that's what we'll do. >> so now, melinda decided to take the next step.ould conduct her own forensic investigation. to learn how to go about it, she discovered the world of forensic television. >> i think initially what attracted me to "forensic files" was when i first turned it on, there was this big, loud voice of, you know, murder in blah, blah, blah town and "forensic files" investigates. and i thought, wow, you know. i'm going to watch this. i was learning how to gather dna, how to preserve it. there was a lot of different episodes that i watched that kind of put everything together. >> melinda decided to take her list of the convicted criminals living in her mother's neighborhood and surreptitiously collect their dna samples for testing. melinda followed these men to local bars and restaurants to collect their dna from anything they might have left behind. >> i would have to flirt with these people. i would get either a cigarette butt or i've gotten their beer bottle. i've gotten their drinking glass. >> using her own money and contributions solicit

melinda, on a scale from 1-godzilla how awesome is this? melinda: i don't scream but godzilla. mark: godzilla! after the break, we throw castro into the ring. and he is not messing around. we will be right back. ♪ mark: our guest tonight is a big fan of housing and development. the head of housing and urban develop. also a big fan of boxing, which we will get to. john: i want to start with the news of the day question. you were a former mayor, and there is a big controversy unfolding in the last couple of days in its outer liner. the shooting of walter scott. i'm curious at this moment what concerns you, what questions you would like to see resolved, and about the policy going forward. are we at a place where all cops in the country should have to wear cameras all the time? >> my first reaction, i imagine the reaction of every one who watched the video, was how tragic it was. julian: anytime you have a loss of life under the those circumstances. we need better training for officers. neighborhood policing, so that you develop trust between the police and the community. and, as y

let's get the latest on those talks rum melinda crane -- from melinda crane, who is standing by there. what is the most can be expected from the stalks? -- from these talks? melinda: he started out by giving a guardedly positive assessment of the cease-fire, saying it is mostly holding. he said the the agreement to end the conflict is much more than a cease-fire. he said we are here tonight to bring that process forward. he listed for milestones along the path that process. the first being holding elections in the separatist regions. the second one ensuring humanitarian relief for people in those regions. exchange of prisoners. a pretty tall order but certainly the question of elections topping the agenda. terry: what are the obstacles they have to overcome, very briefly few can deco -- if you can you go -- very briefly if you can? melinda: only if elections had already been held. the separatists say they see it exactly the other way around. they say autonomy must precede the election. another one briefly. he have has been limiting access to these -- kiev has been accessing -- kiev ha

tom: melinda thank you so much. we begin the week strong and now the chief executive officer of dune real estate partners is with us. we will speak on education later but another wall streeter comfortable in supporting hillary clinton from bank of america. you are an active supporter of secretary clinton. do the people of new york funding somebody you are so comfortable with how does she adapt to the vast republican field? >> i think the relationship she made with people in new york she has a lot of credibility. i don't think for the tphorbgnew york supporters she has to do anything to change the way she acts. tom: what did you observe four years ago to say this is a change that you need to reconnect with the rest of america? daniel: new york is different than the rest of america. tom: in is a "bloomberg surveillance" break folks. daniel: i think that the grandmother element i think being more personable and when sleeves more vulnerable she was more successful. i think that a hreullittle last time she may have playe

sarah: melinda crane, thank you for your analysis. istanbul is on edge after a second day of deadly violence. >> would go to our correspondent in a moment. first, this report. experts the third attack on an official building in turkey's biggest city within 48 hours. officials say two assailants attempted to storm the police headquarters in a central neighborhood. police shot a woman dead on the scene. her, was, a man, was taken into custody. the attack came just hours after a gunman rated and istanbul office of the governing party. a day after a prosecutor was killed, after being taken hostage by two leftist militants. hundreds of people gathered on wednesday to pay tribute. the turkish minister was alone be mourners. >> the nation and legal community condemns and curses this cowardly attack. we don't see this attack as one against our deceased colleague but against the entire turkish judicial system. we see it as a gun pointed towards our nation. >> he had been leading investigations into the protesters wounded and killed during anti

