the sxsw festival starts thursday in austin, texas, and d.c. mayor muriel bowser is planning to attend conferences and film videos during the event. chris papst learned while crunching the numbers, despite a $ 250 million deficit, the city is spending $350,000 on that, that is cut down from $475,000 that was originally budgeted. the mayor plans to recruit people for jobs in the city. and registration for this year's marine corps marathon lottery opens friday at noon. thousands are expected to register for the 40th year of the race. that will be october 25 in arlington and washington, d.c. the american basset or to south korea is hoping to be released from the hospital tomorrow. -- the american ambassador to south korea. his stitches were removed today half of them. he has been hospitalized since a slashing attack thursday. >> we need an ambulance, fast. scott: the police say the suspect was testing joint military drills between the u.s. and south korea. investigators are trying to determine if he has ties with north korea. the state department i

special event arena, into large hotels, and to gatherings such as marathons or in austin, we have the sxsw going on now. the cost of protecting these facilities for local law enforcement is astronomical. host: chris from florida. go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span and washington journal. i agree with you mr. burton about the capabilities -- i live next to one of the biggest marine bases in the country, at one time. my question about the benghazi thing, we could not have known what happened when we are there, but they kept saying that they could not get assets to it for at least 12 hours, but how do they know how long it would last before it was over? and, 12 hours, isn't on the mediterranean? guest: i think when you look at it in perspective, and you do raise a good question, you have agents that are deployed with ambassador stevens, that are there to perform a protective duty. you had a perimeter breakdown in security where the militia that was hired to help protect the facility disappears, in many ways once the attack unfold. but having said this, you do have a short distance away, s

of diversity among silicon valley's workplace, earlier in the week eric schmidt got some heat at the sxswference. the topic, a lack of gender, racial diversity in the tech industry. eric kept interrupting megan as they talked. one audience member called out schmidt for his actions and the audience erupted in applause. a ceo joins me right now. what is going on in the field right now in terms of recruiting women? has it changed? guest: it has changed. may of last year, when google decided for the first time to unveil their diversity statistics. as google goes, so goes the valley. now you have seen dozens of companies unveil their statistics. we are coming up on the one-year anniversary of those numbers. when those numbers get unveiled for the second time, if those numbers go south, there will be a lot of head scratching. you see companies now scrambling to figure out how do they improve their diversity pipelines in a short amount of time. cory: it's fascinating. from your standpoint as a recruiter, you get hired by companies to bring these people in. are they saying, no more dudes? jon: we

alex, is anyone saying anything about this on the ground in sxsw? ey area to pay attention to. they have the full discover thing. it is not showing up on videos. and they are trying to bring in customers in a different way. it is super important. and of course we are buzzing out here in austin in the sxsw team. i will play devil's advocate and say, he is a young founder, known for sending massage and is the e-mails to his fraternity brothers. he has been in the game for a while. he has turned out -- turned down big offers from the likes of facebook. maybe it is time that he takes more control and writes his own footprint instead of bringing in outsiders. alix: is the $15 billion valuation on the floor being chatted about, alex? alex: it is always being chatted about. valuation is always on the table. that is a particularly rich one, as you shall he went alibaba, which is become so much more active in the u.s. market as well. it is really a justification -- for the company that still does not make money on the top line. alix: does this speak to nontra

the biggest tech dreams are given the platform to become a reality at the sxsw conference. nds that everybody's talking about? no need to fly to texas because jo ling kent did it for you. she's there in austin with the latest. >> hey, liz. you know, music is all the rage here at sxsw, and we're not just talking about the artists and the music itself, we're talking about digital components behind it. i'm joined by scott houston, product specialist, and you guys are are famous for your microphones. you have gotten into the consumer earphone business. tell me, what are you wearing? >> here what i'm wearing is our urbanite, xl wireless. it's a blue tooth wireless product, folds up for easy storage. also the materials make it almost indestructible. so this is something for anybody who is a music enthusiast, want withs something a little more bass emphasis -- >> and costs about -- >> it's $299, average retail price through any of our online retailers. >> what's interesting about the price point then, it's about $300. you are competing with sony, bose, and but most importantly, wha

the app took home the innovation award at the sxsw conference in texas. oined by the company's ceo micha benoliel. explain what off grid messaging is. it sounds like something that should not work. mr. benoliel: when you are not connected to the internet, when your smartphone cannot connect to a wi-fi access, it has the possibility to send messages to people around you through their smartphones. it creates links between smartphones. delivering messages from one fund to another so you can keep communicating. caroline: you just brought out this new innovation which will help connectivity. one of -- what are the most far-flung places this is a beacon. micha: the first networking beacon. greenstone is going to help increase range and coverage in places where there is no infrastructure to enable fire chat users to keep communicating. caroline: if you are in africa how big a range can this cover? micha: a few hundred square kilometers to a whole area. messages can be stored and someone will pass it to greenstone, it will receive them and send more messages. we h

