financially, there is a connection to loews hotels, loews corporation, to the family.: what was the most difficult part of renovating this hotel? tisch: the challenge we faced was once we got into that building and went behind a wall, i came to the realization that my father and uncle, god bless them, did not spend a lot of money when they were building it 50 years ago. we found some conditions that made it challenging to rebuild at the pace that we were hoping to. betty: structural issues? tisch: structural. and because of super bowl, we knew that we had an end date we do not want to go beyond. we had to scramble. betty: you have spent $100 million. which is the most you have ever spent on any renovation. why so much? tisch: we felt $100 million was necessary to bring the regency back to a place that befits the neighborhood, but also the vision that we have for this hotel. the $100 million mark also not only includes the rooms and the corridors, and the new restaurant, and the new fitness center, and the salon, and the new lobby, but we replaced every window. the wind

in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters.the loews have billions of dollars in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance, to oil and gas.

you one-putt nine of the first 12 holes and you go nine under the first 12 holes and shoot 64 the loewsound of his career always nice to finish that off in a victory. >> he played the best there's no doubt about that. scored the best. the funny thing -- this is a rare stat folks, dead last in driving accuracy and wins the tournament. you don't see that every day. >> you're kidding, after the way we saw him play 18? >> 71st out of 71 guys. >> another one of the crazy golf stats. >> i want to get your feel on the masters after the first major of the year. rory tiger, it's going to be good stuff. >> you got players really playing well and a lot of guys the masters have gotten to become a huge event, there's no doubt about it. everybody wants to win the masters. but spieth should take some good vibs off of this. j.b. holmes his game is perfect and he's strengthing really well. dustin johnson, bubba watson then you got tiger and phil. it will be really fun to see what tiger does. >> speaking of phil had a good couple of days here to start off. not a good finish on the weekend. what are your

that's the view from the loews hotel. international, look at the 30s now, allentown at 38 degrees. wilmington is down to 39. it's 40 in trenton. a chilly start but we will start with sunshine. in fact bright sunshine is just minutes away. 48 degrees at 10:00. and then the wind kicks in this afternoon. winds to 21 miles an hour. and that's going to blow clouds back into place. 51 degrees as the phillies take the field against the marlins this afternoon. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. right now, let's check in with jessica boyington at the "first alert" traffic center. >>> good morning, everyone. happy thursday we're doing relatively great on the schuylkill expressway volume is super light. towards the king of prussia area. if you're headed from the vine into the blue route only 12 minutes. definitely a good thing. as we take a check on the p.a. turnpike the majors doing fine as well. roadways are dry. and headed westbound from route 1 to valley forge, 22 min

. >>> the know your value tour landed at philadelphia's loews hotel. the host is msnbc's mika brzezinski. special guests are brooke shields, hoda kotb. the event is sold out. >> i'm john clark. why is ryan howard sitting out tonight for the phillies? and ron has good info on chip kelly and marcus mariota. jim kenney. son of a firefighter. first in his family to go to college. he's been councilman at-large, representing the whole city. a progressive voice who'll be a mayor for our neighborhoods. bringing philadelphia together... expanding pre-kindergarten improving our schools... ...and partnering with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs jim kenny, the block by block mayor we need to move philadelphia ahead. >>> the phillies opening with a world series favorite the nationals. ryan sand burg switching up his line burg tonight. ryan howard is going to sit. he's just one for 12. rupp will hit first because he's hitting very well off gio gonzalez. >> you get a hitter that's hot or producer it's hard to take them out of the lineup.

and we're in store for a lot of sunshine today, as we take a live look from atop our camera at the loewsotel. good morning, i'm ted greenberg. it is 6:00 a.m. on this sunday morning. thanks so much for being with us. meteorologist bill henley is in the first alert weather center for us. yesterday, bill we got up close to 80 degrees in many spots. not nearly that warm today. >> 81 officially at philadelphia international. it was a real summer preview. today, back to spring. but a nice spring day. a few thin clouds are moving through the area right now and the sun is minutes away from coming up in the pocono mountains pinpoint looks like the stage has been set at lake wallenpaupack. a beautiful scene there. a little cool outside. the temperatures have dropp

