Just in this afternoon, remember baby chance found buried in north port last year . Sarasota county just just upped his dads charges. He is charged with first degree murder in the death. His mother is serving 25th years in prison in exchange for testifying against the 25 years in prison in exchange for testifying against the father. And right now a venice day care shut down because of that, a driver going right through the wall. In all of this, four toddlers and an employee hurt. Authorities are now looking into if this is a case of a grant mother pushing the wrong pedal. The owner of the day care believes the only reason that the driver didnt make it all the way through is because of the tree right there and the potted wheel plant that you see back there. To remove the tree but now she believes that it saved the childrens leaves. Children were enjoying story time just after 9 00 this grandmother was dropping off her grandson when she accidentally hit the accelerator, thinking she was
Its weird but the closing high for the s p this year, the year 2016 is, in fact, 2016. 201671 which is about a point away as we see the index. Stocks near session highs and maybe not surprising. He established himself in the tech start up when he cofounded paypal in the late 90s. Since then another of other start ups and he was a chairman of yelp and now hes in austin as south by southwest gets underway. He joins us now. Max always great to have you. Thank you lets start off talking about the environment for investment for Early Stage Companies. Youre an investor on top of being an entrepreneur yourself. Where are you putting your money these days whether its Early Stage Companies that are focused on enterprise problems, whether its consumer mobile requesteds, all of the above, are you actively investing in this environment . I try to look at big ideas that have bigger impact worldwide and the trend has been increasing people trying to solve really big problems. Its an exciting time to
But its more than that. Youve put them together in a way that takes us on a journey with you. Reading a book Still Matters in this age of bitesized social media and tweets and likes and so on. And there is i think nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called siberia which almost didnt get published because his first publisher thought the internet was a fad and it was going to go away. So theres no one better to help us understand the times, the crazy times that were living in when technology seems to be bringing us more amazing innovations every day, and yet for some reason something about life doesnt seem right. So im really excited and thrilled to bring Douglas Rushkoff back. George bullen from the open Technology Institute where she is director of technology as part of new america is a perfect interlocutor to bring douglas here. So welcome them both to civic hall, and if youre interested in learning more about civic hall, go to civichal
I just want to say to our guests that its a personal privilege for me and for my cofounder, who is floating around here somewhere, to be celebrating the publication of yet another book from the brilliant and prolific Douglas Rushkoff, who seems to have produced yet more works of brilliance every year. I dont know how you do it but fantastic that you keep doing it. As an author myself, i have to say that the publication of a book is a always a really special event. There is something about taking your words and putting them on paper between slightly thicker pieces of paper that make people look at you differently. Youre now an expert. Its more than that. Youve put them together in a way that takes us on a journey with you, reading a book Still Matters in this age of bitesized social media and tweets and likes and so on. And there is, i think, nobody who has traveled in that space since its very early days when he wrote a book called siberia which almost didnt get published because first
The suspect managed to get through security with a fake suicide belt. And dim outlook. Surprising new test results reveal the headlights on most cars in america are inadequate. Only one model receiving a good rating. The eliminated findings today, wednesday, march 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on wednesday morning. Just when you thought you had seen just about everything in a president ial campaign, we get the last 24 hours. How many times have we said that during this campaign . Yes, we have a Campaign Manager charged with battery and republican candidates seeming to get a little bit wobbly on whether theyll support the eventual nominee. Thats right. All part of our top story. A new sign of animosity, trump, cruz, kasich all taking a step back from that earlier pledge to support the gop nominee. This as donald trump deals with battery charges against the m