think you will change the vip side. this year, you see the ip done 41% today. -- vip down 41% today. i think he will see more decline -- you will see more decline. a mass-market can be buried different. mass-market -- be very different. is it changing? have we gotten over the worst when it comes to gaming and gambling? >> yes. looking at next year, the forecast is only 1% growth. it probably has are ready bought some back. rishaad: the comparatives look better through the course of this year. last year was the big dive. >> yes. today, down 36%. in two 2016, i don't think there's a chance of seeing that number again. who is well placed? who are the ones you like? >> i like stands china. sands china. we like mass-market much better than the ip. -- vip. if you look at the new table allocations, 250 tables. rishaad: is that enough? they wanted 400. is really a demand problem. if you don't have demand coming, it doesn't matter how many tables you get. more tables you get, the more dilution and earnings. i think 250 is quite

so the exhibit features walter reed's own microscope and the guest books of vip visitors to visited thewalter reed general hospital during the era of the korean war and vietnam war. you can see on the pages of these guest books, vips and celebrities who were visiting the soldiers recovering at the hospital during that time. >> next we are going to go to an exhibit on human anatomy and pathology with a special emphasis on traumatic brain injury. so come along. we are in the second of the three exhibit galleries here at the medical museum. this exhibit gallery focuses broadly on anatomy and pathology. one piece of the exhibit features normal human anatomy. this gives us a chance to show normal human tomorrow cal structures, lungs, kidneys, stomach, brains, hearts, in a condition that shows you what you look like on the inside when you're healthy. these are very unique specimens, therapy served in all manner of states, wet tissue, blast nation and dry mounted specimens, but the rest of the exhibit gallery focuses on traumatic brain injury and tbi was identified as one of the signature inju

this vip suite, richard hunter, brothel thth love ranch, found former professional basketball player and "keeping up with the kardashians" star lamar odom unconscious, barely breathing. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> it's the love ranch. they need to hurry, please. he's got blood coming out of his nose, white stuff coming out of his mouth, they can't get him to wake up, he's almost not breathing. reporter: lamar repeptedly had b bn at the r rch reportedly four days. >> i said put lamar in my vip house, which is where i stay, but he's got to understand there's no drugs. >> reporter: dennis hof, owner, said lamar odom seemed like he was enjoying himself. >> acted like a fun guy. he wasn't out of his mind, he wasn't speeding around. he was going to bed at night getting good sleep. he was eating healthy. >> reporter: but something changed sunday night. reports allege that lamar seemed distraught over what was on an episode of "keeping up with the kardashians" involving his soon to be ex-wife khloe. >> something about him being on the kardashian show. and not liking the way he looked

>> reporter: lamar reportedly had been at the ranch reportedly four days. >> i said put lamar in my vip house, which is where i stay, but he's got to understand there's no drugs. >> reporter: dennis hof, owner, said lamar odom seemed like he was enjoying himself. he wasn't out of his mind, he wasn't speeding around. he was going to bed at night getting good sleep. he was eating healthy. >> reporter: but something changed sunday night. reports allege that lamar seemed distraught over what was on an episode of "keeping up with the kardashians" involving his soon to be ex-wife khloe. >> something about him being on the kardashian show. and not liking the way he looked or something they said. but it upset him. but, you know. the girls worked him through it and an hour later he was drinking his cognac and having a great time. >> reporter: later on, there was a phone call. >> was there any sign of his kind of attitude changing? >> he did get a phone call. and that phone call had seemed to bum him out. the night before he was hospitalized, he had told the girls that he wanted to spend that nig

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the owner of the brothel says odom spent time with prostitutes in a vip suite, drank at the brothel bar and according to employees, used cocaine and herb sexual enhancement supplements. on tuesday he was found unresponsive with fluid coming out of his mouth and nose. the manager said odom was adamant he didn't want anyone to know he was there, he wanted rest and relaxation and to get far away from something. the brothel is the love ranch in las vegas. randi kaye got a tour today and joins me from outside the hospital where odom is a patient now. randi? >> reporter: anderson, we spent a couple hours at brothel today and it was unusual quiet. there was very curious tourist and media trying to get inside but it was quiet because most of the women that worked there have now left. they didn't like the media glare and upset to hear about what happened to lamar odom. in the few days he was there, i'm told by the people that he really made quite an impression on them. the love ranch in crystal, nevada is about a 90-minute drive from las vegas. t.j. moore is the general manager and was one of th

