News, time for click. This week unexpected item in the bagging area. Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on 5 august, 1992, in price chopper. So what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch. And i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, click it was a mechanical one. And, you know, isaid wow, what a great environment. This is so messy. Good luck with any machine doing it, and i said, this would be a great, Great Problem to solve. And then i started building a machine in my garage. I actually spent every cent i had on parts, and i got the first machines built. See, i love self service checkouts, but then im a control freak. But i do believe they save you time. Until they go wrong, at which point they become a right pain in the b
Compared hitler to Bashar Al Assad. Is that enough to stop calls for him being fired . In the drivers seat. My one on one sit down with fords ceo mark fields. His message to the president and his vision for the future of the auto industry. Good morning, everybody. Im ali velshi at Msnbc Headquarters in new york. Rex tillerson and Sergey Lavrov have ended a high stakes meeting in moscow. The two are scheduled to emerge at the top of the next hour and hold a News Conference. We know that there has been tense talk over syria. Todays meeting comes on the heels of a newly declassified white house Intelligence Report that accuses russia of helping cover up that chemical attack in syria last week. President Vladimir Putin saying in an interview today, quote, wheres the proof of Syrian Forces using Chemical Weapons . There is none. End quote. Putin also says relations with the u. S. Have, quote, degraded since President Trump took office. President trump had his own criticisms of Vladimir Puti
Including the staff the the congressional black caucus, and staff throughout various committees. Weve used this work period as an opportunity to invite staffers from both sides of the aisle to come to the white house and discuss shared priorities and find Common Ground on the way forward. And were not just reaching out to capitol hill. We have actively engaged with key leaders and policy makers around the country. Its critical to gather information from states and from people throughout the country rather than just leaders in washington. So to discuss specific action he can take. They leaders, many of whom represent some of the countrys largest manufacturers, Cabinet Members and key aides of the president s staff. The Working Group will engage in a deepdive conversation on the attendees specific areas of expertise. Topics of discussion include deregulation, tax and trade, and infrastructu
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Another seems to open. Enter, the New York Times Front Page Story of a secret plan by Trump Associates said to be backed by kremlin about the Armed Conflict with Russian Allied forces within its own borders. In other words, while the fbis investigating an alleged back channel during the election between russia and the Trump Campaign, there may be another previously undisclosed back channel between russia and known Trump Associates. But before we dive into the times report, a little context. Throughout the entire russia controversy, the president has repeatedly denied having any russian Business Ties. I own nothing in russia. I have no loans in russia. I dont have any deals in russia. Russia is fake news. Russia is fake news. But thats a relatively recent claim. In 2008, for instance, donald trump jr. Told an interviewer, russians make up a pretty
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Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec