ceo larry page writes, i am excited about andy rubin's next project. android started as a crazy idea. it ended up putting a in hundreds of thousands of pockets. it is still early. can't wait to see the progress. what might google be doing with these robots, and how might it compare with the delivery drone amazon is testing? first, what could google possibly be working on? >> i wouldn't say first. this is characteristic of how google operates. this has always been characteristic of how google operates. this is very similar. his passion is robotics, and they allowed him to pursue this. we don't know where it is going to lead. maybe building motorola phones easier. >> so automating assembly lines. >> he has the company re-think robotics. a lot of people think about how to use this technology in manufacturing to help streamline and make processes more efficient. >> the timing is interesting. are they trying to one up amazon and their drones today? >> definitely not. i think larry page announced he was doing something back in march. >> there were some quest

its robotics efforts are being led by andy rubin, the executive who led the development of an droid, google's operating system. google isn't talking about the acquisition or its purpose, but suggests that the robotics efforts are aimed at manufacturing like electronic assembly. >> this is not just a small side project for them anymore. >> ben schachter in says the internet giant is trying to take advantage of the long-term opportunity of the robotics industry. >> all of the things we saw as kids in the movies are what they're trying to make become a reality now. the fact that they put andy rubin in charge of this, a man that has had a very successful path with google and android means a lot. it means they'll invest heavily in this and they'll take a long-term track, and they believe it's a very real business. >> google's rivals see the benefits of the technology. amazon's rollout of 1400 robots at its warehouses from the company it bought last year called kiva systems could save it $900 million a year according to analysts at the capital markets. google is certainly steering far and

the effort is being headed up by andy rubin. he started up the android business. that's what caught my eye. honor thes it will current military contracts at boston dynamics. it is probably interested in developing robots for more commercial use. >> it seems like pure research and development. you wonder where it is going. front pagere our stories. >> it is a busy week but we are two weeks away -- next week is a four-day work week? a zero day work week for tom keene next week. >> it's a rumor. after the glow of 1986 compromise, capitol hill looks for to rancor. senators and congress people have hit the ceiling over the debt ceiling. phil mattingly is with us now. what is different this time about the debt ceiling debate? >> the problem is is that nothing is different this time. the budget deal last week that was negotiated by paul ryan and patty murray and the senate is likely to approve the deal by wednesday. there is republican apprehension but enough will get on board to move it forward. on sunday, paul ryan said when we reach the debt ceiling, february 7, we wa

it is part of a project being led by a former android head in -- andy rubin. there are new questions about whether the nsa's against technology collection of phone records is legal. probably violated the fourth which protects americans from unreasonable search and seizure. a lawsuit can move forward. all this comes as president obama prepares to host a number of executives at the white house tomorrow. they will surely be talking about it. for more let's bring in julianna goldman in washington. what an important time for these guys to be in the white house. >> that is right. the federal judge caught the program almost orwellian saying that it violates the fourth amendment ban on unreasonable searches. the district judge was a bush appointee. he ordered the government to stop collecting data on the two plaintiffs and destroy the records. they're likely to show the privacy interest outweighed the government interest when it comes to collecting this data. but he put the injunction on hold. he said there are "significant national security interests at stake", so he

google's latest acquisition in a string of mysterious robotic initiatives led by android chief andy rubinearly 23,000 robots valued $1.5 billion sold to north american companies last year. you thought we were talking about the future, it's here. certainly in google's future. brad, ur party taking on the tea party, your establishment, paul ryan, even, being careless with his rhetoric, you know, once considered to be at the forefront of the tea party, what are you guys trying to do to yourself. >> we should be trying to unite. some of us to be govern in a world that they wish it to be, but we have a divided government, we got to rule in reality, this budget deal may not be the best but it's a step in the right directn, getting back to regular order. >> i agree with you. i agree with you. but what i don't understand is sort of the condescending and nasty attitude on the part of karl roves, the paul ryans and michigan mcnnells, they're talking fellow citizens, fellow republicans and i got to tell you, they look like fools when they do that. these people weren't smart in 2012 and they haven't

