and thank goodness for that because the whitney museum today exists because of gertrude vanderbilt whitney who said, ok, you don't want my collection. i will start a museum of my own. as you know, the whitney museum is now one of the best collections of modern art anywhere in the world. it all started because of gertrude vanderbilt whitney who got married here in this room. she was one of the most fascinating women. she did not cotton to all of the social amenities of the gilded age. she was an independent sort, and she knew early on in her life that she was prone to be interested in the arts. in fact, studied art very carefully, became a sculpture is in her own right and many of her pieces can be seen around the world in new york and other places. and so, she was not only a sculpture is in her own right, but also a collector of art. she just had a phenomenal eye. she was able to identify who were the emerging american artists who needed to be paid attention to and supported. so, she mentored them, if you will, and gave them a safe place. she started a studio, if you will, for artists to p

his wife whitney.ene. >> and, michael, i wanted to get your thoughts, by the way, dillon only led the final lap in overtime and led two laps in his first win averaging 17 today. this is where he pushed almirola from the back, you heard him reference in his post race comments. >> chris, ever since the end of the first stage the gloves have been off in this race. we've seen aggressive blocking from everybody on the track, the block, the spin. >> you saw the reaction from the crew of the 10 car, vince welch is with the driver. >> well, the final result will say tenth place but were you right there at the finish. how did it shake out for you guys? >> my heart is broken. so devastated. i thought i was going to win the daytona 500, vince. just disappointed. i wanted to get smithfield to victory lane, ford to victory lane. everybody put so much into me and my career and with this switch over to stewart-haas racing this off-season. i couldn't have thought of a better way to start off the new relationship with

and always so great to see you, whitney. the golden globes. >> seth: thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] >> i know you were waiting for my opinion. i know you wanted to know what i thought. >> seth: whitney cummings, everybody. "the female brain" is in select theaters and imax. we'll be right back with malcolm jenkins! ♪ bibs on people! lobsterfest is back at red lobster... with the most lobster dishes of the year. new dueling lobster tails has two tails that'll fight to be your favorite. one topped with creamy shrimp and scallops, the other... steamed with lemon and herbs. and no, you're not dreaming, classics like lobster lover's dream are back too, along with decadent new lobster truffle mac & cheese. but enough talking about lobster- let's get to eating! - because lobsterfest won't last. so dive in today at red lobster! (elevator speaker) going down. not again. alexa, play my "broken elevator" playlist. playing your music. ♪ ♪ get a free moto mod with amazon alexa when you buy a moto z2. available at major carri

. >> sophie whitney joins me. sophie, you had a chance to speak with governor rick scott tonight. what did he say to you and your fellow students? what did you say to him? >> we were actually pleasantly surprised to hear how receptive he was to our ideas. it was more an open conversation between us and him. we started it off talking about the policies that we would like to see in the upcoming bill, and he would respond with different ideas to maybe make it a little different than our ideas. but he seemed to really hear what we were trying to say. >> when you and i talked last

pratt and whitney may merge. they ma may be the way to combat a boeing same in oil space where margins are so under pressure. you've got to focus if you're going to be the leader in these industry, so for these industrials at these multiples, that's what they have to do to go higher from here. >> what do you guys think about that >> i think you've got a couple of highly cyclical businesses in there. otis elevator, one this particular so maybe that's benefitting from the real estate cycle now. >> have led the way back up after the correction >> but i think it's a mistake at this point to make a bet on infrastructure president came out, said what he's willing to spend. >> just what if you're making a bet on this global economic boom >> it still pays to make that bet, but as jim points out, you've got pratt whitney, who they do some defense contracts in their defense business at utx, two major buyers. right? they're involved with both airbus and boeing. so they're essentially bidding on their capacity, but get squee

whitney knickerbocker, the frat brother, was never accused of having anything to do with the killing.pparently convinced him to help buy a gun. >> friends say that whitney was told by charlie that he was gonna go on a hunting trip so he asked whitney to help him. >> reporter: of course the prosecution says there was no hunting trip. charlie was planning a murder. in fact, before he got the friend to buy the weapon, surveillance footage showed how intent charlie was on getting one. hours earlier -- there he was. >> charlie tan is on video going into the wal-mart attempting to purchase the shotgun. he is unable to. >> why is he turned down? why can't he buy the shotgun? >> he's a canadian citizen. >> reporter: which meant there would be a waiting period. time, the prosecutor said, charlie didn't have. >> ah. so he gets a friend to come in and make the purchase. >> that was our theory, yes. >> it's hard to put together a heat of passion scenario, mom's in jeopardy, if you've purchased the weapon in advance? >> correct. >> reporter: and the prosecutor told the jury there was no evidence o