rishaad: melinda, thank you.sinda henneberger joining with the latest on hillary clinton at the she announces her decision. -- asset she announces her decision to run. -- as she announces her decision to run. you can send your thoughts to me on twitter. asiars targeted southeast for 10 years without being detected. that's according to the security company. they investigated espionage. our south east asian correspondent is on that story. has, how did the hackers managed to do this? how did they manage to get away with it? they penetrated isolated networks not directly linked to the internet. some of the attacks were specifically across e-mails written in the local language, documents looked legitimate. the only thing is they contained a malware and suspicious software. government and companies have not been able to detect them. it has gone on for 10 years. government and businesses are not keeping with the developments in cyberattacks. they have to work with security experts. the other question is who is behind in

. >> melinda and robin. >> hi good afternoon melinda i'm here on behalf of project sponsor for item 14 and 15 we are school board asking for the may continuance we've received different requests for the recent uses and project design and working with the planning and planning department to provide this information and make sure the department and the commissioners have accurate and complete information about the project we appreciate your willingness to grant the continuance and the project sponsor to allow us so. >> thank you. >> hello commissioners my name is robin tucker i'm the chair of the pacific avenue neighborhood association and the dr requester and i've commended to my group has commended to a continuance i did want to make a statement to the commission this has caused a significant inconvenience for my organization and the neighborhood leaders we even flew someone back from india early to appear here today it is my hope it is legitimate reason and that all effort will be made by the project sponsor to accumulate us and in a more convenient way the next time something like th

thank you so much melinda. moving and shaking this morning, and business, a billionaire investor's money-management firm announced plans to split into two separate companies that would be both publicly traded and expect companies to be listed on the new york stock exchange. he is known for his value investing. he created the firm in 1977 and took it public in 1999. he earned 85 nine dollars in 2013. he can -- intends to continue serving in the traditional asset management business. spotify got a new valuation this week. new financing will evaluate at $8 billion. it raise money back in november. alex sherman as well. >> they have got 60 million active listeners. if you look back even until may or so of 2014, the numbers were 10 million subscribers and 40 million active users. it should be no surprise now they're coming out and trying to raise more money in their quite on their way to do so. they were previously valued at $5 billion. it is now $8.5 billion. matt: they are facing a lot more potential competition.

melinda: it is both.at she doesn't have to spend her money fending off a real challenger. but it is a disadvantage and in a recent bloomberg poll something like 72% of democrats said they wish she had a real opponent. the feeling being that she really needs to have that practice to have that training session to get ready for the general election. now, you could also argue she's been in public life so long she doesn't need it but she's not typically been a very strong campaigner. i think the feeling is that she would just benefit from having a strong debating sparring partner on her left. francine: melinda, what will we see from her the next couple of months? she's considered to be very stately. are we going to see a more friendly and intimate hillary clinton? melinda: that is the promise she's going to show a warmth that people say she's only shown privately in the past. that again she's going to win people over in the small groups. that we are really going to see some specifics on the policy side, too. i

melinda henneberger. a nuclear deal with iran. senator bob corker joins us in just a moment. ♪ betty: here is a look at our other top stories this morning. police and smalley's eight people are dead after an attack. the violence occurred in the capital city. attackers and stormed high education at the gate. al-shabaab is suspected. the milton's have -- the militants have a series of attacks. shares in hong kong slipped for the first time in nine days. the index added less than .1% in london erasing an earlier gain. equity benchmarks in hong kong dropped at least 1.6% with the hang seng index following the most this year. more than 10% of the companies in the s&p are at least partially exempt from u.s. taxes. that number has more than doubled in the last four years. the big reason, emerging deals that let the companies overseas in order to avoid paying higher taxes. retail sales numbers at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. the figures are expected to rise for the first time in four months. how much have consumers been held by the gas prices

anchor: melinda crane has been covering it for us. the cooperation is typically seen as driving european unity. >> a lot more smoothly than it had been during the initial phase of the president he. you heard those unusually warm words there from the president saying there was an atmosphere of brotherly affection. the chancellor explained it quite directly saying we have been put to the test in the last few months and it has brought us closer. they stood shoulder to shoulder. also, the political tests. dealing with the greek debt crisis. they have been consulting very closely in a bilateral framework for speaking to us. anchor: they flew together to try to get the minsk agreement up and working. so there is a great deal more concrete cooperation. what are the leaders come up with for the future? >> the joint cabinet meetings were military and defense. they were planning to cooperate in funding and earth satellite observation system and also funding a new drone together with italy. there has been a lot of talk about european defense coo

