one of the most influential psychiatrists of our time, robert spitzer, died friday in seattle. in 1973, spitzer engineered a landmark vote by the american psychiatric association, to stop treating homosexuality as an illness. and later, in editing the profession's diagnostic manual, he applied the first clear criteria to describe and diagnose mental disorders. he coined names for conditions that are household words today, like anorexia, bipolar and panic disorders, and post traumatic stress disorder. but in 2001, spitzer caused a storm with a study seeming to support therapies to "cure" homosexuals. he retracted the study in 2012, admitting it was flawed. robert spitzer was 83 years old. >> thompson: can you imagine living on only two dollars a day? here in new york city, that wouldn't even buy you a single ride on the subway. yet, millions of americans spend a portion of the year surviving on less. the book "two dollars a day: living on almost nothing in america," explores the 1.5 million american households scraping by for extended periods of time with practically no cash inc

to be informed to assure that trademarks get marked spitzer but it is important for the trademark owners but there is also of the opportunity to be a big prayer and older and i asked when we were discussing what did you try to do with your brand? why did you pay $185,000? so i encouraged him to talk to the business development people and those said to be leveraged. i heard some business plans and there are some good ideas to leverage that new space. >> host: but there are some controversial ones. >> so said the freedom that we cherished comes with expressions that we may not agree with but the openness and freedom as long as it is not against any laws or policies. san this comes with any medium. >> i will shift gears a little bit especially over the last year with the internet players is it offered out of rebuke to speak where uc icann role and how those revelations change the conversation. >> web privacy of the internet is from the trust to the system. and as they reduce that trust the pendulum swings of how the internet should look like. and has an important impact. and through these r

. >> will spitzer. >> spitzer! regardless of that crazy face this footage is fascinating and there are hours of it. i am glad candidates found a way to get around the campaign finance law thank god we have ways to skirt the laws. nobody even scarce. we set up the laws. all right, well -- >> and we are telling you we found ways to do it. >> doesn't it show the laws are stupid? >> the laws are stupid, but still. come on. you mentioned the table. what kind of mom doesn't know how long her daughter's arms are? horrible parenting. i can see the opposition ads. ted cruz claims to be religious and it takes his family three tries to say grace. and it is hard to think people say politicians are phony. yeah, you are taking -- watching take after take. >> you need to watch it all. every family member has hour long videos. >> we have to go to the next story. in cur key -- turkey it has a prison sentence. he is accused of sharing this beam with the turkish president. a judge has asked five people, two academics and two behavior

why don't you tell that to el yort spitzer? >> we knew about eliot. >> i'm merely saying they were caught up in 2001 era terror laws meant to prevent al qaeda from killing us, and their privacy ended up being violated and those guys are crucified. >> it's different than having your e-mail read than banning muslims from the country. >> i'm an american, they're not. >> i'm an american, too. it's so cracked. >> let me say, if there's burglaries in your neighborhood, is your response to lock your doors or go out and start shooting people -- >> why should -- >> why should i give my privacy away to protect this country? >> why is everyone concerned about the one terrorist and not the one guy who didn't have a background check? and got his weapon? >> i don't even know what you're talking about. i don't think disarming me or taking my privacy away. >> no one's disarming you. >> this is interesting. from my perspective, neither banning muslims or forcing facebook and twitter to monitor their users' accounts will make a difference to ter

. >> shelly silver and eliot spitzer those were three most powerful men in the room. three of them all places in their career right now. >> it is certainly a disgrace. robert moses thank you very much. donald trump in the headline the for a meeting with a group of african-american pastors. >> touted two hour plus meeting in trump tower as an event to be endorsed by these religious leaders and that meeting recast played the talk of endorsements. >> it was like one of the most inspiring meetings, unbelievable. the love they have for the poem they represent and people generally was incredible. >> criticized by some of the african-american community saying he's spreading racist rhetoric on the campaign trail. >> adam have you recovered from black friday and cybermonday and all of your shopping? >> i vice president done my shopping. i did my charitable giving but i haven't done shopping i'm one of the procrastinators. >> big shopping days still to come. >> still to come. let's start with today because you referenced it charitable giving, tuesday new york the 92nd street y,

