spotify is our stock of the hour. here, i guess the thinking is you introduce more people to spotify to convert them to the premium version. >> this is a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. samsung and apple are competing to be the biggest smartphone services in the world. music service and a phone. you have to pay for it. is free that it marketing for people to buy the service. it is one of the reasons it has been successful. they have tried to be neutral and available on every devise. forming a partnership, making sure you buy a phone, when you are installing it, do you want to add spotify, people are going to have spotify right in front of them. julie: what do we know about the numbers for the music subscription services in terms of subscribers? how is apple stacking up? >> spotify is the market leader. more than 80 million paid subscribers. combined paid and free. i forget the numbers. apple has not broken out the exact number. north of 50 million paid subscribers. buts a strong second-place 20-30,000,000

he sees spotify's competition or spotify's model being more like youtube than it is like netflix.lly interesting and surprised me a little bit. you're getting musicians from all around the world to be able to contribute their music and have all of that ecosystem happen and empower it through the spotify platform >> you know, we talk a lot about facebook, even twitter and sort of these debates that are going on at these companies, things around misinformation. self-policing around the type of information that's on their sites. what they sensor, whether they sensor, et cetera. that's playing out at spotify as well >> yeah. they've had some starts and stops with this. they had some issues with r. kelly they tried now they took into wars off of their podcast. i think this is one of the topics for corporate america right now. you know, talking about indra nooyi today. the performance purpose was part of what she built her strategy around it was sort of pooh-poohed but it provided some strong results for pepsi. certainly compared to its competitive set. these are challenges for all busi

how did spotify bundle with a smart speaker -- having spotify bundle with a smart speaker i think ise and a unique opportunity from a general music perspective. but look it will be an uphill , battle. emily: that was mark gurman and bob mcdonald. out auto co-founder will fit into the ride-hailing company, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: new york city council dealt a huge political blow to uber and other app based car companies this week. a one-year cap on new licenses. minimum pay standards for drivers. the passage is sweeping industry regulations is showing the change toward the so-called gig economy and car hailing services. another day, another shakeup at uber. but this time, it is a former employee that is returning. lior ron will start uber freight, the trucking service. ron left uber in march after uber settled with alphabet for $240 million. now, ron is returning to uber after a month-long behind-the-scenes negotiation to rework the terms of the auto deal, announced almost two years ago. we spoke with lane kasselman and also with us, eric newcomer. eric: what seems to have

and even spotify investors seem pretty impressed by it. the spotify stock is up 7% this morning.other announcements or revamps, smart watch, a home digital speaker. mark, you have been tweeting about this speaker, one and a half times the home pod which is already quite large. what is your take on these other products? mark: i mean, the galaxy watch is a revamped version of the smart watch strategy they have already had the past few years. i do not think it will move the needle. the market has truly become saturated at the $300 to $800 price point with the apple watch. i am not sure where samsung is going to fit in. on the other hand, the home speaker, it is also coming in extraordinarily late. right? the amazon echo came out three, four years ago, announced in 2014, almost five years ago now. the home pod was late as well. coming out in february. but amazon and google have a handle on that market, so i am not really sure what percentage of the market samsung is going to be able to grab with this device, especially with such few details they are providing on this. i would not be

to me, what is more interesting is the spotify news.was interesting because it reflects a bigger picture strategy story from samsung across the board, across all the different devices. emily: how does that compare with apple, which has apple music? mark: that is a good question. spotify at a low level is not in-house and not building up the streaming music service themselves. they have had a few over the years and they have terminated their projects. spotify which still has the best brand recognition, it is a smooth move by samsung. spotify investors seem pretty impressed. the stock is up several percent this morning. emily: other announcements or revamps, smart watch, home, the doodle speaker. .- digital speaker you have been tweeting about the speaker, one and a half times the home pod which is quite large. mark: the galaxy watch is a revamped version of the smart watch strategy. i do not think it will move the needle. the market has truly become saturated with the apple watch. i am not sure where samsung is going to fit in. on the ot

