according to the washington post, the white house reports at the guggenheim museum in new york city,gogh painting to decorate the president's private living quarters, but they were offered an 18 karat gold used toilet instead. this toilet you see here is actually a piece of artwork that was installed in the public restroom of the museum. people used it throughout the year it was at the museum. many believe it is intended to mark the excessive wealth in this country and the museum's curator described it as anti-trump. possibly a direct insult to try to offer this to the white house. a lot of people saying this is causing the museum's reputation to go down the drain if you will. one twitter users is the disrespect for the office is blatant and promoted by the left and in what universe is this correct. what a shame you brought upon your self and your museum. a lot of other people are joking about this. another tweet says when you got a van gogh, you got a van gogh. >> other people asking if they get federal funding. heather: oprah 2020 may be over before it begins. >> not happening acco

the white house did not respond to the offer from the guggenheim museum, but i think we know somebody who might. >> i want a toilet made out of solid gold, but that's not in the cards, is it? >> it might be. the guggenheim museum is not above a little humor. >>> chuck, now i have to ask, is there a theory that the shared humanity resides in our common love of art or just in the use of toilets? >> i think it in our common need, how's that? >> yes. >> our common necessity for what the toilet represents. >> you know, your show is unpredictable, you are unpredictable. that news story from the guggenheim was unpredictable. but i feel enriched by it. >> you need to be rich to buy it. so there you go. >> thank you, sir, chuck todd with "meet the press" daily, this is "the beat." and we are as you may know exactly 24 hours out from the president's unusual and sweeping promise to testify under oath to bob mueller. and now i can report 24 hours later, two major reactions tonight. one, donald trump's own lawyers trying to walk that promise back in a hurry. and two, donald trump's conservative pa

the white house did not respond to the offer from the guggenheim museum, but i think we know somebodyho might. >> i want a toilet made out of solid gold, but that's not in the cards, is it? >> it might be. the guggenheim museum is not above a little humor. >>> chuck, now i have to ask, is there a theory that the shared humanity resides in our common love of art or just in the use of toilets? >> i think it in our common need, how's that? >> yes. >> our common necessity for what the toilet represents. >> you know, your show is unpredictable, you are unpredictable. that news story from the guggenheim was unpredictable. but i feel enriched by it. >> you need to be rich to buy it. so there you go.

it hangs in the guggenheim museum in new york city. the chief curator said no. van gogh was not available, but she offered an alternative, an 18 karat fully functioning gold toilet. this work of art had been displayed in the restroom at the guggenheim and had been used by thousands of people. i suppose you could dismiss this as tongue-in-cheek humor but i don't take it that way and i don't think most americans will be amused. it's a direct insult to the president and the first lady. it was a deliberate insult. she is one of the elites and she did tests this president. she wrote this when he was elected. >> this must be the first day of our revolution to take back our country from hatred, racism and into holleran spread she railed against climate change. this is a minor but it is contempt. the guggenheim offers a toilet. it's not just a slap in the face for trump but it's a slap in the face for the presidency and the country. if she believes in our beloved country she should apologize and resign. the second hour of "varney and company" is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ al

the mid-century aesthetic attracted orders from new york's guggenheim museum. >> i barely have to sell these, the staff barely has to sell them, because people recognize them for what they are. we have to stay connected to the art in our collection or of course the actual building whic itself. >> reporter: that vision belonged to architect frank lloyd wright who famously connected his work to its natural surroundings. his circular design and use of light both inspired by nature turned museum architecture inside out. nature inspires bufa's work too. there are wooden sunglasses now and a botanist collection of jewelry featuring real flowers encased in resin. perhaps bufa's time is yet to come. >> we're really creating conversation pieces or what some of our museums call wearable works of art. >> for his next trick, bufa is working on a new product using cork. >>> ever since price club introduced consume to the idea of stocking up and saving, in the 1970s, we've been snapping up boat-size packages. now the biggest of the club stores do $200 billion of business each year. one new jersey en

