but money was only part of appeal of kickstarter. >> having kickstarter as one of the first few things that we did was a strategic decision to help show that the community is behind us. when you have a lot of people giving you a $1 or $5 or $10, it shows that people are willing to do whatever they can. >> reporter: if the lowline project is successful, it could become a model for other parks around the nation. in manhattan alone, there are 13 acres of unused underground space that could be used in a similar way. erika miller, "nightly business report," lower east side. >> tom: a quick note about our story on fundly last night. we misreported the amount of money the web site has raised. since launching in 2009, it has raised $240 million. tomorrow on nbr, our week-long look at crowd-sourcing continues. can it actually change the way businesses are run? we'll speak with jeff howe, author of "crowd-sourcing." plus, we catch up with ford c.e.o. alan mulally and ask how much europe is hurting its profits. and we're a couple of weeks into earnings season, and so far, the results have not bee

>> "nancy, please" is one of 5000 films raising money from kickstarter. >> it has really helped a lot of people. i participated in it. i will go on to kickstarter and contribute to movies i think should be made. >> there is little oversight. the filmmakers may fail to deliver the product, or use the donations for a different purpose. in the world of independent films, crowd funding has become a much valued and exempted component of the money-raising process. >> a reminder of our top story on gmt. the president of south sudan has accused its neighbor, sudan, of declaring war on his country. kiir made the remarks to the chinese president during an official visit he was making to beijing. officials in south sudan said the sudanese war planes have again bombed its territory. -- wounding a number of people, including soldiers and farmers. that's it for the moment. do stay with us on "bbc world news." >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >

tell me how this dprifrz something like kickstarter. >> sure. kickstarter, awesome site. i actually just used it last week. what we've basically done is taken our favorite elements from those sites, from crowd-funding sites, and provided them for groups of friends. >> sort of more flexible and smaller. >> you can use it for anything. and it's for smaller private campaigns. >> and we've all been there, right? hey, i'll rent the ski lodge, and you guys each give me 200 bucks. and then somebody doesn't and i'm down for $400 all of a sudden. >> it's like buying a gift for someone at work. >> yeah. >> anytime that we pool money offline, there wasn't a good alternative. we actually had to rationalize, figure out why users were take to it so much -- >> if you're the organizer you're going to pay. >> it's being used mostly for events like we're going to rent a bus or -- >> the best way we can put it is for experiences. so instead of just a project or an artistic creation like kickstarter or other crowdfunding sites, ours are for experiences. a party bus to napa or a renting out a

kickstarter is headquartered in new york. the workers have seen almost $60 million raised for films. the company gets by through a commission on donations. donors are giving to film makers not to make a financial investment but because they want to see a project come into being. >> 99% of ideas will not be a good idea of investment because they will not make money. but what would you want to see. a lot more things become possible. >> "nancy, please" is one of the doubt -- 5000 films that have raised funds. they have the support of film director michael moore. >> it has helped a lot of people. i have contributed to it. >> there are some problems with crowd funding. there is little oversight. the lawmakers may fail to deliver or use the donations for a different purpose. but in the world of independent films, crowd funding has become an accepted component of the money raising process. >> this is "bbc world news." we are back in a few minutes time and then we have all of the sports for you. i will be back with a look at the news

the potential and bring others nothing kickstarting the market. i think that's where we should prepare ourselves for the worst because it are much lower priced market. for four or five months from now. >> so you have to have that what it planned. >> that's right. >>> unless we have weather show up and the old crop/new crop corn stock doesn't turn around, we have seen the funds come out of a lot of old crop contracts and that went from the dollar 102 down to where it is now. there's nothing to get excited about. if the end-user is not worried about tight inventories told september first then, he certainly not concerned at the weather is going well. >> they've been talking about mostly negative prices at this point in time. what could be on the bright side of things that we need to look at and be prepared for? >> well, even if we come back with the big corn crop, we will have to get one next year. it's changing in size, and wood products. but if the short-term picture of big shifting acres over to corn. >> i think team is in the bright spot for righ

own backyard while number one victoria azarenka kickstarts takes a court season in stuttgart having lost only ones in the year so far. but first to go in cup winners deny wasco have enjoyed a jubilant homecoming after claiming the title for the first time hundreds of fans turned out to greet the team here in the russian capital after their trials over on god in siberia well their plane touched down at the neugebauer airport just hours after they'd won the title decider one nil to claim the best of seven series four games to three is the first time in the competitions four year history deny one have been crowned champions and the moscow side clinched it in a thrilling fashion to come back from the brink of elimination at three one down in the series and i'm a forward unit about a young girl who scored once during the finals was thrown in the air by fans and revealed a picture drawn by his young daughter that inspired the team to victory. in a charity and a lot of friends gave us great support but the most important came from my girls my princess and when we were losing that series one of

