. >> we could be in an all-night tile game in the opium den at kwan's chinese pa go did a in l.a. china town. >> this is one of those things that you made up or something that actually happened because it sounds great. [ laughter ] in the book we alluded to the fact that characters roll backwards from previous books, but you also have cops at least who were characters ripped from real life, you've written about actually people. >> yes. >> you basically intersperse actual people alongside fictional characters. >> the one question i never answer on this book is what's real and what's not, because i'm out to create. the secret human infrastructure of great public events, and a seamless senilitude. >> may i say you're a scary dude? [ laughter ] i want to put that out there because -- you know, it's not like -- >> yeah. >> has it been the case in previous books either in the first quartet or the books that followed that you've followed the similar strategy approach? >> yeah, uh-huh. >> real-life characters put alongside. >> they rubbed elbows and sometimes other body parts with the... >> it'

. >>> china's largest train maker will apparently be helping to build a high speed train between l.a. and vegas. the trip normally takes four hours by car. the train, an hour and 20 minutes. bullet train will treechreach speeds of 150 miles an hour. construction starts in september of next year. >>> elton john responding tonight of that hoax. he thought he was on a call with the russian president to discuss gay rights. a russian radio host behind the prank. tonight, sir elton john saying, quote, pranks are funny, homophobia, however, is never funny. adding his offer to talk to putin still stands. >>> when we come back here tonight, take a close look at this photo. and the real fear that lasted a full week for the owner of these two dogs. no food, no water, and their story coming up. i'm always there for my daughter. for the little things. and the big milestones. and just like i'm there for her, pacific life is there to help protect me and my family so i can enjoy all life's moments. pacific life. helping families for over 145 years achieve long-term financial security with lifelong re

l.a. to las vegas with the help of china.sed rail line would be built in partnership with china's national railroad. it would run to las vegas from victorville, california. developers want to get permission to provide service throughout the los angeles area. >> i'm curious how much. they're saying 89 bucks. >> which seems pretty reasonable. >> how long would it take? >> i don't think the article has a reference. >> that's an interesting story, the chinese helping build american railroads. >> it shows off their technology too. >> indeed. >>> investigators called it one of the largest health insurance scams in history. an orthopedic surgeon and associates are charged with billbill billeds -- bilking insurance companies. one defendant has already made headlines in a murder case. >> two grand jury indictments revealed what prosecutors called putting agreed ahead of patients, with allegations of insurance fraud spanning more than a decade. one by one, associates of the doctor pleaded not guilty this week to lying to patients, chea

l.a. to las vegas with the help of china.l line would be built in partnership with china's national railroad and run to las vegas along highway 15 from victorville, california. that route has already been approved. developers want to get permission to provide travel throughout the los angeles area. >> they are saying about 89 bucks which seems pretty reasonable. >> right. >> how long would it take? >> interesting story, the chinese helping build american railroads. >> shows off their technology too. >> indeed. >>> los angeles investigators this morning call it one of the largest health insurance scams in california history. an orthopaedic surgeon and more than a dozen associates are charged with bilking insurance companies. the alleged total, more than $150 million. vladimir duthiers shows us how one defendant also made national headlines in a murder case. >> reporter: good morning. two grand jury indictments reveal what california prosecutors called an organized criinal enterprise with dr. munir as the ring leader accused of

l.a. times and airline industry were hacked they're saying that now china and possibly russia are cross indexingf this information to see who they can blackmail who they can commit extortion against in the intelligence committee so they have marital problems, intelligence offer to refuse ashley madison and anthem you know insurance company filing so that's the pressure and entry points and that's that -- old school cold war tactics that worked a lot they stuck out on our country so that makes it wold car go longer maybe a decade or so longer because they found a weakness with vulnerable officials and took advantage of that. >> that's a great point. thing is intelligence community has said 9/11 was failure of the imagination in the difficulty to understand government roles it is about imagination so right now, the obama administration is saying we're going to boost our security defenses horse left the bar, so personal management thing is stolen. so what do you do now, and should you -- you know do sanctions. well here's the other problem with china and, of course, sanctions against russia, and ch

l.a.. netflix trying to do the same in asia, why does netflix pick japan to be the first? >> it is the second largest broadband market in asia, after chinany differentso convocations, they have not even committed to offering the service yet in china. some japan bears similarity to markets where it has already had success in western europe. markets where free tv is popular. streaming is just eating up -- picking up. angie: what are the most evident challenges they will face in asia? are a couple, one is that over time -- isthere are a couple, one that western media has been popular in japan. last decade, japanese consumers watch more local content, and less hollywood fare. the other is the popularity of free tv, netflix has to get people to pay for a service they previously were not doing. netflixso the fact that thinks that the japanese consumer takes a little time to warm to the brand. they think it will take time to convince people to trust it. angie: everyone is watching how successful it will be. they are warning that maybe it will take a little time, still, how important is it for netflix to succeed in japan? >> it is important in t