bloomberg executive editor whitney o'kelly, thank you. get a quick check on the markets, which did see a bit of a letdown after the headlines came down. littley are trading, changed. remember, with the exception of the tax cuts, we have not seen much of a reaction over the past year or so in u.s. stock markets to political headlines. julie: and this threatens to jeopardize the five-day rally that we had coming into today, so right now it looks like we will and without that six-day advance. scarlet: you know everything can change in 90 minutes. julie: it is so early. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ bloomberg -- scarlet: from bloomberg world had orders in midtown manhattan, i'm scarlet fu with julie hyman. let's get a check on the first word news with mark crumpton. starting with the developing story with russia. mark: deputy attorney general of rosenstein says the goal 13 russians and three entities charged today was spreading distrust of the 2016 presidential candidates and the u.s. political system. the indictment, brought by the o

and delighted from then it will be great story how whitney houston oh you know her musical director saw me in the yaks in the musical but after they hired me to do the job. i had to go to new york and we were in rehearsals for one month i was the only new person everyone else had been with her since one thousand nine hundred eighty two when she started which i loved about her because she was she was so loyal to toy oh yeah she's so loyal and so in a way long story short she did she did not come to one rehearsal. and i met her on my first journey to brunei and i was sitting there and she walked up to my business seat and she flew everyone business class she was so special and she said . miles. i'm. sure any good student and she said is everything ok are they treating you well i said yes ma'am he said and if that. failed. you. it doesn't feel in life eight bit on that's it that's a whole lot of bizarre on the shuttle it's. such and and who pulled into fs and because. i think i think i think you've said it right i think you've said it correctly most people think live it is a highlight of a

she says she has been waiting to sing the star-spangled banner since 1991 said she saw whitney unit -- whitney houston's performance. >>> there are walk and snow globes in minneapolis, a wooden bridge to ski down and fireplaces on almost every corner. the game will be inside, played at 70 degrees. from one extreme to another. another warm and sunny day in the bay area. in san francisco, people were enjoying summerlike temperatures, and the low 70s today. people at the park were not complaining. >>> it is really nice, we have been able to take our dog out, it has not been raining. it is that warm san francisco weather. >> expect the parks and beaches to be packed tomorrow as the warm weather continues.>>> it not only feels like the fourth of july, it also looks like it. there is video of a mysterious fireworks show on the water off baker beach a little while ago. it appears they were fired off a barge and so far there is no word who is behind it. some twitter users claim it as part of a movie shoot. we are investigating. >>> the source of the warm weather is this persistent high that h

thank you. >> sophie whitney joins me.hie, you had a chance to speak with governor rick scott tonight. what did he say to you and your fellow students? what did you say to him? >> we were actually pleasantly surprised to hear how receptive he was to our ideas. it was more an open conversation between us and him. we started it off talking about the policies that we would like to see in the upcoming bill, and he would respond with different ideas to maybe make it a little different than our ideas. but he seemed to really hear what we were trying to say. >> when you and i talked last night, you told me that if you were to craft your own bill, it would address mental health, background checks, some kind of waiting period, banning assault rifles. i'm wondering how many of those specific topics came up. >> just about every one, except for banning assault rifles. but that was in a perfect world, that's a lot to ask for in one session. >> the legislature in florida, their session ends in just a couple of weeks. were you able to ge

but david foster told us that whitney's iconic version almost never happened. >> what they wanted for song. it goes -- ♪ what becomes of the broken hearted ♪ >> i thought, i can make that work for whitney. >> but that song had been used in a movie called "fried green tomatoes." so, they needed to find a new one. enter whitney's costar, kevin costner, who suggested "i will always love you." >> so i ran down to the record store back in those days, got linda ronstadt's version and went, wow. >> but first, foster wanted to pay all due respect to dolly, so he called her. >> i said, "we're recording your song. the linda ronstadt version is -- is great. that's what i'm using." she went, "no, you can't use that version." she said, "there's a third verse that she doesn't sing. you've got to do the third verse." i said, "well, we've already recorded the song and it only has two verses." she said, "no, you've got to go back and do the third verse. and the third verse, actually, is the greatest verse." ♪ i wish you love >> and that gave me the boom, "and i" moment. ♪ and i >> yeah, i came up with

