yesterday, my "one more thing" was ronald regan. i spent a massive amount of time looking back at prior state of the unions with ronald regan. they all do this thing, it's fantastic, patriotic, i'm all for it. but afterwards, regan came back and talks about it. president obama right after this said good night, god bless america, and that was it. he almost used that really heartfelt, patriotic moment to say good-bye. >> it was ronald regan who started this with a man who jumped into the river after air florida and saved the stewardess. >> it wasn't all this way, if you look add the '70s with the vietnam war, veterans weren't always treated the way they are now. it was a highlight, for me, anyway, watching this hero stand up and getting the applause. i think we're in a different era, even with republicans and democrats when it comes to veterans and supporting them. >> and a tenth deployment, to be deployed ten times makes you wonder from a policy standpoint, is there something that could or should be done in regard to the number of de

at washington's regan international airport.in new york where dozens of salt trucks for ready for the stleereets, and t rowlands is just west of chicago where the windchill is about to become a serious factor, and meteorologist alexandra steele updating about the latest warnings and advisories. let's begin in boston with margaret. you have been out in this all day long, it's coming down, and not too far away from the zero flights at logan. >> yeah, that's right. and brooke, it's going to get a lot worse today. we got our measuring stick. here's an update. it's coming in about 2 1/2 inches or so. it's supposed to get up to a foot of snow, all the way up to here by tomorrow morning. and now, as you were saying, logan airport, they're going to close at 8:30 p.m., they're going to stop flights until noon tomorrow on friday. that's because of the strong winds. that's the big concern all day and throughout the night. we have snow so light, you can't even make snowballs, but it's blowing and causing problems with visibility. visibility

technology or in industrial companies, he's going >> all right, trish regan of "street smart," and it is time now for "money moves with deirdre bolton. " ♪ >> welcome to "money moves," where we focus on alternative assets. i am deirdre bolton. we show you what entrepreneurs are doing, as well as what is going on with private equity, real estate, and more. up someast may pick assets from charter. we will bring you the very latest on a deal that john malone, brian roberts, and other big execs are crafting. also, apple's iphone sales were lower than expected. john frankel will join us, telling us how that will affect his investment decisions, and a famous museum and a collector in jail. that is all part of south bees -- southby's. tost up, though, we take you president obama, who says he is prepared to use his executive powers in congress stand in the way of his agenda. peter joins us from the hill. peter, will there be a reckoning tone in the president's tone quest? >> he is going to outline this in the state of the union address, and it is an effort by the white house to reassert the a

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trish regan explains. is a new twist on an old hide.is packing a heated punch. >> it is clean. >> he uses a blowtorch to get a super concentrated hit of thc. seelong the sides, you will -- >> a joint is made up of flowers 20% has anywhere from 13 to thc. the extract that we have today is around 90%. it is great. same drug, just made more potent through chemical engineering. it is a concentrate of cannabis. are wrist with a solvent in a lab. winston -- rinsed with a solvent in a lab. what is left behind is almost a pure blob of thc. upwhat jake will do is heat -- heated up until it is red-hot. point, hets it to the will put the dome on it. the dome captures all of the smoke. recreational use of pot is now legal in colorado and washington state. that includes davits. as these striking videos show, amateurs have caused explosions while trying to make butane hash oil in home kitchens. of themve been reports passing out from intense highs. whathas some worried about that means for the newly legal marijuana business. >> certainly. we do not n

trish regan explains. >> it is a new twist on an old high.is packing a heated punch. >> it is clean. >> he uses a blowtorch to get a super concentrated hit of thc. it is the chemical in marijuana that makes people hide. high. >> a joint is made up of flowers that has anywhere from 13% to 20% thc. the extract that we have today is around 90%. it is great. >> same drug, just made more potent through chemical engineering. >> it is a concentrate of cannabis. >> the flowers are rinsed with a solvent in a lab. what is left behind is almost a pure blob of thc. it is called butane hash doyle. oil. >> what jake will do is heat it up until it is red-hot. once he gets it to the point, he will put the dome on it. the dome captures all of the smoke. >> recreational use of pot is now legal in colorado and washington state. that includes davits. the legalization movement message has always been that pot is safe. as these striking videos show, amateurs have caused explosions while trying to make butane hash oil in home kitchens. there have been reports of th