even spotify investors seem pretty impressed.: other things talked about are a revamped smart watch, a home digital speaker. you have been tweeting about the size of this speaker, 1.5 times of the home todd which is already quite large. >> is a revamped version of the smart watch strategy they have already had. i don't think it will move the needle. the market has truly become saturated. i'm not sure where samsung will fit in there. on the other hand, it is also coming in extraordinary late. the amazon echo came three or four years ago. the home pod was late as well. amazon and google home really have a handle on that market. i'm not sure what percentage of the market samsung will be able to grab with this device is ashley with a few details they are providing. i would not be surprised if it is not released until the end of this year. they are late to the game and it does not appear they are bringing any new innovative technology to the table that would inspire anyone to buy one of these things? emily: is a too late? >> as mark p

good to spotify. every week i spoke of issues in ukraine distance possibly with trying to song only made in germany. also functional toughest new releases and classic hits to. follow pop exposure on spotify. and away and the show with a tribute to the german hip hop pioneers sammy tillich's and i probably have played two sets for the series m.t.v. unplugged with versions obvious his hits now he's released the album and it's full of musical guests like wrap up on the song so yeah have fun watching the video and see you next time on public support. for the solo on the sly. look at. her. young. her. kind of cut out of. the dictates of old folk. limits another. time punk. mainstream come up with their time that's what i'm trying to psych getting back. to you but there's just no such soul but thank you thank you so much. for the call. on this must. have a look at you with the locals here will jump. on the song was. really cold. this is. this wonderfully good solid citizen it's. kind of like the cost of the

be then the big tech sell-off crushed spotify.trading 8 bucks below where it was before it reported the amazing numbers. i think it's crazy i think the stock is a buy right here now let me give you a very small, very speculative name that fits in with the stay-at-home thesis, and it's one by the way that a viewer brought to me and i did the work, and here we go are you ready, skee-daddy? turtle beach yeah, that's here, he-e-r-e for your gamers. the numbers here have been stung, which is what's allowed the stock to rally more than 1400% year to date 1400 still scrambling to catch up turtle beach is incredibly speculative you. should only buy a stock like this with money you're prepared to lose. if you want something high risk, high reward, it is still worth considering. hey, speaking of audio, be on the look out for the sonos ipo later this week. a lot of people are exexcited fs maker with double-digit revenue growth kind of feels like roku to me. we'll have to see where the deal actually prices. but if it comes at reasonable price

we have the latest apple, facebook and spotify. removing alex jones, infowars from the platform. more on that story up next -here comes the rain.

samsung getting closer to spotify. battle of services now as much as it's a battle of hardware >> that sort of changes the way you take a selfie, right forget the timer on the selfie stick. you can take it with your hand even the camera, even when the camera is away from you. >> if there's anything we can count on with people today it's vanity >> and a high resolution picture? i don't know if our camera caught it. >> this screen is amazing. you got to be -- there's seema in the picture you thought you were on camera you are. samsung makes the l.e.d. displays that get supplied to apple as well and i always look for the analysis of these displays it's the strongest that's out next week chances are this will take the crown for the best display in a phone. apple will try to take it back in the fall. >> it's $1,000 >> $1,000 for entry level up to $125 $1250 or the higher end. >> cool. let's get over to seem j who is here with the european close >> not much happening. of course turkey really the big talker recent development

ours that did incredibly well, or spotify.y optimistic. you never know how markets will behave, even this week as we went through the roadshow with sonos. it was not the easiest way to take a company public. those ebb and flow. broadly speaking, the spirit of entrepreneurialism and the value proposition of what venture companies can do continues to grow. you can never predict those short-term, but over the long term, era very optimistic about what we see in the tech landscape in the future -- we are very optimistic about what we see in the tech landscape in the future. emily: coming up, a startup that claims it can extend the life of fruits and vegetables just closed a $70 million funding round led by one of the largest hedge funds in the world. we will ask the ceo how they got attention of the investors. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: one of the world's biggest hedge funds is joining the fight to keep avocados ripe for a longer period of time before they go bad. ciences claims it can treat avocados with a solution to stay right

