silicon valley, when you started out with a dotcom boom, that was california. to this one thing right, and set the tone for the rest of the nation. o[applause] >> next speaker. >> you already spoke. you only get one shot. sorry. >> i do not think it matters what my name is. i have been brutalized by police, and i have seen my friends, too, but i am here for the people and the moms of the victims to make their voice a little louder, and that is all i got to save. -- to say. [applause] >> i get nervous when i speak in front of a lot of people, so i wrote something about a. my name is elliott. i am 19 years old. i am one of the 99%, and i stand in solidarity. i was one of those unlawfully arrested. i was in a line of people attempting to block a truck holding personal belongings. these include new tents that i believe have right to. shelter is a basic need, and we will not relinquish our right to it. sunday is the first time experiencing police brutality. my body is still sore from when they drive me to the ground. what still makes me laugh as when i remember the

dotcom. you can visit our website.s a performing arts school for youth and young adults, ages 5 to 18. we're a year-round program where we offer acting and dance. beyond that we give them a platform where they can express themselves, a non-judgmental environment. basically it's a home away from home. ♪ >> you giving advice to those young people, which i'm sure you do, who want to enter the arts, who want to go into, whether it's music, whether it's theater, whatever it is, what would be the advice you'd give them? >> to step outside of the box. to not stay within the confines of what you think is the traditional way of getting in. because the industry has changed so much with, you know, multimedia and just the internet sensation and things like that. you see it's creative, it's possible, and not -- you don't think you have to go the traditional route. don't think you have to take risks. because without risk you'll never know your true possibility. and listen to your heartbeat. if there's something that you're passionat

silicon valley, when you started out with a dotcom boom, that was california. to this one thing right, and set the tone for the rest of the nation. o[applause] >> next speaker. >> you already spoke. you only get one shot. sorry. >> i do not think it matters what my name is. i have been brutalized by police, and i have seen my friends, too, but i am here for the people and the moms of the victims to make their voice a little louder, and that is all i got to save. -- to

symbol of the dotcom boom and bust. pets.com, because pets can't drive. so much hype. so much promise. ultimately boomed to fail. >> i got to start up a utah dot com and shut one down. >> reporter: that's why he came here to failcon. >> i still encourage -- >> reporter: a convention where entrepreneurs learn that it's okay to swing and miss. >> sometimes by just say, you guys have three months of money left in the bank and you're running out, and you don't have a funding pipeline here, we don't have a customer, you have to do something different. >> reporter: in an industry that reveres the warm and fuzzy success story it's easy to forget most tech leaders fail before they succeed. in fact, many start-inceos are better equipped for business after a stumble. >> a lot of things we do, a start-up, you expect to fail. so you stumble with customers, with product features. we go, that was a good idea, we thought. >> if people want to be successful, they have to be able to not only be aware of failure and not be afraid of them, be willing to have them. >> other guys fail but

to sustain that speed and build momentum and you have then the fact they run 23 or 4 wide and the dotcom know effect when the track basically got blocked. >> drivers say they were concerned about high speeds at the las vegas motor speedway. racer or yoel service via said we all had a bad feeling about this place because of the high banking and how easy it was to go flat. we knew it could happen but it's just sad. >> his dad spoke outside his home. >> daniel was born to be a racer and yesterday left us doing what he loved to do. >> his reputation spread quickly. he won the indiannapolis 500 two times. fans created a memorial outside the gates of that track sunday. >> he was a great ambassador of the sport and, honestly, as a fan, he was one of the nicest guys i ever met. the guy is genuinely down to earth all the time. >> he leaves behind a wife and two small children. this is the first indy car death in five years. >>> you might think you're covered until you really need it? >> i don't know if you can trust an insurance company, quite frankly, and you can't be without it. >> if disaster

