what has las vegas inspired in you? what has the casino moguls there, how have they helped you along? >> many times in asia, a lot of people built slowly and are more conservative. when you go to las vegas and you see that mega-resorts and 5000 rooms with shows in theaters, my philosophy is more along those lines. go big or go home. i think having seen that being workable and doable, that is how i developed the city of dreams which is a big vision and me to give people and their customers something they have not seen before. it's always about being more innovative and being bigger and better. >> bigger, better, w andetter part of the vision is attracting customers through live performances including this acrobatic experience called house of dancing water. it is the crown jewel of city of dreams. five days per week, 3.7 million gallons of water flow through this custom-built stage as actors dance, dive,. and dazzle a captivated audience building it was a huge gamble. it premiered in 2010 in the wake of the financial cris

whereas las vegas, if you go from new york to las vegas, that is five hours as well. >> while lawrence is bringing lots of glitz and glam to gambling in macau, sheldon allison says he -- sheldon adelson says he will conquer macau. >> they vastly predicted and wrongly predicted that i would not even open, i would never get it built and if i got it else i would not open and if i opened i would be in bankruptcy immediately. they did not want to believe that somebody else could do better than they did. they grossly underestimated me. >> when we come back, sheldon adelson tells us why he is the real king of macau. ♪ >> for a man whose business caters to high rollers and big spenders, billionaire shed -- sheldon adelson [inaudible] is far from glamorous. he was born the son of a cab driver in a poor section of boston. conventionan in the business in 1979 when he founded one of the largest technology trade shows in the world. he eventually sold that and other smaller shows for hundreds of millions of dollars. 10 years later, he bought the original las vegas sands hotel only to demolish it and

new york to las vegas is also five hours. >> while lawrence is bringing lots of glitz and glam to macau, sheldon adelson says he invented the concept. in vegas first. now he says he is the one who will conquer macau. >> they predicted i would not even open. i would never get it built. if i got it built, it would not open. and if it did open, i would be in bankruptcy immediately. they didn't want to believe someone else could do it better than they did. they grossly underestimated me. >> when we come back, sheldon adelson tells us why he is the real king of macau. ♪ >> for a man whose business caters to high rollers and big spenders, billionaire shuttle -- sheldon adelson's roots are unglamorous. he was born the son of a cab driver in a poor section of boston. he first began in the convention business in 1979. he eventually sold that and other shows for hundreds of millions of dollars. he bought the original las vegas sands hotel. he replaced it with the venetian it is the first integrated resort of its kind. sound familiar? in macau, he has built another venetian. this is what adelson s

. >> did you ever think macau would surpass las vegas by all that? macau has taken off. >> we are talking about the next generation of evil from china who have now become affluent. >> the siblings have become industry thanks to their father. they have a combined network of $7 billion. but for the last decade, they have met some stiff opposition from a las vegas billionaire who is known for constantly betting against the odds. predicted that i would leave it open. they could not that somebody would do a better than they do. >> the chairman and ceo of las vegas sands had much of his revenue made from macau. macau is an 11-square-mile enclave on the southern coast of mainland china. for four centuries come it wasn't a portuguese rule. today, it is the closest place to china where gambling is legal . was the stanley ho first to usher in a new era of casinos in macau. for decades, he built an empire that raked in elian's. he paved the way for other investors to make it big in macau. today, one of those investors is his son, lawrence ho. >> my father revol

this is las vegas. where fortunes are won and lost, where lives are made and destroyed, where the house always wins. until it can't. >> a lot of pain and stress out here. >> one gambler preyed on the casinos in its weakest moments and walked away with more than $15 million in a single winning streak. >> people say you play perfectly. >> if you play long enough, you will win. >> is it luck or is it skill? join me for the story of how one blackjack player took on the casinos in a whole new way. 40 million people flock to the vegas strip every year but most only get a peek at the spectacle that is las vegas. you need to be a high roller to see it all. someone like don johnson. don is a whale, meaning he risks millions at the casinos and makes millions as well. he is a legendary gambler. he won $15 million in one streak. his game is blackjack. he hits the casinos when they can least afford it. when he walks into a club, dancers show off his initials and celebrities pay their respects. the scene is all engin

