robert samuel started his business and sold in 2012, he was in line for an iphone and was able to sell his spot for a couple of hundred dollars. >> i revisited the idea of standing in line and holding prime spots for customers and and alert was born. >> he had an aha moment. >> 37 billion hours of spent by americans waiting in line, i'm like okay, 37 billion hours, that translates into money. >> currently has 15 employees, they wait in line for a variety of things, sneakers, cell phones, graduations. >> graduations, really. >> yeah. >> all right. >> so how much is it to have someone hold your spot, $25 for the first hour and $10 for each additional 30 minutes. robert's business can make up to a thousand dollars in one week. the professional line waiters pass the time through a variety of ways. >> netflix, hulu, and a lot of candy. >> so when i was there we went with the population games heads up and you have to guess what is written across the forehead. after waiting about an hour in line i came to the realization that this occupation is probably not for me. i don't know how good of a

brooklyn's robert samuel found the acronym sold three years ago. >> i lost my job at at&t in the winter of 2000 was on unemployment and depressed most of the year. reporter robert poston at on craigslist offering to wait for an iphone 5 and made $300. today he oversees 30 who waited an average of the light of day all year around. if the customer prefers the dudes offer to purchase a ticket or device for them but in many lines like the one today the customers arrive to claim the spot from the same old blind dude and others waiting for themselves are grumpy. >> we do visas and passports. reporter: they do it in all kinds of weather. >> we lined the inside of a garbage bag with a blanket. reporter: to past the hour's five of them this thanksgiving morning for adonis they rely on their smartphones. and after many episodes of many shows and for some a long nap a year and a trundling darkness along sixth avenue of the family arrives before 9:00 a.m. to pay the dudes claim their seed and watch the parade. with black friday a line of holiday shows and other events looming they look forward to a

the inpa nows gang of 14 partial settlement it have that dispute, the nomination of john roberts and samuel and sobering experience with another nomination. i've been invited to set the stage for how it was the john roberts was viewed in the senate and what the expectations were for him from the perspective of the senators who kumpled confirmed. i don't speak for any senator but these are my good faith impressions let's go back to the summer of 2005. the most important thing to understand is that there was a great deal of concern that any supreme court nominee would be blocked by filibuster. republican he is just 55 votes. many of us believed that democrattings would hold together to block moderate nominees. nominee who is conservative senators themselves could not support. in other words we feared some disaster. as a consequence of this fear staff spent many months working on how to frame a supreme court nomination. any nomination. the arguments would be the same regardless of who it was. in fact, i'm sure everyone remembers john roberts analogy of calling balls and strikes. well first tim

. >> brooklyn's robert samuel found same old line dude a name forms acronym soul three years ago. >> my job in the winter of 2012, i was on unemployment and depressed most of the year. >> reporter: robert posted an ad on craigs list and made more than $300. today he oversees 30 same old line dudes who it was in an average a line a day. >> christmas is most popular and consistent. >> reporter: the dudes offered to purchase the the ticket, sandwich or device for them but you in many lines the customer must arrive to claim his spot from the same old line cute, which is making others waiting for himself, grumpy. >> if you don't talk to them about it, we do passports. >> reporter: they do in all kind of weather. >> garbage bag, line the inside with the blanket. >> reporter: we have waited in line for santa claus portraits. >> reporter: to pass the hours five have of them for adon his the dudes rely on their smart phones. >> netflix, pandora. >> reporter: after many episode of many shows and for some, a long nap, out here in this the the dwindling darkness on sixth avenue the burger family

the nominations of john roberts, samuel alito and sobering experience with another nomination. ited to set the stage how it was john roberts was viewed in the senate and what the expectations were for him from the perspective of the senator who is confirmed him. obviously i don't speak for any senator but these are my good faith impressions about that experience. let's go back to the summer of 2005. the most important thing to understand is that there was a great deal of concern that any supreme court nominee would be blocked by filibuster. republicans had just 55 votes. many of us believed that democrats would hold together to block all but the most moderate of nominees, nominees who conservative senators themselves could not support. in other words, we feared some disaster. as consequence of this fear, senate and administration staff spent many months working on how to frame a supreme court nomination. any nomination. the arguments would be the same regardless of who it was. in fact i'm sure everyone recalls then judge roberts analogy of judging as umpires calling balls and st

i think the other nomination that president bush made, and we will talk about the roberts court more broadly, was samuel leo. that was an absolute home run. his opinions are beautifully written. his presence on the patch has been an and or miss asset to the court. his questions are penetrating and completely different and in some ways, unexpected, than some of the other justices. and my favorite thing about watching justice alito is how often justice kennedy will jump in and ask an attorney, what is your answer to justice alito's question? i think justice alito has been, from president bush's perspective, the home run. and of course, replacing justice o'connor, they vote for the future of this court. but what is the roberts court after 10 years? it is almost too soon to say now with the two new justices and how they will affect dynamics on the court. a new justice makes a new court. we saw justice thomas come on the court. a solid vote that changed the dynamics on record. in many ways, i think it is too soon to tell. i thought about writing another book and was encouraged to do so by my publisher and de

nomination that president bush made, and we will talk not just about john roberts but the roberts court more broadly, was samuellito and that was an absolute home run. his opinions are beautifully written. his presence on the bench has been an enormous asset to the court. is questions at oral argument are penetrating incompletely different and in some ways unexpected than some of the other justices. and my favorite thing about watching justice alito on the bench is how often justice kennedy will jump in and ask an attorney, what is your answer to justice alito's question? [laughter] so i think justice alito has been from president bush's perspective of one, the home run and, of course, replacing justice o'connor a very pivotal vote for the future of this court. but what is the roberts court after 10 years? it to me as almost too soon to say now with the two new justices how they will affect dynamics on the court because the new justices as you makes a new court and when we saw justice thomas, the court, a solid vote to change the dynamics on that court. so i think in many ways it is too soon to tell. i thought