Speaker pelosi remains optimistic about a preelection aid package. I dont know talks are continuing today not sure how Mitch Mcconnell feels about all that yeah, we got meadows on the tape too making some comments about that well get to that in a bit, guys lets start with snap. Hard to start anywhere else as they crush the estimates, revenue up 50. Rbc this morning says the growth looks less like a v and more look a check mark. And i saw you gave evan spiegel shoutouts on twitter last night. I had to. Doesnt have a lot of followers. Didnt bounce it back to me. Unlike there is some people who get right involved like one of my guests today. One thing i found that was spectacular was when i first started the street, we had a guy from advertising, he said, look, the holy grail is to get someone to start using colgate when theyre 16 snap augmented reality is all about reaching that age before they decide, you any, look, it is going to be old spice or going to be whatever, i dont know, churc
[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The cold war is about to begin.
They declared the value of the gold, melted the gold into bars to ahipped the bars philadelphia mint to make gold coins. At the time, the largest u. S. Coin was the 10 liberty had gold eagle. Of a newd to the idea larger gold coin. The liberty had coin was designed by the chief engraver of the u. S. Mint, james martin longacre. Since this new coin was twice the value of the 10 eagle, it was nicknamed the double eagle. The double eagle was first struck as a proof coin. Only one of these coins is known to exist and today resides in the smithsonian. It is estimated to be valued at millions of dollars. The obverse of this coin portrays a beautiful rendition of lady liberty adorned by a coronet inscribed with the word liberty. The reverse of this coin depicts a heraldic ego. The double eagle, composed of 90 gold and 10 copper, was an instant commercial success heavily used by merchants and banks. Liberty head gold double eagles are of particular importance due to their low mint edges and fa
Im jamie colby. And today, im in tulsa, oklahoma. Im here to meet the son of a remarkably successful businessman and epic hoarder. File this under 80 years of grit and true metal and 40 acres of scrap metal. My name is john hemphill. In february 2016, my father passed away. He left me a Thriving Company thats a testament to his business acumen. He also left me a 3 millionpound headache that says a lot about my dad, too. I meet john in the lobby of Hemphill Corporation. And this was your dad. Yeah, this is dad. He started the business back in the 50s. And im running it now. Come on. Ill show you. As john drives me around the company, i come to understand the jekyll and hyde nature of his strange inheritance. These look like cell towers. Yeah, these are guide towers for wireless communication. And thats our Main Business now. But his dad built that business while indulging his industrialstrength urge for collecting. Big stuff iron, scrap metal, machinery. Things you cant squirrel away in
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, heading toward the garden state parkway. Im meeting a couple of jersey boys who had an old painting in the basement. Could it really be a rembrandt . Think youre heard a stranger inheritance story . Forget about it im ned landau. Neither i, nor my brothers, roger, and steven, had any idea that our mother had left us something so valuable. Neither did the auction guy up the highway. But people around the world were watching. Hi. How are you guys . Im jamie. Hi, jamie. E to new jersey. Thanks for coming out on such a rainy day. Ned, steven, and roger landau grew up here in north jersey, just outside of new york city. Two parents, three boys, on a street where theres lots of other kids. Our father had a small chemical company. They made coatings and industrial finishes. Three boys cant be easy for your mom. What was she like . She was an expert yoga professional, and this was well before yoga was a thing. My mother was almost like a flower child. Lyla landau