hilton, wall dorf, conrad, doubletree, hilton garden in and hampton brands.vate back in 2007. then it became public last december $20 a share. this is a different hilton than the company that was taken private. it now has the largest development pipeline in the industry. 60% of which is overseas. and crucially these news projects are mostly being financed by third party investors. i like that. hilton wants to move toward a capital light fee base model, kind of reminds me of starwood. this management and licensing side of things accounts for half of hilton's business. that's good. it's consistent. what i like most about hilton, is that it's a better balance sheet story and i always like those. shortly before becoming public hilton completed a $13 billion refinancing of its capital structure. so they now have a no big near term debt maturity that was killing us and paying a much lower interest rate courtesy of the federal reserve's bond buying program and unnaturally low rates that we have anyway. plus they raised 1.24 billion from the ipo they did and used the

. >> whitney houston died here at the beverly hilton on february 11th.generation silenced forever. a tragic ending to a life filled with promise that was almost preordained. with a gospel legend for a mother and a cousin named dionne warwick, houston was born to sing. >> when we first saw whitney, you first heard whitney, you knew there was something special happening here. >> legendary music producer clive davis certainly knew. he discovered houston and changed her life forever. he packaged and polished the 19-year-old sensation into a pure pop princess, at least on the surface. alexis chu reported on whitney's death for "people" magazine. >> one source who worked with whitney told us she definitely was not a goodie two shoes in any sense of the word. >> houston's bad girl side may have ultimately drawn her to r & b bad boy bobby brown. >> she was a girl from the streets of newark, and she fell in love with a bad boy with a good voice. so, you know, her fans, yes, very shocked. those who knew her best really weren't surprised. >> houston and brown trade

i was just inside the washington hilton.e of secret service is already securing the location for the president to arrive and some of hollywood's biggest names. one of them, tony. he stars the president in "scandal." i got to talk to him yesterday and talk about his role. actually, this past season, he re-created a scene from the white correspondents' dinner after just going for the first time last year on "scandal." here's what he had to say about that. >> that was really interesting because it was a bit humbling. i was actually a little nervous. because obama was so great last year. and he's just so gifted doing it. the scene didn't feature so much what i was saying. i was making some jokes and stuff. frankly, his jokes were really good. i thought, how do i live up to that? >> and i never missed an episode of scandal. i have to say, tony goldwyn always embodies president obama's essence. there will be more of my interview later on throughout the hour. >> all right. chris witherspoon, looking forward to hearing that intervie

have you worked at the hilton?>> i'm on 34 years now. >> how many of these dinners have you seen? >> i am pretty sure i am on 34 this year. >> to any standout, looking back? >> i think probably the first year the president obama was in office. the seemed to become hollywood one. everyone seemed to be here. we have had celebrities for many many years. that first one was overwhelming with a number of celebrities that decided they had to go through the kitchen because they didn't want to get stuck by the crowds. there are literally thousands of people here and everybody wants to meet everybody. we just had people walk into the kitchen -- walking through the kitchen all night long. it is difficult to keep the team getting a meal out when they see different celebrities walking through. [indiscernible] [indiscernible]

doubletree by hilton.here the little things mean everything. >>> christine romans, partnering with mark cuban, owner of the dallas mavericks, while he didn't comment specifically on sterling, he did explain why sterling could lose his team. watch. >> i can't comment on mr. sterling. but what i can say is we're a franchise organization. so it is not in -- it is not apples to apples and taking property. that's what i've learned since my original comments. like someone a mcdonald's franchisee started talking about spitting in the french fries -- >> you lose your franchise. >> you lose your franchise. >> the owners of the finance committee met today. are they moving quickly enough? >> that is the mark of a mature adult who can get information and change their minds. >> i spoke to several players, both current and former and their concern is less about the speed of this process and more the lack of transparency of the process. they want to be hearing everyday, and that means a sterling, either donald or his wif

paris hilton. >> he said he is australia's answer it to paris hilton.loves her. part of the reason for his attention is his narcissism and his claim he is god's gift to earth. >> those are his words. >> wow. okay. >> and he photo shopped this one where he claims that the esclips on that particular day i suppose was almost as beautiful as he. >> does he have like a million followers? >> he has about 170,000 facebook followers and almost 100,000 instagram followers. >> good for him for being who he is and owning his personality. can't fault the guy for that. seems bizarre because it's so far out of the realm of what we consider to be normal. >> it's a really negative part of our culture that this guy would find it necessary to shoot more than 100,000 selfies of himself. >> wonder what it's like for him when he doesn't look like he does now. >> right. >> that's it for "rtm." thanks for joining us, everybody. we'll see you next time. >> announcer: live from new york city, it's wendy williams! today, the glamorous susan lucci, dishing about her wildly funny

