pleasure. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: thank you, david, thank you, tony. >> on july 4th, 1939 lou gehrig-- gehrig delivered one of the most memorable and moving speeches in american history. the yankee ledge endeclared himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth despite having recently been diagnosed with als, a disease which would take his life two years later, richard sandomir writes about the iron horse and the movie that would shape his legacy as one of the most recognizable figures, his latest book, the pride of the yankees, lou gehrig, gary cooper and the making of a classic. i'm pleased to welcome you to the table. >> good to be here. >> glor: the book moves and it is a nice examination of how this all came together, and what is interesting here is that lou gehrig made this speech, some people knew about it, they didn't really know about the speech until the movie came out. >> well, i think people were struck by two things. that he would declare himself the luckiest man on the face of earth and minimize what he had by just saying i have a bad break. so there were 62,000 peop

jeff: did you start thinking about this book because of the movie or because of lou gehrig or was it ination of both? richard: i think i became fascinated about a dozen years ago with the gehrig speech. and i started wondering, why can't i see the whole thing? i started getting more obsessed with the movie and the speech there. the interest in the movie led me wynthe samuel goldman -- gold archives in beverly hills where everything is laid out. everything is there. jeff: let's talk about samuel goldwyn's involvement. the book starts with the description of gehrig's life and death but quickly, hollywood pounces. how quickly did all of that come together? richard: a deal was made between -- he died in early june of 1941. a deal was made between his wife eleanor gehrig and samuel , goldwyn. the studios were not overwhelmed with the idea of doing a gehrig film, but they didn't get a good bit until goldman sat down in his storeroom and said, watch this newsreel. down in thedwyn sat storeroom and said, watch this newsreel. he watched the newsreel and stayed through the entire thing until ge

he passed away in kentucky last week after battling als which is also known as lou gehrig's disease. his work spans more than five decades. he was nominated for an oscar in the right stuff. he won a politzer prize for his play, one of 40 that he wrote. sam shepherd was 73. >>> though the people have spoken, a movie giant has a charge of heart after bringing down the uptown theater sign in d.c. that story in a little bit. >>> president donald trump responds to the latest missile test from north korea. >>> an incr >>> what is happening to marriage in the u.s.? fewer people are tieing the knot and people who do get hitched are waiting longer to walk down the aisle. i'm sure i know nothing about that. one of the most popular stories on wusa 9.com and you can read about it on our news app. >> you're happily married. congratulations. >> president donald trump said the u.s. will handle north korea. he made that comment today after they successfully tested another bliss tick missile last week. they teamed up with their allies flying two supersonic bombers along the korean peninsula. this lat

died last week of convocations from lou gehrig's disease. his death was announced today. , whoh actress ginny monroe --ked with france watch rufo truafau and others, is dead. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: a mixed day for the final trading day of july. the dow jones industrial average finishing the day up at a record high, up by 3/10 of 1%. by nasdaq being weighed down amazon and apple which we will be reporting but for the month, the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p are all higher. >> let's for you up to speed on pandora media's earnings. investors are liking what they are hearing from this one. second-quarter revenue coming in at $376 million which is near a 10% rise and second quarterly revenue. the estimated loss was $.25. they are saying that the gains and the revenues are driven by improvements in the cpn's. they are managing to bring in those ad spending dollars. the pandora chief executive stepped down last month signaling a shakeup. we also saw that investment by sirius xm, a lot of speculation that there will be a bro

what's really unique about this example is it's signed by babe ruth and lou gehrig. to our knowledge, the only game by both players. estimateded at 3 to $500,000. >> selling a baseball card? >> we are. >> how much could a baseball card sell for? >> this one, mickey mantle's rookie card, 1952, 3 to 500,000. >> half a million dollars? for a baseball card. >> again, we're talking about an iconic, blue chip leet. american sports hero. brings people back to a time they enjoy. >> gold p gloves. >> pretty unprecedented to have this many in one place. along with willie mays, the only two outfielders to win two. >> each of these, how much? they're estimated at 50 to $100,000 each and they'll be sold individually, so now the game becomes when up from the other part e by the first one and then succeed from there. pieces of a similar nature to see how the games manship will occur. and late last week, charlie sheen auctioned off some of the most prized babe ruth memorabilia for roughly $4 million. the items included ruth's 1927 world series ring and the 1919 contract of ruth's sa

