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that's elon musk using the bore company's newest product. a flame tloerg he post-ed this to instagram with the caption don't do this. on the other hand there is also a website where can you preorder the flame throwers you do do this. costing $500 plus shipping. also a $30 fire extinguisher for sale on the site in case something goes wrong. if you are wondering why he pushes these. he appears to make good on a promise on a twitter last month. he said he would start selling the flame thrower if he fold 50,000 company hats. a few hours ago he tweeted that 1,000 of the flame throwers are preordered. they're hot. he also tweeted obviously a flame thrower is a superteshlt idea don't buy one. some could find this confusing. the boring company is musk's newest veteran to dig a tumble? you knew people would take him up on that. >> they did. >> maybe christmas, terry. >> valentine's day coming up. >> you hear that everyone. errant. >>> a winter wonderland in yosemite. the national park service tweeted out these photos a couple hours ago saying the sno

>> musk says he has presold 10,000 of the 20,000 flamethrowers. an assemblyman says the idea is in bad taste following several deadly wildfires in california. what could go wrong? >> i have so many questions and it is so early. all right. so if you set your alarm and you're going to be awake this time tomorrow, the good news is you'll be in for a rare treat you can see in the sky. >>> also a little star power of a different kind. zendaya drops in to meet students in the bay area. >>> a man trapped in a burning car and the hero who risked his safety to save him. first this morning's "tech bytes." >>> in today's "tech bytes," apple is reportedly cutting production of its most expensive phone ever by half. >> the company is expected to crank out about 20 million iphone xs in the first quarter of the year instead of 40 million. the $1,000 price tag is being blamed for lower than expected sales. >>> and amazon has opened its own amazon rain forest called the sphere for its employees in seattle. >> the giant conservatory houses plants from 50 countries

isn't enough for elon musk.ng off his newest product. that's elon musk himself using the flame thrower. a flame thrower. he posted this video to instagram with the caption that says don't do this. there's also a website now where you can find out how you can do this. you can preorder the flame thrower. it's 500 bucks. there's also a $30 fire extinguisher for sale on the site in case things get out of hand for the flame thrower. musk appears to be making good on a promise he made on twitter back in december. he said he would start selling the flame thrower if he sold 50,000 boring company hats. apparently he did. >>> many breast-feeding mothers can tell you it's tricky to pump at work, but for some it's close to impossible. a new state bill is in the works designed to make things easier. the bill is set to debut tomorrow at a company called stitch fix. coauthors say it's going to create new requirements supporting lactation, including access to rooms dedicated to pumping. right now only about half of mothers have

basically, musk has has conveyed to investors and the public that he wants to get this right.gives ammunition to skeptics. who are questioning of tesla what areble to meet wildly ambitious production goals in the middle of next year or even later than that. emily: we have a chart showing production on the bloomberg here. it shows the number of cars produced every quarter. overall, they are holding about steady, but what do the numbers overall indicate about how hellish production is? max: it is below what we were expecting. i wouldn't read too much into the production numbers of the more expensive luxury cars, because a lot of consumers want this model three. the mass-market car. tesla already has claimed a big chunk of the luxury car market. the real question is, after you get into the mass market $35,000, $40,000 range, whether the company can do things the car companies have been able to do. elon musk has done a fantastic job of getting analysts, getting everybody to see this as a bet on the future. the future gets closer each quarter, and each quarter that tesla isn't able

max: they are bad because this is now another delay from -- elon musk last year said he hoped to have000 per week by the end of the year, then it was three months, now it is six months. as bad as these numbers are, tesla has done a pretty good job managing expectations. if you looked at what analysts were saying at the beginning of the week, a lot of people were expecting some sort of disappointment. basically, musk has conveyed to investors and the public that they want to get this right, that this is taking a long period of time. that said, it gives plenty of ammunition to skeptics who are questioning whether tesla will be able to meet these -- what really are wildly ambitious production goals, whether they happen in the middle of next year or even later than that. emily: we do have a chart showing production on the bloomberg here. it shows the number of cars produced every quarter. they are holding about steady. what do the numbers overall indicate about just how hellish production is? max: it's just way below what we were expecting. i wouldn't read too much into the production num

