is twitter in your stratosphere? >> yeah. >> is it a short 1234. >> that is in our stratosphere as a short. the number one thing with twitter is you are trying to figure out what the ultimate opportunity is for the company. and that comes down to how many people are willing to use it. and as we've seen, they continue to miss in terms of how many people they are adding to the platform. and so you look at facebook and they continue to upside surprise in terms of how strong this business is. even though they are five times the size in terms of the user base. roughly five times, relative to twitter. so i think you have to go with where the strength is. and i think, you know, facebook is just a better platform in terms of garnering users. and we've seen that. that is in the numbers. you can't debate. >> it can i ask you how long you have had the short on twitter on? the questions about the business model and management have certainly -- >> yeah, i don't remember when this last one was put on. but you have been talking to

that was a really big sort of catalyst in launching her to the stratosphere. >> but personal songs about-- >> had its down side. >> she does have a tendency to have these relationships. she falls too hard, too fast sometimes for the wrong guy for short periods of time. >> yet the bumps with the boys didn't diminish the brand. >> you know how hard it would be to maintain such an image or such a representation if you weren't that person? it would be damn near impossible. >> taylor swift hand picked country sensation frank ee ballard to tour with her in 2011. >> when things go good you get the credit. when things go bad, it's your fault. so i still think about her in the back of my head and think, what would taylor do, you know? what would taylor do? >> wwtd. >> i got it tattooed on my chest. >> by 2014, swift was ready for reinvention. she moved from nashville to new york and swore off the boys, something john rich and big kenny fully support. >> honestly, she's too young for a man in her life anyway. >> she's too young. >> so your advice to her then in the love life. >> advice to her is a

he helped launch broadband balloons to connect to the internet through the stratosphere. now, sebastian thrun is on to his greatest ambition yet, democratizing a higher education, by sharing knowledge with people that can't afford it, via the internet. joining me on "studio 1.0," inventor, professor, and founder, sebastian thrun. i thought we could start our interview wearing google glass because you have been a big part of it. how often do you wear these? >> mostly outdoors, out and about. with my kids. when i go bicycling and hiking. >> what is the most surprising thing you have done wearing google glass? >> you know, i had this ambition to make a device that you can wear all day. in every situation. and, it is, for me, it is awkward in a personal conversation. this is something that excites me much more when i'm out and about. >> there is a stigma against wearing google glass. there is a word for it called "glass hole." >> i think it is a new technology, and i remember there used to be a time when you took a cell phone call, they would ask you out. because it was such

he helped launch broadband balloons to connect to the internet through the stratosphere.bastian thrun is on to his greatest ambition yet, democratizing a higher education, by sharing knowledge with people that can't afford it, via the internet. joining me on "studio 1.0," inventor, professor, and founder, sebastian thrun.

the estimates are in the stratosphere, mid six figures. is there any social benefit whatsoever, or are you building a super play thing for the super rich? >> a great question. our car is going to cost $529,000. it's in pre-sales now. we're going to production at the start of next year. we'll deliver to our lucky customers before the end of 2015. to answer your question, the super car market plays an important role in the technology market of the auto sector. it's one of the reasons why we've focused on performance. if you look at innovations like injection, overhead cams, carbon fiber, those were pioneered by people seeking performance at the highest level. now it's part of the model s, the i3, and it allows cars to be lighter, safer, and use less gas today. you cannot deliver our technology at a $50,000 or $20,000 price points. you can deliver it to the marketplace and allow people to see how it works and lay the groundwork for products that today become the mass market products of tomorrow. >> and you get attention. you will get more att

stratosphere trampoline park. kanye was there for a birthday parties.s wife was there or if he was traveling solo. >> there's another hour of "action news" sunday morning straight ahead. >> here's some of the stories we're working on for you. dramatic video of a woman rushing a baby to ambulance after an infant hurt if a file. homeowner made accusations to "action news" overnight. >> and a football team from philadelphia win title at disneyworld and update from meteorologist chris sowers and disneyworld and update from meteorologist chris sowers and accuweather we'll be right back. skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? ♪ skippy!! ♪ yippee!! i'm bored. hashtag bored. skippy!! yippee!! look a ride! (vo) made with the funnest peanuts ever! skippy. yippee!! ♪ >> "action news" is 2308ing two new developing stories overnight fire in germantown trapped residents on roof of the house and the blaze is being called suspicious. >> officers were taken to the hospital. >> and boys are back in town. eagles and cowboys tonig

