emily: that vital system that professor stephen hawking relies on has recently gotten an upgrade.foure minutes to open a word document, can now take around 10 seconds. intel has been working with stephen hawking for decades, and the latest upgrade was over two years in the making. >> be completely change the way he's interfacing with aspects of the system, to have and not rely on the mouse. whatever he happens to be doing, we would surface the most logical things he might want to do. emily: that also applies to his -to-speech program. it has doubled speech rates. it considers what he was last writing, whether there were errors, and tries to predict which character he might choose next. to do that, the program has to learn how hawking writes and speech -- writes and speaks, by analyzing documents. >> the tests we ran shows that of a given body of text, made up of a certain number of characters, professor hawking would only have to enter around 15%-20% of those, and the rest would be inferred. emily: here's the crazy part. everything stephen hawking does on his computer is triggered

the e-mail i got was from the office of stephen hawking. you're kidding. why? he's coming to the university for a couple weeks to lecture, and he's looking for an engineer to help maintain the equipment on his wheelchair. that's amazing. you'll be like his pit crew. a word of caution: i would not do your stephen hawking impression in front of him. (in stephen hawking's voice): you're right. i suppose that could be considered offensive. boy, sheldon's going to freak out. yeah, he worships hawking. i was actually thinking about bringing him along

what stephen hawking has to say about the discovery that many believe will unlock the universe. alison: d.c. residents get to weigh in on a plan to shut down d.c. homeless chapter by opening them in every city ward. leon: we will get the latest on breaking news from new jersey as an inferno engulfs a warehouse complex. doug: cold temperatures and gusty winds out there. we'll see even colder temperatures toward the weekend. that's still to come at 6:00. i lead the 11 o'clock news with stories of gun violence. and like many of you, my family lived through the beltway sniper crisis. in congress, i'll fight to expand background checks on guns and ammunition, ban assault weapons, and mandate gun safety locks, because too many kids die from accidental shootings. let's show the nra we're not afraid of them; as democrats, as americans, as parents. i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. leon: bleak -- breaking news in new jersey. warehouse fire. we are learning that the smoke is not toxic and no one has been hurt. maureen: "7 on your side" fighting back against crime with the

when we finished the set, i went to him and i said, "oh, my god, stephen hawking." he was so generous and powerful, but my latin roots, i was, like, trying to hug him. and there was no motion. i realized that you can have a lot of energy with a quiet motion. he was very energetic, but very passive, too. and it was a beautiful experience, and that was the night that obama won the presidency. so it meant a lot to me. >> hinojosa: so you spend a lot of your time giving back to young people, because... i mean, you don't have to be doing that. why is it so important? what is the message that you want to leave with these young people, about what? about music, about understanding values? >> very important to me, maria, is how music is used as a social tool to empower society, to make better human beings, to make people... see, we are dealing right now with issues, very important issues like isolation. so music brings the element of working in group, teamwork, discipline. because, you know, if you're practicing something... if i'm practicing something (plays piano) i have t

seriously, you're gonna miss a chance to meet stephen hawking? reid will kill you. well, then i'm dead. why don't you want to go? [sighs] it's personal. how about that? oh, it's per-- oh, my god, it's personal? that never occurred to me that it would be personal. i thought is was like stock market related will you cut it out, already. ok. keep your super secrets to yourself, 007. look, just do me a favor. find out how many of flynn's uberfans live in seattle. then i want you to narrow it down even more by cross-referencing with people with anger management issues. yeah, derek-- thank you and goodbye, garcia. hello? what are you doing here, carl? uh, i was missing a personal photo. thought maybe i left it here. your cubicle was cleaned out when you were fired. what do you really want? you made a big mistake when you fired me. i mean--i don't have a gun, it that's what you're worried about. and i just wondered why you did it. oh, come on, you know why. i was getting complaints about you. customers are never happy. you yelled at them. and you scared your co-workers. th

