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White House to conduct review of intelligence agencies.
By GABBY MORRONGIELLO.
President Trump is expected to ask New York hedge fund manager Stephen Feinberg to lead
a close review of U.S. intelligence agencies, which the president has accused of leaking
sensitive information to members of the press.
Feinberg, a member of the president's economic advisory council, has remained close to several
senior White House aides and Trump himself.
If tapped for the role, he will join them inside the West Wing for the duration of the
review.
The New York Times was first to report the possible hiring.
News that Trump is considering a review of the intelligence community came after he intensified
his attacks on the community this week amid the scandal involving ousted White House national
security adviser Mike Flynn.
The administration believes intelligence officials who oppose Trump have illegally shared sensitive
information with reporters to sabotage the president and his staff.
"The spotlight has finally been put on the low-life leakers!
They will be caught!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
Feinberg had previously been floated as a contender for CIA director until the president
nominated Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., for the top intelligence position.
Current and former intelligence officials told the Times that Trump's nominee for Director
of National Intelligence, former Sen. Dan Coats, was displeased to learn that the president
is considering an outside review of intelligence agencies.
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Let's Make A Deal - A Little Music With Dinner - Duration: 2:25.
Tell you what, Jeremy.
The spaghetti is a clue as to what is inside that big box.
I'm feeling very generous right now,
(imitating "Godfather"): because I've got the pasta in my belly.
I got a lot of pasta in my belly, Jeremy.
- That's great.
WAYNE: Here's your deal.
There's a box over there, I'll give you whatever is inside
the box or you can take curtain number three.
(audience yelling suggestions)
Can somebody please give me a napkin?
- We're going to take curtain number three.
WAYNE: Thank you, Chris.
If you ever desire a favor, come to my dressing room
and I'll be glad to grant that favor for you.
- That's good, Wayne.
WAYNE: You're taking curtain three?
- We're going to take curtain three.
WAYNE: What's in the box?
How can you do your job with a plate full of pasta?
TIFFANY: Look.
JONATHAN: It was cardboard appliances.
WAYNE: Congratulations.
What's that on the stove, is that edible?
TIFFANY: Oh my gosh.
WAYNE: Is that real too?
JONATHAN: Meatballs.
WAYNE: Really, is it meatballs?
TIFFANY: Yeah.
WAYNE: Oh my gosh.
So you dodged a Zonk.
Tiffany, you've got to open that curtain.
So why don't you go open the curtain right now so Jeremy
can get his prize and while you do that,
I'll go make sure that the Zonk gets put away.
Oh, it's on bread too.
Oh my God, this is a real meatball.
I thought it was fake.
(cheers and applause)
Go ahead and open the curtain, girl.
JONATHAN: It's a music room.
(cheers and applause)
Rock out in this upscale music room with a new Fender
electric guitar and limited edition Marshall amplifier.
Then listen to your favorite albums on this premium Bluetooth
turntable sound system.
Plus we're including a solid wood record cabinet,
a sleek chess set and this leather bench.
This deal is worth $3,813.
WAYNE: Yay.
Let's hear it for Jeremy.
Give him a big round of applause.
- Thanks, Wayne.
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FINAL REVIEW.
JULIANA MAZZA:
ONE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
LAWMAKER HAS SERIOUS PRIVACY
CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEW "ALL
ELECTRONIC TOLLING" SYSTEM. 22
NEWS STATE HOUSE REPORTER
TIFFANY CHAN EXPLAINS A BILL
AIMED AT RESTRICTING
ACCESS TO INFORMATION COLLECTED
THROUGH YOUR E-Z- PASS.
TIFFANY CHAN:
THE NEW ALL ELECTRONIC TOLLING
SYSTEM ALLOWS THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO COLLECT DATA
ON DRIVERS TRAVELING ALONG THE
MASS PIKE;
FROM CREDIT CARD NUMBERS AND
LICENSE PLATES, TO LOCATION
INFORMATION.
THAT INFORMATION IS RESTRICTED
BY MASSDOT, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT
CAN
ACCESS THAT DATA IN EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS, SUCH AS AMBER
ALERTS.
LONGMEADOW STATE SENATOR ERIC
LESSER BELIEVES MORE SHOULD BE
DONE TO
PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY, WHICH IS
WHY HE FILED A BILL TO REQUIRE
POLICE TO
OBTAIN A WARRANT BEFORE THEY CAN
ACCESS DATA COLLECTED THROUGH
YOUR E-Z PASS ON THE MASSPIKE.
THE PROPOSAL HAS BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE,
BUT NOT
FROM WESTFIELD STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN VELIS.
STATE REP. JOHN VELIS:
"
I JUST WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN
THOSE RARE INSTANCES OF AN AMBER
ALERT, A CHILD
KIDNAPPED, TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO
A COURT. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
TIME. KIDS CAN DIE IN THAT TIME
PERIOD. I WANT THEM TO GO RIGHT
TO THAT SUSPECT." TIFFANY CHAN:
THE BILL IS EARLY IN THE
PROCESS, AND WILL LIKELY CHANGE
BEFORE IT GOES UP
FOR A VOTE.
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[Talking Thomas] Tell me your name ?
[Connor] I'm Connor
[Talking Thomas] Hey, let's have a race !
[Connor] Of course, bring it on !
[Connor] Departure !
Connor vs Engines
Which is faster ?
[Talking Thomas] Speed up
[Connor] Mortifying
[Connor] Ouch !
[Talking Percy] I, Percy
[Shooting Star Gordon] Now, climb the Gordon's hill
[Talking Thomas] Excuse me
[Talking Gordon] Hey ! Get out of my way !
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[Talking Gordon] Hem ! The Gordon pass through
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White House to conduct review of intelligence agencies - Duration: 1:55.
White House to conduct review of intelligence agencies.
By GABBY MORRONGIELLO.
President Trump is expected to ask New York hedge fund manager Stephen Feinberg to lead
a close review of U.S. intelligence agencies, which the president has accused of leaking
sensitive information to members of the press.
Feinberg, a member of the president's economic advisory council, has remained close to several
senior White House aides and Trump himself.
If tapped for the role, he will join them inside the West Wing for the duration of the
review.
The New York Times was first to report the possible hiring.
News that Trump is considering a review of the intelligence community came after he intensified
his attacks on the community this week amid the scandal involving ousted White House national
security adviser Mike Flynn.
The administration believes intelligence officials who oppose Trump have illegally shared sensitive
information with reporters to sabotage the president and his staff.
"The spotlight has finally been put on the low-life leakers!
They will be caught!" Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
Feinberg had previously been floated as a contender for CIA director until the president
nominated Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., for the top intelligence position.
Current and former intelligence officials told the Times that Trump's nominee for Director
of National Intelligence, former Sen. Dan Coats, was displeased to learn that the president
is considering an outside review of intelligence agencies.
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Let's Make A Deal - A Little Music With Dinner - Duration: 2:25.
Tell you what, Jeremy.
The spaghetti is a clue as to what is inside that big box.
