Going on for 50 years. You know, some of the original attendees who were living in their parents basements for the first comiccon are now living in their grandparents basements. Their own kids living under them. Did you know every year at comiccon at least five people die from getting their cape stuck in an escalator. It also is world emoji day, this is an International Event organized by whom i dont know. But on behalf of everyone at the show, smile eye face with hearts for eyes, prayer hands, prayer hands and a thumb up to you. Some parent are concerned that their kids are using emojis to communicate in kid, and yeah, they r they are doing into. Every emoji is also a sex thing. All of them. Even santa claus has some kind of connotation. But emojis have become a universal language in some ways. And in honor of world emoji day today we decided to put pedestrians to the test. We went out on the street and showed people some common combinations of emojis, like phrases that people use to
Committee chair chuck grassley, former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and others. [ applause ] hi, everyone. Thank you for coming. And thanks to pfizer for sponsoring the event. Just to reiterate, if youre into hash tags, go ahead and use axios 360 and we can have fun on the social networks together. And if youre also inclined, go to signup. Axios. Com to get our news letters, especially vitals, written by my colleague, Caitlyn Owens. We try to keep things short and light. And real quick, logistic, if youve never been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet. Four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about. And this in particular is about drug pricing in america, which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind, id like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [ applause ] good to be with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only its a good place to st
Culture, the idea of seeing the man in front of the tank, many of us have all seen that, at least if your speedy we believe this hearing to go live to discussion from axios on Prescription Drug prices. Well hear from Senate Finance amity church are progressing but first former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and later senator Debbie Stabenow of michigan. This is live coverage on cspan2. And real quick, it could have been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet, four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about, and this particular is what drug pricing in america which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind i like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [applause] good to be here with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only, its a good place to start by talking about your constituents. What are they still telling you about their own drug prices in
Hoffman as another woman comes forward for matt lauer. Why some believe its an alien spaceship. And in force, fans rushing to theaters overnight. The new star wars officially open, friday december 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a is rockefeller plaza. So nice to have you with us on a friday morning. What a beautiful shot. Yes, and more importantly, busting for star wars. Yeah, seeing it at theater tonight. Lets get to the news. The tax bill is back on shaky ground this morning. Nbc White House Correspondent, Kristin Welker has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, savannah. The high stakes fight on tax reform will enter a new phase today with the republicans set to unveil their final version of the bill in a few hours, and the president and republicans sounding optimistic, but this morning a roadblock with the final vote approaching next week, marco rubio said he will vote against the gop bill until the child tax is expanded for
Over britney. And from the Mickey Mouse Club to hollywood hearthrob. Im sorry, is this bothering you . A ryan gosling flashback. Home alone . No, thats not me. This is entertainment tonight. Well, some big holiday movies are in theatres this Christmas Holiday week, and we are breaking them down. Happy holidays. Yes, indeed, maam. No movie had a crazier journey than all the money in the world. That film was completely finished when the kevin spacey sex scandal broke, but they did something thats never been done before. I have 14 grandchildren. If i Start Playing ransoms, im have 14 kidnapped grandchildren. Thats christopher plummer, who replaced kevin spacey after he faced accusations of sexual misconduct. Michelle williams plays the distraught mother of gettys grandson. Theyre two very different men. They brought very different qualities to the world. Williams says plummer is a hero to her. Michelle has the same name as the Destiny Child singer. And she told how it led to an awkward mi