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. welcome back. time for you news by the numbers. first $1.45 billion, thats how much well spend on upgrading the america fighter jets. it will give the countrys fleet of 85 planes, more capabilities similar to f-35. $130 million, how much the brand-new streaming deal between ak disoamazon and the nfl is wo. forking it over to carry 11 thursday night games each of the next two seasons. 630 episodes, the simpsons break the record tonight for the longest running prescripted

You like bad graphics? join the alt-right. >> why is it missing a head? why is the eagle missing a head? >> i mean asking the hard questions. >> that is a hard question. >> theyre selling like republican hot cakes. i knew that wasnt going to be funny. i couldnt stop it. sometimes i cant stop it, ari. >> sometimes i feel like youre secretly trolling all of us. and you wrote for the simpsons, right? >> you know i didnt write for the simpsons. >> i like to just mess with you. >> thats so funny. he ...

Thats a decapitated eagle. which couldnt be more symbolic of whats going on. >> you like bad graphics? join the alt right. >> how come the eagle doesnt have a head? >> sometimes i cant stop it, ari. >> sometimes i feel like youre secretly trolling all of us. and you wrote for the simpsons, right? >> you know i didnt write for the simpsons. >> i like to mess with you. >> he knows i dont write for the simpsons, and he says of anybody on the air, only his jokes are not supposed to be funny. >> you ...

Rex tillerson is out. more names are rumored to follow as the president looks for advisers aligned with his agenda and style. world-renowned scientist stephen hawking has died. he persevered against a debilitating disease and brought mysteries of the universe into the mainstream. good morning and welcome to "early start," everyone, im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. >> he did that in part through "simpsons" and "star trek," not just novels. it is wednesday, hard to believe it is only we...

Drew more people into the science? >> i think it gets back, the fact youre mentioning the movie and we know about his personal life and his relationships, plural, from his former wife to a different wife, he was involved in that movie and i think that speaks to the fact that to communicate in this world, even to be a scientist in this world, that it has to be done through television, through social media, through movies. he consulted on that film. and again, i think that gets back to whether its...

A martial art. to professor hawking and his iconic mobility chair flying into the universe that he helped us all understand so much about and while were talking social media its really interesting to point out that he was a star in china he joined way bar which is chinas version of twitter and twenty sixteen he had five million twitter followers followers and off to his desk the chinese hash tag hawking pasta had something like half a billion mentions are really just staggering stats and not jus...

Probably talked about as long as people are still doing physics but bush more not of course he was an inspiration to millions of people who had nothing to do with physics because of the way he. overcame these this terrible disability. so he was also a great one for popularizing science which so many of us dont understand that a particular area of science black holes and relativity but many scientists dont understand how did he make that connection to the public or i think well he was very very c...

Which is that this is sort of -- he has -- in case you missed this over the last 13 years, 13 months, donald trump has a lot of confidence in himself. and his ability to get things done. and you can, as president, you cant do everything unilaterally. there are things that you can do, you can say im going to meet with this person, were going to do tariffs. i think a lot of what donald trump does, we always have to remember, is gut. he goes by his gut. he doesnt listen to political conventional wi...

Trump supporters? they dont even know about these stories, it doesnt register, thats the amazing thing. we cover all of these things every day. the white house imploding behind him, and hes standing there going, nothing to see here. his supporters probably dont even realize the extent. >> yes, theres no question, particularly when he tweets about, why dont we pay attention to hillarys crimes. number one. for people who are consuming news generally. the top of the show, i would think theres an ep...

>> evidently the blood flow that gets to your legs is not as great as if you would sit at a sitting desk. everyones gone crazy because were afraid of a sedentary lifestyle. they did a study in australia that said they could not benefit you in the long run. edinboro did a study that said people sit more than people who are pensioners which in our terms in translation, retirees. which is why i stand. now im told not to. finally, somebody predicted the success of curling in the olympics. >> dana: w...