but first, david siegel, well, he's the founder of westgate, and his story is amazing. in 1980, david siegel owned a small tourist attraction called the mystery funhouse in orlando, florida, and an orange grove. well, one day a man approached him and offered to buy part of the grove. >> i said, "what are you gonna do with it?" he says, "i'm gonna time-share it." i said, "what's that?" he explained the concept to me. i fell in love with the concept. i didn't sell him the property. i decided i'm gonna do it myself. >> so, did you know what time-share was at that time? >> no. no. so, i built 16 villas in the back of the orange grove. >> those 16 villas would grow into westgate, the largest privately owned time-share company in the world. two decades later, his time-share empire was still expanding. and in 2004, david and his wife, jackie, decided to take on another project, building themselves the largest home in america. most people would say, "why?" >> why build this home, or...? >> why build this -- i don't think they'd call it a home. >> it's really the palace, right?

but first, david siegel, well, he's the founder of westgate, and his story is amazing. in 1980, david siegel owned a small tourist attraction called the mystery funhouse in orlando, florida, and an orange grove. well, one day a man approached him and offered to buy part of the grove. >> i said, "what are you gonna do with it?" he says, "i'm gonna time-share it." i said, "what's that?" he explained the concept to me. i fell in love with the concept. i didn't sell him the property. i decided i'm gonna do it myself. >> so, did you know what time-share was at that time? >> no. no. so, i built 16 villas in the back of the orange grove. >> those 16 villas would grow into westgate, the largest privately owned time-share company in the world. two decades later, his time-share empire was still expanding. and in 2004, david and his wife, jackie, decided to take on another project, building themselves the largest home in america. most people would say, "why?" >> why build this home, or...? >> why build this -- i don't think they'd call it a home. >> it's really the palace, right?

david siegel -- well, he knows about construction. he built the time-share empire westgate resorts from scratch, starting with 16 villas in an orange grove outside of orlando and growing into the largest privately owned time-share company in the world. but in 2004, david and his wife, jackie, took on a completely different construction project, building a dream home that would end up being the largest in america. 12 years later, it is still a work in progress. the 90,000-square-foot house was set to contain 13 bedrooms, 30 bathrooms, a bowling alley, indoor swimming pool -- guess what? -- a 20-car garage. the sprawling estate was about 60% completed when the economy crashed back in '08, almost taking all of westgate and all of siegel's fortunes with it. david and jackie were forced to stop all construction on versailles and eventually list a half-built mansion for sale with a price tag of $100 million. the entire ordeal became part of the documentary "the queen of versailles." but the economy improved, westgate resorts came back, and,

west gate was founded by david siegel who stepped away from its day-to-day operations last year. >>> conditions are right for fires to spread. and palm bay rescue says that's what's been the department has responded to more than 100 brush fire calls since and some of them are suspicious . >> reporter: some of these fires have also been in residential areas. palm bay fire rescue has gone so far to ask surveillance cameras to help them keep an eye on things. after more than 100 fires since january, images like these are becoming far too frequent around palm bay. >> a couple days ago, it flared back up. then yesterday it flared back up. and of course the fire department responded quickly. >> reporter: wayne smith lives off waco street in palm bay. fresh fires have left their mark. and like a fire last week, the cause here is still undetermined. on wednesday, there were at least three separate fires burning in an undeveloped area here known as the compound. these fires are considered suspicious. just because they don't believe all this occurred naturally doesn't mean someone set the fire

david siegel said the resort has stepped away from day-to- day operations last year.>>> the pro-tape trial is back in session today. the jury decided gawker media should pay held in $115 of them without his consent. they have not conclusively determined to lease the video based from a three state employees filed a lawsuit saying they got sick with unhealthy symptoms from a building leased space agency. they have mold and poor air quality and rat feces. #the company that owned and managed the building. they're in the process of moving workers to build experience >>> this november can vote on three in most of the state's constitution and property tax exemption to first responders to become totally and permanently disabled in the light of duty. haley gave owners and tax break on which firemen and advices. what about low income caesar's getting an additional homestead tax exemption when their property values rise. >> crews will be cleaning up a sprinkler main burst yesterday caused by a backup of wastewater. the epa division is potentially dating has his space to make a claremont man ope