bÁrbara bienvenidos tener relaciones sexuales a miles de pies de altura no es una fantasÍa, desde las vegasos tiene los detalles. >> el love clud. >> les ayudamos a las parejas a disfrutar. las personas pueden hacer el amor. >> el aviÓn en lugar de sillas ofrec camas y un ambiente perfecto para una apasionada experiencia. >> todo es por el romance. >> tras 8 aÑos de noviazgo llegaron al altar hace 12 meses, claribel quiso sorprender a su esposo. >> me di cuenta cuando llegamos acÁ. >> lo engaÑÓ? >> sÍ es un hangar! >> lo llevÓ a las alturas a demostrarle su amor. >> impresionante. no hay palabras. >> parra quienes les preocupa la privacidad no hay cÁmaras y con el ruido de las turbinas es imposible escuchar nada. >> lo que pasa sobre las vegas queda en las vegas, son solo para dos personas. >> asÍ fue lo que pasÓ es un secreto que guardarÁn. >>que la amo, que gracias. >> segÚn la empresa los ♪ >> el amor, hacer el amor en el aire ya es algo mÁs que una fantasÍa como nos cuenta desde las vegas una compaÑÍa cumple el sueÑo de cientos de parejas. >> siempre que se habla de las vegas se piensa

do you like being in las vegas? there is a lot to like. >> las vegas and nevada.right-to-work state. there is no income tax. people are free carry concealed guns. to dam gel in casino -- gamble in casino in most of the state get paid for sex work. but, nevada is no libertarian haven, state private school are most regulateed in america, each must follow detailed government rules. maybe that is why nevada students get some of the worst s.a.t. scores in the nation, nevada does a little better with economic freedom. as far as freedom to practice an occupation, nevada is worst, politicians collide with their friends in -- collide wit with n business, you want to teach someone how to apply make-up? no, doing it without a business license could cost you finds. being the competition is the points of competeing, government is not supposed to protect cronies who are already in, big brother is the theme of this conference, i think of government as big brother. after all, only government, can use force that is special to remember, but remember that established businesses ofte

taney dragons fell to very good big las vegas team, eight to one. they'll have chance to redeem themselves tonight against, well, pretty good team. >> chicago. >> chicago. >> but i think they can do it. >> okay. >> i'm holding out hope. >> prime time again. boy, espn is going crazy on the taney dragons. >> since the phillies have off today, ryan howard is going to the game. >> oh, really? >> no pressure, just ryan howard in the crowd. >> exactly. >> whew. all right, let's get to our weather for today. because it is not the same as what we had the past couple of days. we're moving into unsettled weather territory, with bus stop buddy, the umbrellas for later on, we get more clouds, possibilities of some rain, right now muggy, mild, temperatures are in the 60s, and the 70s, at the moment. there is your pal muggy the dog to indicate humidity. number today is a six out every ten. we'll have some sunshine, but will be mostly cloudy, humid, the balance of the day, showers, thunderstorms popping up. you see a few emerging on ultimate doppler radar, as we z

las vegas beat dragons eight-one. it is all or nothing for taney dragons facing a tough chicago team in the singlee limb nation game that is tonight in williamsport. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us at city hall where fans have been gathering to rally behind the home team, cleve. >> reporter: those fans are finally getting to sleep after a very exciting note, a little bit disappointing night. taney came up a little bit short but the good news it is not over just yet the taney dragons took the field in front of the rocking crowd in williamsport wednesday night as they went to work against hot hitting team from las vegas. with 34,000 people on hand and many more watching in the city. it was an up and down night for pitching sensation mo'ne dave hoist struck out six but gave up three early runs. after the loss dragons manager talked about davis and moving forward. >> there is no question she didn't have her a game today but she's certainly entitled to that. we're at this point playing to get to the saturda

hillary clinton as i left las vegas paid $225,000 to give one speech at the university of nevada las vegas this fall. u.n.l.v. is a middle-class blue-collar college filled with children of middle-class families who are struggling to afford to pay their tuition and you will be left with crippling debt for the rest of airlines, crippling student debt. and every day in a new article in the newspaper for the last five years saying we are broke. we have no money to educate. we have to raise tuition. we need more money from the state. $2,205 to play hillary clinton for a one-hour speech. i arrived here in new york and see that hillary clinton get 2,705,000. so i say right now the first thing is we have to fire the administrators and the president of the university of buffalo because he got suckered. he paid 50,000 too much. number two, middle-class kids are getting a raw and of the stick graduating with heavy debt. 225,000 why she is being paid that much. looking to curry favor if elected president. the teachers' union and the education is looking to get favors for the next president of the

las vegas, nevada. hondras. double play balls. some strong pitching. we'll be back after this message, and a word from our abc stations. >> karl: welcome back. again, we started the telecast talking about optimism and hope. the unpredictability of 11, 12, and 13-year-old boys. the first all-african-american team to make it here in about 30 years. 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, the consolation game, japan and las vegas, nevada. and then 1:00 p.m. eastern time on espn. what a shot from brad stone in the fifth to put his team on top. and the first four hitters for las vegas. they are feared, and should be. stone coming up with a huge hit. and the houston bouncing back. the resilience of chicago coming through. off the glove, and finding a hole. seeing some great defense throughout the entire tournament from nevada. and one miscue from kryszczuk playing second. i think him being hurt, unable to start the game. and howard, silky smooth gets it. and the inning-ending double play. u.s. champions. >> karl: chicago, wow. an amazing story. the kids from the south side was

