as leaders garth never geneva to find way to end sear ye's war, a series of bombs tear through damascus killing at least 50. >>> europe's security agency says thousands of refugee children are missing after arriving in europe. they may have been targeted by criminal gangs. >>> at least 65 died of a bomb attack in nigeria. the armed group boko haram is being blamed. >>> and we'll tell you why pressure is going to ban the hijab in senegal. >>> and i am here with all the sport, including tennis world number one know jack djokovic has been crowned the australian champion for the sixth time. ♪ ♪ >>> it has been more than a year in the making but even now as leaders gather in geneva for talks to try i understand the war in syria. there are still deep divisions over the country's future. syria's opposition threaten to leave the discussions unless its demands are met. and these include the supply of humanitarian aid to besieged towns such asthma die a where people are starving. syrian's ambassador says he's considering the humanitarian steps but accused the opposition of not being serious a

some of the world apt top scientists garth never west africa. they are there to meet some of the brightest young mind on the continent. >> our american story is written everyday. it's not always pretty, but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >>> troops from south korea and the u.s. are in the milled of large-scale military exercises. it's an annual drill to test their defenses against north korea. this year's exercise comes a midst heightened tensions on the korean peninsula. rob mcbride has details. >> reporter: this is a show of force intended to impress. one of the set piece drills of these annual exercises involving thousands of troops from south korea and the united states. and they come at a time of increased tensions on the korean peninsula. in response to these drills, north korea threatened preemptive strikes. while its leader kim jong-u.n was shown on state media inspecting missile tests. far from provoking north korea says the u.s. military, this show of force insure

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>>> as leaders garth never geneva to try to find a way to end syria's war in venezuela. >>> the united nations special envoy on syria says he is optimistic and determined. the talks aimed at ending the war will succeed. he has held informal talks with the members of the opposition group, that is the higher national council. that group, though, is threatening to leave unless a number of demands are met. including the supply the opposition were amateurs, not professionals. and he said he hadn't even been given a list of their delegation members. >> we have not yet started the talks. we don't know yet who will be sitting with us on the other side. neither us nor the special envoy are aware of the names of the composition of the other delegations with whom we will have this dialogue. >> reporter: members of the opposition delegation have been having a meeting with the u.s. and the european envoys. afterwards they met to discuss the situation again together. they are still split on whether to join these negotiations. so that is where it stands right now. as i understand they have gone in to

. >> reporter: hundreds of people garth in other words downtown minneapolis to hear the father of jamar clark say nothing short of prosecution will do in the death of his son. >> and we are tired, not only the black people but the white people are tired. >> reporter: jamal clark was killed after two police officers confronted him during a domestic dispute last november. police say he dried dyed any struggle for one of the guns. witnesses have said that's not true. and that he was actually hand covered at the time. on thursday, in his 62nd message posted on social media. the minneapolis police chief urged protesters to be calm and showed images from a previous tense protest. >> public safety is always our number one priority. we will not tolerate acts of violence against anyone. and that includes act of violence against our officers. >> reporter: some people here are offended by what she said. why is that? >> well, this is a peaceful protest. and a lot of people have been having peaceful rallies and protests so it's offensive because we are keeping the peace. >> reporter: the protesters

u y'n'e se eat dvery when groups garth earlies for mr. obama's visit. >> translator: this is the country that trained and prepared the dictators is coming to argentina at this time. >> reporter: people here see the but also as a nation that continues to violate human rights around the world. that is why these people say that barack obama should not come here. they say the united states won't bring any benefits to argentina. >> translator: the only thing we see from this is that the rich are going to be richer and the poor poorer, it's what nullity national companies do in countries like this one. >> reporter: macri and obama think differently. and their message is that this alliance will bring more benefit than pain. teresa bow, al jazeera,. >>> one of africa's longest-serving rulers, has been reelected president of the republic of congo. official results from sunday's first round ballot show he won more than 60% of the vote. but opposition parties are crying foul. we have more from the capital. >> reporter: opposition leaders say accordi