to meet the ambitious goals that elon musk has set for himself and humanity, as he would put it.u want to get us off of fossil fuels, you need to get the cost of electric cars down. it is good to sell luxury suvs, but if you really want to make a dent in the universe, so to speak, then you need to sell these mass-market cars. emily: analysts are saying tesla is way ahead of the competition still. put this in broader context. max: any problem that elon musk and tesla are going through at the moment, his competitors are going to have to go through it. what tesla has said is one of the big problems happening is at the factory where they are making these battery packs. any other company that wants to make these electric cars is going to have to deal with battery production issues. the other side of that is these are companies that are experienced in dealing with supply chains, manufacturing big pieces of machinery. tesla has less experience. maybe they will be will to deal with a faster. that said, tesla has done well as far as getting people to buy electric cars. the model s has out

musk's company as well and this is what they've got we have nothing to add to the satellite cadillac at this time we cannot comment on classified missions we do not comment on. of this nature but as of right now reviews of the data indicate full can nine performed normally so where did these comments or rather no comment replies leave us so let's put all the doubts aside and assume that the satellite delivery mission was a success does that mean that there is so much secrecy behind the payload that no one is entitled to know even about whether it reached orbit or not why was there no object in the us catalog and what kind of spying is it out there for the questions are going to be there to stay on the other hand if it's confirmed that the mission was a sailor it's not going to be a refutation disaster for space six but we know that elon musk's next step was going to be to start sending humans into space and in this case it could prove to be an image problem and we will see whether that's going to affect elon musk's plans to do more space business with the u.s. government space x. has

musk using the boring company's newest product a flame thrower. he posted this photo with the caption, don't do this. there is a website now where you can pre order the flame thrower it costs $500, there's also a $30 fire extinguisher for sale on the site. if you're wondering why musk is pushing flame throwers, he appears to be making good on a promise he made back in december on twitter. he said he would start selling the flame throwers if he sold 50,000 boring company hats. last night musk tweeted 1,000 flame throwers have been reor r reorder reordered. tweeted obviously if the flame thrower is a bad idea definitely don't buy one. what? by the way, the boring company is musk's newest venture to try to dig a tunnel under los angeles to ease traffic congestion. lots of mixed messages there. >>> now to shark attacks. on the west coast they are on the rise. a new report out this weekend says most of the bites happened here in california. the shark research committee says there were a total of nine unprovoked attacks last year, all were in the golden

musk has done a fantastic job of getting analysts, everybody to see this as a bet on the future.uture gets closer each quarter, and each quarter that tesla isn't able to get this mass-market electric car we have been promised, the sales pitches going to get harder, and it is going to continue to cause people to ask questions about the company's future. emily: why is wall street focused on this when the numbers are still small? justify thisla to enormous valuation, it needs to be a mainstream car company. it needs to produce these mass-market numbers. to meet the ambitious goals that elon musk has set for himself and humanity, as he would put it. us off oft to get fossil fuels, you need to get the cost of electric cars down. sell luxury suvs, but if you really want to make a dent in the universe, so to speak, then you need to sell these mass-market cars. analysts are saying tesla is way ahead of the competition still. put this in broader context. any problem that elon musk and tesla are going through at the moment, his competitors are going to have to go through it. what tesla has

you know, elon musk is just a black swan wrapped around a unicorn.ne of a kind global entrepreneur. we're luck dwry to have him here create the disruption he's doing in the markets if he believes he can create that kind of value, then he should really benefit from that disproportionately of course, the stake holders will have a fantastic ride along the way. >> walter, i got to say, i'm us from frustrated out of this rhetoric from elon musk. he keeps setting unrealistic targets that he's probably not going to hit and then figuring out ways to win anyway the guy owns 20% of tesla stock already which is already very highly valued. one might argue he's been paid enough for the next five or ten years anyway if he were to leave tesla imagine the hit he would take to his net worth. in a way, he should be paying to stay there i'm being a little bit -- i'm exaggerating bat exaggerating a bit, walter >> you're on the right track which we said earlier, this is a one of a kind person this is not something you can say scales across all compensation packages. it's