siding two months process that was a drop in the water compared to what happened since then with the dotcom bubble and subprime but now it is going to live right now there's absolutely bucket loads of fraud in the system and you need somebody with the bulls dislike them on and put people behind bars of it is and start breaking down the political power that wall street still has yet bill black needs to get medieval and jamie diamond. all right let's spend the next minute or start talking about australia you famously have been calling for the australian real estate market top out and started to climb of all your work steve came this is the one prediction that has lagged the others but it seems as though you're being vindicated to bring us up to date you know we do right i made a call about house prices falling forty percent over ten to fifteen years in and out of the oldest of two thousand and seven and in a total of two thousand. and seven the government brought in what i prefer to call the first time vendors boost where rather than giving the first time seven thousand to strike and all thos

and alfred edmund is the multimedia editor at large for black enterprise dotcom.at to see all of you >> thank you for having me. >> phil, you -- you kind of reopened one of your first businesses, but you did see a failure in your business, and that's what you think makes your success now, correct? >> absolutely. i had seven years to think about what i could do different when phil the fire closed back in 2004. but i also had to reinvent myself in that process. so i had to distinguish between defeat and failure, between my emotions and my passion, and between who i am and what i did. and through that process i was able to bring phil the fire back stronger, better, and do the things right when i was given the chance to take a second bite at the apple. >> i think what you just said is so interesting. this idea of distinguishing about emotions and passion. because that's the only way you could learn, right? i mean, your book, what if and why not tells people to just go for it. >> right. so, a lot of it is always following your passion. but knowing, also, where the timi

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everything you just saw, i've linked up for you on my dotcom. >> thank you very much, josh levs. i appreciate it. >>> the trial of michael jackson's doctor this week, jurors heard from expert witnesses this week, including one that said jackson gave himself that fatal dose. >>> first, before the break, a company that correct local data about internet use, one of the things they looked at in the report is the world's fastest and slowest internet connections. latvia, number five. the netherlands at fourth. third of the list is japan. hong kong says the number two spot. and the country with the fastest internet on the world? south korea. by the way, the united states was number 12 on the list. after the praek, we'll check out the fastest fewest states. sglooe the state of the internet quart urly report was recently released by the company that collects global data about internet use. one of the things they look out in the report, the world's fastest and slow eest. the u.s. came in 12th. vermont at number five, next on the list is utah. third, washington, d.c. delaware takes the numb

a rough day for dotcom investors, a rough month if you invest in shares of netflix. today probably the worst day for the dvd rental and streaming company. one day after announcing 800,000 customers abandoned the service, netflix saw their stock price drop down to just $77 a share. if you makes it you netflix shareholders feel any better, amazon.com reporting earnings that disappointed as well. heavy spending trimmed profits. amazon shares are down 12% in after hours trading. a tech giant naming a new ceo. ibm says long time chief sam y senior vp will take over january 1st. count hp and xerox, that means three women running very large tech companies. you've already designed the device that changed the music world forever? what do you do for a startup? you launch a startup to help keep you warm. here's how silicon valley came up with a better thermostat. >> in the grill we actually have a sensor that detects motion so us a walk around the house it notices when you're home. >> reporter: matt rogers used to design ipods and ipads. then he left apple to design this, a the

. >>> also, he struck it rich in the o dotcom revolution. now scott mcnealy takes us behind the scenes and gives us a first look at his brand-new company. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. some warming today. right now in our oakland sky camera, fog-free conditions across the bay. it is a preview of what is going to be coming our way on saturday and sunday with temperatures in the mid 70s in the south bay. we'll have details on what is ahead in just a few minutes. e >>> thankfully, there was no violence at concord high school today. but a faxed threat was enough to keep half of the students away. mt. diablo school district says someone sent a fax claiming they would open fire on students. police are actively investigating the threat, but have not released any further information. concord high school, el dorado middle school and westwood elementary were all under tight security today. but some parents weren't taking any chances. this is the third school threat in the east bay in just a week. >>> well, a bay area nati