i'm in the heart and center of downtown austin, sxsw. le come to gather, to meet, to hang out, make deals happen, talk about the future, pitch a start-up idea. one start-up that has definitely covered a lot of ground is shazam. so much competition right here at sxsw, i had an exclusive with the chief product officer, daniel danker, and i i asked him why they're getting into retail now with brick and mortar stores. hearst what he had to say. here's what he had to say. >> all of the retailers are really interested in taking the physical world around you and connecting it to the online world. so we deliver tremendous value to them. they all struggle with the common challenge which is the average user only puts 25 apps on their phone. if you're going to come out with a new app, you're competing with 25 that are already on everybody's phone, can and that's a very difficult challenge. what we offer to people is shazam is already ubiquitous. so we enable retailers to create their experience tailored to their products. but without having to go th

also at the sxsw a look at bernard to the rescue.attendees had been able to the power of the phones thanks to the st. bernard's rescue foundation. they are working with mostly to save dying gadgets. attendees and the need of a battery boost boost can tweet a screenshot with number above the rescue and a st. bernard with a multi will show up in charge of all. how cute is that? sure you can find all sorts of items at walmart but when you might be surprised to see, how about a meth lab? (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. police say a must lab was found inside a backpack in the men's room of a walmart. they are looking for the men on a video with a backpack. >> reporter: it happened around 11 pm thu

i spoke with david at the sxsw conference in austin. s amazing with all of the new streaming services that exist and people are listening to it on their phones and headphones, it's a lonely experience. we thought, why not make it socially again and partner with twitter and take advantage of their audio card. cory: bringing music to mobile and going back to the ipod seems like it's reviving the music industry. the licensing quality, how much money apple was able to hold away from the publishers hurt the industry. more listening, less money, what's the background? guest: we had to make a decision as rhapsody that we would pay for the music that people listen to on twitter. the reason we are doing that is because we want to expose the world to the fact that streaming music exists and rhapsody is here and has been here for a long time and we have a fantastic growing subscriber base. it's still very early days. less than 1% of the people in the world are using a subscription music service. we want to educate the market that you can listen to

the market right now. gerri: come back and tell us about that. sxswstival in austin texas is now heading for the first time a massive trade churro introducing the latest earnings tact and digital every year there was an exclusive interview. >> sxsw has a lot of success but we have an awesome success story. i get here with the co-founder with the company that sells porter royal charters it -- chargers result bonds. you started your chicago tried to? to read correct. just to drive and a dream and then it just took off. we have led to the portable chargers but we're starting with the all been in line of chargers. it is a blush but it's also a charger. this is $34. >> how long does it take to charge the i don't? >> is the better quality battery ban on the lithium ion it will go about one hour 15 minutes from zero through 100 percent. we do have the juice box here if you're though it is out of juice then filling up. >> you have competitors some better selling:amazon you do direct sales so how to manage the strategy? to review is one to succeed by being dif

the next big thing. twitter was launched at sxsw. er since, people have tried to find something that would be the next twitter. ben: twitter was out nine months before sxsw. there is a cultural readiness. there is a technological readiness. we don't look at it as kings or queens or anything. it is more about is the technology now allowing a different behavior that could be impactful in a meaningful way? if we can allow people to participate in a large audience to participate in that happening by removing friction from going live or removing fiction from watching in different places in the world, everyone can watch live stream from their pockets basically or stream it from their phones in their pockets. that means the cost to go live and distribute to a large audience is literally zero now. cory: i wonder what people are commenting now. i also wonder that instantly twitter announces they will pull the rug out from under your. twitter is announcing a competitive product. is that a sign of success to you? ben: it is a sign of success for

the night, what it might signal to our own government or an adversary government something about our own human relationships, our associations. cory: snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia. he previously addressed sxsw conference and has held a reddit q&a. starbucks announced the 2 for 1, with new shares payable april 8. the coffee giant split its stock six times. the last one was 10 years ago.

