but for marvel, the real money is not in comics any more, it is in tv and movies. he movies catch up with the comics or is that too great a risk? we asked marvel for a statement and while they stated that mr gabriel had been taken out of context, they did not give us a full statement. joining me from new york is comic book critic and freelance writer, j a micheline. benny potter, who hosts a popular youtube channel on comic books, joins me from colorado. good evening. j a micheline, first of all, do you think that marvel does have a problem with diversity? marvel does have a problem with diversity but not the problem they think they have. the problem they have is literally that they cannot commit to the audience they are trying to build, even the rhetoric that you see that mr gabriel is using in terms of defining them as the core audience or group, that suggest that the people they are marketing to are actually pretty much straight white men but if you are trying to actually expand your audience and bring them different heroes, different people with people of differ

a muslim artist distributing anti-semitic and anti-christian images in a marvel comic book. we have a survivor from the chemical gas attack in syria. he says we should be asking questions about why president obama didn't back up his red line on a syrian gas attack four years ago. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. what powers the digital world? communication. like centurylink's broadband network that gives 35,000 fans a cutting edge game experience. or the network that keeps a leading hotel chain's guests connected at work, and at play. or the it platform that powers millions of ecards every day for one of the largest greeting card companies. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud, we can analyze the data faster than ever befo

coming up, a marvel comics exec said the push for diversity cost them cash. own justice league chimes in after the break. you're watching "red eye" on fn fnc. ♪ ♪ >> live from "america's news headquarters," i'm kelly wright, good morning. tensions are brewing on the hill, capitol hill as the full senate prepares to vote on the supreme court nomination of judge neil gorsuch. democrats think they have the numbers to filibuster, but senate majority leader could change the senate rules so that he can be confirmed with a simple majority of 51 votes. democratic senator chuck schumer advises republicans to change the nominee, not the rules. destruction in the wake of a killer storm system that hit the south sunday night. louisiana and mississippi saw the worst of it, at least five people are dead including a 3-year-old girl and the wife of the mayor of glendora mississippi. she was killed when a tree crushed her home. >> looking at the tv my wife and i, turned around, wind, look like it was instant. wind and then she said we have a tornado or something coming? she j

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marvel comics have disciplined an indonesian artist after he was accused of inserting political and religious weekend, readers began pointing out how some pages in the debut issue for x—men gold featured references to a case involving the governor of jakarta. that story is popular on bbc.com in indonesia. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post is one of several to lead on the deployment of a us navy strike group to the korean peninsula. "closer to the brink of accidental conflict". that's the verdict of one chinese expert on international relations. the business times has an interesting story about singapore's cutting—edge catering industry. it's predicting the next big thing could be 3—d printing using edible ingredients. the china daily features president xi jin ping's visit to the us, which it says set a constructive tone. but its main story is this eye—catching picture of tourists in hebei province in northern china. it says the area's about to become an economic powerhouse, that's all thanks to a new business area. now, sharanjit, what s

still to come on the programme: it was an election campaign that made it onto the pages of a marvel comicing we will see who will be the next governor ofjakarta. also coming up on the programme: president trump's latest moves to buy and hire american. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. glad you telescope, our window on the universe. glad you are telescope, our window on the universe. glad you are staying telescope, our window on the universe. glad you are staying with telescope, our window on the universe. glad you are staying

the heated election campaign that secretly made it to the pages of a marvel comic.l as the voters choose their next governor. also coming up on the programme call mark on egyptian archaeological is an cover a ancient tomb. will that be enough to revive a tourism industry hit hard by political instability? the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they would normally expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the british prime minister has called the us president and europea

comic book fan. when i was in high school i could go up to the marvel studios.t paying attention that's being used to promote some sort of religious ideology and in this case hatred. >> that one is stunning to me. you trust people reasonably but you verify as president reagan would say. businesses need to be aware in the age of social media, you are dragging a man offhe pne, everyone has their camera phone on. you are setting up a nightmare in the press. people need to be aware and adjust to the new world. charles: major averages ending slightly higher. don't panic. my market commentary is next. with e*trade's powerful trading tools, right at your fingertips, you have access to in-depth analysis, level 2 data, and a team of experienced traders ready to help you if you need it. ♪ ♪ it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever you are. it's your trade. ♪ ♪ e*trade. ♪ ♪ start trading today at etrade.com charles: finally justice neil gorsuch sworn in itself. charles: another seesaw session, major indices closed in the green, barely, the market has become

think "star wars," all the marvel comics, movies and all the titles that you associate with disney.here are some used disney pictures coming in this year, plus hbro has been growing digital becames business. so can the stock keep climbing? let's check in with brian goldman, the chairman and ceo of hasbro. welcome back to "mad money." >> hi, jim, how are you doing? >> i want to talk directly about the notion of the experiential opportunities you have and you're doing 360 gaming, meaning that people are not just buying toys off of a shelf, how much is that translate to a major act sell lags in your earnings and your revenues? >> as we build these experiences, we're surrounding the user in a 360--degree way. we're also creating digital games and what we're finding out about our brands is they really resonate in that mobile gaming space, and we're seeing great performance, from back flip studios, which is our own company, but also third party relationships. >> how is it possible that you start talking about big pickup in monopoly and dungeons and dragons, these are things that my kids a

