edison was the one who set the agenda.ne who had to negotiate in order to get the money to pay for what turned out to be a very expensive research and development process. edison lost this and he called it an invention tellier. he promised that he would come up with a minor invention every 10 days and a major breakthrough invention every six months. >> uke must ascend other programs at booktv.org. >> i don't mean to put you on the spot here, but representative tom cole. i am a criminal graduate. we probably don't have the same politics, but probably next up for me, i have not had the time to read the act of congress, but the reviews have been pretty compelling. i think that that is going to be an interesting case study. you know barney frank and senator dodd, you know some of the legislators. it is interesting to get that perspective for some of the staff. then there is a book that i have just ordered on james burns who was a legendary south carolina politician. jonathan martin of local put this on my radar. he was vice pr

if you were to walk into a recording studio in edison's era, there'd be no microphones.nstead of a microphone, what was used was known as an acoustical horn or a recording horn. that was what captured the sound and transferred the sound waves onto the master record. ♪ is that a tear in your eye, dear? ♪ as the singer sang or a band played, the air in the room would vibrate and an acoustical recording horn would collect the sound waves, and these would be transferred through sound pressure down onto a cutting stylus which cut the sound pressure waves into the record. musicians really had to play for the recording equipment so you would set up the recording equipment, and then the musicians would gather around the recording horn, and, for example, if someone had a solo, they would move up closer to the horn, and if they were not doing a solo, they would have to move away from the horn. [trumpet plays on recording] the main limitation was, it took loud sounds to cut into the record, and, for example, instruments like an acoustic guitar or a violin were very difficult to rec

the southern california edison says it's done nothing wrong.e on their response to bongser's claims when i see you next -- boxers's claims when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama will join chris christie today. governor christie wants to show off the reopening of the jersey summer board bach, just in time for the summer -- boardwalk, just in time for the summer season. president obama visited the region last november and he promised rebuilding. >>> almost a third of the donated millions of dollars that the red cross raised to help the victims of that storm has not been spent. the red cross has about 110 million remaining out of the $301 donated specifically for relief work. red cross officials say it's good to have cash in reserve to cover cashes that weren't immediately apparent after the disaster. critics are saying the red cross is not a long-term rebuilding agency. they should give the rest of that money to local organizations for reconstruction. >>> 7:18. we're now learning that the u.s. postal service

boxer chairs for the public works committee and uncovered a 2004 letter which leads her to believe edison regulatory commission about equipment swap that led to that leak. now that he want to restart the reactor at 70% and boxer criticized saying quote, we'll see what happens and we'll see how it goes and that's like saying, i think i fixed the damaged breaks on your car but don't drive over 40 miles per hour. edison said they have done nothing wrong and we will have more in my next update kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the trial for the death of trayvon martin is scheduled to get underway. they are asking that a state audio expert be barred about testifying about 911 calls and that 911 expert is expected to testify that trayvon martin can be heard in the back saying, i am begging you in a distressed voice. the trial is expected to be coming through next month. >>> and a county man shot his two adult daughters before turning the gun on himself. it happened about 20 miles southeast of fresno. police found anthony alverez and his 37-year-old daughter dead of gunshot wounds.

then we ask what ever happened to grit charles edison and vincent van gogh and charles schulz what dohave in common? next. and. >> are you ready colonel? john: today's some people make fun of western's but they often told the true story of the grit then made america possible. the pioneers left safe places to and travel enormous distances only to tough it out in wilderness. the term called and dealing and used for nothing and the ranches and farms, of breaking side and plowing and suffering through cold winters grit is what it took to create civilization and requires delaying gratification wanting something bigger than yourself and in the case of america's pioneers, a start date and abusing children and wives and husbands to build communities. as john wayne character put it we're building an asian. we have got to suffer. no great trail was never placed without hardship. that is life and grit is the stuff of life and greenness is achieved only after repeated failure. van gogh was unable to sell paintings he only sold one during his lifetime and he painted 900. cartoonist charles schulz

boxer uncovered a 2004 internal letter that she says led her to believe that southern california edison deceit the nuclear regulatory commission by saying the new steam generators they installed in 2009 and 2010 were very similar to the ones they replace. in fact, the new generators were heavier. by saying the new generators were just a swap, a southern california edison avoided a costly design review from the nuclear regulatory commission. those heavier farmers presents: fifteen seconds of smart. so you want to protect your place from burglars? buy a lock. buy a dog. mow the lawn. get a sign. hang curtains. plant something thorny. buy another lock. and, of course, talk to farmers. hi. hi! ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪ living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a

