every new manager comes in, i remember when i used to be at nbc and ge bought nbc universal, that wast then universal came on board, it was, let's just, let's just go with names at the time. "brokeback mountain" hadn't cost a lot and was huge success. those come along once in a blue moon though, don't they. >> absolutely. making bit bets is so important. companies that move away from the blockbuster strategy like nbc universal did with the television network as i describe in the book, jeff zucker had a strategy we'll be managing for margins. on the face of it seems really interesting strategy. we're saving costs. we're pushing not for the highest ratings but pushing for highest margins. you then see what happened, it was an unmitigated disaster. so you have to, if you work in the entertainment business you have to embrace risk. you can't walk away from it. liz: as an investor what should people look for if thinking buying certainly publicly-traded entertainment companies? >> they should look for executives willing to take the risks and willing to stand up and say we'll spend $200 mill

this is our nbc universal open enrollment guide which came out and the first thing they tell us, costs are rising. turns out for us anyway they really are rising and some cases up as much as 25%, depending on the coverage, higher deductibles as well. they tell us this is because more of us are using health care and federally mandated health care changes will require comcast nbc universal to pay new fees and implement plan design changes. we're seeing a lot of that in materials going out in recent days across corporate america. costs are up and the affordable care act listed as one of the reasons. insurance companies like aetna, one of the providers here, say they are passing their costs on to employers. >> aetna alone will pass through to its customers over a billion colors worth of taxes and fees associated with the affordable care act that need to go into pricing, so all those things create a very unstable market, cause us to rethink the fundamentals. >> like everything else here, you look a little closer and it's not so simple. divide aetna's billion in costs by its 22 million membe

diane, nbc universal. she says, that's not my e-mail.employee at nbc universal, hey, i like these shoes, get them for me. here's a link. p.s., they will probably give them to you for free. like they're going to do us a favor. this person works in human resources or something. i somehow was on a chain e-mail that this poor lady was on at some point and it came up when i typed in diane and i say that makes perfect sense. i immediately e-mailed her and said hey, i thought you were the costumer. she's like no problem, the shoes are here. for months she has probably been at dinner parties, you know that actor on our show? he's an [ bleep ]. but now i just want to e-mail folks at nbc and be like hey, i found some sunglasses i like. hey, have you seen these new diesel jeans, these are awesome. 32 waist by the way. >> it's going to be worse when you take them back to costco. >> jimmy: dax shepard! "parenthood" airs thursdays at 10pm on nbc. we'll be right back with kelly rowland. ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ freak out ♪ aw ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] e

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal (birds singing) narrator: when a monkey's looking forward to helpingy to the country fast enough. (excited chattering) ah! hi, george. afraid we won't get to play this weekend. i'm going to my grandmother's. (chattering curiously) the bunnies are coming, too. grandma sure likes bunnies. she says, "bill, i sure like bunnies." (car engine starts) (groans sadly) see ya. sadly, there'd be no bunny feeding this trip. (birds chirping, tweeting) (chattering happily) but there were still birds that needed to eat.

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: early on sunday, the man with the yellow hat got calledmy snakey staircase? i... what... that's not possible... hey. (insistent chattering) oh, boy. (excited chattering) oh... oh. (sighs) thanks. professor wiseman says i should show my drawings to dr. forbin, but she didn't say why. (laughing) she only said it's a great chance and i should hurry over. come on. can't be late. i have to be at the airport in an hour. i can't wait around. don't worry, he's always on time. usually. well, you'll love his drawings when he gets here. we're in too much of a hurry to walk. we're gonna take the bus. ah... huh? you want to see where we're going on the map?