have already signed up for the $250,000 flights: angelina jolie and brad pitt, paris hilton and stephen hawking. something you should know before traveling overseas. apple is recalling about 895-thousand work travel adapter kits and wall plug adapters for countries like australia, brazil and continential europe. the two prong adapters can break off -- posing a shock hazard. you can contact apple for a free replacement. mickey-d's is getting in on the chicken and waflles craze....sort of. the fast food joint is giving its own spin to this by testing out the "chicken mcgriddle". it's basically a chicken and pancake sandwich -- no waffle. you take a mcchicken -- subtract the bun...and add the pancakes. mcdonalds is testing the sandwich at central ohio now. it's a broken bond. a child gone before their time. and we're learning race can play a role in infant to bear the burden of losing a child. and infant mortality effects a lot of coloradoans. thcolorado is the 5th lowest in the united states... and african american infants face a much higher risk of not surviving.. when compared to babies. our pa

stephen hawking is now saying the power of a mini black hole as the earth's electricity supply. when people asked where they could find a mini black hole, stephen hawking said -- >> ask your mom. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: rude. he is rude. >> jimmy: every time we ask him for a quote -- >> steve: every time, it's ridiculous. >> jimmy: we ask him for a a quote, he says something filthy like that. [ laughter ] >> steve: it's filthy. >> jimmy: guys, finally, this is a little controversial here. i saw that oral roberts university is now telling students that wearing fitbits is mandatory. yeah, logging less than 10,000 steps a day will affect their grades. so finally, some good news for students doing the walk of shame. [ laughter and applause ] 4,000 steps, zero regrets. i feel great. we have a great show, give it up for the roots! >> jimmy: hey, macarena. oh, hey guys. you know the week of february 15th, we are going to do a week of shows from los angeles. but the night before on february 14th, valentine's day, we are doing a two- hour "tonight show" anniversary special. [

sent back incredible photos from 3 billion miles away. [ music continues ]eminent scientists, stephen hawking, sent words of congratulations. >> i would like to congratulate and nasa on their pioneering decade long mission to explore the pluto system in the kuiper belt.king is paralyzed and speaks with the help of a computer. you can learn more about his incredible story in the hit movie "the theory of everything." a pretty good grasp of just how important rockets are in our world -- and out of it. when we return, you'll meet someho took top honors in an international rocketry challenge. "teen kids news" will be right >> here's the challenge -- to build a rocket that will fly about 800 feet into the sky carrying a raw egg, and then the h gently enough so as not to crack the egg. here's a look at what i mean. >> 3...2...1...launch! >> yes!attered cheers ]ly to an altitude of 800 feet... >> while carrying an egg which cannot crack upon re-entry to the earth.s to come down between 46 to 48 seconds. >> it has to be under 650 grams, and there's a limit of 22 inches long. plays ] you're the egg. bu

nacho grande stephen hawking . akron-canton currently 37 . it gets colder because of the onshore windc feels like you're freezing in akron-canton . drive south along 77, a is going to clout taken over especially eastern half of the area tonight at four morning more sunshine to the west .ng expecting mostly cloudy tomorrow . the london leg will be a completely different story tot tonight upper 20s, partly cloudy the false move will be visible tonight .he john kasich took some heat for a comment he made before a virginia crowd. >> went to washington washington after pulling my> mom's advice was in the legislature at the got an army of people and many women who left their kitchensn to go door-to-door to put up yard signs all the way back whent things were different .. >> after that comment if you download or told him that she would support him but would not come out of the kitchen, a spokesman defended the definitive remark said that hisis campaigns have always been homegrown affairs. the uber driver accused of a killing spree and killing spree

. >> stereo stephen >>> hawking named the new spacecraft the unity, and the outline of his eye is used for the logo. >>> lights hitting yosemite is making a waterfall looks as if late in the day during mid to late february, the sun hits the shorts and turns the water into what looks like fire. >> the winds have quiet the down along the front range, and it looks pretty good. from dawn to dusk, the photos were simply amazing. a lot of you sending us these great photos on facebook and twitter. there in highlands ranch. we have had a very warm month thus far. 12 days above average. only 7 below in the beginning of the month when we had almost 12 inches of snow. tough to find that in the forecast. mid-60s today at dia. 60s along the eastern plains. low 70s in pueblo. 44 right now. mostly clear skies out at dia. winds out of the west northwest, 12 miles per hour, a huge improvement from where we were. in the backyard, temperatures in the low 40s. really comfortable friday night. cooler temperatures will be making their way into the metro area coming up this weekend. the wind speeds have just