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kiril have the google; i know boyfriend vip. so, what, whore kills boyfriend but his vip friends... hey, shut your mouth! shut up! kiril: all right. so, come on, arrest me! let's get cnn; i tell all about him. looks like we're down that alley now. okay, well, you're not. i'm not? i just arrested this guy on your charges. what the hell you want me to do with him now? i tell all about mr. big shot pervert guy and his little whore! just put him in a cell. yeah? and then what? detective. who are you? i'm agent stark with immigration and customs enforcement. i have orders to take over custody of mr. farkas. immigration? on what authority? u.s. department of justice. mr. farkas is being deported to croatia. croatia? where they have an active warrant for his arrest. croatia? (chuckles): okay. okay, i want lawyer now. you'll get lawyer. he'll be waiting for you at the terminal in zagreb. no. no! i have papers! you can't send me back! (shouting in croatian) i kill you! no, no. no, come on. please, please, please. he will stand trial in croatia, is that right? yes, but not the kind that's gon

. >> hundreds of kids will get vip treatment from their favorite players. a dozen gave back in the warm coat giveaway. 300 lucky elementary schools showed up. right before they are sent off, they take a selfie to capture the moment. >> if i were a kid, i would look forward to this event. >> they are very helpful people. the best way you can help is to donate money to events like this. we have that information on our website. >> a lot of people were hunterdon -- were hunting for their winter coats. devon says a couple extra minutes for the scraper. great weather to come in. a beautiful, sunny day. here is a view of the temperatures. numbers, it is still cool outside. compared to the breeze, clouds. did you get the sprinkle yesterday? local mountains, nash -- national harbor looking north. we had some snow squalls come through. 37 officially, reagan national, a cold start to the day. culpeper, one of the coldest spots. real-time temperatures, 52, leesburg. it is fantastic outside right now. a look ahead into the three-day forecast. temperatures go up to 74 de

she was given the vip trip and design her own doodle. she had a go at virtual cardboard. to visit a self driving car. >> that is a wonderful story. thank you for that. it is time to take a look at our parent -- our press review. a look at what has been grabbing headlines. justof papers today, not in france, but around the world, focusing on the state of france's poor suburbs. >> two boys died in a severed north of paris, it is in the spotlight across the world today. the christian paper here in reporters there. what has changed? the same question asked of the independent. here.n see a reporter spent a year. it talks about the fact that there are these new buildings, but old resentments. authorities have failed to address the root causes of anger. , it isng to the paper still a big problem in france. , a lot of story shock. it is on the front page of china daily. it talks about this cancer alert raised over sausages and ham. cured sausage could cause cancer according to this report. are havingish papers a field day with this. >> a lot of puns in the press today. banger out

center this saturday, and we here at abc9 want to send you to the concert were giving a way two sets of vip tickets to the concert. well be asking viewers trivia questions tonight and thursday during our 5 and 6 newscasts the answers have to be submited to contest-at-kcau- tv-dot-com and the winner will be randomly selected and announced during the 10 pm shows! jessica rae scott: today's high temperature is 68. the overnight low is 30 degrees. a frost warning is in effect as temperatures fall near the freezing mark tonight. tomorrow's high is 59 with sunshine. here's your 7 day forecast where we've got some showers returning next week on monday and tuesday.

tim: fred: today is the final tim: fred: today is the final day for the vip concert ticket this saturday. today is... question: what year did darius rucker release his first solo album? a) 1998 a) 1998 c) 2002 d) 1995 submit your answeres to contest- at-kckc- tv-dot-com and toninit at 10 we willlleveal our winner! still to come... a new study links highly selective eaters to a greater risk for depression and anxiety. details ahead in health minute. eaters. doctors say its not just about eating something nene it has real heheth implications. holly firfer explains in n day's health m mute. " " for cara and louis amo getting their six year old son trey to eat a snack seemed more like a game of 20 questions. (louis amo/father) "that's' when we began to hear a lot of kids go through this and then they grow out of it. toddlers are busy. they are not going to starve themselves that was the advice we were getting" and for some parents of picky eaters the just wait advice is good advice but trey's case was different this type of very limited eating put trey in a group known as severely selective