joe and regan perris. he says you had to know. says he sent letters to your lawyers and to you, informed he was hurt, the whole team knew it. >> we got one letter -- i got one e-mail, six months after the said incident, and his basic premise was, there was an injury, he described it, he told me that we would be responsible for all of his medical bills, and that if we had home owners insurance -- which we don't because we rent -- we could use home owner's insurance to pay for his medical bills. >> if we didn't have home owners insurance would would have to take care of the bill. >> how did you respond? with a lawyer, i'm guessing. >> well, regan sent an e-mail back -- first before we responded the called the little league and say, what is going on? what do we do sneer he was coaching. isn't the some type of waiver or something that -- some agreement that you're assuming liability, something. they said, yes, market of fact there was something signed and here it is. sent it to us later. >> then he did not file an incident report at t

thank you, and trish regan. thank you very much, jon erlichman. and our editor-at-large, cory johnson, in san francisco. coming up, bitcoin pushes his luck in las vegas. what makes casinos different than others? they accept bitcoin. that is next. >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i am pimm fox. breaking news. berkshire anhaway is said to face investigation on systemic risk. bearish on bitcoin. 47 of respondents say to sell the online currency. 11% said by, and 35% have no idea. my next guest has an idea. he is bullish on that -- on bitcoin. takeasino and hotel's now bitcoin. you with us.o have explain a little bit how you can use bitcoin in a casino. >> well, good afternoon. for us, we are going to do this for both hotels and our restaurants and our gift shop. up and todayirst is opening day. >> can you describe what the steps are if someone walks into one of your restaurants and tries to pay the bill and says here is my bitcoin? >> no problem. you will out your electronic wallet, it matches up with the system we have. that way you can compl

trish regan has just spoken with carl icahn. i know that apple has been trading down today.that as an opportunity? >> he sure did. he bought another $500 million worth of stock, bringing his stake up to more than $4 billion and buy some of my calculations, one of the largest shareholders in apple right now. there has been a lot of criticism about his plan. he has been outspoken. -- dinnerh dinner with tim cook and has pushed for this buyback. he would like to see $50 billion a year in a buyback plan. it is something that has come under criticism with a lot of people saying that is too much. there are better things to be doing with the money right now, including buying new companies, investing in people and in tech knowledge he. i asked him about it -- in technology. i asked him about it. he said that criticism is ridiculous. with the amount of money flowing with the cash towards, $50 billion should have no affect on the money available for new products. are in mind, new products incredibly important to this company. everybody has talked about the potential for an apple watch

he says, she and don regan -- he says, don regan and nancy had a lunch and they each brought their tastersy the second term, nancy's influence is acknowledged on the staff and policy. >> she did not acknowledge it as much as others did but it was very much there. >> in 1987, nancy reagan was diagnosed with cancer. >> she talked about it and handled it with grace. this was another event that drew the public to her because she was able to talk about it. she had a mastectomy and made it. by no means was this something that was easy to go through with but the fact that she could talk about it at a time where it was still hush hush. etty ford had been through her wn episode but i think for nancy reagan to do this -- >> we will hear one last piece of nancy reagan in her own voice looking as her role as the guardian of ronald reagan and the white house. this is her talking about her political antenna. >> i had little antennas that pointed up when somebody had their own agenda and not ronnie's. i would tell him. he wouldn't always agree with me but i tell him. >> what was the first thing you notic

regan, bloomberg news, denver, colorado. >> no, thanks.s new testing ground is a former shooting range. ♪ time per day's committee news. samsung posted its first rock the decline in nine quarters. apple's new iphones captured the high-end market. the phone maker also suffered as competing makers sell handsets for as low as $100. boeing has reported record jet delivery for 2013. the playmaker handed over 648 planes, a seven .8% increase from 2000 well. the most ever in a single year's. two managers at a goodyear tire plant in france have been taken hostage. they are being held by union members in a conference room. goodyear employs about 3000 people in france. in january last year, the company announced plans to shut down the factory. >> welcome back to "countdown." --deibler executives have changedtives nato training ground into testing grounds for their vehicles. quest on these wide open where nato infantry once trained and they see when, they can convert into a proving ground for new vehicles electric, driverless -- what they want to bri