it was streamed seven hundred million times on spotify and a billion on youtube.since then game has been playing to see. sizable crowds such as at the summer sound festival in latvia for the young man who grew up on the baltic sea coast it's always a massive moment going on stage. or you know sure god was like no matter how big or small i'm always excited before every show and today i'm in lafayette where i've never played before those days cheapos are tearing the place up right now we have fifteen minutes for the change over i'm in the closing that which means everyone who doesn't want to see me can go home those are all the thoughts that go through your mind beforehand plus i hope there will be no major incidents an ambulance just rolled by and then i have a great crowd gathered up the logo to. make it. i. for a headliner appearance like this top deejays like earn up to six figure feeds. today set last seventy five minutes game plays a mix of chart music hip hop beats and his own tracks i. i . the key to teaching is a greeting the crowd and building up the groov

there will be a big new .artnership that spotify the spotify ceo spoke at the announcement today indicatingltiyear partnership between the technology giant and a streaming new service. apple has their new announcement. we are expecting new ipads, three new iphones and redesigned watches for them. haidi: -- kathleen: why the trade war made be here to stay. we have cif director scott kennedy joining us next. this is bloomberg. kathleen: i am kathleen hays in new york. haidi: i am heidi in sydney. you are watching daybreak australia. our next guest says the rising trade tensions are not going away anytime soon. we are joined by scott kennedy, the director of freeman china chair. one of the most interesting latest developments are these increasing reports of beijing that they are seeing domestic pressure that there are risks within the communist party. part of it has been criticism that because of being overly nationalistic you can say he managed to miss judge the u.s.. the think that is the case? >> there is definitely a lot of self reflection in china. wrong. everybody got it no one expected

this latest round is spotify. spotify has had an $8 billion rally since its debut.eaming service, and george soros has added for the first time spotify and pandora. a number of hedge funds are piling in. warren buffett's berkshire hathaway has added to his two favorite groups, airlines and banking. goldman sachs is one of the big ads in terms of taking a bigger stake. he has also added stakes in delta and southwest, while reducing stakes and other airlines because the filing said it was to keep his holdings below a 10% discipline that the fund keeps. buffett adding his position and apple. george soros added spotify and pandora, and also took other positions such as facebook, increasing his stake, and decreasing positions and exiting lamks such as the chipmaker research. we don't know what operations were made up until the end of the quarter. rishaad: any other key trends emerging from these filings? >> some major funds reducing their stake in tesla, and some funds picking up energy holdings. druckenmiller picked up facebook, oil positions. , his topller's fund six h

alex jones has a first amendment, spotify and twitter have a first amendment, and at color of change, we have a first amendment. and they have the right to put alex jones on the air and we have a right to mobilize our people and hold them accountable and to tell corporations, if you play footsie with alex jones, you support his content, we are going to hold you accountable. for folks who believe in the market place, freefl speech, this is very much in the best interests of us holding those institutions accountable. >> did you an interview. you've talked a lot about the threat of monopoly. in youtube and facebook and they're wrestling with what to do with all their monopoly power. but alex jones seems like low hanging fruitful he is in a special category, isn't he? >> he is kind of in a special category. you're absolutely right. he is a pretty vile human being. personally i would pray that alex jones sort of burns in hellfire. but the question is, how, now that we have these corporations, like google and facebook, that have become essential facilities, essential communications net work

