sam jack's -- sam houston is the president of texas. sam houston new andrew jackson -- knew andrew jackson from his time in tennessee. he served under andrew jackson in the military. they knew each other from before you central time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the effort here to gain independence, the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior presidents of texas and both sides at one point or another refusing, there were other issues going on. a state that accepted slavery was an issue great britain getting involved, kind of spurring the united states and the state of texas. finally in 1844, it became a major issue and it gets revisited again. andrew jackson writes to his old friend sam houston, basically saying it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the united states for this to happen, and he ends the letter saying, "god get -- god bless you and yours may it great you prosperity in this life and the life to come, yo

andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee and sam jack's -- sam houstonthe president of texas. sam houston new andrew jackson -- knew andrew jackson from his time in tennessee. he served under andrew jackson in the military. they knew each other from before you central time in texas. circumstances pushed houston to texas. he became involved in the effort here to gain independence, the push for annexation and joining the united states. that issue had gone back and forth between prior presidents of texas and both sides at one point or another refusing, there were other issues going on.

joining us to explain are the co-founder co-founders, jack and sam. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> jack, let's start with you. you had a group, putting music online and you weren't getting much back. what got you to this position? >> yes, it's the frustration of having, you know, hundreds of thousands of users or in our case millions of views and feeling like we had this community around our work. we were reaching people. they're leaving comments. we know they're there. they're real people. then at the end of the month, after, you know, a million views, we get a check for a couple hundred dollars. and that just feels so wrong. and so it was that feeling that led to this. i spent three months working on music videos, working 18-hour days, put it out, got a check in the mail for 100 bucks. thought, nope, that's not how it's going to work. >> i can understand that frustration entirely. how does patreon work now? is this a donation or an investment in the artist right? the. >> artists sort of get ongoing funding from their fans. the idea is tha

jack dorisy. he's seen here, quite some time ago, founder. twitter, sam, but he's the company's chairman. he's not really thought of the face of twitter any longer. dick costello is the ceo. the last time isis threatened twitter, they mentioned costello. now twitter is working with the fbi and the san francisco p.d. >> how is the security changing as a result of what's happened here? >> reporter: well, they're not talking, we will mention that tech companies have incredible private security as well. we're not talking about just contractors, these are former people who have worked in the middle east, overseas, they have one particular agency, the big tech companies, particularly like to draw from, and it ain't the fbi. so, while i can't say specifically, twitter is perfectly safe. they have an incredible internal security company. >> and lastly, this all comes about as a result of twitter blocking jihadist accounts. >> reporter: that's what they're upset about. in some cases, they can knock down within minutes of someone putting it back up. >> such an avenue for spreading -- recruiting. >>

made online threats against twitter's founder jack dorsey and other twitter proi eyes because twitter has been shutting down accounts that promote isis. samre there threats and how tasable are they? >> we don't want to become a mega phone for this group but they didn't just threaten jack dorsey, the cofounder of twitter and twitter employees, also their family members saying they're upset that their accounts have been closed down. what we try to do with the arabic speaking team here at cnn when we see the threats online, try to establish is this an account that we're familiar with or just some random person trying to seek attention president it didn't look like this is an official account that we're familiar with. but it disease look like a group that self identifies as a isis supporter. on your show in september we talked about a group claiming to use the same name, threatening twitter's head quarters in san francisco. twitter is taking this seriously. a spokesperson told me earlier today the following, quote, our security team is investigating the veracity of these threats with relevant law enforcement officials. we've contacted the fbi

take a look at what's hot other screen with sam ill further and samuel always p jackson >> as made in hollywood celebrates his 20th season >> i am human jack l. jackson >> on "made in hollywood" >> "made in hollywood" [ >> this is "made in hollywood." ♪ ♪ >>> "chappie" examines what it really means to be human through the eyes of a reprogrammed police droid who becomes the first sen identity end robot >> i hi, i am hugh jackman, this is "made in hollywood" and this is a scene from my upcoming movie "chappie." >> the deployment of the planet's first robotic police unit. became the focus. world in 2016. >> drop your weapons. you are under arrest. >> vincent moore is a former soldier. >> problems without official intelligence is way too unpredictable >> all of my life i have been worried about robots take over the worlds >> have you? >> yes. it is going to take over the world and this movie doesn't deter my fears >> what i love about this movie is i ply the guy like you who is frightened by robots taking over and what's their sense of right and wrong and what happens to us, do we become obsolete. but i think what i love about this movie is ne

