harper and manny machado are still unsigned.. and at the moment the giants aren't in the market for a big-money player -- instead >>> can you believe it? spring training is less than a month away and superstars like bryce harper and manny machado are still unsigned. at the moment the giants are not in the market for a big money player. they might have gotten a bargain today. giants signed drew pomeranz to a one-year deal worth a million and a half. pomerantz had an e.r.a. over six last season with boston but won 17 games in 2017, he was an all-star in 2015 with san diego. he pitched for the a's in 2014 and 2015. the lunatic fringe is getting impatient with the new president, here's what he's done since taking over, signed pad venditte, traded for a utility infielder, he signed a derek holland and today drew pomeranz, that's not going to sell a lot of tickets to the yard. >>> james harden put on his show, tom winding down, new tur is 60 and 61, career-high. the rockets win 114-110. the heat, 104 degrees so they had to close the ro

the first time bryce harper appears as a rookie. you're using statistics to figure out the best way to line up your players. harper, who nowadays is only seen in the #3 or #4 batting slots, was put in at number seven. it took pressure off of him. what the batting lineup shows you is the culmination of bringing together all of these statistics and data and figuring out the best way to put your men in a lineup. another aspect of keeping track of statistics is that those are the kind of things featured on the backs of baseball cards. in another case, a selection of baseball cards from the 19th century up until recently. one of the things i have liked pointing out his with these baseball cards, when you look at the early from the 19th century, ones how sparse the statistics are. when you move along and get to the 1965 card of clemente, aaron, and mays, all you are looking at is batting averages. but by the time you get to a cabrera, it is full of statistics. you're seeing through the backs of baseball cards this accumulation of data. th

how was it having -- >> that's gideon and harper and that's my husband david. they all have little cameos in the show. in the carnivorous carnival episode. and it was fun. they asked if i wanted -- first they asked if i wanted harper to be in the show, because there was part called little trixie. and i said no, that's a terrible idea. just in every way. i didn't want to have to deal with it. but then i thought, no, i should ask her. and see what she thinks. because who am i. and i asked her, and she was interested. but gideon was looking kind of sad, so i went back to the producers, and i said, instead of it being little trixie, can it be trixie and little skip? [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> and so that what they did. and so they gave him half of the lines and they got to be on it. but it's very challenging to be on a show with your children as actors, because on a set, it demands a certain level of professionalism. you have to be -- >> seth: sure. >> a bit focused. you can't just decide you don't want to do it any more. can't throw tantrums often. and s

people always ask me about the dogs named guinness and harper and ask me what i do for fun. i want to thank mr. hage for the introduction. i want to thank you for inviting me. thank you to all the religious leaders and excellence that are here. thank you for inviting me and giving me this opportunity to speak this evening. i will begin by saying this. i really wasn't supposed to be here today. we had been asked by the heads of protocol at the white house not to do any official events today given the solemnity having to do with the funeral. we were supposed to cancel all our official events. i talked to the white house and i said, look, i'm speaking to this group on wednesday evening. they said, please cancel. i said, well, it's in defense of christians and i think it would be something that george bush would probably want me to do. [applause] >> and the white house absolutely agreed and insisted that i come. so i want to thank the folks who make those types of decisions tool lou me to be here and speak to you for just a little bit. that being said, why me? most of you probab

she quit her job as a social worker to care for 15 month old harper that was born prematurely. she needs a breathing tube to live and her parents were worried their electricity would be turned off. since we aired the story there's been an outpouring of love and support for the family. they have a go fund me page and they were floored by the donations that came in including $1,000 from somebody that was a total stranger. the couple tell us they were very touched by the comments that they got from people that donated including this one, i'm quoting, hello, saw your story on cnn. i being a father of a premie baby that didn't make it. when i saw your child it reminded me of my child. i can understand the fear as a parent and love you have for your child, god bless you and your family, don't lose faith and in this difficult time, hopefully this amount helps. we send our thoughts to harper and her parents tonight and to all the families effected by this shutdown. we hope there's better days ahead. don't miss full circle on facebook. you have to vote for some of the stories that we co

