it was to tour pixar. he wanted to know if i would be interested in writing a pixar movie. the third time he called me was to ask for help with his commencement address at stanford. >> you helped him write that? >> honestly, i fixed a couple of typos. >> i was there that day. >> are you kidding? >> yes, my sister was graduating that day. >> oh, wow, that's amazing. >> it was beautiful. >> i don't want to suggest for a moment that any of those thoughts were my thoughts. that was the brain of steve jobs and i helped him. -- helped him put the music to it. >> how hard is that to bring to life? how much pressure is that? i'm not putting any pressure on you. >> the same pressure i feel when i'm writing anything. maybe with a little sauce on top of pressure because he is a person so many people have so many strong feelings about. but i've met and spent a lot of time with the other seven characters who are in the movie. like woz. joanna hoffman, who's a fantastic character. the head of marketing on the mac team. john scully was the ceo of apple and became famous for firing steve j

because i know you went off to work with pixar and you said, oh, it's just something.ith will mccormick. >> jimmy: yeah. willie mac. you and willie mac, will mccormick. you're co-writing one of the biggest movies in the history of the world. what are you talking about? i can't believe you didn't tell me this. can you tell me anything about it? >> i can't talk about it! >> jimmy: oh my gosh! [ cheers and applause ] it's frustrating. >> doesn't that make me seem powerful, successful when i can't talk about things? >> jimmy: yes. you are very powerful, very successful. >> i hate, by the way, i hate it. i'm such an open book. >> jimmy: i know. >> it's so hard for me. >> jimmy: and how is pixar? is it just fun over there? >> it's awesome. >> jimmy: you can say that? >> yeah. i can say it's awesome. >> jimmy: they zoom around in segways, right? [ laughter ] >> i don't want to ruin your fantasy so i'm going to say i can't talk about it. [ laughter ] sure. >> jimmy: i figure that everyone over at pixar they're like, hover boards, and just like floating around. eating like spac

. >> well, there is big news from pixar about this fan favorite. how soon you can see all of your favorite characters back in action, chris. >> i think toy story two was my favorite. this could be exciting, of course. >> good day, it kind of put pixar on the map in 1994 by sue serio. >> i remember that because my husband and i went to see it, we didn't have a child yet. now she's 17. >> yes. >> should we be at this movie, without a child. so dorky. here's ultimate doppler radar, we've got a big storm system that is still around and luckily it is not cold enough to get snow they are getting in northern maine today but we are watching area of precipitation in the western part of the state to see if it makes its way here later this afternoon, if it does, it should not be a big deal we may see a stray shower or two but a tour shows no precipitation this morning. quite a difference from yesterday, 49 in the city, 39 in mount pocono. 47 degrees in lancaster and 52 in wildwood and 48 in wilmington but the wind makes it feel colder. these are sustain wind

he wanted to know if i was interested in writing a pixar movie. time he called me was to ask him -- you ask me to help him write his commencement address at denver. >> you wrote that? >> i fixed a couple of typos. >> i was there that day. my sister was graduating will stopit was beautiful all >> i don't want to suggest for a moment that any of those thoughts were my hot. jobs andbrain of steve i put the music to it. >> how hard a character is that you write and how much pressure is it? i'm not putting any pressure on you. feel whene pressure i i'm writing anything. sauce on toplittle of pressure because he's a person so many people have so many strong feelings about all stop -- feelings about. i've spent a lot of time with the people and the characters like steve wozniak. scully, the ceo of apple and became infamous, depending on how you look at it for firing steve jobs from apple. he's a wonderful man and a great character. movie, jobs has on flicks with all of them that get dramatized and irked out -- and worked out in a very claustrophobic envi

i don't think john ever played a turkey in any of the pixar flicks. he's been in all of them.s how the business is. care to see if he's painted him in the corner. do you think my clip is done, you ain't seen nothing yet >> i'm maria bartiromo, tomorrow on opening bell. one of the busiest travel weekends, but the weather could throw a wrench for millions across the country. we're taking what it means tomorrow at opening bell tomorrow 9:00 a.m. eastern. neil: thank you, maria. well, the president may pardon the turkey, but he's not pardoning businesses. they're releasing 35 new rules and regulations for a lot of companies over the holidays. the government should be looking to spark innovation,, not do anything to deter it. he's with me now. as the interview ensues, john, i will do my impression of you. >> you go ahead. neil: you've been involved in this since year one. god bless you. but your point has been, we have a lot of great stuff here. we build a lot of great stuff. >> that's what we do. neil: now, you're putting the pedal to the metal here. >> yeah. we started a company,