I'm feeling very generous right now,
(imitating "Godfather"): because I've got the pasta in my belly.
I got a lot of pasta in my belly, Jeremy.
- That's great.
WAYNE: Here's your deal.
There's a box over there, I'll give you whatever is inside
the box or you can take curtain number three.
(audience yelling suggestions)
Can somebody please give me a napkin?
- We're going to take curtain number three.
WAYNE: Thank you, Chris.
If you ever desire a favor, come to my dressing room
and I'll be glad to grant that favor for you.
- That's good, Wayne.
WAYNE: You're taking curtain three?
- We're going to take curtain three.
WAYNE: What's in the box?
How can you do your job with a plate full of pasta?
TIFFANY: Look.
JONATHAN: It was cardboard appliances.
WAYNE: Congratulations.
What's that on the stove, is that edible?
TIFFANY: Oh my gosh.
WAYNE: Is that real too?
JONATHAN: Meatballs.
WAYNE: Really, is it meatballs?
TIFFANY: Yeah.
WAYNE: Oh my gosh.
So you dodged a Zonk.
Tiffany, you've got to open that curtain.
So why don't you go open the curtain right now so Jeremy
can get his prize and while you do that,
I'll go make sure that the Zonk gets put away.
Oh, it's on bread too.
Oh my God, this is a real meatball.
I thought it was fake.
(cheers and applause)
Go ahead and open the curtain, girl.
JONATHAN: It's a music room.
(cheers and applause)
Rock out in this upscale music room with a new Fender
electric guitar and limited edition Marshall amplifier.
Then listen to your favorite albums on this premium Bluetooth
turntable sound system.
Plus we're including a solid wood record cabinet,
a sleek chess set and this leather bench.
This deal is worth $3,813.
WAYNE: Yay.
Let's hear it for Jeremy.
Give him a big round of applause.
- Thanks, Wayne.
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Mice That Resist Cocaine Addiction - Duration: 4:49.
This week on SciShow News, scientists have taken some steps to solve a couple genetic
mysteries: why birds lay eggs, and the biology of addiction.
Giving birth to live young, called viviparity, is a pretty sweet evolutionary strategy.
It seems to be helpful in colder environments, and predators might gobble up eggs more easily
than little scampering offspring.
Lots of vertebrates give birth to live animals, including most mammals and a number of snakes
and lizards.
But there's one huge exception: birds, and the larger group they belong to, called archosauromorphs,
which also includes crocodiles and some dinosaurs.
Until this week, we thought all these creatures had always laid eggs.
Maybe because of some genetic reason that prevented viviparity.
But according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, we were wrong
The study is about an archosauromorph called Dinocephalosaurus, a marine reptile dating
back to the Triassic period.
It's a primitive member of the group, only distantly related to crocodiles or birds.
But these researchers think that it gave birth to live young.
As evidence, they present a fossil from around 245 million years ago with an embryo clearly
preserved inside of it.
The tiny bones look like a mini-adult.
There was no sign of fossilized calcium material from an eggshell,
so it probably wasn't in an egg.
And the researchers know it's not something the adult specimen ate, because it's in
the wrong position to be food.
It's facing with its head forward, while most marine predators swallow their prey head-first,
so that it's preserved tail-forward.
Plus, the baby is curled up like a typical vertebrate embryo.
It's in the fetal position, or as close as you can get for a reptile
whose neck is longer than its body.
So whatever's stopping birds and crocodiles from giving birth to live young didn't stop
their earliest relatives.
Maybe flight makes it impossible for birds, since they'd have to carry around those
heavy, growing offspring.
Or maybe there was some other evolutionary pressure for archosauromorphs to lay eggs.
Scientists don't know for sure yet, but this study means they are making some progress.
Meanwhile, scientists do know that addiction is at least partly genetic, and some people
are more predisposed to form drug habits.
And in a paper published this week, researchers from the University of British Columbia have
genetically engineered mice that can resist cocaine addiction.
Their study involved a group of proteins called cadherins, which help your cells stick together.
Cadherin also helps with the formation and stability of synapses, the gaps between your
nerve cells, which your brain uses to do everything from sending messages through your body to
storing memories.
Addiction generally involves intense memories.
Cocaine molecules, for example, cause a buildup of extra dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated
with feel-good reward systems in the brain.
So cocaine addiction changes synapses in that reward system, to build memories of those
euphoric highs, which can make people change their behavior and keep seeking out that feeling.
In this study, researchers genetically engineered mice to produce extra cadherin, which they
predicted would mean more stable synapses, stronger memories,
and more tendency towards addiction.
But what they found was the opposite: mice that were producing more cadherin showed less
tendency toward cocaine addiction.
Their experiments involved a well-established method called conditioned place preference,
where a box is divided into rooms that are different enough that mice can tell them apart.
The walls of each room can be decorated differently, the floors can have different textures, there
might be different smells, and – in this case –
one of them was associated with a dose of cocaine.
In this experiment, the mice were placed in a room with plain walls while they were high
on cocaine, and the other room had stripey walls.
After a couple days of this, the mice were put in the box without any drug and allowed
to wander.
The normal mice spent more time in the plain-walled room, possibly because their reward systems
had been tricked into remembering that this was an awesome place to be.
Not that cocaine is awesome.
But the mice with extra cadherin spent the time in both rooms.
And the researchers took this to mean the genetically-engineered mice weren't forming
strong memories related to addiction.
It's possible that, instead of helping create or strengthen synapses with related memories
to cocaine, the extra cadherin prevented existing synapses from being changed.
Now, the researchers caution that this finding isn't very ready to apply to humans yet.
Our synapses need to get stronger and weaker, or reform completely for our memories to work
properly, so flooding a human brain with extra cadherins
isn't something we would want to do.
What it does help with is understanding which genes might play a part in addiction.
That can help scientists identify people who might be more predisposed to addiction, or
others who might be more resilient, which could eventually help us develop biochemical
treatments.
Thanks for watching this episode of SciShow News, and thank you especially to all of our
patrons on Patreon who make this show possible.
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Top 7 ALFRED HITCHCOCK Movies Reviewed! ** THE 200th EPISODE! ** - Duration: 29:11.
Ugh...
I can't believe I broke my foot the night before I was gonna do this big 'song and dance'
number for Movie Night's 200th episode... and now all I can do is... hang out in my...
apartment... and spy on all my old episodes.
Is that the pilot?
"When Steven Seagal climbs himself out of the meat-locker and starts killing people
with knives, you're thinking to yourself, 'Alright... alright maybe.
He's a cook.
Go make some muffins!'"
Oh!
Thank goodness I got marginally more attractive since then.
And what's that?
Season two?
"I scored it a nine."
Jesus!
Why am I standing so close to the camera?
Take a few steps back, JP.
What else we got?
Let me see what I can get with the binoculars.
"... when it was originally released in 2004".
Huh?
What's that episode have 60 million views?
I don't...
oh yeah...
I remember now!
"... Zoltar says 'make your wish'"
Is that my review of "Big"?