then we ask what ever happened to grit charles edison and vincent van gogh and charles schulz what dohave in common? next. and. >> are you ready conel? john: today's some people make fun of weste's but theyften tol thtrue story of the grit then made america possible. the pioneers left safe places to and travel enormous distances only to tough it out in wilderness. the term called and dealing and used for nothing and the ranches and fms, of breaking side and plowing and suffering through cold winters gr is what it took to create civilization and requires delaying gratification wanting something bigger than yourself and in the case of america's pioneers, a start date and abusing children and wives and husbands to build communities. as john wayne character put it we're building an asian. we have got to suffer. no great trail was never placed without hardship. that is life and grit he stuff of life and greenness is achieved only after repeated failure. van gogh was unab to sell patingshe only so one during his lifetime and he painted 900. cartoonist charles schulz had every cartoon he sub

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edison, harvey firestone tight ends of the day all endorsed to like coolidge and associated himself. so if i say what caused the great depression, roosevelt road long to it to look at the recession of 1919 and 1920, it was a more severe recession that the parting / coolidge ticket dealt with which was nothing. a lot of people assumed it was the same sort of situation and government policy of herbert hoover and roosevelt put the great of the great depression. coolidge of course, even in 1932 there was a campaign and people thought he could but then he died in 33. it is important to understand when they are both republicans with there republican party man. he would not go out publicly to cause these problems but nevertheless he does criticize the policies of the hoover administration he does criticize big government republican policies of the day and that part of the story has not been told satisfactorily. >> calvin coolidge 1916 election. >> 2016? [laughter] i was going to say. [laughter] i met a gentleman to weeks ago returned 101 and he remembers calvin coolidge so as to talk with h

in dim, smoky images, edison's camera managed to capture annie's performance.but the invention also signaled the end of the wild west shows. by the early 1900s, movies would become the main source of western entertainment. but for the rest of the 1890s, annie oakley and buffalo bill were as popular as ever. all over the country, excited crowds welcomed their arrival. they played 131 cities in 1895 alone. ( whistle blowing ) then, in the fall of 1901, their train left charlotte, north carolina, bound for virginia. it never made it. a head-on collision with an onrushing freight killed much of the show's livestock. the passengers escaped with their lives, but annie oakley's spine was injured, requiring surgery. she decided the time had come to leave the arena and buffalo bill. but it was hard to forsake the spotlight. just a year after the accident, annie agreed to star in a play written especially for her. naturally, she played a western heroine-- capturing bad guys, rescuing innocent victims, and performing her signature shooting stunts to rave reviews. ( applau

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it is important to understand as well henry ford, thomas edison, harvey firestone, industrial titans of the day all endorsed coolidge and match with him and associated themselves with him. if i were to say what caused a lot of the great depression, roosevelt prolonged it. if you look at the recession of 1919-1920 that was a more severe recession than the harding/coolidge ticket dealt with by saying nothing and a lot of people assume 1929 that it was the same situation. government policy particularly the policy of herbert hoover and franklin delano roosevelt put the great in the great depression. coolidge even in 1922, there is a draft coolidge campaign, people -- he dies in 1933. it is important to understand them when he deals with herbert hoover, they are both republicans and coolidge those his political success to being a good republican party man so he was not going to go out publicly and cause these problems but nevertheless in his residential column he criticizes the policies of the hoover administration, he does criticize a number of big government republican policies of the d

. >>> and they are standing in a nuclear power plant and boxer wants to know if edison intentionally misled federal regulators. they have not produced electricity following radiation leak carrying radioactive water. a 2004 letter is avoiding costly replacements. >>> and john mccain made a secret chris fighting against the syrian government and these are photos from the meeting. john mccain has reapedly -- repeatedly called to provide weapons to syrian rebels and he is the highest ranking since the war started two years ago. >>> president barack obama will join with chris christy to review recovery efforts on the jersey shore following super storm sandy. christy wants to showcase the boardwalk just in time for the season. president barack obama visited and promised federal aid with the rebuilding. >>> nearly a third of the money red cross raised to assist victims is still not spent. they have about $110 million remaining out of the $103 million specifically remaining and it is good to have reserves to cover costs that were not immediately apparent. but the long-term rebuilding agency

. >> edison, if they really are concerned about the people's lives in southern california and they want they shouldn't be operating the power plant. >> reporter: southern california edison says the video made three years ago was never completed or used and it wasn't taped in an actual control room but a training facility. adding, safety was never compromised at the plant. the nuclear regulatory commission which overseas reactors safety weighed in saying although it may have been somewhat lighthearted, it was a teaching opportunity that had no safety implications other than reinforcing the importance of clear communications. the cost to make it was $800. it's not the first time the star trek spoof backfired. the irs made one, too, and reported costs of that one was $60,000. >> we received a distressed call from a tech. >> reporter: the fact that the video is making headlines has the plant's operator and the critics agreeing on one thing, they hope it will focus more attention on the plant itself which southern california edison is trying to restart. now the operator of the plant wants to

the 1894 silent film, "annabel butterfly," created by none other than thomas edison himself in his new jersey studio, one of the oldest movies ever restored. as with other films from this period of experimentation, when frames were mostly colored by hand, the restoration is a painstaking process. it's all part of the work done here at the packard campus of the library of congress, the largest audio and visual collection in the world. >> movies and sound recordings were an essential glue that helped create and form american culture just as important as any other cultural aspect in america. >> brown: patrick loughney heads the national audio visual conservation center, more than three million sound recordings, a million and half films and video, occupying some 100 miles of shelves. the 45-acre campus is nestled in the hills of central virginia, a state-of-the-art modernized facility that once served as a cold war-era outpost for the federal reserve bank, designed to withstand a nuclear blast. today the treasure being protected is cultural, an effort born of a growing concern that audio a

about 1000 people live in this area appeared >> southern california edison and a loss angeles county said that the fire is near their facility. >> there could be averages. when is gusting more than 20 mi. per hour. >> this fire started this afternoon in the northwest portion of the angeles national forest and quickly grew. has affected more than 400 a.. >> we will continue to stay on top of the story and bring you updates coming up state-owned. female narrator: sleep train challenged its manufacturers sleep train challenged its manufacturers to offer even lower prices. but the mattress price wars ends sunday. now it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing, plus free same-day delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. when brands compete, you save. mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ you're looking at a if a fast-growing wildfire near loss angeles. >> 400 a. have been affected. stay with us we will keep monitori

southern california edison and the los angeles department of water and power said the fire is close to their facilities and they are monitoring the situation. >> there were tense moments vall solve this fire just outside of their homes. it's started 1/7 rpm on the side of a hill and seem to be getting close to houses. firefighters were able to contain the fire before a homes were damaged. no injuries were reported in this fire. if is not clear yet how it started. >> firefighters and paula out so are trying to prevent fires in their area. today, crews had to controlled burns. thewere getting rid of a dry brush and training firefighters at the same time. firefighters are calling this the worst fire season in recent history and they hope that these controlled burns at the zero rostra their role preserve will keep nearby homes safe. they have not been controlled burned in the area for 20 years. >> a curfew crackdown is in place in east palo alto. police say anyone younger than 18, the street between now and 6 a will be detained. police tell kron4 philippe djegal that they are trying to pro

has uncovered a 2004 internal letter that she says leads her to believe that southern california edisoneive the nuclear regulatory commission about design changes to the plant steam generators. >> three people were killed and one man is waking up in jail this morning after a deadly car accident. it happen around 740 yesterday morning in colma . after the collision one of the people involved in the collision fled the scene. kron fours will trans is live in redwood city with the latest. >> a search for this man for hours they are determining if there are going to press charges. he was charged with vehicular manslaughter as well as fleeing the scene. >> paul diaz is a suspect. he turned his self in hours later at the daly city police the border. why? he took off the scene there remained a mystery. they want to talk to him as well as any possible witnesses. here is video of the scene. he was the driver of the mustang. it was ripped in half after it collided into another car then bounced off the wall. three people, three other people were inside the car at the time they died at the same. for

