>> maybe i have to quote mark twain. 100-years ago mark twain was writing about california.e said californians are a different breeze, the easy and the sloth bone the lazy state home. he said californians have a way of dreaming up vast projects and carrying them out with dash and daring. >> either they are negative. mark twain was a pretty shrewd observer. but do you think these generous and romantic impulses will one day reach us lazy and slofful at the other end? >> i think the pioneer quality is in it all of america. ifrng what real -- i think what really happened is we came to the turning point first. i think the fact that we were the highest tax paying state per capita that our property tax was almost double the per capita property tax of the country, i think it just simply, the timing was right that it started here and when it was rented to the people the idea of running their own affairs they grabbed at it and as i say they are proving that it will work, the people are interested in government there isn't an apathy. for every problem there are 10 people waiting to vol

all i've got now are my tony, six emmys, mark twain prize, my star on the hollywood walk of fame and my blockbuster entertainment award. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: you got a blocky? (laughter) you son of a bitch! >> son of a bitch is my line, you son of a bitch. >> stephen: billy! i need the grammy! all i've got now is my nine emmys, my two peabodys and, of course, my grammy. (audience reacts) >> you son of a bitch! >> stephen: shh, you're scaring her! wil(laughter) listen, billy, we're colleagues, why are we fighting? >> because you said you were going crush me. >> stephen: right. okay. (laughter) but what i really meant was that i just hope that pete seeger doesn't win. >> what an (bleep). >> stephen: yeah, he is. besides he already won the lifetime achievement grammy in 1993. >> yes, and he keeps on living! it's so selfish! >> stephen: billy crystal, i feel like i've learned a lot from you today. i hope you win the grammy. >> thank you, stephen. (laughs) >> stephen: billy -- is there anything you want to say to me? >> i hope you lose. (laughter). >> stephen: you son of a bi

. >> at first glance you might think that is mark twain in a white tuxedo with a piano at his feet.ut it's not. he's none as the piano juggler. he has a special talent meeps a juggler but he can also play the piano with the balls he's struggling. >> to do one at a time, i thought that was impress of but when he actually did a chord. >> you think that was impressive? i ain't something nothing yet. >> how do you control the ball as he plays this right christmas. >> i'll tell you how -- >> well, he's using a bounce piano. a lot of commenters are comment they go think this is fake because they can't program it and whatever key the next fall sounds on, it's going to track -- >> there's narts there where it look look on. >> it a cool chick but i am not sold on this. >> that's it for us here at "right this minute." thanks for joining us and we'll see you ne >> today on "dr. oz" is pot addictive? >> the smoke you inhale literally can change you. >> dr. oz weighs in on the true health risk. >> we know pot affects the brain in many ways. t.h.c. clouded and desensitized important parts of the

liz: mark twain. >> mr. mark twain. in fact we're still here.s part of the american fabric. that is true for a long time. we don't see that changing in the years ahead. i will look into the price of water for you liz. that is little high. thank you for the chance. liz: that's right. it is like $6 for a water, right? you walk out of there, right arm is gone. unbelievable. look into that for us, gerry. the stock really did do well at the beginning up 9%. as you saw it, david closed about up 5%. david: 5% is still not bad. liz: not bad. when you contrast it to other ipos like twitter or as i said the container store, just a little bit -- david: understood. great interview. >>> the fed worked retail sales data in its taper today but are retail sales being hurt or helped by fed policy? founder of overstock.cock come -- overstock.com, patrick byrne, has quite a bit to say on fed policy joining us in a first on fox business interview next just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked himp. it found out the doctor we

. >> the most interesting information comes from children, says mark twain. we can learn a lot from them. we bring a series about struggles, insights all through innocent ice. a young ballet reena poised to take the stage. >> kendall is eight years old, and 4 foot 5. there's not a lot of ballet rolls for her out there unless, of course, it's christmas time. [ ♪ music ] >> this nutcracker performed by the passat deana dance theatre is kendall's first shot at dancing in a production. >> i'm in a scene where mother ginger comes out. she lifts up her dress and we dance around her >> it's about four hours before curtain time, kendall is home, getting ready for her day u. >> i'm nervous and excited at the same time. >> she followed at the age of three. >> whenever i see or do something i want to do it too. >> even so, kendall had to audition. this company rarely accepts 8-year-olds, but she was accepted. she found a set of role models >> what did you think of the people who had the leads? >> it was amazing, he kept lifting her and he was on point. >> on point and t