netflix is also hoping to make a deal with comcast, the parent company of nbc universal, and other paid tv providers to offer netflix services through cable set-top boxes. according to "usa today," the soaring stock market sent ceo pay through the roof this year by an average of 8.5%. the top ten payouts will hit a combined record $4.7 billion. >>> sports is next, including monday night football action and a japanese tradition that'll keep you on your toes. but first, some halloween trivia. 90% of pumpkins sold in the u.s. are grown within 90 miles of this city. is it peoria, illinois, fresno, california, lancaster, pennsylvania, or rochester, new york? that answer when "early today" returns. >>> so before the break, we asked you, 90% of pumpkins sold in the u.s. are grown within 90 miles of this city. peoria, illinois. fresno, california. lancaster, pennsylvania. or rochester, new york. the answer is peoria. right there in illinois. the nearby town of morton is a self-proclaimed pumpkin capital of the world. more than 85% of the world's pumpkins are canned there each year. a lot of pum

executives call it instant online repoet control, also allowing twitter users to buy movie tickets and nbc universal to use twitter'sasmified program which feeds real time video clips to users. >>> president obama made it official nominating janet yellen to be the next area, and currently number two. if confirmed she'd be the first woman to head the federal reserve. in 2007 she was one of the few fed governors to warn about the approaching recession. >>> u.s. agriculture department is threat fing to shut down the three -- threatening to shut down the chicken farms. foster farms which straights the three poultry plants has until tomorrow to tell the agency how it plans to deal with the problem. it says the government shut down has not effected meet inspectors. all 7,000 of theme were declared essential employees and remain on the job. >> able to do the investigation, follow up leads, and to get out communications in a timely way that's been uneffected by the shut down. the centers by for disease control has called furloughs in for the outbreak, it has sickened 300 people. >> in oakland's rock ridge d

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: george was excited.hey're here. (excited chattering) (laughing) oh, okay. i'm glad you're excited. hi. look, hundley, it's your buddy george. (excited chattering) (groans) come on in, guys. thanks for letting hundley spend the night while i'm gone. (curious bark) i brought all of his chew toys and snacks and grooming supplies. (barking) thank you, hundley. and this is a list of everything hundley needs and when he needs it. (barks) ah. man: oh, that's quite a list. he's used to doing things in a certain way. uh, huh, uh... this is the first time we've been apart in three years, seven months and 15 days. (barks sadly) i'll pick you up in the morning just like we talked about. bye-bye. bye. we'll make sure he has a good time.

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: it was a warm summer day in the country. at a mound of dirt. you can do it! show 'em what you got! george was pretty sure that a mound of dirt wouldn't move no matter how much you encouraged it. (chatters) hi, george. (chitters questioningly) being a city kid, you probably don't race worms, huh? (chittering) they're in there, burrowing. oh. first one to dig its way out wins. (george chattering here they come. (george oohs) freddy's in the lead. (excited chattering) all right! fast freddy wins again! isn't he a beaut, george? george? george went to find his own racing worms. and he knew just where to find them. sometimes they were under the damp leaves in the shade.

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: george and the man with the yellow hat were giving professor"see?") the wiseman digg-zacta measures how much soil you remove. perfect for archaeological excavation. ah! (giggles) ooh... huh? (chatters curiously) that shows, you've removed exactly one square foot of dirt. ah! i get it. when you talk to the science board, you won't have to use it, just answer any questions they may have. oh, sure. i can do that. it's so simple, i won't even get nervous. thanks a million. i'd do it myself, but i have to fly to turkey-- a new find at sagalassos. your digg-zacta is in good hands. uh-huh! uh-huh! i don't know how other geniuses do it without a guy and a monkey like you. bye! bye! george! stop right there! (chatters "what's wrong?") don't touch that stuff with three leaves. it's poison ivy. (chattering curiously) if it touches your skin, you get a red rash and blisters.