"I wish the creator of 'Family Guy' would make a live action film."
That was the first time I did one of those intro-sketches! ... why'd it take me four
years to get creative?
Is that a bird... or a plane?
Oh, no!
It's the time I played Superman!
Ah... good episode.
"Get down!"
Sounds like gun-fire!
I should get my camera and document this!
"I repeat, we have a shooter on the roof!"
Oh yeah!
It's that time I saved Wesley Snipes from the tax collectors.
"Get clear Wesley, I'll cover you!
You can't make Blade IV if you're dead!"
... and right next door...
"Ride or die, remember?"
... when I raced Dom Toretto in my Ford Fiesta!
"... too soon?"
"... we will not vanish without a snide tweet!"
Sounds like someone important's making a speech.
"We're going to criticize!
Today we review... both 'Independence Days'!"
Yeah.
I'd fight aliens for that guy.
Man, who knew clip-show voyeurism could be so much fun?
I should do this every one hundred episodes... because this is Movie Night!
Hello, and welcome to the 200th episode Movie Night - I'm your host, Jonathan Paula.
For the hundredth episode of this show, I reviewed some of the worst movies of all time...
so for tonight's special milestone, I decided to look at some of the best; by focusing on
prolific English director Sir Alfred Hitchcock.
Responsible for some of the most iconic films of the 20th century, and ranked by the Daily
Telegraph as Britain's greatest filmmaker - "The Master Of Suspense" pioneered the thriller
genre throughout his six-decade career.
So tonight, we'll look at seven of his most popular films - starting, as always with the
oldest entry, "Notorious".
Love, Nazis, and espionage - what more could you want?
Released in the wake of the second World War in the fall of 1946, this $1 million dollar
film-noir scored $23 million in profit.
The original screenplay by Ben Hecht is not only dripping with style, drama, and romantic
entanglements - it also scored an Academy Award nomination.
A women is forced out of her comfort zone when she agrees to spy on a group of South
American Nazis... by rekindling an old relationship.
Hollywood mega-stars Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant play the star-crossed lovers; the former
a reluctant accomplice for the allies, and the latter is her scorned agency contact.
Defending her abilities as a spy, by highlighting her promiscuity, Grant reminds his CIA colleagues,
"[She] is first, last, and always... not a lady."
The difficult situation they find themselves in naturally lends itself to plenty of dramatic
tension and dangerous liaisons.
Like when they deliberately make out for minutes to avoid tipping their nefarious actions to
Bergman's on-looking Nazi prop-husband, played by Claude Rains in an Oscar-nominated role.
It's a particularly intimate scene, especially considering the Production Code for that era
prohibited kisses lasting long than three seconds... something director Alfred Hitchcock
got around with cleverly timed interruptions and reaction shots.
The clean 4:3 black and white frame shows off a number of impressive shots, like a two-story
crane move that ends on an extreme close-up of the scene's MacGuffin - the key to the
wine cellar.
We take complicated maneuvers like this for granted today, but 70 years ago, it required
quite a bit of technical artistry to pull off.
The cat-and-mouse mind games that follow prove why Hitchock really was the "Master Of Suspense"
- as the simple location of a key, or the dwindling number of wine bottles in an ice
box illicit real tension and anxiety.
The editing is solid as well, like a scene when Ingrid realizes she might have been poisoned
- each player performing with emotional duality as the camera deftly cuts between them.
Thematically, the remains focused on duplicity, love, and trust - which are blended together
in an engrossing 101-minute cocktail.
"Notorious" is carefully structured romance with compelling chemistry and noir-drama.
I think it's a GREAT film.
Next up tonight, "Dial M For Murder".
How fast can you spin a lie?
This film-noir crime thriller from acclaimed auteur Alfred Hitchcock was the first of two
high-profile releases for the director in 1954.
The PG-rated film grossed over four times its modest $1.4 million dollar budget.
Based on Frederick Knott's successful stage play, an ex-tennis pro in London attempts
to have his adulterous wife killed... but when his elaborate plot doesn't go according
to plan, he's forced to improvise.
Ray Milland stars as the scheming and scored husband, who invites an old college friend,
Anthony Dawson, to his flat under false pretenses.
With a dispassionate demeanor and unchanging inflection, he lays out a long yarn about
his wife's extra martial affairs.
Throughout this compelling monologue, the camera remains fixed on him as he moves about
the one-room set.
But as soon as he declares his intention to have his wife killed, the scene abruptly cuts
back to his guests' shocked reaction.
With these telling glances, and careful blocking to illustrate which player is the dominant
speaker - this entire scene is simple stagecraft, in its purest form.
You can't help but listen intently as both actors effortlessly voice their ideas and
hesitations concerning the titular plot.
For nearly thirty minutes, "Dial M For Murder" is nothing more than two guys politely conversing
in a garden-level apartment; but it's incredible how dramatic and tense this sequence is.
The impeccably gorgeous Grace Kelley portrays the cheating wife, with Robert Cummings and
John Williams playing her lover and police inspector, respectively.
Given the geographical confines of the story, and the limited set of players - each actor
pulls off the verbose script with determined performances.
When discussing the intricacies of a hypothetical murder for one of his detective novels, Cummings
inadvertently previews the entire film when he remarks.
"In stories things usually turn out the way the author wants them to; and in real life
they don't...
always."
The one-hour and forty-five minute feature is ultimately a story about how even the most
well-crafted and carefully constructed lies can unravel with the smallest of details.
Which happens to include several major developments that rely on separate people owning identical
looking loose keys and raincoats.
A convenient, if improbable storytelling device.
During the more dramatic moments, Dimitri Tiomkin's score utilizes slow and deep notes
for a moody and unsettling atmosphere.
For those looking for slightly more excitement though, a modern remake starring Michael Douglas
and Gwyneth Paltrow titled, "A Perfect Murder" is pretty entertaining as well.
But for old-fashioned drama, "Dial M For Murder" is a quintessential stage thriller with that'll
keep you on edge - and an AWESOME movie.
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Back to the reviews, let's discuss "Rear Window".
An anxious experience that invites participation.
Based on a short story by Cornell Woolrich, this mystery thriller by director Alfred Hitchcock
earned 36-times its $1 million dollar budget, scored four Academy Award nominations, and
is widely regarded as one of the best movies ever made.
But even after seeing it twice, I remain unconvinced of its greatness.
One of Hitchock's trademarks was his frequent use of point-of-view camera movement, a technique
which forced the audience to engage in a form of voyeurism.
You saw what his characters saw, even if it wasn't always comfortable.
And there's no purer form of first-person-voyeurism than in this 1954 motion picture.
Watching someone - without their awareness - can feel taboo, but it's also intrinsically
fascinating.
They don't necessarily have to be engaging in sexual or explicit activities, but it certainly
makes things more interesting.
I'm reminded of a particularly memorable occurrence while I was attending college in Boston; when
an athletic mid-30s female in the apartment across the street began paddling her pink
canoe in full view of our entire floor.
Surely she knew people would see her, right?