helium stewardship act which revises the requirements for crude helium sales on federal land it was mark twain who told us actions speak louder than words but not nearly as often when i was leaving the capitol earlier this week i snapped this photo of a few hill stoppers going through security they were wheeling in a blanket covered cart and ensure would do nothing fashion as they approached the metal detectors they unveiled an assortment of beers to be due to the capitol although we've yet to pass a water bill we can at least be assured that someone's paying their beer bills in washington d.c. perry and boring are to. well this morning the senate banking committee drafted a bill that would introduce a new sanctions against iran this comes less than a month after the obama administration announced a temporary deal with the country to ease sanctions in return for iran curtailing its nuclear program of course if the u.s. does follow through on these new sanctions it violates the terms of the agreement senate banking committee chairman tim johnson said the bill will not move forward unless iran c

as mark twain who taught us. actions speak louder than words but not nearly as often. when i was leaving the chapel. earlier this week i snapped this photo of a new health sector is going through security they were wheeling and blinking covered cart and injure you do not think fashion as they approach the metal detectors in meals an assortment of beers to be delivered to the capital although we've yet to pass the watermelon we can at least be a certain someone's paying their beer bellies. in washington dc area knowing our team. well this morning the senate banking committee draft the bill that would introduce new sanctions against iran. alas the month after the obama administration announced a temporary deal with the country to ease sanctions in return for a run curtailing its nuclear program. of course it can be less doesn't follow through on easing sanctions and violates the terms of the agreement containing committee chairman tim johnson said the bill will not move forward when someone chooses not to follow through with its end of the deal the obama administration i

so some will read mark twain and some will reply they said they would be the earth to a point that's their point of departure but there will be new literature written on mars and will be nude languages and will be new histories of epic deeds that will inspire those who go further ok we talk about creating new nations. the way you talk about is fascinating. obviously very passionate about it are you going to part of all that i mean would you like to go to mars oh i'd love to go to mars i don't think i'm going to have a chance why well because some already sixty one years old and we're talking about the first missions going ten years from now and colonization missions going after that i think it could have been that i could have gone to mars i was seventeen when we landed on the moon ok and if we had kept going the way we were going then we would have been on mars by nine hundred eighty one but we had a massive failure of leadership in the united states the nixon administration canceled the program even as we were landing on the mood it was like columbus coming back from the new world

. >> wow mark twain would be proud of him.on't miss the incredible act of generosity that brought the audience to its feet. it is tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> now we continue our live coverage of the train derailment in new york. a passenger train derailed just after sun up in the bronx. 4 people were killed, 67 injured at least 11 seriously. we will bring you the news conference at 4:30. nick valencia is going to bring us the social media information. >> some of the first images surfaced on social media. i want to share with you some of those that we obtain

>> maybe i have to quote mark twain.was writing about california and said californians are a different breed. he said the easy and the slothful, the lazy stayed home. he said californians have a way of dreaming up vast projects and carrying them out with with dash and daring. >> even if they are negative. a pretty shrewd observer. do you think these romantic impulses will reach us lazy and slothful? >> i don't think so. i think the pioneer quality is in all of america. i think we perhaps came to the turning point first i. think the fact that we were with highest per capita our tax paying state was almost double of the country. i think the timing was right that it started here. it was presented to the people of running their own atears. they grabbed at it. the people are interested in government. there isn't ap thee for every problem there are ten people waiting to volunteer. if someone will show them where they can be with useful. >> yep. well now, let me take the california issue because i think it touches on the genera

that's a quote from mark twain. we can learn a tremendous amount about them, being 8.it's about incredible experiences struggles and insight all through the most innocent of eyes. we begin with a young ballerina poised to take the stage. jewely muller has her story. >> kendall is just eight years oold and 4'5" so there's not a lot of ballet roles for her, unless it's christmastime. this nutcracker performed by the pasadena dance theater, is her first chance. >> i'm in the scene where mother ginger comes out, she lifts up the skirt and we dancing all around her. >> let's look back a bit, it's four hours before curtain time and kendall is getting ready for her debut. >> i feel nervous and excited at the same time. >> she started in the shadow of her sister. even sow kendall had to audition and this dance company rarely acceptance eight-year-olds. but she was accepted and she found a whole new set of role models. >> what did you think of the people who had the leads? >> it was amazing because she kept lifting her and she was on pointe. >> on pointe and oh those leaps. >>