. >> i hope my kids and the other kids are watching because emeryville based pixar is opening up the toy box and bringing back the gang from toy story with "toy story 4." >> we knew the game was coming >>> the gang ended with giving away the beloved toys as he headed to college but the director has a new idea for the movie franchise that he cannot stop thing about and "toy story 4," will come to the big scene in 2017. >> mark your calendar. pixar is owned by disney the parent company of abc7. >> "star wars," " and "toy story." >> the first continue types i watched was in the van on vacation and i her it and we got home from vacation and i decided to sit down and watch we "toy story," and it is brilliant appealing to adults and children. that is 2 1/2 years away. like wine the. >> like waiting for the fog to dissipate. >> we this is from mike, one of our sky 7 guys, shooting the tower and the lights but they have to turn it on, it was down to quarter-mile in hair at hayward at one point and now we are up to a mile and a quarter and oakland is improving at a mile and san jose is still

love pixar. love toy story. >> it sounds like you'll have another movie to watch. >> think so. >>> we are doing very well if you are going to be heading out of the house on highway 24 and using highway 24 so far. it looks good. we have it up for you here. and westbound 24 is taking eight minutes from pleasant hill road to the caldecott tunnel. not a huge drive right now. this is about as low as it gets. it is all still doing well. when you get to the bay bridge, there will be a little bit of waiting to do. the rest of contra costa county is not bad. 680 from the benicia bridge looks lighter. sometimes on friday we get conditions that are a little better than normal. westbound 580 we've had a couple things going on here. nothing really major. and the commute on dublin looks okay. 6:16 let's go to steve in the weather center. >>> sal, i just made it. i was updating stuff. you know what i mean. which means i was on twitter and facebook. [ laughter ] people are asking questions. there is also a reall

disney pixar says buzz lightyear and sheriff woody will be back in theaters.ry 4" will be released in june, 2017. anne-marie? >> i'll get my handkerchief out. "toy story" movies always make me cry. >>> when we return, president obama salutes veterans past and present and an emotional night for the nfl. a player and for the player's daughter. making coffee? yeah, enough for two. gosh. try four, buddy. hmm, i'll take a dark roast. chai tea, please. honey, text the man what you want. french vanilla, make it strong! the all new keurig 2.0 is here. brew for one, brew for all. ewhere dragons roam,d of small wonders, guinea pigs play, and fish show their true colors. let your curiosity go wild! now at petsmart, save up to 20% on select national geographic™ pet products. we're in seattle to see which 100 calorie black cherry greek yogurt tastes best. definitely that one. that one's delicious. it's yoplait! what? i love yoplait! the other one is chobani. really. i like this one better. yoplait wins again! take the taste-off for yourself. >>> here's a look at today's fo

pixar's chief creative officer john lasiter directed the first and second "toy story film and said theexcited he can't stop thinking about it. i can't wait to see it. i love "toy story." >> your kids into these? >> no, my kids aren't really into it, but i am. >> the first "toy story" was fantastic. >>> time for celebrity birthdays. legendary preacher billy graham turns 96. singer/songwriter joni mitchell, 71. >> "dancing with the stars sensation and youtube sensation bethany mota turns 19. >> and "royals" singer lorde turns 18. happy birthday to all of you. ♪ approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help pay some of what medicare doesn't, saving you in out-of-pocket medical costs

i'm talking about john ratzenberger, in every single pixar film. you're the best.re concerned about this. big beef is what? >> it's x amount of years going around the country like paul revere. neil: you have been relentless. >> just put shop classes back in the schools. this is the first generation raised in the history of mankind that is illiterate in the use of tools. so, where is the next generation of factory workers coming from? manufacturers? someone's got to build the ships, the planes, the gasoline pumps, not only the cars, repair the roads, build the bulldozers. neil: why do we give up on that? a cost savings thing? >> by fault. i was at woodstock. neil: that explains it. >> and helped promote the nonoffensive, high self-esteem is more important than actually having a skill. neil: [ laughter ] >> saved a lot of school districts a lot of money, but the mechanics, the engineers, the plumbers, it results in a lot higher prices for those guys to get them. getting a plumber is like waiting for the pope. >> the average age is 86 years old. they're not around any