With the lights on, shades open, and mere feet from a college dormitory?
It felt like a scene out of a raunchy teen-comedy... everyone gathered around the windows and cheering
her on.
Were we invading her privacy by watching, or was she enjoying her public display of
self-affection?
At what point does shameful voyeurism become acceptable entertainment?
And when might it become a civic obligation?
"Rear Window" attempts to examine both of these themes by way of a relatable, if lethargic
story.
Jimmy Stewart stars as a wheelchair-confined photographer, who spies on his neighbors from
his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
And although every scene he witnesses seems sinister and dangerous, the script is quick
to provide alternate explanations, as if to discredit itself, and play Stewart off as
a 'boy who cried wolf'.
Like when police detective Wendell Corey remarks, "People do a lot of things in private they
couldn't possibly explain in public."
Unfortunately, "Rear Window" never really does anything with this nagging counter-suspicion.
Those waiting for a twist or reveal... will be disappointed that the plot concludes without
either.
Mixing concern with exposition, the dialogue functions as a sort of running commentary
for the picture, with Grace Kelly featured as the dutiful (and beautiful) girlfriend
- who serves as Stewart's willing accomplice.
When she's confronted by the suspected-murderer while on a fact-finding visit to his flat,
the audience feels just as helpless as the laid-up protagonist.
Filmed in bright technicolor, the 112-minute film makes excellent use of its confined location.
Remarkably, the camera never leaves Stewart's apartment; but with a multitude of angles,
focal lengths, and color-changes, Hitchcock keeps things from becoming repetitive or claustrophobic.
Which is even more impressive considering the movie doesn't have a score - all we hear
are the diegetic sounds, noises, and music coming from this crowded Greenwich Village
complex.
The building themselves of course were all part of a massive set specially built inside
the Paramount studio - which included at least 1,000 arc lights to mimic sunshine, functioning
plumbing, and six-stories of fully furnished fake-apartments.
Perhaps "Rear Window's" most effective accomplishment is how it imprints Stewart's uncomfortable
emotions onto the viewer.
What begins with guilt soon transforms to anxiety and fear, and later, obligation and
heroism.
Despite its decidedly uncomplicated and convenient developments, "Rear Window" is a surprisingly
enthralling experience - and a COOL movie.
My fourth review tonight is for "Vertigo".
One of this director's best is honestly one of my least favorites.
This G-rated picture from Alfred Hitchcock was released nationwide on May 9, 1958 - where
it grossed $14 million at the box office.
The 128-minute psychological thriller film was produced on a $2.5 million budget, and
stars James Stewart in his fourth and final Hitchcock production.
Jimmy is, well... serviceable in the lead role.
The versatile actor and his English director had grown a close report over the years, and
yet I can't help but feel like he was miscast here.
Twenty five years older than his young co-star, he's still never quite mature enough for the
serious, suicide-focused plot.
The narrative follows Stewart as a retired detective, suffering from a fear of heights,
who investigates the strange behavior of an old friend's wife, becoming obsessed with
her in the process.
He charges towards his fear by declaring, "One final thing I have to do... and then
I'll be free of the past."
The beautiful Kim Novak is fantastic as his love-interest, portraying a figurative dual
role, depending on her character's behavior and situation.
When she enters a trance-like state, and falls into San Francisco Bay, Stewart immediately
breaks cover to rescue her, in a carefully shot and executed sequence.
The two are able to sell the realism of individual scenes, but the overarching plot is convoluted
and hard to swallow.
Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore round out the supporting cast with very interesting
characters... but they're sadly absent from the final act, with no real resolution provided
to their characters.
The story is extremely slow moving, especially early on... but once it does pick up the pace
several twists are introduced to keep things captivating.
An almost overbearing score from Bernard Herrmann helps elevate the tension in the more exciting
moments; especially during an inventive, half-animated dream sequence that incorporates some haunting
visuals.
Filmed in "high fidelity vista vision", the tall 16:9 lens is filled with bright colors,
beautiful San Franciscan locations, and sharp framing.
This film was also the first to use Hitchcock's famous "dolly-in, zoom-out" camera technique,
now affectingly known as the "Vertigo effect".
This simple maneuver is utilized with great effectiveness during pivotal moments in the
story to convey Stewart's acrophobia.
Hugely influential, this background compression camera-move has been implemented in dozens
of classics over the years, including "Jaws", "Scarface", "Apollo 13", and many more.
A highly regarded film, including two Oscar nominations, this picture has gained enormous
praise in the sixty years since its release, with the American Film Institute ranking it
9th on their "100 Years...100 Movies" list.
Perhaps I wasn't in the "correct" state-of-mind when watching, but I honestly didn't really
enjoy it.
Especially not when compared to Hitchcock's other, arguably more impressive projects.
The below-average portrayal from Stewart, coupled with a confusing, perplexing plot
and huge stretches without any real tension made this picture decidedly average.
Thankfully, the excellent technical work make it worth watching.
"Vertigo" is a GOOD movie... influential and interesting, but it feels like an unfinished
concept.
Fifth up tonight, "North By Northwest".
This G-rated film was penned by Ernest Lehman who endeavored to write "the Hitchcock picture
to end all Hitchcock pictures" - and I'm pleased to report he accomplished just that.
The $4 million dollar thriller from the Sir Alfred grossed nearly $10 million upon its
release in the summer of 1959.
After opening with some ahead-of-its-time kinetic typography for the credits, this 136
minute feature wastes no time jumping right into the action.
Perennial leading man Cary Grant stars as a hapless New York advertising executive who
is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is then pursued across
the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Even at 55-years-old, with that "Just For Men" handsomeness about him, I can't think
of any actor more perfect for this role.
From his sly smile, grace under praise, and poise on the run - he handled the duties of
the extensive script with effortless charm.
Eva Marie Saint stars opposite as his cold and complicated love-interest, James Mason
is the mysterious Cold War villain, while a young Martin Landau is an inquisitive henchman.
But really, this is Cary's show through-and-through.
He's the character the audience experiences this tumultuous ride with every step of the
way.
Dealing with his unexplainable predicament he sarcasticly quips, "I don't intend to disappoint
[my family] by getting myself "slightly" killed."
This wise-cracking hero, caught up in a CIA plot bears obvious similarities to the "James
Bond" series which began a few years later.
Like most of Hitchcock's films, "North By Northwest" focuses on an ordinary characters
getting into extraordinary situations.
But what makes this deadly game of mistaken identity so captivating is how relatable and
logical every one of Grant's moves are.
Although he stays a bit more calm and well-humored than most would after being kidnapped at gunpoint
- the progression of his self-investigation is remarkably faithful to how a wayward New
York businessman would deal with the situation.
There are no conveniences to the plot, no unearned twists, or any unbelievable character
motivations.
This is an air-tight screenplay rife with dramatic irony and exciting developments.
I was a bit disappointed with the abundance of unnecessary projection screen backgrounds
though.