mark twain spoke of the drive and push and rush and struggle of the regime, caring, booming 19th century. one kind of prosperity was classical. modern economies were achieving growth of economic knowledge, that's growth of productivity. wage rates and working conditions were constantly improving throughout the economy. a worker could just ride the rising tide, and non-modern economies through trade and technological transfers could tap into that prosperity in order to catch up. another kind of prosperity was modern, and of key importance. there were gains in one's earning power from one's new insights and skills, and gains in one satisfaction from the experiences in one's work. these gains, material and non-material, our rewards of initiating and creating. they represent prospering. non-modern nations could not cap into that prosper. never before have prospering been within reach of large and increasing numbers. before the first modern economies, economic knowledge, productivity, was virtually stagnant even in economies that were the dual new mercantile capitalism such as spain and holla

it reminds me of a reading of mark twain saying rumors of my death are premature. >> sure, rev.ntioned there are things he has done right. when you look at gun control, the president enacted i think it was 24 executive actions right after newtown. when the senate and the house failed to act. when there were real disasters like our economy on the brink. not as a result of anything he'd done. something that happened under george w. bush's administration. he sprung into action with the american recovery in reinvestment act. so what's changed from when he was first elected, rev, to the second term? i would argue that very clearly it is that the gop took control of the house. and they made it their mission to as senator mitch mcconnell said to make him a one-term president. misch mcconnell was on board with that and to that end has filibustered most of his nominees. and to alex's point, thank goodness for the reform change. we can expect there will be people in high places that are critical to ensure that his agenda is actually implemented. we'll have to see those changes happen. it'

everybody in the gilded age of the presidents, the major robber barons, every significant author, mark twain, william dean howells, who wrote the first significant review of portrait of a lady for his great friend, henry james. and i guess the point is he wasn't collecting friends so much as they were collecting him. and john hay, i quickly realized was regarded as everybody's favorite guy. they all wanted to be around him. they wanted to hear his words. they wanted to be included at the dinner table and they went away the next day repeating him. of all of those friends, all of those acquaintances, and the adams was his dearest friend. they build side-by-side houses in washington, and there's never been another friendship like this. they wrote to each other over many years. they wrote letters knowing that they would be received -- might never be received. they wrote letters to each other knowing that they would see each other before the letter arrived. they took a daily walks. it was one of the great extraordinary friendships of any era. they didn't necessarily disagree. henry adams was more

will rogers did it, johnny carson did it, mark twain did it.tly what catches the people who live in middle america. they get it. and this is not going to be easy, and i think the tea party quite honestly, they can primary whoever they want. the bottom line is they're a shrinking group of people. they don't have the influence and all the polls show that, that they had just three years ago. >> yeah. >> well, victoria, joe sets a new year's resolution. i make one i'm going to read it first and then comment. >> that's right. read it first. >> victoria soto and joe madison, thanks for being here and have a happy new year. >> same to you. >> thank you, rev. >>> coming up, chris christie's denied shutting down a bridge as a political payback. but a scathing new report suggests he may have bullied opponents before. >>> plus beyonce makes a dream come true for a terminally ill girl. it's must see. stay with us. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh! i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold a

the judges declared his voice as comic and original as any we have heard since mark twain. but first, this is pledge week on p.b.s.. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that sueactions from state education officials. >> woodruff: finally tonight: this year's national book award for fiction went to a novel that re-tells a very familiar story from american history with a thoroughly new twist. jeff is back with that. >> brown: "i was born a colored man and don't you forget it. but i lived as a colored woman for 17 years." the words of kansas-born slave henry or henrietta schackleford who in the novel "the good lord bird" becomes one of the rag-tag followers of the abolitionist john brown and survives to tell of the raid on harper's ferry. this is the third novel by james mcbride. he's also author of the bestselling memoir, "the color of water: a black man's tribute to his white mother." first, congratulations to you. >> thank you very much. >> so the story has been written and written about in nonfiction and fiction. you, what, felt yo