oston dynamics has this acquisition in a string of robotic initiatives led by andy rubin.to north american companies last year and they thought we were talking about the future and back with the "a-team" now. now, your party is taking on the tea party in your establishment, paul ryan, being careless with his runner. you know, once considered to be at the forefront of the tea party. whate was trying to do yourselves? >> we but we should be doing is trying to unite. but in the defenen of paul ryan, some wants to govern in the world they wish it to be and que franly we have a divided government and it has to be done by compromise and we have to do this in reality. the budget deal may not be the best. but it's a step in the right direction. getting back to regular order. lou: i agree withou. but what i don't understand and they look like fools when they do that. these people weret smart in 2012, and they haven't learned that it amous to a drunken 2013. >> we cannot be eating our own. what we need to do is unite. we have a big battle coming in 2014. united we stand and divided

dynamics as it buys yet another robotics company, all part of a project led by former android head, andy rubin. we begin with a debate over government surveillance, which took a new turn this week after a report recommending significant curbs on the practice was made public. this report is the work of an advisory panel appointed in august to review the n.s.a surveillance program. the panel says surveillance should continue but with significant restrictions. their 46 recommendations include making it harder for the fed to get access to phone records by having phone companies or a private third party store call data. the government would have to get a court order to access the records. the panel is also calling for new criteria for eavesdropping on foreign leaders. all of this came after president obama talked surveillance with tech leaders tuesday, including apple's tim cook, facebook's sheryl sandberg and yahoo!'s melissa meyer. so what could these panel recommendations mean for the relationship between government tech and your security? i spoke with a c.e.o. and former n.s.a. cybercenter empl

. ♪ >> this is just the latest of eight robotics companies that google has acquired, andy rubin, the. you also have amazon looking into the drone. the robot arms race is on? president of the robotics industry association, cory johnson also here with us. think these monster companies are in a race here. anticipating as we move forward in the next year? me of 30 years ago when i get started in robotics. a number of companies were thinking robotics would be the next industrial revolution. ibm, westinghouse were the big names i got involved chasing the big markets. >> but now we are in a new era for all this. robotics didn't really turn out to be all that it seems to be today. technology just wasn't there. >> the technology has improved but many of the challenges remain. they are now jumping in. one of the reasons is a lack of mobility. of the companies that google acquired deal with vision. these problems were there 30 years ago and are still there today. hopefully google is in the position to start this. the nsa -- this is a littleng, and maybe odd. google is bringing in all these extr

the whole robotics effort is being led by andy rubin, the executive that led the development of androidrk as a moon shot. google would not tell cnbc about the price or its purpose. there is speculation that google wants to build a new class of robots that could perhaps do everything from a warehouse work to package delivery. its rivals see the potential benefits of such technology. amazon's rollout of robots from a company it bought last year called kiva systems could save it $9 had been milli00 million . >> our josh lip tton in san jos. this move snapping up the creator of the fastest-running robots. is larry page the new jack welch. jack steinberg joins us today. good to have you back. >> the ge of the internet world. >> just listening to josh's segments. giant robots and youtube views as a way to thread the line between the two efforts. i think it is very hard. maybe google is a conglomerate that's held together by a general interest in internet and teg technology. they have youtube, g mail and self-driving cars and robots. maybe it is the next conglomerate. >> there have been vanity

he in his uniform and me with my pen, and bob rubin walked by andy said, force and diplomacy. and charlie said, and which is which? but we were very good partners in this, and as saint he said, force and diplomacy really do go together and i think those are the lessons with the addition you cannot do without the intelligence. and i think that the task force has been an amazing model, and i feel really as somebody that was able to use it in a way that maybe others couldn't in pictures, that really proves the point and i think made the difference. >> i just have one of my favorite moments in the situation room with madeline and general powell. when he was making -- we have to have a half million troops to go into bosnia. and madeline said, pollen, what do we have this glorious army for if we can't use it? in his book he said i almost had an embolism. [laughter] >> patiently. [laughter] >> let me open it up. we've got a couple of minutes for discussion and then we will save a few minutes at the end for questions. let me just invite -- >> just to say how dynamic of his relationshi