and ashton has talked before about -- >> it's not clear uber got ashton to tweet this. he just rolled out of bed and before really thinking about it added fuel to this fire. he seems to have backed away from it. but how much of this do we know is a culture and business issue. because i believe that the jason -- has said he's an angel investor in the company. and tweeting back and forth with you. he doesn't think there is a deeper cultural issue but there are problems that needs to be addressed. >> so interesting. the public and press and uber's investors have been divided on clear lines. i don't see any journalist saying this is okay. and the press generally thinks there's been an escalation of disturbing behavior. everyone else sees a pattern of horrific behavior except people profiting off of one what's one of if not the most private companies in the silicon valley. it is going to be up to the public and journalists at this point. and that is scary because uber has proven it will do anything to intimidate journalists. >> you talk about the heft of the company. $20 bil

ashton: what's a healthy pudding that we can make at home? evette: that's a great question, ashton.ikki: well, my favorite pudding is chia seed pudding. this is a really great little seed full of antioxidants, full of good nutrition. to the chia seeds i'm going to add a little bit of unsweetened almond milk, a little bit of honey, and a touch of vanilla, and basically you just want to cover this, and you leave it in the fridge overnight. and the great thing about chia seeds, they expand, and they absorb all of the liquid, and it becomes pudding-like. evette: okay. vikki: and what you get is your chia seed pudding. evette: no way. vikki: and it's such a great dessert. it's really good for you. i add a few raspberries and blueberries, dark chocolate for antioxidants. evette: good, good, good. vikki: pinch of coconut, very simple, very nutritious, lower in sugar than any store-bought pudding, and because you have the control in making it, you can add any of your favorite flavors. evette: this is my favorite part, ashton. that's delicious. are you ready for the next question? vikki: bri

to tame the pentagon which is part of the of what the defense sect you need to know the building, ashtonarter may know it better. >> definitely knows it better. >> another important thing is this person has to gets confirmed ashton carter when he left the pentagon, john mccain incoming chairman of the armed services said glowing things that is helpful for administration try to get somebody through. >> o'donnell: let's turn to some of the challenges that president obama is facing with the final two years in office. first of course ferguson, john, you were down there. should the president go to ferguson, do you think he'll go there? >> yes, i think he should go. i don't know if he will go i'm surprised he hasn't gone already. one of the cases where the president has -- felt imposed tight rope on matter of race. pretty much through the entire six years. he's no longer facing re-election she be freed from r where he can go -- i think what the president has been has been in the relatively right place. but the power involved in going there addressing what are really complex and volatile set of

a great example, ashton kutcher came on it posted a photo of his baby. it was awesome.is tiny moment. he did not want load up. it was a tiny think he could share to people that he cares about. >> that is truly awesome. how does it compare to snapchat, tiny or lessng edited moments. then it disappears. >> it's not about the privacy. we do have a following model where you can come in and follow creative people. people are doing all kinds of skits or getting creative with it. there are different moments they are sharing. they do every thing dog tricks to you name it. you see all of these animate looping over and over for you to consume. tore are things you want post and take the time to apply a filter or take the time to give at the right description and put it on facebook. we are not trying to compete with that. for us, it's about little things it you do throughout the day. or are having a good time having a beer, whatever it may be. it just gets pushed out to everyone. >> you also launched watch phil. ville. this is a narrow focus. why would this be a big deal? >> there

to ashton kutcher's comment, ashton kutcher was saying on twitter this morning and saying why shouldn'tournalists be held to the same standard. it's not about that. we should be held to a standard -- >> what is the same standard? >> they should not go through his trash either. michaels said, give me a taste of my own medicine. i'd never gone through these people's trash or follow their kids. i have never hired a team of opposition researchers to go at their family and destroy them. >> it is not clear that they actually hired -- >> the plan was to give me a taste of my medicine, along those lines. hashe uber spokesperson said, we do not investigate journalists. >> then why haven't they fired him? does not represent his views, whose views do they represent? they came out of his mouth. he's not denying that. why haven't they fired him? >> this is one person that said this, right? do you know if this goes beyond that? >> i definitely know secondhand accounts. i have not had anyone say it to me. >> do you think travis was at this dinner -- >> travis was at this dinner. my question is what wa

