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Staple in the american home. alison kosik is getting down to business. >> reporter: the recovery in the u.s. job market is getting stronger. the economy added 244,000 jobs in april. and the private sector tacked on 268,000 jobs. thats the biggest monthly increase in five years. for the first time in 20 years there are fewer american homes with a tv. according to nielsen, the number of households with tvs has dropped more than 2% in the past year. one reason, a growing number of young people watc...

Dropped more than 2% in the past year. one reason, a growing number of young people watch movies and tv programs online. and streaming video seems to take a lot of energy. over the past decade the power needed to run computer servers has increased by more than 10% every year. the internet already uses more electricity than u.s. car and truck production. thats this weeks "getting down to business." alison kosik, cnn. hey, did you ever finish last months invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up ...

Liberty. i cant hurt you. its limiting their ability to -- >> so people when they get together to define the rules by which the other person can hurt you, to use your phrase, isnt that what government does? >> yes, and very poorly because in an economic sense, what they do is they act with prior restraint. were not allowed to use prior restraint to restrain you on what you do on your tv programs, but people think on economics, its different. i say economics and personal liberty are one in the sa...

Its time to talk about the other issues as well. they are not addressed in the presidents tenure window. everybody should be concerned about that. >> the devil is in the details. there are clear battle lines being drawn between republicans and democrats. let me play what ed marquee had to say. >> republicans tilted the sails in favor of big oil at the expense of big bird. they dont want to cut out the $43 billion for the oil industry, but at the same time, they want to cut the budget for childre...

Keep the interview the way you want it where youre the boss. i found it a brilliant experience. i think that even if you dont like the guest i have, even if you dont like me, it shouldnt really be the criteria for watching. i dont always find that the tv programs i like watching are necessarily with people i particularly like myself. what i want to see is energy and dine amism, humor, very important, a sense of enthusiasm on behalf of the interviewer, the guest and the guest for coming on the sh...

See how cheerios can help you do it. [ bob ] squak! heres a look at how stocks are trading right now t dow jones industrials now down about 20 points, s&p 500 off two points, the nasdaq up three points. china has taken the title of the worlds second largest economy sure passing japan which held the title since 1998. u.s. is still by far the worlds largest economy, but experts predict, china could take the number one spot by 2027. and the web video service that features top movie and tv pro...

>> in the private west wing office, president obama spoke by phone to shirley sherrod for seven minutes and the chief executive apologized for sherrods wrongful termination and she accepted the apology. >> she has a unique set of experiences and a unique opportunity to continue using those experiences to help people. thats what he said to her. obviously, decision about what she is going to do is up to her. >> that followed a media blitz creed that saw sherrod on six tv programs across five netwo...

Country if they wanted to and they would facilitate that. they also said that they have stepped up, increased the travel warnings to americans. simply not to come from bangkok. originally it had been for nonessential travel. now the theyre saying simply dont come here, and theres little sign of the embassy reopening. >> understandably so, ian williams, thanks for the update. do stay safe. it is a sign of the times online. newspapers are beginning to charge you to read that public bligz on the ...

Subject, it just blew my mind. im not a scientist. my job is to make tv programs. what blew my mind is the huge scale of the universe. ill never look at the night sky the same way again. just during the three years weve been making this show, someone told me the other day 300 billion stars have been born. 300 billion stars have died. these are just awesome figures. and what were doing next really is just -- literally what were doing next on sunday night is the ultimate story on the discovery cha...

The argument logically, then he thinks that we would be wise to be -- to exercise caution when dealing with aliens. >> larry: so what do we do with this, john, other than entertain and inform us? whats the next step? >> well, what were trying to do with this -- you know, what is just so amazing about this subject, it just blew my mind. im not a scientist. my job is to make tv programs. what blew my mind is the huge scale of the universe. ill never look at the night sky the same way again. just d...