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she was saying back in 1991, whitney houston performed she said i want to be on that stage and i wantperform it just like i did and she killed it, right here from doyletown. she had the flu. a lot of people did not know. she had something in her mouth >> to help her with it, she spit it right out. >> so hard to compare anyone to whitney but driving in i heard a clip on the radio for a second i thought it was whitney replaying her national anthem. >> yes. >> yes, it was pink. >> if that was pink on the flu i can't even imagine her 100 percent. she was amazing. >> thanks very much for coming in. >> leslie odom, junior. >> star of hamilton. >> went to capa. >> he is amazing. >> e oak lane and his voice was heavenly, it was great. >> we will play more coming up >> thanks for coming in. >> get some sleep. >> we're champs, guys, yes. >> lets get we are celebrating the philadelphia eagles. all of the highlights coming up as we continue our celebrations here on good day philad you don't even want to know protection detergent alone doesn't kill bacteria but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer k

i felt like candace took a huge chance by singing whitney houston. there are some artists you don't touch. she did that though. whitney houston would have been proud because she did amazing but evvie mckinney in that final song it was amazing and she made it her own. it was flawless. >> also she is a performer not just a singer. i asked when she is getting music out and she said soon.>> i am ready to work. i am just, i am going to be patient because they know what they are doing. god willing within the next two weeks i will be in the studio working for all of you. >> working for you, working for me. 20 years old. evvie. she is the winner and she is going to be excited because she will be coming back for season two. are you ready for that?>> i am ready for it. i will be here. give me the call and i will answer. i will need this woman to give us the track. you know she will be our on the verge artist. >> she says there has to be sold to the music and she was fantastic. i said are you going by evvie or the whole name? and she said evvie. >> only a few p

chris grade wree and sophie whitney are seniors in douglas highs. they hid inside barricaded bathrooms. guys, i'm so sorry for what happened to you. i'm so sorry for what happened to your class mates. krir a lot of your fellow students are saying they're not going to to go back to school until changes are made. are you hopeful that something is going to come of this? >> yes, i am very hopeful. what happened here in this city, i don't think country has ever seen anything like it. we're not going to stop until we're satisfied. >> when you say you're not going to stop until you're satisfied, sophie, what do you want to see happen? >> we want it to be more difficult to buy a gun. the fact that nikolas cruz purchased legally an ar-15 and killed 17 of the people at our solo is unacceptable. we need that to change. >> chris, what are the priorities in this country right now in your opinion when it comes to guns? >> the priorities right now? i mean, for us it's the number one priority and we're trying to get the entire country to make it their number one pr

i believe it was whitney houston. joining us now is shannon watts, the founder of moms demand action for gun sense in america. a group she started the day after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. shannon, let's start with what your mission and your message is. because right now, there is so much energy behind the movement, but there's a lot of movements. there's mom demands action. there's every town. there's the brady group. there's gabby gifford's group. thousa now, there are these students. do you have a unified message of what you want? >> absolutely. so moms demand action is the grassroots arm of every town for gun safety. we are the only organization that has a chapter in every single state of the country and has 4 million members. we can show up not just to meet with our members of congress but also with our state legislators. and tell them we want stronger gun laws and to defeat some really bad nra gun bills that show up in the statehouses every single year. yes, we all work together. we each have a

and david hoge is not a crisis actor, i promise. >> sofie whitney, i appreciate your time tonight.now it's been a long trip for you. we'll continue to follow you. thanks so much, sophie. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to get to the panel. kirsten powers, jack king skon, van snoenz, ryan stewart, ryan lizza. kirsten, when sarah sanders said today that the president did not try to use the florida school massacre to attack the mueller probe, that's just not true. and when he said -- when he made a link between the fbi agents spending too much time focusing on russia and not enough time on -- because they were -- it doesn't make any sense. it's a lie. >> it's exactly what he said. jason miller last night was saying they were two separate thoughts but they really weren't two separate thoughts. he was essentially saying because they are spending too much time investigating him they dropped the ball on the shooting, but that's not really how the fbi works. they have people who would be responsible for that and who, by all accounts, did seem to drop the ball are in florida. they hav