white house there, was a quest that was made for a van gogh painting and it was request to the guggenheim museumut i believe they offered something else. >> that's right. this other work is called america so in a sense, you think donald trump might like it. it is right on with his theme until you see a picture of it. there it is there. it is actually a working solid gold toilet. this pies by the italian artist catalan. "the washington post" said critics have describe it had a say tire aimed at the excess of wealth in the u.s. they call the sensation when it was shown because it was installed in to the bathroom where people could go and use i themselves no. . everyone is amused. fox news calls it an insult to the trump family. the curator is a very active trump credit kicking and she made the connection to trump saying he is synonymous with golden toilets the guggenheim hasn't responded to inquiries so far. maybe he will reconsider. molly: thank you for that, allison. we're going take a quick break. stay with us. the news continues on "france 24." ♪ ♪ >> in this episode, a look at personal archiv

the guggenheim museum in new york is reported to have turned down a request from president trump to borrowsaid they apologise for not being able to furnish the painting but expressed hope the alternative may be of interest, the 18 carat gold toilet is the creation of artist marussia catalan and it is titled america. a reminder of the top stories: president trump has told the world economic forum that us will no longer tolerate unfair trade practices, defending his america first policy against accusations of protectionism. he told leaders in davos that the us supported a global system of global trade. you're watching bbc news. stay with us. well, the weekend is not looking too great for most of us. it's not going to be that bad, but there will be a lot of cloud around. it is going to be mild, though. this is what is heading our way. it looks like a lot of cloud streaming in our direction. we'll be stuck under this during the course of saturday. it's already coming in, bringing some rainfall to western parts of the country. ahead of it, you can see it's still dry even through early saturday

. >> and according to "the washington post," the trumps asked the guggenheim museum if they could borrow painting called "landscape with snow." >> but instead the museum's curator offered this, an 18 karat gold fully functioning toilet in installation entitled "america." now, that throne is valued at more than $1 million. the artist says it's meant to mock some of our greedier instincts. "the post" says the white house has yet to respond. >> it's a million dollars. it's almost like a cheap van gogh. >> but functional. >> yeah, exactly. >>> one last point about powder rooms. they can make great wedding venues. >> interesting. yeah, this courthouse restroom is where one new jersey couple did the honors moving theirs so deputies could administer oxygen to the groom's mother who was having trouble breathing. >> but since she signed the wedding license as a witness and it's only good for 45 days, they decided let's just go ahead anyway. so, the groom's mom is okay. she was there for the ceremony, and the family says they're grateful for the court's kindness and kind of being there in the bath

but now the washington post is reporting that when maloney and donald trump asked new york's guggenheim museum for a painting by the vanguard while that museum declined and offered something of an interesting substitute a functioning solid gold toilet by the italian artist rachel cut along the work of art entitled america is estimated to be worth about one million dollars it was installed in one of the museums restrooms and has been used by tens of thousands of visitors the president's known to favor gold decorations in his personal residences no word on how the presidential couple responded. get your mind of our top stories this hour formal coalition talks between. conservatives and the social democrats are finally underway for. reasonable time. and he says he plans to offer a positive message when he delivers the closing address of the world economic forum . you will have live coverage of that. speech was to begin. this is. an unusual. the grand museum and joy. country the international co-chair. for genesis discussed living in fear how anti semitic is germany. a german boy was bullied and a

the guggenheim museum in new york is reported to have turned down a request from president trump to borrowhington post says the guggenheim apologised for not being able to furnish the trumps with van gogh‘s landscape with snow but expressed hope that the alternative would be of interest. the fully functioning 18 carat gold toilet is the creation of artist maurizio cattelan, titled ‘america'. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm samanthabbcnews. stay with us. cloudy and mild and quite windy weather to come this weekend, and a bit of rain, as well, and you can see some of that in the far north—west this evening, but later on to not it will turn wet as the wind picks up in many western areas. further east, clearer skies, it could be quite chilly, those temperature beginning to lift as the wind begins to freshen. wet and windy weather sweeping east through the morning, heavy rain in the western h ills the morning, heavy rain in the western hills in the afternoon as the rain continues, it becomes light and patchy and we will get sunshine in northern ir