. >> tell that to the former governor of new york eliot spitzer. >> question knew about hillary's e-mail. >> i am saying they were caught up in 2001 al qaeda for killing us and their privacy is being violated. >> it seems to me you are more upset about having your e-mail red and we are talking about banning muslims from the country. >> i am an american. >> i am an merp, too. >> let me ask you this quick. are there burglaries in your neighbor s neighborhood? >> yes. >> they are shooting people. >> we have refugees living in my apartmentive my gun up and privacy away. >> why are guns part of this conversation? >> it's the same thing. >> why is everyone concerned about the one terrorist not the one guy who did a background check and got his weapons? >> don't even know what you are talking about. i don't think disarming me -- >> i think from counter-terrorism perspective the council (indiscernible). two things a terrorist will do. they will use encrypted apps based in companies out of germany we just discussed and they have no jurisdiction. even if they are they will have levels of encryptio

carl spitzer was working at the e.r. christmas day.said four different people came in with wrist or minor head injuries. >> predominantly minor trauma, but people are hitting their head hard enough that they can cause lacerations, skull fractures and intercranial bleeding. when the boards were reviewed them for overall safety before christmas, their engineer had a spill of his own. >> it went that way and i went that way. the sudden body movements are easy to control at low speed but you get control going faster, it causes you to hit a bump and shift your weight, you can lose control. >> consumer reports recommended using a skateboard helmet, pads and guards. it's advice other some people aren't following. >> you know, it's a new toy, it's fun, what can happen? >> the hashtag hover board fails is a virtual blatter of spills and injuries from people around the country. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> gas prices are soaring here in california. it is a shortage caused by unplanned maintenance issues at refineries in the state. they say the

why don't you tell that to el yort spitzer?new about eliot. >> i'm merely saying they were caught up in 2001 era terror laws meant to prevent al qaeda from killing us, and their privacy ended up being violated and those guys are crucified. >> it's different than having your e-mail read than banning muslims from the country. >> i'm an american, they're not. >> i'm an american, too. it's so cracked. >> let me say, if there's burglaries in your neighborhood, is your response to lock your doors or go out and start shooting people -- >> why should -- >> why should i give my privacy away to protect this country? >> why is everyone concerned about the one terrorist and not the one guy who didn't have a background check? and got his weapon? >> i don't even know what you're talking about. i don't think disarming me or taking my privacy away. >> no one's disarming you. >> this is interesting. from my perspective, neither banning muslims or forcing facebook and twitter to monitor their users' accounts will make a difference to terrorists.

carl spitzer was working at the e.r. christmas day. he said four different people came in with wrist or minor head injure writes. >> predominantly minor trauma, but people are hitting their head hard enough that they can cause lacerations, skull fractures and enter cranial bleeding. when the boards were revieweddor overall safety before christmas, their engineer had a spill of his own. >> it went that way and i went that way. the sudden body movements are easy to control at low speed but you get control going faster, it causes you to hit a bump and shift your weight, you can lose control. >> they recommended using a skateboard helmet, pads and guards. it's advice other some people aren't following. >> you know, it's a new toy, it's fun, what can happen? >> there is a blotter of spills and injuries from people across the country. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >>> the faa is concerned with an estimated purchase of 1 million drones this holiday season. the agency worries there will be more trouble in the skies and on the ground. drones can

carl spitzer was working at the e. r. christmas day. he said four different people came in with wrist or minor head injure writes. >> about redominantly minor trauma but people are hitting their head hard enough they can cause extras and enter cranial bleeding. >> when the engineers reviewed the hover boards for safety before christmas, their engineer had a spill of his own. >> it went that way and i went that way. it's easy to control at low speed but you get going faster and hit a bump and causes you to shift your balance, cap very easily lose your control. >> they recommended using a skateboard helmet, pads and guards. it's advice other some people aren't following, it's a new toy, it's fun, what can happen. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >>> the faa is concerned with an estimated purchase of 1 million drones this holiday season. the agency worries there will be more trouble in the skies and on the ground. drones can and do drop from the sky, posting a great risk to traffic and pedestrian. operators take risk when driving them into proh

the hubble telescope, the spitzer telescope, the successor to hubble, the james webb telescope.a plan that goes in front of the face of its star during that time, you can break down the light of the planet and figure out the spectrum of the planet possibly. look for water, carbon dioxide, eventually even perhaps oxygen. by the time we get to the late 20s, 2020s, we hope to be able to have a telescope that can actual limb imagine those planets directly, get a spectrum and maybe sometime be able to say that planet there, maybe not wolf 1061, but another star, has a planet that's earth 2.0. >> when we talk about the planet which is closest to us, which looks hospitable, we're still talking an awesomely long way away. 82 trillion miles. >> hop, skip and a jump for the millennium falcon. >> it's not real. >> oh! no jet packs, no millennium falcon, but we're working on it. >> no hyper drive. >> what does this change in terms of what we know about exoplanets. >> what it says to us is the statistics are being born out and if we concentrate on our local 5000 stars, we will start to find