. >> hello, i'm melinda a real estate agent on coastal with coldwell banker i recommended karen and lester when we purchased this on 20th street that happens that was a probate purchase it means there were bids all the bids were submitted on the same day, however at the time of this sale the listing price was $600,000 plus karen and lester spent over $400,000 to obtain the property all the time they were looking and purchasing that property they had a single thought to improve it for the benefit of the community if you think about the highest and best use of the property it could have been very tall and fancy condos that sold for a lot of money so probably karen and lester they're not doing the maximum that could be done by law so i'd like to speak in their defense their community minded people and abated by the letter of the law and will continue to do so if you have any other questions for me i'll take them thank you. >> okay. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm jerry mirror a member of the 0 dog patch merchant association i'm here not only to permanently support t

. >> without melinda's efforts, let's face it, clarence elkins would still be in prison. >>> up next, a college coed is left for dead in a lovers' lane. >> the blood is consistent with her being struck up to ten types. >> there were plenty of suspects, but very few answers. >> these samples could have originated from 20% of the population. >> was it a random murder or jealousy? >> if he couldn't have her, nobody else could. >> for decades, the case went unsolved until now. >> he is a cold-blooded killer. >> they wanted to solve this. >> at the end of a long day in may of 1984, a farmer in tennessee made a startling discovery. >> he noticed some clothing lying in the field. there was actually a body lying there. >> the victim was a young girl wearing only a bra. her body was covered with two pairs of jeans and a dark jacket. one pair of jeans was hers, the other was a pair of men's jeans. >> also there's a black jacket across her body with a sleeve tied around her neck and a pair of panties that she was clutching in her right hand. >> she was identified as 18-year-old laura salmon, a l

recipients of a gates millennium scholarship one of only 1,000 given out every year from the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> i am a focused and determined person and when i set a goal i plan on receiving it. >> i am excited and i want to cry. >> it's okay to cry. >> she is my baby and i'm so proud of her. >> officials from the chester upland school district are proud as well. especially superintendant gregory shannon, she is the third to be awarded the gates scholarship since shannon took over the school district in 2012, she represents what the district is becoming. >> a model student academically but a model student as a person and role model and mentor to our younger students as well. >> but the determined 18-year-old says there is no way to come this far without the loving support of her parents that taught her how to turn every barrier in her life as a stepping stone to get to the next level. >> i have been through some many situations but you wouldn't tell, because i have confidence and i would like them to exude confidence themselves and know anything is possible. >> what is next

she's getting a full ride thanks to the bill and melinda gates foundation. shemir a woods elliott has been awarded a gates millennium scholarship. only 1,000 are given out every year. she's now the fourth student in the chester up land school district to have been awarded that scholarship. very proud parents surrounding a happy young girl. >> she's beaming. >> accu weather forecast, cecily tynan. >> looking good in the short term. friday is when we will have some problems. storm tracker six live double scan shows we are dry tonight and chopper six flying above the delaware valley just as the sun was setting at 7:52. just a gorgeous sunset, we have got another beautiful day on the way for tomorrow. right now still very mild in philadelphia 61 degrees our high today. seventy-one felt good. allentown 58 degrees. wilmington 57. millville cool spot dropping down to 45. sea isle city currently 57. satellite six with action radar showing you can see how we have this carved out area of clear skies. that is high pressure bringing us beautiful weather tomorrow. lookin

bill and melinda gates -- they have a simple vision. their vision is that every life has equal value, and therefore we should create a world where people have equal chances. that is their vision. simple. they have a strategy. we got a lot of money and we are going to invest it to achieve that vision, but we will invest it in people who can do things that we cannot do. for example, melinda gates -- hillary recently announced the four she left the foundation that they were going to go over data research they had done on the condition of women and the disparities and conditions of women and men in the united states and around the world. bill gates and bill gates foundation invests a lot of money every year through our health access initiative to solve problems. and i love the way he is just totally iconoclastic. he wants to do what works. he said to me a few years ago "the world should not need what you do. the world health organization ought to be able to do this, but it cannot. so we do it." but it is very interesting to watch how a pers

