he talked about how he finds inspiration by cold calling people like arianna huffington and even oprah, and president obama hits the west coast for some major fundraisers, including one from silicon valley. we have more from hillary clinton and rand paul, paying attention to the community. in microsoft and apple have their orderly report cards. sales were strong, but it certainly hit the bottom line. we will talk more about that in a moment, and let look at apple and their fiscal third order results. a 12% rise in net income, sales up six percent, more than $37 billion. ipad sales falling for the second straight quarter, subquestion is, are these good enough for now? and we have a guest in the newsroom as well as in minneapolis. both of these guys have been covering apple for sometimes. what was the big thing that jumped out at you, if anything? >> two things. the gross margin was much better than expected, and that was a huge concern months ago, so that is better. and then they have a new product line, new categories, products and nurses in the backend of 2014, so they started this al

johnny ives, dan wieden, oprah winfrey, recently arianna huffington, and the list goes on and on andn. hilary swank. it just goes on. >> take johnny ive. you guys had a conversation? >> he is obviously unique in what he does. why? how? how does he view product? how does he review the process f designing the product. how is he seeing the world evenly than anyone else who is manufacturing hardware? because there is something going on for him the moment that he sees something to when it goes into his brain that is a different process. i am curious to know what that is. >> and you went to apple to spend some time there? >> yeah. i went to apple. i spent the day there talking with johnny and kind of picking his brain about product and things like that. what makes them who they are and why. i am very, very curious about that. and, i think, once you have that, other entities or works of rt, you can draw things from that to help you be better at what you're doing, by looking for those common denominators. i don't even know, how do i prepare? how do i prepare? how do i build my game? and my r

. >>> "huffington post" founder arianna huffington will take part in a q&a blogger conference in san jose. the conference brings together 4,000 bloggers from around the u.s. it was created by and for women who are leaders across blogs and social media. and it's a place to network and exchange ideas. huffington's q&a gets under way at 9:00 at the san jose convention center. >>> two of the best soccer teams in the world are preparing for their match this afternoon at memorial stadium in berkeley. sky 7 hd shows us some of the logos that were paintsed on the real grass that's been installed over the artificial turf at the stadium. real madrid from spain and inter-milan from italy will play at 3:00. it's not likely superstar cristiano rinaldo will suit up. he and other players are resting after the world cup. >>> meanwhile the challenger arrived in the bay area last night for the san jose earthquake's international soccer showdown. spanish soccer league champions atletico madrid will play the earthquakes. it will be the final sporting event at the stick. paul mccartney closes down the st

going on in southern sudan, and, you know, i talked to him several years ago, he was mad at arianna huffingtonr the huffington post without, he says, without his permission. and he got really mad and called me up and said, look, i write all my own stuff, i use my media exposure for my ends and i don't let anybody misrepresent me. so he's very careful about that. >> he just did it with steve wynn, not too long ago. had his bout with steve wynn, he said steve wynn said something negative about the president and george and him -- >> we're talking about not just a man with a lot of star power, we're talking about the daily mail, still blows my mind, 180 million monthly web viewers. with that comes a lot of power. this is a landmark victory. the world's most unapologetic rag apologized to the actor on friday. but of course makes you wonder is this a sea change, a new chapter that we're going to see or unusual because it is george clooney. >> is this a sea charnge? in a word, no. the daily mail, this is the cost of doing business for them. angelina jolie, george clooney, good friend, considering sui