and that of course of you think the most difficult task kickstarting. rest of it so we're equally split between them some see the biggest challenges facing the tension of a nation in foreign. cairo's tahrir square will fill with anger again on friday as egyptian is lists of vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers however the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power the center for three ports many egyptians the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. the protests nation after the revolution toppled president barack gyptian siv continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights and sounds of protestors on cairo's tahrir square have become a familiar one more than a good since president back without the from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last years taught us anything is a revolution al

developer has raised more than $8,000 through ron paul supporters through the fund-raising site kickstarterown you a lot of strange rituals from the country of india. we have another one. southern india gathering to lunge fiery torches at one another, playing respect to a hindu goddess. the ritual lasts for 15 minutes. burns sustained during the tradition sprayed with holy water. people in southern injury say the ritual has never resulted in death or serious injury. i don't think i believe that whatsoever. this, of course, not even in the top two or three bizarre things in history. here it is, everything we just showed you is an elaborate setup so we can show you this again. watch it again for the first time. it's india baby tossing. this is another ritual. they say it heals, the baby a lifetime of health and happiness. let's get just one more. can we get another baby drop? the babies they say are never harmed in this ritual. an amazing thing. i could watch that all day. >>> still ahead, your fiery tweets and texts are just ahead. and "morning joe" just moments away. [ woman ] my boyfriend

quarterly the biggest challenge of kickstarting economy not a fifth thing the trickiest problem with using tension grecian than a few of you so far today claim it's a process involvement in foreign conflicts and your vote counts now but not in that camp and here's what else you can find that might. be closing on the drone how iran has started building its own copy of an unmanned u.s. spying craft captured last year. also you can watch the first episode of genocide on just a new show on our website that's the next edition of the program on air tomorrow here not the same on the intro of europe and the last state. a fresh diplomatic round was brokered out in the middle east after egypt terminated its gas export deal with israel. says the move puts the peace treaty between the two countries on the night let's get the latest from our correspondent sara firth who's in cairo for us today. so what's the reasoning for cutting off the gas well and why is this happening now. well the head of egypt's gas company has said that this is a trade not a political issue and that the terminations of tha

for the majority of you believed to be bearing the euro zone's debt twenty seven percent think kickstarting the economy will be the hardest ninety percent challenge in defusing tension over immigrants and finally sixteen percent think that involvement in foreign conflicts will be the biggest problem join the debate cast your vote right now dawtie dot com. the un's top party is agreed on a resolution to send three hundred observers to syria to monitor the fragile truce there was has welcomed the move but washington want it may take action against a mask if it fails to comply with the peace plan report now has more from new york . once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed u.n. military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibi

it is an early kickstart for the blockbuster season.the july 4 weekend. "the dark knight rises" looks like the year's biggest movie. >> are used downed or something? -- you stoned or something? >> may brings johnny depp in "dark shadows." will smith returns for memorial day weekend for "men in black 3." a nice surprise at the movies this weekend. "think like a man" was number 1 again. >> we could call ourselves the avengers. >> thank you. speaking of backers, coming next how about dr. mcdreamy to the rescue? he turned into a real-life hero to save a car crash victim. ♪ ♪ whoa. this is it. the avengers. is that? ♪ ♪ hey, what's this do? [ alarm blaring ] [ male announcer ] new baron's best from red baron. with a hand-tossed style crust delicious just got legendary. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] new baron's best from red baron. taste the legend. who wants seconds? see marvel's "the avengers." in theatres may 4th. >> a virginia man got a very unexpected delivery. >> he got a postcard that was sent by his mother more than 50 years ago

well so far less than the hoff believe it will be bearing the euro zone's that a quarter think kickstarting the economy will be the hottest just griffith's we can see there on screen see a challenge in defusing tension of immigrants and finally fourteen percent think its involvement in foreign conflicts will be the biggest problem during the debate but costing a pipeline out on t.v. . and media currency crisis talks costs. tragedy integration. who will be left standing with the people speech. the french election on r t. the un's top party has agreed on a resolution to send three hundred observers to syria to monitor the fragile truce that moscow's welcomed the move but washington warned it may take action against a mask if it fails to comply with the peace plan the report has more now from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed u.n. military observers to go to syria and monitor the

anyway, let's take a look at the temperatures on this cool morning to kickstart the day. widespread 30's. 37 in bowie 31 in remington, 38 in la plata, 39 in arlington. you will need a jacket. if breezy and cool in the fifties this afternoon with a few sprinkles possible. there, especially later this afternoon and evening. maybe wet snowflakes nook west of the metro area. near 50 for the high temperature up there this afternoon. slight chance of rain for us. >> breaking news from indonesia. a magnitude 8.7 quake as did the indian ocean 300 miles from the coast of the arch a province -- achetchay province. we will keep you posted on the latest developments. . >> the search for a bomb on board a korean air lines jet has come up empty so far. passengers have not been allowed to board. the plane was 25 minutes on a flight from vancouver to south korea when the carrier received a threat. a jet escorted the plane back to an air base 70 miles away and no one was hurt. engineers in north korea have started pumping fuel into a rocket. this is another sign that a launch is imminent.

