob can testify to this because he was involved with us. we went out into community and worked with

carl. we were able to do it at the end of the lines where it wasn't in the street right-of-way. so at that time we did about seven of those way side platforms and in the 90s there is the passage of the americans with disabilities act. one of the requirements was to designate key stations. you can think about boston or new york or the systems especially new york they have an underground systems. they need to go through their systems and decide what will be key stations and put in elevators. we put in those requirements with reference to stops. we put in key sto

carl, you know, "just let him go. leave him alone, let him go." >> but levi was never able to stay away for long. and cassie included carl and the rest of the family in their wedding in 2003. the young couple soon had two daughters. but it may have been too much too fast. the marriage didn't last. >> it was just a bad divorce. neither one of them was nice to each other. >> but like many kids, levi started to grow up. he got his ged, started working, and tried hard to be a good dad. and perhaps in being a father, his angle with his own father began to soften. >> i think he rounded the corner a little bit. could see some sort of a path and direction for his life. >> levi had his own place now, but he would drop by the old house to see the family and help carl with some work. on november 20th, 2008, levi came over to work on a truck in cindy and carl's new barn. cindy remembers she and carl had just come home from a funeral. they'd been gone for about four hours. >> carl told me that he was going to go out and let levi know we were home and check on him. >> cindy went interest the house. suddenly ca

carl sandburg called the woman not his wife. john hagens serve that almost no one could actually speak french. so it is impressive that lincoln was able to do what he did the nature of power. lincoln felt that foreign wars would diminish america's strength and even before the civil war. he posted the origins of the night economic growth was the legal was awake before he was a republican. he explained that the party did not believe an enlarging fields the keeping offenses where they are this is not the same as isolationism and he was a vigorous proponent of economic growth at home and abroad. the whigs were looking at asian export markets. so i think his basic conception of the nature of american power was sound. and ultimately when you look wing kin was successful. the rest the european powers would intervene was a real possibility that lincoln ultimately avoided. a very real possibility. ultimately the unification of the nation that lincoln resided over helps set the stage with the united states emergence as a world power later. they realize this. if you look at cartoon is in punch magazine, at the beginning of the war the characters

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over here we've got a few inches in the lot but then you hike over here and, carl, you did this earlier and i was abledrift is. it's about up to my waist. this is the kind of stuff they're dealing with out here on the south coast, the south shore areas of massachusetts, carl. so it wraps up a bitter cold air like you were seeing in new york and down philadelphia, temperatures tomorrow morning in boston will drop down to about two. that's 20 degrees belower average for this date. and it looks like colder than average temperatures lasting for the rest of the month may be in early february in the northeast and mid atlantic. carl, back to you. >> mike seidel, so it's not over yet, the brutal cold, anyway. you trampled the path to make it a little easier to get it out of that waist high. >> those are good. >> that's true. >> clear the whole area. >> mike seidel in plymouth, massachusetts, this morning. >> talking to you, buddy. >> you're welcome. >> all right. sapp is one of the largest software providers in world. the company now making a big bet on the cloud saying cloud solution served 29 million people

able to open surfer juror. >>we also want to get to our second front-page story. carl icahn is at it again. he is targeting ebay. he proposed that they split off of paypal. he nominated to employees to the board. he started building a stake this month. he holds lesson one percent. he is making noise, as always. >> what does carl icahn bring to companies? he seems to buy a stake, go on a network, and say they should do this. stock goes up, he cashes out and leaves. you do not see much change in the companies. >> is a lot richer than i am. i cannot define what his purpose is. i do think he is right. about paypal and ebay. i have never understood what paypal -- i have never understood what ebay rings to a bow. -- paypal. bitcoin was always attached to silk road. sent silk road was shut down, bitcoin has flourished. it is it own entity. in a prefers way, you can come pair them. there is no reason why -- paypal brings a lot to ebay. there's no reason that the ability to verify transactions with a third party has to be tied to a market. >> the synergy does not go both ways? >> no. >> ebay is not