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going to be at the tyson events center this turday, you to the concert were giving a way two sets of vip tickets to the concert. well be asking viewers trivia questions tonight and thursday during our 5 and 6 newscasts the answers have to be submited to contest-at-kcau- tv-dot-com and the winner will be randomly selected and announced during the 10 pm shows! jessica rae scott: " " jessica rae:

kiril have the google; i know boyfriend vip. so, what, whore kills boyfriend but his vip friends... hey, shut your mouth! shut up! kiril: all right. so, come on, arrest me! let's get cnn; i tell all about him. looks like we're down that alley now. okay, well, you're not. i'm not? i just arrested this guy on your charges. what the hell you want me to do with him now? i tell all about mr. big shot pervert guy and his little whore! just put him in a cell. yeah? and then what? detective. who are you? i'm agent stark with immigration and customs enforcement. i rders to take over custody of mr. farkas. immigration? on what authority? u.s. department of justice. mr. farkas is being deported to croatia. have o croatia? where they have an active warrant for his arrest. croatia? (chuckles): okay. okay, i want lawyer now. you'll get lawyer. he'll be waiting for you at the terminal in zagreb. no. no! i have papers! you can't send me back! (shouting in croatian) i kill you! no, no. no, come on. please, please, please. he will stand trial in croatia, is that right? yes, but not the kind that's go

odom was inside this vip sweet on the bed fully clothed still unconscious. it took four men to carry him to the ambulance. >> he would have been air lifted to las vegas but he didn't fit in the helicopter. video shows odom in the ambulance. >> at this point the case is ongoing. >> sources close to the former nba star told our network doctors found multiple drugs in his system that he suffered from a stroke and is in a coma. lamar and khloe kardashian's divorce is yet to be finalized. so she has legal authority to make decisions for him. unconscious for another day and uncertainty ahead. nbc las vegas. >> and kim kardashian has postponed her payback shower while the family continues to pray for odom's recovery? hou >> hours ago, third quarter funding reports were due in at midnight and democrats vastly outpacing republicans. take a look at the top ten for yourself. hillary clinton is in first with nearly $30 million raised between july and september. and while ben carson was the highest earning republican by far, bernie sanders is in second raking in $26 mill

and the vips and the celebrities just starting to trickle in. 600 invited vips are expected to walk through tonight and big hollywood a-list stars, brat pit, leo decaprio all expected to grace the red carpet just behind me. this is all for the $3.2 billion opening of studio city and the grand opening ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. local time and that's in about an hour and a half from now. now of course this casino resort boasts 250 new gaming tables. 1600 hotel rooms but the strategy, the focus is on entertainme entertainment. they have a batman ride. asia's highest ferris wheel as well as the warner brothers fun zone. of course they're opening at a weak time in the market where we see gaming revenues continue to decline. in fact for 16 consecutive months but they're not worried. this is what he had to say. >> we're experts in terms of opening in weak markets because i think the last time i saw you was when we opened city of dreams in june 2009. that was kind of the end of the global financial crisis. so i think a lot of our industry people are hoping that with studio city opening i

other general admission tickets were $250 and some vip tickets are well into the thousands.e were here early this morning as well setting up barricades along market street. we did talk to some ticket holders about what brought them out here this morning and for many this is a family event. >> came out to give me children a good time, to get to see the president and of course listen to kanye west which is one of ryan's favorite artists. >> i think it's going to be pretty interesting. kanye is going to be running for president himself in 2020, maybe they will talk about that. that would be fun. >> reporter: so that is the running joke here this morning, by the way, that kanye west has said in the past that he would be running for president. a lot of ticket holders told us they don't know much about the timeline today other than president obama is expected to take the stage at about 10:50 this morning. he won't here long, he is supposed to depart from san francisco to los angeles around 11: 11:50. the event should be totally wrapped up at about 1:00. i want to show you what's h

confirms that lamar spent $75,000 for a vip room at the love ranch planning to spend about five days. there he checked in on saturday afternoon. >> many of lamar's friends and some family gathered in emergency room here at sunrise hospital. but they were told by security moving forward that they would be contacted if they would be allowed to see their friend but from now on, no one will be allowed in thehospital. >> "e.t." has been in front of the story. >> he is fighting for his >> i had the lastest on cbs this morning, nan was live on the talk and michelle on "dr.drew" and cameron with our l.a. affiliate. >> they're still scheduled to attend an event in new york city on monday night. they have not canceled just yet. >> hit privilege of coveri lamar odom from the moment he arrived in the nba in 1999. he was a supremely talented basketball player. but as i got to know him away from the court, i realized that he was an better human being. and also keep this in mind, whe khloe and lamar got together, he was the famous face in that relationship. of course, the dynamics shifted later and