temperatures in the 30's in outlying areas to kickstart our tuesday morning.ake- effect snow in parts of new york and pennsylvania on the backside of the low pressure system, the nor'easter that brought us all the soaking rain. that put over an inch dent in the rainfall deficit we had. a good a healthy soakings rain for us healthynow in i. 37 degrees without in frederick, 37 in gaithersburg. i think you get the idea this morning. you need a heavy jacket. this afternoon, a little sunshine will warm us up to about 60, 10 degrees warmer than yesterday if with a breeze out of the west. tomorrow, even warmer,. 67. >> not very pleasant on the maryland side of town. there's a person on the metroaccess bus in medical distress. our reporting cardiac arrest. the driver pulled over on to the right shoulder southbound after montrose road. more equipment has arrived on the scene to assist the person in medical distress. southbound 270 will be impacted coming through rockville. as far as virginia, not bad 66, 95 395, moving nicely. this is 270 after montrose road. back to y

low to mid 40's to kickstart this thursday morning overall. some clouds especially down to our south. active weather should remains out of washington? throughout the next couple days. excuse me, my allergies. tree pollen . an area of low pressure will keep the rain will to our south over the next few days with high-pressure selling in. nothing but sunshine today through the weekend. breezy tomorrow. low 60's today and tomorrow. near 70 again by sunday. chance of rain by monday and tuesday. we need that rein. that's the forecast. >> thank you. 6:20. >> d.c. posscandal about to hit your tv screen. and the woman who inspired. the inspired -- who inspired the tra -- drama. >> [unintelligible] >> i need you to shut her down. >> the new abc series called "scandal" is set in washington. citizens barred by judy smith, a crisis manager in washington and one of the executive producers of the show. the shows' stars kerry washington making sure the secrets of the public elite don't get out. judy smith says the show will give you an idea of what exactly sh

near 50 to kickstart our final day of the workweek. mid 60's for the high temperature. we will talk about the weekend rain coming up in a few minutes. right now, who looks like it will be late on saturday into saturday night. not a washout this weekend. >> in pretty good shape on the highway. beltway travel, interstate travel, just a little volume. 95 is good in and out of washington and baltimore. between fredericksburg and springfield as well. veirs mill road by the university boulevard, flashing lights. montgomery police say the wires are hanging on the highway right there. they have closed eastbound university boulevard, it looks like. traffic was getting through earlier. they have called out a utility crew. we will keep an eye on that. >> 5:30 right now. a move that fans call it a step in the right direction. last night the redskins selected robert griffin iii in the first round of the nfl draft. he will be headed to washington day and will be introduced during a press conference tomorrow. >> only time will tell if they made the right move, but it was the right mov

it's going to be pleasant today but be cautious of the apache morning fog to kickstart the morning.o the weekend, looks like areas of rain, which could become a soaking rain by sunday. 42 in berkeley springs right now, 44 in allen, 46 in manassas. on our way to the mid-70s. the morning fog will burn off around 9:00 a.m., by the way. scattered afternoon clouds. saturday we have areas of showers and storms if however that will be later in the day probably around 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. a good chunk of saturday you can get outside to do your yard work or whatever. mid 70's on saturday. near 80 south of town. sunday, a coastal low rides up the shoreline to give us off and on rain throughout the entire day. if it's possible between saturday and sunday we could see about two inches of rain especially just east of the district. a good soaking rain expected especially for the second half of the weekend. much cooler on sunday, near 60. upper 50's by monday back. to steve. we start with the beltway at new hampshire avenue, still looking very good. track and moving away from us if is the outer loo

low to mid 40's to kickstart this thursday morning.n yesterday. we made it to seven this success to date. low 60's today. upper 50's in northern ireland and the potomac highlands. cooler today with a north breeze at 5-10. it will be gusty tomorrow. similar temperatures tomorrow. looking to the easter holiday sunshine and comfortable in the '60s still. >> i am happy to say there are no issues on the2 roadthe70 grades, interstate 70. metro rail, marc rail, virginia railway express on normal service. no problems in hyattstown heading south bound to get to germantown and gaithersburg and rockville. looks good in virginia. 66 and 95 headed to. the beltway, stick with >> people in north texas beginning to clean up the destruction left behind by the tornado outbreaks on tuesday. more than a dozen twisters touched down in the dallas area, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes. more than 20 people injured. but nobody was killed. some d.c. area residents have been stranded in texas because of a backlog of flights at the dallas-fort worth airp