. >> and finally, john, when you see like a taylor swift push a company like apple or garth brooks talking about the exodus of songwriters out of nashville, how much power in the stratosphere? >> well, great, great question. i think that this is the key difference that tim is recognizing, and this is reason why he sis really, pandora has made like a comet pleat 180 in regards to how they treat the artist s artists. they were trying to get out of paying the higher royalties for the past two the three year, and for them to enter into the direct deals with the publishers indicates that they are trying to smooth out the relationship s with the artists, because the artists are in control. and beyonce's lemonade album is a perfect example of that and the perfect example of the power of artists in the future. >> wow. all right. john kellogg, and certainly, this tier of the artists, beyonce, taylor swift, prince have outsized power, and you expect it to trickle through to others, and it is certainly interesting trend to watch. have a great memorial day weekend. >> thank you, you, too. >> john kell

. >> we could play garth brooks. >> we could. or other music we love. happy christmas. can i say that? yeah, it's december. >>> in your favorite college team isn't playing in a championship, fox sports is giving another reason to watch. fox sports will have go pro. sit part of a deal between fox sports labs and go pro. they are offering a new video experience. that is pretty exciting stuff. i mean, look at that. >> front row in the action. >> it is almost not quite front row. if they had it on the quarterback or running back. >> that would be dangerous. >> why? >> because they tackle each other. >> so. they're small and wearing protection. i'm going to watch that. it's exciting. >>> chocolate might be getting healthy. nestle found a way to reduce sugar in chocolate by 40%. the new process alters the structure of the sugar to keep e same taste with less sugar. they said the new sugar would be introduced in 2018. plans to release more details in the coming years. i can tell you by covering these packaged goods companies, if this works, this is the holy grail of what peopl

. >> garth brooks, is it? >> yes. >> he's the big one. >>> play-doh is getting a facelift with a new toy to life app. it animates them in a virtual world using the camera on your iphone or ipad. you can play the game for free with any can of play-doh or buy a $40 shape to life studio set. that's actually pretty impressive. >> play-doh for the digital age. but to kids still play with play-doh? i can't believe that they wouldn't. >> i was always more of a lego man than play-doh. i needed that help, the guidance to actually form something. >> very masculine. >> you need to be more talented to have play-doh. >> artistic. creative. i played with play-doh. >> lego was easier to work with for me. anyway, we should move on. >>> coming up, today's must-reads. here's a look at european kpas head the to break. we are if the green by a quarter of a percent. we're back in a couple of minutes. you're watching "worldwide exchange." >>> welcome back to worldwide exchange. to today's must-read stories capturing our attention.

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>> we've got garth brooks at sixth. >> ac/dc. >> exactly. some of the aging rockers. >> rolling stones, calvin harris, and p. diddy. >> calvin harris is the highest paid deejay in the world. >> a lot of country people there still in the top 20, aren't there? >> kenny chesney. >> yeah. i mean, country is one of those genres where you can keep tours and touring and touring and the fans gobble it up. >> thank you. >> it's interesting. thank you. >> love the velvet blazer. >>> coming up when we return, donald trump's picks for treasury and commerce secretary, they're going to be here. steven mnuchin and wilbur ross join us here. "squawk box" returns in just a moment. r business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. find out how american express cards and services may not always be clear. but at t. rowe price, we can help

in the past month making exclusive deals with taylor swift, as well as garth brooks to offer their music and concerts to their customers. at&t partnered with peter turnen two and a half years ago to create otter media, which owns youtube content creator network full screen and have a combined 1.2 million paying subscribers. while buying directv showed at&t's confidence in the tv bundle, buying time warner is a bet its content assets will be appealing across all platforms and a la carte. guys? >> julia boorstin thank you very much for that, julia. one thing is for sure, when the deals are denied, it hurts. it's hurt players for years. that's a lesson absorbed and learned? >> sure, but you're not going to get over the finish line unless you cut the deal and announce it. i think they are giving this the college try. like i said, i think this deal goes through. >> peter, this combined company would have tremendous insight into where people are and when they like. that's what google's got already, facebook's got some of it, too. >> netflix. >> well, netflix probably less into where they are.

