teristian davenport has wr barons in aspace new book, and he joined me a short time ago. why are billionaires so drawn to the spacn:race? christs you mentioned, we have not gotten far since the apollo era. we went to theoon in 1969, 200 ,000 miles away. since then, we have gone to the international space station, an amazing orbiting laborory, but only 250 miles away. sa and the united states government does not have the ability to fly an astronaut from u.s. soil. the companies are used to rapid innovation and thought we should do something about that. laura: they are. elon musk of spacex says in your book that if you get to the moon and make that your home, you could get to mars more easily. is that the ultima vision? i think so. elon ultimately wants to get to e rs, and the moon seems like a good stepping str that, because there is water on the moon, and hydrogen and oxygen, that is rocket fuel. we went there d planted a flag in the 1960's, but then we left. i think the idea n under the trump administration is to go there and this time stay there. laura: your book is so

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christiaan davenport has written about this phenomena. why are billionaires drawn to the space race? we haven't gone far since the apollo era. we went to the moon in 1969, and since then we go to the international space station, an amazing orbiting lab rhetoric, but it is only 250 miles away. right now, nasa and the us government does not have the ability to fly astronauts from us soil. i think these billionaires are looking at these billionaires are looking at the pace of progress. they are used rapid innovation and thought they should do something about it. and they are. elon musk of spacex says if you get to the moon and make it your home, you can get to mars more easily. i think he ultimately wants to get to mars. the moon is seen as a good stepping stone for that because there is water on the moon, hydrogen and oxygen, and that's rocket fuel. it's a good stepping stone. we went there and planted a flag in the 60s and left some footprints but then we left. the idea now, particularly among the trump administration, is to go there and s

people like charles davenport, the founder of the eugenics records office. i look to a lot of african-american intellectuals. people like w.e.b. dubois, and william montague cobb, and anatomy professor at howard university and the first black physical anthropologist. he uses a lot of medical and anthropological knowledge to make arguments about what racial difference really does and does not do and how things like eugenics can be used to mobilize those for a greater good. susan: tell me about w.e.b dubois. ms. nurridin: he is interested in thinking about how the collective race can be improved on a social level like angst through education and on a biological level. it is usually framed as a kind of respectability politics in terms of education and religion and moral improvement. there is a biological underpinning about who is actually fit enough to constitute this talent population. i have a number of interesting little nuggets from his work. one was an article from margaret sanger's birth-control review where he published in a special issue thousand titled

people like charles davenport, the founder of the eugenics records office. i look to a lot of african-american intellectuals. --ple like debbie eb dubois web dubois, and william montague cobb, and anatomy professor at howard university and the first black physical anthropologist. he uses a lot of medical and anthropological knowledge to make arguments about what racial difference really does and does not do and how things like eugenics can be used to mobilize those for a greater good. susan: tell me about w.e.b ubois. ms. nurridin: he is interested in thinking about how the collective race can be improved on a social level like angst through education and on a biological level. it is usually framed as a kind politics inility terms of education and religion and moral improvement. there is a biological underpinning about who is actually fit enough to constitute this talent population. i have a number of interesting little nuggets from his work. one was an article from margaret sanger's birth-control review where he published in a special issue thousand titled

in the 1850's, martha had married a man named henry davenport and moved with him to jefferson county, virginia, now, west virginia. and although she was initially sympathetic with the north in the secession crisis, when her new husband opted to side with the confederacy in the war and actually join the confederate army, martha switched loyalty to the south. she became pretty outspoken about her newfound confederate loyalty and her letters home to her father, and reading them, is are we dealing with zeke and now he's getting letter from martha -- letters from martha that are very pro-confederate and sentiment. in nearly drove him mad. he wanted to do something about it, but it took the unlikely intervention of his brother, clay. -- caches he says i figured to overlook her secession is him, because it is a virtue and a woman to go with her husband and all things very so don't think about her politics, don't take the politics that seriously, what's important is she is deferring to her husband, let's honor that marital relationship read -- relationship. that's exactly how u.s. army major

did not sign it so that later could have denyability as to its existence and to the payment to miss davenport yells. miss daniels. >> now despite that payment and the agreement, daniels is threatening to tell her story. >> please welcome stormy daniels. >> until now she stopped short of that dropping tantalizing hints to jimmy kimmel. >> do you have a non-disclosure agreement. >> do i? >> you can't say, but if you didn't have a non-disclosure agreement you could say it. >> you're so smart jimmy. >> but so far court documents this week claim miss clifford began an intimate relationship with mr. trump in the summer of 2006 in lake tahoe and continued that relationship well into the year 2007 putting the start of the relationship 1some time aftr the president married first lady melania trump, four months after good their son was born. her real name stephanie clifford who crossed over into main stream movies in 2005 with a cameo with the "40-year-old virg virgin". and in 2007 she was well aware of the stigma attached to her chosen profession as she told "nightline." >> it's one of those businesse