jack reid, a democrat from rhode island and a former officer with the army's 82nd air bonn and also ashton carter who is a former deputy secretary of defense. so we don't expect to get the announcement today on who from that short list will be chosen but we do expect to hear the official resignation. texas senator ted cruz has suggest there had would be fights when it comes to nominations. he said the new republican led senate should block any nominations of officials that the administration puts forward in response to the president's move on executive action on immigration just last week. so a lot of fighting that we could see coming. carol? >> athena jones reporting live from white house, stay right there. i also have lieutenant colonel rick francona. is he on the phone? he's live, okay, hi colonel, francona, thanks for joining me. apparently there's a discord between the pentagon and the joint chiefs and the white house. chuck hagel is out, what does that tell you? >> you know, secretary hagel has never really fit in at the pentagon. he's had a lot of resistance from his top leadership

envoy katherine ashton. jonah hull is in vienna, joining us. sergey lavrov is heading there, john kerry extending his stay, is there momentum building for an 11th-hour deal? >> it would tend to suggest if mr sergey lavrov is on his way to vienna, and we will not know that until there's wheels up in moscow, that there is something to talk about, and something towards - despite suggestions in the iranian state media, quoting a source in the iranian delegation, that a deal is impossible. we hear that the french foreign minister is here. suggesting that the british counterpart is not far behind. and as they speak they are talking at the highest levels. zarif, his counterpart and katherine ashton sitting in a fifth trilateral meeting. they are talking about an extension, an option if no deal is reached on sunday. that may be the case. i will say this - remember, a year ago in geneva, when talks were at the same stage, there were similar jurisdictions for failure, a deal was produced at the last minute. it may well be what we have here. enormous stak

would ashton kutcher be fine with that as well? >> digging up dirt on political candidates, this is a known tactic in political campaigns. emil michael has spent time in washington. david plouffe has a long history in washington. what should someone like david plouffe be doing to manage this company's reputation and how is it different when it is you and not an aspiring elected official? >> look, i'm not in the political world for a reason. it is incredibly scary. what should he do? it depends on what his goals are. if he wanted uber to be recast as a friendly company, perhaps they should just start changing some of the executives. i don't think you can just put a new ribbon on that. i think it depends on what his goals are. i think, unlike a politician, uber is not running for office. this is a company that we are trusting with our lives. people put their children in ubers to drive them around. women are getting in ubers very late at night, and yes, sometimes they are dressed provocatively, and sometimes they have had something to

they first saw a reckless driver south of ashton. when the driver refused to pull over, a pursuit began. witnesses heard the pursuit and saw the hit-and-run that claimed the young boy's life. >> the young boy crashed in the street, i hear sirens and i believe a high-speed chase and the car came when the boy was in the middle of the street, he got hit, flew into the air and land over there, by where the bus stop sign is at. >> reporter: the chp is investigating the clwhile the sheriff's office is investigating. investigators taking away all evidence from the scene last night but also looking for surveillance footage to help. this victim, a student at san lorenzo high school, this morning there will be grief counselors for anyone who may need them. stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >> really sad. yesterday a driver, who hit and killed an elderly woman yesterday, this person is facing dui charges. the incident happened after 4:00 yesterday on south king road and barbarry lane. that victim, a 74-year-old woman

i like ashton. i was just joking with him. but personal lives is another thing. and. >> and he did back up. >> -- back off. >> he did. >> you're sticking around. we'll have manufacture from you. great to have you onset. >> quite a week. over to courtney for a quick market flash. >> shares of roil bank of scotland moving lower on news it recognized errant calculations to the stress test. leading to the ratios over stated. the stocks making a sharp move down about 1%. >> this start-up has an all-star list of investors, like ashton kutcher. jared leto. and kevin sis trom. what are they doing to bring in all those big names? we'll ask the see. and silicon valley reacts to the president's executive order on immigration. we'll talk to the national venture capital association later on. and this is better than a front row seat since to this virtual reality platform you can literally be right on stage for the latest paul mccartney concert. with us live to explain how it all works in a moment. take a closer look at your fidelity green line and you'll see just how much it h

the party, ashton kutcher walked out of the party and headed to his limousine.o me and i loudly and sincerely shouted like a crazy fan, "love you ashton, you're the best." but you didn't say that. >> what did i say? >> seth: "love you kutch." [ laughter ] >> i did? [ laughter ] that's even better. i said kutch? [ laughter and applause ] oh my god, i love you kutch. >> seth: and i was standing there with mike schur, who created "parks and rec," and you said, "love you kutch," and turned and just -- we were looking at you like -- [ laughter ] and you immediately realized that your reaction had been so wrong. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. i really played that card wrong. >> seth: so enthusiastic. it scared him because he thought it was a teenager and then he turned and it was this woman he'd been working with all week. [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. i lost my cool and i just acted like a fan on the way out. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah, i blew it. if only i had known it was kutch. it's like, you know what, congratulations, you can publish a book of all my mistakes. [ la