as we get more information, we'll be able to dip into this situation and reveal more. but for now, carlcould, and talk about the security oversea skpts concerns that many olympian's families have about the sochi games. we know about the ring of steel. we know the u.s. state department is asking family members and olympians to be careful about wearing your gear when you leave that ring of steel. how concerned are you based on what you know about security? you were involved in the atlanta olympic games. how much control can you have? >> i think the -- the picture that's painted here with e this event is the incidents that have occurred in such a short time span before the games are going to start. >> uh-huh. >> and also in the proximity of where the locations. most major events of this size that are international going to have some type of threats. this -- what has happened here is the threats have been maid. they've shown that they can carry out the threats. they have the means to do that. so that is a very big concern when you have threats maid and people -- made and people that are abl

carl is an investor. he cares about the stock going up. performance is important, at the end of the day i was able to buildarl that i could shareholder valuend get to $100 a share. to his credit, it was not about offering $40 a share. >> what he wanted to sell? >> that is an off-line escutcheon, non-online discussion. >> but, he wanted to sell. >> the good news is i did not listen to them. >> it is appeasement but standing up to him. >> i think these companies get into proxy fights and you invest money and other things that are a distraction. you look at other companies where it is going on. a company today, it is hard to grow these companies and be fightsg on activists and . look at what is going on with herbalife. it is all about the activists. it is a major distraction there. .f you can deal with it i have said before, carl did not say anything. i was the ceo of the public company and i was limited with what i could say. i enjoyed it. i learned a lot from them. i had some very nice dinners with him. we will bring you back and we'll be talking about basketball and bitcoin later in the show. ♪ loop"'re watching "in the on bloomberg tv. he

carl icahn are saying this is a legitimate business and there is money in it. charlie: i will say this, this last story about the canadians looking at it, we haven't been able toliz: the chinese don't like it but the canadians might. charlie: if you look at the company, it is not as clear-cut of the canadians or the chinese. new vistas of the stock is getting killed anyway and the reports on these things. i will say this, these revelatory concerns, and i think ackman has basically said this, until the regulators mov move-i, this company is kind of going nowhere. leaving ackman means he is giving up a potentially big payday. >> he is at the podium there. >> looks like conan o'brien a little. >> he wrote the original negative report for bill ackman who doubled down and has really-- charlie: they were not returning my calls. liz: and then they finally did. charlie: and then he finally did. charles hung up on my producer, hung up on her. can you imagine? liz: that never would have happened. charlie: he would tell you if he couldn't tell you something. he is usually pretty helpful. you are either there or you are not. i didn't ask anything else. liz: once again, ch

be able to get mileage out of raising these two questions and put republicans on the spot, but i don't think it overcomes these larger questions. >> brit hume, everybody, plenty more ahead. >>> carle, hillary clinton's shadow presidential campaign, that sounds kind of ominous. rove will spell it out. >>> next, waters, the best of. he created a lot of chaos in 2013. we'll show you some of it. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. [ male announcer ] introducing new fast acting advil. 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. >>> watters' world segment tonight, the best of 2013. jesse watters roaming the country, seeking truth and enlightenment. last year he found that in many places, and we begin tonight with key west, florida. ♪ >> what are you doing down here? >> i moved here in 1999, and i'm just wasting time. >> you come to key west on vacation, leave on probation, come back on violation. >> i've been here about eight years now. >> all island. >> looks like i picked the wrong week to quit drinking. >> let me talk, stop. >> how many m

able to put that to r&d,uire growth and to use but smaller acquisitions. >> buybacks for some of their peers have not yielded the kind of results that are haps carl icahn is for. >> i don't think i buy that it's a good use of cash all the time. say is's what they engineered earnings. if you reduce the share count, your earnings-per-share go up. you what heare with said. he heard the criticism about the company needing to invest in new technology as opposed to buying back stock and he said, to me, "that criticism is ridiculous. with the amount of money now flowing in and with the huge hoard, $50d -- billion should have absolutely no effect on the money available for new products. he is saying you can have your cake and eat it too. make those acquisitions and do the buybacks. we also talked a little bit about the future of the company in terms of products. everyone acknowledges that they need to have new product in the pipeline in order to generate additional sales. you might have an apple tv in the future. you might have the apple watch. tim cook said they would be creating new products. new one was the ipad on that was, what, four years ago? what will riv