bill and melinda gates, they have a simple vision. their vision is that every life has equal value, and therefore we should create a world where people have equal chances. that is their vision. simple. they have a strategy. we have got a lot of money. we are going to invested to achieve that vision. we're going to invested through people who can do things we cannot do. for example, melinda gates and hillary recently announced before she left the foundation that all the data researchers they have done and the disparities in the conditions of women and men in the u.s. and around the world, bill gates and the gates foundation invests a lot of money every year through our health axis initiative to solve problems. totally iconoclastic. he wants to do what works. the world health organization on to be able to do this, but it cannot. so, we do it. it is very interesting to watch. we find it hard to give the money away than it was to make it. our goal is simple and clear. we want to create a world of equal chances. most successful and their i

group like clinton foundation, bill and melinda gates foundation run by the richest person in the worldone of top donors in clinton foundation buzz much good. but we need to better understand relationships among many of our nation's elite that form the foundation of what is a new world order supramazingals have arrive. this is less likely to be century of america or china's century for that matter, far more likely to be the century of the supra nationals. consequences of their action will be more evident with each passing year of in century. our quote of the even evening. if i may bring back a coyotes from hillary clinton -- quotation from hillary clinton. back in 1992, they went on air to allegations. the american people are tired of liars, and people who pretend to be something they are not. en quote. -- end quote we're coming right back. >> coming up next, left claims 1% makes too much money. that wages are stagnant and the minimum wage needs to be raised. wilbur ross will join me to talk about the economic issues that appear to be most prominent so far in 2016 campaign. >> obama adm

and bill and melinda gates have been working with centers for disease but there's more that needs tolearn how to get rid of stagnant water and use repellant and we do have treatment when early diagnoses is made early treatment is important. >> and they have that sweetner ascertain,r asper tain they say they're removing it from the sodas. >> asper tain is the number one reason for why sales has dropped and pepsi has been listening to it and they want to listen to consumer concerns. >> and diet coke has splendau not asper tain. >> they have asper tain but they're not changing it but you never know. we should be careful with anything we drink that's not natural. we should reach for a glass of water from time to time but can these sweetners be harmful? it's not likely. >> i'm not paid for it and there's no sugar. and we'll be following the situation in baltimore throughout the rest of our hours a there are demonstrations continuing over there over the death of freddy gray while in police custody. ♪ ♪ the new s6 hits the stores and i'm like... whoa. open the box and... (sniffing) new phon

bill and melinda gates, they have a simple vision. their vision is, that every life has equal value and therefore we should create a world where people have equal chances. that's their vision, simple. they have a strategy. we got a lot of money. and we're going to invest it to achieve that vision. but we're going to invest it through people who do things that we can't do. we don't want to hire 100,000 people to implement all these things we fund. so, for example melinda gates and hillary recently announced before she left the foundation that they were going to, that all this data research they had done on the condition of women and the disparities in the conditions of women and men in the united states and around the world. bill gates and the gates foundation invests a lot of money every year through our health access initiative to solve problems and i love the way he just he is totally icon classic. he just wants to do what works. he said to me a few years ago he said the world shouldn't need what you do. the world health organizatio

. >>> and the head of maryland state highway administration is stepping down. 41-year-old melinda peters says she's left her job to spend more time with her family. peters was the first female administer of fha and she held that position for four years. >>> rise and shine. time to get your friday started off right with this beautiful sunrise over the city. thanks for waking up with us. i'm nicaragua. >>> i'm -- i'm nick giovanni. >>> i'm andrea roane. the whole gang is here. larry miller has your traffic. allyson and erica have our weather. >> i've been on the weather terrace several times this morning and it's cold out there, with that breeze especially. >> should have brought a thicker jacket. >> i should have brought the thicker jacket. >> you're going to need it this afternoon. we're for the getting much warmer than yesterday even though we'll see a lot of sunshine. our weather watcher from wheaton said it's only 34 there. it is cold. it is a gorgeous start from our michael & son's camera. a lot of sunshine today. so different from yesterday but not temperature wise. winds out of the