musk is selling them for $500 apiece.posted this video on instagram, firing blight brightblue flames from the gun. he's selling them. and more than 2,000 people have already preordered the device. and more to come. >> may want to put that $500 into investments. we'll take a look at the big board right now. taking a look at how wall street is doing. the dow is down right now, about 94 points. >> it's investment in protecting yourself against zombies. >> but anything that shoots flames out like that, scares me in california. no kidding. >> don't use those with brush like this. please don't. >>> here's a look now at our vaca camera. you're seeing clouds through your lunch break. and here's a live look. from san francisco as well. and our temperatures are staying pretty cold in. 56 in oakland. 57 in san francisco now. from the morning conditions, san francisco is at 53 degrees around 4:00 this morning. only bumping up 3 degrees since then. so looks like the cloud coverage is not allowing us to heat too much for this afternoon

musk claims they're legal, because they don't shoot flames beyond ten feet. he joked back in december that he sells them, he says he has pre-sold 10,000 of the 20,000 units his company plan to buy. assembly democrat says musk's idea is in bad taste following several deadly wildfires in southern california. >>> a lot more to come here. it's called jackpot. and hackers make atms spit out cash like slot machines and the scheme has hit the u.s. >>> how a bay area company may force the pentagon to make some changes. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. cooler today, but near-record warmth is coming. >>> and are you a lurker or a geek? hi, we're alaska airlines. and we don't just fly lumberjacks to glaciers. we fly all kinds of people all kinds of places. like app developers to mexico city. musically inclined novelists to nashville. and pilates instructors to palm springs. sure, we love a good glacier. but we also like a little cocoa butter. from the west coast to the world. alaska airlines. that's how we fly. >>> people dream of winning jackpots, while atm thieves

musk says he presold 10,000 of the 20,000. an assembly democrat of los angeles, though, says musk's idea is in bad taste. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike nicco with a look at your day. >>> a look at the rest of the country real quick if you're one of our flyers or have family here. another snowstorm hitting the northeast. up to the northwest is where it will stay. san rafael, the fog is starting to work into this part of the north bay as we look south on 101. it will be brighter and warmer this afternoon. that's my first accuweather forecast. a touch of spring, if you will. thin clouds for the lunar eclipse. even warmer weekend ahead. a look at today's temperatures. we have 60s. 66 at half moon bay. it will be cooler because of a sea breeze. 64 to 68. down to the south bay and you can see we will have 45 at 7:00. 61 at noon. 64 at 4:00. about 57 at 7:00. here are the actual high temperatures for your neighborhoods. here is how to dress. mid to upper 30s. low to mid-40s else.

. ♪ emily: elon musk's tunneling company -- musk said he wants to be clear that a flamethrower is a super, and it seems like his quirky promotion on social media is paying off. they have taken orders for over 10,000 of these flamethrowers worth $5 million. the money will be used to fund musk's project. checking on elon musk, it will be a sellout crowd when they will be launching a new rocket. nasa has sold out tickets featuring a champagne toast and a plaque. the new rocket could be launched on february 6. apple has been known as a powerhouse, but most people think of it in terms of the iphone, imac, ipad, and more. but, the giant's building itself into another powerhouse, a chip maker. apple is on a mission to make sure it owns its technologies inside of its devices. joining us now to discuss is bloomberg reporter who wrote an in depth look at apple's business. tell us how the chip business has evolved here. mark: it is no rocket business. it has evolved over the past several years that apple has come out with several chips for its devices. they now have an ai chip and processors for thi

musk claims over 2,000 people have pre-ordered the flame throwers. >> hi there, everyone.ou enjoyed the day today. live doppler 7, the clouds around making for a pretty sunset. we'll continue to watch the high clouds streaming through the overnight hours. a live like from emoryville. 64 innies from so and 6 of a in observing land. look how mild on the peninsula. 63 degrees, golden gate bridge. you can see the high clouds here. everyone warmed up. at least three to eight degrees. 60 santa rosa and numbers slipping through the upper 50s from napa, novato and liver-sur-mer signature at 58 so we're anywhere from six to ten degrees warmer in some spots throughout afternoon, and we're look at another cool night ahead. this is san jose so 1 with the setting sun. high clouds and even warmer for your monday so we're talking 70s around parts of the bay. i think the coast will see 70 degrees. we'll see sunny and above average temperatures. unfortunately, no rain in sight. we need wye from from 50% to 70% on average and halfway through the rainy season and we're looking dry. overnight