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. >> con goers who buy "unbreakable" will get into the concert early, access to j vip website and a toure you. >> bye! >> well, the next chance to see janet in concert will be this friday at the forum in inglewood, california. >>> here is a man who packs the stadium every sunday. the hot es quarterback in the nfl, tom brady. initially there weres rumors flying around that he was splitting from his supermodel wife gisele. but their romance is as hot as ever. >> there's so much going what's the secret to having a successful relationship? >> she's my best friend. we spend as much time as we can to with three kids. >> i love the instagram photos you post. what's the best thing about being a dad? >> oh, man, i have a lot of respects for the moms out that's a tough job. because it's a lot of work. when i'm home with the kids, it's exhausting. ait to get back to work. oh, my god. i need a break. my 2-year-olgirl, she won't i have to go back and tell these 300-pounders what to do and they actually listen. >> we know you either totally love tom or you don't because of the whole deflategate scanda

. >> they're playing stadiums now but on this night it begins with a vip gathering playing american honey. like american honey >> their generosity doesn't stop with their fans. they have an extensetive charity fund which puts 50 cents of every concert ticken sold towards children charities. tonight they're surprising an unsuspecting wounded war vet and his 8-year-old daughter. >> you know we have a surprise for him. but what you don't know is you and your daddy have your mortgage paid for a year. >> yeah man. >> this means a lot. >> what goes through your mind when you hand somebody a life changing check. >> it's a very humbling thing to be a part of. >> it wouldn't be worth doing at this level if we didn't have an opportunity to make an impact. >> and for both dave and hillary, that mantra of helping kids became more meaningful when they each had their own kids. >> what's changed in your life since becoming a dad? >> we try to find little moments in the day to do stuff together. any other moment i'm back in the dressing room or taking them for a walk. >> hillary's daughter is often on to

at time drivening and doing cocaine and taking herbal viagra, the night before he was found in his vip room his mood had changes. >> he got a phone call, and that phone call bummed him out. and he told the girls he wanted to spend the night alone. >> by his side is estranged wife, khloe kardashian, they revealed concerned on the show keeping up with kardashian, is now making his medical decisions. >> i am on high alert, i think anything will set him to spiral. >> his friends are taking to social media sending their love and prayers. >> i hope he pulls through that is important, he has such a big heart. >> and hospital officials are keeping quiet about his condition and prognosis. reporting live, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that report. >>> back here philadelphia police are looking for the man in this surveillance video, they say he cased several parked cars along the 1900 block of mccain street and south 20th street last month, when he saw something he wanted, he broke in and then the alarm scared him before he took anything. >>> and police are looking for

will250 bucks a a personal vip experience and all that money will go to the dnc. >> sing along or something. when p along. in mepublicans in congress, meantime, they're yesterday congressman kevin mccarthy partked everyone when he ouseunced he was dropping out of the race for house speaker. >> we're going to unite and be strong and going to help to do that. >> paul ryan is said to be g thoing speaker john boehner's favorite but ryan says he's not interested in the job. >> some controversy for what some are claiming to be false truths++no carrierringringconne were hesi to raise rates on the global economy. data this morning on inport prices and the dow rising 138 points to 17051. the nasdaq up 20 to 4811. netflix hiking the price on its most popular plan the standard plan will go up by $1 and the change only applies to new customers, though. existing subscribers will stay the same price for another year. >>> you'll soon be able to use apple pay at more places. st starbucks, kfc and chili's will accept the mobile payment service later this year. more than 1 million stores take apple pay. cons

