. >>> so, the 6-year-old you're about the meet is being hailed as a prodigy. mother may wish he was a little bit less fearless. he can surf the gnarliest of waves. >> reporter: check out the latest surfing sensation. it's not laird hamilton. it's a 6-year-old. yeah, 6. this pint-sized prodigy is making a splash in the surfing world by shredding waves as big as he is in maui. he's known for co-inventing a new method called toe-in surfing. but he has only one priority. >> i like having fun. >> reporter: goes by baby "c," but he's no newbie, even at 6. >> i like it because it's fun. >> reporter: he's been riding waves since the ripe old age of 2. and he can hold his own alongside surfer five times his age. no wonder he got an early start. it's something of a family sport. >> i like surfing with my brothers but not when they're talking to me lifor like 24 hou. >> reporter: he says the waves don't intimidate him. >> i always know that god is with me. >> reporter: but what about mom? >> it was nerve-racking, but now i'm so proud of them after so many years. >> repor

. >>> when we hear about child prodigies -- no, i wasn't talking about you -- we're often amazed they skills of a full-grown adult. >> now a 6-year-old. the one you're about to meet cannot only hang with the best of them but can hang ten better than the rest of them. check out the latest surfing sensation catching waves. he flies through the water with the greatest of ease. it's actually a 6-year-old. yeah, 6. this pint-sized prodigy is making a splash in the surfing world by shredding waves bigger than he is off the coast of maui. >> i like having fun. >> he goes by baby steve but make no mistake. even at 6, he's no newby. >> my name is steve. >> reporter: he's been riding waves since the ripe old age of 2. not just waves that dwarf this little guy either. fellow surfers. he can hold his own alongside surfers five times his age. it's no wonder he got an early start. for the robersons, surfing is somewhat of a family sport. >> i like surfing with my brothers but not when they're talking to me for like 24 hours. >> are annoying siblings really his greatest fear? he said those waves don

. >> reporter: tim was a bit of a trumpet prodigy. his talent eventually finding a home for 20 years in the orchestra of the san francisco opera where tim rose to the position of principal trumpet player. he got glaucoma. when he played, that pressure rose. >> that could be a risk for blindness early in life if you don't stop playing the trumpet. >> reporter: and with that, tim's career was over. he didn't pick up his trumpet until years later while trying to get certified as a music teacher. tim, not realizing how much he missed it until he had an audience. a woman who has wandered in to watch him practice. >> i could watch the emotional in her psyche. i realized what it is to be a musician and being able to move their hearts. >> you have a good ear for hearing when it goes up and down. nice job. >> reporter: it is just what tim wanted to provide his students when he started teaching, but something was missing. a lot of somethings. >> no resources to teach the kids what they want. >> reporter: he was fortunate enough to find a nonpro

this pint-sized prodigy is making a splash in the surfing world by shredding waves bigger than he isf maui. >> i like having fun. >> reporter: he goes by baby steve or uncle baby, but make no mistake. even at 6, he's no newby. >> my name is steve. and i like it because it's fun. >> reporter: he's been riding waves since the ripe old age of 2. not just waves that dwarf this little guy either. it's his fellow surfers. he can hold his own alongside surfers five times his age. it's no wonder he got an early start. for the robersons, surfing is something of a family sport. >> i like surfing with my brothers but not when they're talking to me for like 24 hours. >> are annoying siblings really his greatest fear? he said those waves don't intimidate him. >> i don't get scared because i always know that god is with me. >> what about mom? >> when they first started, really nerve-racking. now over the years they've been doing it for so long, i don't worry about them as much. i'm so proud of them. >> keep an eye on him. this maui maestro has no plans to retire any time soon. he's just getting st

. >> tim was a bit of a trumpet prodigy growing up in scots valley. his talent eventually finding a home for 20 years in the orchestra of the san francisco opera where tim rose to the position of principal trumpet player. but in 2003, doctors said increasing pressure in his eyes had led to glaucoma. and when he played, that pressure rose. >> that could be a risk for blindness early in life if you don't stop playing the trumpet. >> and with that, tim's career was over. he spent the next decade focused on raising his two sons, not even picking up his trumpet until years later, while trying to get certified as a music teacher. tim, not realizing how much he missed it until he had an audience. a woman who had wandered in to watch him practice. >> i could watch the emotional in her psyche. as i play my concerto to her. and she is just thrilled. and i realize right then what it is to be a musician and to move their hearts. >> you have a good ear for hearing when it goes up and down. nice job. >> and it is just what tim wanted to provide his students when he

piano prodigy, a syrian refugee takes the big stage here in america. during a disaster turned into >> you can now see the controversial movie "the interview" online. sony is allowing people to rent or buy the film on a variety of digital platforms such as youtube. this comes one day after the stewed dwroa said i -- studio sd offer the film on limited release. despite, threats of voyages. peter, thanks for coming in. so much of the story has me skeptical, simply because i'm a journalist by nature, i tent to be skeptical. the statements by sony granted they love the publicity, they were following lead of the independent theaters and not threats from korea. >> wouldn't it be amazing if this ushers in the new era of being able to download films, the second they are released, without ever having to go to the theater? i guarantee you, this is going to come out and sony will make suches -- this movie was not destined to do well in the beginning. >> maybe it's a good pay scale for future movies. movies coming out christmas day, movie by angelina jolie, unbroke