and snoop dogg says he is developing hbo series while giving the keynote at sxsw. r rapper says that he is working on a show about 1980's los angeles. it is the talk of silicon valley. the gender discrimination lawsuit filed against a company. closing arguments are approaching. what are the broader implications of the case. to join me alix ruddy. alix, thank you for joining us. for those not familiar with the case, why is it so important? guest: it is important because ellen powell has taken the courage to stand up and talk about tiny cool opportunity in silicon valley. it is a problem going on for a long time and she has the courage to speak up for herself and all underrepresented peoples who may not have opportunity at different levels . alix: what is it like to be a female vc right now? alex: i am not a female vc, but we are woefully underrepresented in terms of our participation in what equates to the money funds, and the tech industry the tech industry, the industry fueling our economic growth. it is particularly troubling. alix: i have been reading a lot about

cory: there is also this sort of search for the next big thing, because twitter was launched at sxsw,people are looking for the next twitter. ben: twitter was out for nine months before sxsw, and there is a cultural readiness, a technological readiness. we do not look at it as kings or queens or anything. it is more about is the technology now -- it allows a different behavior that could be impactful in a meaningful way, right, and if we can allow people to participate, a large audience to participate in happening, by removing friction by going live, by removing friction from watching at different places in the world, and everyone can watch live screen from their pockets, basically, or stream live video from the phones in their pocket. that means that the cost to go live and to distribute to a large audience is literally zero now. cory: people commenting now as we look at the comments as they come across, but i also wonder instantly twitter announces they are going to pull out the rug from under you. but also twitter announcing a competitive product. is that a sign of success? ben: fo

the quality is pretty bad. people have been using it for a couple of weeks, but sxsw was the perfect moment for it because they'ref these tech people. here is me eating barbecued, seeing a band stephanie: why this weekend? if you are at sxsw, what support is app in such a big way? joe: i think it is something that hits at the right time people think it is cool. it is not easy to characterize my things take as they do. stephanie: i am guessing that they did a pretty good job raising money. how about some news that you might need. there will be a new ceo at some of these starting april 1. the auction house has been under pressure from dan loeb. they are bringing in tad smith. he will be taking over at the end of the month. smith will replace bill ruppert who has been under pressure to cut costs and increase shareholder value. last year, auction sales soared hitting a record $6.1 billion. the fight for salix pharmaceuticals is officially over. they have accepted a sweetened $11.1 billion offer in cash from valeant pharmaceuticals. the company is burning a rival bid from endo internationals. salix agreed to be acquir

the year, so this is a very serious business. especially as a lot of deals are made here at sxsw. member, stuart, it's not just the exhibiters here behind me, not just the panel discussions, it is so much more. it's the panel the movies, the concerts where deals are struck. stuart? stuart: jo lipping, have a good time, okay? i know you will. thanks very much. >>> now everybody, look at this. they've got me standing up, for p heavens sake. i'm not in my usual territory here. it's because we are joined by elaine duff, the head mix colings, i believe -- >> close enough. stuart: the spirit ambassador for d' aggio wine and spirit and you can catch her on "bar rescue." you're jon taffer's lady right? >> i do help him sometimes. stuart: you're advertising given necessary. >> we are. stuart st. patrick's day is tomorrow, and i you've got three cocktails that you're going to mix right in front of me using guinness. >> i am. stuart: number one, guinness black and blond. >> this is a twist on an old class ec known as the half and half. so the key is we're going to mix in two ingredients. one

i think that's actually why it became the talk of sxsw. reaming app called periscope. >>reporter:and put some restrictions on meerkat.to prevent the app's users from linking their followers to their meerkat accounts and limiting the notifications that can be sent out and received on twitter through a meerkat account. >>reporter:it almost seemed like people were using meerkat because it was the app that twitter doesn't want you to use. >>reporter:who knows how long it will last. but it's certainly fun to use. >>reporter:a young woman i met at the first-ever all-electric open wheel race in miami last weekend was using it to film herself talking to her twitter following while she was hanging out right next to the start- finish line of the race! >>reporter:and i hear people ere racing to g-e's booth for a little bbq. >>reporter:yes. there's nothing like texas barbecue. general electric paired delicious food with science at their barbecue research center, showing diners how their brains react to barbecue, coleslaw banana pudding and other dishes

the celebrities using meerkat. it is all anybody could talk about at sxsw. investors are keen on the company.12 million in this? howard: on a tuesday afternoon. brendan: but there is a competing product. twitter released its rival, periscope. that is all tom has been doing for the hour. howard lindzon has tried them and is an investor in one of them. we tried this years ago. why is this going to work now? howard: we have a perfect storm -- depending on how much time you have -- the iphone 6 plus there by mr. keene. when it came out and we were slaves to the desktop world. but now we have these great phones. we have much better bandwidth. and now you have twitter, which is a social graph. brendan: better processors -- howard: better screen. better stabilizers in his cameras, better semiconductors. add to that the twitter social graph, which is a real-time social graph. that is a potential start for a video product. sports, finance news, personality. we are getting tired of seeing the same celebrities do everything else. this will be the rise of a new type is engaging and can do fun stuff and h