. >> reporter: david siegel, handing over a plan to combat heroin use in the county. >> no one is out there talking about it. it's a shame. but i am. i won't be silenced. i'll spend the rest of my life doing what i'm doing. >> reporter: the orlando police chief john mina says since 400 heroin-related deaths. it cost just 20% of what it once did in 2016. >> we're working on it together to try to get the demand down. as we said before, it's hard to do when people are addicted and want this drug. >> reporter: sheriff jerry demings calling the up-tick of heroin use a problem. the task force recommendations include increasing time for dealers. >> reporter: county officials say in the past 14 months, more than 100 pregnant women addicted to heroin have been booked into the orange county jail. county officials say they plan to form a smaller committee to implement the plan. >> lisa: orange county completed their task force last year. they met for six months to complete the recommendations to fight heroin use. >> matt: today, the iconic mcdonald's opened up new and improved. news 6 meteorolog

first, i'd like to ask that a statement from one of the constituents you just introduced, david siegel, be added to the record. he's president of victoria's voice foundation, father of victoria, who died last summer from a drug overdose at the young age of 18. >> without objection. so ordered. >> thank you. many of you know orange county as the home to orlando and 12 other municipalities. we have a population of 1.2 million people. last year, we broke a national record for tourism, entertaining more than 62 million visitors. but many of you probably don't know that last year we also lost 84 lives to heroin overdoses. and probably nobody will know that that was a 600% increase since 2011. four years ago, like so many other count tiffs across the country, we were fighting pill mills. we worked hard and adopted tough regulations at a local and state level. we provided resources to break opioid addiction, and we were pretty successful. today, the front line has moved, but the battle is tougher than ever. too many prescription drug abusers found an inexpensive and often deadly alternative -

first, i'd like to ask a statement from one of the constituents you just introduced, david siegel, wibe added to the record. he's president of the victoria's voice foundation, father of victoria, who died last summer at the age of 18. >> without objection. so ordered. >> thank you. many of you know orange county as the home to orlando and 12 other municipalities. we have a population of 1.2 million people. last year, we broke a national record for tourism. entertaining more than 62 million visitors. but many of you probably don't know that last year, we also lost 84 lives to heroin overdoses. and probably nobody will know that that was a 600% increase since 2011. four year acess ago, we were fig pill mills. we worked hard and adopted tough regulations at a local and state level. we provided resources to break opioid addiction, and we were pretty successful. today, the front line moved but the battle is tougher than ever. too many prescription drug abusers found an inexpensive and often deadly alternative. heroin. despite central florida's strong economy and extraordinary quality of life

david siegel, good to have you here today. is it right to say that when he first announced this it looked like his prospected per dim? >> the news we received, you are right. it came from a news conference. he revealed he had cancer that spread involving his liver and brain. that's a grim prognosis advance stage. the information regarding his care ways we have in the public domain. he received surgery in his liver. he received radiation for the treatment in his brain. the therapy for the rest of his body which has been immune therapy, a medicine used to boost his immune system. he announced that he no longer needs that therapy because there is no evidence of cancer. martha: that's katruda? >> it's a drug approved a year ago for the treatment of melanoma and lounge cancer. one of two drugs on the market and recently kidney cancer. martha: this drug basically allows your own immune system to attack the cancer cells, correct? >> an easy way to think about this. our immune systems have brakes on them that prevent them from doing w

businessman david siegel founded the resort he is stepped away from its day-to- day operations late last year. >>> beer could be the future for florida citrus industry, last month we told you about how some growers are turning to all this because citrus graining continues to devastate the citrus crops. as jamie holmes reports, other growers are now turning to another unlikely crop. >>reporter:on a stretch of road known as the green mile, there is a plant growing that should not be here. >> most people cannot believe this is being done the first thing is that people take these rip them apart, taste them, want to get a sensory evaluation for them now he is talking about hops, yes, the kind that goes in beer. for the last for years, researchers have been successfully growing in here. and it's producing a cop with a distinctly mild flavor. >> we are having a plant that terms of aroma and flavor from weather environments that we have here. it's a unique crop, and a flavor and aroma to our consumers >>reporter:this is the next phase of the operation, the hops plant will go 20 feet up a telepho