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you will find that you will have lost a prodigious number of jobs and you will convert from high-payings to low-paying jobs, not on the basis of fair competition, but on the basis of subsidy. and all of a sudden, all of those consumers that you've been trying to benefit by seeing to it that they get low prices on subsidized exports that come into the united states, they're not consumers anymore because they can't afford to buy anything. congressman dingell doesn't have enough faith. we have -- one of our greatest resources is our human capital stock. we have an enormously talented, educated workforce. the notion that somehow the only thing that we'll be able to find for them to do is to flip hamburgers at mcdonald's, i think, is outrageous. i don't think that a society is likely to succeed for most of its citizens by trying to lean against the forces of technological and economic change. and it seems to me that's what this debate's about. schoumacher: with industry and jobs on the line, pressure mounted on president jimmy carter. americans deserve protection from predatory pricing pract

a musical prodigy with an electrifying voice, stevie's bend of r&b and jazz and funk and whatever soullse you've got speaks of love and loss, justice and equality, and peace. but what really defines stevie's and humanitywarmth that resonates in every note. us tof his songs helped fall in love, others mended our hearts, some motivated us on the and thanksail stevie, all of us have been moved to higher ground. alvin ailey was born during the depression in small town texas time he was 27 he founded a dance company of his own in new york city. place where artists of all races had a home. all that mattered was talent. dances he choreographed were a blend of ballet, modern and blues andhey used the spirituals, as well, and through him african american history was way it had never been told before, with passionate, performances that transfixed audiences worldwide. alvin said that dance came from and that it should always be delivered back to the people. ailey delivered both through his life and through the dance company that will forever name.is itzhak ienda learned that her grandfather was d

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♪ >> from a war zone to carnegie hall, we meet the syrian teenage refugee who has become a piano prodigylcome back. the economic tide may soon be turning for cuba now that the white house says it will renew ties with the island. cuban farmers are hoping this will bring more money to tourist spots. >> reporter: the sun has barely risen off of the horizon, but on the rodriguez family farm they are already hard at work. being a farmer is difficult in cuba. he says the type of cows on the island produce less than half the milk of similar dairy cows in the united states, but he can't buy them because of the more than half entry embargo on the island. but it also has meant no access to fertilizer, farm equipment or tools. >> translator: here we have very little technology to develop our farmers. >> reporter: it means farmers are continually improvising to make it work. something he hopes changes now with the new renewed tied between the countries. >> now if we need pesticides, we'll have the power to ask for it. >> reporter: look around and you can see how much it might help. spending some tim

after that first class in a boys and girls club in san pedro, california, people were calling misty a prodigys just 17 when she joined the american ballet theater but not everyone was quick to accept this ballerina who didn't look like all the rest. >> dear candidate, thank you for your application to your ballet academy. unfortunately, you have not been accepted. you aren't the right feet, achilles tendons, turnout, torso length and bust. >> did you ever received a letter like that? could you relate to that? >> i did. my teacher said "keep that letter because you'll want to look back on it one day. as an adult, i was told that i didn't have the right skin color. i was too muscular. i was too curvy. my breasts were too big. i was too short. >> reporter: you wrote about an experience years ago where your friend overheard a staff member saying you didn't fit in with your brown skin. especially in a ballet like swan lake. do you remember how that affected you? >> yeah, i get emotional right now just thinking about it. i try to understand the person's perspective. and how deep rooted it is in the