with big hero 6 led the box office and pixar coming up with a finding nemo sequel. disney has become a machine for generating mega hit movies. there are a lot of ways to make money including new rides at disney theme parks which help explain how operating income was up 20%. with disney world in particular seeing record attendance. disney is building a new report in shanghai. the company expects they will be able to announce opening date sometime early next year. disney is about more than just generating content. the strength of the company is a testament to the power of good management as exemplified by ceo. and as long as he is at the helm i'm a believer of disney. he has been veracious. he has conviction. over the last three years the company purchased $13.6 billion worth of stock and this past quarter they made a very big buyback. this tells me whenever disney stock gets hit the company will be in there buying with you. disney has a long history of putting excellent results and selling off anyway which is what happened last week. stock fell from $92 down to $90.

pixar fans rejoine, toy story 4 funding one more, here's the poster. there you go.we have more movie news to take a look. >> of new toys! >> fans rejoice, toy story for is happening. the studio confirmed plans for another installment in the series. it will be directed by jon lasseter, who directed the first two toy story movies. we don't know what the story will be, just that it's coming from the original toy story writing team. a lot of people fought to restore three went too far but everybody and the crying at the end. i was a mess at the end of that movie. it was nominated for best picture and everything. >> wiggle in and get comfortable. >> a couch is a coach. >>first they had a crossover with futurama will be joining forces. this is your first look at the simpsons/futurama crossover couch gag, featuring hedonismbot. the episode airs this sunday night. and not watch a lot of other show. i never really find that funny. they're mocking the fact that they are running out of ideas. >> it's been around since like 1924. >> since 1989. a long time. >> early today, com

they were less popular during the vietnam war but they became movie stars in the pixar movie toy story5:21 is the time. a warning for drivers if you plan to cross the bridge you may run into delays. the big project that will partially close the span. >> plus the american nurse who survived ebola she is talking now about what she went through. after the break what went through her mind after getting that deadly virus and how it has changed her life. >>> welcome back to the morning news. san francisco supervisor david chew has won a seat to the state assembly. david chew won the district 17 assembly race with 51% of the vote defeating david campos. campos conceded last night after he jumped to 3700 votes. the 17th district includes the eastern part of san francisco and treasure island. >>> the head of the fbi is defending a controversial operation one that involved an agent impersonating an associated press reporter. confirms the ruse was used to help catch a 15-year-old suspect who had been making bomb threats. thousand he says it was an under cover operation that was done responsiblely

entrepreneur and manufacturing jobs advocate john ratzenberger, the guy who has been in every single pixarncerned about this. your big beef is what? >> it's x amount of years i've been going around the country like paul revere. >> you've been relentless. >> just put shop classes back in the schools. this is the first generation that's been raised in the history of mankind that is illiterate in the use of tools. so where is the next generation of factory workers coming from, manufacturers? someone has to build the ships, the planes, the gasoline pumps, not only the cars to repair the roads, build the bulldozers -- >> why did we give up on that? >> it's my fault. that's why i'm so relentless on this because i was at woodstock. i helped develop this high self-esteem is more important than actually having a skill. >> it saved a lot of school districts a lot of money, but yeah, the mechanics, the engineers, i think it resulted in a lot higher prices for those guys, because getting a plumber is like waiting for the pope. >> the average age these days is 50 years old, so the day will come when th

. >> reporter: home to pixar and it's known for its luxury condos and shopping. >> shopping is fun. >> reporter: but now it's earned a reputation no city wants. the second most dangerous city in the bay area. >> surprised. >> it's a shame. it's sad because it's such a beautiful place. >> reporter: the city can pass most of the blame on its infamous neighbor oakland. kpix 5 obtained a list of every person arrested here last year. out of the 729 suspects, 67% are oakland residents. that's two of every three cuffed. >> additionally calls for service have been greater in the areas that border other cities. >> reporter: emeryville is small only 1.2 square miles. and mostly surrounded by oakland. as you can see, what separates the two cities is a line on a wall. >> to characterize emeryville as an unsafe city would be an unfair characterization. >> reporter: the sergeant says they had no homicides last year but there were 132 violent crimes. and even though only 10,000 people live here, he says during the day, about 40,000 people are within city limits. >> the daytime population this year i