elon musk has said it's not likely to hit until later much.everyone is wondering is common a cars did they deliver. i think we are hearing that a lot of cars were delivered in the last two weeks. emily: what are the tweets saying about the model three? >> the first people who have them seem to be pretty happy. issues thate mild are probably software related, but no major issues yet. emily: what are we going to hear later this week, exactly? automakersy most report sales on a monthly basis, tesla does it quarterly. quarterly sales and deliveries are the same thing for them. emily: i'm seeing more model x's,to be clear -- model how is this finally releasing cars for the masses? sold by thousand model threes, that would be phenomenal, but most analysts suggested is more like 2900, but i think more portly it is how they worked through bottleneck issues. as long as they are on track to the first quarter, that would be good. emily: what are the production issues? dana: they had issues with their battery module and a number of untold issues they have

government being launched by elan musk's spacex company it was called zoom but now almost two days after the launch everyone is pretty much in the dark about its fate sunday night's launch was lifestream to body space six but only until a certain stage. we have had successful lift off of falcon nine carrying those then the satellites deployment into orbit wasn't shown or reported on at all now if the mission a site of secrecy it isn't any fad at some stage is all to live stream but a sense that while on the one hand it is true and we know that the usual practice for this kind of limited access to the stream is like that for missions of that secretive nature but then neither space x. nor the manufacture of the satellite confirmed that the launch was successful and this led to the first doubts appearing other any other reasons to think that something posted the math going wrong then too respected news organizations in the u.s. wall street journal and bloomberg reported that zuma may have fallen back to earth or burned in the planet's atmosphere and when they get that classified information

. >>> it's all or nothing for elon musk.ew $60 billion pay package for the tesla ceo all depends on how much he can grow tesla over the next decade. today musk announced plans to stay on as the company's ceo, but he'll be paid only if tesla reaches some big financial milestones, and it is eventually worth $650 billion by the year 2028. tesla is currently valued at $59 billion. tesla -- or, excuse me, musk worked for tesla under similar all or nothing conditions a few years ago. >>> the nfl has refused to print a super bowl ad submitted by a veterans group. this is the ad that would go in the super bowl program. please stand. the nfl does have editorial control and asked amvets to come up with an alternative like please honor our veterans or please stand for the veterans and colin kaepernick kneeling has taken over the last two seasons. player across the league adopted the practice to raise awareness of social and racial injustice. amvets sent a letter to commissioner roger goodell saying they support the right to protest and

elon musk has agreed to stay on as ceo at tesla.ed to the company's performance. will receive no guaranteed compensation of any kind instead, he's going to be paid on tesla reaching certain operational milestones and market capitalization which brings up all kinds of discussions that we've been having all morning long. the issue stock, the market cap goes up. you buy it back. the market cap goes down all kinds of -- and market cap is a -- it's in the eye of the behold beholder companies can trade 100 times earnings like coke or ge in 1999 and then they trade ten times -- >> but i will say it again he has to -- in $50 billion increments. >> i know. >> he gets nothing if he gets $49 billion in market cap. >> i know. >> plus he has to hit the operational -- >> we talk about how markets can be irrational. you cannot get rewarded for good performance -- >> no claw backs >> you have to own it for five years. >> doesn't matter. you still get 1% even if it loses half of its value you still own 1% of the company at that point. this is not a

there's max talk about ilan musk but first i want to talk about a little story that has happened to me. over the past few days because i was waiting for fed ex package and this fed ex package was they fail to deliver over and over and over again and i went to twitter and i said why is fedex so horrible and why do we always have a good experience with u.p.s. u.p.s. is always really nice we see them in our neighborhood delivering all these amazon packages and blah blah blah and it turns out people said u.p.s. is fully unionized and they all have benefits and you know stable you know schedules and stuff like that all the fedex guys are. their private contractors they have no rights no negotiating power or anything and i visibly saw that in my own experience i had no idea here's the headline for mother jones from two thousand and ten it says fed ex versus u.p.s. on unionization there was actually a big battle or the fed ex people were trying to get unionized because they fall under different labor rights relations because they started as an aircrew air delivery service rather than ground d