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: george liked everything on the menu at the y-go-by dinerthink you're ready to face the maze at renkins' farm? uh-huh, uh-huh! wow, there it is. that was the maze? (sighs) george was going to need a bigger crayon. welcome, radio listeners, to the amazing maze race-- the annual contest to see who can solve farmer renkins' cornfield maze the fastest. this year, farmer renkins has cut a doozy of a path, with more t-intersections and dead ends than ever. whoever first finds the exit, way over by the barn, wins, don't-cha know. i see our competitors have received their maps. let's find out what strategies they'll be a-usin'. oh, we're leaving it all up to tina. who's tina? not who, what. our tiny intelligent navigation aide-- (beeping) tina.

provider reported earnings that beat estimate' as they generated more cash flow for cable and nbc universalhe cable company, the parent of "nightly business report's" producer fell to $47.09. >>> coming up, you go to a financial advisor when it comes to budget and investments but would you go to one with health care questions? first a look at commodities, treasuries and currencies. >>> if you're confused by the new vocabulary of health insurance, you're not alone. it's not a wonder many are turning to financial advisors to turn to health care options and cost and getting a health care advisor, too. sharon epperson explains. >> reporter: if it wasn't already difficult, saving for retirement, uncertainty about the cost of health care has become a major concern. would you turn to your financial advisor for guidance? >> more than likely i would find someone in an insurance broker, someone that understands the insurance participant of it. >> i don't rely on my financial advisor for health care. >> i wouldn't even ask him. his job is to handle money that i have invested, not take care of my healt

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it is very clear businesses want to partner with twitter and comcast nbc universal announced a strategicershhp to integrate twitter as part the viewing experience on twitter you will see a tweet and click on it it will take you to program they will participate in the revenue and in comes string -- into a string. gerri: this company has had no earnings. why do not like this company? >> if you are gambler you have a shot at making a few blocks. but here we go again it is all about advertising and at dollar mont twitter they areery lukewarmy the advertisers. the cost of conversion is double the cost on twitter and other social platforms and if they had more advertising it will ruin the user experience. the only way to get the dollars up is to add more users to the base. right now that is slowing in the united states and china is not en allowed to cher in the country in the her markets are fragmented byther companies that will be very competitive. gerri: you are making so very good points looking at what is going on with this company itas been a black box what they are doing and we just foun

my name is dani, senior assistant you seem to have misplaced your nbc universal i.d. badge.ston was enjoyable. >> that's so nice. >> she put it in the mail. people keep finding me. >> they kind of know where you are, hoda. an update. >> our facebook fans were kind enough to write in. here are some of the cures. make sure the stinger is out, keep your foot elevated. >> is the stinger out? >> we have to show her. >> keep your foot elevated. soak in epsom salt. soak in pickle juice for two hours. rub potato skins on it. >> i think epsom salt is good. >> are those your feet right now? >> apparently we have no time to try these, right? no. >> there's no holiday for hollywood. >> just bite it. >> these are a hamburger with macaroni and cheese as the bun. >> how can you possibly get your whole mouth on that? i'll do it this way. >> then it doesn't have the mac on it. >> it does. oh, lord. >> get involved. is it good? >> mm-hmm. >> i'm just going to have the bun. it came from the rocket burger bar in chicago. >> it's time for hollywood buzz coming up. after this. >>> it's time to en

universal studios is part of nbc universal. >> but we have nothing to do with that. >> it's not our faultng blame on that one. >> you like roller coasters? >> i love roller coasters. >> thrill-seeker. >> you like them too? >> so-so. i don't like living on the edge that much. i like being here for you guys each and every morning. we're looking pretty good. i promise you a gorgeous sun rise. sun is not up yet but it's starting to creep up. you can see we're going to see a spectacular sun rise. this is from san fruno. not as cloudy here and a beautiful start to the day, all of these lights. you want to bundle up. you probably know, running the heater in your home. 50 in livermore. 43 in gilroy. cool conditions as the jet stream sits on top of us. something we don't usually see, not a big micro climate appearance. low 70s in oakland, san francisco down the peninsula even in san jose. 74 for gilroy and 76 in livermore. tonight midnight that's the deadline. a lot of people might be caught off guard. >> watching that so hopefully you're not caught off guard because we're giving good warning. we'

