it isa amazon smart speaker, let's hear it. it is a bit creepy. k of a long time about unexplained things happening with their smart speakers. i was sat in front of a popular quiz show in the ukafew front of a popular quiz show in the uk a few months ago and my amazon eco piped up with, i don't know the a nswer to eco piped up with, i don't know the answer to that question. but what happened this week was that people reported unexplained laughter. you are supposed to have two acts of eight —— activate the alexa.“ are supposed to have two acts of eight -- activate the alexa. if i said alexa, laugh, you could hear alexa devices responding, the amazon said that was what was happening. people said they didn't realise they we re people said they didn't realise they were joining people said they didn't realise they werejoining the words people said they didn't realise they were joining the words alexa and then laugh, and that is why it was happening. they have changed the command so you have to say, can you laugh? and then it utters a very disappointing

amazon dominates the market with the echo speaker large by because they have been out longer. consumers use the smartpeakers in the living room or kitchen followed by the bedroom and home office. but some alexa users are asking what's so funny after the amazon dot and beingo smart speakers randomly started to break out in laughter. yeah. i think it's creepy. >> that's a little creepy. alexis -- >> alexis is programmed to -- programmed to laugh if asked but some say it had happened with no prompting and sometimes in the middle of the night, if the morning amazon says it pinpointed a potential cause and changed the phrase needed to get the speakers to laugh from just alexa laugh to alexa can you laugh. my younger daughter has one to play music and. >> it wakes steve up every morning. >> and she unplugs it and puts it in another room because she is creeped out by it. >>> it's 6:26. the conversation about gun violence and now shifting to video games. coming up, what president trump is doing today and who will be meeting with him at the white house. >> plus, vallejo police searching for are a hit-and-run

the way we listen to music is changing thanks in part to smart speaker's and the man who wants to take amazontop of the charts. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: prasm is looking to -- amazon isocess looking to expand beyond their tight to amazon web services cloud computing and has been expanding its cloud infrastructure across the globe as more companies pay to have their data and application remotely. costs and helpce status date with not having to rely on sites outside of the country. when it comes to the top of the music streaming charts, rising up the list and currently in third place is none other than amazon music. an industry goldman sachs expects to hit $1 billion, and amazon has a not so secret weapon. and i spoke with the comes up president to speak about how it changes the way people listen to music. >> it is a huge part of amazon music, and alexa finds itself on smart speakers and what people want to do first and foremost on these devices is listen to music. it is a big part of our business since it launched. emily: is prime driving subscription and growth? steve: it is, and we have t

this will be the 11th device for amazon that includes their smart speakers, cloud cameras and now doorbells and ring has some really amazing battery- powered outdoor motion activated cameras you can get a whole house view of what is going on outside as well as on the inside.>> i understand wanting to know who is at your door and not letting the men and protecting your packages on the outside it would be great to have them on the inside but i do not know if i feel comfortable having an amazon employee walk into my house while i am not there and not know exactly what they could be up to. >> there's currently 37 pilot cities right now with the amazon key and they basically will purchase a key get for $250 and it allows amazon delivery drivers to basically send a text to amazon and sam ready to go in and they open up the door, a quick set, smart lock and allows the delivery driver to come inside. then they can leave a package and you can watch the whole thing on your cloud cam that is provided in the kit to get some sense of safety that there was recently amended texas who had someone go all th

speakers. the vicespoke with president of amazon music. >> it is a huge part of amazon music. alexa finds itself first on smart speakers.nt to do with the speakers of listen to music. it has been a big part of the service. emily: is prime driving subscription and growth? >> it is. we have two tiers of amazon music. with your prime membership, you get prime music. survey -- ais a service called amazon music unlimited, which is a standalone subscription. emily: give us an idea of how many people actually use amazon music. in the world of spotify, apple music, these are big numbers. what kind of growth are you seeing? >> we are seeing exponential growth. we don't disclose numbers publicly, but i can say in a very short time, amazon music has become the third-largest streaming service globally. figures, we have seen this year alone in 2018 more thann alexa, two times what it was last year, which was also two times more than it was the year before. we reached the point where listening is bigger than listening -- where listening on alexa is bigger than listening on a smart phone. can you give us an idea of how much a priority