max or a man talk about ilan musk but first i want to talk about a little story that has happened to me. over the past few days because i was waiting for fed ex package and this fed ex package was they fail to deliver over and over and over again and i went to twitter and i said why is fedex so horrible and why do we always have a good experience with u.p.s. u.p.s. is always really nice we see them in our neighborhood delivering all these amazon packages and blah blah blah and it turns out people said u.p.s. is fully unionized and they all have benefits and you know stable you know schedules and stuff like that all effects guys are. they're private contractors they have no rights no negotiating power or anything and i visibly saw that in my own experience i had no idea here's the headline for mother jones from two thousand and ten it says fed ex versus u.p.s. on unionization there was actually a big battle of the fed ex people were trying to get unionized because they fall under different labor rights relations because they started as an aircrew air delivery service rather than groun

musk's company is of course listed tesla must needs to make a bold call on tesla as model three before it is too late production hell as elon musk calls it has reached a new level of blazing discomfort at tesla last. the company reported that had fallen well short of his delivery goals for the model three the thirty five thousand dollar car that is supposed to transform tesla from a nice player to the dominant force in the new age of electrified automobiles so they did manage to deliver one hundred thousand cars in twenty seventeen which is a new high for them but we're going to go into how comparing them to the other big auto companies well it's interesting kind of model he has there because he's using the pre-sales on the on the the model three and these cars to kind of keep the company afloat in terms of cash because they burn a lot of cash so he's making a bet that eventually these two things work out and he starts to have some organic growth and which is not a bad bet to make i mean i work for jeff bezos even with that lost money for many many years building their brand building t

you know i look to my home away from home with sister alya i love people in the continent and ilan musk and tesla went over and he said to the premier of surface trail you within one hundred days we will deliver one hundred meg a volt battery system or you get the whole deal free in ninety days musk you have al delivered and you've almost got a million three quarter people that have come now to rely on lithium gel battery power instead of filthy antiquated subsidized coal elsewhere in this trail you haul in they've got a water system the logan treatment water facility in south east queensland that is powering two hundred thousand people at a water system that is off grid this sky is unlimited in terms of what we can do again i reiterate take the five point three trillion dollars of subsidies to big oil and big fossil fuels away and let's have add at you know as a boy growing up in new england i remember frogs and toads long time no see and your book the incomparable honey bee the economics of pollination talks about another critter endangered by a measurable changes which other species

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the newly released poll that >>> new this morning, elon musk announced he will stay on as ceo of tesla for ten years, but he has to hit 12 rather lofty goals. one requires him to increase the company's net worth by $41 billion and add another $50 billion each time he wants to be compensated. if musk pulls off all 12 goals, his stock compensation could be worth around $55 billion. >>> twitter's chief operating officer is stepping down. anthony noto is rumored to be taking a job with sofi, a personal finance company based here in san francisco. noto was considered a key part of twitter's leadership team by virtue of his position, of course, as coo. >>> new details on that terrifying missile alert in hawaii that turned out to be a false alarm. people across the state have questioned governor david inge why it took him and his team so long to post a message on social media. they thought the january 13th alert was a mistake. he said because he didn't know his twitter name and password. his staff helped him relay a hawaii emergency management tweet 15 minutes after the governor found out the

will elon musk be back for more investor cash?ess than half an hour to the start of european trading. what are the indications of how trading will deliver? positive story at the moment. asia has come out of the gate incredibly strongly. it looks like we will be called up three or 4 -- .3 or four point -- .4 of a percent. yesterday was a decent day for european equities albeit with low volumes relative to where we would expect to be. the u.s. markets are powering higher. above 2700 on the s&p. let's show you the gmm. let's give you an idea of what is going on in front of the other asset classes. ae nikkei as -- is up playing little bit of catch-up. this is a very strong start for the year. what isn equities and happening in tokyo. yesterday the and -- swiss market essa might up and the s&p clearing that 2700 level. germany up by .8 of 1%. the euro is trading higher. be dollar move seems to abating. let's show you what is happening in the commodities space. the correlation between higher oil and inflation, we have a great chart to s

has elon musk bitten off more than he can chew?on is, he started off with tesla as a tech company, high tech. ofot of glamour, a lot enthusiasm for the autonomous car, driverless car and all these things. what reality has happened is that that technology is only valuable if it is in a car. leap between inventing that technology, those few pieces, and then you just talked about spending a billion dollars for robotics. to facilitate is an auto factory is a big, big challenge. i think the reality now is, that technology is only as good as it is in an automobile that can then be sold. and you cannot sell them, people start to get nervous. they were living the dream, they saw the demos. now the reality has to hit of you've got to reduce cars to enjoy the technology that the venture capitalists put in. now you have a whole different set of investors you have to satisfy. these are the show me people. julia: we can argue the have a niche at the luxury market. semi-trucks, saw going off in another or for direction. casht a concern about bur