. >> but this will be a boom for the early shares, the kickstarter and some of the other companies designedoney for early companies, right? >> absolutely. we're going to see the crowd funding services like kick starter. we will see some regulation of them but i think we're going to see massive growth and a lot more ipos. one interesting sound bite is bill, an old silicon valley guru. he expects more. >> everybody applauds a small company to get enough capital to grow their business with you you know that not every single one of them is going to deserve that money. we face that with the companies that came public during the dot-com boom but in the '90s not all of them had business going public. >> you don't even have to go back to the 1990s. guidelines and rules and regulations, restrictions, and still took a lot of people's money, a lot of innocent people's money, even if groupon. lo and behold there are questions about their accounting. there is questions about liquidity. you can buy shares in these companies but you can't trade them. now, that's going to help a company stay second market

interesting you say that we short-circuited a political process by bringing losses but i think we kickstarte process. to ask a legislative body to do the right thing for political price and don't have much clout to vote in elections is asking for kind of the noel said in a theorem. there is no way that there's any political constituency for the guantÁnamo detainee or for individuals were targeted. you have to turn to the courts, the role of the courts to protect the minorities. and then a lovely example you give on criminal justice issues, the reason why we're having so much success on criminal justice reform, and we have, just read the newspapers, geriatric prisoner bills enacted in louisiana, mississippi and acting reform efforts to empty out the prisons. new york, california, it's because we filed the lawsuit and because legislatures were forced to take a look at those set of questions, and now we can resolve it through legislative process. and so i think, you carry a big stick, and sometimes you use it and you create that political will on issues that are very difficult to convince peop

reach what people like cynthia do, we use a fund where we provide grants to help small entrepreneurs kickstart, to provide some of the technical assistance needed. this is the one area where the jobs are created. most countries around the world have them with small and medium-sized enterprises. real skills that you can help develop that small business over time. we worked with students. we got some of the students to go to peru helping women entrepreneurs and helping them set up their own business. some of the things that cynthia was saying are the kinds of groups that we helped to support. it is ideas like hers and others like her who need the support from the institution to provide some of the funding to help her efforts. >> you in many ways embody the paradigm of doing well and doing good to get there. what you have been able to do it in india is really remarkable with now 500,000 farmers affected. could you talk a little bit about that work and what lessons you think are applicable to students in the audience who are thinking about what they want to do when they graduate? >> what ever you

-- the notion that a short circuit the political process by bringing a lawsuit, i think that we kickstart the political process by bringing a lawsuit. there is no way that there is a political constituency for the guantanamo detainee or the people were targeted by the government. you have to turn to the courts. that is the role of the courts. on criminal-justice issues, the reason why we're having so much success on criminal justice reform -- and we have -- geriatric prisoner bills enacted in louisiana, mississippi enacting a law reform efforts, new york, california -- that is because we filed the lawsuit and because legislatures were forced to take a look at the set of questions and now we can resolve it with to do legislative process. when you carry a big stick, sometimes you use it and create political will on issues that are difficult to convince people on because they're not very nice people -- criminals or terrorist suspects -- and you force political leaders to take on water sometimes very difficult issues by forcing them down the road. >> i would say that, on skid row in los angel

-- the notion that a short circuit the political process by bringing a lawsuit, i think that we kickstart the political process by bringing a lawsuit. there is no way that there is a political constituency for the guantanamo detainee or the people were targeted by the government. you have to turn to the courts. that is the role of the courts. to protect the minority from the winds of the majority. on criminal-justice issues, the reason why we're having so much success on criminal justice reform -- and we have -- just read the newspapers. i can send you the clips. geriatric prisoner bills enacted in louisiana, mississippi enacting a law reform efforts, new york, california -- that is because we filed the lawsuit ans and becaue legislatures were forced to take a look at the set of questions and now we can resolve it with to do legislative process. when you carry a big stick, sometimes you use it and create political will on issues that are difficult to convince people on because they're not very nice people -- criminals or terrorist suspects -- and you force political leaders to take on wat

you need to kickstart the economy sprit the only way you will do that -- you not have stability, likehat. stability will not come through like normal process. it will be through sustainability. you need to create sustainability, which means immediate job creation. jobs, jobs, jobs. you need to create jobs in the immediate future. if you do not do that, where art have revolutions big time. -- we are going to have revolutions big time. we should thank the two nations -- the tunisians for where we are today. >> i think he will be happy to take it. >> there is an envelope -- >> i take 10%. egypt is where things would happen. if egypt is successful, then all of 300 million arabs will also be successful. to get it right, you need to create jobs immediately. i do not think you will do it the way you put forward. you need 20 million jobs in the next two years or three years. the only way you are going to do that is with infrastructure. you need to build big time in for shelter. it will not happen easily. you guys here are to push jobs. that is what you want. there's only one place who can do