if i had to guess, guys, i would probably say kayla tausche's jam, garth brooks. am i right? >> ah, yeah. probably right. "ain't doing down til the sun comes up" is a good one. curious. you see ryan lochte and michael phelps with big headphones on. what are their on-deck songs are walking out? we'd like to know. inquiring minds. >> a good one. i don't know if we got to that particular question, but it's what they're listening to, in the case of the kayla harrison, it was "lose yourself" with eminem. definitely the song they're going to choose to motivate them the most. >> what do you listen to do get hyped before "squawk on the street" before that opening bell? >> you'vely the "squawk on the street." you can feel the adrenaline. >> an amazing week here. i want to remind everyone, andrew ross sorkin will come down to rio tomorrow. he's going to be here all next week. there's our -- our wall shot of andrew hitchhiking, thankfully he does not have to do. coverage continuing into next week getting to track and field and a lot of other things. additional swimming tonight at michae

charles, joe, garth, dale, they do a great job. want to help support them in any way possible. they give us a great opportunity to play and be a role model to the kids. >> the philanthropy part of my life is -- this is my hobby, this is my vice, this is what i enjoy, this is what i love to do. i love to help others smile. >> i'm really proud of him and i think he's doing a great job. >> as do we. >> fun stuff. >> great stuff. >> couple of them could go to the nhl. >> wouldn't surprise me based on where i know they have been -- the tournaments they played and won. great stuff. thank you. good stuff. >>> let's talk about the markets before we get out of here. we have the dow now positive for the year. and at last check the s&p 500 was at its intraday high of the year as well. couple of notable things coming up. you have tiffany before the bell tomorrow morning with its earnings. by the way, we have andrew wellington of lyrical coming on tomorrow. we're excited about that. last thoughts here. >> if you have a bunch of analysts working for you, tell them, tell me what the price of

. >> is garth brooks going to do the song? >> i would tell you but then i would have to do something drastic. >> thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you for having me. >>> and let's send it over to our seema mody for a market flash. >> we are looking at shares of mastercard. the company board of directors increased the company's quarterly cash dividend to 22 cents per share. that is a new dividend, 16% increase over previous dividend of 19 cents per share. the company authorizing to repurchase common stock. shares higher fractionally by around a half a percent. >> president-elect trump targeting new company today taking on boeing saying its air force one contract should be cancelled because it is over budget. we discuss whether that is a red flag or just another negotiating tactic. we will ask whether you should still be buying the banks after their enormous post election rally. "closing bell" will be right back. guys, what's happening here? hey nicole, this is my new alert system for whenever anything happens in

. >>> garth brooks was honored for being the first recording artist ever to earn seven diamond status from the recording industry of america. that is the cnbc news update at this hour. >>> the market closing for the day. jackee deangeles is joining us with the closing. >> we saw a little bit of choppiness this morning but wti and brent crude turning around. having a pretty strong session. wti actually crossing over 49. going to close under that level and brent over $50 a barrel. this is aftermath after the opec meeting. the market digesting the news and discounting the fact that when the cartel meets we may not see any deal formalize. right now they like it. back to you. >> thank you, jackie deangeles. now to the race for the white house. donald trump's taxes. the candidate's 1995 return shows he could have avoided paying taxes for nearly two decades. robert frank joins us to explain how the u.s. tax loopholes work. that's a big story to cover. >> yes. it took a lot of digging but two days later i think i have it. his tax holiday was made possible by the little known loophole of net o

when we come back, the future of the music business according to garth brooks. and we will tell you what he told us. rick santelli, what are you watching? >> with the fed minutes coming up, we have to watch the trez shy ri market, and the yield curve, and look at the issues of the long and the short end, and talk about the little bit about what is going on in spain. you know the economy that everybody is so proud of and made a big rebound? well, maybe a fly in the ointment. what is it? we will tell you after the break. . >>> coming up on the halftime report why the fed's minutes are critical for the markets which are having a hard time facing what we are calling the new rate reality. and shark kevin o'leary is going the be with with us from "shark tank" to share his new idea. and toni sacconaghi is going to join us as well. >> and garth brooks is going to be returning to the a first concert in new york city in central park since 1997. it is not just new york getting the cold shoulder, because he took 13er years off of music and making a comeback in 2014, and we

