ted turner used to believe the shopkeeper should live above the store.rk at cnn in our old building. he would come down in his bathrobe in the mornings and pour some coffee and he would walk through sometimes at night with a nice looking blond on each arm, and he was a character. and it was always fun to see him. i remember once i was in this building and i was eating lunch one day and he just sat down with me and it's like, oh, ted turner is eating lunch with me. it's like what do you talk about? you know, so we talked for about ten minutes about various things, and it was like, wow, i just had lunch with ted turner. the future of cnn is that we're going to be everywhere. we're going to be on your television set, on your computer, we're going to be in your ipad, your ipod, on your iphone. we're going to be everywhere. we are everywhere. but you're going to want us everywhere. and you're going to look for us everywhere. and that's where you're going to find us. >> where do we find roger? hard at work always in the control room directing the show. roger o

i had a session once with ted turner who told me that he was the biggest landowner in the united states, and he wanted to put wind farms -- wind farms and buffalo. he was really into buffalo, and he was really into wind farms, but absence of a national grid and various other problems made it impractical to do so, but it is an obsession of his. there may be some people from the u.n. foundation here who have talked to ted since i have, but he was very steamy about it one time. so let me just open the discussion, and i'm going to start with michael who has -- if i understand it correctly, your firm, which is invested heavily across an energy spectrum nonetheless participates and has about 20% of the wind energy market in the united states, so why don't i ask you to start. are we discussing this because it's politically correct to do so, or do you think that there's a real profit in there somewhere? >> well, as we -- in the next year or two, we're going to approach 20 billion cumulatively in the last 20 years invested in wind and solar. the first and primary reason we got into wind and sola

look upon your work, ted turner, and despair. >> jon: i'm sorry to interrupt. it appears the rain is increasing, john. >> no, no, no. it really isn't. you know the camera adds ten pounds. this is just a light drizzle, jon. >> jon: i understand that. john, it appears to be raining baked beans. that's terrible. >> (mumbling ). jon: i understand. wait, is that... >> (mumbling ) don't worry about it. >> jon: shouldn't they just cancel the parade? if the weather is going to be this bad again, just cancel it? >> no, we do not cancel it, jon. this is england. we don't back down, not from nazis, not from rain, not from toast and especially not from [bleep]. god save the queen. god save the queen. >> jon: welcome back. last friday was a very exciting day. saw the release of the usa's monthly employment report, a! k a, the obama campaign's... how did that go? >> only 69,000 jobs were added to america's work force last month. the dow jones industrials closing down about 270 points. >> the news hit the stock market like a punch to the gut. >> nowhere to hide on this one. a

at the time, a lot of people thought ted turner were crazy. today, there are so many 24/7 cable news channels all across the united states, all over the world in dozens of languages, we want to thank ted turner, happy birthday, cnn. thanks very much, i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight, a stunly anemic jobs report that is a blow t millions of americans out of work and brings double whammy as a panic stock sells off. the bleak numbers raise the odds president obama will lose his job. >>> bill clinton angers the obama white house by calling mitt romney's business career sterling. his unsolicited advice teaches us an important truth about what the former arkansas governor really thinks. >>> russia president says he isn't selling arms to syria. secretary of state, clton, says the evidence is clear. vladimir putin isn't telling the truth. >>> the job report for just a moment. we will begin this hour with dangerous weather here in washington and along the mid-atlantic coa

the show it's really about cable news but it but let me just focus on that you have the rise with ted turner of the twenty four hour news cycle you have to fill it with something and when you mix it with the corporate culture of dumbing things down to get you know a lowest marginal cost the biggest bang for the buck and that big bang usually is through can do. you know the brain candy of some sort anything that's going to make people crazy either through affecting their reptilian brain in their medulla or given them something sweet to crave for and that's what news especially twenty four hour cable news has boiled into but then you have this other universe out there alternative news sources many different platforms but even there you have a problem where things are fragmented you can be in your own tribe you can wall yourself off and the craziness starts to echo you know t.v. news down here and. a verse that's about fifty percent. i think that's where people get really and they shut themselves off from news entirely they either have this old dinosaur media model that totally is detached from

barbara walters and ted turner i interviewed. john glenn, and he is the gold standard as far as i'm concerned. he did see i spent a lot of time talking to people collecting stories. my challenge was to keep it pared down. everyone had a couple of great cronkite stories. he had a long career. he lived into his 90's. he knew everybody. he was with all presidents. he was an usher at the democratic and republican conventions of 1928. he defied convention coverage. he was the political maestro. there were so many people to talk to. i got it just in the nick of time. there were others that have died since i started interviewing. they're all in their 80s and 90s. getting to people like jimmy buffett or mickey hart you were great friends, i really wanted to get in an interview as many people as i could of families and friends and adversaries. >> when did he die? >> 2009. >> when you began your book tour, the first review i saw, i am going to read the headline and first paragraph. >> he dents his halo. an unconscionable shading of a story

which was just fine with her third husband ted turner.elf to man she married this time becoming a philanthropist on a billionaires' arm. the marriage lasted for ten years before it too ended in divorce. as she was writing her memoir, she realized what, in part, was missing. acting. >> oh, i'm so happy for you. reporter: monster-in-law marked her return with an over-the-top performance. >> critics hated the movie. reporter: but fond a loved it. she was reenergized. were you a little rusty or was it like riding a bike? >> it was like riding a bike totally. >> reporter: soon she was back to writing too. she finished prime time last year. and it's pure fun. a straight-talking how to age manuel detailing everything from planning a will to having sex after 70. >> i wanted to write a book where older people would say, nobody's ever said this before. >> when we get older we need a little bit more time to warm up. >> reporter: she even has a new series of workout dvds designed for people like her who can't quite do what they used to. are you proof