again treasury secretary jack lewis says he is making contingency plans just in case the cash is not there the u.s. will be hitting its debt limit but unlike you and me uncle sam can just increase the credit limit. we do that all the time i suspect this time is no different because we you're better printing money but not too good to find ways to not print as much. and what they plan to do in the meantime. >> the goal of federal policy is to create growth not stifle it. pc small businesses suffering americans suffering trying to pay back their credit-card bill that yet the federal government is given a blank check every time. we need to look how policies are affecting americans and right now they're not doing so hot react like money grows on trees. >> is it enough? if you cannot make do with that on an annual basis? >> i cannot even dream that money. >> then you have real issues. >> they do. that is a problem we have expanded entitlements in government programs that will directly hurts everybody most importantly my generation because we carry a lot of debt from the baby boomer generation. i don't thank you look good day over 25 but we're at the point will where

again treasury secretary jack lewis says he is making contingency plans just in case the cash is not there the u.s. will be hitting its debt limit but unlike you and me uncle samincrease the credit limit. we do that all the time i suspect this time is no different because we you're better printing money but not too

sam adams boston lager. declare your independence from common beer. check out my breakfast! eggs... sausage... ham... bacon... cheese... and sourdough bread. uh, mine's easier. get a load of jack'sfast buffet right in your hand. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back to "late night." we are here with will forte. you had so many great characters at "snl," one of my personal favorites was hamilton whiteman. for those who have forgotten, talk a little about hamilton because he was an interesting cat. >> hamilton is -- basically how would you describe him? he's a close minded, some might say borderline racist. >> seth: yeah. >> or over the border racist. >> seth: i would say he's a white supremacist, i would say he says very offensive things. he's in general, a pretty bad guy. i did not know -- >> with a heart of gold. bad guy with a heart of gold. >> seth: yeah. anyways, we were giving -- my rehearsal dinner, we were, people were giving toasts. and all of a sudden, my brother's running the toasts. i didn't know, obviously we hadn't invited hamilton whiteman. >> yes. >> seth: but he showed up. and so this is a clip. we're going to show a clip now from my wedding video. here

sam smith's transformation. autria: right now at 7:56, we want to get a check on traffic. jackwrinkle, unfortunately. dupont circle, traffic signals are flashing the whole way around, messing up traffic as you ride through. and the four-way stop, no one to assist there yet. ellicott city, 29 southbound, a long-standing crash, more than 2.5 hours on south 29. the delays on 70 should begin to ease sometime before tomorrow. jacqui, what about our snow for tomorrow? jacqui: areas of north and west have the best chance of a couple of inches. it should be pretty slushy, if anything, on the roadways. wet for most of the sea -- for most of d.c.. clouds will thicken up through the afternoon, a high temperature around 50 expected. that is unseasonably cool by about five to 10 degrees. advisories for areas north and west of d.c., the potential for snowfall but not all of that will stay on the ground. you will see it more on the grass than anything else. autria:. crews are at the scene of a house fire in springfield. we want to get to news in frederick because police in frederick are searc

sam brock. san francisco bay's twitter working with law enforcement officers to investigate an apparent isis-related threat. isis or someone who is affiliated with the terrorist group singled out twitter founder jackre this morning at a san jose strip mall. it broke out near south king and tulley. crews managed to contain the fire to one room. a massage parlor involved. no one was injured. firefighters have not indicated how the fire started. >>> and some relief at last for lake tahoe ski resorts. this after a major dose of fresh powder fell over the weekend. sugar bowl ski resort got two feet of snow. a resort spokesperson says yesterday was the busiest day they've had since december and there's more where that came from. sugar bowl expects up to a half a foot today. unfortunately, the recent surge of snow will not make up for what's been overall a dismal season. >>> we are going to have a look at your weather and traffic after this break. >>> well, good morning to you. we're tracking a few showers this morning. you know the showers will be here by lunchtime. for the meantime a good mix of sun and clouds through the bay area. temperatures are chilly back into the 40s. later on this afternoon, not