weighing in now on an exclusive, john thompson the chairman of microsoft and venture partner at lighted ventures john, great to have you on with us welcome. >> thank you nice to be with you. >> so, when you look at this escalating trade tension with china and the possibility that it could cause questions about the security, viability of technology coming out of both nations, what do you think is the ideal end game to this >> well, ideally we do need to figure out how to balance the trade between the two countries. no question about that however, when you think about the tariffs that have just been implemented, they will be carried on the backs of u.s. citizens those of us who buy and sell things every day that seems to be a bit off, particularly when you compare that to what's happened to salaries for the average u.s. workers. u.s. workers will carry the cost of this trade war that's going on and yet, we haven't seen them do anything, poe nengsly to grow the salaries of the u.s. population that's not a good thing. bad combination. >> yeah. want to talk to you about microsoft as well.

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john thompson reports. movie thursday night is movie night for john and hannah caranta.(hannah caranta/customer) we're trying to decide if we want something funny, or scary, i don't want scary. but it's not just a trip to find a film, it's also a trip down memory lane.(john caranta/customer) we have friends visiting and wanted to bring them to one of the last blockbusters it might be their last chance. it just breaks your heart, you know the end of august spells the end of blockbuster in alaska. kevin daymude has been here nearly all of this stores 28 years. he's seen the industry change as more people go to streaming services, but he says netflix isn't for everyone.kevin daymude/blockbu ster general manager we have a lot of customers that just don't want to do that for one thing its expensive, and if you don't have high speed, its a waste of time. theres something about coming in and talking to someone, and saying hey how's it going, whatever. its just nice to have that service, that one on one time. the a

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thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead as we continue t dramatic menurt as a kidnappin survivor comes face-to-face with a serial killer who for months held her captive. >>> also, papa johns founder feeling the heat. the offensive remark he's apologizing for tonight. >>> we're back now with the courtroom drama in south carolina today. a kidnapping survivor confronting the man the serial killer, that murdered her boyfriend, sexually assaulted her and held her captive inside a storage container for months. nbc's kerry sanders with what happened to face-to-face. >> reporter: tables turned on a convicted serial killer, kayla held? >> 6 five days. >> reporter: two years ago, detectives broke into a steel box on his property, they found kayla shackled to a wall, then 30 years old. she had been kidnapped and raped. her boyfriend who had been with her shot and killed. >> he shot him in the chest. >> reporter: today on the stand. >> the action of the defendant during those 65 days cause you pain? >> yes, sir. >> there was a part of me that wanted to issue my own justice on him. he is the evil incarnate, he is the devil. >> reporter: brown's lawyers laying out a case that the actio

john sapp of the tax advisory committee advising the irs and ms. rebecca thompson, project director of the opportunity network within the organization of prosperity now. thank you all for coming to testify. we are looking forward to it and interest in time. ask you keep your comments to five minutes and can you submit your written comments in their entirety for the record. ms. bruckner, start with you. >> good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is caroline bruckner, i'm a tax professor on a faculty at american university school of business and managing director of the tax policy center where we focus research on tax and compliance issues specific to small businesses and entrepreneurs. since 2015, we've focused on the small business owners renting rooms, providing ride-sharing services and selling goods and services via business transactions coordinated online and through apps such as airbnb, uber, lyft and others. we published findings in a report titled short changed. the tax compliance challenges driving an ondemand economy. parti

john paul stevens, he stepped down when he was 90. i think i have at least five more years. our contributor derek thompsonnalyst in atlantic. both panic and celebrating over ruth bader ginsburg's comment after the play. >> this is one of the situations where you look at her life and it has been a series of -- at harvard law school, there were 500 students in her opening class and 400 were men. so this is a woman who has been against the odds winning against the odds her entire life and yes, you have the entire liberals that's hoping she wins the odds. >> she's 85 and already past the retirement age and fighting of the last six retired justices. we see clips of her nodding off during the state union address. it is reasonable to have concerns of an 85-year-old even one who pumps iron and about what her future may hold. how much concern do ys what her future may hold. how much concern do y do you set there? >> i think there is a lot of concerns. when justice ginsburg announced she has five more years left, so many democrats celebrated. people are very worried that president trump is going to get another nomi

john currence's place on the square. there's the brilliant author tom franklin and his wife, the poet beth ann fennelly. grisham writer-in-residence, megan abbott. pendarvis, you know. poet chiyuma elliott. wright thompsont ace atkins. poet derek harriell is originally from milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka "johnny snack", is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there's nothing professional writers like more than free food. usually you put five writers in a room it's a ugly hell broth of envy, hatred. >> writer: we all hate tommy. >> writer 2: no, that goes without saying. >> tom: even me, i hate me the worst of all. >> jack pendarvis: around here anyway, the writers are really supportive of each other. for writers to argue would be like arguing over a piece of dirt. i mean, what are we fighting about? the stakes are so low, why would you be a jerk about it. >> anthony: if mississippi were a country and there were a national hero, uh, dead or alive, by consensus, statewide, who would -- who would the statue be of? >> wright thompson: elvis. >> anthony: really? would

thompson, caught three. representing australia. and this is ajohn mcenroe representing australia. and this is a johnfrom this country. have a great day, enjoy the weather, we have some australian weather for you as well stop thank you very much indeed. iam as well stop thank you very much indeed. i am going to walk over here. it is a real international feeling, there are people from all over the world and i believe this couple have come all the way from tokyo in japan to couple have come all the way from tokyo injapan to see the tennis. why have you made the effort to come all the way to wimbledon?” why have you made the effort to come all the way to wimbledon? i think it is very much that we have a very good player in kei nishikori, and we would like to see how he plays on the grass. there is nothing else quite like this in the world, is there? it is such a unique event. no, nothing like this. once they come here, it is very addictive, i will have to come back here again. this is our fourth time back. this guide to queueing, which everybody has been issued with, what do you think about the way queu