none other than alexander graham bell stepped forward to help. bell, a young restless genius had invented the telephone just five years earlier when he was only 29 years old. 1881, the telephone had earned him some money and a lot of -- but he wanted nothing to do with the company that he grown up around it. he said it was hateful to him at all times and that it fettered him as an inventor. worse even than the business board the lawsuits against the telephone. there were 600 lawsuits against him, five of which went to the united united states supreme court. finally, bell had had enough. he said he was sick of the telephone and he quit the bell telephone company. bell just wanted to help people. he had lost both of his brothers to tuberculosis before he was 24 years old. both his wife and his mother were deaf, and he knew that he could make life better for people, maybe even save lives. but he worked so hard that his parents and his wife were terrified that he literally woodwork himself to death. when he was working he wouldn't stop to eat or rest

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imagine him meeting alexander graham bell and bell saying nice job on the phone. >> nice upgrade to whatted. exactly, thanks, scott. want to let you know that steve is survived by his wife loreen, a daughter that you saw, her name is lisa and three other children, aaron, eve and reid. we've gotten a statement from the president of the united states. steve was among the greatest innovators, brave enough to think differently and bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to actually do it. the president saying that he exemplified the spirit of american ingenuity. >> and something we're learning from a lot of people, all the people releasing statements and making comments, from bill gates to mark zuckerberg and president obama in the three-paragraph statement, a pretty lengthy statement from the white house. the president also adds the world has lost a visionary, and that's something we'll hear countless amount of times as we move forward. >> we want to turn our attention to our other top story impacting the bay area directly today. a manhunt ongoing for a man who

we have heard him compared to henry ford, thomas edison, alexander graham bell and it's true. his death was a global event. in his own way, he changed life. and along the way, computing and music. he gave us something to point to with pride. he gave us the icons, fonts, shuffles and swipes of our modern lives. he was relentless, exacting and unique and he was dying of cancer during some of the most productive years of his life. steve jobs was apple and steve jobs was the american innovator of the modern age. he's gone at the age of 56 and we remember him tonight beginning with nbc's george lewis. >> reporter: with the help of a top design team, jobs turned electronic gadgets into objects of desire. there was the macintosh computer in 1984. >> and it has turned out insanely great. >> reporter: the ipod in 2001. and then in 2007 -- >> today, apple is going to reinvent the phone. >> reporter: -- the iphone. and in 2010, the ipad. >> so all these things, one after another after another it's like homerun, homerun, homerun. and there's only one babe. >> reporter: in 1976 steve woszn

i don't think it was this big a deal when alexander graham bell came out with the phone, honestly.ut, in fact, i sent my assistant to the library of congress this morning to get some footage from that, and it's interesting to see how they did it back then. >> gentlemen, i am before you today to introduce a new device which i call the telephone. the telephone is a communication device consisting of a listening cup, a speaking tube and that's about it. the telephone will soon be available for the price of a chicken. a.g. bell, out. [ applause ] >> jimmy: it was similar. it wasn't -- back then you'd play angry birds by throwing -- actually throwing the phone at birds. [ laughter ] do we have any "star trek" fans here tonight? [ applause ] i wouldn't be that proud. well, i have bad news for "star trek" fans. leonard nimoy who, of course, played mr. spock announced that the "star trek" convention in chicago last week announced he's no longer attending "star trek" conventions. he said he's tired of boldly going where no women have gone before. but he did leave his fans with a nice messag

been trying to place him, howard, in his position in american history, in our lives from alexander graham bellthomas edison, forward, through the people who created things that changed our lives. >> well, you're absolutely right about the immediate business, lawrence, for one. when i joined "the huffington post," one of the first things i did when i visited our headquarters down in soho at the time was to meet with a group of developers. of course, they were all under the age of 26 or 27 and they just produced "the huff post" first new generation of ipad app for our publication online. and all the kids there, and i say they're kids because they are, were totally fixed on how to talk in steve jobs' world. it was a world that steve jobs created that we were so eager and are so eager to speak in and speak through. his genius was to be a kind of ambassador between the world of machines and the world of humanity and make people comfortable with and eager to use intelligent machines. and i cover politics, but i can tell you that in a way what this election is about coming up is whether we're still t

