caroline: that was doug derwin. joining us is alistair barr.iece on the bloomberg right now. $2 million this man is willing to spend. do you think people are listening? >> i think people might listen now. they certainly stopped listening in the last few weeks i would say. initially when elon joined the advisory council, there was quite a lot of concern and protest about it. now it has died down. effort to get the protests going again. caroline: when you were looking at the background, he has this successful career. he was a lawyer. he had cash he was going to put into tesla and was so angered by the relationship he decided to renege on that purchase and spend heavily on this. what do we expect to cover in this campaign? we are going to see bids put out in the press, television, newspapers. >> i think he came from nowhere. he was an i.p. lawyer, which is pretty straightlaced. i think this is -- he seems to have become obsessed with it. it is very quixotic. i think we will hear whether it is having any effect, whether people actually respond. whe

we now know that the man behind the sign is doug derwin an attorney and investor. he is pushing musk to abandon his role on one of president trump's advisory panels. derwin has spent $2 million to advertise the cause coupling the sign with a website. >>> another step forward in an effort to repair the oroville dam. they have picked a nebraska company to do the repair work on the dam's two damaged spillways. repairs are now estimated to cost $231 million. the work should be done by the beginning of november. >>> you know what i was excited about? um, lake del valle opened up this past weekend after millions of dollars of damage from this past winter. they finally cleaned it up but it's ready to go. have you been there? >> no. >> honestly, it's a slice of heaven. >> we are waiting for you to take us. >> why? why do you need me to do this? >> because you have a boat. that's why. >> why do you need me to do these things for you? let me take you by the hand to the east bay. you actually have to cross the bay bridge from san francisco. [ laughter ] >> kumbaya moment. mor