. >> two years ago matt kenney almost died when he was competing in mount marathon in sue wa seward,laska. >> perseverance, just, just to finish what i couldn't start that day. >> so this is one of the most difficult races in the world, runners go up and down 3,000 feet on the mountain. >> but kenney never made it to the finish line back on july 4th, 2012. he slipped and fell more than 30 feet, suffered a traumatic brain injury. after months of gruelling rehabilitation, we know that comes with tbi, he came back to mt. marathon this july 4th this weekend and his wife cheered him to victory. >> so proud of him. [ cheers and applause ] >> and kenney finished the race in 2 hours, 21 minutes, 26 seconds that, beat the time limit by more than eight minutes. >> amazing. >>> pit bulls earned a reputation as mean dogs but these two lit up the web with their friendship. >> i happened to have a couple friends here and we were talk walking by a kennel and we just saw them just laying together and hugging each other, and it was just a perfect photo o-opho. they like to play ball, cuddle together,

we had a conversation with david kenney of the weather company who is sporting some samsung smart watchl jacobs from qualcomm. qualcomm has made a big push into smart watches. yesterday, we talked about how tim cook seemed a little offended that a bloomberg news reporter was asking questions holding a samsung device. i don't know if tim cook is keeping an eye on the smart watches that people are sporting, but i think they are smart, innovative people who want to show off some of their gear, plus they know the cameras are around and they may get some pictures, too. >> i'm not quite sure if they would look as good on anyone else as they do on her. on the subject of deals, has anything happened? what is the biggest news? >> yeah, bob iger of disney when we asked today said, "you tell me what's going on." i think there always are a number of discussions that pop up in the press surrounding an event like this. not to say there is nothing happening. we find ourselves right smack in the middle of two major transactions, as we have highlighted. the fact you have this at&t and directv and the co

brian kenney is director of the white plains public library of white plains new york and he is also formerditor of school library journal. would you you just raise your hand brian? pat cummings an award-winning author and illustrator. she is seated next to brian. mutiya vision is an independent book publisher publisher that has made inroads into the educational market. vanesse lloyd sgambait is ceo of the literary media publishers consultants founders of the african-american children's book projects and she is seated next to brian. and then we have hannah erlich who is director of marketing for lee and low books low books would have been low books one of the nation's independent publishers of books for young people and we have veronica director of a nonprofit organization that connects book publishers and community organizations to provide access to new books for children and young readers particularly those who are in need. now we will start our discussion by giving each panelist a few minutes to share more information about their organization or their company and their program and then w