>>gary: to me, steve jobs is a genius, alexander graham bell is a genius, not a football coach.ld not put them in the same category, but again, i am not a genius, so i would not know. >>mark: we are watching what is going on with the giants. did you hear about their logo? they have had this logo for 18 years. >>gary: what is the deal? >>mark: they never bothered to trademark the logo. a company in hayward called gogo sports trademarked the logo in march of this year. >>gary: the giants got word of that and went to trademark that in april. they were declined. >>mark: some experts are saying that because the giants have been using it for so long, they will get the trademark. i cannot believe that oversight. >>gary: does that mean it that this gog it'so sports would have to give permission for the giants use it? >>mark: >>gary: de remember when someone put a patent on 3- peat? >>mark: disney put a patent on navy seal team 6 after the killing of osama bin laden. >>gary: so i would have to pay pat riley if i but 3- peat on my son's soccer team cake? i >>mark: i think i found someone

we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell area of rotary telephones and modernizing it through the air as steve jobs and the internet future he imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband and helping put america on its proper 21st century fighting, positioning us to leave the world and a fiercely competitive global, digital economy. infrastructure has always been a key pillar of american economic success. connecting consumers and businesses, facilitating commerce and unleashing innovation. broadband internet is the indispensable infrastructure for 21st century economy. recognizing this fact for years respect the voices have called universal broadband and essential ingredient for american economic competitiveness and job creation. as 2007 report rising above the gathering storm, the national academy of sciences said that accelerating progress towards making broadband conductivity available and affordable for all is

we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell area of rotary telephones and modernizing it through the air as steve jobs and the internet future he imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband and helping put america on its proper 21st century fighting, positioning us to leave the world and a fiercely competitive global, digital economy. infrastructure has always been a key pillar of american economic success. connecting consumers and businesses, facilitating commerce and unleashing innovation. broadband internet is the indispensable infrastructure for 21st century economy. recognizing this fact for years respect the voices have called universal broadband and essential ingredient for american economic competitiveness and job creation. as 2007 report rising above the gathering storm, the national academy of sciences said that accelerating progress towards making broadband conductivity available and affordable for all is

we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell era of rotary telephones, and modernizing it to the air of steve jobs an and in the futuree imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband, and we're helping put america on its proper 21st century footing, positioning us to leave the world in a fiercely competitive global digital economy. infrastructure has always been a key pillar of american economic success. connecting consumers and businesses facilitating commerce and unleashing innovation, broadband internet is the indispensable infrastructure of our 21st century economy. recognizing this fact for years respected voices have called the universal broadband an essential ingredient for america's economic competitiveness and job creation in its 2007 report rising above the gathering storm, the national academy of sciences said that accelerating progress toward making broadband conductivity available and affordable for all is

graham street and 242. gutierrez is charged with vehicular manslaughter. a gun was found inside that stolen truck. >>> that church bell that went missing over the weekend from saint mary's in san francisco turned up safe and sound. they acted on a tip locating the church bell. it was sitting on top of two beams covered with a tarp as you see here. the 500 pound bell has been part of the cathedral since the 1800's. it was salvaged from the ruins in 1962 and put on a pedestal where the new cathedral opened in the 70s. >> there was a small quake in the east bay a few minutes ago. it measured 3.2 and was 2 miles northeast of blackhawk in danville. there is no report of damage. the fire burning in doug land is under control. it began at the camps park reserve training area. smokes from the fire can be seen at interstate 680 and 580. 60 acres burned. three fire stations are fighting the fire. it is all under control. >> clear and sunny skies out there. >> we are concerned about the fire danger. we are looking at the forecast. >> strong winds we have had and low humidity. we don't have extremely high temperatures. this is in

molly graham spoke with people who knew him and asked how she was able to track down kahn last november but the federal government could not. >> we started off by ringing the door bell of samir kahn's parents house. no answer. so we talked with jabrile huff, the spokesman of the family. >> you can imagine if it was your child, a number of emotions, embarrassed. frustrated. >> reporter: he said the ideology that samir wrote about was wrong. he said samir was dangerous but he wouldn't take the next step. was samir a terrorist? >> that's a good question. he definitely was a terrorist supporter. >> reporter: but you wouldn't say he was a terrorist? >> did he actually commit an act of terror? you know, i don't think it's ever been proven that he has. >> reporter: would propaganda, would the words he used against people online, would that not be considered an act of terror? >> i don't know, because he was doing the same thing while he was here. >> reporter: so he was backyard terrorist here? >> if he was that while he was here, i would say he should have been arrested and tried for that. >> reporter: the federal government might agree with him on that one. at one point ka