losing almost one-half of one percent. >>> to elon musk and his latest business venture. the tesla ceo launched a web page called the flame thrower through the boring company, the company that musk set up to create a network of underground tunnels to ease traffic congestion and posted videos to instagram showing people using the flame thrower and the company is accepting preorders for $500. musk said on twitter that 7,000 orders have already been placed. >>> still to come, did police go too far when they arrested a 7-year-old? we will tell you what the little boy was accused of doing and how his parents are distraught over what happened. >> and a wild police chase this morning, takes officers across two bridges into three counties, and the unusual behavior from the man behind the wheel. and what finally got him to stop. n:3:3:3 >>> it was a wild car chase through three counties and two bay area bridges. henry lee has more on how it all started and how officers finally forced the driver to stom. >> reporter: this is where the wild chase came to an end, in hayward. chp offi

this is singular to both elon musk and to tesla. >> i think that's a good point, betsy. it is to keep elon musk as ceo for longest he a eluded once it gets up to scale, he my kit other opportunities. with a company that's so entwined with the cult of this ceo, isn't it important for him to stay in place and is compensated for that >> you certainly want to keep an inspirational ceo, but you also need balance, when you have a charismatic ceo that you are considering all of the other things that could impact your company. ultimately they're making a vehicle that should be safe, that they can produce reliably they've had a lot of production issues if i was looking at a comp plan, i might be looking for metrics on shipping, because they haven't been able to fulfill their requirements i think it's important to keep an inspirational ceo, i think with a disruptive new manufacturers, being software centric, that's all very, very important, and you can see in their comp plan, that they reword their chief technology officer ford rewards their north american operational leaders, but

musk owns $13 billion. >>> local businesses are weighin on president trump's decision at 30% tariff on foreign made solar panels and the levees come after u.s. manufacturers filed complaints with federal trade commissions saying they are being unfairly under cut by foreign importers. there's concern though that the tariff could push prices higher and cause consumers to back away from the idea of going solar. >> if people are less out to buy because of the panels, sure. it will be a negative impact on us and less demand. >>> in phase energy says the tariffs are not bad for industry, but they could hurt solar panel installers. there's a 50% tariff on imported washing machines. >>> verizon is joining -- they're giving 50 shares of stock to full-time employees around the world with the exception of senior executives. part-timers will get 2 sres each. verizon sck is trading at 25 -- the company says this is a direct result of the new tax laws. >>> verizon is not alone. disney announced it's handing out bonuses of $1,000 to its employees. 125,000 worker are expected to receive the one-time c

elon musk has said it's not likely to hit until later much.everyone is wondering is common a cars did they deliver. i think we are hearing that a lot of cars were delivered in the last two weeks. the week between christmas and new year's was very busy. emily: what are the reviews? what are tweets saying? >> the first people who have them seem to be pretty happy. there seem to be mild issues that are probably software related, but there have not been any reports of major breakdowns with the battery or many -- major issues yet. emily: what will we hear later this week? >> basically, most automakers report sales on a monthly basis. tesla doesn't quarterly. quarterly sales and delivery, which the same thing for them. emily: i am seeing more model be cleared.ild, to how does this fit into the overall strategy, releasing finally a car for the masses? >> we will learn a lot about where they are in terms of production hell. if they sold 5000 model 3's in the quarter, that would be phenomenal. our analysts estimate it's probably more like 2900. the que

how elon musk plans to meet demands. carol: table cloths, napkins and chairs are back.s bloomberg businessweek. ♪ carol: i'm carol massar. julia: i'm julia chatterley. you can also listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119 and also in new york, boston, washington, d.c., and in the bay area. carol: and in london on dab and asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. we focus on solutions in this issue. julia: one company requiring a solution is tesla, still struggling to meet production goals. >> the model three is coming out, just much slower than elon musk and many of the folks originally anticipated. the latest news is that the company expected to hit a run rate of roughly 5000 cars per week by the end of june. they keep pushing back this production ramp and so far, customers are willing to wait. there is a lot of anticipation as to the quality of these cars is like in the early models and how much longer are people willing to wait? julia: we keep asking that question when they get the latest delay. take us back to march 2016 and the claims it on musk made when the