i am mark crumpton. >> i am trish regan. of concerns about the global economy causing a steep decline in the dow. china, othert emerging markets around the globe. >> google announced it will pay $3.2 billion to acquire another company. some have said it is too expensive and evidence of a bubble in silicon valley. can you really put a price on innovation? just today, the ceo told why he sold to google. >> we have been producing new products. we have wanted to roll them out to multiple countries. there are 96 countries where we do not sell. we cannot get there fast enough. going with google, we could get and access to resources to allow us to move these products around the world more quickly. as a small start, you have to build all of it. >> of course, the $3.2 billion did not hurt. >> barry ritholtz wrote about the deal. googletained the risk to is not the cost of such acquisitions but the potential risk to the core business down the road if failing to do so. we will hear more from barry on that. also joining the conversation

let me ask if thousands of people were on the regan. why are so few coming forward and suing. the world health organization says residents that get evacuated, health impacts are likely to be below detectible levels. it souped ridiculous to me. those individuals haven't gone back home. there's a reason for that. if these levels are safe 100%, why did tepco agree to pay individuals and 50,000 yen to compensate them for me for that. as opposed to the members - in the military you are understood and expected to do your job. a lot of the guys in the navy, they don't want to come forward because they fear backlash. there's a lot of guys that if you are not having medical issues at the moment, then i am sure they think nothing is wrong. you have 20, 30, 40 people on the u ss regan in their 20s and early 30s coming down with a form of cancer. one or two is a coincidence. 20, 30, 40 in their 20s. >> but the navy has not changing their position saying: >> what do you think of that? are you spat that the navy is -- upset that the navy is not taking your side. >> i was there. i'm measurin

ifhe republican pay doesn't produce an appetite to follow the 11th amendment of ronald regan, all ofe talki about 2016 is going to be pure vapor because if they lose, this election cycle, this mid term, it's going to be very tough sledding, indeed and it's time for everybody to be, at least the leadership in the republican party, if they're to be an effective countervailing influence, they need to calm down an open their arms to one another and well beyond the confines of a conservative staff. >> we agree. if the tea party doesn't vote and it's easy not to vote then we lose. >> we got a good lesson in all of that in 2012. >> john and greg, thank you very much, gentlemen. appreciate it. come back and we'll continue the conversation. and a reminder, my new book "upheaval." get it online and in bookstores everywhere. get a transaction online. i love it! thank you. good night f [ me announcer ] this is the story of the dusty basement at 06 35th street the old dining table at 25th and hoffman. ...and the little room ove the strip mall f roble avenue. ♪ this magic momt it is the story of w

something i would have done. >> exactly right. >> but that includes democrats who try to say what regan would or would not have done. >> they'll go to bed with the devil if they had to. >> a young black conservative -- i don't even know if he's conservative. a young, black, nra card carrying member can't say i'm glad. >> no. too great a man for that punk who's trying to tie it into that ridiculous organization. >> stop. legal gun ownership is the ultimate equalizer. it erases any advantage over a criminal over a shop owner. you want to help minorities, you arm them. vitamin g, smith and wesson. >> i agree. >> i'm traumatized by bob. >> dr. king if he were alive today may have been a republican. >> is your name kimberly? >> sorry. >> or k.g.? okay, so respect me, bob. i think that he would agree with many of the principles of the republican and conservative party, and we should have a whole segment on it. >> we have to leave it there. we'll say good-bye. we'll be right back, everybody. >> please. >>> well, after that low life attack on dr. king, who can't speak back from the grave, let m

the fire started in a shed near the intersection of regan street and bernice avenue. they knocked down the flames. one person was taken to the hospital but not clear why. >> a quick response by firefighters to a fire at a 13-story apartment building in san francisco's north of panhandle neighborhood. the fire was reported about 11:00 last night at the building on mcalister street. crews have the two-alarm blaze under control in less than 20 minutes. the cause is under investigation. >> new details on a possible new terror threat coming to the upcoming olympic games in russia, the threat in the form of a video and the promise of a surprise during the games. peggy bunker has more on the threat and what lawmakers are saying about the safety of the games. >> pretty scary. with the olympics three weeks away it's not what any one wants to hear especially those planning on traveling to russia. this terrorist threat saying danger awaits any one coming to russia for the games. the two men in the video are reportedly the suicide bombers responsible for last month's bombing in r