we garthed eight devices and put them to a very unscientific test. start with the most basic. number of steps. i got a huge variation in the numbers. in just a small time frame, i saw ranges between 1500 and 2,000 steps. that's a big deal if the goal is to get 10,000 steps a day. while one app may say you got 10,000, another might say you're stick at 8,000. when i counted 5 hundr eed 500 , one of the two fit about it wases the most accurate coming in just above 500. whether it came to heart rate. i counted my pulgs at 140, all the devices had me less than. that come on, give me some credit. >> all right. getting a burn going. >> it was the apple watch, though that, did come the closest. and distance walked, some apps thought i walked over a michl others were low balling me by a good 20%. but it was the winning's tracker that gave me the most accurate results. >> all right. he joins us now. the latest edition of the chemy report magazine. >> yes. i have some of them here. still not as much bling as my neighbor. but what's interesting is look at these stocks. they trade based on

until now, garth brooks shied away from all music streaming services in favor of his own ghost tunes online music library. it is important to note that amazon music is sponsoring his latest tour and how big is garth brooks, you ask? only the beatles have sold more albums in the u.s. big deal. that's your cnbc news update at this hour. back over to you. >> such a big deal, you can say that the thunder rolls when he made that announcement. >> he has friends in high places today. >> apparently he does. melissa, you are furiously -- thank you, courtney. >> i just noticed that elon musk just tweeted that the announcement is live at 5:00 p.m. california time. followed by 30 minutes of media q&a. tweeted this 30 seconds ago. >> 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >> after the close. >> the close apparently in guam. 8:00 eastern, right before the election, by the way, where all the networks are already going to be in their coverage mode. where is the east coast bias when you need it? >>> let's get a check on the overall markets. as all this stuff keeps happening, the dow is up another 80 points today. b

garth brooks is not relevant. >> jason, you always light the fires. thank you so much, jason calacanis joining us from one market today. >>> meanwhile, the equity markets are getting a lift, largely in part to crude oil, which has broken below $52 a barrel after the latest crude oil inventory numbers which showed a sizable draw. so, you are now seeing the dow and the s&p up a fraction of 1%. the nasdaq is in negative territory. part of that is because of intel. check out shares of intel, getting hit hard despite a third-quarter beat on the top and bottom lines but disappointment over the q-4 guidance and the data center growth rates are weighing on that stock today. >>> when we come back, a cnbc exclusive with goldman's top tech banker to george lee from the innovators summit. we'll get his take on everything m&a next. and walt mossberg on the pixel and why it's the best android smartphone he eefers tested. and later, we'll go to the new establishment summit and jon will sit down with chamath palihapitiya in a first on cnbc interview. hey! i just want

a lot of mistakes he's making are mistakes if you're a kinder garth ner, you would be worried. he is acting like a bad boyfriend. after the fourth, fifth, sixth date, still having these problems, you have to start being worried. obviously speaker gingrich is someone trying hard to help him and i applaud speaker gingrich for doing that. the reality is at this late date, imagine if you're one year into the presidency and having these kinds of problems. well, guess what, here comes the press conference tomorrow, the president will stop insulting the prime minister, stop insulting, don't worry, he is going to get better. you can't do this. i think that's where we are. for most people, we have already seen enough to know there's something desperately wrong with this candidacy and candidate. >> you point to his achilles heel, being unscripted. sometimes that can hurt him. it is also his greatest attribute. there's a contrast when you watch donald trump handle press questions where most of the time he answers directly for better or worse. versus hillary clinton, a professional dodger.

saying their spoke to the 46-year-old man at length yesterday and were able to garth enough echvidence to charge him. this is leaving so many people in the community wondering why these two women were targeted. they were two individuals who gave so much to the community. >> margaret and i have worked together for many years. we just see patients and do what needs to be done. >> this is one of the poorest counties in all of mississippi. it rivals the bottom place in all sorts of statistics. >> margaret held and paula mare mareal were found stabbed to death on thursday. police say there was evidence of a break in. a car that belonged to one of the victims was found on an abandoned road less than a mile from their home. this morning 46-year-old rodney earl sanders is under arrest facing two counts of capital murder. police say he was identified early in the investigation as a person of interest. after what they call an exhaustive interview, he was charged. authorities have not revealed a motive in the killings or discussed any possible relationship between sanders and the nuns. they do sa

