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he was more interested in machinery and one of his heroes was thomas edison. he eventually got to detroit and started working for the edison illuminating company. in his spare time, he tinkered around with 22 build his own motor -- wanting to build his own motor. transportation at the time included the horse and buggy. we also had streetcars at that time that operated. there were things called turbines which were little -- enter urban's which were -- interurbans which connected neighborhoods. bicycles were another form of transportation. a member of -- number of entrepreneurs in this area were building bicycles. you do not go more than 50 miles from your home. maybe become in your lifetime. there was a big need, people wanted to move around. the did not have that ability until the car came about. henry ford's desire to build the model t starts with the idea of wanting to build cars for the masses. they started with a model, called the model a and you had a progression of different model s. a lot of ford's stockholders wanted him to build more high-priced cars.

plenty of company. ( up-tempo music ) >> reporter: behold the world's first cat video-- made by thomas edisonw many "likes" it got. pioneering masterwork of feline film, viral pet videos have become a clicheÉ of the internet.ture something funny is happening to viral pet videos. >> he just really didn't beliee in himself. >> reporter: something funny, and something wonderful. >> you know, when we started the company, there was kind of pure fluff, which is, you know, just kind of silly cat videos where you're almost laughing at the cat. >> reporter: izzie lerer founded thedodo.com in 2014. today, its animal videos get five billion views a month. they're heartwarming short videos about animals that overcome neglect, abuse, or medical problems... >> she was born with deformities and is deaf. >> reporter: ...or who find joy in interspecies relationships. >> we really try to highlight things like animal emotion, expressiveness, agency, point of view, spontaneity, and sort of all the things that make animals... human. >> reporter: and it's not all just for people to go, "aww," right? there's an...

it sets aside $9 billion to modernize power lines that in some cases were built when thomas edison wase of adding in interjecting renewable energy. we don't have the grid that can handle that capability today. >> reporter: offshore wind in the early stages of becoming a significant power source on both the east and west coasts. now waiting to see which way the wind blows in congress on the infrastructure bill. for sunday "today," off the coast of virginia. >>> thank you very much. >>> this week we highlight another life well-lived. the stories of american heroism during world war ii have been honored for generations. but only within the last few years has the long classified story of the ghost army been cold. gilbert settler was one of 1100 americans. many of them artists who made up the 23rd head quarter special troops. it helped the allies to win the war with a series of deceptions. across france, belgium, and germany, the 23rd built inflatable tanks and wooden airplanes, created fake radio transmissions, and projected the recorded sounds of equipment moving. all to throw off the ger

he was more interested in machinery and one of his heroes was thomas edison.o, he eventually got to detroit and started working for the edison illuminating company. in his spare time, he tinkered around with wanting to build his own motor and build his own car. personal transportation of the time when henry ford got started included the horse and buggy. we also had streetcars at that time that operated. there were things called interurbans which connected little city neighborhoods instead of just the large railways. it was not very well developed. bicycles, that was another form of transportation that gave people mobility. a number of other entrepreneurs in this area were building bicycles to give people mobility. typically in that time you did not go more than 50 miles from your home, maybe become in your lifetime. there was a big need, people wanted to move around. they just didn't have that ability until the car came out. henry ford's desire to build the model t starts with the idea of wanting to build cars for the masses. they started with a model, called

society live event with thomas hagar who is here to discuss assessing new book "electric city: thomas edison ford tried to build utopia and insteare

think he would say what took you so long >> reporter: i love that, because henry ford worked for thomas edison started out as electric or battery-powered model. so this is kind of coming full circle so be clear, every automaker is going big on going green, on new battery powered cars the question is how soon will they become every third or fourth car out on the road behind me? guys, back to you. >> the demand is there tom, thank you very much great story. appreciate it. >>> it has been two months now since olympic great simone biles stunned the world by pulling out of the gymnastics team final in tokyo. now in a candid interview with new york magazine, biles is opening up about her decision. kristen dahlgren has more on that plus a video that was recorded while in tokyo >> we are just being told by the officials that simone biles is out of the competition tonight >> reporter: for weeks, simone biles has been replaying that moment, telling "new york" magazine of her sudden decision to withdraw from competition. it's like i jumped out of a moving train but looking back, simone says, she should h

electronic vehicle company is giving the oil companies a run for their own money not just unlike thomas edisoname level of innovation protect your companies as it did rockefeller all that way back. neil: you know, it's interesting, i don't know how you as an investor sort of play this, but some of the best ones zig while the others zag or don't fly under the consensus, but they acknowledge the im, -- the near of term impacts. the dow and the markets lost more than a quarter of their value in what would be the days that followed when the markets eventually did reopen six days later. but we forget not only did they reopen, eventually they soared. that the snapshot in time, it's a reminder that we get ahead of ourselves, don't we? >> it is, neil. and why, you know, you always have to have that long-term perspective when it comes to your own investment horizon. and also a portfolio that works for you. i mean, no matter what the situation is, if you're, for example, nearing retirement, you have a different portfolio than you have if you're just starting out in the world. jpmorgan said it best, neil