once a year at annual credit report dotcom. it's free.ed to check their score and that could cost them thousands of dollars in higher interest payments. >>> you'll soon be warned the next time you're about to exceed your monthly talk, text or data plans, a deal expected to be announced today. under the agreement wireless carriers will either text or call you to let you know when you're about to be hit with overage charges. >>> and imax movies are about to get brighter. kodak inked a deal to bring its laser projection technology to a number of imax theaters. the agreement is a boost for kodak, which struggled in recent years as consumers switch from traditional film to digital cameras. >>> don't forget, for the latest news about your money check out the all-new cnnmoney.com. >>> "american morning" will be right back after this break. sun life financialrating should be famous.d bad, we're working on it. so you're seriously proposing we change our name to sun life valley. do we still get to go skiing? sooner or later, you'll know our name. s

and you're going to find exclusive deals on dotcom from shoes to wine, and more. >> everybody check thation. sam? booty wrap for you? >> emeril's cooking segment is coming up a little bit later. but i like to eat in the kitchen. i can't help it. >> i'm glad you're here. >> i can't help it. >> you have pies and then you have weather, you know? >> we'll do the weather. this apple pie filling is like the best. i can only imagine what it's like when you bake it. >> yeah. when it had a crust. >> that's coming up later. >>> let's get to the boards. one or two things we want you to know about. you head out your doors. we show you our twitter pictures. there's been complaints about the fall color in new england because it was such a wet season. but look at what it looks like in nanuet, new york. you get to see the difference in sweetwater, that hasn't changed yet. and the fall leaves are beginning to kick in now. new york city, it is cooler. but the big news here, it is drier. you have to get through friday. saturday, sunday, the better days as you get into the weekend. in the northeast, look at

ben cosgrove, kepty edary the "life" dotcom has the stories behind the pics.ned more than 55 years ago. why are people talking about it, besides the fact that it's historic? >> an incredible thing to think about this relatively average pitcher hurling the only no hitter in world series history. not only a no hitter bought perfect game. there's only been one other no hitter last year with roy halliday, but the idea of this journeyman pitcher of the new york yankees, who played for many teams during his career, throwing an absolute gem in the world series against a mighty, very talented, powerful brooklyn dodgers team is extraordinary. >> what led you to dig through the archives? >> well, let me give you a little thumbnail sketch of life.com and how these pictures sort of came to light. we're a unique website in that we're a partnership with getty images. we have contemporary photographers coming in from all over the world minute by minute from getty photographers in europe and asia and latin america, everywhere, and down on wall street and everywherals but also

the dotcom reporting acorn's former brooklyn headquarters is headquarters for new york community forere former acorn workers plan strategies. they declined fox news' invitation to discuss the story but issued a statement saying fox news is trying to discredit occupy wall street, new york communities for change is a new organization that fights for low and moderate income families. we don't pay protestors, and any monies raised by nycc's canvas are used in support of our ongoing issue campaigns, period. they go on to say that we should respect the views of the overwhelming majority of americans who believe our nation needs a more equitable distribution of wealth. bill: we'll see what happens today. rick, thank you for that, rick lev been thall from our newsroom in new york. martha: republican congressman paul ryan came out swinging against president obama, accusing the president of using divisive rhetoric to sell his jobs plan. here's ryan on the record last night with greta. >> i don't enjoy doing this, because he gave us a message of hope three years ago, of uniting, not divide, and

even fox news dotcom says it could be more than a loony protest movement from the left. "talk back" question of the day -- could occupy wall street be the dawn of a new tea party? facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning. i'll read your comments later this hour. >>> coming up on "american morning," a real thorn in the side of rick perry. who is this milwaukee man who spent four years tangling with the texas governor trying to get limb to hand over his office e-mails. it's a very, very interesting story. we'll bring it to you on the other side of the break. we're making tomorrows like clockwork. ♪ for all the different things our customers planned for. like a college education. or, the perfect wedding. ♪ ♪ i love ya, tomorrow! [ male announcer ] we're making them a better financial future. what can we make with you? transamerica. transform tomorrow. it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masseuse who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by