a new deal with comcast and nbc universal will allow users to tune in or record tv shows instantly onsite. liz: jo ling kent joins us with more on this development. jo? >> hey, liz and dave the comcast ceo is touting the deal as new instant online remote control. this is the most interactive and far-reaching deal with twitter in any tv platform. the feature is see it, which appears as a button on show related tweet. subscribers log in with xfinity user name and watch the show instantly on mobile device. you can tune into live tv, set the dvr, set reminder to watch later and buy movie tickets through fandango. it will be available for comcast users for sunday night football after months of twitter telling tv networks it ccn deliver eyeballs it has a real chance to prove it with data. attractive to investors ahead of ipo guys. david: they're rolling out all the values things to make it more expensive. liz: feel free to tape fox business. there you go. what wwuld you do if you thought a real life carrie from the horror show movie was on the loose? we'll tell what you spooked some custome

donald trump, whose organization is one-half of the miss universe venture, the other half being nbc universaly of msnbc. donald, thanks for joining us. >> absolutely, thomas. my honor. >> all right. so first before we talk about russia and the new anti-gay laws, how do you react to people who would say that miss universe is potentially outdated or sexist or masogenistic. >> i would hear constant constantly, it's outdated. it's become one of the hot shows. the miss universe pageant will have one of the largest worldwide audiences of any show and it's a very, very powerful thing from television, from every standpoint. first of all, we're really honored to have you being a host. you're going to do a fantastic job but this is the first time i've heard this question in about five years. we've made it so hot that the question just isn't asked. we've had a lot of controversy. we have had the problems with drug abuse with some of them and they came back in a couple of cases and really came back and have become successful and we've had a couple of controversies over the years and i'm sure controversy

originally by nbc and universal. >> so i understand your mother is in a wheelchair.she has been for several years. how was that playing a wheelchair bound detective? do you have a wheelchair expert on the set? for camera shots and things like that? >> my point of reference is my mother who has been in a wheelchair for the past decade. and there's a cat named david brian. he was paralyzed 34 years ago at the age of 19. this character is by dav. he doesn't want to be pushed. he drives his own car. everything he can do on his own, he wants to do for himself. >> it's exciting. >> yeah, it is. >> you always manage to keep a job. really. and you know, blair is married to the lovely desiree. they've been married 19 years. they have three gorgeous -- don't you remember reading in the magazines. didn't you ask her in paris under the tower? i remember that from back in the day. and then your oldest son who is 16, his name is paris. >> his name is paris. that's right. >> look at the gorgeous fami. the underwoodseverybody. okay. >> we have a 13-year-old. >> your youngest is

if you go through nbc universal cash flow up 22.4% if you excluded the olympics. thout increased 9.6%. >> at&t and verizon had combined 30,000. that's good business. business services up 26.4% in quarters. then you've got nbc stuff too. nbc revenue increase 3.9. if you take out the olympics for everything. that's a huge piece. otherwise down 40% on the revenue side if you looked a that the. that's apples and oranges. the olympics produces such a boost when it happens. >> cable net work operating cash flow up 5.4%. operating cash flow at theme parks record up to 343 million. film addition 117 million to 183. >> you're talking broadcast revenue right? >> not nbc. you have to remove the one off. it makes no sense to compare this quarter to a year ago because you had the olympics. >> theme parks to a record because of higher guest attendance and higher per capita spending. >> theme parks are maiamazing. i'm not sure come cast wanted the theme parks. >> the subsequent transaction was ten times what black stone got for it or whatever. the all time high on stocks 48.35. a

eamon javers in washington, d.c., all the resources of nbc universal news, msnbc as well.n a day where the discussion has been on cnbc, where the market is going to go, what is the resk of derisk of debt defa there are other risks and some of them may involve guns, bullets and people. let's go to eamon. have you heard anything else? >> reporter: here's what we have from nbc news. the u.s. capitol has been locked down after reports of shots fired on the west front of the capitol. now, we have just reports of these shots fired, but obviously you can see from that police activity, there sais a pretty major police response going on right now here on capitol hill. we see varying reports now from varying news organizations of this incident that has apparently just happened at the u.s. capitol building. what we're going to go with right now, though, is that there are reports of shots fired at the west front of the capitol building. and we're looking at the picture right here. this is constitution & 2nd streets. this is capitol hill. and so what we're looking at is an intersection