. - those four charities are the jackie robinson foundation, the lou gehrig foundation for als patients, the hall of fames charity, and then derek jeter's turn 2 foundation. - [scott] although he might be a yankee fan at heart, matt is really just a fan of baseball. (audience cheers) - clearly a kid with a bright future ahead of him. if you wanna check out matt's blog, you can go to baseball with matt dot blogspot dot com, or for his video blog search matt nadel on youtube. - do dogs really look like their owners, or do owners look like their dogs? either way, the answer is maybe so. a study found people were remarkably successful matching photos of dog owners to the breed they owned. if you own a poodle, seems there's something in your face that says poodle. - i'll show you how a b, an l, and a t spell delicious. my quick and easy recipe when teen kids news continues. don't go away. is a college for those interested in becoming a chef or working in food services. so, when they come up with a recipe, you know it's going to be good. let's see what's cooking this week. - the blt, it's a s

. >> 22-year-old mendoza was diagnosed last fall with als or lou gehrig's disease, the incurable nervous system disorder that attacks your muscles. three days before, he proposed marriage to his sweetheart since 8th grade. >> knowing that that might be cut short and that we might not be able to live out those dreams is the hardest thing i've ever had to deal with in my entire life. >> take it day by day, and we're getting through it so i'm just happy to have him by my side. >> he decided to raise $30,000 for als research, 30 in honor of his favorite golden state warrior, steph curry. bella helped him develop something beyond the ice bucket challenge, which raised more than $150 million to help the 20,000 americans living with als. the new challenge? yolk up for als. drink a raw egg or eat a hard-boiled one then flex your muscles while getting wet and donate $20 to the als therapy development institute. >> that's the biggest school that we have in mind is to -- to end the suffering. >> the average life expectancy after diagnosis is between two to five years. osiel is living life to the fu

i knew about lou gehrig and i knew what als was and the tests were pretty conclusive. went from the fast emotional to the practical and what do i do to live with this, what do i do to try to further research and help the science and -- >> to help the science ed asked the team at emery about the stem cell clinical trials. he heard the same speech you saw from 2010. this might not help you, the doctors told him. in fact, it could kill you. fearless as he'd been his whole life, ed was ready to take his chances. >> what are my options? it's 100% fatal disease so i could, you know, get my affairs in order which used to be what doctors would tell you with this diagnosis or i could take a shot at something. >> in 2011 ed had a stem cell transplant. 1.5 million cells injected directly into his spinal cord. the operation was successful with minimal side effects. >> there are a lot of patients who exceeded expectations and that's a digression, but it left us wondering, wow, they did a lot better than we expected. that's important. that is implications for how we move forward. >>

he never let lou gehrig's disease bring him down. steve actually -- he sent me text messages every day, and it's sad i don't get them any more and we know why. these text messages would have biblical verses, inspirational messages from a man who was fighting a disease that he knew he was not going to live through. that tells you a lot about steve rockford, former wrestling coach at southeast high school in springfield, illinois. he's somebody who taught others how to lift themselves up and while he was fighting the fight of his life, he taught me what it was like to be lifted up by someone so special. a.l.s. is a devastating disease. it attacks the body, it never stops relenting. it's estimated that 20,000 people have this disease at any given time and only 20% of those affected with a.l.s. live more than five years after the diagnosis. we must follow steve's request to fund research at the national institute of health to ensure that diseases like a.l.s. are eradicated and that those afflicted with the disease have access to home hea

a spokesman for the family said he died of complications from lou gehrig's disease he was seventy three. and one of the great names of french cinema jeanne moreau has died at the age of eighteen nine. she rose to international stardom with the new wave of french cinema are in the nineteen sixties. starring in films like as you lay hi. a career spanned six decade. watching bbc world news america still to come on tonight's program. the u. s. targets venezuela's president nicolas maduro with sanctions thank you undermine democracy off to sunday's controversial election. australian police have been searching five properties in sydney ever suspected terrorism plot to bring down a plane. full mine were arrested in raids late on saturday his how griffith. the police still questioning the full man they arrested we understand that two of them a father and son that that the other two. also related to each other now they were all arrested as part of rates at the weekend on saturday we understand the police first became aware of this risk. back on wednesday potentially getting information from anot

