>>> there is a reason why before all live performances these days, movie theaters, stage performances, concerts, people are warned to turn off their cell phones. it's incredibly annoying. it distracts those around you. it can kill a performance. last night here in new york, it did, in fact, kill a performance. i was the new york philharmonic at lincoln center. it was mahler's ninth symphony during a crucial portion at the end. that same ring tone started going off. the conductor alan gilbert couldn't take it any more and stopped the concert. today he explained why.
>> the symphony ends incredibly quietly. there was literally no way we could go on so i stopped the music and i asked the general vicinity where the sound was coming from, please turn off your cell phone. i had to ask several times and it didn't stop.
>> the offending phone owner seemed paralyzed at first. it kept ringing, but he finally dialed in and turned it off. the conductor was applauded for what he did. the concert was finally completed, and the musicians reportedly were paid overtime for having to stay late last night.
2. Russian spacecraft may fall into Earth Sunday
>>> looks like we have another piece of space junk to look out for. this will be the third in five months, by the way. this time it's different. it's a russian spacecraft and at 14 1/2 tons, it's one of the largest and heaviest ever to plum et uncontrollably to earth. it was just launched in november on a mission to mars. an electronic glitch left it in space. russians are assuring the world only about 20 or 30 of the heavier chunks are likely to survive reentry to earth's orbit. the latest forecast has this thing crash landing sunday or monday. perhaps over the indian ocean, potentially close to madagascar. if so, they'll have to move it, move it, but we all know a lot more information will be coming as the weekend approaches.
3. Jeb Bush for president?
>>> former first lady laura bush made some news when she told a crowd in sarasota, florida, she and her hu*****and the former president urged jeb bush to get in the race and run for president this year. former florida governor decided not to and hasn't endorsed a candidate. he's been focusing a lot of his time and attention on education. laura bush also told the crowd she's having trouble getting 43, the former leader of the free world, to pick up his socks around the house.
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