she is standing by with a very special guest, dan gilbert, the founder of quicken loans and owner of e cleveland cavs. stephanie: there's so much to cover here with dan. before we get into nba, let's talk again loans for a moment. in the lending business, we're so focused on the health of the u.s. economy, from your perspective, what does it look like? >> housing is doing pretty good or ok on the high end of ok. overall, u.s. economy, i call it --t of stephanie: meth? >> i don't think there's a lot of capital investment going on by companies, huge cash on balance sheets. not a lot of investment. i think you'd like to see a lot more investment and job creation. i would give it 5.5 or six out of 10. stephanie: do you think it is worsening? we're janet yellen saying doing well, raising rates. are these jobs being created, was that are impacting the economy? >> that is a good point. the high and job creation, if you look at it by sector, probably isn't doing a great overall. copies are conservative, being very lean. are theselike there huge amount of industrial jobs or blue-collar jobs be

back in northeast ohio u dan gilbert, cav's owner taking to twitter to thank him for his character and dedication throughout his 12-years in cleveland >> cav's taking on thunder in oklahoma. basketball fans hoping to see kyree irving, matching up with russell westbrook. tyree leaving the game with flu- like symptoms. >> >> early on, things going the thunder's way, kevin durant gets by the king, finishing the floater. durant, team high, 26 points. lebron, getting his own ail alley-oop, around the double double with 25 points 11 assists. smith, that's knocks one down cav's win big 115-92. >> it just shows our teams the guys in the same situations where guys make it to the finals. the guys step up. if they continue to do that, we'll be fine. >> >> indians in arizona for training camp. andy basskins will be joining them out there in a few days. zach, among the pitchers competing for a spot in the rotation. last year, he served better in another role. as a veteran, he knows what it takes to do well in this league. >> the way i work. the way i prepare, a starter mentatility, as far as the wo

. >> now, that $70 million investment being made by owner dan gilbert. remember he took over caesar's share here. worth noting, whoever the owner was, they had to make a $60 million investment here by decision was made to keep it here. reporting live, todd berras, channel 3 news. >> so, todd, how many workers will they have when it's done? >> reporter: the situation on the employment figures here, this new hire would take total employment here to about 620. you couple that with the roughly 600 workers down at the horseshoe casino, that means mr. gilbert's gaming operations maybe not delivering all the revenue people projected, but certainly delivering a lot of jobs, about 2200. >> tom berras, thank you. >>> early voting is under way for the ohio presidential primary here in cuyahoga county. our crew is there as the board of elections prepare to mail out 30,000 vote by mail ballot. >> they expect them to use this method in the election. less than a month away on march 15th. in south carolina governor john kasich continues to rally support for his presiden

. >> dan: romona, this is because you remember dan gilbert bought out ceasar's. rock gaming was ceasar's entertainment in las vegas. when he bought them out they needed a name change. mixed reaction from the horseshoe and now will be the jack cleveland casino. and this is also what cincinnati will look like. we have thistledown and change the name as well as detroit. here is a look at the time frame for this. we can come down here. thistledown will start their name change march 2016 and downtown cleveland may of 2016. cincinnati june. and then in the fourth quarter they will get to detroit. now, this is also, if you are one of the players that uses rewards, they will change that system up to instead of diamond will be the jack and ace or king. mixed reaction on social media. i did see a clever comment. somebody said they are changing it to jack because you won't win jack. i don't know if that's true or not. i think can you win at that casino, romona? >> romona: and they released a promotional video. jack has thoughts how to have a good time. >> jack says nobody e

a close, inch of it, but when it came to play in the second half, even that prompted team owner dan gilbert to tweet that lightly. that was the message to the crew. kyrie irving has of reflection knowing that everybody needs to buy in to win a championship. >> i just think that when it comes down to teams putting us in the half-court we have to find that continuity that we have in the first half. you know, things that are working, we've got to stick to it, continue to move the basketball. obviously we have the talent to go one-on-one but want to get away from that. i say that for the fourth quarter when we want to be in the mindset. >> cavs getting ready for the celtics tonight. iman shumpert visiting homeless agencies, handing out socks . he was inspired to do this after hearing the socks of the most important things needed at homeless shelters. >>> college basketball tonight, ohio state and wisconsin, nigel hayes, boom. three. 21 points, wisconsin hit a season-high, 13 three-pointers games. biking, cleveland state, flanagan, 25 points for the vikings. kris jenkins had 20 for the titans. c