she said she was inspired by whitney houston's 1991 performance. >> ♪ >> and just and really took thege during halftime to play some of his songs and paid tribute to prince with a hologram of the late artist who is a minnesota native, but it was a tamer show than the one back in 2004. you may remember that's when he appeared with janet jackson and ended that performance with of course that infamous wardrobe malfunction. there were rumors that jackson might show up this time but it didn't happen. >>> protesters tried to disrupt game day travel in minneapolis ahead of super bowl lii. >> [ chanting ] dozens of people formed a human barricade to block light rail tack -- light rail tracks at u.s. bank stadium. some demonstrators chained themselves to the platform using u-shaped bicycle tracks. officers had to use bolt cutters to clear the locks and -- break the locks and clear the scene. >>> some fans are upset that a portion of martin luther king's speech was used to sell trucks during the super bowl. the 30 second ad talks about king talking about a life serving others. only in this case

pratt & whitney has issued a temporary fix to keep airbus planes flying until a permanent solution is. a unit of united technologies said scrapping production of the new seal that cost engine vibration put some jets out of service. that's the bloomberg business flash. anna: let's get to some breaking in spain telecom giant with fourth-quarter numbers coming through. they given a dividend, cash dividend for 2018. 1%enues to grow at about they say 2018. us operating income, given 3.9 billion. 2018, heavy for promotional activity in the spanish premium segment in the last quarter. will see how impressed analysts and investors are. and comparisons in latin america. let's turn our attention to the baltics, the head of the latvian central bank has denied seeking rights and accuse lenders of conspiring against him. guy johnson has an exclusive , released on bail 48 hours later, he has rebuffed appeals to step aside. good to have you on the program. what is the latest there from riga? >> at the moment, the story has gone quiet. they have released him on bail and will speak to him this afterno

high, my name is sophie whitney. i'm a senior at marjory stoneman douglas, a place i have called home for four years, a place that i have felt safe more than anything, the place where over a week ago the biggest thing that ever happened was probably just a good season of baseball. but for the rest of history, we will now be known as that high school, where the biggest high school mass shooting occurred. with other shootings by this point, most people would have forgotten about us. but not this time. my classmates and i are probably the most determined group of people you will ever meet. people are talking about how we a aren't serious because we're children, but have you heard my friends talk? we're serious. we are here to discuss with our state legislators how we can prevent what happened to us. as alfonso said, i'm feeling a little discouraged about that. i don't want this to happen again. i wouldn't wish it would happen to us on my worst enemy because no one should ever have to go through what we went through. 17

she'd been waiting to sing the national anthem since 1991 when whitney houston sang it.t, she struggled on that high note as you could hear it. but the overwhelming response was even with the flu pink sounds better than most of us on our best day. >> she nailed it. before her performance, twitter was picking on that moment where she seemed to spit out something on live tv. >> many were saying she was chewing gum for the national anthem. she was quick to tweet out it was a throat lozenge. the woman is sick. cut her a break. >> as pink belted that out, not one player took a knee or raised a fist. >> every member of the patriots and the eagles stood. president trump stirred up the issue again, thanking the military in a statement that read in part we proudly stand for the national anthem. >> he posted a super bowl party along with the first lady as well as cheerleaders there were out as well. and back in minneapolis, at least 17 activists protesting police brutality were arrested. >> singer kelly clarkson said minneapolis is, cold for the super bowl. she performed at the pr

my name is sophie whitney, and i'm a senior at marge city stoneman douglas, the place i've called homers, the place that i've felt safer more than anything. the place where over a week ago the biggest thing that ever happened was probably just a good season of baseball. but for the rest of history, we will now be known as that high school where the biggest high school mass shooting occurred. with other shootings by this point most people would have forgotten about us, but not this time. my classmates and i are probably the most determined group of people you will ever meet. people are talking about how we aren't serious because we're children, but have you heard my friends talk? we're serious. we are here to discuss with our state legislators how we can prevent what happened to us, but as alfonso said, i'm feeling a little discouraged about that. i don't want this to happen again. i wouldn't wish what happened to us on my worst enemy. because no one should ever have to go through what we went through. 17 of our classmates and teachers were murdered at the hands of a mentally unstable m