west, in sections of the lehigh valley around bethlehem and take a look at this twitter picture from melinda showing montgomery county a large tree that fell there. so we're looking at conditions deteriorating early on this afternoon. but they are improving right now with the clearing skies and then breezy but turning much colder take a look at these temperatures. you can see just how cold it will be by tomorrow morning. we'll be looking at temperatures in the 30s and then only in the 50s for highs. how long will it last? details coming up. >>> all right talk to you then scott. >>> this video very tough to watch. you know it could turn fatal at any moment. chaos break out on septa platform as teens invade. fists start flying in three separate fights. one teen got knocked down on on to the tracks. fox 29's dave schratwieser spoke with freak out passengers. he's at septa headquarters right now. dave. >> reporter: septa police are trying to identify about a dozen students involved in that platform melee. school officials and police are vowing a crack down. riders tell us tonight they need to fe

new global struggle it really helps, i just met desmond hammond who is a new head of the bill and melinda gates foundation and the development work that the gates foundation is doing on world health the type of things that i hope that we at the aspen institute are doing on creating you know. the empowerment of the people in the world that the nongovernmental organizations. i think that it is part of the florida forefront of winning a war that demand hearts and minds and the loyalties of the people feeling that there is an opportunity in this world. that i can be apart of. what is the aspen institute. the aspen institute is a think tank with the policy organization that's look at everything from education reform. and to relations with russia. and to you know. the strategy groups and arms control. viernl. energy. and it is also a leadership institute. we have a young leader's programs all over the world. and starting you know. about a dozen in the united states. and different fields. and we will bring the young leaders together to try to come to common ground based on pragmatic fact based t

it includes the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> let's get everyone updated on the story out of greece. greece submitted a fresh list of economic reforms to authorities in an effort to unlock more than 7 billion euros in bailout funds. now the financial times which says it has seen the document reports that the proposals rely on a clamp down to raise most of the revenue. euro zone officials are said to have noted it makes progress but there's still work to be done. >> national bank of greece euro bank and alpha bank were all lowered from a b minus rating to ccc. rereflect the weaker economic prospects. >> take a look at the greek bond market. that has been in focus. we've soon seebeen seeing a rise since this political uncertainty came into focus in late 2014. we're looking at the three year yield at 18.2%. yield of 11.8%. negative yields in switzerland, sweden and denmark maybe you should invest in the greek debt market. no worries there. 11% yield. that's amazing. >> that's very very thick skin. >> absolutely. if we show that yield curve again that tells you that investors pri

bill and melinda gates -- they have a simple vision. their vision is that every life has equal value and therefore we should create a world where people have equal chances. that is their vision. simple. they have a strategy. we got a lot of money and we are going to invest it to achieve their that vision, but we will invest it in people who can do things that we cannot do. for example, melinda gates -- hillary recently announced the four she left the foundation that they were going to go over data research they had done on the condition of women and the disparities and conditions of women and men in the united states and around the world. bill gates and bill gates foundation invests a lot of money every year through our health access initiative to solve problems. and i love the way he is just totally iconoclastic. he wants to do what works. he said to me a few years ago, " the world should not need what you do. the world health organization ought to be able to do this, but it cannot. so we do it." but it is very interesting to watch how

. >> having sat on the end where i was at the bill and melinda grant foundation art grantees would askus to play -- pay at the federal administrative level level. as a new organization we would work through do we need to do that. we need to work on it and we need to work on it from our end and it will help beyond the work we do. think some of the things we need to figure out where we are willing to take certain risks are not. some of the administrative costs have to do it very import things like tracking conferences and provisions that are put in. i think this is a place that is right for us to have quality conversations about what we can do to reduce some of that word in. welcome a chance and i know our nih colleagues there are a number of things on them as they would like to talk about. >> thank you madam secretary and thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you for your testimony. let me focus on the topic of why he. senator collins and i issue have been committed to ensure adequate resources. i am pleased to see there's a slight increase by $200 million below the previous authorization an

