Wellcome to squawk alley for this thursday. Kayla tausche, and along with vanity fair correspondent nick out west. Good morning to you. Good morning. And now, redstone says that he no longer trusts the ceo, and he says that he is determined to trust in the company and not the shareholders to do the best for them. And so yesterday on fast money we spoke to tom freston. Well, the lawsuits and Everything Else has been a side show compared to the real story which is the fall of viacom from grace over the last several years that have been really one of the leading Television Networking companies in the business and now it is falling to a level below the peers on almost every metric plagued by all problems including the creative departures. And freston is outspoken, nick, and how does this move the ball forward . To what degree will we see any resolution in this saga . I, all i can hope for is that there is someone in that building with a video camera filming this whole thing, because it is
Athletic club. In there. Greg home of the heisman trophy. Rosanna it used to be only boys went there. Used to go there saturday. Went there on saturday, once a month, every two months, they let the sisters come come in and i was didnt feel that will, had a bad stomachache, really bad stomachache, tried every which way to get myself up and going but i was in a lot of pain. Day. Very upset and meant i would never go swimming in another few months. Rosanna one of the few things you reported an illness that was not psychosomatic. You will see the World Trade Center, the new World Trade Center is a little further up we can. We can report that the observatory, we have great food up there. Rosanna the views of there on a nice day. Mike is not the building on the tree up there. Rosanna agree not 00 hour coming. Were going to check with mike woods first for the weather. Greg Hurricane Joaquin. Meteorologist were keeping an eye on Hurricane Joaquin with it. At 8 00 this morning, winds at 120 mil
Trip. So we met at a cafe in downtown columbia, and i showed him a few of these images from the oregon coast which was part of his route. And i said heatmoon, my son edgar iv and i would like to retrace your route and do a photographic version of your book because we cant begin to write like you write, but we can take good photographs. His answer, i was very pleased, was very positive. He said, you know, one of the most common questions people ask me is when are you going to take make the trip again, but im never going to take the trip again, have at it. He confided to me about four years later he didnt think my son and i would make that journey and the book. So so our goals were to find the characters still living almost three decades later. We wanted to find the beauty of back roads america that he had so beautifully described in his book. We wanted to find the 5 30 taverns that he frequented. We wanted to find the mom and pop cafes that he always ate at. Ask youll remember one of my
Forsight and hfo foresight and his advocacy on this issue clearly helped people step up and move forward. Thank you very much. Mr. Trimble . I would just add that previously ga has done work on this area. We looked at u. S. Forces and how they were handling this issue in france and got some innovative ideas. We havent done the crossreferencing per se but we have looked at how other countries have tackled these issues. I guess it would be understandable that if other states, other nations, rather, have these devices that have radioactive materials in them, whether theyre mobile or stationary, and if other countries do not secure them well, and those materials were obtained, they could be used for bad purposes in those countries or maybe anywhere. What do we have to reduce the likelihood that if another country did not have did not secure their radioactive materials well, what assurances do we have with the way we protect our own borders and our ports of entry that well be able to detect
The music ball rolling for some of musics top performers. This saturday december 7th, 2013. And welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests in the house this morning, hes made more than 80 movies but his new one has the oscar buzz factory. Plus his rise to stardom is as unique as her style. Shes here to show us how her life has changed. Valerie june will perform in our saturday session. But first, hes finally free, the 85yearold american tourist and veteran of the korean war held captive in north korea since october, is now on his way home. Right now, Merrill Newman is on a flight to san francisco. Seth dome reports from beijing. Reporter freedom after 43 days. Merrill newman arrived at beijings airport today after a flight from north korea. Im very glad to be on my way home and i appreciate the tolerance that dprk government has given to me to be on my way. First thing, what would you like to do . Go home and see my wife. Reporter at the Newman Family home in pasaden