thank you, frank rich. >>> speaking of serious stuff.xclusive reporting inside a gas attack in syria. allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> last month, a shocking chemical attack in a syrian town, led to the first military strikes of bashar al assad. carissa ward has never seen footage of the aftermath of that day. >> reporter: i do want to warn our viewers that this is disturbing material. and if you have children at home, you might want to have them leave the room. when the chemical attack hit, some brave journalists from the aleppo media center, went straight to the seen at enormous personal risk. the footage they shot provides an up-close look at the horror of a war crime. that's why we felt it is so important to show. the attack happened shortly after dawn. camera man adam hussein says that warplanes are targeting the town. from his rooftop,

. >>> frank rich is the executive producer of veep on hbo.e asked him about the best platforms for content and whether or not netflix can become hbo creatively, faster than hbo can become netflix. >> i do think it's a valid race. i do think it's a bit of an oversimplification. first of all, there's some terrific programming on netflix. secondly, hbo is making huge leaps in terms of technologically making itself available to a broader audience. so in the end it may all washout. but it's a good way to frame it now. i think what's good about it, it does describe two different parts of a culture, in general, that are on a collision course, not just in television and not just with these two networks. how do you do creative work and entertainment in general at a time when people have so many options and can watch anything they want at any given moment. all the kind of things we used to talk about is all gone. this whole culture is being reshaped. it's possible there will be a third way that's not the current hbo or netflix model that will yet emerg

we'll talk to frank rich, one of the executive producers of "veep" on hbo.ack after a break. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov the power of a low volatility investing approach. the power of smart beta. power your client's portfolio with powershares. before investing, consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. call 800-983-0903 for the prospectus containing this information. read it carefully. distributed by invesco distributors inc. ♪ >>> the latest installment of our digital series binge. frank rich producer of the hbo show "veep" is a long time political commentator and he knows politics from the real life and fiction side of things. listen to the post election soul searching that the cast of "veep" went through. >> on election night as the returns were coming in, we were shooting a s

now obviously that that's still out there, the emails but it being perpetrated still i men like frank rich, jeff greenfield and most certainly bill marr and i will also add the new york times, he should have been removed from his position as chief editor. because he was largely behind the emphasis on her emails. do you have, this is my question. do you have the opportunity to do other speaking engagements, you're from kentucky, are you going to be in the new york city area for a while? >> i'm from new york newark new jersey by the way but i live in kentucky now. you're right. >> i would like to suggest you get in touch with susan eiko at 92nd street y. he is continually presented extremely male left reviews of this election but places like that, i hope you have the opportunity to go there, it's a tremendous book, thank you. >> thank you very much.>> hi, you kind of started to touch on this on the question that i had. but you talked about how clinton had many moments of extreme popularity but essentially as secretary of state just everybody loved her and she started looking for power and pe

. >>> we sat down with the executive producer of hbo's "veep", frank rich.s the president might not serve a full term. >> i've always felt with trump -- this is totally a theory and it's probably half baked and may well be wrong, but part of me feels he doesn't really love the job. he doesn't really want to do the job. what's incredibly lazy about doing the job. he can't even -- it's hard to get him out of mar-a-lago let alone how to figure out how to pass a law and my feeling is he likes adulation. he likes public acclaim. if it turns dark for him or depressing for him, he might find a way to slither out of it. some way he can claim victory and leave. >> coming up in the next hour, he talks about the race between netflix and hbo. the dow is down 39 points. more "squawk on the street" straight ahead. [vo] when it comes to investing, looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that

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. >> and rich, what was his influence throughout, beyond sports, throughout the culture? >> i think if frankford wrote something, a four-page article, you read it, if it was a 44-page article, you read it. he was that good. a giant, a tall man to begin with, but a giant in the industry and humanized sports. he was a gentle so, too, wonderfully missed. >> it was no accident that former president obama awarded him, the first sports figure, i think, awarded the national humanities medal. suture a beautiful and engalega man, thank you for your knowledge on both subjects, thank you for being with us and taking the time today. coming up, going it alone? angela merkel's tough talk after meeting with donald trump. [radio alarm] ♪ julie is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor- positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ♪ ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at

frank and marlon would be fun, friend, buds. buns. >>> the show that launched so many stars is making a comeback. >> right. bigger, better, bigger, better. version. >> abcer. >> tell you coming up. [female narrator] foods richd like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant. >>> it made simon cowell famous, ryan seacrest, and now american idol hoping to change music and reality tv. >> it's promising to be better. here's abc's juju chang. >> and this is "american idol." here we go. >> reporter: after 15 seasons on another network, last year, swan song for "american idol" included a cryptic signoff at the finale from host ryan seacrest. >> good night, america, for now. >> did he know something we didn't? >> drum roll. >> it was just today. >> an exciting announcement. we can reveal that abc is bringing "american idol" back. >> reporter: hollywood's abuzz with potential judges and who might host. kelly ripa prodding ryan seacrest this week about a possible repeat performance. a showstopper and a game changer. the highest rated show on television for eight consecutive seasons. more than 36 million viewers at its peak. it gave contestants a national lau