my grandfather retired to florida from alcoa in 1978 after 30 years at the davenport, iowa, plant and my question to you as a major american industrial business, how do you think alcoa will do with all these tariff talks? >> it's an excellent company the world is no longer glutted in aluminum as it was. congratulations to your dad working at that davenport facility boy, alcoa, those facilities are so well run, but be careful, i think that the stock would be, let's say -- it will move a little bit in rough ever seas a then be right again. among everything is controversial. i have to tell you don't be afraid to raise some cash on stuff you're up on "mad money" tonight with facebook down, what should your next move be with the stock my take then even if you're tough on the averages, etsy is doing well and how will cigna's $52 billion purchase benefit the stock? let's hear from the ceo. stick with cramer. >> announcer: don't miss a second of "mad money." follow @jimcramer on twitter have a question, tweet cramer, #madtweets send jim an e-mail @computernbc.com or call us at 1-800-743-cnbc

amanda: meet maddie davenport. 14-years-old, struggling after her parents' recent divorce. maddie met a new friend online, victor renway. margot: he likes basketball, skateboarding, crushing it at broomball. what does that even mean? he's a leo and he's 15. amanda: or so he claims. preston: oh, you think someone's catfishing? mitch: well, we're not sure but we've heard from several concerned parents who are monitoring their kids' online accounts and they all have noticed a new friend that they don't recognize. margot: victor renway? amanda: the one and only. in each case he asks these girls to join him for a date at the mall. margot: easy place to hide in a crowd. amanda: but in this case maddie asked if her mother could join. preston: hmm, and he bailed? amanda: faster than grease lightning. mitch: now, we've been looking for victor but so far no luck. the school that he claims to have attended has no record of him. amanda: if someone's impersonating a teenage boy we need to stop them, fast. preston: i agree, but how is this our jurisdiction? amanda: well, romeo here sends

drunk saturday on the sidewalk near the intersection of briargrove road and ronald reagan parkway in davenport. the teenager told deputies he drank an entire bottle of liquor from his parents' liquor cabinet and took a bunch of "happy pills," deputies said.during the interviews with deputies, he also said the following:he wanted to die and see godhe wanted to shoot up westside k-8 school (in osceola county, where he attended) because he wanted to be the next school shooterhe wanted to kill a lot of kidshe wanted to kill different kids because they "snitched" on him and got him expelled from westside k-8he was expelled, baker acted, and charged with threatening a kid from westside k-8 school because a kid "tried him." during the investigation and interviews with other teens, detectives learned lopez had threatened to school and kill a polk county detectives said the boy had been previously westside k-8 school in osceola making similar "this teen is he's had an osceola county for threatening to he's been baker osco and pcso. we hope he treatment he needs to deal with his desires to hurt himself

almost given up on ever seeing her again, until briana got a message on facebook from a mechanic shop in davenport."he messaged me and said parents stole her out of my backyard," says briana.she says she originally thought the man messaging her stole feather."i was very shocked. i just kind of stared at my phone for a second and said what? once i got my bearings, i said okay, what's their name, address. where can i find them?"the address was for a home 88 miles away in cedar rapids, iowa.after receiving those new details, officers at the east moline police department contacted police in cedar rapids. those officers went to that address and found feather there. the martins picked up feather hours later and brought her home.but this story is far from over. briana is pressing criminal charges."you are looking at grand theft in some cases. animals are not cheap, and you could go to jail. be willing to pay that price if you want to take an animal," says briana.but in the meantime, this family makes up for lost time."i wish i could know what's going on with her in the past six months, where she's been,

so it's been a little dicey here and into the santa cruz mountains around davenport and boulder creek and summit and into san jose seeing some mist, drizzle, a few light showers and then into the mountains we're talking about upper 20s, gusty winds, and still some pretty good snow to arrive today, tonight, and right on through sunday morning. two to five inches. up to ten inches by the crest. and then the winter storm warning 9:00 tomorrow morning is when it expires. one to two feet. so if you want the good skiing, you'll have to wait a little bit. we had the snow, the rain, now is the dry powdery snow. so it's about 13 inches through tomorrow around donner. so the snow today, the morning snow tomorrow, and sunny on monday. so here's a look where we're 48 degrees in san jose. 49 in mountain view. sunshine there. emeryville looking mostly cloudy. 45 in napa. cruz, maybe a few showers here but folks out there enjoying the beach. scattered showers, spotty cold showers through tomorrow. 1 on the storm impact scale. we're looking at the chance of an isolated thunderstorm. mt. hamilton coul