captioning sponsored by nbc/universal narrator: george liked everything on the menu at the y-go-by diner, farmer renkins has cut a doozy of a path, with more t-intersections and dead ends than ever. whoever first finds the exit way over by the barn wins, don't-cha know. i see our competitors have received their maps. let's find out what strategies they'll be a-usin'. oh, we're leaving it all up to tina. who's tina? not who, what. our tiny intelligent navigation aide-- (beeping) tina. uses satellites, sonar and infrared signals. yeah, in fact, we won't even need our map. yeah. where's your partner sprint? a partner would just slow me down. so would reading a map. i plan to keep running until i find the exit. i'm keeping track of where i go by dropping kernels of corn-- or maize as it's known throughout the world. we're gonna rely on our map. george is great at paper mazes. uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh! aw! don't worry, george the map is just like the maze on your menu, only a little bigger. oh! okay! the only rule is that you cannot cut through the corn stalks. everybody ready? (all cheering) o

we're excited to announce our new game with nbc universal, one of cnbc's companies.hing the sequel to fast and furious. the next fast and furious 7 game on android and ios. we're very excited about that. we have a number of new games that we brought to market with hollywood partners including the hobbit which we launched last year. we'll be doing a mamgor expansion pack this year with the next release of the hobbit. we've worked with paramount to do a god father game. >> god father? >> god father. >> is that with marlon brando, al pacino, how would you take this dosh do you take the story on? >> we do. it's a prequell to the trilogy. we start with the five families. you can pick a faction. you join that family. then you fight with all the other families. it's a lot of fun. >> good to see you, kevin. thank you very much. >>> kevin chu, co-founder and ceo of kabam. >>> tempers flair. will they take the country to the brink again? it looks that way. we'll be in the nation's capitol when we come back. [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor s

nbc-universal television captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, everybody. as al would say. >> it was 85 in new york city yesterday. i don't know about you. everybody on the east coast is experiencing great weather. similar. great over the weekend. >> it was so nice. you know who i had over yesterday for lunch and i just adore he. i had -- my gosh -- elizabeth -- i had a few people over. last night was a long night. ee lizabeth hasselbeck. she came. she's over with "fox & friends." lovely, lovely girl. she's doing well. i love second and third acts for people. >> i do too. >> all righty. apparently -- >> let's get rid of the banana. >> excuse me. 're still brilliant, but if you notice, it's a smaller brilliant. no, we are brilliant. we're so excited about this. we're having a lot of fun with this. this is kathie lee and hoda in the green room. pick it up and go online and check this out. you know what the key is -- hoda and i were concerned about doing this. so much of what we do is ping-pong back and forth and it's all about tone, and we were afraid in the

no one was hurt and universal studios is owned and operated by nbc universal. caught on camera, a moveing train slams into an 18-wheeler sending large metal pipes flying. this happened in midland county, texas. the truck driver had gotten out after his big rig bottomed out at the track. watch as it smashes into the truck and launches those pipes everywhere. one crossing arm was damaged in the crash, unbelievable no one was hurt in this crazy video and crazy incident there in midland county, texas. they got lucky. >> they really did. >> that video is unbelievable. >> speaking of unbelievable. >> natty's tan. >> i'm very bright. >> why don't you stand over there? >> we are very excited about your outfit. all right. >> it's just that you reminded us of a cream secle. >> or a milk shake. >> nice. >> you don't see that at the end of every newscast. >> you stole walt disney's under the. a coastal storm is coming up along the northeast coast. areas already affected by sandy, you see seaside park, new jersey, no rain in sight over if next 24 hours. we are looking at a