at harper college outside chicago, i was impressed by the -- [no audio] supply chain management. these kinds of apprenticeships are common in other parts of the world, but they aren't yet here. they need to be. then there's mercedes and bfgoodrich, which partners with [no audio] -- to offer students excellent opportunities to up skill in their current profession, or start a new one. employers and educators working hand-in-hand to develop stronger community in every sense of the word. these examples are encouraging. students need more of them. many more. employers need them, too. as do educators. most importantly, your communities need them. ultimately, we must expand our thinking about what education actually is. as well as resist the urge to expect all students to follow the same tract. some of you may have seen congresswoman virginia foxx's piece in the wall street journal last month. by placing descriptors like vocational and technical in front of the word education, congresswoman foxx wrote, we generate misleading thoughts about education. perhaps the most misleading descript

thank you, harper's weekly for doing fine artwork. 16 different people having a conversation. this is prominent candidates for the republican presidential nomination from chicago from photographs by matthew brady. he is around before the war starts. when they were coming to chicago for the republican convention in may 1860, it was a great that -- it was pretty well agreed that the front runner was william henry seward. he has the biggest portraits of -- portrait so he must be the biggest and most important one. he has several problems. one of them is he is prominent. people know where he stands. he is one of those guys who can't undo it. he can't say that he said something and meant it both ways. he has said there is a higher lawthey and on -- a higher than constitution. southerners look at him as this radical guy who they can't support. so do a lot of republicans. there are moderate republicans who know that he is too far out there. he has another problem. we talked about his political manager. he was involved in manipulating the new york legislature. the buchanan administrat

some of the other stories making news this hour the german foreign minister harper mosses met with u.s. secretary of state my thumb peo is berlin begins its new two year tenure on the world's united nations security council after talks in washington mosque weighed in on the u.s. and russia's nuclear arms treaty dispute calling in moscow to reveal the range of its newest weapon us. president don trump will postpone his state of the union address until after the partial government shutdown is over this fall is a stand off with house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi who denounced of the house would not provide the traditional space for that speech during the shutdown so. we european union negotiator michele barn yeah he has warned that efforts to block british prime minister treason may from delivering a no deal brecht's it will not stop britain from leaving the you drink he said of majority must back another solution to prevent a no deal. as to turkey now where human rights groups believe some seven hundred children are in prison after their mothers were convicted on what activist

police say 43-year-old nathan johnson- harper of fresno was killed. the motive is still under investigation. (robin ) breaking overnight. a man was fatally shot by police ... after shooting two people in placer county. the shtings happened at two different locations between loomis and newcastle. this is video of traffic last night along westbound interstate 80 and highway 65 near roseville. deputies say the shooter crashed his vehicle there. the officer- involved shooting happened after officers confronted the man. police say one of the victims who was shot ... died overnight. a police k-9 was hurt during the incident but is expected to recover. (robin ) a bay area community continues to mourn the lives of two teenagers who died in a crash over the weekend. the crash happened in antioch near lone tree way and indian hill drive. the coroner's office confirmed, 17- year leana rubin died in the crash. 13- year old jaia lightner is the other victim. some teenagers stood in the rain by a memorial ... to mourn the victims. family members and friends braved

hill harper. >> hey, good morning, everybody. good morning. it is beautiful to see so many amazing folks out this morning. and it was so cold here that i'm happy that i'll be leaving in about two hours. so i'm your host this morning for the national action network's annual martin luther king jr. breakfast. and this is a beautiful opportunity for us to reflect on the life and the legacy of dr. king and fulfillment of all of his hard work and fulfillment of what we would call or refer to as dr. king's dream. i would like to give special thanks to my friend, my brother, reverend al sharpton and the national action network. please give it up for rev. and also the d.c. office led by bureau chief ebony riley. give it up. so -- and let us give a round of applause for my dear friend. you know, tanya lombard. she's from new orleans. the saints were robbed yesterday and she's hurting. she's hurting. she's in mourning. so she couldn't be here. she had already booked her tickets to atlanta, but we love tanya and we miss her. you know i want to bring up re

now for florida, the quality of our water and environmental surroundings, harper. it doesn't just drive tourism, it affects property values, it angers many local economies and is central to our quality of life. the water is part of florida's dna. [applause] protecting it, is the smart thing to do. it is also the right thing to do. i will lead efforts to save our waterways. we will fight toxic blue-green algae, we will fight discharges from lake okeechobee, we will fight red tide, we will fight for fishermen, we will fight for our beaches, we will fight to restore everglades, and we will never, ever quit, and we won't let the foot drag or stand in our way. [applause] we resolve to lead florida to god's better than we found it. we also resolved to support education. florida should place a greater emphasis on educational and technical training. there is honor in jobs that require those skills and those who work hard in these trades make great contributions to our society and should have our admiration. [applause] skill -based education should also include training in