back in his vip suite, odom picked out the women he wanted.actual suite. but for him you did the lineup in here? >> for him that was his preference. >> so he requested that. >> yes. >> he sat on the couch? >> he sat on the couch and the ladies lined up right here all the way across in front of him. i introduced the ladies. i said this is lamar, ladies. please introduce yourselves. >> reporter: t.j. says odom hung out in his suite with two women that he chose. but also in the love ranch's bar, where t.j. says he played youtube videos and talked. and some time after leaving that bar, lamar odom collapsed in his room. randi kaye, cnn, crystal, nevada. >> you're watching "cnn newsroom" as we push on here, refugees smuggled for profit. coming up, the story of an afghan smuggler who demands a high price for a risky passage to europe. >>> plus, a nurse suffers a frightening relapse months after she was thought to be recovered. news on how long the deadly ebola virus can stay a threat. >>> and welcome back to viewers here in the u.s. and around the wo

we spoke with dennis hoff late last night, he put lamar odom up in his vip suite on one condition. >> you can't do drugs in here. he agreed to that. one of the girls said, he said he was doing cocaine before he got there on saturday. >> sources close to odom tell e! news doctors found multiple drugs in his system. he suffered a stroke and brain damage. he's still very, very critical. >>> an aussie tourist you would never expect had a chance to tour staten island this morning on his own for about 15 minutes. this is buster. right there. he's not an aussie any more. he lives upstate here in new york and was visiting the city with his owner. this morning, he managed to get away. someone caught some video that shows buster hopping around the travis neighborhood on staten island. before his owner and police caught up to him. which was only a few minutes after this video was taken, this kangaroo is a legal pet and that the owner won't face any charges. >> people like these bizarre animals. >> he's so cute. >>> up next on news 4, the big chill. while we may be dealing with the season's first

havent already gotten your tickets to see darius rucker weveveot the chance f f folks to win a paiaiof vip tickets. you just have to answer this trivia question correctly. question: in 1986, darius rucker formed the band hootie & the blowfish. what was the inspiration for ththunusual band nana? a) characters from rucker's favorite childhood book. b) those were nicknames of two of the original band members c) a strange dream that the band's drummer had before their first gig d) two college friends of rucker. send your answers s contest-at-kcau- tv-dot-com the winner w wl be announced tv-dot-com the winner will be announced tonight at ten! coming up after the break pink eye is one of the most contagious childhood disordererand easily treated the details are coming up next tim: vaccines aren't just for kids, in toughest on spending? fox news did the analysis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgets, balanced. and tax cucu every single year. right to rise e a wake up in your first home. wake up in a home with a new address. wake up in a home with no address. yo

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confirms that lamar spent $75,000 for a vip room at the love ranch and was planning to spend about five days there. he checked in on saturday afternoon. >> many of lamar's friends and some family gathered in emergency room here at sunrise hospital. but they were told by security moving forward that they would be contacted if they would be allowed to see their friend but from now on, no one will be allowed in the hospital. >> they're fortunate, khloe feeling overwhelmed with unexpected responsibility with having to make medical decisions for lamar odom. they're still legalry married. if and when it comes to a decision, khloe will be the one doing th >> "e.t." has been in front of the story. >> still scheduled to attend events here in new york monday night. according to sources they haven't cancelled yet. moment he arrived in a supremely talented basketball player. as i got to know him away from the court i realized he was an even better hubeing. keep this in mind. which khloe and lamar first got together, he was the famous faces in that relationship. of dynamics shifted late other and we

but then ho focused his attention on high-stakes vip clients. the tables quickly turned. last year, revenue topped an incredible $5 billion. betty: are you surprised by how fast this has grown and developed? lawrence: you know, i think one of the great things that has happened in the last 10-20 years is the growth of the middle income earning bracket in china. they are at an age where they would like to travel and enjoy life. betty: did you ever think macau was going to surpass las vegas by that much? lawrence: we all knew that was going to happen. ultimately, if you look at geographically -- a lot of our customers prefer things that are closer. since now the resorts in macau are world-class, comparable to las vegas, it makes perfect sense that if you look at the five-hour flight time for macau, there are over one billion people. whereas if you go from new york to las vegas, that is also five hours. betty: while lawrence is bringing lots of glitz and glam to gambling in macau, sheldon adelson says he invented the concept -- in vegas first. now he says he is the one who wi