>> i want to talk about this week the chinese company china railway announced plans to partner with the u.s. to build the high-speed rail from l.aion help both countries? is there any down side to this? >> the down side for sussubstantial. and that is that u.s. companies cannot compete with government protourment in china. for build high speed rail or anything. this san unreciprocal relationship. our market is open but china's is closed. if we want to open the chinese market to american companies for american workers, it really means that we need to have something that we have to give to the chinese and right now they've gotten everything. i think this is a bad deal for us. >> gordon chang, good to see you. >>> it's a cybersupermarket for criminals. the so-called dark web is costing the global economy more than $400 billion a year. but why can't it be shut down? at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the nit. it's how i try to live... how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition

china continuing to stimulate the domestic economy. as i said earlier, i think eyes will be on premier si. -- xi. angie: thank you for joining us out of l.aells capital management. coming up next, schools and singapore are shut down because of air pollution. we have the latest when first up returns. ♪ angie: just one match in the rugby world cup overnight and the defending champions have overpowered in the match in london. the all blacks landed nine cries in the defeat, one of two african teams in the tournament. after starting with a traditional, new zealand took six minutes to run in the first five pointer and by halftime lead 34 points to six. the champions were too strong for a namibian team with part-time players. by scoringted fans in the second half. the all-black were sitting pretty at the top of poolc c with matches yet to come. thematches coming up over weekend but member driven noneday's blockbuster -- bigger than saturday's blockbuster when england meets wales. that is 3:00 in hong kong, 5:00 a.m. in sydney. wallabies austria's are in action. scotland takes on the american eagles and ireland looks to make it two in a row when

l.a. and come back and win games in the tough ballpark. boys did well. >> steph curry, transcends borders. americans aren't the only crazed fans. fans in chinare just as enamored. today the league mvp in beijing and third stop of his tour of asia and lauren scott was there too. >> greetings from china. we are in beijing where dub nation represents. all the way around the world to see the mvp on his tour of asia and here in china stephen curry returning anwr yors taking part in the nba global games in 2013 and now here with the fans in china. >> amazing to be back here. i came hoere three years ago wih the rest of my team and the last time we were here we were fighting for one of those. nice to bring a trophy back to beijing. i appreciate the support and love. i know you follow us all year long and your passion for basketball is at an all-time high. so to come here and celebrate with you guys and give love back is why we're here. so thank you very much. it's amazing to be able to bring my second signature series to china. we put a lot of time and of or the into making this the best product. i put a lot of personality and my own story in it as

. >>> well, just ahead on "newsroom" l.a., the deadly typhoon makes land foop in china after the majorwan. >>> stepping into pretty big shoes. trevor noah makes his debut on the daily show. ♪ it's the final countdown! ♪ ♪ the final countdown! if you're the band europe, you love a final countdown. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. who knows, one of these kids just might be the one. to clean the oceans, to start a movement, or lead a country. it may not be obvious yet, but one of these kids is going to change the world. we just need to make sure she has what she needs. welcome to windows 10. the future starts now for all of us. ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. decisions, decisions. the new edge+. this one would keep me organized. i could list all the days i've been banned from social media. hmmm, wait this thing has built-in live br

l.a. knows it is a global market. boeing selling 300 planes to chinai knows it is a global market. boeing telling 300 planes to china. you get distracted. robert: i tell you, tom, the ceo's today have an honest -- unbelievable challenge. inyou are selling cars brazil or importing cars from brazil, you look at the china market getting much softer for the auto industry. the fluctuation in the ability to have it every day -- unbelievable. did you spendtime with your controller worrying about foreign-exchange dynamics? i'm going to guess you spend a little time. robert: a little bit, but mostly it was from a hedging standpoint. brazil, it is not a hedging standpoint, it is salvation. robert: even in china, if you look at what happened to the there, we used to monitor -- my was growing up in ge, japan was always the barometer on how we looked at the exchange rate. now what is a global economic market. tom: and complex. is this good for america? when you see this complexity, does it think about what better america? robert: what it shows is the dependency the

china. . >>> just into the newsroom, the u.s. olympic committee has formally named los angeles as the u.s. bid to host the 2024 olympics. the usoc made the announcement after the l.a. city council cleared the way to begin negotiations with the committee. >>> it is september 1st, still feels like summer out there with temps into the 90s. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. anything popping on the doppler 9000? >> just a couple things, jan, few and far between. the good news is as we go through the week, our chances increase a little bit. you'll see a couple showers along the potomac river south of d.c. past old town in between 95 and the river. you'll see just a couple showers that develop. they'll wane very quickly here. most of the showers actually are across the bay into the delmarva. so maybe a couple showers or sprinkles if you head down 95 past stafford and even down into fredericksburg, but you can see just a couple very light showers here. that's about it, a couple sprinkles over toward fairfax and that's it, too. temperature-wise it's toasty. we're looking at 94 downtown, 90 in gaithersburg, 91 in leesburg. let's take the 94 in d.c.

workers in china install interiors and paint the exteriors of 737 airliners, and a beer deal to tell you about. anheiser busch is buying golden road, operating a brewery and pub in l.aterms are not disclosed. it's not the beer deal i throughout was coming, but craft beers are hot. well, hot -- well, how do you serve beer? i like it cold. coming up, we'll get back to jack and kevin and tim after the break, tackling challenges ceos face from corporate structure to shareholder activism and ceo pay. "squawk box" will be right back. >>> time now for today's aflac's trivia question. what museum is the largest in the u.s. dedicated to the work of just one artist? the answer when cnbc's "squawk box" continues. aflaaac. aaaa-flaaaac. someone's sandbagging. i'd be tired too. he paid my claim in one day when i got hurt. one day? serious hustle. serious duck. in just one day, we process, approve and pay. one day pay, only from aflac. ah! >>> now the answer to today's aflac trivia question. which museum is the largest in the u.s. dedicated to the work of just one artist? the answer? the andy warhol museum in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. ♪ >>> happy birthday, squuk box. thank you fo