comfortable with facebook putting in a speaker into your home, this is for all in-home products, it was suppose today compete against amazon's echo in home and smartakers but looks like according to report that they are, in fact, delaying unveiling of new home products which were due to be unveiled in developer conference in may and released in the fall, but there are reports that you still will get the products by the end of the year but now is not the time for facebook to say, hey, we want to gather more information and data from you, so the judgment call here that this article is basically saying, maybe you should wait to gather more data. one step at a time, all right. stuart: nicole, very much, indeed. amazon down $78. ashley: getting punished for sure. stuart: moving on. the president, well, he's talking about using pentagon money to build the wall. come on in congressman steve russell republican from oklahoma who is also on the arm services committee, congressman, is it okay constitutionally to take money from the pentagon's budget? >> of course, it's okay to do that. if you go back to reagan era when i served, you had military asset that i

speakers. the company didn't say when it would be fixed, but amazon can push updates to the voice service automatically. coming up, it was a phone with a keyboard that defined the smart messaging era in its infancy, but now the blackberry is largely an afterthought and the company is taking to court to bring in revenue. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ you are watching bloomberg. i'm doug lamalfa the president is said to be ready to sign a steel and aluminum tariffs. treasury secretary steven mnuchin told bloomberg he recognizes the risk of retaliation but still believes tariffs will benefit american workers. the european union has rejected the u.k. bid to back up parts of the single market, particularly in banking. chancellor philip hammond has tried to make the case that it is in the interest of both sides to maintain the city of london as a financial hub and that any trade deal that excludes services would not be fair. britain and saudi arabia has a -- have agreed on $90 billion of trade and investment. crowdrget comes as the deck -- crown prince began his three-day visit. various letters of understanding will be signed during this trip. officials are not expecti

amazon says it's aware of the issue.. and is working to fix it. (grant) and if you own an alexa, echo or dot.. we have news for you! kron 4 is partnered with the smart speakera with the local news, weather and sports. in the settings of your alexa app... look in your flash briefing and search for kron 4 news. lawrence karnow: we started with clouds then plenty of sunshine and tonight we're going to see some rain. we can see the showers on the doppler radar. it's not a big storm but we'll get a little wet tonight and maybe tomorrow morning. rainfall totals will be rather light between a tenth to a quarter of an inch of rain. if you are going out tonight be prepared for some rain. it will start in the north bay and spread south. on the satellite you can see the storm that has been spinning off the coast is finally moving on shore. it will usher in a period of unsettled weather that will last well into next.tomorrow we could see a few showers early then becoming partly cloudy and mild with highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s. there is a slight chance of showers on friday with cooler temperatures. this weekend another batch of rain heads our way late on saturda

smart speakers like echo and home continue to agree in popularity across the country. more than 47 million people use those here in the u.s. and that's 20% of the adult population. amazon currently dominates the market with the echo speaker. people tend to use them in the living room or kitchen, followed by the bedroom or home office. but the other story we were talking about with these things, they are unexplainably laughing which is weird. there is a lot of conspiracy theories about them tracking you. my daughter's would come up in the middle of the night and the light goes around like she is listening. >> it is down in the garage now. she wants nothing to do with it. >> it freaked her out. >> alexa is in a time-out. >> thank you, pam. >>> we will be joined live in studio by oakland mayor schaaf. what she has to say after being called out by attorney general jeff sessions as the department of justice files a lawsuit over california's sanctuary state policy. >>> plus, this morning vallejo police are continuing to search for the driver involved in a deadly hit and run crash that happened yesterday afternoon. this left an 18-year-old woman dead. we will tell you what we