the workings of our advertising department. tom: i saw john perretti do a presentation at sxsw and he told the origin tale, i'm sure you have seen this many times and he said, when we started buzzfeed we started with the presumption that the traditional advertising on the web is called banner and pop-up ads, he said, we start with the presumption that banner ads and popup ads suck and we're going to invent a new form that people like as much as the rest of our content and really gave a big impetus to what is called sponsored content. is that 100% of your revenue? aneri: i think so. i do not have to think about that in my area as an editor. tom: you have no involvement in creating this sponsored content. max: no. there is a chinese wall. tom: how about at vice? rocco: people still buy magazines to look at the advertisement, so that worked for so long. it is church and state and there is a third prong which is technology. technology, you look at ink on paper for so long. technology develops more quickly as we move through time. and you see pop-up ads. those quickly lost their value. you are seeing native advertising. whatever word

the night, what it might signal to our own government or an adversary government something about our own human relationships, our associations. cory: snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia. he previously addressed sxswnce and has held a reddit q&a. starbucks announced the 2 for 1, with new shares payable april 8. the coffee giant split its stock six times. the last one was 10 years ago. starbucks got a modest boost to its earning guidance in announcing its split. ♪ cory: more people are ditching traditional jobs to work freelance, whether they want to or not, but freelancers and health insurance? it does not always happen. a companies using big data to predict health care expenses and offer recommendations. noah: i'm one of the few people who loves insurance stories -- because we care about it so deeply, the business is so opaque, but this issue of insurance for freelancers, it's such a huge problem. guest: it is. 1 in every 3 american workers, 60 million american workers by the end of the decade that are on their own. they love their freelancing lifestyle, taking fractional work when it makes sense in their days are in their weeks, but they're on their own when it comes to picking their own health

to austin tomorrow is going to be booked up because the flight is invitation only. passengers going to sxsw clue -- and exclusive flight. >> i feel like joe got an invitation. >> mine got lost. >> sounds kind of fun. planes are usually boring. betty: and i read some of the amenities you get? free wi-fi. you get a preflight brunch by the restaurant. you get a year since cushion of spotify -- a year subscription of spotify. >> very good skin care and hair care products. i use them myself. they estimate it is a billion dollar industry. hollywood travels so they are trying to take a piece of it. betty: number 9 -- are baby boomers putting their retirements at risk by spending too much on their adult children? one in three households provide financial assistance to their adult children. 41% paying for the transportation. >> this is just like part of a bigger story that people haven't talking about with millenials living at home. it is heart to separately stories him on the bad economy we have seen in the last several years. >> it is hard for me to shed a tear for the baby boomers after they ruin

sxsw for sure. we have seen a lot of devices. we are seeing theence, a focus on women this year and diversity are you boil it down to themes and frankly, i have taken a lot of meetings off-campus. there are wonderful folks and from the west coast. a lot of coffees and drinks and having a good time here. but you know, eric schmidt is one of the keynotes and those will be some of the interesting things -- cory: let's start with edward snowden. last year, edward snowden spoke via satellite from russia where he is on the lam basically. he spoke again this year. maybe the shock value was lost. it did not get that much attention. alex: this year he is hammering that idea home that the government should be staying out of our information and it is the tech companies that need to be the shield for their users. if users are going to trust somebody with their data, with their information, it is on the tech companies to maintain that data for the users. cory: in terms of the connected home -- we have been hearing about the connected home for, i don't know, th

the house and will be speaking about her latest e-commerce startup. ♪ alix: it is time to do a tech focused roundup. join me as cory johnson, matt miller as well. sxswven for the tech industry. if you cannot make it you cannot -- you can stream it. matt: is this going to get old and clichÉ? oryza going to be the cool place to goal -- oryza is it going to continue to be the cool place to go? cory: it has been corporatized. there is an official lists and an official that great but it is an interesting time for these companies, young and old investors to get around these companies and to listen to new ideas and talk about starting their businesses and has a place because it really is a gathering of like-minded people. alix: since we have not seen a foursquare or twitter come out of that, is that a good thing? or is that a negative because it does not have a jumping off let form -- platform? cory: i think after twitter there was a great desire to jump on something and declare something that victor. there are a lot of cool little apps and little companies, but there are many that will be talking at this event. maybe something will emerge, maybe something