. >> first lady nancy regan as the original series first lady and influence returns tonight at 9 eastern. sever regulators say new safe guards will protect against risky loans. a house committee looks at the new rules and banking official will testify tomorrow and live coverage beens tomorrow. later in the day also on c-span 3, members of a review of u.s. intelligence agencies will testify about changes to s surveillance programming. next, a look at options in iraq and afghanistan. this is 40 minutes. " continues. host: >> at the table, a former defense under secretary for policy in the obama administration. good morning. >> good morning. >> our guest is now with the center for new americans security and we are hear to talk about iraq and afghanistan and other matters. we start with the headline in the washington times that iraq's chaos could be oman but the troops are bringing them together. afghanistan war planners are trying to picture the country without the united states troops might want to cast an eye toward the iraq. al qaeda has reassembled and unleashed ways of deadly carb carb

international airport and regan steel in the weather center. fred, boston has already declared a state of emergency, the city has. it's been snowing hard there all day, pretty soon it will be snowi snowi snowi snowing wickid hard as they say in boston. >> if you look at the snow flakes, many are coming horizontally because the wind has been picking up in the last couple hours. we're expected to come into the phase where the snowfall is worse and the wind becomes the strongest and also where the temperatures plummet. i want to show you here. i would say we have about, six, seven inches of snow already on the ground and as you see, the wind is coming down -- is really blowing hard, and there is more snow coming. if you look at the street here, this was cleared by a snowplow, i would say less than five minutes ago and it's already completely white again. those are difficulties the road crews are having coming to terms with this and the mayor of boston who is due to leave office in just a couple of days, has said that people should stay off the roa

. >> really, ever since the regan administration, and if you want to go back the anniversary that we observed. the 50th anniversary on the war on poverty. you go back through the research, the zone, they are tax credits, public, private partnerships, they are ways to invigorate growth, education, and lift the children born into the situation. not the zip code you are born in, but the strength of your dreams to determine your future. there are mixed results through history. it's something the president wants to get after, and part and parcel of a large scheme over the course of the next week and month, in the state of the union, and that is it the growing income disparity, and what he proposes to do about it. the president proposes in the state of the union last february between then and now, there has been an application process. several communities across the country came forward. there'll be 20 of these promise zones put forward over the course of the next three years. the president proposed the first five recipients. back to that larger theme, the disparity of income in this count

not a single month matches even the equivalent of the regan recovery. and we all know we have to do better. the unemployment rate has decreased and we should be encouraged, but it is nowhere near the 5 percent level the whitehouse promised in the $800 billion stimulus was rushed through congress. the unemployment rate is due to falling labor force precipitation. if the rate had not declined since the president took office it would be nearly 11 percent. a smaller percentage of americans are employed today than when the recession ended. the american people are deeply dissatisfied with the president's solution for the economy. we need solutions so mainstream businesses can hire again. increasing the minimum wage and washington mandating income, extending unemployment benefits will not increase the outlook. emergency unemployment program is to be used when the unemployment rate is going high. it is the lowest since 2008. so you ask why are the president and senate turning their back on job creation? why doesn't the senate pick up and pass any of the dozens

trish regan and adam johnson continues. ♪ >> hello, everyone. i am trish regan. watching the big show. the s&p rebounding from the worst slump since june. adam johnson and i have you covered. top 10. yahoo! of nearly three percent ahead of the fourth quarter earnings report due out after the belt. marissa mayer working to attract more traffic and advertising. the results just moments away. the question is whether or not she was successful in this. >> a lot of earnings coming out after the belt. dropping.chnology weaker than expected results. they will continue to invest in any fracturing ability to take advantage of the growth happening in the clouds. storing up in the clouds rather than on your desk. >> number eight, texas industries. agreeing to buy the dealmaker valued at $2.7 billion. the construction rebound in california and texas. >> number seven, american airlines up five percent as they posted the first earnings report since merging with u.s. airways this past month. fourth-quarter sales climbed 8.7% that would exceed estimates because of travel and fair

we will continue in just a moment. ♪ >> i am trish regan.disappointments overshadowing global news as we head into the close on this very snowy tuesday afternoon. look at that. a mess outside. >> it is. i am already terrified for my drive back to westchester. >> i think there is going to be some traffic problem's. johnson & johnson weigh in on the dow here. rate to have you here for the next hour. >> a pleasure to be with you. adam was up at the crack of dawn to do surveillance. he will trudge back home. top 10 right now? >> verizon down despite fourth-quarter profits that beat estimates. less than the record 2.1 million earlier. 3 million more than analysts surveyed by bloomberg had anticipated. the phone company reaching a deal to buy an internet tv service. we have an idea what it means for you going forward. >> who knew? ibm dropping nearly one full percent. the company is due to report fourth-quarter results in just a few minutes. analysts surveyed looking for earnings per share of six dollars flat on revenue of about 28 billion. keep i

what i found interesting during the regan years, when he was defense minister in israel, he would comeed states, meet with bill casey, the cia director, and he persuaded casey and president regan to sign a top secret finding to give $10 million to war lords in lebanon that he wanted to deal with. so his influence wasn't just in israel. it was in this country. >> some people are making the point that when israel buries ariel sharon, it may be burying the last strong leader who could actually forge peace between israel and the palestinians. >> this is an interesting point. so if you -- what is required for that perception is the idea he was so strong in israel, no one would doubt his love of israel and therefore can say to critics this is the best deal i can get and this is what is necessary to keep us safe and vital. the contrary perspective is this is a guy who said i was used to negotiating with the palestiniansuric don't think it's worth the time when people around the world were looking for some settlement, some kind of peace. they saw some of that when he said i'm going to give som

it started before midnight near regan street and bernice avenue. one person taken to the hospital but investigators say that person was taken because of a police matter, not because of the fire. we are working on this, we're trying to get more information. we'll bring you the latest just as soon as it's available.

trish regan and adam johnson joining us next. ♪ >> trish regan here alongside adam johnson.eading into the close. got out of town. i went to the bahamas. it wasounds crazy, but nice getting wet. >> we've got apple earnings less than 30 bits away. emerging markets not faring so well. argentina -- problems there, china -- >> you pull away the sugar and everyone says wait a minute. we can't buy the lesser quality names and argentina, certainly a big problem. number 10, apple coming out with numbers today. they willzgerald says give a healthy report beating estimates on the top and bottom line. full coverage of the apple results are coming up. >> xerox falling more than five percent. perform -- thet stock's valuation already inflicts the -- reflects the services and makes. >> herbalife, a seven percent rise, the most in more than a month after tim rainey, one of its biggest defenders left its analyst position to work for the company's top shareholders, joining post shareholdings. 1%number seven, cisco down -- the company's valuation is rich versus is earning attentional. >> anot

regan, making a documentary about the biggest whale -- vegas whale. >> morally against it?u buy that? >> not really. pocketbook is a gifted, because he is invested in the bricks and mortar. that is like us saying we are against amazon, morally. >> he is looking at it, willing to dabble in it, but he was making the point of but to me, it is about the experience, coming to vegas, and enjoying everything we have to offer. wetherbee the restaurant, the gambling, the clubs. he has a hard time understanding why someone would just want to gamble online. $520 million, that is the potential for revenue this year. ideaople just like that that maybe you can win. >> online is different. i understand what he is saying, and i get that there is experience to be had about whether does in vegas, macau, or any casino, but there are tons of people who just like to play online. they just like to gamble, it is not a lottery ticket -- >> the poker places. there are money laundering issues there as well. this is open the doors to's of the like that in new jersey, and now nevada. upmay follow the

i am trish regan with erik schatzker and alix steel.get was not the only retailer hacked during the holidays. we probably all heard about that. 70 million people affected. it turns out neiman marcus was another victim. there is news that there may be many more. >> yes. the news broke on friday. we learned more details about what happened. about one million customer credit and debit cards have been compromised. let's put that into perspective. targets numbers are huge. neiman marcus is numbers pale in comparison to others in recent years. you may remember what happened bytjx, people were driving and using wi-fi to steal numbers. target has 70 million, as many as 110,000. -- 110 million. the list goes on. and, as a new englander, it is hannaford. >> i am canadian. when i go back to canada, they are using smart cards. we are not. why? don't smartcards everywhere you go? >> we are americans. we do not need them. we're the largest economy in the world, we do them our way. >> you have a good point. it is safer and more secure. you have to ent

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it took kristin regan two hours to clear her driveway. >> it's light and tphraoufy and it moves but when the wind blows and it gets in your face it gives the rosie cheeks. >> reporter: parts of massachusetts have already seen more than a foot of snow than normal this winter. now, the state's annual cleanup budget is $43 million. scott, they've already spent $40 million and that doesn't include this storm. >> pelley: thanks, michelle. air travel is improving, slowly. about 1,500 flights were canceled today. that's half as many as yesterday. it brings the two-day total to nearly 4,600. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz t.v. eric, what's coming next? >> reporter: scott, good evening. cold will be the big story moving forward. we're digging out in those frigid temperatures. 3.8 inches of snow in d.c. philly has had three six-plus inch snowstorms before the start of february for the first time in recorded history. over a foot half? of snow just south of boston. now, the lows tonight, frigid, cyr owe in cleveland, 2 in green bay, philadelphia looking at the t

. >>> we turn to cnbc courtney regan for your first look at business. happy friday. >>> apple plans to introduce two new iphone mod wells larger screens. "the wall street journal" says apple will scrap the i-phone 5c. it hasn't caught on like the 5s. retailers can expect more credit card breeches after discovering 20 hack area tacks in the past year involved in the same software used against target. roiter sent out a report detailing risks by malwear that affect cash registers and card swipe machines. a propane shortage is affecting millions this week. prices have gone up $5 a gallon. a pipeline disruption made the situation worse. >> bad timing for that. >>> a man allegedly under the influence of drugs attacked the driver of a greyhound bus running the vehicle off the road. the suspect yelled i'm going to flip this bus before repeatedly hitting the driver in the face. that caused the bus to head to on coming traffic. other passengers wrestled control away from the man and stopped the bus. more than 20 people were injured, none seriously. >>> virginia's

steelrish regan with alix and our guest host jack welch. how much should workers get paid?ome in congress are pushing for $10.10 an hour with the idea that people who make more money spend more, and others worry anything about $7.25 an hour would hurt job creation. >> there are so many views, and one way to look at it is who is on the hook for worker pay, and this was discussed by varying the halt and he picked apart the walmart pay plan. -- because walmart is not paying their workers enough. >> is a complex issue. you want to say something, i see it. wouldk, the law of demand suggest that higher prices mean people will purchase less of them. does that also apply to labor markets? a prices go up for labor at mandatory level, are we in a situation where fewer people might be employed, and therefore we will be stuck with the exact same tax obligations that barry ritholz is talking about? >> government intervention labor markets is by definition disruptive. it is not a free market. it messes things up. on the other hand, there are more studies saying it will hurt jobs and stud

. >> live from new york, i am trish regan. >> i am mark crumpton. welcome to "street smart."ing into the final minutes of trading. stocks across the globe are tumbling. the dow is heading to the worst week since 2012. it is now off 255 points. we are seeing a selloff in emerging-market currencies. we will tell you what is behind he

i am trish regan. we have full team coverage of tonight's state of the union address.ned by al hunt and josh green here in new york. white house correspondent julianna goldman is with us from washington. al, i went to start with you. there were something special about a night like tonight. it is part of our tradition as a nation. >> the majesty of this venue is maic

don johnson knows a thing or two about betting in vegas and trish regan went behind-the-scenes.story about how one no- name card shark became a vegas legend, winning $15 million in the matter of months will stop >> every gambler knows when you play at the casino, the art -- that on star not in your favor. the house always wins and the rules are set in stone. >> if you play the big six wheel , the wheel right in front of the casino, you don't have much of a chance. >> he's the ceo of mgm which it owns a third of the casinos on the vegas strip. but let's say you're going to spend a thousand dollars will stop theoretically, we are going to win 20% of the money you circulate. >> on average, you will lose 20% of the money you play. but what if you could change the rules and twist the odds? >> we will negotiate for high- end players. johnson is a blackjack player who won $15 million in atlantic city in a single winning streak. >> i beat them big. >> is because he's in industry insider who knows what to negotiate before he stepped into the casino. for starters, he wants a that's. >> th

trish regan went to colorado to investigate. is a new twist on an old hide. high. >> really clean.re. >> he uses a blowtorch to get a simple concentrated hit of thc, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high. >> along the side you will see these. >> adjoint is made up of flowers which has anywhere from three to as high as 20%. the extract we have here today is around 90%. as crack is to cocaine, davin is to pot. same drug, just made more potent through chemical engineering. inhaled, orextract marijuana flowers are rinsed with a solvent in the lab. .> it goes in through the tank it comes out of the bottom into the collect your number right here. what is left the hine is a sticky, almost pure glob of thc. >> this is the concentrated part. it will heat up until it is red- hot. he will put a doma on it. the doma a sickly captures all of the smoke. dome captures all of the smoke. coloradonow legal in and now washington state. the mayor water -- marijuana rationalization is it is safe. as the striking video show, amateurs have cost explosions while trying to make it in home kitche

