boone pickens to stop his takeover bid. partners, $89 million. >> it is no secret that you've made about $500 million through losing on your attempted takeovers. do you go into it anticipating the loss are still going to stand you very well? >> you never like to lose, but if you lose and make money, well, it makes it a little easier. >> i remember some place, and the guy got up and said, i have a question. he said, you're making a lot of money out of this. and i said the shareholders are, too. he said, yes, but you're a fast buck artist. fast buck artist? i said, who in the hell would want to be known as a slow buck artist? >> i see it as a free enterprise system working at its best. >> pickens was really the first major investor to realize how undervalued american companies were and what you could buy there. and it was his early tilt at all these famous deals that brought this new reality to the attention of other investors who followed in his wake and sought to imitate what he did. >> i freely admit, i am an investor and

pickens is 89 years old and dealing with health problems. the proceeds will go for his foundation for philanthropic and educational causes, but man, that is an amazing piece of real estay. >> thinking of all the real estate we've seen, i've never seen a private airport. >>> pilots taking off and not the way we expected them to. >> taking off from work. why american airlines might need your help if you're handy behind a throttle. >>> poison and drinking it. the investigation into how that happened, next. you're watching "world news now." > from wednesday's korean missile launch. you can see kim jong un watching that missile which it says can strike anywhere in the mainland u.s. here he is checking out monitors during that 53-minute flight. it was launched from a mobile laun launcher which was likely to show they can launch a missile from where ever they want. >>> we've seen a lot of things in courtrooms, but you this one was absolutely shocking. >> a defendant was told he would likely spend the rest of his life you in prison, so there in the

first half, robert cartwright to dorian pickens. he lays it in. 53-31, stanford at the half. second half, michael humphrey with the slam. he led everybody with 26. travis draws the foul and banks it in. stanford wins and improve to 2-0. >>> cal hosting cal poly. marcus lee drains the hook shot here. cal up 14 at the half. cal poly keeping it close in the second. but don coleman with two of his 30 points. after mcneil miss the layup, lee is there for the dunk. cal with the victory. the head coach's first win at cal. >>> your plays of the day on the nfl coming up at 11:00 p.m. over on abc 7. congratulations to the 39ers. nothing like that winning feeling. >> as you would know. >> a andnd predicted. >> we didn't bet. >> there's no bettin at work. we'll be right back. >>> tonight on "abc7 news" at 11:00, triumph provided a brief distraction for a 49ers wide receiver going through a difficult time. >>> and soccer snafu. dozens of games canceled. >>> the box office this year is down almost 5% from last year, despite two straight electric weekends for ticket sales. >> "auththor" led

cartwright with a bounce pass to dorian pickens he lays it in.ame as he throws it down. 52-31 stanford at the half. second half michael humphrey gets inside. two-handed slam. he had 26. 18 boards. and then travis draws a foul, banks it in. he had 23, and stanford will win 89-80. they improve to 2-0. >>> cal hosting cal poly. kentucky transfer marcus lee had a double-double. 21 points, 11 boards. nice little hook shot there. then look at the quick passing lee one touch to darius mclee back to lee for the layup and the foul. cal up 14 at the half. cal poly kept it close in the second. but don coleman two of his game-high 30. then after mcneil misses the layup lee is there for the put-back dunk. cal's now 1-1, 85-82. that final. head coach jones with the first win for the bears. >>> nascar in arizona. one spot remaining for the final four. ten laps remaining matt kenseth will pass leader chase elliott who needed a win to get that final spot. and kenseth will win for the first time this season and perhaps his second to last race of his career. he doe

. >> joe jackson is born in pickens county, south carolina, in 1887.id he come from? >> well, he came from humble beginnings. he worked at a textile mill as a teenager, as a mill hand, and he was virtually illiterate for the remainder of his life. >> but on the diamond, he's a true phenom. at the age of 13, he stars on the cotton mill's team and picks up a lifelong nickname. >> legend has it that while he was a teenager playing in a mill game, his cleats were bothering him so much that he took his cleats off and played the rest of the game without shoes, and one of the fans started to heckle him and call him a shoeless son of a gun. >> "shoeless" joe's career takes off like a blue-streak line drive. in 1908, he bats .346 for a minor league team in greenville. in 1911, he's ready to move up. >> it was his first full season in the majors with the cleveland naps. >> and photog frank smith documents his arrival in "the bigs." [ cheers and applause ] >> he batted .408, which still stands as a record for a rookie. [ bat cracking ] >> safe! >> he may be a whi

boone pickens, oil tyke con listing his ranch for $250 million. the price is steep.port, art gallery, 30 seat movie room. >>> liberal lunacy on campus. one ivy league university letting students self-identify whichever ethnicity they want. the elizabeth warren rule. that is a little sarcasm, varney. we're all over it. love it. >>> "new york times" editorial board openly lobbying the tax bill, tweeting out phone numbers of republican senators. the president is not happy about it either. you are watching the second hour of "varney & company." ♪ can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country. discover how we can help find your unlock. stuart: big smiles. we must missed the high of the day. we were up 145. we're now up 134. we'll take it. 24,074. there you have it. opec agreed to extend production cuts through next year. that is on

the stool pickens used here. committee arrogates judicial powers which it does not possess. >> my record is absolutely clear. how many times do i have to swear under oath before a governmental agency? and how many times do you have to use my name to get headlines? i have already sworn under oath that i am not now a member of the communist party. and i swore in 1940 i was never a member of the communist party. and never will be. and i would have to be pretty stupid if i swore that in 1940 and know the fbi automatically gets copies of every complaint that i joined the communist party later. i would have to be a complete idiot. this is a terribly disgraceful experience to go through. to be brought here because of these insinuations and accusations. and something you won't dare charge me with. this committee says i am not charged with anything. yet you are trying to trick me. into di prooifing me of my constitutional rights. you know i swore urn oath. if there was any real evidence to refute my sworn testimony, i wou