finally, the guggenheim museum in new york is reported to have turned down a request from president trump a solid gold toilet instead. the washington post says the guggenheim apologised for not being able to furnish the trumps with van gogh's landscape with snow, but expressed hope that the alternative would be of interest. the fully functioning 18—carat gold toilet is the creation of artist maurizio cattelan. and it's called america. lots more as always on our website and you can get in touch with me on social media. coming up next, click. first the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. well, the weekend is not looking too great for most of us. it's not going to be that bad, but there will be a lot of cloud around. it is going to be mild, though. this is what is heading our way. it looks like a lot of cloud streaming in our direction. we'll be stuck under this during the course of saturday. it's already coming in, bringing some rainfall to western parts of the country. ahead of it, you can see it's still dry even through early saturday morning. so here we would have had a touch of frost aro

. >> donald trump wanted a painting for the white house for the guggenheim museum, guess what, trumpare inundating facebook with negative reviews because of this seemingly insulting move by the curator, one saying hate and bias against the president, lisa on facebook says you can have differences in opinion with donald trump, you may not like him but disrespect to the office and our first lady. another facebook user says the curator needs to leave her personal bias at home, 33,000, one star reviews on facebook. >> donald trump will be the deciding factor whether the controversial pfizer memo will be released as the house intelligence committee sent it to his desk, democrats wasting no time to slam the move as political. >> i believe the memo is written is a brainwashing memo that relies on inaccurate facts. >> a deeply regrettable line today, this committee voted to bring personal interests above national interests. >> we appreciate it. what a day yesterday as it continued to unfold. what did you think about the things he had to say to release the pfizer memo. >> just political blust

that painting hangs in the guggenheim museum in new york city. the chief curator nancy specter said no. the van gogh was not available, but miss specter offered an alternative. an 18 karat fully functioning gold toilet. this work of art had been display in a public restroom at the guggenheim and it had been used by thousands of people. i suppose you could dismiss this as tongue and cheek humor, but i don't take it that way. and i don't think most americans will be amused. i'm a concrete mason. i own my own company. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, went to a doctor. and i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma... that diagnosis was tough. i had to put my trust in somebody. when i first met steve, we recommended chemotherapy, and then we did high dose therapy and then autologous stem cell transplant. unfortunately, he went on to have progressive disease. i thought that he would be a good candidate for immune therapy. it's an intravenous medicine that can affect the patient's immune system and unleash it

when she became the first african- american woman given a solo exhibition at the prestigious guggenheim museumdisplay: the 1995 series, "from here i saw what happened and i cried," where weems altered 19th century photographs of slaves. and the 1990 "kitchen table series," in which weems herself is a character in a set of carefully constructed scenes from a woman's life. in recent years she's taken the aspect of performance further, to a theater piece she created called "grace notes," a response to the 2015 murder of nine members of a black church in charleston, south carolina by a white supremacist. for the armory event, weems set a theme for the day, what she called "the history of violence." >> i think it's important to examine what violence is, how violence disrupts and dislocates, fragments not only the self, the person, but also the society. >> brown: the participants picked up on that in a variety of ways. >> today, 2.3 million people are in prison. >> brown: adam foss, a former prosecutor in boston, spoke on mass incarceration and the need for criminal justice reform >> one in three bl