live doppler 7 showing you a few scattered showers from the peninsula to monterey, santa cruz and davenport this morning. high-elevation snow. we are looking at this pattern continuing but more sunshine for most of us throughout the day today. highway 35, bortola valley. a few showers near loss altos. as we check it out, we are seeing a lot of sunshine here over the city. still some fog in the north bay. 45 in mountain view. upper 40s half moon bay. from the airport, we had a few showers early this morning but right now the sun is shining on the peninsula. it is going to be a cool afternoon for everyone. temperatures continue below average. just today the coldest day of the week. 47 in concord. livermore is at 43 degrees. in the sierra nevada they picked up a foot and a half around squaw. 9 inches home wood as well as north star. by about thursday, temperatures are going to be in the low 60s around south lake. if they're going to be near 60s in the mountains, you know it is going to be warm here. partly cloudy today, isolated shower. warm for your monday. then sunny and much warmer weather

the santa cruz mountains from davenport to santa cruz, it is certainly soggy out there. cool numbers in the north bay with some dry conditions. upper 30s. 45 half moon bay. and your morning looks like this. the scattered showers, mid 40s san francisco. we are going to keep it cool with the showers in the forecast today. chris? >> lisa, thanks. >>> breaking news out of san francisco where one person is dead after a one alarm fire broke out at an adult video and bookstore in the south of market district. it started just after 2:00 this morningan on 6th street between mission and mena. firefighters believe the business was open at the time saying it may be a 24-hour store. it's unclear what sparked the flames. crews say 6th street between mission and fulsome is closed while they investigate. >>> there is the threat of avalanches in the sierra where a hiker from richmond has been lost since wednesday. tom mullarkey disappeared near bear valley. he is one of nine sibling. we are told 30 members of his family are now helping with the search. they are holding out hope that his

>> a mix of clouds and sun and random showers on the peninsula heading along the coast down towards davenport. a little sun out there. 44 in the city and we're chilly in the north and east bay valleys this morning with the 30s. so allow for another jacket today with mid and upper 50s, partly cloudy and isolated shower. caroline. >> thank you, lisa. thank and i am a senior public safety my namspecialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. i live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. once i moved here i didn't want to live anywhere else. i love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other people's lives. together, we're building a better california. >>> hey, welcome back to "gma" on a sunday morning. happening right now, the rallying for change across the country and the world, young voices making themselves heard as hundreds of thousands of people march in cities across ame

we have winter storm warnings in pink here into davenport and parts of illinois. so 16 million people are at risk for some winter weather. let's take you through today. most of the heavier snow will fall through north dakota. it extends into minnesota. here you see it is going to be rain through st. louis and the snow is going to stay just to the southwest of chicago and then by saturday it starts to move into the appalachians. but as far as snowfall totals, we could see as much as 8 inches through bismarck, north dakota. also cedar rapids, iowa, could see some of that heavier snowfall later today and tonight. your local forecast is coming up in the next 30 seconds. is just right... the magic begins. this year, make the magic of easter come alive. bring home the lindt gold bunny. >>> good friday morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have dry and cold weather out there this morning and there's still some rain and snow farther to the north of us that will give us a chance of some rain as we go into today. it's go going to be nice and sunny but once again a slight

we'll read you one from a colleague in davenport who just finished your book and he wants to know about the five ads for slaves in the book. one is cora, are the other ones actual ads from newspapers? >> they are. the university of north carolina, they digitize runaway slave act. have a great digital archive and invited me to speak so i in a couple days i'm going down there and hopefully i can express my gratitude to their digital archive. so when a slave runs away, what do you do? you place an ad in the newspaper. and as a fiction writer, i like to figure out how people talk but it's competing with the tourists baseline runaway slave ads. they capture so much and so in so little space. the format is usually like $50, my slave bessie who ran away for no reason at all, why? she has a downcast expression . a burn on an arm from an accident, she had an accident last seen in that the city of edmonson farm, a black community so how do you get that burn? how come there's so many levels of denial in the? i decided to stick them in there. copyright laws being what they are, i just put them in t