it was a famous quote about something which said he's more rockefeller than edison. >> right.ould say early on, i was more of a businessman because i had to be because we didn't have money. and now our creative director spike jonze said, "what would you be doing-- he's a genius. he said what would you do if you take money out of the equation, what would you be doing? >> i said i'd do less of this and do more of this and he said do it. and i did e-but you had to make money first. >> but we started making more money, just by doing it, and it becomes fun, and you still make more money. i don't know where work ends and fun stardz because it's so much fin. and we interveered ian mcchi air, punk rock guy, i don't know when americans started building companies to sell them. i get to work with my best friends every day. i have the best job in the world because i made it. i get to do whatever i want. i want now to put my cultural fingerprint on the fabric of life, and frankly, you-- the the most arrogant thing i'll ever say is i don't care about money anymore. we have must have not to

boxer uncovered a 2004 anton a letter that she says lead her to believe that the southern california edison is see to the nuclear regulatory commission. those heavier steam generators may have caused the excessive wear on the to. >> we will be right back. denndey's red white & blue plate specials are ase amerimecan as apple p. espeesciallyal, the apple pie french toast. try ity with our ner w mild or bold coffee roasts. only alyt denny's. >> in bay area sports, the sharks will face l.a. kings tonight for game 7 of the second round of playoffs. this is video from sunday night's game 6 at the shark tank. fans packed the rain in san jose and were there to see the sharks' force a game 7 in the western conference semifinal series. they have taken three out of the last four games from the kings, after being down two games to zero. game tonight is at 6:00 p.m. and loss angeles. the home team has won every game in this series. >> joshed donaldson hit a two run homer to back a's pitcher began strailys strong start, and athletics beat the giants to one in the bay bridge series opener. straily tossed

submitted rejected and the nets became one of the most successful cartoons of all time and thomas edisonld hi mom he was too stupid to learn and was fired from his first two jobs for beingonproductive but he had the grit to try and try again and got 1,000 u.s. patents including the electric railway and of course, the labeled that followed 1,000 unsuccessful attempts and a reporter asked him how does it feel to fail 1,000 times? he said i didn't. the late fall was an invention with 1,000 steps. that is grit it is geat we live in a wealthy country with the welfare state so big we worry abo for peopleetting fat but what makes most people happy is not comfort but earned success the struggle for the opposite of berndt success is learned helplessness and experiment when good things occurred that were not burned like nichols coming onslaught machines it did not increase people's well-being but it produced helpssness and people gave up and became passive. that passivity is a threat to our future. everybody goes through pain and loss a struggle to overcome the about to happiness and prosperity an

southern cal edison is asking for government permission to restart one of the plant reactors. >> a horsefe after almost drowning in a well in marin county and a wild rescue caught on camera. the 9-year-old morgan horse fell in a 25' deep well yesterday afternoon in san rafael. he was walking over the well's top and the cover broke plunging him into 20 feet of water. i saw the top of the well mangled and i ran out and i saw him treading water with his head up, and sprinting back and called 9-1-1. >> several people worked together including a crane company, worked to lit him to safety after to hours of trading water. his owners have only had him a month and they now plan to build a fence around the well. >> new details on d.u.i. arrests during the holiday week. it has been a busy throw days for the california highway patrol reporting 15 traffic deaths over memorial day weekend which is four more than last year. six of the people killed were not wearing seatbelts. more than,100 drives state-wide were arrested for driving under the influence. that is only slightly down from last year. in the

neil: rich edison thank you. >> tomorrow we might get an indication it all hits fan, house, ws and means committee holding a hearing into this mess. and kansas senator pat roberts sits on that commiee with a lot of queions and consents, what do you want to know? >> i want to know why they lied to me, i want to know why i have a letter in my hand i senne clear back in july, i did not get a respond until 9/11 of all dates, i asked specifically, was there any targeting, steve miller. the man who president asked jack lew to ask him to resign, he i still there he did not fire him. i asked him, was there and specific targeting, he said no, i have the letter, is there anybody in this administration that will come clean. that is just not you want we're not getting answers. neil: we have gotten slightly different stories from jay carney a the president as to when the president knew about the inspector general's report. i'm wondering if this is the fit of mmny inconsistenties? what do you hope to get out of the hearing beyond who knew what and when. >> we'll ask those specific questions, there is

thomas edison, henry ford, i can go back even further than that.rdo da vinci, bloomberg, copernicus, as children they were all tinkerers. they were allowed to go outside and fiddle with things. curiosity was encouraged. as a matter fact, the best army officers come out performs is what my friend says he won is that so? >> when something goes awry, you're not going to call 1-800-fix my roof. what help me find someone to fix this fence. you have to do it and do it quickly. and you have used unrelated objects to fix that. that is the thinking that you need as an army officer. as the captain of the ship. neil: you are absolutely right. you still hold the pics or record for being part of this film. is that right? >> yes, and we have another one coming out. neil: all of this stuff, that's right. it is evil. >> i have done that. a 5-year-old kindergarten kid is saying, which way is the cafeteria? [laughter] neil: my little guy would say hey, wait a minute. [laughter] oh, my goodness. [laughter] >> go eat your asparagus. [laughter] neil: you are really a g

could not afford that real things were produced and it is important to understand henry ford, thomas edison harvey firestone all indoors and like to which to meet with him so if i were to think what caused this roosevelt prolonged it that if you would get the recession through 1920 that was a more severe recession than the harding's alleged ticket dealt with by doing nothing. people assume.was the same sort of situation the government policy of herbert hoover and fdr put the great in the great depression so even in 1932 there is a draft coolidge campaign people thought he still had things to say and teach but he died in 1933 it is important to understand dealing with herbert hoover he owes his success to being a good republican party said he would not go out publicly to cause problems but nevertheless he does criticize the of problems of the hoover administration and a number of big government republican policies of the day and that part of this story has not been told satisfactorily. >> [inaudible] >> 2016? [laughter] i was going to say i met the gentleman two weeks ago who turned 101 and

southern cal edison is now asking for government permission to restart the plant reactors. >> there could be a three year increase in san carlos in waste rates to raise cover the cost of improvement to the aging sewer collection system. now home owners pay $53 a month. if approved the rates go up to $67 a month in july and up to $88 in two years. a busy holiday weekend for the california highway patrol reporting that 15 traffic deaths on the roads over the memorial day weekend and four more than last year. six of the people killed were not wearing a seatbelt. more than 1,100 drivers were arrested to driving under the influence, which is down from last year. in the bay area there have been 165 d.u.i. arrests and two fatal crashes. >> the judge in the colorado movie theater shooting case is expected to make a key ruling, and decide whether to accept the plea of not guilty of holmes by reason of insanity after opening fire in a december verify suburb in july killing telephone people. the attorneys say state laws and the death penalty combine do violate holmes' constitutional right. >> this m

rich edison is standing by in d.c.s been following this story today which does have market implications. >> reporter: good afternoon, cheryl. senate republicans are already making an issue with this one, especially given president obama's re-election campaign, and it's focused on mitt romney's wealth in offshore tax accounts w. that the president has chosen a wealthy hotel heiress to lead the commerce department. penny pritzker is also an obama fundraiser and businesswoman. her family reportedly established trusts in caribbean accounts when she was a child. she told "the new york times" in 2008 that they're managed beyond her control by a financial firm based outside of the united states. one senate republican, chuck grassley of iowa, says every nominee's offshore tax avoidance activities should be examined as part of the too many nation process. if -- nomination process. be the commerce committee doesn't explore these questions with the nominee, i plan to do so, but i hope the committee will give the tax history a ser

she believes that edison misled about an equipment swap that closed the plant.leak and released radioactive steam. >>> president obama and chris christie steaming up for a tour of the jersey shore. good morning. >>> we'll see if the president will see stores reopening today. some residents still having trouble. the focus today, not only on rebuilding the jersey shore but on the political impact too. >>> the jersey shore, once again, bustling with activity. 130 miles devastated last fall by superstorm sandy is bouncing back. >> today, president obama visits the boardwalk with new jersey governor, chris christie. recreating one of the most memorable pictures from last fall. a republican governor touted as a 2016 presidential candidate praising the democratic president in the middle of a tough election. >> it has been a great working relationship. >> today, the focus is recovery. there is still much to do. the federal government has promised $50 billion. most of it for housing and transportation. a lot of that money to help small businesses. >> we are going to appl

but, you know, legend has it that thomas edison famously said, no, no, no, i didn't fail a thousand timesrk, i came up with a thousand ways how not to make a light bulb. but are there any happy accidents that come out of these blunders where maybe you don't stumble through science to get to the point you were hoping, but you do sort of go off route and find something else? some other wonderful discovery? >> well, yes. there are a number of such examples and discovery of penicillin is one such example. but, in fact, you will notice that i called the book "brilliant blunders" because of the reason that, in fact, all of the blunders i describe here eventually actually led to breakthroughs. i mean, the idea is that to make a really big discovery, you need to think outside the box. and to think outside the box really means that sometimes you're going to make blunders. >> right. >> and this is the way science really progresses. >> all right. mario livio, interesting things and certainly makes us all who have made a blue blunders feel better that geniuses have also made blunders. so thank you so