president, i guess you know what mark twain said about congress, and taoiseach is a. he said marc twain said the closure a congressman and suppose you were an idiot, but i repeat myself. [laughter] >> he loved it. but yeah, coming back to your point, i think there are similarities. obama is very cerebral. he is an academic, taught at law school if you wish chicago. in kennedy published books, wrote books. obama wrote books, editing it is a certain affinity for this kind of -- now kennedy was i think he was never a glad hander, and certainly obama is not a glad handed. i sat next to that one did and there's no smalltalk. he's really very serious and it's all business all the time, and that's fine with me. i'm academic, too, but kennedy never really liked that kind of traditional boston, how is your grandma and your uncle so-and-so? he never liked engaging in that kind of chatter. and i think obama is very serious about what he -- and, of course, the knock on him has been that he hasn't cultivated the people in congress the way lyndon johnson did. because johnson was th

some of our greatest books are banned by authors like mark twain, kurt vonnegut and ernest hemingwayovide e-books to poor children in southern africa. is over delivered over 480,000 books 10,000 children are now read more and better than ever before. i'm going to ask the winners of the innovations in reading prize to stand and be recognized. let's give them some recognition for this great work here. [applause] >> of years ago people didn't think we're serious with the national book awards added an after party. as many of you know now, it's become this hot topic. the first time we did it it was oversubscribed so when i announced that i couldn't anyone where it was. but i said if you want to go eat got to hunt down morgan and see if you can get him to tell you. we figured out now that we need a lot of space but we do it right here upstairs but everyone is invited. i have to think that after party sponsor, after party committee, our spirited after party committee, rachel, i'll -- paul. a few more people to thank. just want to thank our host mika brzezinski and joe scarborough for having

the judges declared his voice as comic and original as any we have heard since mark twain. but first, this is pledge week on p.b.s.. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, the "newshour" continues now with a second look at an education story with big implications for both students and teachers. it's about a new set of standards known as the common core. our special correspondent for education, john merrow, reports. >> you glis can start. >> freedom of speech should mean what it mean, freedom of speep, shouldn't be limitations on freedom. >> i disagree. >> reporter: students in the center of the room argue their case. >> but you have no proof. >> 30 seconds. >> 18 members on the side-lines offer support. >> they're passing notes saying you should ask this followup question. or look at this page in your text so that you can reference this piece of evidence to support your idea. >> we have power but we also have power. >> repo

some of our greatest books, authors like mark twain, curth vonnegut, and ernest hemingway, and then thebsaharaan africa. and 10,000 children are reading now better than ever before. i'll ask the winners of the innovation and reading prize to stand and be recognized. let's give them some recognition for this great work. [applause] >> now, a few years ago, people didn't think we were serious when the national book award added an afterparty, and as many of you know now, it's become this really hot ticket. in the fact the first time we did it, it was oversubscribed so i couldn't tell anyone where it was. i said if you want to good you have to hunt down -- and get him to tell you. we figured out now we need a lot of space. we do it right near, upstairs, and i have to thank our afterparty sponsor, cobo, our aftermatter -- afterparty committee, rachel, paul, steph, and jim. jindall is watching from antarctica. that's what is going on today. okay. a few more people to thank. just want to thank our hosts for having the morning joe to announce the finalists. special thanks to our dinner co-chairs

. >>> many believe samuel clemens assumed the pen name mark twain.the first bid was re rejected whether twain camped in the spot. >>> the boy scouts of america will soon be accepting openly gay young people. the new policy will be adopted with the start of the 2014. the decision comes after last may's vote where 60% of the scout's national council approved the change. some churches have since dropped the support and familys have switched to a new conservative the group called trail life usa. but most major sponsors including the roman catholic and mormon churches are still working with the scouts. >>> a girl got an unexpected surprise while opening what she thought were new head phones. carmen lopez had asked her parents for a pair of beats head phones. so they bought a pair from wal- mart. but come christmas morning instead of head phones she says she found four cans of tuna. fortunately an executive from beats head phones heard the story. gave carmen a brand new pair. wal-mart says its investigating exactly what happened. >> that must have been qui