when does spotify follow a netflix model?s it invest in new talent as a way as eating into the share of record labels >> that's a great point. what we are seeing is some artists are looking to bypass the traditional routes to market rather than go through some of these streaming platforms, they're launching records, albums, songs on their own websites that is a great area for the likes of spotify to tap into there's a clear demand from the artists to want to come to the market in a different kind of way. these distribution platforms, the likes of spotify and apple could provide good routes to that they'red ed advertising concertr the artist, that seems to be a push for them. i wanted to ask you, tom, when do we start to see some of these newer internet streaming platforms eat away at some other parts of the chain of -- in the music industry when do they host their own concerts cut out the middleman? >> we are already seeing this. one of the most important points from the report is the fast the growing part of the music indust

online programs are available on spotify as a podcast or watch on our 1968 page. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh took part in a swearing-in ceremony for a former law clerk to sit on the 11th circuit court of appeals. spoke on theh importance of judicial independence. >> good afternoon. welcome to the united states courthouse. i have the high honor of administering the oath of office jerry he was a clerk for me on the u.s. court of appeals along with three amazing co-clerks who are here today. their time in this courthouse, he has risen quickly to the ranks of the legal profession. as solicitor general of the state of georgia. as the youngest on the georgia supreme court at age 38. , as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals. in our constitutional system, a judge must be independent or keeping an open mind on every case and solve cases based on the facts and the law, not based on personal. brett understands the role of a judge. she reveres the constitution and she will work every day to preserve it the american rule of law. just as importantly, she is an except

yesterday, youtube terminated the alex jones channel and spotify banned jones' podcast.st week it removed several episodes. facebook said it's removing four of jones' pages and blocked his account for 30 days. and on sunday, apple removed most of the podcasts from jones' info wars website. >>> "usa today" looks at a study that says runaway global warming is threatening the habitability of the planet for humans. scientists from australia national university and other institutions say a hot house earth climate could raise average global temperatures six to eight degrees. they say it would also raise sea levels up to 200 feet higher, cause widespread river flooding and increase the risk from coastal storms by the end of the century or earlier. >>> "the des moines register" reports the father of missing university of iowa student mollie tibbetts says that he thinks that she is with someone she knows. tibbetts vanished three weeks ago e dogsting for her boyfriend and his brother in brooklyn, iowa. rob tibbetts says that he believes no one went into the house to hurt his daugh

. >> alex jones was banned from apple, facebook, spotify and youtube today and calls the move cultural imperialism of the san francisco tech elite. conspiracy theorist alex jones is calling on people from all corners of the internet to fight the big tech companies who banned him today. >> apple, facebook, spotify and youtube all completely banned info wars within 12 hours of each other clearly suggesting big tech collusion. >> reporter: alex jones conspiracy theories include 9/11 being an inside job, the idea that the government controls the weather and that the massacre at sandy hook elementary school was a hoax. last month reporters criticized facebook ceo mark zuckerberg for not banning info wars from the platform for spreading fake news. the company maintains the decision to remove jones' page today is not about misinformation. in a statement facebook said, "we have taken it down for glorifying violence and using dehumanizing language to describe people who are transgender, muslim and immigrants which violates our hate speech policies." youtube wrote, "all users agree to comply wit

we have been completely banned by facebook and apple and spoti spotify. one platform they can't ban and we'll always have our live streams. >> he does have that live streaming platform. it is an interesting moment in technology. you have companies coming together coordinating it seems. their response of some of this conspiracy theories that are gaining a ton of traction. >> to say conservative news outlet about a space that said that was fake that the parents were actor and whose children were murdered is not exactly that i would describe it. jo lynn kent, thank you very much. >> speaking of interesting thing that's going on. facebook wants your bank to show detailed financial information fa about you their customers, including credit card transactions and checking account balances. >> facebook increasingly wants to be a platform where people buy and sell good services. >>> democrats are trying to win back the capital and the white house in text in two years. are they learning the lessons laying out in their election win far? >> cbs addressing its scandal