>> over a hundred years ago, ge was formed by jpmorgan himself and thomas edison.was one of the ten biggs companies back then. it's still one of the ten biggest companies. they have over 200 major product lines. but i think the main reason why they're going to be around is that technology was the last great industry. the next great industry is going to be renewable energy. and so they're a leader in renewable energy, along with all different kinds of, you know, financing and consumer goods and transportation. all of these industries are going to lead it to be around another hundred years from now, just like they were a hundred years ago. >> all right. lady, you say it's j&j, that is the stock of this century. how come? >> well, i mean, i think that, first of all, it's kind of ridiculous to think a hundred years from now, but when you think about band-aids and shampoo, johnson & johnson is a company that makes a ton of profit from the emerging markets, just basically selling everyday stuff. you take a look at ibm, ibm has said several times that they almost bit the

thomas edison also visited the arrived at and 11:00 at night because congress kept him there too longrutherford was so impressed he got the ladies up at midnight. it took him an hour to get dressed again and they stayed up until 3:00 in the morning playing with the new recording device. >> right now in washington, the washington monument is being read constructed -- reconstructed. lucy hayes was responsible for overseeing the completion of the washington monument. can you tell us a story about it? the money had been appropriated during the grant administration, but they did not get around to doing it. charge ofo was in public buildings in washington dc, was a very good friend of the hayes. withspent a lot of time him because he was also the man in charge of the white house china. she liked to take people on tours of things. withffed owl got caught up in the washington monument. when the owl caused it to shake, people thought it was an earthquake. at that point, it was only an owl. we have told you the hayes marriage was a love match, and quite a partnership. while they were in the whi

investigators say an incendiary device was used to start the fire at the home of an edison police captaine captain, children, wife and mother were home at the time. they did get out safely. there's no word on the motive. >>> swift reaction to the boy scouts' decision to allow openly gay boys to become scouts. the organization's national council voted thursday to make that change. gay rights groups praised the move. they said it did not go far enough because it does not allow gay adults to be scout leaders. some conservative groups denounced the decision saying even gay boys should not be allowed in the scouts. >>> and former congressman anthony weiner's bid to become mayor of new york off to a little bit of a stumble. take a look at his new website. when it launcheded on wednesday, it featured a skyline of pittsburgh behind a weiner for mayor logo. that was a big oops. take a look at the site 24 hours later. lots of chamber of commerce shots of the big apple bright ening things up a lot. the marketing firm that handled the website is apologizing for the error. they are also taking full re

tracy: rich edison, thank you very much. he is right. we've been covering this stuff forever.ome clean up front. by the way, my family has off shores trusts. i don't get it. ashley: tough to run for these positions everything comes out. tracy: you should know that by now. ashley: you should. quarter past. time to check on the markets. lauren simonetti on the floor of the new york stock exchange. lauren has a winner for us, don't you? >> i do. apollo global management, private equity company. shares at all-time high after q1 profits rose by more than 70%. the company is taking advantage of favorable capital conditions to sell shares in chemical and cable companies. so apollo, certainly up hour than 2% today. also cliffs natural resources. this is a miner. a dog this year, down more than 40%. it is getting a nice 5.75% pop today. essentially got an upgrade at fbr capital markets. fbr essentially saying that, cliffs natural resources has the ability to withstand week iron ore prices and higher domestic supplies. those are two winners my friends. back to you. ashley: lauren, thank

not a single one of you can tell me how many times thomas edison failed. we don't remember him for his failures. we remember him for his success. each and every one of you will be remembered not for your failures of how well you overcome your failures. that is what you will be remembered for. [applause] so when you leave here to face the world, i've often wondered why people look upon commencements as the ending of something. that defies the dictionary. commence means to begin. today is not an ending. it is a beginning. i want each and every one of you to leave here today remembering no matter how many times i may fail, i will never give up. remember, i don't care how many times you attempt, the next time could very well be the time. so if you really want to honor your parents, your family members, your friends, this administration, the university, ust remember you should pursue your life dreams and aspirations with an attitude that you will ever ever give up. if i quit after three failures, i never would have become number three in the house of representa