the night. our weaknesses, our own abilities come our hopes and our love. cory: he previously addressed sxswhis week. starbucks announces eight -- new shares payable april 8. it has split its stock six times. starbucks gave a modest boost to its earnings guidance for the quarter and the year. bottom line coming up at the top of the hour. mark joins us from new york with a preview. mark: we are on fed watch. global markets are paying close attention to the language that the fed uses particularly as it relates to interest rates. we will have live coverage of janet yellen's news conference at 2:30 p.m. washington time. rfid coverage begins in just a few minutes -- arafat coverage -- our fed coverage begins in just a few minutes. ♪ cory: more people are ditching traditional jobs to work freelance. freelance and health insurance does not always happen. a company using big data to predict health care expenses and offer recommendations. joining me is the ceo, no appeared -- knownoah. this issue of insurance for freelancers is a huge problem. >> it is very tough. these are individuals -- one in ever

sxsw. what is tom's tinder profile photo? the under armour shirt. ava, she was a chat bot -- if you went on twitter and agreed this girl was pretty, it was a robot chatting back to you. brendan: you flirted with a robot. this is a tinder profile that subjected you to the test to see if you thought there was a gorgeous woman were realized it wsa a -- was a bot. a bunch of hipsters at sxsw got punked as part of a promotional scheme. tom: whatever happened to could i get you an irish whiskey? olivia: it works on me. [laughter] brendan: single best pickup line hi. tom: more photos. olivia: landmarks lighting up for st. patrick's day. the global greening campaign began six years ago. this initiative promotes island as a visitor destination. tons of landmarks including the great wall of china. the leaning tower of pisa in italy. brendan: the crazed redeem a strategy in -- the christ redeemer strategy in rio. they're doing an amazing job. olivia: it's working. tom: they are the best economy in europe. brendan: celebrating st. patrick's day. looking at whis

the past, to dealing with minimum wage. that has hit franchisees very hard. alix: they are trying digitally, right? trying to do something along those lines. betty: at sxswng on friday, mcdonald's is going to be sponsoring this gathering for the first time. the digital chief at mcdonald's has been doing several things. he opened an office in print -- and san francisco. he is opening one in chicago. he said, we are planning to showcase how we are using digital to enhance the everyday and naturally add value for the young people who they are missing in the restaurant. stephen: better late than never to adopt a digital strategy. they have to fortify the way starbucks has done. if you consider the market leaders doing digital, you think of starbucks, domino's pizza. dominoes gets half of their customers now from online, whether it be pc or mobile channels. that is where the future is. alix: got to leave it there. thanks so much. good to see you. coming up, i deal with an activist investor to reduce cash stockpiles. ♪ alix: general motors closing the lid on a potential fight over use of cash reserves, agreeing to buy back $5 million in stock in exchange for t

the question is whether or not this is really true. staying on security, yahoo! unveiling at sxswpon signing, and on-demand password is texted to a mobile phone. this is designed to ease anxiety around password memorization and improves security if you are around your phone. julie: it is very secure, as long as no one can get your phone. pimm: on the watch it will have to mobility, and they will embed that feature. betty: i am compounded by the fact by most of us are terrible when we think of passwords. we still use our names birthdays, 1, 2 3. we need someone like yahoo! to take care of this for us. number seven, they story on wall street that everyone is talk about. the shocking omission from the air about one of the biggest real estate fortunes. he is still being investigated for the unsolved murders of -- disappearance of his wife. i have not watched the documentary, but now i want to. julie: i saw the first three episodes, and he is deeply eccentric. he was arrested for the killing of an acquaintance. he dismembered the guy, and was let off on self-defense. betty: it is bizar

sxsw? mo: iron am not a hipster anymore. i am a dad. i am a huge fan of --personally and professionally. i think he is one of the out there. i think he got himself caught in a burgeoning content market where he was not capitalize properly. tom: gigaom shuts down, stunning people. mo: i think there are always winners and losers in industries that are not have barriers to entry's visibly, but i think om will be just fine. tom: chris grisanti, bring it back to you. where is your sector where you have asked barriers to entry? christopher: i think airlines tom. it is hard to start a new airline. especially with the consolidation of the -- six times or seven times earnings with much lower fuel costs. tom: so a moonshot like alaska air, you can still did on that moonshot? christopher: i would go for bigger, united, american -- tom: that is what olivia does. olivia: i think the u.s. airliners are terrible. although you can make a lot of money. christopher: right, absolutely and if you try to buy summer vacation tickets, it is more expensive than ever. olivia: it is true, even if the fuel is cheaper. it is because they h