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peter max rose to fame with his psychedelic pictures and vibrant colors.his canvases. this is where the magic happens. >> this is where it happens. >> reporter: for 50 years artist peter max has been a mainstay on the artist scene, turning out thousands of work on just about every surface, canvases stages airplanes. >> all of these are original. >> yes. what i want to do is sign them. >> reporter: each peter maks original. >> does ringo call you up and say, hey, i want a colorful piano? >> reporter: when he wanted to customize his baldwin piano, he mailed one to peter max. >> this i'll do in red, peach, pink. now baldwin was so excited i did this for ringo, they sent another crate. i open it up. it's another black piano. i see a note in there. they wanted me to paint a piano. i painted it in slightly different pianos. >> he's paired rare portraits from movie stars to rock stars to presidents. >> do you have to like the person that you paint? >> well i don't think i painted anybody that i don't like but, you know i like people in general, so i paint them. m

i like her and we never spoke. >> what is it that allows peter max now 77 to stay relevant for half ary? asking him is useless. >> i don't think about maintaining relevance. i think about what do i want to paint. >>> in las vegas a canadian tourist was stuck damageling about 80 feet in the air from a zip line for about nearly an hour. the ride slot villa hangs over the street. it costs about $40. >> he almost looks like he's praying. they might be folded. firefighters you see there used a crane to rescue the man. he was not injured. ghavg him a full refund. at least he's smiling. >>> our top story this half hour giving ex-cons who've paid their debt to society a chance to get back on their feet. nearly one in three americans has an entry in the federal government's crime record. >> that can be a huge challenge when applying for a job, but on new year's day, illinois joined the short list of states banning the check box that asks if an applicant has a criminal record. adriana diaz has more. >> reporter: 23-year-old norvell johnson has been looking for a job since he was released from p

peter. the intersection of interesting business models or business technology, things like data -- big data i call max, for a willingness to just think super big, with risk as not a variable, elon. >> what do they call you for? >> laughs. [laughter] >> i have heard you are funny. >> occasionally. i don't know. other people are funnier. a view of the valley. i'm thinking about x, who were the right people to talk to about x? >> you were instrumental in the sale of ebay. -- sale to ebay for $1.5 billion. looking back, was it the right decision? ebay and paypal have had an interesting year. some other members of the paypal mafia think they are better apart. >> it was absolutely the right decision at the time. we made it collaboratively. part of the reason was to really get to the right level of mass of the payments transaction system, it required a much closer connection with ebay. now that it has gotten to a certain level, you can say, look is it better or inside or , outside? one could make good arguments both ways. the argument with is for example, there is still a lot of density of value between ebay

reveals a convicted al qaeda terrorist freed from a super max prison was part of a proposed prisoner swap for an american couple jailed in qatar. peter doocy is live for us in washington with the details. >> good morning. >> was the trade of bow bergdahl for five guantanamo detainees. a new report in the daily beat alleges that a alleged agent was released from a super max prison in the states with the release of an american couple who were behind bars in qatar convicted of child endangerment following the death of their abducted daughter. duncan cutter says we must determine the release is connected to any negotiations of any kind. he was given the opportunity to defend the release of al qaeda agent from prison. >> people who serve their sentence are released. it is the tee tail of any case brought up. think had their convictions overturned and were allowed to return to the united states. >> after several veto threats at the stietate of the union it is a show down between republicans and johnpresident obama. playing dead or alive with the president's proposal. >> from the president's state of the union address let me ask you dead or

management plan but i admire peter and all the work i want to ask you a question i notice in the report that we were given for today, the underground parking building didn't max out and allow for the urban building so something that occurred to me a couple years ago we were thinking about even the piers 30-32 site why can't he look at satellite parking facilities like the giant and being able to develop lot a there's not a build parking lot just to have them and so we can look at other areas where there are satellite parking lot with the community arena so it this something you guys are caring. >> absolutely, in fact, you'll see in the presentation i want to hear the interesting idea working with the worries for instance the idea of urging satellite parking using it strategically we interpret the drivers before they get to the hear

peter, he is australian. his government and his family have asked for him to be deported, so there is no issue there, i think within a few days, maxouple a few weeks, the prosecutor general would be able to implement the law and hand them over. for the case of baher mohamed, there is still a debeet whether he qualifies for that treatment or not. i think the optimistic interpretation that he could be -- if the government could continue to push for his release -- >> what abba -- about bahar? >> i think he would benefit from -- during the trial a release on bail. that is because the fact that the court has sent this case back to criminal court, it means there are flawed argument, legal procedure that has been overlooked. and any impartial judge can make a decision for releasing him on bail. >> let me ask one more question before i run out of time. are there real signs here of a thawing of relations between egypt and qatar? and is that the reason we're hearing more hopeful expressions about the future of the men? >> absolutely. i think the reconciliation efforts and the fact that [ inaudible ] the egyptian [ inaudible ] channel is sig