owned channels to any approval of the federal communications commission for comcast purchases of nbc universalds of online additions in search of new talent to play some of the videos and make the creator's famous but will not pay for any of it. the channel will follow young viewers ignoring basic tv viewing to tap in by smartphone and tablet. serving up anywhere and anytime. one of the first of the new channels being traded under comcast. my skin filmmaker robert rodriguez has a challenge in the works. tracy: like the new cool thing to do, get a channel. >> they want more minority programming. sean combs appears to youth of all colors. not like there will be a new voice out there. at least it will be owned by minority. ashley: from what you just read, they will give some music artists up-and-coming artist opportunity to hit the big time. >> controversy already for content that is free of charge. the happy for anything you can get, it will lead to something else. look at what happened to him. ashley: he has done pretty well. tracy: there will be like vodka in every corner. >speaker that is wha

universal studios and nbc are owned by the same parent company and that is comcast. >> that roller coaster is near the entrance. when they got stuck, i'm sure there were a lot of people watching. >> thanks for watching us here. >> good night. see you soon. >>> on our bro >>> on our broadcast tonight, damage assessment. who do the american people blame for the shut zoun of their government? tonight our new nbc news poll is out and the answer is clear. >>> also, insult to injury. after the uproar over military death benefits, now there's this. millions of veterans and their families in danger of not getting the pensions and disability payments they were promised. >>> pride and prejudice. is a famous nfl team going to be forced to change its name. >>> and scott carpenter has died and of the original mercury 7, only one survives. "nightly news" begins now.

>> we're owned by nbc universal. >> friends at comcast. >> i understand. i understand. never mind.ay, barry, thank you. richard will be sticking around for the rest of the show. >> symphony. >> yeah. >> we work closely together with them. we love them. >> what's going to happen in markets? >> well, we -- sure. we thought we'd have a 4% correction like we had in '95, '96 because there wasn't a risk of a big fiscal drag coming out of any deal that gets done. and so we always thought it was going to be sort of a minor reaction. i think the reaction's done. the other effect it does create enough fog we've pushed tapering into next year. this clears up in the next day or two -- >> the futures look like they're down about 90 points this morning. if we don't get a deal done tomorrow. they're pushing their advantage saying they have questions about the sequestration. >> that's why we don't have a budget in the first place. >> they had agreed to that. now that the house said no thanks to that, the senate is kind of standing tough saying forget it, we're not going to agree to what we agreed

nbc bay area news. >>> stanford university is also celebrating tonight for the second time this week.a professor has won a nobel prize. this time for chemistry. on monday it was for physics. professor michael leavitt got the call just after 2:00 this morning. the 66-year-old has been at stanford since 1987. levitt helped lay the foundation set that enabled scientists to create computer models to predict chemical processes. sped up research into new drugs. his honor is like an adrenaline rush. >> like a real adrenaline and my pulse gone up. >> he is a professional at stanford cool of mschool of med. he shares the medal with two other professors. they will split $1.2 million. >> nobel prizes, the federal reserve and then there's us. >> jeff ranieri, how are you doing? chief meteorologist. >> while, thank you. the both of you, two, from the bay area. might i add. local celebrity. >> thanks for the kudos. >> let's look at the doppler radar and we did track a few showers in the south bay and right around the lunchtime hour and it has since cleared out and that storm system on a quick move

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. along side -- al, i'm thinking back to a year ago today, and you were talking about those competing european models and the united states model. the european model won out, and people up and down the east coast lost. >> that's right. we were talking about it almost a week ahead of time, and the worst happened. of course, it could have been a lot worse. we're going to look at the lessons that have been learned in one year. guys. >> all right, al. thank you very much. >>> meantime, we want to turn to today's top story. the renewed uproar over the nsa's spying program, but the man in charge has his feet held to the fire later today. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is on the story this morning. andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. facing an onslaught from europe about nsa spying on friendly for