. >>> budd light year and sheriff woody are coming back, disney pixar announced plans to produce 40 story, with the release date of june, of 2017. boy that is aways off. >> yes. >> john last ter will direct the film. he direct the first two installments of toy story and says his team has come up with a new idea for franchise. he said toy story four will open up a new chapter in the life of woody, buzz, mr. potato head, jesse and all of their pals. >> yes. >> a show out of ideas, teams up with a show out of episodes. >> that is how simpson's creators are selling the upcoming cross over episode now called, or i should say from futurama that has been cancel. called. >> hey a couch is a couch. >> yes. >> so the simpson's travel to the 31st century in this special cross over called, simpson rama. the the crew comes to present day springfield, to prevent simpson's from destroying the future. seven sewed airs sunday night right here on fox at 8:00 p.m. >>> goldie lox has a powerful new ad why they don't want to you call their new action figure a doll. >>> it friday, a couple minutes from "good d

pixar is directing another "toy story" due out in spring 2017. another area of strength, u.s.ks and resorts. iger says based on bookings for this holiday season his outlook is very bullish. >> booking trends are good. they are up in the quarter about 10%. pricing is up slightly. that's very good sign. so we feel good about the quarter and good about the year for parks and resorts. very good. and our cruise ship, that cruise ship business is also doing quite well. >> on big news on star wars today, naming the film "the force awakens," principal photography wrapped today. based on the footage he's seen, he wishes they were premiering the film in the next few days. iger said the forecast for "frozen" consumer products this holiday season is very, very hot. melissa, back over to you. >> thank you, julie boorstin. did sound like everything was coming up roses for disney. >> a little victim of their own success because they have been executing so well on so many different fronts. the stock we've had for a long time. we'll probably sell some spreads tomorrow. everything is fine. it's

frozen, pixar, no other studio has good compliment of brands as disney.dio is worth over $20 b and eiger has been really in terms of fixing a difficult situation which i gives the low point was "the lone ranger." they're probably in the best position of any -- liz: it's a tough business. you never know what is going to hit it. "frozen" was a huge hit. "maleficent" did very well. studio entertainment revenue, 1.78 billion, versus 1.51 billion last year. do you like that number? >> i do and i think the street is actually light on the numbers next year, with the next of a vendingers coming out in -- avengers coming out and i have high confidence with the studio. parks are much more cyclical. more burn for capital expenditures. even with espn you have exposure into sports. with "frozen" and guardians of the "guardians of the galaxy" as well, surprised even studio executives how well the movies did. you can't say they were sleepers. they were pretty high-profile. nobody expected them to be quite the blockbusters they were. david: down about 1% after-hours. we

pixar, you can tell stories with computers. the great products when technology is changing quickly leverage some insight about how technology works to usurp an existing set of products that make the product better by a factor of ten. >> and a current example, for the audience, has to do with cloud computing. the smart phones are where all the apps are, and that is where the excitement is. they're well enough connected now that you can connect to a server bank that can do incredibly powerful calculations, speech recognition, those kinds of things of phone and send it back fast enough that the user thinks the farm gate. in fact, there is a supercomputer, literally a million computers that help answer this question. >> what are some of the technical insights that are not being capitalized on today? what are some of the things, the trends that you see that you feel will define products, services five years out? and what are the technical insights and trans appearing today that will help that? >> the one that is the most profound is

they've added great brands with marvel, pixar. >> within the context of the bull market, liz ann sonders joining us, and i look at the dow 17600. say media hasto led? >> media has led last year, content companies this year. >> we do but the acquisitions disney has made, but they pulled off an amazing trick, which is that they took open-source public material in the hans christian anderson fairytale, and approved you can make money with invention. >> absolutely, and great product that has great appeal, "frozen" you are referring to. >> the constant theme here on "surveillance." >> what about the content and infrastructure and the companies that are trying to do both? is sort ofybody who a model to you who is doing those really well? >> content is king, john malone has said distribution supports. >> to bring both of your worlds together, and we see this with apple when we talk about the apple bond offerings, rob, i'm looking at disney, 30-year paper with a coupon of four and three-eights. back fromlding cfo's doing ever more bond offers? arene of the things we seeing is returning money to

salesforce.com, they realize that you could use the cloud for contact and relationship management or pixar, you can tell stories with computers. the great products when technology is changing very quickly leverage some insight about how technology works to usurp an existing set of products that make the product better by a factor of ten. >> and a current example for the audience has to deal with cloud computing. the fact of the matter is if these smartphones are where all the apps are and that's where all the excitement is, but they're well enough connected now that you can be connected to a server bank that can do incredibly powerful calculations, speech recognition, those things off phone and send the answer back fast enough the user thinks that the phone did it. but, in fact, there's a supercomputer literally a million computers that helped answer this question. that's another example of a technical insight. >> looking a little bit into the future, what are some of the technical insights that aren't being capitalized on today, some of the trends that you see that are going to define pro