. >> we were talking about science and she was naming all of the planets, talking to me about stratospheres and this. she loves space, really, really smart girl and now she has a lot more books that she feels comfortable reading. >> just to remind the publisher there are lady bugs. >> thank you. >> she was so cute. >>> welcoming up, being prepared for ebola, the two bay area hospitals now in the list of four to treat ebola >> with all this rain, you may be having some troubles. we talk to a bay area expert about what you should look out for. >>> we got a lot of rain today and at times you can see it was really coming down hard but don't put your umbrella away just yet because there is more on the way. that's just what we need because of the drought but is this going to make that much of a difference? >> in the big picture no but in this year's rainfall it makes a huge difference. you notice how warm it's been out there it's a warm storm. so rainfall accumulations have been pretty significant. these are just from the last 24 hours. we're not talking in the hills around santa cruz we're talk

as a beatle he only earned about $7 million, but successful solo career hat shot him into the stratosphereou say? >> he did say? >> no, not -- >> $650 million. >> 660 million. >> whew. >> but guess who is has out earned him? >> ♪ >> madonna. >> she sold 300 million records. >> oh? >> over her career, net worth of $800 million. >> come on, oh, my word. >> these figures all come from the company that tallies all of the -- good grief. >> just looking that the video. >> it was something. >> she recently posted topless, too. >> she put on whole book 20 years ago, called seconder, it was all her make -- >> all mad done a so what's better than bacon? maybe beer? now you can have the best of both worlds. how you can have bacon and beer for dessert. >> ♪ >>> all right. 9:30. we're taking a look at the poconos mountains, it is foggy, cloudy out identify today but we're talking about something that will warm you up, get you happy because is there food ape then there is comfort food. >> we want comfort food, bacon definitely helps with this a little bit of beer, little bit of bacon and every man is ha

last week, treasury secretary jack stated, my own compensation was never in the stratosphere when discussingnt for his job. it's been pointed out that lou had a lot of cash coming it in, it at to a prett pretty penny. 300,000 from city. 1 million retention bonuses that got if went to the government. with the median income stagnating and even down in recent years, it's created an interesting set of circumstances. it's not really the 1% that's gaining. it's more and more the 1% of the 1%. now, jim, you deal with a whole lot of rich people. you know, are they really crying poor mouth? i mean, what is it about the rich people that make them feel so insecure. >> look, there are a number of factors. a lot of people were overleveraging. the good times would never end. in many times they were. they had to rein in their spending. get rid of certain assets. cut their spending. we're seeing how they'll come into this. if they're invested in stocks, they're feeling good. >> do you feel like the rich, the 1 percenter, that when it comes to a choice, have they said i will focus more on investing or i'll s

you'd expect them to be up in the stratosphere somewhere. they're not. >> all right.et's stick with our big moves in the market today. how about chinese stocks doubling the s&p's performance and the technical say. they're going even higher. it's our chart of the day. we go to josh brown for the breakdown of it. >> thanks, scott. >> you're welcome, josh. what have you got? >> i think it's really interesting everybody talks about china, china, china. nobody's talking about it any more. this year they're up triple. i think a lot of it has to do with various reforms that the regime in beijing have rolled out this year, most notably the connection between hong kong and shanghai. you saw an immediate shrinking of the discount between mainland and chinese stocks and stocks in hong kong that foreign investors can own and are much more widely traded. i think there's a lot of room for this to continue. you're seeing shanghai back at highs not seen since 2011 but significantly below. it's still underowned. if this were to be a market in and of itself, it would be something like