. >>> mark twain said too much of a bad thing is bad but too much champagne is just right.ff a celebration. let's bring it on here on the weekend. and bottoms up. we're joined by our yelp reviewers. what they are drinking and you brought some of the top sparkling wines it's not just which ones and tasting this morning a little bit. and there are things to do. >> i hope that you are thursdayy. you don't have to go to france to enjoy the wine. it is in our backyard and the north bay and south bay. and the holidays a better way than with good wine. but why not make a day trip out of it. have a little more fun. one of the first is this one. that's in front of me, they have been producing them. >> and the they do a tour that's a lot of fun can you go inside of the caves which have been around for over 100 years. and it is about 34,000 square feet. it is on any given day. the bottles of wine. and it is a lot of fun. why not make a day out of it. >> it is fun there. >> can you do a day spa. >> you are talking my language. go the whole way. do a mud bath. massage and a great restau

a modern day mark twain. tarr himself believes he's among the best who ever lived. >> andy kaufman.glad they existed. but they're nothing compared to me. i don't even look at them like peers. >> reporter: what? what? what? >> i don't have any respect for their accomplishments. >> ashton kutcher made a career out of this. and nobody's brought him into court. >> reporter: he's talking about kutcher's tv show, "punk'd"? the hidden camera mtv show. >> why does kenny get prosecuted? because he doesn't smile like ashton kutcher? he's not funny enough? it's outrageous. >> reporter: tarr is facing up to three years in the clink if convicted. he pled not guilty. and he's back in court february 18th. >> thank you. >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> nick, we appreciate it. >>> now, to an unwelcome house guest, not too uncommon around the holidays. we're not talking about the in-laws. we're talking about something else here. one florida man had a huge black bear stop in for a visit, not once but twice. and abc's steve osunsami with the guest who didn't

that's a quote from mark twain.e can learn a lot from kids and ourselves and the world, and that's why we are bringing you a series called "being 8", experiences, struggles and insights through innocent ice. a young ball reena plans to take the stage for a holiday tradition. >> kendall is eight years old and 4 foot 5. there are not a lot of ballet roles for her out there. numbers, of course, it's christmas time. [ ♪ music ] >> into this "nutcracker" performed by the pasadena dance theatre is kendall's first shot at dancing in a professional production. >> i'm in the scene where mother ginger comes out and lifts up the dress and we come out and dance all around her. >> let's back up a bit. it's about four hours before curt in time and kendall is home. >> i feel excited and nervous at the statement. >> she started ballet at anal 3, following in the dance steps of her older sister. >> whenever i see her do something, i want to do it too. >> kendall had to audition and the dance company rarely accepts eight-year-olds. b

as the quote from taft -- mark twain had one. other people's problems or vices -- this is insanity. host: what would be a solution in your view? caller: legalize all drugs. you do not have to advertise them. why are we putting human beings in cages? host: you're talking about all drugs? caller: right. methamphetamines were the most prescribed drugs in the 50's. the most drug addicted segment of american society is middle-aged women. look at the blacks who go to jail. they make up 13% of the population. 13% of illegal drug users. 74% are incarcerated. you can look at the 2010 act -- 52% of crack users are white. 38% are black. 88% of those incarcerated are black. host: you seem to have a good knowledge of this. is this a topic that has been of interest? caller: i have been studying it for years. the stat that got me was the one i just told you about the blacks. host: margie is in leavenworth, kansas. caller: good morning and happy new year. i'm glad you asked this question. i think that the war on drugs succeeded greatly. they got what they wanted. capitalized punishment in our count

so mark twain got hit on both sides. anyway, as you recall, the story takes huckleberry finn, who runs away from his abusive father and partners with jim, the escaped slave, and they end up sailing down the mississippi on a raft. on their way they have several adventures, one of which involves picking up two men who were con artists called the duke and the king, because one claimed to be a duke, and the other one claimed to be the heir to the throne of france. needless to say, as you hear them talk, you realize that this is a little -- they're stretching the truth a bit. but what i'm doing is picking up on chapter 25, and that's where they come upon a town where a well known tanner named wilkes has just died, and he left his substantial fortune to two brothers of his who came from england. but the brothers had not arrived in time for his death, and so the duke and the king decide to change their personas and come in and claim to be the man's long lost brothers who were coming to visit. and here we start. the news was all