. >> the cross marketing strategy to keep las vegas strong also steals business from atlantic city. vegas casinos anxious to grow profits outside of the strip are pitching small casinos all around the country. states hungry for tax dollars are embracing these casinos. >> i call it a win-win. it will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. >> let's take the first step in gaming this year. >> new competition means big losses. since 2006, 16 local casinos have sprung up around atlantic city. >> i think they are losing too much of their business now. there is too much competition in surrounding states. it started with delaware. pennsylvania has put a lot of pressure on them. new york has gaming now. they are soon to be expanding. it is a matter of time before atlantic city will go back to being a beach town. >> atlantic city is a very challenged place. what is your take on it? >> i am concerned. >> he is jim murren, the ceo of mgm. >> we want to make the city come back. >> are you worried there is a lot of saturation in that market? >> i do. we have to be very targeted. we h

for "nightly business report" jane wells, las vegas. >>> and from the vegas strip, to the house flip, coming up, buying and then quickly selling a home, was all the rage before the housing crisis. now some are doing it again but this time around things are different. >>> remember the flipping fad of buying and then selling a home within one year? well, it's getting tougher now that house prices are pulling back. that's why some house flippers are turning to one segment of the market that's still right hot. diana olick explains. >> reporter: when this northwest d.c. home sold in january, it definitely didn't look like a million bucks. in fact, the buyers, real estate agent crystal get and her contractor husband eric, paid about half that. >> it's definitely a tightening market. you know, sellers are wise to the fact that they can get a bit more for their house. >> reporter: so they focus on the high end. and it's paying off. today, fully transformed and expanded, this four bedroom, three bathroom home is under contract for nearly a million dollars. >> it's like any business, really. if

. >> that's creating problems for las vegas.ocal authorities there have launched an ambitious new plan to search for water in the desert. al jazeera's melissa chan explains. >> reporter: >> reporter: home on the range. the skies are not cloudy all day. a few hundred people living the old-fashioned way living in ranch valley. some 300 miles away from the bright lights and casinos on las vegas on breaker ranch where three generations of the family work 12,000 acres of land. >> northern nevada is very different from las vegas. we farm and ranch here on the high desert and race alfalfa, corn, barley, wheat, oats. heard. >> tom baker calls farming a zero profit. you do it for love and definitely not for money. the bakers and others like them say they prefert life out here but the tranquility of snake valley has been disrupted by forces from the south. the southern nevada water authority is solely providing drinking water for all of the residents in southern nevada, approximately 2 million people that depend upon our organization to m

hillary clinton as a left las vegas paid $225,000 to give one speech at the university of nevada las vegas this fall. unlv is a middle-class blue-collar college filled with children of middle-class families who are struggling to afford to pay their tuition and you're going to be left with crippling debt for the rest of their lives. crippling student debt. every day there's a new article for the last five years saying we are broke, we have no money to educate these kids, we've got to raise tuition, we need more money from the state. but they had $225,000 to be hillary clinton for a one hour speech. i arrived in new york and they see that hillary clinton got 275,000 from the university of buffalo for a one hour speech. i say right now the first thing is we have to fire the administrators and the president of the university of buffalo because he got suckered. he paid 50,000 too much. it's the first thing. number two, no class kids are getting the raw en end of the stick. they will graduate with heavy debt that one woman can get into a 25,000. why? because you're looking to curry favor if

she and taney are taking on the las vegas team with the winner advancing to to the u.s. championship game. nbc 10's katy zachry is in south philadelphia at xfinity live, where she's getting ready to tell us about a watch party for the big game. >> reporter: chris, before i do, we have toç establish that peoe all throughout philadelphia and onhave had taney dragon fever. even those who don't have a direct connection to the team, they have jumped on the taney dragon band wagon. those who do know the players personally, it's even more fun for them. >> when i first heard about it, i e-mailed her and said, this is so fun, good luck, go out there. that was before the storm hit. >> my buddy wants this. >> the storm surrounding 13-year-old mo'ne davis shows no signs of letting up. and people who know the taney dragons star pitcher love it. ashley vandergriff taught davis math at spring side chestnut hill academy. she's a coach, too and says davis has always been humble and low key. >> i asked her who the fastest girls were in seventh grade. she started to name a few kids. she p