i'll bet the approval for is is stratospheric.or four more states to get closer to calling for a convention, all of a sudden the eyes of the world are going to be on this. >> governor, what i'm saying is that everyone's for it in the whole until you get to the piece that is affect that. >> but neil, that's the problem. if you do not force them to do it they'll always punt it down the street. that's what's sort of natural to politicians. here's the other thing, neil. we spend a lot of time talking about income inequality. you think about this economic growth we've had post-recession. post-economic disaster there. it's been weak. and if you really want to grow a strong economy, you've got to have some essentials. take ohio. when i came in we had an $8 billion hole. we lost 350,000 jobs. now we have a structurally balanced budget, and there's so many other things we can do. and we're up over a quarter of a million jobs. if you do not have a strong financial foundation, whether you are a business, whether you are a family, or whether

here we are, in a completely defendant stratosphere. >> -- different stratosphere. >> congratulationsdegrees. sunshine this weekend. partly sunny, 44. saturday, up to 47, sunny on sunday and bright sunshine, monday. clouds return tuesday and a chance of showers wednesday. have a great day. . >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, a lot of things parents are thinking >>> coming up next, a lot of things parents are thinking about, what to buy for our tee ah, the bold new camry. >>> you can get a great deal thinduring toyotathon.nking about, what to buy for our tee i love the new look. and it's a blast to drive. oh, so you've driven it? [motor racing] woooooooo! yeah, i've taken it for a spin. toyotathon is on, get low 1.9% apr financing for 60 months on the bold new 2015 camry. offer ends january 5th. plus every new toyota comes with toyotacare, toyota's no cost maintenance plan. i know a great place for a drive. ♪ emma, it's simple, when you are in a place like this, the best way to capture the moment is to feel it, even if you can't see it. up to 27% more

what put it in a stratosphere was when one direction fans reminded us how much their guys like the themef my days shooting some b-ball ♪ >> gotta be a top five theme song of all time. >>> one of the biggest trenders. the trend of a favorite. french toast crunch is back. happy times for fans. they've been trying to buy boxes on ebay. i question how old those boxes are since the cereal went off the shelves in 2006. it will be back very soon. speed feed, george. i know you're excited. >>> time for "gma's" layaway live. so excited. surprising shoppers all across the country. tim tebow is at a walmart in orlando right now. take it away, tim. >> hey, george. everybody loves santa. but getting to play santa is way more fun. take a look. every year, it happens all across the country. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: good samaritans playing off complete stranger's holiday layaways. >> i can't believe it. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: can you tell me your story? >> i decided to do something anonymous for family. and went into a layaway department and didn't know who i was helping. chose on

that there were severe thunderstorms in the area, level 5 thunderstorms that could go up into the stratosphere up to 60,000 feet. now, this particular aircraft was attempting to override a thunderstorm. and in that -- >> does override me go above or around? >> go above. try to climb above it, as it appears right now. they asked for a deviation. however, these type of thunderstorms can exceed the aircraft's climb capability in terms of vertical development. they can actually grow upwards much faster than the aircraft can climb. >> if this plane is cruising at 32,000 feet and anthony, it wants to go up to 38 i understand that an a-320 has a ceiling about 39,000 feet? >> 39 41,000 feet is about its service limit. >> okay. how do you deal with the question, then that the weather channel saying that there were 50,000-foot thunderstorm vertical clouds in the area? i mean wouldn't that be detected? >> well yes, it can be detected by radar and visually. however, radar is not an exact science. if there is severe hail in a thunderstorm or a thunderstorm behind the first thunderstorm, the radar can be ma

milestone on wall street just a few days ago, getting into -- getting the 18,000, to a whole different stratosphere of record breaking, nbc's ben fogel now with an out of this world look back at 2014. >> and liftoff at dawn. >> reporter: it's been a record breaking year in space. nasa astronaut reid wiseman just back from months at the international space station is excited by the milestones. >> i think we're living right in the middle of this golden age of spaceflight. we just landed on a comet. and now we've flown orion out past lower earth orbit. >> reporter: the biggest adventure, sending humans to mars. >> we're going to need really reliable life support systems. those are the fundamental building blocks we're learning right now in the space station. i think by then, we're going to know what we need to know to go to mars. >> reporter: mar i may not be just a dream for so much longer. >> we can't go to venus. its sulfuric acid. what is needed is the political determination. >> reporter: time to get ready then for mars. it may well happen in our lifetime. back on earth in the austrian alps, they