because that would catapult the sleepy town of ramsgate into the headlines as the no deal harper town. and our london correspondent began masses outside the u.k. houses of parliament or mattis is in our brussels studio welcome to both of you begin to like to begin with you is it really a foregone conclusion the parliament will indeed reject recently spreads until today. there is not no such thing as a foregone conclusion these days because everything seems to be possible in british politics however as far as we know there hasn't really been a change of opinion in the last moment in the last hours and days we have seen opinions of m.p.'s hardening and m.p.'s are most of them freely firmly divided there are some who are very much pro the e.u. and they are hoping that they can somehow shift the prime minister's hand towards a soft of rexx and then there are some who say well let's just crush out we don't want to give any money to the european union we just want to we just want to leave so there are two camps so to speak and there are not that many that are all behind the reason may still

not sure if the cubs have enough money that harper will want to sign with the team. >>> new ernight, the university of texas pulled off an upset in thee allst sugar bowl. last night the longhorns topped the georgia bldogs 28-21. texas quarterback was on fire, scrambled intthe end zone for three touchdowns. longhorns football program has come a long way. this is the first time they've won ten games in a season in ten years. >> you know one of the most talked about moments of the game didn't involve the players. look at this. sfore thear bowl started texaset mascot bibos one look at ugga the bulldog and goes after hi that steer weighs 1600 pounds. he knocked down the metal barrier and started charging at him. >> he had to be restrained and luckily didn't get out of control. noct sors were hurt so quite the scene but everyone's okay. >> especially the dog. >> i know. >> reporter: good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbche quarters. have you recovered from the holiday shopping season? you'll findome big bargains as we start out the year. discounts indeep january to help you get back to sh

going to be the sweep stakes for bryce harper might beown to the nationals. reports a the phillies will betr aveling to las vegas to meet face-to-face with harper and his agent scott bo you said you also have plans to be there. >> i'm there. there. ed me, i'm >>> one guy signing with the nationals second baseman brian dozier. they have agreed to a 1 yeli, $9 m deal. the 31-year-old is expected to takever t second base role for the nats. dozier hit1 home runs and 72 rbi with a .215 average. >>>it wizards wh a big win last night. check out what happened at halftime, me winding down, r.j. of team takeover at the buzzer. wizards might need to take another look at this kid. j. showing off the range here. bucks tomorrow night they might need him.ng speaf the wizards, they might need to keep their head on a swivel. because last night the bucks kekingn the rockets, giannis throwing a roct at a rocket, smashing james harden in the haface. rden taking a hard hit. he said afterwards, yeah, it hurt. so c.c. bradley beal,nyone on the wizards keep your head up. could you i

the year before that, he instigated a benches-clearing brawl after throwing at bryce harper. reports say that he's agreed to a one-year deal...and in line to replace their former closer edwin diaz. (vicki) if you're caught speeding in one bay area city --those flashing lights behind you -- might be on a tesla. our first look at the all-electric squad car -- after the break. (vicki) in the east bay... fremont police caused a stir a couple weeks ago when they added two pickup trucks to their fleet of squad cars. now they're adding another unconventional vehicle... this 20-14 tesla model s. fremont pd saying it was the only electric vehicle to meet certain specifications for law enforcement. this is what the vehicle looked like before a 44 hundred dollar upgrade. now --- with the addition of a light bar, push bumper and ballistic barriers... it looks more like this. fremont police say the tesla has an initially higher price tag than the dodge charger it is replacing... but will help the department save on gas. (vicki) the cost of gas and maintenance on ford exp

lee lambert, maria harper marinette, greg donovan, doug pruitt, and, sally downey. >> [ applause ] >> these are programs that we plan to build, expand, and, align with the jobs of tomorrow, and my budget will do just that. if people want to work, let's let them work. 100,000 people, will move here this year. there is one job available, for every single one of them. lots of them are trained and certified, in other states. standing in the way of earning a living in arizona? our own licensing boards, and, cronies that tell them that you cannot work here. you have not paid the piper. let's stop this foolishness. pass warren peterson's bill to grant universal recognition, for all occupational licenses and, let them work. >> [ applause ] >> before those unelected boards feign outrage, let's remember, workers do not lose their skills simply because they moved to arizona. and in the name of good government, let's have the bullies, on these boards, answer three questions. what do you exist to do? how do you know if you're doing it well, and, who would miss you if you are gone? >> [ applause ]

