Your world in 90 seconds. I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too. More than i can ever express. Hillary clinton opens up after losing the election. Coming here tonight wasnt the easiest thing for me. A few times this past week all i wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book, and never leave the house again. Donald trump and his Transition Team are denying charges of turmoil and members of his administration. Trump meets japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe today in new york. Your reaction to this election . I dont believe we are a fundamentally different country. The same country that elected donald trump elected barack obama. President Obama Meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. An ally he calls his closest international partner. A minnesota officer is now charged in a shooting that was streamed live on facebook. July. At least one person was killed in a massive gas explosion in central illinois. The answer is no longer bl
Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too. More than i can ever express. Hillary clinton opens up after losing the election. Coming here tonight wasnt the easiest thing for me. A few times this past week all i wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book, and never leave the house again. Donald trump and his Transition Team are denying charges of turmoil and infighting in picking key members of his administration. Trump meets japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe today in new york. Your reaction to this election . I dont believe we are a fundamentally different country. The same country that elected donald trump elected barack obama. President Obama Meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. An ally he calls his closest international partner. A minnesota officer is now charged in a shooting that was streamed live on facebook. Philando castile was shot in july. At least one person was killed in a massiv
Entertainer for the dinner. This is one hour and 25 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the podium, tonights chair, john parkinson. [applause] having spent the last 12 years at abc news, many colleagues become like family. We spend long hours together, we travel around the world together, we spend friday nights together on stakeouts outside of the speakers office, we even work holidays together. When life events bring reason to celebrate, were often celebrating together. But when a member of our broadcast families is taken away our industry also grieves together. Since our last dinner last month, several colleagues who have dedicated their professional careers to broadcasted journalism have passed away. Tonight we pay tribute to them. Im morely safer. Ive led a charmed life. A lot of blood, sweat, toil, tears and a lot of it is pure luck and ive been a very lucky guy. Community members and Business Leaders are invited to come out and discuss some ideas they have to ce
Times and whats the next wave . Its a multiheaded wave. Everything about local, everything about social. I think the best way for us to stay connected is to be, is to be paranoid about whats going to come next, the change. If you look at the essence, becky, of why we embrace all the new technologies, its all about being convenient, and its all about being accessible. And if we do that, we can really help our customers to act on their thoughtfulness. The more convenient and accessible you are, the more likely when you have that good thought like, oh, its valentines weekend, and geez, i ordered in my case, i want to make sure im sending those boxes of butter cream cookies to my grandkids for valentines weekend, im more likely to act on that if its as convenient as picking up my smartphone and placing an order in just a minute or so. And we still have stores, we still have the internet, we still have telephone access when its appropriate. And most of our customers are multichannel or omni
Record amount on the holiday of love this year. Nearly 20 billion. Almost 2 billion of that on flowers. Another 1. 8 billion on candy, and even more on jewelry and going on that special evening. Much of that spending has moved to the internet. 28 of americans will shop online, an i irease of nearly 12 since 2010. And consumers are also going mobile. More than 17 plan to use their phone to shop for valentines day. But how we celebrate is also changing, and its notust chocolate and roses. While the percentage of americans buying candy has remained relatively stable over the last decade, the number of consumers buying greeting cards has fallenn off nearly 15 and the number buying clothing has increased by more than 5 . Many couples now celebrate the couple with a night out, which may include dinner to a restaurant or tickets to a show. 30 years ago, jim mccann was a disrupter before we ever knew what that term meant. Flower stores to a 1800 number. Today h h leads t t company with more th