♪ ♪ >> we got a big selloff underway live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, i'm trish regan. >m mark crumpton, welcome to "street smart" on this thursday. >> we're seeing a lot of downside. here we are just about an hour from the close. we have the s&p and dow off better than 1%. a pretty down day all around. the nasdaq down almost a percent. we have a lot to cover. on the agenda, we're talking about h.l.f., the drama playing out on capitol hill. shares are plummeting on news that a u.s. senator is calling an investigation into is gations that the company a pyramid scheme. >> and richard sherman, his post-game interview has gone viral. we'll focus on how to manage the message without jeopardizing sponsorship dollars. >> that was unbelievable. i was feeling for erin andrews in that one. moments ago, we got news that the u.s. attorney's office subpoenaed chris christi's campaign for documents related to the bridge-gate scandal. the got news that the u.s. attorney's office subpoenaed chris christi's campaign for documents related to the bridge-gate scandal. the former campaign man

trish regan found out. knows, the odds are not in your favor.wins, roles are set in stone. play the big six wheel, right in the front of the casino, you do not have a chance. is ceo of mgm, which owns one third of the casinos on the vegas strip. >> you will spend about $1000, we will win $200 from you, about 20% of the money. average, you will lose 20% of the money you play. what if you could change the rules and twist the odds? >> they will negotiate for high end players. johnson $115 million in atlantic city and a single winning streak. >> i beat big. >> he is an industry insider who knows exactly what to negotiate before he steps in a casino. for starters, big bets. >> they were letting me play $25,000 a hand, $75,000 a swing, it is not hard to win $4 million. >> it is not hard to lose $4 million. >> i did not have $4 million to lose. >> he negotiates a 20% rebate off of all of his losses. he turns his attention to the rules of the game. >> walk me through the rules that they were -- that were so advantageous. thetanding on soft 17, dealer ge

our own trish regan travel to denver to find out more.ew twist on an old high -- this is a blowtorch? >> this gets it done quickly. >> it is packing a heated punch was >> rocklin, very pure, lots of people are feeling this is the new wave of cannabis is days. blowtorch to get a super concentrated hit of thc, the chemical in marijuana that makes people high. >> along the side, you will see all of our mothers. >> they sell pot in denver. >> the joint is made up of flowers which has anywhere from a 13 or send to a high of 20% thc. what we have today is around 90%. >> 90%? >> ef. it is great. -- as crack is to cocaine, dabbing is to pot. >> it is just a concentrate of cannabis. >> to make the thc extract and held in dabbing, marijuana flowers are rinsed with a solvent in a wrap. >> a goes into the tank through over thewashes extraction, goes through the bottom into the collector. >> what is left behind is a sticky, almost pure blob of thc called butane hash oil. >> what jake will do is clean up the ports now until it is red- hot. once he gets

. >> regan and clinton didn't believe that.tion are good times for the white house in terms of the people. >> what do we expect on the president for that? >> they realize inside the white house that in the last year's state of the union they devoted time to the laundry list of items that any president, democrat or republican, tries to use to say this is what i want to know the agenda whether it was gun control or whatever. he didn't get any of that. and they realize they have to focus on executive action and there is going to be angst about going around them. when he brought in the former white house chief of staff to be a counselor here, he's pushed for action whether it is climate change or whatever it is all about going on his own. >> critics say he didn't fulfill last year's promises. >> the president has been traveling around the country and making remarks of cleaning up last year's business. he talked about the manufact manufacturing hub and had a committee to fix voting rights. he is cleaning up last year's business and

trish regan it takes us behind the scenes.loggia bellagio casino nightclublusive hyde is one of the most expensive tables. part of its value is the view. 1200 water spraying robots, glass. $40 million. inside the club, the fountains are made of champagne. profitable club in vegas per square foot. the average table costs $8,000 per night. this 1, 200 $50,000. $250,000.e, the number of people who reserved the stable in 2013 -- two. that is out of control. where casinos eager to get their hands on the high rollers? trish explained. >> if you are spending a couple million box at the casino, they want to give you everything they can, they want to keep you there. macau?his competing with >> macau has done incredibly well and has significantly surpassed vegas. as to the documentary is that it looks at the challenges that we faced year for the gaming industry over the course of the last several years. it is through the eyes of that particular player whom you saw. millioned to win $15 playing blackjack within the span of a few months.