. >> reporter: not farm harper's ferry here in west g.rginia, sports betting is in full swin ingple are bidding on every from football and basketball to less popular spoars like and cricket. ts football has been more popular than dnd cricket. football has carried the day, about 70% of our bets on football. two-thirds on pro football. >> reporter: as for how it's going forhe gamblers? well, they had one big, very lucky winner not that long ago. two weeks ago, one man bet on al n 15 games and got them right. >> turned $5 into $100,000. that's 30,000/1 as far as real odds go.at >> reporter: drives an hour from his home in virginia and says he hasn't been that lucky. but hopes that jurisdictions ke virginia and maryland will get sports betting soon.re >> t would be so much tax revenue they wouldn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: for now, you have to go to a casino to place a bet. but like d.c., they hope to have an option to place bets from a mobi mobile app some time this year. >> we're in the process of deloping it nownd hope to have it online soon. >> reporter: as for whether the

. >>> a bit of a twitter fight bryce harper. the philadelphia police tweeted this picture of harper in uniform o the right hand side saying the rumors are true that coming tper is philadelphia police. it is a multi-year deal worth $51,245 to start with a city option to increase annually and they forwarded all questions about mani machado to the phill fire department. d.c. police responded. there's a tweet on the left. nice try, philly. multi-year ffer of their own, more per year, annual lepae, holidays, saving plans and other benefits in d.c. and of es course the fans because we want bryce to stay. >> talk about a pay cut. he wouldn't put his leg out of the bed. >> a minute, an day, hour? >>> the caps will be back on the ice at the end of the week as the nhlar all-reak comes to an end. >> nobody seems to be enjoying the time off as much as alex ovechkin, though. here he is riding a dolphin. >> of course. >> of course. why not? >> his wife posted th video on instagram. a little more graceful than the last time we saw ovi ithe wat

. >>> there seems to be a winnerh in bryce harper sweep zstakes and it's not the nationals, at least not yet. the philadelphia policeweeted this the rumors are true, bryce harper is coming to tad phphia police, it's a multi-year deal, $51,245 per year with a city option to inease annually and forwarded all questions mannyachado to the philly fire department. d.c. polic responded, nice try philly. they had their own multi-year offer, 58e 00 plus that's m than the philly but included annual leave, paid holiday, savings pns and other benefits in d.c. plus of course the best fans. >>> good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. box of chocolate and dozenes r is so 2018. chick-fil-a has you covered. they're offering heart shape trays of 30 count nuggets and 10 count chicken minis in honor of the holiday at participating restaurants. they will cost you 17.69 minis are 12.19. this promotion runs through the hileof february or supplies last. with your cnbc morning business and alternativepo gift , i'm frank holland. >> you had me at chick-fil-a. >> n i know wha to get you. >> have

in twenty eighteen the cost tiana was awarded the title of breakthrough model at the harper's bazaar women of the year awards in london. is first. means very much to me because it's feedback to this feedback first when you can get a better feedback and this from a client come and then i got the cover as well and discovered that. not only was she on the cover of. the december special edition but she also had a long series of photos in the magazine an accolade indeed for young model nicola tiana was discovered by alexander can the model scout heads an agency and has helped many models to successful international careers in the business he's known as the i. think that's what these are not it's a cold brings back that ninety's supermodel vibe and you can never get enough of looking at her great eyes incredible lips she thinks through her work for each designer and pose the shoot if you can do that you're already in the champions league and champions league. she made it on to eight covers in twenty eight and became a catwalk sensation in florence for her and she was the first model of col

the fate of bryce harper is up in the air. the free agent could end up in chicago with the cubs. and as new year celebrations are eping those celebrations going. some fans in chicago are hopeful that it's a sign for the future. it's not clear whether the cubs will have the money to sign. >>> the 'skins season is over.at i did that game, too. that silly game. >> you did? >> yes. beuse i wante- >> you and three other people. >> i wanted it to win so the eagles wouldn't make it into the >> make you can route for lamar jackson. >> he'll be quarterbacking baltimore. at 21 years old he'll be thest younuarterback to ever start an nfl playoff game. here he was this past sunday when the ravens narrowly got y the browns. this sunday he will lead the ravens against the chargers up wild timore for the afc card match-up. he turns 22 on monday. he'd like to be celebrating t big win. >>> the university of texas pulled off an upset in the allstate sugar bowl. last night they topped the 28-21.gs, the quarterback was on fire. for bled into the end zone three touchdowns. the longhornseam have been