thomas edison also visited the white house and arrived at 11:00 at night because congress kept him thereoo long. rutherford was so impressed he got the ladies up at midnight. it took him an hour to get dressed again and they stayed up until 3:00 in the morning playing with the new recording device. >> right now in washington, the washington monument is being read constructed -- reconstructed. lucy hayes was responsible for overseeing the completion of the washington monument. can you tell us a story about it? >> the money had been appropriated during the grant administration, but they did not get around to doing it. thomas, who was in charge of public buildings in washington dc, was a very good friend of the hayes. lucy spent a lot of time with him because he was also the man in charge of the white house china. she liked to take people on tours of things. a stuffed owl got caught up with in the washington monument. when the owl caused it to shake, people thought it was an earthquake. at that point, it was only an owl. >> we have told you the hayes marriage was a love match, and quite a p

one of the friendlier things is a share tolder vote to change the name of the company to sun edison.they think leasing is one thing that puts them in a good state. dpoeld man does have banking relationships with all three names. >> now the rebound this year. that's something to look at. bertha, thank you very much for that. taper talk appears to be the talk of wall street. will this happen and will we get insight on that? but mr. santelli, we understand you will be joining us with a special guest. >> absolutely. we have david stockman on the trading floor in chicago. you know, when you think of comments like the fed is a central bank gone crazy, maybe some of you think of me, but no, david stockman said it. he's going to defend it. he's going to talk about the issues in his new book. do deficits matter? is the central bank going to be able to find us an exit that we can all fit through? he has some significant thoughts. bottom of the hour, yes. david stockman. clients are always learning more to make their money do more. (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottrade's free, in

home to the first brewery, the first boardwalk and saltwater taffy here in america and also thomas edison>> speaking of movies, the sixth insaulment of "fast and furious" opens here. we have michelle rodriguez here. >> hi, what's going on, guys. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> for those who love you, you have legions of fans they were so disappointed when you were we thought killed off in one of the other movies and now you're back. how does that happen? >> the fans asked for it so vin diesel basically went over to the studio and said hey, guys. >> bring her back. >> bring her back. >> is it true you didn't know you were going to be into the sixth movie until you saw the fifth movie? >> vin told me about it in "four" and we opened it up in the possibility. i was in paris and i went to check out "fast and furious" to see the rock go head to head with vin deez untiesel in the fe which was a great fight and at the end of the film there i see my picture and all of a sudden it looks like leddy's coming back to the franchise. >> speaking of big fights, you have one heck of a kickbutt

not a single one of you can tell me how many times thomas edison failed. for hist remember him failures. f we member him for his success. each and everyone of you will be remembered not for your failures failures but for how well you overcome your failures. that is what you need to be remembered for. to face theve here world, i have often wondered why people look upon commencements as the engine of something. end of something. that defies the dictionary. commence means "to begin." today is not an ending. it is a beginning. i want each and everyone of you to leave here today remembering remembering no matter how many times i may fail i will never give up. remember. i do not care how many times you , the next time could very well be the time. if you really wanted to honor your parents, your family members, your friends, this administration, this great university, just remember that you should pursue your life's dreams. it is an attitude that you will never ever give up. if i had quit after three failures i never would have become number three in the house of

one of the odder stories out there involves thomas edison to on his deathbed someone shoved a jar in front of his face to capture his last breath and then put the lid on the jar. the breadth ended up in a museum and people came from miles around to look at this jar with the breath inside of it supposedly. probably the most lurid story, though, involves feinstein again because after his body got out of thomas hardy's office bottle went to another doctor who decided to pluck out his eyeballs and kept them in a jar in a safety deposit box decades and decades. word got out about this in the 1980s that which point michael jackson, who else, michael jackson reportedly offered $3 million to get einstein's eyeballs but the doctors said no, he was not going to part with them because he had grown fond of taking them out and gazing into them every now and then. i don't mean to lump thomas hardy in with these other people. he didn't have some sort of weird fetish about a celebrity body part. he actually had a serious scientific purpose, to figure out what made einstein very smart. first thing he