. >>> a war zone to carnegie hall, we hear the syrian refugee who has become a piano prodigy. >> a jordanian army said one of its pilates has been captured by the islamic state in iraq and the levant after his fighter jet was downed. it happened in raqqa in syria. the family has confirmed his identity. they have conducted hundreds of airstrikes in syria and iraq since the campaign against isil began. let's take a closer look at the coordinated assault from the air. the air force of the u.s. jordan, bahrain, saudi arabia, and the unite the emirates have been bombing targets in syria. in neighboring iraq, canada, denmark, britain and the netherlands have joined the airstrike. but 97% of the airstrikes in syria have been carried out by the united states alone. we learn how the military is trained to deal with these incidents. >> if you take a look at jordan, the special operation trained soldier, his father flew aircraft as well. i think coming in to the coalition jordan fully understood that there is a chance that one of their pilots might have been brought down, and sadly that's what they're

after that first class in a boys and girls club in san pedro, california, people were calling misty a prodigyn ballet theater but not everyone was willing to accept this ballerina who didn't look like all the rest. >> dear candidate, thank you for your a.m. case to our ballet academy. unfortunately you have not been accepted. you lack the right feet, achilles tendons, turnout, torso length and bust. >> reporter: did you ever receive a letter like that? could you relate to that? >> i did. my teacher said, keep that letter because you're going to want to look back on it one day. as an adult i was told i didn't have the right skin color, i was too muscular, i was too curvy, my breasts were too big. >> reporter: you wrote about an experience where your friend overheard an american ballet staff center said you didn't knit with your brown skin especially in a ballet like "swan lake." do you remember how that affected you? >> yeah. i get emotional right now just thinking about it. i tried to understand the person's perspective and how deep rooted it is in the ballet culture. it's so easy for them to

an accident at calumet prodigious open all these liens.peed bumps still sold in traffic slowing down. could be a few more minutes be so before we start to see that back up a bit through the area. headlights coming through show it's a little less caught up than it was. keeping tabs on this another update coming up. >> more to come, we are live in the western suburbs where a taxicab crashed into a home overnight. the latest on the search for the cab driver who ran from the scene. and the chicago police department says the murder rate in the city is at the lowest rate in almost 50 years. and new, unreleased movies have been leaked on line. we'll tell leaked on line. we'll tell you who when they wake up dry in pampers. while ordinary diapers have 2 layers, pampers has 3 absorbent layers. so they stay up to three times drier. for up to twelve hours of protection. and good mornings. pampers. dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing,

don't take it out on the 19-year-old prodigy. this kid might be a genius.e if he can manage my money. david: gary, "wall street journal" used to have one of these articles every year around throw darts at a board and see how those picks panned out as opposed to best stock pickers on wall street. very often the dartboard was more accurate than the stock-pickers. >> don't forget the monkey's picks also. david: bingo. >> when all said and done -- >> index funds. >> index funds throughout history but when markets dropped 50% like in '08 and 80 to 90% in 2000 not sure i want to be in index source. david: that is what jack going bell says. >> what gary is saying that the monkey can do job of thousands of financial as advisors. i get index funds and ride the recovery after the fall. david: that is not what he said exactly but good advice. >> everybody puts words in my mouth. >> appreciate it, gary kaltbaum. rick unger, "forbes" senior political contributor and fox business's adam shapiro, thank you all. liz? liz: whatever money you make maybe you spend it on trave

where we prodigy detention of some of the agencies, they have reported some information subsequently. but other programs have not come including many programs at the va have not yet so we are continuing to follow-up on that. >> obviously many ages, there are more grants than on contracts are going out now so that's pretty important we get the grant and loan part of this as well consistent with data actors making that as well to coincide with the. is that progress on going to getting that will also make deadlines the targets at this point to we can get grant loan information as well as contract information? >> yeah, you have many more and agencies involved as you point out in the grand area so that you need to bring them into line in terms of clients. so there's more people to monitor connected to hhs is declared obviously but many agencies do that. in the contract areas it's largely a key agencies but most of the contracts. so it would be a greater challenge for omb and treasury to exercise oversight over the agencies, and hopefully the ig review will demonstrate that as well. i'm hop

after that first class at a boys and girls club in san pedro, california, people were calling misty a prodigyn ballet theater, but not everyone was quick to accept this ballerina who didn't look at all the rest. "dear candidate thank you for your application to our ballet academy. unfortunately, you have not been accepted." "your achilles tendon, turnout, torso length and bust." did you ever receive a letter like that? could you relate to that? >> i did. my teacher said keep that letter because you're going to want to look back on it one day. as an adult i was told that i didn't have the right skin color. i was too muscular. i was too curvey. my breasts were too big. i was too short. >> reporter: you wrote about an experience years ago where your friend overheard an american ballet theater staff member saying that you didn't fit in with your brown skin. especially in a ballet like "swan lake." do you remember how that affected you? >> yeah. i get emotional right now just thinking about it. i tried to understand the person's perspective. and how deep rooted it is in the ballet culture. it's so