i think they weren't the first spotify was the first. >> to your point, spotify was first, then apple google within 72 hours of one another on what incremental new information from alex jones. some argue it seemed arbitrary, it was a collective action process. is that fair >> i think apple throughout the industry across a number of fronts, apple is very ready to be the first mover, say this is what we stand for, you won't have any ports in your computers any more you can take that right to this is what's on our platform. and then the rest of the industry follows them. happens time and time again. i think in this case we have an excellent case in silicon valley, he writes about it every day, he writes they were all stumbling anyway if apple gave them cover to make a decision they all were going to make, sure, it all happened at once, they all knew they had to do this >> we just had roseanne barr it is far from stuff that alex jones has done and said. isn't this a situation it is all fun and games until somebody gets popular alex jones was popular even though apple doesn't host this stu

eastern on "american history tv" on c-span 3 and all nine programs available on spotify as a podcaston c-span.org on the page. >> a supreme court justice are expected in september and senators likely to question him about roe versus wade. on tuesday 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-span's landmark cases presents an in-depth look of roe versus wade and a court reporting discussing the issue. >> 1968 considering a turning point in the vietnam war. c-span produced a detailed look in america in turmoil covering the major military, political

. >> skipping may be available for everyone on spotify. >> a virus at an apple chipmaker could causephone delays. here's tech bites. >> in today's tech bites skipping ads on spotify. >> the music streaming service testing out an option that allows users of the ad supported service to skip ads to allow users to personalize the ads they hear. it could expand to other markets. >>> a factory in taiwan making the main processing chips for the next iphones shut down over the weekend. >> it was hit by a virus ten days ago but the company says it will not delay apple's schedule for the new device. >>> this appears to be on schedule, nasa's parker solar probe lurdsling towards the sun expected to fly right through the sun's corona in november. >> the spacecraft is expected to make dozens of orbits around the sun and during some of them it willing traveling at a staggering record 430,000 miles an hour. >> impressive, indeed. those are your tech bites. >>> a giant fan celebrates a milestone at at&t park that includes a stadium wide serenade. >> a pileup destroys more than a dozen vehicles. >>>

when it first started, i was thinking he will never leave spo spotify, but he did.t's what's interesting. the product gets good and people use it i don't think it is that difficult a thing to think about. it is very hard to execute and they're beautiful executers of these things. and deserve this valuation others are coming, google, amazon will probably get up in those numbers relatively soon, in the trillion dollar club i guess. >> you took the question out of my mouth we had the point that she expected amazon to hit a trillion before apple. my question is is this the first of the u.s. companies to hit a trillion dollar market cap >> yeah, i think they're all going to do that, they're all going to get to those levels because they're integral to our lives which brings us back to the beginning. they have enormous responsibility with this much power and financial power. people that run these companies have to think harder about the products they make and the impact they have on society, whether it be all kinds of things whether it creates addiction, whether it is stea

friday, conservative politics. "1968: america in turmoil or co- programs are available on spotify as podcasts or watch any time on our 1968 page. >> this weekend, american history tv features las cruces, new mexico. 1849.ty was founded in learn more all weekend here on american history tv. the americane soldiers got to this part of the world, this part was already old. >> we took a driving tour with a park ranger. >> thank you for showing us the las cruces area. you were born and raised in this area. right? ranks yes. my family is multicultural, bilingual. like a lot of the people on the border area, i'm native american. i interact in my job with people from all over the world. >> we will visit a lot of places. where are you taking us today? tracks we will see the state park area. we will travel closer to the village. the native indigenous community. we will see the part of the community that dates back to the 1850's. >> let's get going. we are overlooking leesburg park. tell me more. >> this is an old area. ande start with the geology terrain, the rio grande, the river right below u

america interim what you can listen to the program as a podcast on spotify or watch them anytime as he spent not or on our 1968 page. wednesday american history tv continues with the development of the automotive industry in the u.s. and how cars changed american lives. thursday martin luther king junior will show a 50th commemoration from march. on friday the world war i centennial ceremony and a look at various aspects of the war from discussions at u.s. army -- army heritage days. this sunday on oral history, we continue our series in women in congress with congresswoman ava clayton. >> my service and my members resistance to me -- finally their acceptance of me. they accepted me as their equal and their superior. it allowed me to know i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead will hear from many others. watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on c- span 3. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response the western powers organize the berlin airlift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated powers of the