among those rumored to have signed up and plopped down money, jolie and brad pitt and stephen hawking. >>> pluto's primary moon may have had an ocean. the space craft has a lot of the southwest research institute helped. it's traveled 3 million miles. spend more than 9 years on the mission. >> it's amazing. >> when you think about how far away it is and the detailed pictures. >> i interviewed the guy in charge of that. he said they will be getting pictures in for a long time now. they had to try and do this inexpensively. so they're sending the pictures back just a few at a time. took so many pictures for years, we're going to be getting pictures back. >> good stuff. >> 5:45 right now. it's being called the battle on the blade. the first ever collegiate hockey game is happening tomorrow night. >> pioneers are facing off against colorado college in their first outdoor game. >> 9news reporter noel brennan joining us from coors field. noel is hoping for a repeat of their game last night. get -- to get to play on that ice behind you. >> reporter: definitely a different venue here at coors

a video of stephen hawking was ceremony revealing the ship's name unity. he said he is always dreamed of flying to space and hopes of virgin's new ship will help make that dream a reality. >>> for the last five days many schools around the world have been taking part in random act of kindness week turning it into a year-round club. >> in >> you can count on getting overwhelmed and you can blame this beautiful mess on the care club. >> caring, appreciative, respectful sympathetic people. >> this person has never been so happy to hang laundry. >> our project is called socks for souls. >> we're going to give them to the homeless of their feet are always warm and put them in the backpack. >> backpacks that aren't just being filled with footwear. >> i think we've done a great job. >> i love helping people. >> but the original idea for the care club started a year and a half ago right here in the principal's office, and it came from a pretty special boat special principle. lauren left a lasting impression. leave a legacy how really one day as a principal could t

here is stephen hawking. it provides ag: new way of looking at the universe, the ability to protect them has the potential to revolutionize astronomy. has taken decades to plan and build the technology to make this possible. actuallyck holes spiraled a billion years ago. it has been traveling to us since then. we turned on our detectors at the right time. >> 50 years of effort are thing off, opening a remarkable new view of the heavens. jane: for more on what this means, i spoke with dr. s. james gates who serves on president obama's council of advisors. professor, welcome and thank you for joining me. .t is mind blowing what does it mean for somebody as ordinary as me? >> thank you for the opportunity. this is a red letter day for physicist. but me give you an analogy. suppose you are watching a show with the sound turned down. you might enjoy the emotion, but you would not know the story. now turn the sound on and you get the story. we can hear the universe for the first time with this technology. not only

. >> stereo stephen >>> hawking named the new spacecraft the unity, and the outline of his eye is used for the logo. >>> lights hitting yosemite is making a waterfall looks as if lava flows from the cliff. late in the day during mid to late february, the sun hits the what looks like fire. >> the winds have quiet the down along the front range, and it looks pretty good. from dawn to dusk, the photos were simply amazing. a lot of you sending us these great photos on facebook and twitter. gorgeous one out there in highlands ranch. we have had a very warm month thus far. 12 days above average. only 7 below in the beginning of the month when we had almost 12 inches of snow. tough to find that in the forecast. mid-60s today at dia. 60s along the eastern plains. low 70s in pueblo. mostly winds out of the west northwest, 12 miles per hour, a huge improvement from where we were. in the backyard, temperatures in the low 40s. really comfortable cooler their way into the metro area coming up this weekend. the wind speeds have just been amazing. monarch pass, 148 miles per gallon, topping our recor

. >> plus, a break-through discovery that proves that will stephen hawkings was right about a theory he had years ago. >> and a great day today, and a nice night. skies are clear, and we are talking about the weekend right 3 u-s se kerry says diplomates have agreed to work with parties in syria to intimate a cease implement a keys cease fire. the u.s. says diplomates from other country have agreed to increase humanitarian aid to syrians in besieged areas. >> a little ray of light there, but tensions between north and south korea are heating up again. south korea has cut off the power and water supply to an industrial no one that is run jointly with north core rearks this north korea, thisafter the north kicked out the south's workers and froze assets. they say that the launch of a missile test and is in violation of the treaty. >> and to ionstein einstein was right, he predicted the existence of gravitational waves a part of his theory of relativity, and he claimed that the waves were created by violent clietions collisions in collisions inthe universe, and it was just a theory, and