or lou gehrig's disease.rd was 73 years old. >>> for nearly 14 years cubs fans blamed steve artman for killing their world series dreams with that infamous moments in the 2003 playoffs when he tipped a foul ball from the stands before it could be caught. now that the cubs have broken their 108-year world series drought, all appears to be forgiven. to prove it the cubs gave bartman, who received death threats and became reclusive after the incident, his very own world series ring. bartman says he doesn't consider himself worthy of the honor but is, quote, sincerely grateful. >>> as expected the olympics are coming back to america. los angeles has reached a deal to host the 2028 summer games under an unusual agreement which also paves the way for paris to host in 2024. los angeles has hosted the games twice before, in 1932 and 1984. >>> when we come back, paying tribute. the incredible story of bravery that earned the incredible story of bravery that earned this vetersteve was born to mo over the course of 9 da

the playwright and actor and author died last week of complications on lou gehrig's disease. he was 73. in los angeles, they have reached a deal with olympus -- olympic leaders that will help them post the summer games. global news in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg, and "bloomberg technology." is next. emily: i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." softbank's and game. another run at the u.s. cable market with a direct offer for charter. why the move to acquire america's second-biggest cable company is the billionaire's most ambitious target. the model three kicks off a new era in electric cars. will tesla deliver? we look ahead to tesla's earnings report. all bets are on after 400 million shares of snap hit the market. a look at the lockup expiration of that investors have had their opportunity to sell. the turmoil continues in washington. anthony scaramucci has been removed from his new job as white house communications director just 10 days after he joined president's staff. the white house said, "mr. scaramucci felt it was best to give john kelly a cl

fox news alerts, award-winning actor and playwright sam shepard has died from complications to lou gehrig'ser prize for playwriting. nominated for his oscar role in "the right stuff." he was 73 years old. >> jon: historic buildings going up in flames in oklahoma pray to the fire started sunday in a residential building in downtown wagoner, a small town east of tulsa, but it spread so nearby buildings. we are told no one was hurt, but a pharmacy business for 115 years, nothing but ashes this morning prior to the cause of the fire under investigation. >> molly: president trump keeping up the pressure on republicans to try again to repeal and replace obamacare, even taking to quit delimiting twitter to say that if americans have to live with it, maybe congress should also. if obamacare's hurting people, and it is. why should the insurance company and congress not to be paying what the public plays? his approach on getting health care fixed? >> the president reflecting the move of the people. pull the american public and find out what their most important clinic important issuers, and at it as

the family says he suffered from lou gehrig disease. despite winning the pulitzer for the play he was best known for the role in "the right stuff." jonathan: coming up at 4:00, what the federal aviation administration plans to do about a court ruling that aims to give you more space in the airline seat. >> a power line fight in rural hay market, virginia. sign announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: well, a struggle is underway in virginia over plans to power an amazon data center. richard reeve is live in haymarket to explain why this is an issue. rich? richard: this is carver road. very quiet, very nice subdivision in rural haymarket. you will see signs like this dotting the area. folks here say they don't want power lines across the street. this was the second choice. the firsttous was along railroad -- the first choice was along railroad tracks and was ejected by the board of supervisors. the line here is smaller than those opposed. dominion energy wants to install 10 electricity. the idea is to provi

still ahead see surprising new fashion sam shepherd has died from complications related to als or lou gehrig'sse. shepherd was best men for his rolls in films like steel magnolia black hawk down and august owes age county. he won a pulitzer pry for his play, child, spokesperson says shepherd died last thursday at his kentucky home, surrounded by his family, and he was 73 years old. >>> jennifer lopez is standing by her ex mark anthony in his time of need. >> number of male celebrities are breaking out low cut tops, here is bex from today's 96.5 with your hot minute. >> reporter: thanks, jessica and joe. michael jackson's 19 year-old daughter parises very close to her godfather mccauley caulkin even getting matching tattoos this weekend. now she shared this photo of the duo sporting new tattoos in the shape of spoons. my girl stars in strange tore fulfilling his god parent duties as these two are often seen, spending time together. this show, must go on, mark anthony took the stage to perform a half time show at international championship cup in florida, just two days after announcing his mothe

oscar-nominated actor and author passed away at his kentucky home from complications related to lou gehrig's. shepherd grew up on a california ranch and wrote a number of books, memoirs, short stories and plays. his play very child won the pulitzer prize for drama. as an actor, sam shepard was nominated for the right stuff, his most recent work in the series bloodline. sam shepard was 73. >>> home sales are up in the bay area not under half-million dollars. the sale of single-family homes listed at $500,000 or below fulfillment in % last month largely because there were so few on the market. the sales grew over 90% for homes over that price point even though availability may be at its lowest point ever. job growth and low rates have fueled demand. sale prices set a record high of $735,000 median price. >>> you can always rent but a new list shows oakland is one of the worst places to rent in the country. wallethub looked at 150 city sam brincks from the best to worst based on affordability, safety, quality of public schools, coming in at number one scottsdale, arizona. oakland came in at 148