. >> scott, take a look at shares of spotify spotify entering into a language long-term relation with samsung. is it will stream with other samsung products like it's phones and tvs the ceo says its partnership with samsung reduces the friction for uses to get spotify up and running on multiple devices. the stock up 4%. scott. >> thank you here's what else is coming up on "the halftime report." >>> a big call on the semiconductors with many stocks up big in the last year. is it time to take some tips off the table? >>> after a 15% or more drop for the vix volatility index, a month later, the drop continues. according to our partners at kensho with the vix falling an additional 3%. "the halftime po" thcorertwi stt wapner and the traders is back in two minutes are you ready to take your wifi to the next level? then you need xfinity xfi. a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, a

on top of that we also got announcements of a partnership with spotify, daniel elk was here the ceo of spotify so this shows that samsung is recognizing that yes we need to create a more addictive, something that apple has really mastered and that's why people are spending a thousand dollars to buy those iphones as well. right liz so i think samsung is moving up the value chain recognizing they need to offer more to get you addicted to those samsung galaxy phones. liz: listen i like this story. i think it is fascinating all competition is good. susan describe that moment where the crowd flooded toward the demo phones. i looked up and i saw you during on coast to coast and i thought this is a really cool event. >> yeah, so i'm a tech geek i totally get it because i wanted to rush the stage as well after they opened the floor to demonstrations. they made these announcements and it's a wonderful event and there's a lot of entertainment value obviously they rolled out the fortnite ceo, the spotify ceo saying all these great things you can do with the new phone and when you say okay it's ti

all programs are available in spotify, podcasts, or watch on our 1968 page. >> nominated to the supremert by ronald reagan in 1987, just to -- justice kennedy he is retiring. we will look at his legacy on the supreme court and the impact on the nation. with the clerk from kennedy from 2011. and former assistant to the solicitor general who argued 29 cases before justice kennedy and the court. watch the legacy of anthony kennedy tonight at 8 pm eastern on c-span. or listen on the c-span radio lab. >> in 1979, c-span was created by america's television company. today we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is provided you days provided to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, other james reston junior and vietnam veterans memorial founder discuss the memorials creation. a book was written about the effort. >> i haven't intended to speak for about 40 minutes. i will see if i can compress what i had in mind to about four. i am arguing that there two vietnam wars

you can listen to the programs as a podcast on spotify.r watch any time at c-span.org on our 1968 page. and if you missed any of today's program, we will show it again tonight at 8:00 eastern. wednesday, american history tv continues. with a development of the automotive industry in the u.s. and how cars changed american life. thursday, martin luther king jr. we'll show a 50th anniversary commemoration from march. and friday, the world war i centennial ceremony and a look at various as effects of the war from discussion at u.s. army heritage days. >>> this weekend, during our regular american history tv programming, we will take a look at the murder of one of boston's richest men while he was visiting harvard university in 1849. english professor paul collins specialized in 19th century crimes and talks about his book, blood and i have, the 1849 murder that scandalized harvard. saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures in history a class by rutgers university professor jefferson decker on the history of the environment movement and la

eastern on american history tv on c-span3 available onograms spotify podcasts or watch any time at c-span.orgend on american history tv, george mason university professor rose marie cigar he looks at the political influence, legal rights, and role of women in founding of america. >> women's rights in the founding era, about the question of what rights did women have and how did they exercise them, and who exercise them -- exercised them? for a long time, historians did not even think about this question" the whole focus of the revolutionary narrative, the about thearrative lily white males that wrote the direction -- the declaration of independence, who wrote that she went to the constitutional convention and wrote the constitution. the emphasis was on formal as the electoral process. there wasn't much room for women is narrative. but over the past couple of decades, there has been an expansion of the idea of the political realm. in this expansion has allowed us to incorporate women into the narrative and then to ask this question -- what were women's rights and how did the revolution change