. >>> "the washington post" reports that the guggenheim museum turned down the trump's request to borrowg by vincent van gogh for their private living quarters. instead, the curator offered this, an 18 karat fully functioning solid gold toilet. critics have described the toilet as satire aimed at the excess of wealth in the country. i would call it a royal flush. that is the cnbc news update at this hour. sadly, i have to hand it back to you on that note >> yeah, i think the guggenheims should be flush with embarrassment on that move thank you. >>> starbucks share sharply slower after a revenue mix up next, the "stfa money" traders tell us how they're trading this stock fire fighting is a very dangerous profession. we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us it

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museum >> you haven't been? >> it's a classic. >> you have to go to the met and the guggenheim >> balance sheets. >> that's your >> in london, all the museums are free that's lovely being ability to go on a sunday morning, going back the next week i did that while i was in london >> two years here, i haven't been to a pew smuseum not my thing >>> still ahead, a few hours go before the jobs report we'll break down the expectations and dive in on what you ed tneo be watching. jimmy's gotten used to his whole room smelling like sweaty odors. yup, he's gone noseblind. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabric refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've... ...gone noseblind to. and try febreze unstopables for fabric. with up to twice the fresh scent power, you'll want to try it... ...again and again and maybe just one more time. indulge in irresistible freshness. febreze unstopables. breathe happy. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." stoc stocks having a record year, topping 25,000 yesterday the nasdaq up 32 p

and this kind of goes along with the other museums here in new york city, moma, they also charge $25 i believe. also the whitney, the guggenheime an entry fee as well. but the met is one of the most famous museums and definitely one of the biggest attractions here in new york city. >> sounds like they need to partner up and get a museum pass out there, something a little cheaper and you can hit them all. >> reporter: yes. there you go, that's a good idea. >> thank you. enjoy the snow and the cold up there. see you on monday. >> reporter: i'll try. >> that's going to be a hard sell for like a family because you're already -- for some of us, it's an art museum. yeah, you're going to love it and that money is -- >> the problem is they've had a $25 suggested donation for decades. >> right, yeah. >> and they've lost -- 70 percent of the people over we're not going to do it. like people used to pay the donation. now they're just not doing it any. >> the hard part is around here we can go for free. >> so come to d.c. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> 13 now in washington. it's all about that that wind chill. minus four. we're under a wind chill a

is kind of weird, but it came out that the white house asked the guggenheim if they could borrow a piece of art by van gogh. the museum "no." [ laughter ] and instead they offered trump a sculpture of a gold toilet. [ laughter ] and trump said, "wait, that was just a sculpture? all right, no one go in the oval office. no one go in the oval office." [ laughter and applause ] there's a buzz here in new york city, you guys. the grammys are sunday right here in new york. [ cheers and applause ] and i saw that bernie sanders is nominated for "best spoken word." [ laughter ] meanwhile "worst spoken word" went to this guy. >> united shahtes. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: well -- "united shate -- united shahtes." well, this is going viral, during a game between the houston rockets and the golden state warriors this week, the warriors coach was joking around with rocket star, chris paul. but take a look at paul's reaction at the end. >> momentarily quiet, the crowd's -- and we'll take a time out. and when we come back, we'll hear from -- [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: i love that! isn't that the best, tariq? >> tari

museums to put on display at the white house. the obamas did it. the trumps asked the guggenheimn new york to loan them this painting, it's called "landscape with snow." they wanted to hang it in their private living quarters. the guggenheim said no, it's prohibited from travel, except for the rarest of occasions. but she did offer, and this is not a joke, this fully functioning 18k solid gold toilet, which had been on display. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what they offered them. baseball the museum told trump to van gogh eff himself. the trumps said no, because what are they going to do with another golden toilet? i'm surprised they said no. it's way veteran been a van gogh. the first time you pee on a van gogh, it's ruined. maybe this is something trump should hang in the white house. vice president pence tweeted this photo of the annual crop of white house interns. page class will graduate this week and return to their homes across the country, inspiring group. what an inspiring group. look at how white they all are. it's like an albino rainbow. [ laughter and ap