Given the impressiveness of the film's landmark sequence - where Grant attempts to outrun
a low-flying crop-duster - other scenes' heavy reliance on obviously fake backdrops took
me out of the moment.
Especially since some were single shot cutaways that could have easily been filmed on-location.
Otherwise, the tall VistaVision frame and deep saturation make for a beautiful-looking
motion picture.
The musical score from Bernard Herrmann contains loud and lively orchestration that ramps the
tension up considerably.
That is until the move exits on one of the most abrupt endings I've ever seen.
Once the final conflict is resolved, a mere 11-second scene is the only denouement we
receive before the film cuts to its "ending" title card.
After such a harrowing climax, the film just needed a little bit more time to properly
exhale before the amusing symbolism of its final shot.
This rushed epilogue is an unfortunate blemish on an otherwise impeccable script.
More than an old-fashioned caper, "North By Northwest" is a classic adventure film that
remains as sharp and as exciting as ever.
This memorable movie is definitely AWESOME.
For tonight's poll question; what is your favorite Alfred Hitchcock film?
For me, it's our next movie, "Psycho".
Alfred Hitchcock's most famous film earns its reputation for a reason.
A departure from the scope and large budget of his previous project, "North By Northwest",
this psychological horror was produced on only $800,000, and filmed in black-and-white
by a television crew.
The return to simplicity paid off in a big way, as the picture took home over $50 million
in ticket sales, making it the second-highest grossing film of 1960.
And in a particularly fortuitous move, Hitchcock deferred his standard $250,000 salary for
60% of these profits, which made him a very, very rich man.
When a Phoenix secretary (Janet Leigh) embezzles a small fortune from her employer and goes
on the run, she meets a peculiar young man (Anthony Perkins) under the domination of
his mother when checking into his remote motel.
Leigh is seductive and convincing as the nervous thief on the lam; constantly checking over
her shoulder while hurrying to get out of town.
We spend the first thirty minutes almost exclusively with her, seeing every cop car and potential
threat from her paranoid perspective.
As the creepy motel owner she reluctantly befriends, Perkins is sublime in his awkward
assertiveness, answering a question about spending time with friends by confessing,
"A boy's best friend is his mother".
This is a stunted social outcast who isn't afraid to get what he wants, even if he's
extremely nervous while doing so.
His naunced portrayal makes his character one of the most memorable villains in cinema
history.
Now, to discuss "Psycho"'s most enduring moment, I'll unfortunately have to spoil the film's
major mid-act twist.
That sequence of course is the iconic "shower scene" - in which Leigh is violently stabbed
to death in the bathroom while attempting to wash away the guilt of her money-stealing
sins.
Considering no entry-wounds are ever shown, and the blood is just monochromatic chocolate
syrup - this is an especially graphic and intense sequence.
Throughout the picture, the score from Hitchock's longtime collaborator Bernard Herrmann utilizes
a muted, strings-only sound to create an unnerving atmosphere.
But during this brutal bathtub slaying?
The once subdued violins erupt with high-pitched piercing sounds at horrifying velocity, mimicking
the knife's unseen stabs.
Coupled with the quickly-edited close-ups, the result is a visceral sequence that still
terrifies audiences nearly 60 years later.
I can only imagine how audiences reacted when this film was first screened.
'The Master Of Suspense' earns his namesake with this moment alone.
It also earned the 109-minute film an "R"-rating when it was retroactively scored by the MPAA
in 1984.
And this is to say nothing of the scene's impact on the story!
Its frightening accomplishments and technical mastery aside, killing off the protagonist
halfway into the picture?
It dumps traditional narrative structure down the drain.
The boldness of Leigh's exit is virtually unparalleled in conventional storytelling.
From then on, the story shifts focus to Perkins and his mother; forcing the audience to become
implicit with their criminal behavior.
When he's destroying the evidence of this bloody crime by scuttling a car in a nearby
swamp... you actually get worried when it stops sinking halfway; if anyone sees the
exposed bumper, poor Norman Bates will be arrested!
But when the final air bubbles escape, and the Ford Custom 300 slowly sinks beneath the
murky water?
We share the same sly smile of relief that Perkins does.
Pivoting the narrative focus from the hero to the villain is a stunning twist, and a
brilliant decision from screenwriter Joseph Stefano.
Setting a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior, and sexuality in American
films - "Psycho" is also considered to be the earliest example in the 'slasher' genre.
Its influential legacy extends beyond even that however, as it led to three sequels,
a prequel, a spin-off, two separate TV series, and a drive-by attraction at Universal Studios.
The masterwork is hampered only by a single, penultimate scene, when a minor-character
delivers a drawn-out explanation of the entire plot for slower viewers.
Spelling things out so directly only serves to kill the perfectly-paced narrative, just
before the movie's powerful final monologue.
Receiving four Oscar nominations and incessant praise, "Psycho" is Hitchock's finest achievement,
and one indelibly haunting picture.
And it's also tonight's featured review, so let's see what you had to say about it.
While everyone praised its originality and technical achievements, you held off on the
top score, rating this an AWESOME.
After careful consideration, and a recent re-watch, I think it's safe to say this is
an AMAZING film.
Finally tonight, my thoughts on "The Birds"
Memorable moments in a shallow script.
Released in March of 1963, this creature-feature from director Alfred Hitchcock grossed over
$8 million more than $3.3 million dollar budget.
In her screen debut, Tippi Hedren stars as a young socialite who pursues a potential
boyfriend to a small costal town where birds suddenly began terrorizing people.
Despite her puke-green clothes, she's easy-going on the eyes, and a relatively endearing protagonist.
But I still feel like the outlandish material would have been better suited in more experienced
hands.
She doesn't get much help from the supporting cast either; Rod Taylor is stiff and uninteresting
as the tall, dark, and handsome chap she only just met, while Jessica Tandy is annoying
and useless as the needy old mother, who plainly declares, "This business with the birds has
upset me!"
That type of lazy, groan-inducing dialogue is not what you'd expect to hear from a future
Academy Award winner... least of all in a Hitchcock film.
I first saw "The Birds" when I was a kid over twenty years ago, and many of its more action-oriented
moments have stayed with me since.
But I had completely forgotten about was how many dull and bizarre developments surround
them.
Basically every character in Bodega Bay is a total moron paralyzed by fear.
And when they're brave enough to take action, they willingly expose themselves to ferocious
bird attacks for seemingly no reason.
Like, when a car explodes and seagulls start going crazy, everyone's immediate reaction
is to leave the security of a diner and go outside?
Then Hedren decides to run into a phone booth for some reason?
It's the kind of boneheaded script that frustrates its audience more than it entertains.
Earlier, when multiple witness come forward with visible bite-marks and horrifying stories...
a majority of the community refuses to believe their own eyes.
The somewhat stilted dialogue doesn't help explain these weird character motivations
either.
This sloppy writing and slow pacing would be more excusable if there were plenty of
bird-attacks to keep things interesting, but nearly an entire hour goes by before the titular
feathered antagonists actually do anything out of the ordinary.
