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It was on twitter that icahn announced he was taking a bite out of apple, a big stake in the company, demanding the company spend some of its vast $150 billion cash hoard on buying back more stock to unleash real shareholder value. now word apple has been buying back its stock, to the tune of $14 billion worth, in just the last couple of weeks. enough to satisfy icahn for now, but he is not exactly unloading all his apple stock now. all good for a very patient corporate raider whose impeccable t...

All right. very nice to see you. how exciting is this. you saw off the top whos going to be here. i know a lot of you are going to be about whats going to be happening on the next season of "walking dead." but this guy was, as you know, called a borderline psychotic, and that was to promo his show. what is that like? thats the story of howie mandell. heres his story. >> the loneliest place ever is if youre a standup comic. but it was the perfect job for somebody like howie mandell. growing up in...

Booked a week-long engagement at a comedy club. even though it was politically incorrect in an odd way, he was being accepted for who he was. he quit selling carpets. had an hbo special. >> what, what? >> the next 30 years, he was owning tv. hes done everything. even with constant work, found time to help others with their disorder, making sure that they are not suffering alone, even if youre a standup comic. >> howie mandell! [ applause ] >> thank you, thank you. >> how are you, sir? >> doing g...

In 1978, he was working as a carpet sales person and he booked a week-long engagement at a comedy club. even though it was politically incorrect in an odd way, he was being accepted for who he was. he quit selling carpets. had an hbo special. >> what, what? >> the next 30 years, he was owning tv. hes done everything. even with constant work, found time to help others with their disorder, making sure that they are not suffering alone, even if youre a standup comic. >> howie mandell! [ applause ] ...

Ferguson and give obama his own late night show because he is great at that. but, obviously, i dont know if he could do a late night show because he might miss curtain call. you know, can you sleep through benghazi, can you sleep through the opening of a show. but as i watched all the fawning ache lights in the acolytes in the press core look up to him i finally figured it out ohe is frank sin that sinatra and the press is peter lawford now. bathed in reflective glory. when he theyre alone they ...

Ferguson and give own late night show because he is great at that. but, obviously, i dont know if he could do a late night show becausee might miss curtain call. you know, can you sleep through benghazi, can you sleep through the opening of a show. but as i watched all the fawning ache lights in the acolytes in the press core look up to him i finally figured it out ohe is frank sin that sinatra and the press is peter lawford now. bathed in reflective glory. when he theyre alone they are bore lot...

Bathed in reflective glory. when he theyre alone they are bore lot. the difference between this man when is he on prompter like that at a gig and this man at a press conference where he is off the prompter, there are people on dialysis who arent that dependent on the machinery in their life. i was watching that press conference the other day, he was saying eh, eh, eh, i thought it was a nightclub act. i will give him this, he is a great standup comic. as good as he is at that he is bad at being ...

Sense we have taken, we have a willingness to try to make the world better. i mean, as in, sometimes even to our personal detriment. >> i think that is great. in the past, it was great. when we were a rich country. were not a rich country anymore. a lot of bad politicians have seen to it were not rich. when you are not rich, when you dont have money and you have to go borrow the money, we cant afford to do what we are doing. we are doing so many different things. we give money to countries that ...

Sense we have taken, we have a willingness to try to make the world better. i mean, as in, sometimes even to our personal detriment. >> i think that is great. in the past, it was great. when we were a rich country. were not a rich country anymore. a lot of bad politicians have seen to it were not rich. when you are not rich, when you dont have money and you have to go borrow the money, we cant afford to do what we are doing. we are doing so many different things. we give money to countries that ...

>> legendary funny man, steve carell and david steinberg and a tribute to a real all american hero on piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, whitney houston, fallen diva laid to rest, buried by side her father in a new jersey cemetery and about the extraordinary performance at the funeral and the song the family asked him to sing and pat obrien and talking about whitney and his own struggle with addiction and david carell and steinberg. >> are you a funny person by ...