pixar made its official toy story 4. it will head to the theaters in june of 2017. around. that's great. next, 33%. that's how many guys regularly mess up house chores just when they're asked not to do them again. they find in the survey that cleaning the shower and doing laundry are among the top chores men are likely to botch on purpose. subsequently, my wife did ask me yesterday, true story, please, never do the laundry again. finally, five seconds. that's how much time is left on the clock when drake university student took a shot from half court. he nailed it, won a brand-new ford f-150 pick up truck. and the crowd went wild. ainsley? >> thank you. the naacp released a statement on the midterm elections. the only problem? it makes no mention of the historic wins of mia love and tim scott. the statement reads in part, this election was not about who won, but rather the citizens who lost the right to participate. now the rnc spokesperson is slamming the organization, tweeting this out: did we take a moment to understand how the naacp didn't congratulate the first

bringing that animation in pixar.i think they're going to increase profits a billion dollars annualized over the next several years. that's going to be helpful for disney's stock. the movie theater stocks give you great dividends. getting premium priming out of that. and i think is really going to be great for 2015 and the theaters. >> barton, brent, want to thank you both for coming in today. great talking to you. >> i have one question for brent before we go. if you can indulge me. we were talking about cosby with ben white earlier. on syndication. amazon still offers the show. hulu still offers the show. viacom owns a network called centric still offering the show. does it matter? will they continue to? i assume we're into the afterlife of that show to begin with. but when you think of the money involved -- >> bill cosby financially is in a good position. but right now this trial by twitter that's going on, i think, you'll see more companies do what nbc, tv land, and others have done. just stay away. i think so. i

it allows users to buy disney, pixar, marvell films through the app or website or the itunes store. >e want to bring your attention to a worthy cause. tonight at the museum for the city of new york, the lulu fund is hosting a benefit to the art of healing. some items up for auction include set visits to shows like "the black list." you can attend all three triple crown races, come to our set and watch "squawk box" and have breakfast with us. visit jim cramer, matt lauer and the "today" show team, a private gymnastic session. all to benefit the lulu and leo fund which helps foster creativity and build resilience. check out the auction and enter your charity bid at charitybuzz.com/lulu&leo or if you want to donate go to the site itself, lululeofund.org. >> it's an awesome event. they had kids come who sang were amazing. they would make you cry, make you laugh. it's amazing and a great cause. >> it's an amazing organization. >> near and dear to cnbc, obviously. there it is. >> that does it for us today. have a great day. see you back here tomorrow at the same time. right now it's time fo

saw shrek and the success of so many different franchises at least early on, you -- we compare it to pixar- they got very successful and went public on the back of shrek 2. i think as you go past that, has there been madagascar, kung fu panda, absolutely. i don't want to say they haven't been successful. but i think when you look at the relative batting average of the company, it actually just hasn't been that good in building ever lasting franchise. >> now that they've danced with hasbro and soft bank, does that mean this company is up for sale? what's going to happen next? >> it's funny. when i think about dreamworks from the day it went public the story is if it had a high enough batting average of success somebody would buy it. and it's talked about, you know westbound selling itself and being part of a larger entertainment company. i think the problem you run into now is they've basically shopped themselves all over the world and it appears as if people have just passed. and so the price value just isn't there. obviously there's a price for everything. and so if they either had tremen

iger said he's bullish on the new star wars and he announced that pixar will direct "toy story 4" for017 reviving that franchise. >> rendz are good. they're up in the quarter, about 10%. pricing is up so that is very good sign. we feel good about the quarter for cruise ships and resorts. >> the direct to consumer streaming openings. i just stressed that creating no less to create offerings for the cable tv bundle. but when it does happen, disney is well positioned. >> the experimentation, might we be part of that experimentation? i think that's possible. we're taking a cautious approach here because we think the prudent thing to do is to do what we can to maintain the value of what is obviously a value created for this company and for a lot of other companies in the media space. >> iger shared some expectations for the consumer products division for this quarter, saying 3 million frozen costumes in less than a year. this holiday season, it would be very, very hot. joe. >> thanks. i'm just wondering about the script, where the toys left off and who -- i hope ken comes back. that was on