There's basically a twenty minute stretch where Hedren is just tracking down her new
boy-toy... no surprises, no contribution to the plot, just a women slowly traveling to
someone's house to say 'hello'.
All that being said, if you can stay invested, there's some surprisingly nerve-racking moments
in the final act; like when Dakota Johnson's grandmother is literally being eaten alive
by vicious seagulls in a locked attic.
You can't help but feel powerless and horrified at what she's going through.
Retroactively rated PG-13, the bird-attacks here are surprisingly graphic, depicting copious
amounts of blood.
And while some of the bird puppets and projection-screen effects aren't too convincing, they're still
massively more realistic than the flying garbage found in 2010's "Birdemic".
This is thanks largely in part to a pioneering chroma-key effect known as sodium vapor process
- which uses a two-pass "yellow screen" technique - instead of the more conventional blue screen
- to create more precise matte.
Although it doesn't feature any conventional music, the sound effects of the birds themselves
are quiet unsettling.
Redeemable thanks to his lasting imagery and technical merits, "The Birds" disappoints
with a slow screenplay and lame characters.
I thought it was a GOOD film.
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The 300th episode sure seems like a long ways off, but there's still plenty of movies to
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Seth Rogen Asks Donald Trump Jr. to Ask His Dad to Resign | Splash News TV - Duration: 1:09.
Seth Rogen is doing his part in the fight against President Donald Trump.
The funnyman took to twitter to tweet Donald Trump Junior… to seize the opportunity and
ask the President's son a question.
He wrote: Yo!
Donald Trump Junior, I notice you follow me on Twitter.
Please ask your dad to resign before he destroys the planet.
Thanks dude.
But of course Rogen couldn't stop there.
He direct messaged junior, saying his father is trying to discredit our media, collude
with Russia, and destroy the environment.
He added it would be super cool if he would be like "Yo dad, why don't you stop all
this and go back to being just a guy on TV."
The majority of the world would be pretty psyched.
Thanks.
Now, we're not going to hold our breath and imagine Trump Jr is having a sit-down
with his father about Rogen's tweet, but you got to admit it's pretty funny.
Still no word if Trump Jr has now unfollowed the actor.
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After four weeks in office, President Trump is going back on the campaign trail - Duration: 2:59.
After four weeks in office, President Trump is going back on the campaign trail.
President Donald Trump is going back to his happy place this weekend � a podium in front
of thousands of his supporters.
Yes, after a month on the job, he�s planning a campaign-style rally in Florida.
This shouldn�t come as a shock, as Trump has considered reviving these events since
before he became president.
The first in what may very well become a series of similar events will be held at a hangar
in Melbourne, Florida.
�Trump�s choice to hold a campaign rally less than a month into his presidency breaks
new ground,� wrote David Graham of The Atlantic.
After noting that even previous presidents who employed a �permanent campaign� approach
tried to be subtle, Graham added that Trump �is planning a straightforward campaign-style
rally on Saturday.
This will take place at an airport, in a swing state, and the event is being advertised through
his campaign website.
His press secretary even called it a campaign event.�
Graham continued:
Making the event a campaign event rather than a speech might afford Trump greater flexibility
in who he allows to attend and who he excludes.
It means that the Trump campaign will likely pick up some of the travel tab, rather than
taxpayers.
But it might also grant Trump more leeway to make straightforwardly political arguments
and attacks that it might be unseemly for a president to make at an official event � though
Trump has shown such little regard for those unwritten rules that it�s hard to imagine
he could be significantly more strident.
On the Friday before his Florida event, Trump is expected to appear in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters on Tuesday that the president will do this
so as to roll out a new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner.
�This visit will give the president an opportunity to celebrate a huge milestone for thousands
of workers at Boeing, America�s No. 1 exporter in the millions of American workers involved
in aerospace,� Spicer said.
�This trip has been months in the making, and we�re thrilled to celebrating the rollout
of this amazing plane.�
In Trump�s first campaign-style rally in Cincinnati during December after winning the
2016 presidential election, he announced that General James Mattis would be his defense
secretary, took potshots at Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and fondly reminisced to his supporters
that �we did have a lot of fun fighting Hillary, didn�t we?� When they burst into
a chant of �Lock her up!� Trump seemed to enjoy himself.
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Jennifer Garner Expected to File For Divorce From Ben Affleck | Splash News TV - Duration: 1:18.
It was a long time coming, but Jennifer Garner is expected to officially file for divorce
from Ben Affleck.
But wait, we thought Batman got the girl back?
Well, it's apparently a lot more complicated than that.
They first announced they were split back in 2015 after 10 years of marriage, but now
it seems all miraculous reconciliation is off the table.
Us Magazine reports, "No matter what happens, Ben and Jen are committed to raising their
family as one unit and will continue to do so as it has worked for them."
Ben has reportedly moved out of the home they shared though…
According to Us Magazine, "Ben truly wanted his idea of family life and the idea of family
he had growing up in Boston, so he stayed in it longer than he wanted to because of
his kids and the idea of family.
But he couldn't save it."
Since their initial breakup, they've more or less spent two years being amicable and
even publicly complimenting each other, so we suppose that Jen filing for divorce is
much less of a personal dig at Ben, and more of the next legal step to make things official.
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George and Amal Clooney Expecting Both a Boy and Girl | Splash News TV - Duration: 0:58.
George and Amal Clooney are just one of the Hollywood couples expecting twins at the moment,
but they just edged up with their new announcement.
According to George's mother, Nina, the Clooney's are expecting both a boy and a
girl.
We're not sure George and Amal wanted Grandma to spill the beans at a Vogue magazine party,
but according to E! online, that's how it went down.
Needless to say, that doesn't make them any less thrilled.
Nina apparently added that she thought the news was "Marvelous," and that she and
Grandpa, aka, Nick Clooney, were very excited about the development.
Now that George and Amal are expecting both sexes, we imagine the speculation about what
they'll name their two bundles of joy will be endless.
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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone - [PV] "Melt" (Romaji/English/Español Subs) - Duration: 3:08.
When I woke up this morning
The first thing I thought of was you
I made up my mind, and cut my bangs short
Just so you'd ask me "Why?
Pink skirt, flower pin in my hair
I'm going out
I'm looking cute today!
Melt! I feel like I'm gonna melt away
I can't tell you I like you, but then I...
Melt! I can't even look you in the eye
I won't fall for love, not me
But... I really do like you
I wish time would stop, I feel like I could cry
So happy, I feel like I could die!
Melt! Pulling into the station
The end of the line for us, so near, so far
Melt! I want to hold your hand in mine
Do we already have to say goodbye?
I want you to take me in your arms!
...You wish!
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Is Belief in God Wishful Thinking? - Duration: 2:24.
Atheists have often viewed belief in God as wishful
thinking, a projection of an idea because man fears
death. But is this a fair claim? The answer is no, and
here are some reasons why. First, not everyone
accepts God's existence out of fear of death.