new miami chief dan gilbert argues--this is safer--and more efficient. since a picture of the violation is uploaded to a private company--who then issues the speeding ticket--cops don't have to risk standing on the side of the road, taking the time to write you up. "we have a huge speeding problem here in new miami and we're not issue." we watched this officer click off three tickets in 20 minutes--at 95 dollars a piece. barr: "people make the argument this is purely revenue-generating conduct. do you disagree with that assessment?" chief: "i absolutely disagree with that assessment...and i will continuously stand firm on it's a safety issue." although new miami is enforcing the state-mandated speed limit--the village is not using state speeding tickets. the village created its own speeding law that allows it to charge speeders under a village ordinance--forcing drivers to pay a 95 dollar fine. in exchange--the village won't report the points violation to the state--or to the speeder's insurer. "it has nothing to do with public safety." 11:37 "it's polic

dan gilbert bought out ceasar's. >> jack lives the life and guests are invited to get a taste of it. so prepare yourself. rest up. because jack has plans for you. >> dan: rock gaming has rebranded as jack entertainment. the thistle down race casino and horseshoe casinos in cincinnati and detroit are being renamed jack. the transition at thistledown is set for march 9th. >> denise: the pro football hall of fame is one step closer last night the canton board of education unanimously voted to finalize a 99 year lease agreement with the hall of fame village for several plots of land. also five acres north of the stadium are involved. the school district will receive $285,000 a year for rent and that will increase by 10% every decade. >> dan: i would really like to see that happen. gorgeous renderings there. >> the boys of summer are at it in goodyear, arizona where it is 70 degrees and sunny. >> denise: mark schwab drew the long straw. i know you heard from terry francona. are we expected to see any changes? >> mark: one thing on the line up he is talking about, a little but might have ca

ceasars sold it's horseshoe casinos to dan gilbert's rock gaming last fall-- and with a change of owners, comes a change of names! if you don't know jack, you will.. this spring! the horseshoe casino in downtown cincinnati... is set to become the "jack" cincinnati casino in early june.. "jack lives the life.. and guests are invited to get a taste of it.. so prepare yourself, rest up because jack has plans for you" rock gaming has also rebranded as "jack entertainment", and the thistledown racino, along with horseshoe casinos in cleveland and detroit, are also being re-named "jack". the transition at thistledown is set to begin march 9-th. uc president santa ono... is ready to make the school tobacco-free... by next year... a letter was sent out today to students, faculty and staff... saying a committee has been formed to implement the policy over the next 12 months. as part of the plan... there will be programs to help people stop using tobacco... miami university and n-k-u have already adopted tobacco free policies. weather now some serious rain on the way... we want to get another chec

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hopefully the golden state warriors and the cleveland cavaliers -- your friend dan gilbert trying toown team. i'm going to send it back to you in new york. . are at the nba all-star weekend tech summit. i'm with ted leonsis. scarlet: all right, stephanie ruhle with an exclusive interview with ted leonsis. and speaking of holiday -- the nhl when he has a problem. it is hurting not only the league, but player paychecks. this is a problem because nhl in seven of 30 teams based canada. so what does it mean for the league and the players? a third of nhl revenue comes from canada, and that is ticket sales and franchises in a media dealn-dollar with rogers communication peerages looking at that deal, billionorth for dollars, and it's a billion dollars off the top. scarlet: and it has changed up a lot. exactly. the canadian dollar was pretty low. winnipeg moved into the southern united states, quÉbec moved into denver, so they moved a lot of franchise into stronger u.s. markets. right, thank you so much, joining us from bloomberg news on the loonie and hockey alix:. more bloomberg news on th

nba techake you to the summit where we will hear from dan gilbert, and the majority owner of the cleveland about his role overseeing claims from the volkswagen emissions scandal. plus, what he thinks about current practices on wall street. let's head straight to the markets desk were julie hyman has the latest on some breaking news on consumer sentiment.

heyward and his neighbors hope something can be done to get edwin gilbert to his doctor's appointment at 11 this morning. now... city councilman dan moore saw this story when it first aired last night on our sister station kpth - fox - 44. councilman moore says he's told other city officials about what's going on... he hopes to find a quick solution for the neighborhood. 3 more news from the city council this morning... looks like saturday in the park won't be the only big event at grandview park this summer.yesterday the mayor's youth commission announced it's raised enough money to build a beginner's disc golf course. the course would cover most of the southeast portion of grandview park... people say it's great for folks who want to learn how to play the game. the project will cost 45 - hundred dollars... and all that money came from private donations. 3 an old sioux city school's getting a new life.yesterday the school board approved the sale of the on the city's west side to the radiant life community church. the church will pay the district 25 - thousand dollars for the building. the church is at west 4th and george streets