david samadi. >> and dr. marc siegel, author of "the inner pulse" unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. >> good to see you both. let's get to it, march is colan cancer awareness month. according to the cdc, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the united states. 140,000 americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer every year. more than 90% of colorectal cancers occur in people age 50 or old. dr. samadi, we can start with the risk factors, how do you reduce the risk. do you have to get a colonoscopy? >> good questions. 140,000 colorectal cancers a year and 50,000 still die from this. people don't need to die from colon cancer. it's preventable and treatable if you really go for a screening. right now the recommendation is to get screening over the age of 50. we'll talk who is at high risk and who should be doing more screening. >> is screening the colonoscopy? >> that's right. and it reduces the risk of death by 60%. who are some of the people at risk? if you're consu

david samadi, chief of robotic surgery. >> and dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at nyu. and author of t inner pulse unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. doctors, happy easter. >> happy easter. >> getting ready for spring, i see. >> warmer weather. >> hopefully. let's begin with something that affects millions of men every year. that's prostate cancer. how to detect it. what to do to watch for it and what can you do if you receive a prostate cancer diagnosis, dr. samadi. >> it's still today in 2016, 30,000 men die from prostate cancer. how do you know if you have prostate cancer. the answer is it's asymptomatic. you should have no symptoms: that's why they call it a silentle killer. it's important to go to the doctor, get your psa, know your numbers and look at the trech . treatment. your protate typically would feel soft and smooth like the palm of your hand. if it feels like a knuckle and it's firm that's a problem and we will get an mri and biopsy and we are able to diagnose you. >> i have a couple of questions. i know we are going to get the your psa numb

let's bring in david seaberg and jeremy siegel. guys, good to speak with you. professor, you are known to be a bull and you sort of walked it back because last november you said that dow 20,000 was a real possibility. february you said, i have to revise that. now you say dow 19,000 by the end of the year. what's changed and has the factors disis sy pated in the first quarter? >> well, i think 19,000 is still possible by the year end but i think we're going to be in a range from 17,000 to 18,000. i really want to see the earnings increase. i mean, we had a very severe earnings recession last year and when we had the deflationary forces of crashing oil prices, you know, we were worried about a chinese devaluation and that produced the panic that we saw in late january and early february. now, those two worries are very much alleviated now. i mean, oil is back to 40, seems to have found some sort of a base there. china's actually appreciating its currency lather than devaluing its currency so those deep fears of deflation which weighed so much on the market have b

marc siegel, the author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. >> and dr. david samadi chief of robotics surgery at lennox hill hospital. >> good to see you. >> we are going to start with something in the headlines. growing concerns over lead-contaminated water. new reports are showing the problem is more widespread than the crisis in flint, michigan. dr. siegel, how do you know if you have lead in your water? and how bad is this health emergency for your country? >> it is a bad emergency. you know by getting your water tested. one of the ways you can get your water tested of the top is you can call the e.p.a. safe drinking water hotline. 1-800, 426-49 4791. they will tell you how to get your water tested locally. there is a hats off to u.s.a. today, they took the story in flint michigan and made it national by finding out there is 2,000 drinking water areas which are in trouble and 96 million americans can be affected by lead in their water. that is huge. why is that? because up until 1996 we didn't have the lead out of our plumbing lines. if you have

marc siegel, the author of the inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. >> and dr. david samadi chief of robotics surgery at lennox hill hospital. >> good to see you. >> we are going to start with something in the headlines. growing concerns over lead-contaminated water. new reports are showing the problem is more widespread than the crisis in flint, michigan. dr. siegel, how do you know if you have lead in your water? and how bad is this health emergency for your country? >> it is a bad emergency. yo

me. >>> some breaking news now from david faber. 8:32. oh, my word. must be big. must be huge. >> 8:32. hi guys and gals. did want to update our reporting on that bid for starwood that's been going on and in fact can tell you this morning that anbang and its partners have reached an agreement to acquire starwood for $78 a share in cash higher than the $76 a share offer they previously made. sources familiar with the situation tell me an announcement is expected this morning that, in fact, starwood has reached that definitive agreement. importantly starwood has not signed that agreement anbang has. it's a fully financed offer to acquire starwood at $78 cash. starwood hasn't signed it because they have to give marriott five days by business days in which to respond to this higher off per. marriott deal is for 4.92 shares of marriott and dollars 2 a share. its value is certainly well below that of the anbang deal at this point. sources familiar with the situation say there's an expectation based on conversations that have already taken place