. >> she always wanted to do it since she heard whitney houston do it all those years ago. >> yes. >> even pink, at 10 percent is better than all of anybody else, yes. >> she can sing. >> yes. >> one of the great things about the super bowl is what it makes people do, reflect on is what so great about the cities behind the teams involved this weekend we heard so many people reflecting on what is so wonderful about philadelphia. >> we met a family that is, from lehigh county, but now lives here in minnesota. they say that they missed being back in the delaware valley and lehigh valley but having the bird coming here for super bowl they feel like it is a bit of the reunion and that they are back home, once again. >> go eagles. >> reporter: thomas family is thrilled that their philadelphia eagles are in minnesota for the super bowl. they won't be attending the big game on sunday, so they are representing the eagles like crazy while having fun at nfl experience. >> touch down. >> playing some games, and kicked the ball. >> practice catching and kicking the football at home with their dad

host: whitney is in kansas, a democrat. good morning to you. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing well. question or comment for our guest? caller: mainly a comment. i'm a federal employee and my son is in the military. it's significantly impacts numerous amounts of individuals that people are not even considering. when it comes to appropriations , everyone budget needs to remember we are under a sequestration. lasts 10 years and it will continue to last as long as everything goes the way it is going. everyone wants to blame party after party as to kicking the can down the road, but sequestration is nothing but a kick of the can. we are not paying attention to the actual fact of what's going on. we are paying attention to any of the bills that are on the floor. host: let me ask this. has any lawmaker argued sequestration has not been a bad thing? forcing cuts in spending on congress has not been about the? -- a bad thing? guest: there are plenty of conservatives who have said this since 2011. the cuts were never intended to go through and only one time did that back in

fed up with the government's lack of gun control oh in the wake of the school shooting my friend whitney and i decided that we wanted to do something about it on the politicians to saying that they're so i put a dent in their family but they're not doing anything about it and my friend when i believe that something needs to be done. many of the protesters criticized us president donald trump bake you some of simply blaming others and evading the real issue of gun laws and they concerned about how much influence gun lobby groups have on the government. oh. thanks to you we need to stand up to the n.r.a. we need to do what's right for kids not guns. trump arrived back in washington later monday after visiting victims medical personnel and first responders in florida on the weekend he said he's in favor of bipartisan efforts to strengthen federal background checks for gun purchases but what that means exactly is still open to interpretation. and meanwhile in florida hundreds of students gathered to mourn the victims of the shooting but the candlelit vigil. students across the nation have be

german electropop tiniest craftwork of follow in the footsteps of artists as there are cohen and whitney houston playing live at the kremlin palace in moscow. ok novel business is one of our joins me and it's the reconstruction in iraq monika yes there's a conference underway it's the last day today in kuwait and return to iraq says it is open for investors that is the message of fish oils are pushing out of that international donor conference in kuwait iraq is hoping to do a major investment from its allies a and reconstructing the country after decades of conflict the united states has already pledged a loan worth three billion dollars from ex-im bank kuwait and saudi arabia throw in another three and a half billion but that's only a fraction of what is needed you mariska iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic state and it will take time and lots and lots of money to breathe life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and these are some of the people the iraqi government is hopi

arlen, who played bobby brown in a life about whitney houston. >> and kelly overton is playing me apparentlyon so we can hangout and make sure she has all her lines correct. >> oh, i see. >>> but never forget you can't do much worse than michael jackson made for tv movie. that was pretty bad. ♪ >>> good tuesday morning >>> good tuesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories on "world news now. nassar is now facing 360 years in prison. he was hit with his third long sentence. before being sentenced, he apologized to his victims. >>> asian markets sold off sharply overnight. the dow suffered its biggest one day point drop in history and indications are that stocks will open lower yet again this morning. # >>> a tony award winner of stage and television will die. john mahoney is best known for his character on phrafrazier. he was 77 years old. >>> philadelphia's gearing up for the officials eagles celebration. it will step off thursday morning. schools will be closed. and adults are getting free beer. thanks to budweiser. those are some of your top

everybody is working for eli whitney. the slaves of course our masters and then ridgway who is the antagonist in the book. he is as much as anyone in the bondage. everyone is popping up. everyone is caught in this insidious grit. did i miss read this. i think they recognize the humanity. i think they wanted a well rounded compelling antagonist for my formidable cora and i think we should see ourselves there. it makes them live. he is a terrible philosophy. but in the same way when cora the ridgway in the moment of weakness. we recognize some and if you can recommend nice that quality in yourself. when you teach a class and we have taught several universities. what are two things you want the students to leave with. we had three months so people can write three stories. i think it's something different. if you only freight stories about 18 killed girls from new jersey because you are one. if you only write fantasy. you had three months the voice and try it. why do you avoid it a bit actually works for you. about stretching

she said she had dreamed of the opportunity since the unforgettable performance by whitney houston in 1991. every player stayed standing. >> justin timberlake took the stage for halftime. he got a lot of attention for his tribute to the late artis prince. he was part of minneapolis. he also played songs from his new album. >>> more problems for the systems newest train cars and why they're being taken out of service. >> the sun will stick around. there are ups and downs you need to know about. we will talk about that and what areas set records this afternoon. >>> that and more coming up after the break. stay with us, we'll be right back after this short break. fire fighting is a very dangerous profession. we have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us it makes

she said she was dreaming of this -- has been dreaming of this since whitney houston did this in 1991. >> a nice tribute there as well. justin timberlake got a lot of attention. this was a tribute to the late artist, prince. timberlake also played a song from a new album. >>> don't be surprised if some of your coworkers don't show up for work today. a new service shows almost 14 million people are going to call in sick today. that will make it one of the biggest sick days of the year. it even has its own hashtag, super sick monday. the numbers may be higher because we really are having a tough flu season this year. some calls may actually be legitimate. 20% of all workers admit that at some point they have called in sick the monday after the super bowl.>> i wonder how many people show up to work actually sick, spreading their germs because they don't want the boss to not believe them. >> all right. it is 6:11. cracking down on tent cities in the south bay. the homeless sweep that is happening today and what activists are trying to do to stop it. >>> that and more coming up after the b

whitney has replaced some of the engines.y firm and a dutch pension fund are making a joint bid for a chemicals unit. that is according to the financial times. it is said that the fund would be a minority: investor. -investor. blackstone sold the waldorf. they may be able to own it again. blackstone has had talks about bidding for waldorf. it is being overseen by china's government. that is your business flash. vonnie: still ahead, we are in south africa where the embattled presidency may be nearing its end. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. nejra: and from london, i'm nejra cehic. this is "bloomberg markets." it is a critical moment for south africa. the african national congress party is discussion whether it will ask president jacob zuma to resign. the broadcasting corporation had reported he agreed to step down, but a spokesman for the president denied it. joining us from cape town is a south african ego reporter. reporter. are we going to see him step down today? >> there has been a lot of spec

she says she has dreamed of the chance of doing this since she saw whitney houston do it.ou saw, leading up to the game, they tried to diss erupt travel ahead of the super bowl. >>> dozens of people blocked the light rail tracks near u.s. bank stadium. some chained themselves to the platform and each other. the police used bolt cutters to break the locks and then clear the area. no injuries were reported. there were several arrests. >>> eagles players have already said they will not go to the white house visit for the super bowl winners. tori is among the players who says he will boycott the visit. this is video from the patriots a visit last april. several players did not go. the president has criticized players because they kneeled during the national anthem. >>> it is 5:23. sideshow activity again. this time it was in oakland. more on the efforts of law enforcement to get the sideshows of the streets. voters will have a chance to decide whether officers should have tasers. a measure has gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot. >>> we can see the traffic is do

. >> we found out last week about the latest problem with the whitney, do you have the visibility toe targets? >> yes, you are right. the guidance we have given the market in 2018 is dependent on amongst other things, that our engine partners deliver the requisite engines. but that was not different in 2017. we have had more problems with the new engine -- very fuel efficient engines. bright side. yes, there is a new glitch that was discovered roughly a week ago. we are assessing the implications. this happens early in the year and i am quite confident that we can work through this and recover whatever needs to be recovered in terms of deliveries throughout the year. >> cisco surging to its highest level in more than 17 years following stronger than expected earnings including its first revenue increase following the one-time charge. the company is revealing some big plans increasing its dividend by 14% and a $25 billion stock buyback. >> we are not a capital intensive business. we had said the three areas that we would focus on as we got tax reform would be to reduce our share count