las vegas up one to nothing. watch this catch by the las vegas right fielder. that saved two runs.ld have scored two runs there and taken know has the bases loaded one out an double play. they don't score there. it's three-one and they broke it open las vegas did in the sixth inning. five run sixth. two run homer. they still play again tomorrow night. they lose the game eight to one. >> the phillies may have jinged taney to the ballpark. they put the t-shirt in the dug out. they're losing team put the t-shirt. it was bad mojo. look at cole hamels. bad mojo for him not for taney for him. he gave up three runs in five innings. and the phillies came back in the fourth and they win the game against seattle they won the series four-three. great to support them but come on. if you're thinking about jinxes and what happened that's what i'm thinking about. >> probably was a coat in that dug out, too. eagles are one day away from the most important preseason game for the starters tomorrow. eagles play pittsburgh steelers at the new and improved link one area the fans are starting to care ab

las vegas has not been plagued with the decline that atlantic city has scene. vegas reinvented itself as a place for families to vacation. m.g.m. resorts announced rocked in rio for may 2015. it's a 30-year-old musical venue and festival, one of the biggest in the world, drawing 85,000 per show, and hopes to attract more families to the vague as strip. new york's governor has decided to take a gamble himself and is expected to approve four full-service gambling resorts in new york state set to open next yeerk, including a $1.5 billion casino with botanic garden, ski scopes and year-round renaissance vary. it will have competition from peninsula, and an $800 casino in massachusetts. the governor is optimistic, hoping it will inject big money into stagnant regions of new york, like the kat skills. new york is looking to recreate the winning vague as performance and attract families. chubb is a casino writer for the philadelphia "daily news", and he says they can learn from mistakes, one of which is not building luxury hotels sooner. >> nor many years in atlantic c

the lion's share slot machine in las vegas, that is.alter and linda misco, tourists from new hampshire, did what no one had ever done before. they hit the jackpot at the mgm casino's legendary slot machine. in a statement, the casino announced, we've waited over 20 years for this. our famous lion's share finally hit for $2.4 million. for more than 20 years, the lion's share slot machine rebuffed countless thousands. maybe tens of thousands of gamblers who tried their luck here. >> this game probably gets paid five times more than the average game on our casino floor. our staff gets asked multiple times a day every single day where this game is from people that haven't played it before. >> reporter: the casino estimates this one slot machine was played every five seconds, most every single day. and because it's a progressive slot machine, the more people who pumped money into it without hitting the jackpot, the larger that jackpot grew. >> this last round, we each put in $20 and prior to that we put in about $100 each. we try to change i

investigation begins at the focal point of this conflict creech air force base located close to las vegas. drones are these spooky looking unmanned flying objects. each of these robots are powerful spies able to observe but also to strike which is proved devastating for al qaeda operatives. a predator type drone can shoot at any point around the globe. its pilot remains concealed in a bunker deep beneath the nevada desert. he can shoot a target in afghanistan or pakistan. in a nearby secluded town of indian springs inhabitants observe the waltzing drones with a neighbor's benevolent i. i'm sure that we are constantly checked out i would be surprised if the drones aren't keeping tabs on us here. ok but you know richard it reads television from the telly but. oh no i have never felt that there was any danger from from anyone here. if. in pakistan half a hemisphere away from creech victims of strikes are piling up. this year. did you spot and does that describe your work year but you've been drawn from the music you know you've been just made up of winter really is security to dispute the ed

to try to compete with las vegas but i think las vegas is kind of got that that gambling aspect right now and so for it when it's city i mean they really i think personally i think they need to move into turning it into a more family friendly area as well as maybe even convert some of the properties that are there that are currently existing like the towers and maybe turn them into like long like like vacation rentals or maybe even luxury housing they need to make it a place for people then they need to go through the rezoning process right as chris christie really needs to knuckle down and look at other avenues of bringing long term revenue to the city because gambling i mean you're not you're just not going to compete with las vegas you just can't let go and linux city is beginning to crumble meanwhile las vegas is continuing to build right you have it's interesting you know it used to be you are right in one thousand nine hundred the number one destination summer destination that year and now it's going away so if people are still gambling even though absolutely you know we're feel