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there it is. [ cheers ] for 72 years lou gehrig has been the yankees' all-time hits leader.es richardson. here comes markakis' throw. it's going to be not in time. richardson scores on a base hit by derek jeter. is that unbelievable or is that unbelievable? [ cheers ] >> jimmy: it is unbelievable or is it unbelievable? congratulations to derek jeter! [ cheers and applause ] thank you buddy it's gonna be great. >> i appreciate that, thank you. >> jimmy: we'll be right back with more "tonight show," everybody. come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ back in 1935, john tyson's motto was, "when better chickens are hatched, we will hatch them." it's why today all of the tyson chicken that bears his name will be raised with no antibiotics ever. every nugget, every strip and every drumstick. because everyone deserves something a little better. keep it real. keep it tyson. first you start with this. these guys. a place like shhh! no. found it! and definitely lipton ice tea. lots of it. a lipton meal is what you bring to it. and the refreshing taste of lipton iced tea. we, the people

sam shepherd has died he passed away at his kentucky home thursday with complications related to lou gehrig'sn pulitzer prize, and nominated for oscar in the 1983 movie the right stuff. his most end work was starring in the first season of the netflix series, blood line. sam shepherd >>> rides at the ohio state fair back open, over the weekends, after the safety inspections there is follows the deadly accident last week. they were shutdown when the fireball throw ride broke apart, killing 18 year old high school student tyler jerrell, and injuring seven others. three of those who were injured are still this critical condition. that fireball ride is still closed and attendance at the fair was down more than 15,000 from this time of year ago, a funeral for jerrell will be held tomorrow. >> and more fall-out tonight following that norovirus outbreak at chipotle in northern virginia two, people who got sick after eating at the location in sterling are now suing the fast-food chain for $74,000. the suit is demanding damages for medical fees, and pain and suffering. about two weeks ago, dozens of p

it led top vital research but there's still no cure for the debilitating disease also known as lou gehrig'sfrates was diagnosed with als five years ago. he was just 27 years old at the time. the family posted on facebook today thanking everyone for their concerns. also saying the doctors medicine prayers and love continue to help him get stronger. >>> and we wish him and his family all the best. rick and sharrie. >> that's for sure. thank you ali. >>> much more still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. the new tool from facebook to help travelers all across the globe. >> plus, the unique competition in atlantic city to emphasize the importance of safe driving. those stories and much more when "action news" returns. >> ♪ >> the stock market closed early today because of the fourth of july holiday. an uptick in bank stocks helped the dow start off the second half of 2017 on a high note. the dow jones hit an all time high at the early close gaining 130 points, nasdaq losing 30 and change, the s & p 500 gaining almost six. markets will be closed tomorrow for the fourth of july. >>> facebook

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and some of the classic examples involve the mouse studies of lou gehrig's disease.these studies have led to a lot of drugs and all of them have been failures. some treatments for als and one of the problems, so that our scientists don't think very clearly about what they need to do, how many mice they need to use but also it's true that these experiments are quite expensive. human experiment rights, you might take dozens of mice for your study group and dozens more for your control group. cost could easily cost over $100,000. and many scientists don't have that kind of money so is a all do mice and i will call the results of the pilot study. and you know, they're constrained by resources, but on the other hand, there have been many occasions where those kind of things do large-scale political trials, they actually have led to results that have been disappointing.look promising when you do it in this small number of mice and then maybe spend tens of millions of dollars trying to expand into humans and only to discover it doesn't work. so that's one example of a ecolo

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i can tell you that i know at least some folks, i know, my dad is sitting at home, with lou gehrig's disease. it's going to make a difference for him. my mom is wondering if her cancer will come back. my brother, in school and has his own business, and whose wife, my sister-in-law is pregnant, is wondering if they lose health insurance. that's what's happening at home for people. that's the picture that americans have as they look around their living room right now. this is real. it shouldn't be treated like a team sport. >> it is real. we understand that. but karine, you know, earlier, alice said that the people who were protesting outside, they were paid liberal groups. there are conservatives who had been protesting, especially at the town halls. and the folks outside of the capital. it's not just liberals, and who are protesting. >> this bill is unpopular. the numbers tell you the story. republicans botched this. they have everything. they own everything right now in washington, d.c. and what we're learning is that they can't govern. they were supposed to give us something better