eastern on american history tv on c-span3, and all nine programs are available on spotify as a podcast, or watch anytime at c-span.org. it is on our 1968 page. announcer: recently, the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library in hyde park, new york debuted a unique film collection, and joining us on the phone to talk about is -- talk about it is library director paul sparrow. what is the missy lehand film collection? paul: missy lehand was an assistant to franklin roosevelt starting in 1920 and was with him for more than 20 years and was a close friend of the family as well. she actually lived in the white house when he was president. she became intrigued with film cameras. she had a film camera, and she would film a number of these informal picnics, events, and lunches, and then also part of this collection were films from other people who gave home movies to her that were included in her collection. she had a stroke in 1941 and left the white house and took a lot of her possessions with her and died several years later, so they did not become an initial collection when the library

eastern on american history tv on c-span 3 and all nine programs are available on spotify as a podcast or watch any time on c-span.org on our 1968 page. on september 12, 1918, under the command of general jon jay per shing the u.s. army launched their first independent offensive of world war i. ext on "reel america." historian mitchell yackelson and gion mozan provide commentary sink me or i'll drive." mihel is about 175 miles east of paris. >> so it's september, 1918. the americans are about to undertake their first dependent action against zit mihiel sailian. and that was formed in 1914, is that correct? >> yeah, exactly. the germans have a big offensive. >> there's per shing in his headquarters. this would have been before soui. so it would have been there before that. >> correct. >> this was a surprised attack against the germans who were actually vacating the salient. >> here's a map of the offensive. bridge which is down west of that map. this is the landscape. >> it's looking like a bigger town. >> they showed us now where the american monument which commemorates the actual camp

partnership with spotify as well. the spotify ceo is here. compared to apple. samsung doesn't have that addictive ecosphere they don't have the music and movies. they are trying to update with that partnership with fortnite and spotify today. >> shepard: did you get to try one, a note 9? >> i did. it's actually -- yes, a note 9. it comes in fancy new colors you get lavender and blue as well and rose gold. i would say it's not much of an upgrade from the galaxy note 8. that's a knock on this new offering. what are you really getting for 1,000 plus and is there really that much new in it, right? >> shepard: right. i guess that since apple had set a price point with iphone 10. they figured they could dance around that price point and see what happens, right? >> yeah, but 1250? that's pricy. 1250 you get a tara by the of storage and,yes, faster processing. that's a lot to spend on a phone, don't you think? >> shepard: sounds like a lookout to me for anything. susan lee, great to see you. [laughter] >> good to see you. on this day in 1936, jesse o

his recent calls for violence got him kicked off of you tube and facebook and apple and spotify removedeirs. >>> rachael ray has a class action lawsuit. they say her dog food uses a chemical found in weed killer. ray's company says it plans to fight the lawsuit. you can hear from a sleet expert in just a few minutes during the today show. >>> if you like going out to eat i hope you didn't make reservations. catamount is closed for good. the owner confirmed the news to the paper. you may remember this has only been opened 15 months. they say they never quite clicked with the people there. >>> and if you happen to notice tighter security at bart this morning there's a reason. bart is putting officers to work six days a week, ten hours a day. it is following a streak of violence including a deadly stabbing. a safety plan including raising the height of the fair gates and banning panhandling near the pay areas. they consider that plan on thursday. >>> happening today steph curry will tee off another it starts on monday but it's even fun to watch in practice. >>> for those playing golf today