garth brooks will not perform. at the inauguration. though earlier he said he would be honored to perform. so that's a little bit confusing. >> what garth brooks actually said was it's a service to your country if you're asked to do it you do it as a service to your country. but now, you know, there are reports, too, alisyn now that the beach boys are mulling an offer. >> the rockettes? >> the rockettes are going to perform apparently. but now there are some of their members coming out and saying that they are embarrassed and upset by the fact that they weren't consulted directly before the invitation from the -- the -- and chris help me out here, owns it -- >> dolans -- >> james dolan just said that they would perform. so you know, there's still all of this back and forth and push/pull here. >> everybody walking on eggshells. everybody tiptoeing about what to do. >> yeah. >> you know unlike bush, unlike obama we see trump's approval or disapproval ratings. we're a much more divided country than we were eight or 16 years ago when those

. >> entertainment news website the wrap reports garth brooks will not perform. no doubt he will have performances, but with a lot less pop. >> i don't doubt that there will be people there at the inauguration. i don't think, though, that they're going to get people out there who were on the campaign trail for hillary clinton. i also don't think that they're going to get the level of celebrity star power that you saw for barack obama's first inauguration. hollywood leans left, and donald trump has to work against that. >> the trump team is downplaying any difficulties getting a listers. confirming they booked the mormon tabernacle choir. also, jackie evancho of "america's got talent" fame. she'll sing the national an them at the swearing in. musicians who have stumped for trump like ted nugent and kid rock are other possible performance. we've just learned from the beach boys that they say they've been asked to participate but haven't made a decision yet whether or not they'll show up for trump. as far as whether or not big stars will turn out, the trump camp is

. >> reporter: entertainment website the wrap says garth brooks will not perform. no doubt trump will have performances, just perhaps with a lot less pop. >> i actually don't doubt there will be people there at the inauguration. i don't think, though, that they are going to get people who are out there on the campaign trail for hillary clinton. i also don't think they are going to get the level of celebrity star power that you saw for barack obama's first inauguration. hollywood leans left. and donald trump has to work against that. >> reporter: the trump team is downplaying any difficulties getting a-listers, confirming to cnn they booked the mormon tabernacle choir. also saying yes, jackie ivancho of "america's got talent" fame will sing the national anthem at his swearing-in. other possible performers, musicians who stumped for trump like ted nugent and kid rock. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >>> the next hour of "newsroom" begins after a quick break. >>> i'm about to show you some of my must-see spots in l.a. welcome to amir's garden. in 1971, a massive bru

. >> reporter: entertainment news website, the wrap, reports garth brooks will not perform. no doubt, however, trump will have performances. just, perhaps, with a lot less pop. >> i actually don't doubt that there will be people there at the inauguration, i don't think, though, that they're going to get people who are out there on the campaign trail for hillary clinton. i also don't think that they're going to get the level of celebrity star power that you saw for barack obama's first inauguration. hollywood leans left. and donald trump has to work against that. >> reporter: the trump team is downplaying any difficulties getting a-listers, confirming to cnn that they booked the mormon tabernacle choir. also saying yes, jackie evancho of "america's got talent" fame. she will sing the national anthem at the trump's swearing in. other possible inaugural performers, musicians who have stumped for trump, like ted nugent and kid rock. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> we'll be right back. it's your last chance to save during the final days of the ford year end event. hurry in f

you know, here's my view, i was taught this by david garth, david taught me the following, there's no such thing as a bad question, there's just a bad answer. and you want to get asked the bad questions because you want the constituents to hear your answer to them. >> well, that's why we're here. thank you. not to ask the bad questions but the tough questions. >> tough questions. the ones that nail you on the things people are worried about. why do you feel this way? why do you look at -- >> that's what we try to do -- >> and you do a great job. >> thank you, sir. alisyn. he said me, not you by the way. >> i also like that he said sessions as though it was a therapeutic quality to this. thank you, mr. mayor. and chris. president obama about to meet face-to-face with his successor, president-elect donald trump. how will they get past all of the bad birther blood? we will speak with former obama senior adviser david axelrod. next. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insuranc