There are many who acknowledge his existence on the
grounds of reasonable arguments such as the five ways
of St. Thomas Aquinas. Second, even if someone
does believe in God out of fear of death,
it says nothing whether or not the proposition, "God
exists," is true. Third, the same line of reasoning can be
applied to atheists. Just as fear of death, and the
desire for eternal life could lead one to believe in God, so
too a desire to not follow traditional moral standards
could lead one to not believe in a God who will punish us
for our misdeeds. Would such a desire make atheism
merely wishful thinking, thus justifying theism? Of
course not! Similarly an atheist cannot justify his or her
position by saying belief in God is wishful thinking.
Finally, the objection is absurd given the fact that
traditional monotheistic religions embrace the
doctrine of eternal damnation. How can the theory of
wishful thinking explain something so unpleasant?
Something even believers are subject to experience if
they stop believing? You would think if belief in God were
merely wishful thinking, then eternal damnation
wouldn't be a part of the religion. But it often is. So, is it
fair to attack theism on the grounds that belief in God is
wishful thinking? Absolutely not. Therefore, it can't be
used to justify atheism. If you want to learn more about
this topic and others like it, visit our website at
catholic.com. For Catholic Answers I'm Karlo Broussard.
Thanks for watching.
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Low-income tenants in New York School of Urban Ministry's building file suit following eviction t... - Duration: 2:14.
A group of Queens tenants moved forward Friday with a lawsuit accusing a nonprofit Christian ministry of trying to boot them from their building.
The suit, filed in Queens Supreme Court, seeks to block the New York School of Urban Ministry from kicking to the curb at least 13 residents of an Astoria building catering to low-income single New Yorkers.
The faith-based group wants to turn the three-story, 39-unit brick building on 46th St. into a homeless shelter, residents say.
"This is supposed to be a charitable organization," Linda Smith, 66, said at a news conference outside the building where she's lived for three years.
"To terrorize and persecute us, one Christian to another, is absurd."
The tenants claim the evangelical ministry school violated housing laws by serving them with notices in November announcing that they had to be out of the dormitory-style complex by the end of the year.
The eviction date was moved to Jan. 31, but the terrified tenants have yet to be pushed out, the suit says.
The residents pay between $400 to $500 a month for their single-occupancy rooms.
"Clearly you have an organization that is on the one hand claiming to be a not-for-profit religious institution. But on the other hand, it's acting like a for-profit landlord," Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Queens).
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"Plaintiffs will be irreparably harmed if this court does not grant their request for preliminary relief as they will likely be evicted from their homes before they have an opportunity to fully litigate their claim here," says the suit filed on behalf of the tenants by Legal Aid Society lawyers.
The Daily News reported in Friday's paper that the tenants were poised to file the suit.
City officials have said they were approached about using the building as a homeless shelter but backed away when they found out there were long-term tenants living there.
Several politicians attended the Friday press conference and blasted the New York School of Urban Ministry for moving to evict their low-income residents.
"Clearly you have an organization that is on the one hand claiming to be a not-for-profit religious institution. But on the other hand, it's acting like a for-profit landlord," Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Queens).
"If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, quacks like a duck, acts like a duck, it's a duck."
Ira Clair, a lawyer for the New York School of Urban Ministry, declined to comment.
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Alex Rodriguez will be at Yankees spring training Tuesday - Duration: 0:55.
Alex Rodriguez will be back Tuesday.
The retired Yankees third baseman-turned instructor will be in Tampa at spring training on Feb. 21, the Daily News confirmed.
A-Rod is expected to be an instructor for three days.
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Alex Rodriguez on the Daily News Back Page
Hal Steinbrenner said Wednesday that he could envision A-Rod's role within the organization expanding.
"We haven't talked about that, and obviously he's been doing more broadcasting as well and he's got other things going on in his life," Steinbrenner said. "But the more he's involved, he's been absolutely tremendous with the young players — always has been — and we're going to continue to talk about different ways he can be involved."
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Former Brooklyn Uber driver pleads guilty in multi-state gun trafficking ring that pumped guns in... - Duration: 1:48.
An ex-Uber driver will be getting prison time for some very bad traffic.
Marlon Manswell pleaded guilty Friday to his role in a gun trafficking ring that brought firearms from southern states into the city. Prosecutors say Manswell had a special passenger in Donovan Bryant, a wheelchair-bound North Carolina man who brought the guns on Greyhound buses from South Carolina after the ring got the firearms from Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Manswell, a Brooklyn resident, picked up Bryant at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and brought him to make the sales, according to the government.
Manswell chauffeured Bryant to Brownsville for gun sales with buyers who happened to be undercover law enforcement, according to court papers. The firearms in those deals included revolvers and semi-automatics.
Manswell, 32, entered his guilty plea before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on gun sale, possession and conspiracy charges. He will get four years in prison when he is sentenced next month.
An Uber spokeswoman declined to comment, but said Manswell had been canned since his October 2015 arrest.
Prosecutors say Manswell worked with Donovan Bryant, whom brought the weapons on Greyhound buses from South Carolina.
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Another defendant, Colby Inabinet, of South Carolina, already pleaded guilty.
The cases against Byrant and another defendant are pending.
The Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force worked with the police department's Gang Squad Brooklyn North to build the case with undercovers, wiretaps and other surveillance. They seized 50 smuggled out-of-state guns.
"Gun trafficking rings like the one Marlon Manswell participated in fuel the gun violence that threatens New York families and law enforcement," Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.
"Even as we work to make our streets safer, illegal out-of-state guns make our job that much harder," he said, but added that Manswell's plea showed "we won't be deterred, and we will bring gun traffickers to justice."
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President Trump labels news media 'enemy of the American people' - Duration: 2:35.
President Trump launched another salvo in his incessant war against reporters, saying that the news media is "the enemy of the Ameican people."
"The FAKE NEWS media (failing @Nytimes, @CNN, @NBCNews and many more) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people. SICK!," the President posted on Twitter Friday afternoon.
The post was quickly unavailable after it was posted, though later reappeared with the addition of CBS and ABC and without the "SICK!"
Trump's afternoon disgust at the media came after crowed about his 77-minute press conference on Friday morning and criticized "fake media."
Referring to Thursday's epic back-and-forth with reporters, Trump tweeted, "Thank you for all of the nice statements on the Press Conference yesterday. Rush Limbaugh said one of greatest ever. Fake media not happy!"
Conservative commentator Limbaugh did say that it was "one of the most effective press conferences I've ever seen."
President Trump is happy about his performance during Thursday's press conference.
(Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Many observers were more critical after Trump praised ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, trashed journalists and made many other eye-popping statements.
"The press has become so dishonest, that if we don't talk about it we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people, a tremendous disservice, we have to talk about it ... The press is out of control…The level of dishonesty is out of control," the President said before a room full of reporters," Trump said during the long press conference.
Thank you for all of the nice statements on the Press Conference yesterday. Rush Limbaugh said one of greatest ever. Fake media not happy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017
And when referring to the White House leaks, Trump said, "the leaks are absolutely real ... the news is fake." Trump also claims his administration is "running like a fine-tuned machine."