the recent removal of controversy all right wing radio host alex jones from facebook you tube and spotify private tech companies say they're legally within their rights to ban offensive content critics say. there's silencing dissent some republican members of congress are even arguing today's big tech companies are monopolies in the marketplace and should be regulated to foster political debate from all sides a move the white house now appears to be considering kimberly how hit al-jazeera washington a texas jury has found a white former police officer guilty of the murder of a black teenager roy all of a fired shots into a car full of young people as they left a party in dallas last year fifteen year old jordan edwards was struck in the head and died the shooting reignited the debate over racial prejudice among american police officers. police in morocco of arrested twelve people in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl seventeen year old khadija a current says she was kidnapped and held for two months during which she was raped and tortured post a video online where she

and all nine programs are available on spotify as a podcast, or watch anytime at www.c-span.org on our 1968 page. announcer: this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit , new mexico. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. paul: in new mexico, chile peppers is one of our main crops. a lot of times, foods are grown in areas because of the culture. if you look at wisconsin, they grow a lot of sauerkraut because of the german immigrants. here, we have the hispanic population. chile peppers were part of that culture, so it was to grow them -- it was natural to grow them. what people don't realize is chile's are native to the tropical rain forest. they like a 72 degree day, at rain every few days. they are really happy. we have adapted them to this climate. in 1540, francisco vasquez the de coronado came up on an expedition to introduce spanish rule to new mexico and introduced agriculture to the pueblo indians. in 1598, he came up to establish a presence of the spanish in new mexic

spotify has a list of top 20 songs the summer.we'll bring you some of the tunes toking support if i list in just a bit. all of that and so much more coming up this morning cfra investment strategist lindsay belle third seven and chief market strategist michael walk and ceo former nfl star, jack welcome one and all. market rally that's what we're going to be talking about -- to start the show, but again does it -- i don't know is it -- a great they think that the markets rallied on this news or maybe a sign that all of the trade tension lindsay is actually holding stocks back a little bit? >> you know what i think that you thought the market is encouraged by news that we got yesterday with the u.s. and mexico. nowwet to bring canada into the mix and hopefully we get more -- more multilateral deal that's what the market really needs to see and then we need -- this is encouraging sign that we will make progress with china. but i do think that this trade tension has really been a cloud over the market in some extent and i think it has

facebook is not the government, neither is apple or spotify. the question is what is facebook?t are these platforms? a lot of people say they should take responsibility for the content on their platforms but if that is the case it is an editorial decision like you decide what is on your show and i decide what is on my show. if you don't want to put alex jones on your show that is your decision. they say they are not a publisher but a platform for everyone to be on. if that is the case they are more like a utility. the question is regulated by who? the government deciding what content is there. it is complicated, a new world and we need a broader debate in responding to each situation as it arises. >> it is the utility and they want to do some regulation. let's see what happens with that. a conservative jewish commentator in canada not afraid to get involved with controversy. one of the terrifying things alex jones ever said is it is not based on any allegation, they haven't identified specific violation of terms of service, they just -- not illegal approach and on and intellect

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all nine are available on spotify as a podcast or watch any time on c-span.org on our 1968 page. the end of world war ii, thousands of american serviceman who were part of the allied visionary japanese women and returned to the united states with their wives and next on "eel america," from 1952, japanese bride in america. com this focuses on a newly may read couple. this shows how the couple adapts to the new community. ♪ >> i was born in a little town. in 1945, after the war had ended, i met an american soldier named walter.

. >> spotify. >> and spotify and google and facebook it's interesting to know that while they have semisuspended him, they have not suspended info wars, the website twitter of all the social networks is the one that's most reluctant to be seen as -- they did suspend him because of inciting violence. they are going to continue it and say all these crazy things they need to say it goes back up to this fundamental issue which is this technology company or are they media companies? if they were a media company, there would be no question that you won't see that kind of talk on cnbc.com or "the new york times".com or any of the real media companies. so they continueto battle over this issue of what are we and they really don't want to be a media company. >> do you suspect they have true sort of libertarian free speech ideals that they're trying to live by or they want engagement to be as strong as possible. >> i think they do have -- i'm not sure if it's libertarian but they have this issue of -- it's a slippery slope i suspect alec jones because he's really bad, but then where do i go from there who