years have you worked at the hilton? >> 34 years now. >> have many of the white house correspondents dinner said you said -- dinners have you seen? >> pretty sure 34 now. >> do any standout? >> probably the first year the president obama was in office. this seemed to become the hollywood one. everyone seemed to be here. we have had celebrities for many, many years. that first one was overwhelming with the number of celebrities that decided they had to go through the kitchen because they didn't want to get stopped by the crowds. there are literally thousands of people here and everybody wants to meet everybody. so we have people walking through the kitchen all night long. kind of ethical to keep the team getting the mail out for that many people when they see different celebrities walking through. >> c-span's live coverage continues. just outside of the international ballroom serves 2 purposes are registering the guests and assigning them to the right tables. also, celebrities and politicians get to show off in front of t

a male paris hilton. >> he does say he is australia's answer to paris hilton.i think part of the reason is because of his narcissism and his claim that he is god's gift to earth. >> those are his words. >> his words apparently. >> okay. >> he also photo shopped this one where he claims that the eclipse was almost as beautiful as he. >> does he have a bagillion followers. >> a lot of facebook followers and instagram followers. >> good for him for being who he is, and owning his personality, can't fault the guy for that. i guess it seems a little bizarre because it is so far out of the realm of what we all consider to be normal. >> really negative part of our culture that this guy would find it necessary to shoot more than 100,000 selfies of himself. >> you have to wonder what it is like for him when he doesn't look. >> that's it for "rtm." we'll see you next time. .. we're kicking off the new year right with more great high school stories on sports stars of tomorrow... we'll wrap up the football season by naming our player of the year and also crowning our natio

how many potential buyers out of hilton? qwest they will keep them quite small.is what they say and that is what all of these guys are saying. they were burned so badly by the big deals. it is their deals. looking forward to those earnings. they will be hit hard. thanks to cristina alesci. a realng up, sergei says war is what is taking place in the ukraine right now. ♪ >> now to the ukraine. sergei said russia has no plans to put troops in eastern ukraine. have a listen and a look at what sergei told us. qwest the ukrainians kill ukrainians. war as as close to civil you can get. >> i sent the messenger asking to respond to these in the german media. >> [indiscernible] >> these were spread even before and they were rejected. now they are out again. we would like to see whether this is true or not. we also asked about the united conversation. indicates he might have been involved in the life of the governor, he might have been involved in inciting foreign fighters to the ukraine and so on. we are waiting for answers. have a view yet. qwest we have strong suspicions

this incredibly compelling book, "taps on the wall: poems from the hanoi hilton". thank you for joining us. how are you? >> you don't expect a fighter pilot to write poetry. >> i don't know, the thing i can't figure out more than anything else, you have poems in here that are extremely lengthy that you complete the remembered in your head. >> guest: created first and memorized and when through the walls so my wife and little girl who was three months old when i left, 7.5 when i walked in the door might have a legacy in case i died. i didn't die, buried the book for 40 years because it is a piece of my soul but in fact is you have already said, had to make time, run that answer race and won a way as i did it was by creating this verse and tap it through the walls but buried the book for 40 years and thanks to john mccain for doing the forward and people are urging me after all this time to publish this book which was a piece of my soul. >> host: how do you remember? how were you able to recreate that? >> guest: necessity is the mother of invention and i returned to

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perez, hilton. and mark omara and sunny hostin. i will start with you, nick.n you lock at donald sterling leak tapes and his lifetime ban from the nba. when you look at beyonce and jay-z's video being leaked. when you look at don joenes tweeting omg, are you saying people don't have the right to privacy and freedom of speech any more. >> there is something troubling across the board. that what you say in any context can show up in my other context with a lot of spin and what not on it. like perez was saying before, i don't find this troubling as long as we are talking about workplace and it extends to the government. my main concern, jay-z and beyonce and her sister will be fine for this. donald sterling got what he deserved. probably should have been bounced from the nba for a long time before for other practices. things like that. but the real problem here is what the government is doing or able to do that we have no a understanding of. and what access they have to what we are saying. that's the real troubling part for me. >> remember kareem abdul-jabbar's s

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the hilton?>> 34 years now. >> do any standout looking back? >> i think probably the first year that president obama was in office. the seemed to become hollywood one. everyone seemed to be here. we've had celebrities for many years. the first one was just overwhelming with a number of celebrities that decided they had to go through the kitchen because he didn't want to get stopped by the crowds. there are literally thousands of people here and everybody wants to meet everybody. just had people walking to the kitchen all night long. kind of difficult to keep the team during a meal out for that many people when they see different celebrities walking through. [applause] >> several thousand attending the white house correspondents dinner. president obama and entertainer joel mchale. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. buddy.ou so much of a please have a seat. before i get started, can we get the new presidential set up ou

doubletree by hilton. the little things mean everything. >>> welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. our top story. the most resounding victory in the indian election in 30 years. supporters of modi celebrates. we'll talk to one of the most wealthy prominent indian about what the this means for those working out side the country. >>> i'm live in central delhi where we'll speak to two first time voters in this election to find out what they think about the possible modi government. >>> also in the program, aaron is back. touch screen so yesterday. >> we're also used to doing this, touchy touchy. what about this? no touchy. i mean illusions on our cell phones and tablets. we've got a report on what we could all be doing in the future on something like this. hello. welcome back. results in india's marathon general election are coming in. it looks set to be a historic finish. early results show the hindu nationalist party is on track for a landslide victory with modi set to be the new prime minist

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