it was just named unity by stephen hawking. as you see, they let harrison ford take the controls. up who have paid $250,000 apiece. the new spaceship will not be taking them up just yet. >> virgin says it has a lot of ground testing to do before they get spaceshiptwo into the skies. >> the company has made many changes to make it safer. the first spaceshiptwo crashed and broke apart in late 2014, an accident that killed one of its pilots. human error was to blame. like the predecessor, the new spaceship will be carried into the air by a giant plane and dropped. from there, it will launch its engines and take people up 62 miles above the ground, the fringes of outer space. no word on when tourist flights will begin. >> meanwhile, astronauts on board the international space station are taking out the trash. today commander scott kelly used a robot arm to release a cargo craft docked at the station. it's expected to burn up somewhere over the pacific tomorrow. delayed earlier this month when mold was found on a cargo bag. >> the l

richard branson, to the woman on the front that represents his mother to the eye that represents stephen hawking. who also spoke on unity.""we seem to cooperate as nations in space in a way we can only envy on earth."sir branson said this new space age only starts with spaceship two-- but opens up the opportunities to so much more "we'll be putting bigger rays and satellites into space which will connect three or four billion people many of them not connected will be able to be connected. and if you can get wifi and if you can get internet access it can help you get out of the poverty trap." "we are all time travelers, traveling together into the future, but let us make that future a place we want to visit."a future many hope to see this a cold front will drop south through the area overnight allowinga wedge of high pressure to build in from the north throughmonday. this will bring cool and damp conditions to theregion...along with some patchy fog. by wednesday, a large area of low pressure will moveout of the lower mississippi valley and into the great lakes region...bringing another round of w

stephen hawking is a big fan, and he named the unity, and he is getting a free ride on it when it's ready for space. >>> i love this story. favorite of the day. eating chocolate improved brain function. you like that one, huh, amy? >> amy: i love it. >> reporter: people who eat chocolate more test better on memory, reasoning, and examination. plus people who ate chocolate did not necessarily eat more junk food. researchers say that eating protect you against memory loss. another reason to eat up. s. >>> and from fox news, this one says mars in three days? nasa touts new propulsion system. they're working on new technology that could cut a trip to mars down from a few months to a few days. a giant sail instead of using energy from the sun's rays. the technology would need to be tested on an unmanned aircraft first. once perfected, the laser technology could be used to take humans to planets far beyond mars. >> john: i don't think the problem is taking us out there, but it's coming back. only three days, you could go and come back and see your family again. >> amy: but not leaving you on ma

richard branson, to the woman on the front that represents his mother to the eye that represents stephen hawking. who also spoke on unity.""we seem to cooperate as nations in space in a way we can only envy on earth."sir branson said this new space age only starts with spaceship two-- but opens up the opportunities to so much more "we'll be putting bigger rays and satellites into space which will connect three or four billion people many of them not connected will be able to be connected. and if you can get wifi and if you can get internet access it can help you get out of the poverty trap." "we are all time travelers, traveling together into the future, but let us make that future a place we want to visit."a future many hope to see this nascar's biggest event happens at the beginning of the year. we are talking about the great american race....the daytona 500. and boy whata race. coming up we head down to florida for the sights and sounds of the race that came down to a matter of less than a second. stick and stay for that. but first. we had some state champions crowned over the weekend. congra

stephen hawking among those who >> he said $250,000 for a ticket to space. hawking named the new spacecraft the unity and the out line of his eye is on the ship's logo. >> stephen hawking sent a message saying he would be honored to ride in this spacecraft. >>> welcome back everyone. a live look over downtown denver. not a cloud in the sky. we see those drivers starting to get to the roads, starting to get there great, sunny travel day planned. >> hey, we have a lot coming up on 9news at 8:00. suvs shut down a portion of i-70 earlier this week. >>> also, the critical day in the race for president. we are hours away from the results of the south carolina primary. the democrats also battling for the nevada caucuses. antonin scalia will be laid to rest today. thousands expected to attend. store. that's it. behind it. we will share it in the next hour. >>> a suv shut down a portion of i-70 earlier this week. when will those actual suvs be allowed back on. >>> a critical day from the race for patient. hours away from the primary and nevada caucuses. >>> supreme c