. >> chris: points. ( applause ) finally, aurora illinois' own public access celebrity garth algar. ( cheers and applause ) >> i'm not sure i have an answer, chris i mean, you know, because the sphincter, says, what. >> chris: what's that, what? that's the end of "have yourself a famous little christmas." you know, i'm not going to eliminate anyone today because we're just having too much fun. >> you couldn't do it, right, in this climate you couldn't just kick the woman out? >> chris: it just felt a little-- >> i touch. i just touch. i just-- i just kiss. i kiss and a touch. sorry, you were saying-- >> i don't feel safe. that means it's time to grow the (bleep) up. it's "for the win"! ( cheers and applause ) we're all adults. have you head that term, "adulting?" that's when adults want special credit for acting like ( bleep ) grownups. now those big babies can get that grownup credit they crave at the adulting school in portland, maine-- the portland, oregon of maine. students at adulting school learn how to do all kinds of adult things, from financial basics, to cooking food, to put

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it's why everybody from carole king to garth brooks to taylor swift collaborates with him. it's what makes him among the most prolific and admired positions of our time. james recently went through all of his songs and kept coming across the same stories, songs about fathers and traffic jams, love songs, recovery songs. i really love this phrase, hymns for agnostics. [laughter] pres. obama: he said in making music, there is the idea of comforting yourself. there is also the idea of taking something untenable and communicating it. that's why it feels like james is singing only to you when he sings. it feels like he is singing about your life. the stores he tells well on our most enduring and shared experience. "carolina on my mind" is about where you grew up, even if you did not grow up in carolina. fenway" is just about the red sox. [laughter] that --ama: if you like if you are a red sox fan, you don't like that song, but that's ok. james is a consulate truth teller about a life they can leave us lots of questions and unsatisfying answers, but holds so much beauty that you

when he got giuliani to endorse him, david garth, the late great media guru said that bloomberg led at 62 points -- 16 points. >> the original primary was on september 11. when was the actual election? two and a half weeks later. >> let's run the next clip. let's look at the different people in this clip. >> this is not a time to take a chance on someone who has never spent a day in government service. >> one of the interesting things about that is he is not the governor of virginia. some of these things come back to haunt you, obviously not he was successful. >> that was a unity dinner three days before the general election and so stewart and valid and the clintons and the cuomos. it was great except we go back to the unity point which is one of the major themes of 2016 for both parties, ferrer would not come. they were still angry about the primary and the distribution of literature and so the new york times was not that party can came together. but ferrer a no-show at green's unity dinner. >> your wife periodically in the the last race. you say it is it. he went on to run for attorn

the level of vull garth, this is the pot calling the kettle block. senator schumer: neither schumer, jayzee or howard stern are running for president. i think most americans would think they wouldn't make good presidents either. >> i would like to switch to the economy. 16 years ago, a candidate for senate made extensive promises for job creation and a famous pledge to create 200,000 jobs for upstate and many new yorkers were skeptical to cure the state's economic ills. what have been the most successful economic growth programs you have supported and if elected to a fourth term, what new or different approaches would you advocate? senator schumer: a number of programs have been very, very supportive. when we got a transportation bill, it took a long time because there was a blockade among the hard right. it is employing thousands and thousands of new yorkers, and building infrastructure, making college more affordable, really important. in fact, i proposed the american opportunity tax credit which a family who makes below $180,000 get a tax credit.

feehan francis jude feely garth erin feeney sean bernard fegan lee s. fehling peter adam feidelberg alan d. feinberg rosa maria feliciano >> and my brother, timothy riley. may our light and spirit continue to shine on us. >> and my brother-in-law, my brother, my buddy, dr. lee alan adler. we miss you and love you always, lee. [applause] >> edward p. felt edward thomas fergus, jr. george j. ferguson iii j. joseph ferguson henry fernandez judy hazel santillan fernandez julio fernandez elisa giselle ferraina anne marie sallerin ferreira robert john ferris david francis ferrugio louis v. fersini, jr. michael david ferugio bradley james fetchet jennifer louise fialko kristen nicole fiedel amelia v. fields samuel fields alexander milan filipov michael bradley finnegan timothy j. finnerty michael c. fiore stephen j. fiorelli paul m. fiori john b. fiorito john r. fischer andrew fisher bennett lawson fisher gerald p. fisher john roger fisher thomas j. fisher lucy a. fishman ryan d. fitzgerald thomas james fitzpatrick richard p. fitzsimons salvatore fiumefreddo d