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musk is selling these things for $500 apiece. he posted this video on instagram, firing the bright blue flames from the gun. he's selling them to raise money for his tunnel construction project. look at that. pretty cool. >> that does not look safe to me. >> no. >> i don't want people like shooting flames out. >> i hope the tunnel project works. >> it may protect it from zombies. >> maybe. maybe. >>> there is a red flag warning. so don't go using flame throwers out there. parts of southern california. it's going to be dry out there. here's a look at what you can expect for today. as we start this workweek, get ready for pretty good conditions. looking at a cloudy start for the day. and it will be clear later on this afternoon. and it will be clear for the next few days. as high pressure takes over through february. pretty much we are ending january on a very sunny and warm note. and it's going to last through pretty much the next 10 days. as this high pressure takes ahold of california. right now, our temperatures are in the 40s

if tesla reaches escalating goagoa goals musk will receive stock. >>> we brought you the nominations for the 90th oscars live on abc7 mornings. there were some surprises and definitely some snubs this year. >> here's a look at the nominations. hi, danya. >> even with those scrubs and surprises, there seems to be an excitement around this year's nominees. fresh faces in women are bringing more diversity to hollywood's biggest night the shape of water is leading the race of oscar gold of 13 nominations, including a best picture nod, among highly talked about films, "ladybird" and "get out." "get out"'s director jordan peel tweeting this announcement, you know when you're on the phone trying to describe the cry of an -- call me by your name. >> is there anything you don't know? >> incredible performances by women this year shaping up for a tough leading actress category. sally hawkins and meryl streep. >> do you have the paper? >> for supporting actress -- >> mary j. bilge. the nine-time grammy winner, joined by octavia spencer, laurie metcalf. supporting actor could be a sure shot for

. >>> tesla ceo elon musk is selling flame throwers. that's right.hat shoot flames are actually on sale by his company for $500 on twitter. musk explains, when the zombie apocalypse happens, you'll be glad you bought one. anne marie? >> zombie apocalypse. they're probably great for smores and other things. >> this is a walking dead come to life. >> i get it. people with extra money, lots of extra money. >> thank you so much diane. >> thank you. >>> still to come, the wonder down under. roger federer makes history at the australian open final. watch me. ♪ i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ♪ think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it... they're moving forward with cosentyx®. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered

musk is ahead of tesla and spacex. >>> the flu has hit everywhere. a city that proves a deadly link between the flu and your heart. danielle nottingham has your story. >> ronald got his first flu shot this year. he's had two heart attacks in the past. >> i always say i don't want to get a flu shot. the thought hit mend i decided to do it. >> reporter: a new study suggests it could keep his heart healthy. research published finds the chance of heart attack is six-fold during first seven days of the flu. >> it goes through a lot of changes, increased inflammation, increased stress. their blood vessels tend to go into spasms, their blood gets a little more thicker. >> reporter: researchers looked at 20,000 adults in canada and found the risk may be higher for older adults, patients with b-flu infections and those who have never had a heart attack. it magnifies the importance of getting vaccinated and taking precautions like washing your hands and staying home at least 24 hours after fever subsides. >> this particular fever has been devastating for patie

the boring company -- founded by musk -- is focused on tunnel construction.s is just one way it has been raising money to fund operations. the company claims it's the "world's safest flamethrower" -- and "guaranteed to liven up any party." just in case things get too lively, the company also has fire extinguisher's for sale--for 30-dollars. (justine) you've heard of super-moons, blue moons, and blood moons, and, on wednesday, you'll be able to see all three in one. a "super- moon" occurs when the full moon is closer to earth and brighter than normal. a blood moon occurs when it takes on a reddish tint as it passes through earth's shadow in a lunar eclipse. the "blue-moon" designation has nothing to do with color - refers to the very unusual occurrence of two full moons in a single month. you can check it out before dawn on wednesday. >> the following is a paid presentation, brought to you by beachbody, but filmed by me on my iphone and directly from my heart. >> hold up. i want to ask you a question. how do you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror? no