Limbaugh, though, was especially impressed by Trump's performance on Thursday.
"The press is gonna hate him even more after this, don't misunderstand," he said on the "Rush Limbaugh Show" on Thursday. "When I say 'effective,' I'm talking about rallying people who voted for him to stay with him. He made a point (paraphrased), 'What chaos?
You people are reporting chaos here. We're not in chaos! We're a well-oiled machine.
We got one of the smoothest running machines in the history of machines.'"
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Donald Trump in the White House
Chief of Staff Reince Priebus praised Trump as well, telling Fox News on Friday that the President is a great "salesman" and "there's no person better to speak for President Trump than President Trump."
Priebus said the press conference "was an effective way to sum up what his message was yesterday and he did a fantastic job."
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Eric Garner civil rights case still being investigated by Trump Justice Department - Duration: 3:55.
A federal civil rights investigation into the police chokehold death of Eric Garner has been moving forward in New York, but its future is uncertain as a U.S. attorney general with a law-and-order bent takes over the Justice Department.
Two people with inside knowledge of the probe say a federal grand jury in Brooklyn met as late as last week to hear testimony about Garner's deadly confrontation with New York Police Department officers on Staten Island in 2014.
Garner's dying words, "I can't breathe," became a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement.
In recent weeks, officers who were present when Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arm around Garner's neck have testified before the grand jury, according to the people, who were not authorized to discuss the secret proceedings and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
In this photo taken Jan. 10, 2017, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Andrew Harnik/AP)
Whether such testimony continues may depend on internal Justice Department politics.
The federal inquiry, which began after a state grand jury declined to charge Pantaleo in 2014, already stalled once last year when prosecutors based at the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn expressed doubt that there was enough evidence to make a criminal case against the officer.
Their hesitation resulted in the Justice Department, in the waning months of President Barack Obama's term, dispatching Washington-based prosecutors to New York to forge ahead, according to a third person with knowledge of the case, who also was not authorized to discuss the inquiry and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
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The death of Eric Garner and the events that followed
It is unclear whether Sessions will take an interest in the case. Both the Justice Department and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn declined to discuss it Friday.
Pantaleo's attorney, Stuart London, also had no comment.
But the new attorney general has the power to freeze the investigation and order a review by Civil Rights Division under new leadership for the unit "that reflects his ideology," said former federal prosecutor David Weinstein.
Sessions had been a vocal critic of the Obama administration's aggressive response to allegations of police misconduct, including imposing federal oversight on problem police departments across the country. At a 2015 Senate hearing, he said "there's a perception, not altogether unjustified, that the Civil Rights Division, goes beyond fair and balanced treatment."
NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo is seen waving to officers assigned to protect him as he leaves his Staten Island home on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
(Jeff Bachner)
Given Sessions' background, "the odds are longer it's going to result in an indictment," said Weinstein.
If Sessions' Justice Department decides not to go forward, the inquiry could end by simply letting the 18-month limit for a special grand jury expire without a vote on an indictment, he said.
Trump last week told a conference of police department officials that their officers "are entitled to an administration that has their back."
Frame grabs from a cell phone video posted by a witness to the fatal encounter between cops and Eric Garner in Staten Island.
(Taisha Allen via Facebook)
But in 2014 on the Fox News program "Fox & Friends," he also singled out Pantaleo for criticism, though he didn't identify him by name.
"That chokehold was terrible," Trump said. "That cop was so aggressive, it was ridiculous. I don't know where he came from, but that was a ridiculous situation to do.
I mean if it's anything like we see ... you know what we saw was a terrible situation."
Garner's death was recorded on video. The 43-year-old was stopped by officers for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. When he refused to be handcuffed, the white officer put Garner, who was black, in an apparent chokehold banned under NYPD policy.
As the heavyset Garner was taken to the ground, he repeatedly gasped, "I can't breathe."
The medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide caused in part by the chokehold. But police union officials and Pantaleo's lawyer have argued that the officer used a takedown move taught by the police department, not a chokehold, and that Garner's poor health was the main reason he died.
A lawyer for Garner's family, Jonathan Moore, said on Friday that a criminal case is long overdue and called on Sessions to pave the way.
"It's time for him to step up and show that he can be an attorney general for the people," Moore said.
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DIY - How To Make Glitter Slime - Noisy Slime Recipe- How it's Made -Toyz in a Box - Duration: 7:21.
hey guys and welcome back to toyz in a
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yesterday we learned how to make slime
right
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Questions about the mental fitness of Brooklyn man who allegedly stabbed two kids, killing one, d... - Duration: 2:35.
The families of two children — one stabbed to death, the other seriously wounded by the so-called Brooklyn Butcher — are still waiting for justice.
Over the last three years relatives of little P.J. Avitto, killed at age 6, and survivor Mikayla Capers, now 10, have visited Brooklyn Supreme Court almost 20 times — only to see the start of a trial against alleged stabber Daniel St. Hubert put off each time because of questions over his mental health and other issues.
"All I can do is put this into God's hands," said Aricka McClinton, mother of P.J. Avitto, outside court Friday. "I'm mentally tried."
Little P.J. and Mikayla were repeatedly stabbed with a steak knife inside an elevator of the Boulevard Houses on June 1, 2014. St. Hubert, 29, has undergone three psychiatric evaluations since he was indicted for murder and attempted murder.
He was found fit twice and unfit once.
Mikayla Capers, now 10, survived the stabbing attack.
(Handout/Theodore Parisienne)
"When is this case going to get solved? When are we ever going to get justice for P.J. and Mikayla? When?
" asked McClinton, who wore a shirt Friday featuring photographs of little P.J.'s face.
"Yes, it's been 929 days. Two years, eight months and 16 days and counting. It's an emotional rollercoaster," said Regenia Trevathan, 65, great grandmother of Mikayla.
"I understand the system and mental health — but he's been found fit twice."
The families of the two innocent children filled Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog's courtroom and patiently waited three hours for St. Hubert to arrive Friday.
P.J. Avitto was killed when St. Hubert allegedly stabbed him with a steak knife.
(Handout)
"We were hoping for a trial date," said Trevanthan. "How long does it go on, I don't know."
If the case goes to trial, Mikayla may be called as a witness, a law enforcement source said.
"I cannot imagine what she has seen," Trevanthan said. "We don't talk about it but it will stay with her."
Aricka McClinton, (l) mother of PJ Avitto, 6, who was murdered in June of 2014 and Regenia Trevathan, great grandmother to Mikayla Capers, now 10, who was stabbed in the same attack, are growing impatient without a trial years later.
(Jesse Ward)
On Friday Firetog adjourned the case until March 24 to see if St. Hubert is ready to go to trial.
"On the next date, I'll talk to your client. Does he want to come to court or be on video conference?" Firetog asked.
"Video conference would be cool," St. Hubert replied.
"Is it OK to talk to the judge right now about the case?" the accused killer asked his attorney, John Burke, who advised him not to.
If convicted, St. Hubert faces 25 years to life in prison.
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