to company has suspended due engine supplied by pratt & whitney. has reported three in-flight shutdowns. dubai investments selling shares in its cooling unit in the fourth quarter and aims to start investment trust as it seeks to boost profit. the ceo spoke to bloomberg as his company reported an 18% decline in full your profits. >> with his happening, we are very excited this will go portfolio isand growing. we are doing this in a market that is 70% owned. twore excited because those will be listed in 2018. harvey weinstein is being sued by the city of new york for creating a hostile work environment at his company. mayattorney general's suit complicate attempts to sell the studio, a $500 million deal. harvey weinstein's lawyer said while his behavior was not without fault, there was no criminality. that was your bloomberg business flash. i'm seeing a relatively stable dollar yen at 108.70. from the bojjapan governor kuroda, he could be given the second term. prime ministers and's appoint governor kuroda for another five years when his current ter

so is whitney who grew up in public schools but one is something different. . >> you feel like you are not necessarily at school. you are having fun learning. going to the classes because you want to. >> reporter: there are no bells. instead, music can be heard in the hallways as kids head to the next class, when they are ready. . >> we have never seen anything quite like this. >> reporter: is opening four years ago the public charter school has been located in the hallway of another high school, an auto shop and other various buildings. now, after a $43 million loan -- donation, the brand-new school sits on bayfront property right next to oracle. . >> the school have access to amazing oracle employees who work in so many different dimensions of technology. and it means that we benefit from the freshness and energy of having students here who are creative thinkers. >> reporter: creative and design it thinkers. thinking is at the center of all of the classes and coursework to what is design thinking ? >> you put yourself in the use of shoes and you understand where they are coming from

in a statement, the engine's manufacture pratt any whitney says they are working with authorities toout how the casing to this thing came off in mid flight. it's horrifying. steve: it is scary. just imagine. ainsley: 40 minutes away from their destination in hawaii. brian: thanks, rob. five minutes after the top of the hour. number one debate on capitol hill this week along with some controversy is immigration. we're talking about a way forward on daca. now, the judge has put it in hyper space saying what you did, president trump, saying that daca is done and all these people's future needs to be worked out, legislatively or they got to be kicked out of the country. well that goes on hold it might end up in the supreme court. but, in the meantime, when it comes to immigration, you have the democrats who basically want a clean daca bill and some -- a plan to study the border. and then have you republicans give me 25 billion, give me a path -- we'll give you a path to citizenship for 1.8 million. parents not included and then goodbye chain migration, goodbye lottery. where do they meet

philadelphia native and she has dreamed of the opportunity to have an unfit forgettable performance like whitney houston in 1991.[music] >> justin to blake rock the stage for the halftime show. got a lot of attention for what you see here. tribute to the late artist prints. prince was from minneapolis where the super bowl was being played. to blake also played songs from his new album along with other hits. >> don't be surprised if some of your coworkers don't show up for work today. here's a new survey showing at least 14 million people will call in sick today. making it one of the biggest six days of the year. it even has its own hashtag. super sick monday. the numbers may actually be higher because we have this really rough flu season this year so some of the cause may actually be legitimate.>> there's a different survey that says employers are likely to believe workers who use that as their excuse. others say it is believable because i have back pains and injuries from an accent. but a lot of people may not show to date. -- today. >> we will talk more about the prevention of the flu. up next

the whitney plantation which was a museum of the slave experience. it's great. so as a fiction writer, just feeling the atmosphere on my skin, the sounds of the insects. seeing the implements. and then getting names. they would describe how they had various exhibits to how much slaves were sold, when people came and for me, i'm writing down names and some of those names i got from whitney plantation are in the book. how much people were sold for, all that grim stuff and to get back on the bus, go to the next plantation, the old galley plantation which you probably seen in movies. beyoncc filmed the video there and sort of that stereotypical plantation. and you know, if you want to do an antebellum themed wedding, you can rent costumes and have a slavery themed wedding. they have hotel rooms and i'm not sure if it's still on the website, it says if you want to break free from hotel chains, you can stay here and so you know, writing a book about slavery and getting people's actual stories comes across early 21st century ironies about race and sort of the way we de

