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Finally, where were you 25 years ago today? i know where i was. 6:00 a.m., april 17, 1989. >> well, good morning. well kwom to cnbc, the consumer news and business channel. im neil ka vuf toe. >> i thought my tu pay was much better back then, dont you? has it really been 25 years? good things jack wells was patient. of he certainly took a leap thinking this business reporter could anchor a show on his ge cable spin-off called cnbc. maybe thats why he gave me the 6:00 a.m. show just in case i cou...

bridges and our infrastructure and put people back to work. much rather see us talk about how we boost wages wages and bot incomes and improve their individual family bottom lines. and if the republicans want to spend the entire next six months or a year talking about repealing a bill that provides millions of people health insurance, without providing any meaningful alternative, instead of talking about jobs and the economic situation of families across country, thats their pering ton...

The founders of autism speaks, bob and suzanne wright joining me next. your heart ♪ ♪ you have to let me know [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. nature at its most delicious.

Light the world blue. we see the video from the international space station telling us that they will be up there lighting the heavens blue, and nothing travels faster than light. >> i want parents to know, or viewers to know, we have over 400,000 people in the united states involved in our walks, and they are available. they can be contacted through our walks, theyre in almost every city, and these are people that do know a lot about autism. theyre experiencing it themselves. theyre dealing wit...

the supreme court. peace offering. jonathan pollard, a convicted israeli spy was the latest bargaining chip to try to salvage middle east peace talks with the administration. well talk to his ex-wife who served prison time for her involvement in the spy plot, as talk of his rerelease has sparked a firestorm. and light it up blue, as the world marks autism awareness day. well talk to the founders of autism speaks bob wright and suzanne wright about the next frontier in early interve...

Called america is talking and these executives who battled with ailes, the things they said were chilling. in a letter to bob wright, andy friendly, who is a prime time executive at cnbc, son of legendary cbs executive fred friendly, he said, that roger ailes pressured him and his colleagues to lie to the press and that fred friendly feared for his safety and in one conversation roger ailes, quote, said he would blow his brains out. david, another top nbc executive, currently the head of the ceo...

same-sex marriage to go into court all over the country and challenge bans on same-sex marriage. >> rose: we continue with a conversation with bill hader of "saturday night live." >> i mean so many of those-- i mean, if you look at stefan at least on paper, its a low-energy character, a kind of-- character talking about things that probably dont exist. it-- on paper tshould probably not work for, like, a bigger audience. for for some reason people liekdz it. >> rose: we conclude with j...

least on paper, its a low-energy character, a kind of-- character talking about things that probably dont exist. it-- on paper tshould probably not work for, like, a bigger audience. for for some reason people liekdz it. >> rose: we conclude with john hendricks, the founder of the discovery channel and the chairman of discovery communications. hes written a new memoir about that. >> and so when i was in college at the university of alabama in hurstville, i was a work study student in t...

low-energy character, a kind of-- character talking about things that probably dont exist. it-- on paper tshould probably not work for, like, a bigger audience. for for some reason people liekdz it. >> rose: we conclude with john hendricks, the founder of the discovery channel and the chairman of discovery communications. hes written a new memoir about that. >> and so when i was in college at the university of alabama in hurstville, i was a work study student in the history department,...

You have that. suddenly even recognizes you and youre still the regular guy you always was. and he -- he was a classic regular guy, piers. if he was on your show tonight, you would finish at 10:00 and you would go have a pizza with him. >> thats exactly what i heard about him, yeah. yeah, very sociable guy -- >> down to earth, regular guy -- >> larry -- >> you -- >> larry, if you wouldnt mind holding for a second. i got bob with me now. the president of nbc universal when the sopranos came on te...