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nbc bay area news. >>> san jose state university is making history tonight after naming its first african american homecoming queen and king. they attended the homecoming festivities. the college seniors had to submit rÉsumes and letters of recommendation to be considered for king and queen. they found out thursday they won >> it's a very good accomplishment since san jose state prides its on diversity. it's nice to be a part of histo history. >> it's a good process to go through, especially to be based off of achievement, not popularity. >> he volunteers at his cherj. and she is an occupational therapy major and a resident adviser. >>> there's a recall involving a popular and held thy snack. it's kraft and polly. o spring cheese. they may spoil before their best if used date. you can return the products to the store you purchased them for an exchange or a full refund, whichever you like. meteorologist anthony slaurther is looking at the weather and i like it a lot. >> i like it, too. the sunset happens during the 6:00 news. i love how that works. that is our sunset setting right flout at 6:30. again we're l

nbc bay area news. >> on the peninsula now. stanford university is boasting its second nobel prize winner this week after a school of medicine professor got the call of a lifetime very early this morning. just after 2:00 a.m. the royal swedish academy of sciences called professor michael levitt, seen right here, at his on campus home to know he won the nobel prize for chemistry. the 66 has been at stanford since 1987. now, levitt helped lay thep= foundations thatámh enabled scientists to create computer models to understand and predict chemical processes. now, this has sped up research into new drugs. he and his wife tell us the award is in a league of its own. >> five double expressos. like a real adrenalinÑx$÷ hit. my pulse shot up. >> i could feel from his voice he was very excited, and then even though he said i'll never be excited, it will not happen. it will not be. when it happened, you feel differently. when it happwnow, he shares the prize in chemistry with two others. they will split $1.2 million. >> kind of nice to know those geniuses

nbc contributor emanuel provost at university and former white house. >> nice to be here. >> you wrotees in this op-ed about five things you think the white house needs to do. could we run through those right now? no one would argue this has been a good rollout. the website is only part of the problem. people are now getting notices and this you might argue is perhaps having an exaggerated impact because of the technical problems with the website. it's all rolled together into a pr disaster. >> all coming together making it a little bit a bad week and bad two weeks for the white house. first on the website, i do think the key thing is to get someone in control, ceo who can manage disparate parts and put them together. they have begun this process by appointing jeff zients, who was at the white house, has experience in health care, is a good manager. he's got about two months before he has to go back to the white house to direct economic council. they need to appoint a ceo who will oversee the process for the next few years. they have begun daily briefings. they need to increase the amo

joining me now is nbc latino raul reyes, princeton university's julian zelizer, igor volsky of thinkprogress.orgly couple, but as you heard at the end, basically if it's this hard for white folks what's it like for people coming south of the border or from nations we think of as enemy ls of the american state? >> right, and not only that, this might seem surprising to viewers but this couple is very fortunate. for one thing they do seem very, you know, educated that she's able to navigate the system, but it is a lot of hours involved, a lot of money involved. she's also fortunate because she's coming from finland, which is a country that has not oversubscribed in terms of the amount of visa applications coming. they're already well along the path. they're very fortunate. but to give you an idea of where our system is, and i'm talking legal immigration, right now the u.s. government is processing legal immigrants, their applications from mexico, going back to 1995. the philippines, 1998. so all the talk you hear about play by the rules and get in line, if you do, you're still kicking it in mexico

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university, former governor of indiana, always good to have you on. thanks for participating in education nation. >> thanks, chuck. >>> a reminder. you can watch the summit live at educationnation.com and on the nbcutube channel. you can also join the discussion by hughesing #educationnation and #whatittakes, this issue of how universities deal with the costs of education. i know it's a hot topic. coming up, health care on the hot seat. >> the obama administration had three years to set up the web enrollment for the president's centerpiece legislative achievement. you know obama must have had the tech end buttoned up. that would be like if lincoln didn't bother proofreading the emancipation proclamation and ended up freeing the daves. >> well, it's no laughing matter for the obama administration or for the people struggling to sign up for health insurance. we'll discuss that after the break. first the white house soup of the day. it is still turkey chili. for the eighth day in a row. as long as there's a partial shutdown, folks in the white house mess are stuck with turkey chili. hello? hey, i notice your car is not in the driveway. yeah. it's in the shop. it's going to cost me an arm and a leg.