a musical prodigy with an electrifying voice, stevie's blend of r&b and jazz and funk and blues and soul and whatever else you've got speaks of love and loss, justice and equality, war and peace. but what really defines stevie's music is the warmth and humanity that resonates in every note. some of his songs helped us to fall in love, others mended our hearts, some motivated us on the campaign trail. and thanks to stevie, all of us have been moved to higher ground. alvin ailey was born during the depression in small town texas . and by the time he was 27 he founded a dance company of his own in new york city. it became a place where artists of all races had a home. all that mattered was talent. the dances he choreographed were a blend of ballet, modern and jazz and they used the blues and spirituals, as well, and through him african american history was told in a way it had never been told before, with passionate, virtuoso dance performances that transfixed audiences worldwide. alvin said that dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. alvin ail

steve robarson, a pint-sized prodigy, catching waves off of maui. >> i like having fun. >> he's babynew be. >> like steve. he's having fun. >> reporter: and he's been riding waves since the ripe old age of 2, and alongside surfers five times his age. it's a family sport. >> i like surfing more than my brothers. but not when they're talking to me like for 24 hours. >> reporter: but the waves don't intimidate him. >> i don't get scared. because i always know that god's with me. >> reporter: what about mom? >> when they first started, nerve wracking. but they have been doing it for so long, i don't worry so much. so proud of them. >> reporter: keep an eye on them. he's just getting started. >> i want to surf for the rest of my life. and when i grow up i want to be a professional surfer and do big airs. >> reporter: yeah, a professional surfer. this is no accident, his dad's a long-time pro surfer. >> they all look like surfers. >> absolutely. sponsors. >> 6 years old, you said that's a sweet age. this kid is taking on sharks, literally. >> amazing. >> all me knows and does it well. >>>

she says six months ago her precious prodigy, 2-year-old tyler, turned into a monster at meals. >> canto, he wanted he would just get so mad. throwing his food, bowl, screaming, stomping. the toddler tantrum thing. >> reporter: but instead of trying to control it, she took a hands off approach. >> i decided it was not a battle i wanted to fight. i let him do what he wanted to do. >> food issues are a common power struggle. between parents and children, because kids can control what they put in their mouths. >> reporter: and that's when the real trouble started. >> taking him out to restaurants and dining in public. he would just be jumping up and down on the chairs, throwing things, looking at the people behind him. i realized that was what i was teaching him to do at home. >> reporter: heather decided there were new habits. there were now firm table rules. he needed to eat all his meals at the tables and she would role model behavior with him. >> when you want to change the toddler, come up with one sentence, and one sentence only that clearly describes the new rule. >> reporter: cons

it beige the most prodigious writing time of his life.d leaders to collaborate and create music to dylan's lost words. >> there were no conditions so that took away a lot of the trepidation because you could -- you could clearly see, particularly once we got to capital and we were actually handlered ed handed the handwritten manuscripts to look at then you could see the way any writer writes something down and you could see they were incomplete. that gave you the license to maybe make some editorial choices and knowing we could that without any prohibition meant that we could have fun with it. >> in the spirit of the original basement tapes, he and his band spent two weeks in the basement in los angeles trying to replicate the feeling that bob dylan and the band first felt. >> you're making music in your own band or own project or something. when in the studio, there's very much of a -- well, we have to do this right now because we're going to be releasing this and it's going to dictate the rest of our year or six months or whatever. wher

of conversations with you, but the best way to teach somebody is to show somebody, and you are prodigiously persuasive. tirelessly tenacious. doggedly determined. just to watch you is to watch what every american should hope for to have a senator that will be unyielding in their work and service to them. and what amazed me is if you look at the myriad of interests in the state of louisiana, i saw firsthand how you stood up and fought for the people who are loud and honorary but still had a good cause and the people that were voiceless and humble. you stood up for them. you stood up for people in your community who were from every different background, that were from every different race. you stood up to them in a way that was a model to my state. i heard my senior senator mention you by name about how essential you were when my state had its back against the wall, crushed by a super storm, that when there was those battles to get my state funding, you had no skin in that game. my senior senator mentioned you as a champion for new jersey, and that what blows me away about you, is that i year

a 4-year-old fashion prodigy has been brought on to the design scene.ll. mayhem caught the attention -- i love her name. the attention of the fashion chain through her online blog which is run by her parents. what do you think of her designs? >> start 'em young, start 'em young. is this her parents? >> i think so. look, brooke shields had her mother. her mother was great. remember, brooke shields was 12. stage moms are great. you know, gypsy rose lee. it's incredible. i think start 'em young. she's going to have a great experience. j crew is one of the great lines. >> literally, the smartest merchandiser in the year. >> and she's a very, very cool person. >> do you know -- don is sort of hanging on my chair. >> i think you're going to get some new shoes. >> okay, good. andre, stay with us. >> of course, of course. >> what's with the blanket? >> i'm cold. the studio is cold. >> nobody's acknowledged. the man is waving a blanket. >> you're linus. let me see that thing. it's a ralph lauren blanket. >> of course. and piped in leather. >> i like it. i get it