host: all right, next up, garth from bend, oregon is calling. caller: good morning. host: good morning. what is your thought? caller: my thought is that these national disasters are such a large-scale that we cannot affect the government to be able to mitigate them without some work of our own. oregon,, you know, in toare waiting for the -- liquidate the willamette valley. when we have the resources and the knowledge that we have before these events happened, if you are really worried about it and want to be collective, you need to move out of those areas and establish cities in safe spots. when things like this happen, when we flood, when we know it is a floodplain, we are shocked and disappointed at the government that they cannot solve all of our problems, especially when we tax our local resources, then we go to state and federal resources. that takes a lot of money. sorry, i do not know what is wrong with my voice. host: i have a question for you. people who live in floodplains in parts of louisiana or other parts of the country -- california where there are eve

we appreciate it, garth. caller: thank you. have a great day. host: this one says trump doesn't need fox, cnn is giving him all the free air time he wants. speaking of strategy for the democrats, "the washington post" looking ahead to super tuesday, what hillary clinton needs to do, what bernie sanders needs to do. it's available at washingtonpost.com. hillary clinton expected to do best across super tuesday's six southern states. the last who strongly supported for clinton accounted for a big share in all of them. bernie sanders has his best chance in winning five states, all outside the south, including in vermont, minnesota, and massachusetts. also what to watch for, super tuesday is inside "the washington post" this morning, and you go through the list of states. you can see alabama, alaska, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, minnesota, oklahoma, tennessee, texas, vermont, and virginia. our lines are open, and you can join in on the conversation, 202-748 is the number to call. 8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. karen from new h

emilio, known as the garth ooks of tejano, he went to the mainstream. although we mourn the loss of this mexican american music legend, his memory will live on forever. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida -- texas -- excuse me -- seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: you may continue. ms. jackson lee: thank you. i rise, mr. speaker, to honor and i also rise to challenge. my honoring is to acknowledge the national law enforcement officers memorial and to honor those who have fallen in battle, to acknowledge the fact that an officer is killed in -- united states every 60 so i salute those who have fallen and offer my sympathy to their families but recognize it is important to honor them and we do honor them. that is why i rise today with sadness on what we did on the floor of the house where we actually sai

[applause] ♪ jennie garth's remarks or 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and cofounder of tea party patriots, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> good afternoon. you know, the president of united states last addressed this gathering eight years ago. do the math. it was a different president then. as he sat in the oval office preparing for that speech he came across a phrase that confused him. he asked, what is this movement you keep talking about in this speech? the speechwriter, stunned, responded "the conservative movement." the one started back in the 1960's when the conservatives first took root. that apparently did not sit well with the president. let me tell you something. i whooped gary bauer's ass. there is no movement. i wish i had known that story eight years before this presidency, rather than eight years after. is it any doubt we started to doubt the republican party. a man claiming to be conservative. he did not govern as a conservative. [applause] he oversaw the largest spending increase since lyndon johnson's great society. and when big banks g

garth in s go to midland, texas, supports donald trump. good morning. bunch ion is these are a of spoeultd brats leaving the republican they don't like trump so bad they are willing to throw it toward the democrats. in line and get stop the nonsense and trying to et the position like they are fortunately midable foe nonsenseme. they are walking around an theirng leadership within own selves and not getting anywhere. waste of time. host: ed lopez. guest: i appreciate the caller sentiments tand the of people who want to have a unified voice in the party. we tried doing that over the of a very long period of time we have experienced dating back to dan quayle. we have people that worked for him and ron and rand paul. e have a diverse body of republicans who i think are far removed from anything spoiled. these are people who put a lot of sweat equity and sacrificed a help the party move forward. e have mccain veterans and george w. bush veterans and come of segments e body in the republican party. there is not a fringe movement. you look at the people that i