i did not know the model and have heard from ted turner. when you talk about grits, you talk about investment. it brings me to some of the money back states are investing in infrastructure. what do you think from your own perspective -- what would be the motivation for the government to invest? >> a loaded question. >> which infrastructure, you have to look at the company, which is why, why in alaska. ? most people look at the u.s. electrical grid do not see it every day. each stage often has its own policy. georgia does not talk to alabama, florida does not -- does not talk to michigan. when you have a transition and try to coordinate all of those things -- there are over 500 utilities in the united states. we cannot get 535 people selected. you imagine getting 500 utilities to agree? when you want to start doing investment and infrastructure, it is a regional discussion. when it makes a lot of sense. -- wind makes a lot of sense. the all of the above discussion the governor was talking about earlier. you get into what we call the largest

on this day, 30 years ago, ted turner launched cnn and changed the world. >>> good evening.m low is hart. here is the news. president carter has arrived in indiana for a brief visit.

when ted turner and i split up i made a bucket list and i've gone through all of scuba diving, and the, i've done most of them. >> keep going. >> a tv series will be next. >> all right. jane fonda, thank you. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. let's check in the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> earlier accident in white marsh still causing delays, but they. -- they are improving. we have some fire department activity in the balkan region. outer loop past items 17, watch for crash, and delays leading up to it. northbound approaching the beltway southwest, accident clearing. southbound 295 just past the beltway. this is what it looks like in the white marsh area. let's take a look as we switch over to the greenspring area. going away from us is. -- is inner loop traffic. >> we are off to a quiet start. this system may produce showers. it has warmed up quickly at the airport. north.n the 50's 56 degrees in taneytown. mixture of sunshine and clouds, just a 30% chance for rain shower. most of you will have a

i had a session once a ted turner who told me he was the biggest landowner in the united states and hewanted to but windfarms in buffalo. he was into buffalo and really into windfarms, but the absence of a national grid in various problems made it impractical to do so. but it is an obsession of his. there may be people from the u.n. foundation are tax return since i have, but he was very seen me about it at one time. so let me just open a discussion. i will start with michael and if i it correctly who was invested heavily across an energy spectrum and nonetheless participate with 20% of the wind energy market in the united states. why do i ask you to start. are we discussing this because it's politically correct to do so or is the real profit somewhere? >> as we know next year or two of purge 20 billion the next 12 years or so. the first and primary reason we got into wind and solar investment which is to constrain the discussion was for shareholders. and then a few years ago, a former vice president gave his speech tonight think was at the oscars and renewable energy became mainstream

degree of infrastructure that myself problems and i don't know if the model that i have heard by ted turner is still appropriate or not but when you talk about grids and talk about investment it does make me ponder some of the current policy debate about whether the united states at the national and state-level is investing enough in infrastructure, with the projects look like that would partner well with private industry and what those balances should be. what do you thinkhim if he were to see even from your own mercantile perspective, what would be in the public interest as you see it for the government to invest in the infrastructure? >> that is a loaded question. i believe with infrastructure you have to look at the country with all due respect for why he and alaska from a great point if you and not being logically interconnect to bowl. you have 40 different countries and most people who look at the less electric grid fail to see that because you don't deal with it every day that some of the -- like some of us who live in an edit for 30 years. each state wants its own policy and often d

when ted turner and i split up i made a bucket list and i've gone through all of scuba diving, and the> keep going. >> a tverie slils b vnext. >> all right. jane fonda, thank you. >>> good morning. 8:26 right now. a tight finish for proposition 29. that is the tobacco tax that adds $1 to the price of a pack of cigarettes. a tight contest before election day, but with 100% of precincts reporting, it appears to have been defeated. he calls is a use tax on cigarettes because only smokers could pay for it. opponents say there is no oversight for the money and it would have ultimately been wasted. >>> let's check the commute now. >> a couple of crashes on the east shore at bay view avenue. traffic jammed for about a mile. another crash with a motorcycle at 101 southbound approaching wood side road. give your self extra time or take 280. it is moving faster than 101. let's take it to the toll plaza. the traffic is jammed and the overall volume is lighter than usual. back to you. >>> thanks. thank you for joining us. check out us on facebook. in the meantime, see you in half an hour. >>> 8:30

when ted turner and i split up i made a bucket list and i've gone through all of scuba diving, and theone most of them. >> keep going. >> a tv series will be next. >> all right. jane fonda, thank you. >>> good morning, it's 8:26 on this wednesday, june 6th, i'm aaron gilchrest. we're seeing some delays on the beltway now, danella sealock has a look at the roads. >> let's start in maryland on the outer loop of the beltway at river road. a crash here is causing you some delays from the spur. as you get your, make your way to river road. now let's head down to telegraph road. this time the inner loop of the beltway, had a crash there, it was blocking the right lane, it's out of the road, but we're still seeing delays. i'll give awe live look at 210, very slow in this area in maryland. slow across the wilson bridge as you make your way to telegraph road. >>> good morning, sunshine in washington and points north. but south, it's quite cloudy in fact the patch of green at the bottom of the screen is some light rain that's moving from west to east, from charlottesville, it should be near fred