some investors, including ashton kutcher supported that view. what is wrong about digging up dirt on a shady journalist? , ending his 14es tweet rant on the subject with the following -- sarah lacy, the focus of a proposed investigation joins us now. obviously, it's been an incredible 48 hours for you. >> more than that. i first heard about this -- the story is really focused to me and travis. said not forget, this is at a table full of journalists. area on huffington, michael wolff. honestly, when he called me, i was on a business trip in london and i stepped out to talk to him because i have enormous respect for him and i could not imagine what was so important that he needed to talk to me immediately. i was terrified. we are talking about a million dollar budget. team following my kids and parking bans outside my house. we are going to go through her family and destroy her through her family and we are going to do it until she backs down and no one will ever know that huber uber did this.t >> thanked god he said into a real journalist. thank

saying that once again, like, it has not happened or, you know, i'm being too paranoid or you had ashtoncelebrity spokesperson calling me a shady journalist, and they did not stick with the policy for 24 hours before they tried to change the nature of what was said, so i don't know how any of us can trust the apology. >> and let me put one of the ashton kutcher comments up on screen, and he e wrote, what is so wrong with digging up dirt on the shady journalists so long as the journalist, and he is using the journalists as a plural for some reason, as long as they are willing to print half truths as facts, yes, we shoulded question the source. it is interesting to bring up steve jobs earlier, because you are saying that this is something that we have seen from others in the tech industry. does it feel different for some specific reason this time? sgle o, yes. it is way different, when you were, go back to again what emil michael said at the conversation, because people like ashton kutcher are very good at trying to rereframe the narrative around this and he talked about the op-o research,

and ashton carter as well. what do you think?rst and foremost they will have some way for the same score scoresheet as a president. steve is right in his analysis in the sense if you're not on the same messaging page of the senior white house staff, you're not the same page as the president. i look to somebody like michelle mentioned very prominently the first time around. i would not rule out jack reed getting his experience in the military. melissa: what does it say to our enemies about our strategy? >> it doesn't tell them we have a strategy. the president doesn't need a reason to ask the secretary and cap next resign but needs a reason why somebody else is uniquely qualified for this time. michelle is talked about a lot. she would be the least qualified person to be secretary of defense in the history of the department going from undersecretary to two steps up to secretary. harry reid is a friend of the president, traveling with the president when chuck hagel did in the 2008 election cycle would be a more natural move by it l

i want the whole world to have peace but it will never have been. >> giving ashton pause as he also considers his country on the front lines one day. >> a lot of men and women have sacrificed for people who don't fight their freedom. and it's just real important, because i have a family, and -- >> because you will soon have a family of your own, and you want peace for them. >> the boy scout troop is planning a special veteran's day retirement ceremony for all the flags brought there to the v.f.w. >>> the time is six minutes until the top of the hour. coming up, the tables are turned when a hero teen saves a cop from a burning car. we're hearing from them for the first time since that daring rescue. >> it cost him two years of his salaries and took 99 iphones to pull off this epic proposal, but the ending not what he expected. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. it's two minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house here's what's happening. the nation's heroes being honored at the national veteran's day observes ceremony at arlington national ceremony. tonight a concert hall called the concer

you have ashton carter, senator jack red, ashton carter and then michele flournoy and all three of them would be outstanding choices. look, the troops are going to fall in behind whoever is nominated to be secretary of defense and they will continue with their mission. >> colonel, thanks to you. thanks to jim sciutto as well. i'm joined in los angeles by the republican chair of the house armed services committee, congress mack buck mckeon. are you surprised by the news today being in the position that you are in? >> i was very surprised. being in the cabinet is a really tough job. this is a man who has been a strong patriot, a successful businessman, a senator, secretary, been a leader wherever he's been. but when you're in the cabinet, you have to salute the commander in chief and he has never said one negative thing to me. we've had a lot of conversations. he's a great man. i think the troops will miss him. but i think he's -- it's a little hard asking somebody to carry out things that i think are not in our best interests and i wish him all the best and we will miss him. >> let me as