[no audio] >> garthing steam and played out in a very extreme way. that has inevitably got the attention. jeremy's had a degree of ambivalence but is for remain. i think actually in that sense he's quite close to the center of gravity of the british people. in a sense -- tom: unenthusiastic but diagnose for it in the end possibly. >> if it's remain it will be a reluctant remain. i think in that sense he is, you know, he sort of speaks to at least a bit of where people are on this. >> [inaudible] >> no. i'm quite enthusiastic. i'm seven out of 10. i'm quite close to 10. i fundamentally think for me, i tweeted this this morning, that i think about my family history. we weren't in the e.u., as a number of people pointed out when my parents came here as refugees. but that's fundamentally the values of britain, or corporation with others, solidarity. the problems of the world are so big that countries have got to work together to solve them. sheila, she put it very well on that slightly crazy channel i care gram, so passionately about what happens. i thin

feehan francis jude feely garth erin feeney sean bernard fegan lee s. fehling peter adam feidelberg alan d. feinberg rosa maria feliciano >> and my brother, timothy e. riley. may our light and spirit continue to shine on us. >> and my brother-in-law, my brother, my buddy, dr. lee alan adler. we miss you and love you always, lee. [applause] >> edward p. felt edward thomas fergus, jr. george j. ferguson iii j. joseph ferguson henry fernandez judy hazel santillan fernandez julio fernandez elisa giselle ferraina anne marie sallerin ferreira robert john ferris david francis ferrugio louis v. fersini, jr. michael david ferugio bradley james fetchet jennifer louise fialko kristen nicole fiedel amelia v. fields samuel fields alexander milan filipov michael bradley finnegan timothy j. finnerty michael c. fiore stephen j. fiorelli paul m. fiori john b. fiorito john r. fischer andrew fisher bennett lawson fisher gerald p. fisher john roger fisher thomas j. fisher lucy a. fishman ryan d. fitzgerald thomas james fitzpatrick richard p. fitzsimons salvatore fiumefredd

live performance is happening, garth brooks concert, you know lots of people who want to be there, and there's only so many tickets available. people who use boughts, overwhelm it can by cutting in line, ahead of regular fans. while those tickets are taken out of circulation they use human operators to enter distinct names and circumvent other security measures. software is easy to find and you don't have to be a technology genius to use it. a quick google search will lead to you a different kind of marketplace, one where you can purchase the software. they are specific applications for websites such as ticketmaster and stubhub and they make custom products. it harms everyone in the entertainment process, performers, and fans, and, ticket issuers, and, ticket fly have to have extra security measures. when the site doesn't seem to work properly or the event is listed as sold-out, seconds after the tickets go on sale, consumers get frustrated. second dare market is impacted for their part ebay, and, they believe that misuse of ticket botts, and, a report from the new york attorney genera

. >> let's go to garth. good morning. >> good morning. my opinion, these are a bunch of brats, leaving the republican party, because they don't like trump so bad, that thisre willing to throw whole race toward the democrats. they need to get in line and nonsense with things they're creating, trying to get position like they are formidable foe and stop this nonsense. the only benefit is them walking around and creating leadership notin their own selves and getting anywhere. it's a waste of time. >> ed lopez? >> well, i appreciate the call. i understand the sentiments of have a unified voice of the party. we've certainly tried doing that the course of a very long period of time, dating back to dan quayle. worked forple who dan quayle, rand paul. we have a diverse body of republicans who i think are far removed from anything "spoiled." lote are people who put a of sweat equity and sacrifice to forward.party move we have mccain veterans, bush veterans. they all come from a very in the body of segments republican party. this is not a fringe mo

it's why everybody from carole king to garth brooks to taylor swift collaborates with him. it's what makes him among the most prolific and admired positions of our time. james recently went through all of his songs and kept coming across the same stories, songs about fathers and traffic jams, love songs, recovery songs. i really love this phrase, hymns for agnostics. [laughter] pres. obama: he said in making music, there is the idea of comforting yourself. there is also the idea of taking something untenable and internal and communicating it. that's why it feels like james is singing only to you when he sings. it feels like he is singing about your life. the stores he tells well on our most enduring and shared experience. "carolina on my mind" is about where you grew up, even if you did not grow up in carolina. "mean old man" is probably somebody you know. "angels of fenway" is just about the red sox. [laughter] pres. obama: if you like that -- if you are a red sox fan, you don't like that song, but that's ok. james is a consulate truth teller about a life they can leave us