she said she first had a dream of singing at halftime for the super bowl when she saw whitney houstonit back in 1991. here's one thing i know so well, is that if anyone can get out there and sing and put on a great show despite the flu, it's pink. she's tough and she rocks. >> yeah, she can blow. okay, so who are you rooting for? i already revealed is, i'm going for the underdog, because that's the way i like to do it. who are you rooting for? >> reporter: okay, so that's a different question than who i think is going to win? i'm from pennsylvania, i love rocky balboa, philly cheesesteaks, i want to see the eagles get their first-ever super bowl title. and our producer back in atlanta, alex close, he's from there, and man, it would mean the world to him. i want to give him a big hug. >> but you said who you think is going to win, i think you just answered that. >> reporter: yeah. >> okay. >> reporter: yeah, those new england patriots, you just can't go against tom brady and bill belichick. >> i gotcha. but we'll all be watching for surprises for those of us who are not lucky enough to

and he said, whitney said will do that, mr. president, but you know their prejudices are so strong among poor whites that s suckling to make any difference. johnson said that's not right. he said particularly if we get is a site which somebody has enough to eat and as a job i can educate their kids, they are going to vote in their interest and in the general interest as well. unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case, because now we have people who actually voted against their own interests, which is for me come i don't mean to preach but that's a troubling element. politics now has transcended liberalism or conservatism. i don't know whether you heard max boot on npr, max boot is a neoconservative, again come somebody he reviewed my book in the "wall street journal" so i think is wonderful. [laughing] but he's very conservative. and he said i don't have any home anymore. this, what is supposedly a republican party now is nothing to do with traditional conservatism. individual rights, immigration, republican party has t

consistent infrastructure that continues to fight for the vision not only of martin luther king, whitney young, john lewis, roy wilkins, thurgood marshall, malcolm x, and many of the great leaders who championed civil rights, human rights, and economic justice in the 1960's. we are the inheritors and legatees of that. we work every day to see how we can push it. today, there has to be a renewed effort to help poor white people , poor black people, poor latinos, working whites, working black, and working latinos, that they have more in common when it comes to economic issues then in division with each other. america, culture and race has divided the body politics. something so simple like raising the minimum wage can't find the light of day. 20 plus state have said forget the congress, forget the president, we will do it on our own. simple important things cannot get done because politics of race, politics of culture gets in the way. we have always -- at the national urban league we have always had a distinct focus on economic issues. we put tremendous effort into trying to derail this re

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. >>> i don't understand this but i will get whitney way, we are having a szechuan dipping tasting herers mcdonald's said they will introduce the szechuan dipping sauce and they are even selling it on e bay. >> yes. >> szechuan sauce. >> they don't always have it, it is limited addition like shamrock shakes. they miss it when they go way. >> go by szechuan dipping sauce you want mcdonald's szechuan sauce. they have been saying it has been coming back ever since october. we have lots of fans, hoff been wanting it, why is it not around. >> well, i guess you can eat your chicken nuggets and dip that in there. >> i can't have chicken nuggets. >> that is right. >> lent. >> fries. >> could you move some of this stuff. >> um-hmm. >> i got to thinking what else could you dip in there. could you open some of those chips. >> it is so good. >> yes. >> i can see why the fuss. >> teriyaki. >> they are only making 20 million once it is gone, it is gone. >> they brought it back to take ate way again. >> it was around all the time you know what i used to like is that mcrib. >> oh, yeah. >> when that go

whitney houston!couldn't believe one woman could be blessed with that much, with the looks and the talent. >> this lady started out as a dancer, went to new york, went to paris, worked with bands, came back as a single. and is she hot. this is madonna. ♪ >> if you saw madonna then, she looked just like the girls who hung out at the club called the funhouse. all the girls there had the mesh thing and they had the boots. and it was kind of a mix of new wave punk with this other dance sensibility. ♪ holiday ♪ celebrate >> i think madonna was able to use that core dance music and use the style of the streets that were going on and evolve that into a pop career. >> we are a couple weeks into the new year. what do you hope will happen not only in 1984 but for the rest of your professional life? what are your dreams? what's left? >> to rule the world. ♪ star light, star bright ♪ first star i see tonight ♪ star light ♪ star bright ♪ make everything all right >> all of a sudden there was girls around that had