think about a senate that has an independent neil simon and perhaps angus king or the incumbents. or others that are running this cycle that would transform politics as usual. we will not have the majority leader mcconnell or minority leader schumer it is for the coalition to decide. and with that issue agenda and on any particular agenda to float ideas to build coalitions from the center out and those have sought after votes to get anything done. what we try to do was say we don't need to elect necessarily independent for president or start from scratch just elect a few independence and if you keep places and that will change politics as we knoww it. translator: illinois go ahead. >> caller: yes. we do have several independent parties but to have a primary those who gets the most votes then that is the party that the independence backed then just like the republicans or democrats than they could all back one party and then spread it out through three or four they don't have the people to represent them but there is 40% independence they can elect the president if they would just

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neil simon wrote more than 30 plays over his famed career with a knack for producing hits.e a clerk for warner brothers and began writing for television and ovies in the 1950s. but he broke outhis own in the theater with "barefoot in the park" which quickly adapted for llywood. >> if the honeymoon doesn't work out then he had a hit again wi "the odd couple" which was turned into the movie and iconic tv series. t he won tony award for best play with biloxi blues and lost ininyonkers. 1983 the same year his utbrighton beach memoirs d he had a broadway theatre named for him. a rare honor for a liv figure. born in the bronx and raised in washington heights dur and a difficult childhood that inspired his influential work. >> what would your tell your father if he came home and i was dead on the kitchen floor? >> i would say don't go in the kitchen, >> his specific brand of humor is credited with laying the groundork for sitcom television. right through to "seinfeld." neil simon, an american icon .ied last sunday in neyo died in new york city. died in new york city. he was 91 yea

his name is neil simon. philanthropist, business person never ran for public office before. her about the organization and got interested in running. help launches campaign. he is running strong. think about the senate that has an independent and it along with independents angus king, and perhaps a couple of the current incumbents. other independents in the cycle. that would transform politics as usual. we would not have a majority leader mcconnell were minority leader. it is the independent who can decide who gets to lead the institution. how committees are divided. what the issue agenda is. and on any particular issue, those independents can float ideas and build coalitions from the center out. --se independents sought-after votes. we are trying to say we don't need to elect an independent for president. we don't need to start a third party from scratch. we just need to elect a few independents in a few key places and that can change politics as we know it. host: this is charles and illinois. we have several different independent parties. what they need to do is have a pri

by the way, burt reynolds not the only one, neil simon, aretha franklin, some of the celebrities we havend a photo gallery honoring each one of them, find those on abc7news.com. >>> now on to your morning money report. the justice department is investigating the wells fargo wholesale banking units for fraud. >> investigators are looking into whether management at the bank pressured employees to improperly alter customer information without consent. the wholesale banking units is accused of adding social security numbers, dates of birth and other customer information to documents to meet a regulatory deadline. >>> let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets under way this morning, the dow is down 66 pints right now. those numbers down after the latest jobs report showing stronger wage growth. >>> harley-davidson is opening up an outpost in silicon valley. they will set up a research and development facility in the south bay. it's expected to open this year. the facility is expected to help harley-davidson expand its range of electric vehicles including the devel

>> reporter: hisirst triumph came on broadway in 1963 in neil simon's "barefoot in the park," a rolereprised opposite jane fonda in the film adaptation in 1967. >> paul? let's kill each other. >> like heep we will. >>ter: the real jolt to stardom came two years later as the "sundance kid"-- an early version of his "charming bad- guy" persona opposite paul newman's "butch cassidy." >> whoa! >> reporter: from there, film fans can reel off favorites. among them: "the way we were"br with bstreisand and "the sting," again with newman. both released in 1973. >> bob woodward. >> reporter: "all the president's men" with dustin hoffman, came in 1976. "the natural" in 1984 and many, many more. recently "all is lost" asu ival at sea drama and "our souls at night," teamed once more with fonda, just last year. >> can i talk to you? >> reporter: in 1980, he also launched a directing career-- and won an scar for it-- with "ordinary people." other directorial projects include "a river runs through it" and "quiz show." he traces it all to his southern california childhood. >> i grew up in a lower cla

his name is neil simon. philanthropist, business person never ran for public office before.er about the organization and got interested in running. help launches campaign. he is running strong. think about the senate that has an independent and it along with independents angus king, and perhaps a couple of the current incumbents. other independents in the cycle. that would transform politics as usual. we would not have a majority leader mcconnell were minority leader. it is the independent who can decide who gets to lead the institution. how committees are divided. what the issue agenda is. and on any particular issue, those independents can float ideas and build coalitions from the center out. --se independents sought-after votes. we are trying to say we don't need to elect an independent for president. we don't need to start a third party from scratch. we just need to elect a few independents in a few key places and that can change politics as we know it. host: this is charles and illinois. we have several different independent parties. what they need to do is have a prima

simon said on twitter this afternoon, describing it as a reheat of ideas which have already been seen to be unworkable. the party they have left, the main response to these proposals to what neilxit committee and the irish parliament when he has said the main flow in these proposals is it assumes the eu will in some way split with the irish republic, that it does not recognise that ireland is part of the eu 27 and therefore the final arrangement needs to be between britain and the eu, not a bilateral agreement between britain and ireland. in northern ireland the main nationalist party can sinn fein, predictably dismissing the proposals by calling them fantasy. the dup, his voice is very important, because it is their ten mps who are keeping theresa may in power, they have said it is a timely and positive development. interesting because the proposal does raise the possibility perhaps that there might be some kind of checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk when it comes to agricultural products will do they say the rest of the border issue can be resolved through essentially technology that they say has been recognised by all communities it is important to capita