carl, what is the defense at this point? >> reporter: the gifts were a matter of friendship and generosity and that the government would not be able to prove as required by law that he specifically had a quid pro quo or agreed upon exchange for those gift that is would provide government services or benefit to a business owned by a name by john any williams, who was the donor who provided these gifts. the mcdonnells believe the government won't be able to do that. much of the morning was spent in bail hearing. the bail hearing resulted in the both mcdonnells released on their own recognizance. the arraignment itself was concluded. 14 charges against the mcdonnells and they have, excuse me, a trial date has been set for july 2th. we will not be hearing from the defendants nor the prosecutors in this case. the judge, pardon me. the judge has said there is effectively a gag order on this they are not going to allow this case to be tried in the media. so the prosecutors and the defendants will not be talking about it. here's a little bit what mr. mcdonnell said when the indictments were revealed earlier this week when he argued that t

the republicans will be able to stop any of his liberal policies because they'll control both chambers of congress, something they haven't done during the obama era. jenna: carlk you. jon: and with the president's approval rating hovering in the 40s, some are questioning how wig a role democrats want to see mr. obama play in their re-election bids. the president about to make remarks on job training outside milwaukee. here's a look at his travels, basically, this year, since january 15th when he came back from vacation in hawaii. the only state president obama hit where a senate democrat is facing a tough battle is in north carolina. senator kay hagan, normally a big presidential supporter, managed somehow not to attend that event with the president. elise i have beck is a writer for the hill. post-state of the union speeches are quite common every, every prosecute in my memory has taken them on. is there anything different about this one? >> there's not a lot which is different except president obama's approval rating, so we know he's seeking to get the public back on his side by talking about what are, frankly, old policy ideas of his, but doing it in a flu

carl? >> a case you know well, scott, scott cohn back at hq. >>> for a little over a week people in colorado have been ableo high, we could be facing a pot shortage. jane wells heard about it and raced to denver to get the real story. good morning, jane. >> reporter: they are calling it reefer sadness. the first store that opened, everyone knew that pot would be popular, but perhaps they didn't expect it to be this popular. you are looking at video from new year's today at 3-d cannabis center. long lines. it was crazy. they actually had to shut down two days this week to restock and over at the river rockwellness center where they sell medical marijuana they are not going to sell rec creational pot until next month. >> colorado is running out of pot, that might be the headline, but as you see around us there's a lot more behind us. it will take a while while for the supply to meet up with the demand. it might be three or four years. >> reporter: really? >> it is a question of infrastructure. we need to build green houses. we have to build indoor grow rooms. it's a very expensive proposition. we don't have

sarah and carl, the real problem with saying let's get away from china and let's go to nigeria or mexico is if china does have real problems you're not going to be able eastern bank. that's going to be a major issue here. stabilization in china is very important right now. >> thanks so much. bob pisani. >>> meantime, shares of yahoo! are down this morning. fourth quarter earnings. beat estimates. the company says online ad prices and dip and revenue dip slowed at alibaba. after this quarter is the honeymoon for a ceo marissa mayer. let's bring in senior analyst at hoppen himer and cnbc contributing bethenny mcclain. she wrote "yahoo!'s geek goddess." jon ford joins us this morning at post 9, as well. jason, four quarters now without growth. is that leash, that long leash that she's been afforded suddenly getting shorter? >> i don't think so. i mean, this is a very difficult problem. she tackled running this company. and you know, the first thing that they addressed it was relationship with alibaba and perhaps secondly softbank and that does seem to be better as an outsider. now she's trying to tackle fixing the core business and that is difficult. th