we want to try to get in melinda in colorado on the line for people who make over $100,000. good morning. caller: hello. i don't think the tax system is fair. i am a small business owner also. i believe that the weight of this country is on a small businesses backs. i have an s corporation. i paid over $90,000 this year. i think what would be fair would be a straight across the board flat tax. host: the house of representatives is coming in. we will see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 the clerk: the speaker's room washington, d.c. april 14, 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable dan newhouse to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to f

global struggle, it really helps -- i just met sue desmond hammond who's the new head of the bill and melinda gates foundation. the development work that the gates foundation is doing on world health the types of things i hope we at the aspen institute are doing on creating, you know empowerment of people around the world through nongovernmental organizations, i think that's part of the forefront of winning a war that demands we win both hearts and minds and the loyalties of people feeling there's an opportunity in this world that i can be a part of. >> host: what is the aspen institute? >> guest: the aspen institute is sort of like a think tank. we have 30 policy organizations that look at everything from education reform to relations with russia to, you know, strategy grooms, arms control -- groups, arms control environment, energy. it's also a lineup institute where we have a young leaders program around the world starting about a dozen in the united states in different fields, and we bring young leaders together to try to come to common ground based on pragmatic, fact-based, you know thin

having sat on the end -- when i was at the bill and melinda gates foundation our grantees would ask us to pay the administrative level that the federal government would. having been in a position where that's what you're always asked to grant with a grantee. i believe we need to work on it, work on it from our end at the federal government but across -- it will help even beyond the wrk we do. some of these things, we need to figure out where we are willing to take certain risks or not. some of the administrative costs have to do with very important things like tracking conferences and provisions that are put in. i think this is a place that's right for us to have quality conversations about what are the things we can do to reduce some of that burden, reduce that cost and we want to make sure we're all clear about what does it mean when we do the changes that we do. welcome that chance and i know our nih colleagues, there are a number of things already on their list they'd like to talk about. >> thank you, madam secretary. thanks mr. chairman. >> senator reed. >> thank you madam secreta

melinda gates, for example told me it was smartphone, for example, completely changing the game. >> i and you have two acres of land to support your family i'm not sure what a smartphone is necessarily going to do for you. i think my son works on increasing agricultural productivity around the world. that could be a tremendous help to people. i mean they've got small amounts of land and you can make it for productive they'll live better. nothing there is going to be accomplished overnight or in a year or five years or -- >> you've pledged almost all of your wealth to philanthropy. >> right 99%. >> a lot of other billionaires have joined in that with you. >> a lot. >> what global issues can be solved through philanthropy? not just relying on, you know, the marketplace or capital ism. what issues can we solve through philanthropy? >> we won't save anything in the ultimate -- we're never going to get 7 billion people have them all educated or as healthy as we'd like but things can be done in a major way in terms of health and family planning in terms of education. you try to figure out i

host: we want to try to get in melinda in colorado on the line for people who make over $100,000.ood morning. caller: hello. i don't think the tax system is fair. i am a small business owner also. i believe that the weight of this country is on a small businesses backs. i have an s corporation. i paid over $90,000 this year. i think what would be fair would be a straight across the board flat tax. host: the house of representatives is coming in. we will see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 the clerk: the speaker's room washington, d.c. april 14, 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable dan newhouse to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.

. ♪ [marching band playing] ♪ >> and melinda -- on the next washington journal, note that a frameworkl is in place it christopher hill joins us. he was director of the national security council during the clinton administration. a look at how congress reacts to the deal, with john buyer of virginia. good jobs first research director on a report deal -- detailing which corporations benefit from financial assistance. we will take your calls and look for your comments on social media. washington journal, live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next week, at 9:00 p.m., conversations with a few new members of congress. >> i knew my mother would be crying. my dad was proud. my dad is 82 years old. he showed up he usually walks with a cane, and he showed up and he did not have his cane. i said dad, do i need to send someone to the hotel to get your cane? he straightens up, and he says, im in the capital. i don't need a cane today. and he walked without his cane for the whole day. i know they were super proud. >> the five newest members of congress talk about their careers and perso