. $100 to get up close and personal with stanley, creator of marvel comics. >> it's a younger me goodhe price tag. taylor swift sells a signed poster for $250. autograph from madonna, more than $1,600. a sign ed book from j.k. rowling -- and autograph from elvis presley today worth nearly $6,000. james dean more than $28,000. all four beatles together over $43,000. when former new york giant victor cruz sits down for a signing he can do hundreds of autographs an hour. >> great. it's always great to, you know, not just see fans on game dap at the stadium but to meet them here, touch them, talk to them in person and have a real interaction with them is always a beautiful thing. >> there's so much here. >> reporter: for brandensteon steiner, his dreams came true. >> wasn't always like this, trust me. >> reporter: collecting over three decades. 40,000 square foot vault, memorabilia from every major event in sports history. >> signed by jeter, mariano, andy pettit. >> wow. how much is this worth? >> sells for about $800. >> reporter: from reading joe dimaggio's personal diary. >> a handwri

you ruin it, you made something entirely different and great on its own, and then you dive into marvel comicsevision show out of that. i mean, were you at all nervous about touching either of these two things just to start with? >> yeah, with "fargo," i assumed two people would watch it and one would be hate-watching it, and when it turned out to be popular and critically acclaimed, i just assumed that i was doing this thing that was such a terrible idea, that the only thing i could do was just dive into it and make it the thing it had to be. then when we were rewarded for taking risks, i just took more risks and "legion" was sort of the same. you take this underlying material, which is so beautiful and brilliant, and i just tried to pay respect to it, but then to tell the story that i want to tell with it. >> in a way, it reminds me of how like dr. dre or jay-z will take a song or a beat or something and then make it into something else. and even if you don't know what that original thing was, you can appreciate it. >> yeah, i think it's a conversation that i'm having with the work that i lo

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. $100 to get up close and personal to stanley, the marvel of comics. >> good to see you. >> reporterwift sells a signed poster for $250. an autograph for madonna auctioned at $1,600. if you want a signed book from j.k. ruling, $3,100. priciest of all? signatures from the dearly departed. the autograph of elvis presley is worth $6,000. james dean, $28,000. all four beatles together, over $43,000. when former new york giant victor cruz sits down for a signing, he can do hundreds of autographs an hour. >> it is great. it's always great to see the s them and talk beautiful interaction with them. it's a beautiful thing. >> reporter: the autograph society made this man's dream come true. this is where you started off. >> it was not always like this, trust me. >> reporter: he's been collecting for over three decades. his 40,000-square-vault has memorabilia from every major event in modern sports history. >> this is incredible. this is signed by jeter, mariello and andy pettitte. >> how much would this sell for? >> about $800. >> reporter: the reading of joe dimaggio's journal. >> this is fr

of my heroes, i got to interview for our living legends series, stan lee, the man who created marvel comicsbelievable. >> this was in l.a.? >> yeah. in l.a. and after that, i got to interview bob knnewhart. >> what was that like? >> everything you would want bob newhart to be, he is. >> is he just cracking jokes the whole time? >> he's humorous. but he's -- he's a gentleman. he just terrific. and his wife, jennie, they're a terrific combination. i mean, it really is. it was great to be me. >> i love the living legend. you find out more than what we know. and you have a good way with the people. and you find out such wonderful stories. >> for example, you know the iconic ending to "newhart"? he ended up -- the idea for that, where he wakes up and it turns out it's a dream sequence and it's susan pleshette, from "the bob newhart show." it was his wife's idea. they kept it a secret. back in those days -- >> you were able to keep a secret. >> it was a shock. it was so unbelievable. >> can we go back to that? probably not, huh? >> i don't know if we can or not. but, boy. it was -- it's just grea

marvel fans. on top of that he grew up reading the comics, we are having fun dressing up and enjoying it. >> reporter: but it's not the only attraction downtown. the sharks will host game six of their playoff series at the s.a. performed center with a pregame rally at 4:30. sunday the sofa street fair on south first will host another 20,000 for its biannual festival until bars and art galleries. >> tomorrow is record store day, earth day. it's also the continuation of this festival in the park here. >> reporter: it may take longer to get around this weekend, but the journey is what it's all about. >> you just get to see all these new ways of doing stuff, and you learn from it. it's awesome. >> reporter: comicon starts back up at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. some celebrities expected to make some appearances, duz al bryn, john cusak and tom wilson, better none as biff from back to the future. >>> we have an update on a shooting in south san jose this afternoon. police were responding to calls about a man with a knife near center and lewis roads that man apparently was threatening others and then stabbing hims

marvel has sacked x—men artist ardian syaf, after he hid religious references in a current issue of the comicys that the indonesian artist's contract has been terminated immediately, but that his work will still be seen on shelves. ardian referenced a verse from the koran and the date of a jakarta protest in the first issue of the comic. let's return to our top story, relations between the us and russia. president trump has met the nato secretary general in washington. he has been speaking about that alliance, and more on syria. we must also work together to resolve the disaster currently taking place in syria. we are grateful for the support of nato members and partners in their condemnation of assad's murderous attack, using the most horrible weapons. the secretary general and i had a discussion about what more nato can do in the fight against terrorism. i complained about that a long time ago, and they made a change. and now they do fight terrorism. i said change. and now they do fight terrorism. isaid it change. and now they do fight terrorism. i said it was obsolete. it is no longer obso