. >> the flavor of philadelphia is taking place at the loews hotel. it's from 6:00 to 10:00.ickets are still available. appreciate you coming the today. good luck. >> thank you. >> appreciate the support. >>> we're going to see more sunshine. a few high thin clouds. i am tracking rain. with weekend looks beautiful. we'll stay dry and most of sunday. for philadelphia 61. we'll see a bit more moisture moving. 62 degrees right now. atlantic city, plenty of sunshine. 63 in quaker town. 64 in coatsville. temperatures in blue bell at 63. 61 in wilmington. 61 in mount holly and right along the shore we're still in the 50s. it is beautiful out. satellite radar shows we're seeing a few high thin clouds moving in from the west. as we head into tomorrow that's when things will change. we'll see clouds increasing. by 6:00 a.m. we'll see a few slick roads out there. that's one thing to give you a little heads up on. nothing to really mess up your morning commute. heading into our 6:00 hour we'll see scattered showers throughout the hour. after 7:00 8:00 we'll see clearing. your friday nig

no wonder manny pacquiao is not loews anything sleep no wonder mayweather keeps calling himself the bester that ever lived. but, does the money make the champ or change all that money? if you count inflation adjustment fights purses and dollars, you cannot leave out george foreman multiple heavyweight champion of the world. all-time mega-money sport legend. what is more. george has now made more money post fighting than he did when he was fighting, which is why all of the other fighters hate him. george good to have you. >> glad to be with you. neil: all right first offo this fight who wins? >> i think i give fight turn dog -- i give the fight to the underdog he has something to believe in, he has to be tricky, boxing was invented art of self-defense, i think manny pacquiao can win 6 rounds, one even and rest to mayweather in latter round. neil: really? >> you have to take it from him decisively. who is champion this time though. neil: all right the argument is they are in late 30s they are too old. >> the right time, your muscles are developed you have your appetite right no for slow ho

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and we're in store for a lot of sunshine today, as we take a live look from atop our camera at the loews hotel. good morning, i'm ted greenberg. it is 6:00 a.m. on this sunday morning. thanks so much for being with us. meteorologist bill henley is in the first alert weather center for us. yesterday, bill we got up close to 80 degrees in many spots. not nearly that warm today. >> 81 officially at philadelphia international. it was a real summer preview. today, back to spring. but a nice spring day. a few thin clouds are moving through the area right now and the sun is minutes away from coming up in the pocono mountains pinpoint looks like the stage has been set at lake wallenpaupack. a beautiful scene there. a little cool outside. the temperatures have dropped to 40 degrees in the pocono mountains. allentown is 44 but it's upper 50s, 57 now at philadelphia international. that's down 2 degrees in the last hour. 55 right now in wilmington and still cooling down at this hour in trenton. usually the coldest part of the day is right after sunrise. but the numbers are not going to drop much. lo

heart of her thinking has to do with the $100 million spent at the loews regency new york.ravelers who say this is a specime special brand. we think san francisco is poised to be the second regency hotel. great location and rooms. it is the top 12 stories of the third highest building in san francisco. we are going to institute a power breakfast in san francisco. betty: how do you do that? jonathan: it is all about getting the men and women who make the decisions about business deals, who were involved in culture the inner workings of each city and getting them there and making them feel comfortable. making them feel like they are part of the fabric of what we do as a hotel but the larger fabric of the city. betty: how much are you going to spend on renovating this mandarin hotel? jonathan: the rooms were renovated three years ago. we will look at changing up the lobby and the restaurant. we love the restaurant to feel like it is in a lowe's hotel. we're using the same design firm which is based in houston. alone by the name of lauren -- a woman by the name of lauren. we ar

bloomberg spoke with nora loewe knee.playing hardball, and exit is limited. >> greece is running out of money and they have payment due and restitution in the coming months. i'm still of the view that the probability of a greek exit from the eurozone is limited. both sides are playing hardball, but they are reaching an agreement on how to find it. necessary reform is on the debt. there's not going to be reduction for the time being. there may be an extension. i'm still of the view that step-by-step they will reach a deal. once the payments are due, they will come up with some kind of money to make sure the debt is being paid. this cycle will continue short of a great greek exit. tom: some people say the greek leadership know what they're doing. these are people that push against consensus. these people are very concerned about what happens if greece unravels. where do you stand on this? what happens of the banking system of greece unravels? nouriel: some people believe that there is a greek contagion. betty: do you agree