his family says shepard died from complications from lou gehrig's disease.r prize-winning play. and was nominated as astronaut chuck yeager in the movie, "the right stuff." he is survived by his three children. >>> oil coming off the biggest weekly gain in a year. check that out. up 1%, 50 bucks. jeff flock, live at the cme with more. jeff, does this mean my gas prices are going back up? i have labor day plans. reporter: this big rally at the end, the last half hour of the session, lauren, oil had been down the entire session. people taking profits from last week's big run-up, about 8 1/2% last week. but we closed now above $50. so, an interesting trend for oil. and it is completely opposite to the trend in gas prices, to answer your question. take a look where gas prices have been. as we said last week, oil has really had a nice run to above $50. gas prices going the other way. we're $2.32 for the average gallon of regular. a year ago or i should say a week ago we were 2.28. a month ago we were four cents cheaper than that. a a year ago, 2.14. the trend on

oscar-nominated actor, and celebrated author died last week at his home in kentucky of complications from lou gehrig's. sam shepard was 73. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 and --lyst in over 100 countries over 120 countries. i mark crumpton. scarlet: president trump has decided to remove anthony's era that -- anthony scaramucci comes from our quest at his new chief of staff john kelly. julie: saying on twitter that he may get another role, a reporter at the new york times says. is out ofcaramucci the role as communications director but still in the mix. julie: for now. scarlet: for now. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: we want to recap breaking news. president trump has decided to remove anthony scaramucci has his communications director. this is apparently at the request of john kelly. his new chief of staff will begin today after president made the announcement on friday reince previous was -- reince priebus was leaving. more: it makes it difficult to deny the staff is in turmoil at the white house. when you see this kind of turnover. the reason that priebus was leaving was becaus

family spokesman says shepard passed away on thursday from a.l.s., which is commonly known as lou gehrig'sisease. his 1979 play "buried child" worn the pulitzer for drama. he was 73 years old. that is the news update this hour melissa, back to you >> all right, sue, thank you sue herera let's get to courtney reagan for a market flash >> shares of scanus. south carolina electric and gas company are sharply higher after the company voted to stop building 2 billion nuclear reactors the reactors were set to be among the first new nuclear reactors built in the u.s. in decades. but the project has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. the vote to stop nuclear construction will likely end the project completely scana also reaffirms its targeted earnings growth race of 2% to 4% the stock is higher by 3% on the news tyler back over to you >> courtney, thank you very much florida getting 2kre67d by tropical storm emily weather chabl's mike seidel is in ft. lauderdale with the latest >> tropical storm emily made landfall just after 11:00 a.m. near bradenton, florida. they've had over six inches o

he died from health issues related to lou gehrig's disease.dozens of films including the 1983 drama "the right stuff." he recently appeared in the netflix series "bloodline." shepard was 73 years old (mark) police are looking for robbers after they stole thouands of dollars worth of jewelry at a costco. it happened in novato... and this is not the first time crooks have targeted a bay area costco. this is the third case like it in the bay area in the past three months. first on the peninsula, in foster city. then in the east bay, in danville. now in the north bay. kron four's spencer blake has the story. jewelry counters at costco have been a hot target for thieves lately.sunday morning three men walked into the store in novato wearing surgical masks, and headed straight for the cases. "normally all the cases have like jewelry in there; i like looking at the watches. and i did notice that where the rings are, like the diamond rings and stuff, it was kind of empty, so."empty because the suspects pulled out hammers, smashed the glass, and stole

the tongue in cheek video, after reports that frates died from a.l.s., also nonas lou gehrig's disease. frates family said, pete is resting comfortably at massachusetts general hospital, as the doctors, medicine, prayers and love held him get stronger. frates inspired people around the world with the ice bucket challenge in 2014. from celebrities like ben affleck, martha stewart. >> two, one. >> reporter: and kermit the frog. to athletes. >> here we go. >> reporter: and who can forget when savannah doused matt with that bucket of ice. >> is my hair messed up? >> reporter: it all made a huge viral splash. more than 17 million people posted videos online, raising $220 million for a.l.s. research and treatment. back in 2014, nbc talks with frates and his wife, julie. >> a.l.s. is all we talk about it. to see other people talk about it, is mind-blowing. all these people are paying attention to something important to us. >> reporter: the former boston college baseball star was diagnosed in 2012 at the age of 27. now even though he's unable to speak. his spirit still shines. thoughts and pra