he willchuck hagel said stay on until a new secretary is ashton carter, the former deputy defense secretary and another caps off into areother namesher surfacing. 78-year-old died yesterday morning hours after being released from the house. us from thens wilson building a request colleagues are remembering very very. >> 16 years as an 16 as ever. here are people preparing to honor him. the doorway to his wilson building office is draped in black. council staffers were busy preparing a place for his body to eventually lay in state and for visitors to sign the condolences book. jack evans pointed to photos he tussaud's.t madame he said he went there to visit nelson mandela and saw something familiar. >> a ceremony resolution issued by marion barry. busy ward eight they were where ahead of a traditional turkey giveaway, grains of all kinds donated by whole foods. back up by young people from the job corps. there.istributed we met his godson who volunteered at that office collecting his things. >> and so here at the wilson building still no word on when the funeral is going to be and when the b

other top candidates include former deputy secretary ashton carter, along with rhode island senator jack reid. whoever gets nominated will likely face tough scrutiny in senate confirmation hearings. >> still ahead, pablo sandoval's farewell message to his loyal bay area fans. >> who feel betrayed. >>> pablo sandoval has agreed to a five-year deal with the red sox. nice to remember some of the good memories, though. the giants fan favorite made his debut in 2008. since then he's helped lead the team to three world series championships. last night he posted a message to his fans on instagram. "leaving the san francisco giants and this city i love is the most hardest decision i've had to make. >> what about all the panda hats we're used to seeing? i heard the company that manufactures them already has a contract in boston. >> can you do that, transplant a nickname? >> my son has an orange and black panda hat. maybe we'll sneak some of those in the red sox. >> $5 million was the difference. >> over the golden gate bridge, not that expense of to cross. a smooth drive across. let's look. that'

secretary of state yon kerry met iran's foreign minister and eu envoy catherine ashton. western powers wants to limit tehran's nuclear capabilities in return for lifting sanctions. they have two days to reach a final agreement but talks on a possible extension could begin on sunday. >> we are working hard. we are making careful probation but we have big gaps. we have some serious gaps which we are working to close appear agreement over iran's nuclear well has eluded neg other than ate orders. it turned in june of last year with the election of a political moderate. he showed a new willingness to resolve the stand-off. negotiations between iran and the p5 plus 1, the 5 permit members in germany began in january eva shortly after that. in november, a historic interim deal was struck. iran had to reduce its uranium enrichment in a partial easing. but in july, key hurdles remained more time was needed. the deadline was extended to november 24th to finalize a deal. jonah hull is following those talks in vienna for us. >> the negotiators have spent the day hunkered down in clo

this is wrong. >> quite usual because ashton kutcher was quite the outlier. when we tell people whether silicon valley is a good place for women, ang attractive place for women they talk about sarah miller, and meg whitman and they talk about carly fiorina at hp. but we can't name ten well-known executives in silicon valley. i'm sure there are hundreds but we don't know of them. >> because they don't get depressed, another problem here that the media covers the boy's club. because these powerful investors are also investors in some of the tech blogs and their companies tentd to ge tends to l the attention. it distorts the image of who's important and what's right here. the wrong people get the attention, the wrong people get the funding and it really screws up the system. the venture capital system is on the decline. they invest the me too companies and throw the money in the wrong places. we need to hold the boards responsible and rein in the boys club and this will be a nicer place to be. us. >> thank you. >>> how disrupting the taxi industry has made uber

michelle flornoy and ashton carter. the president needs a nonpolitical choice after uh ousting one of the republican advisers. the buzz for flournoy goes back to the confirmation. listing the reasons the president should ditch chuck for michelle. he was under secretary of defense for policy and founded the office for rule of law and international humanitarian policy and joins me now. thank you so much, rosa. >> good to be here. >> you called her a skilled translator, saying she understands the military and the culture, but understands the different assumptions and pressures that motivate white house officials. the civilian military gap is often at the widest in washington and flour noy has the ability to bridge it. >> it depends what they were looking for. they were looking for someone who would be a policy nonentity who is easy for them to control. they got what they wanted. but then they decided that didn't fit the bill in the middle of a war. >> rosa, you have this bureaucracy. you know this setting firsthand. how wa

. >> catherine ashton is among the negotiators for the permanent security council members and germanythe west wants a comprehensive settlement that would curb the nuclear activities in return for phasing out sanctions. iran insists the program is only for peaceful purposes. authorities in hong kong have started to dismantle a pro-democracy campaign your government headquarters. >> forces have cleared barricades and tents from the albertine -- admiralty district. the students are violent clashes. >> japan has slashed its w hale catch target. >> the program would catch 333 whales per year. that is down from 1000. japan will publish fighting -- will publish its findings in scientific journals. japan's prime minister has called early elections and announced he would delay an unpopular sales tax increase. >> it was revealed japan has slipped into recession. >> he was elected two years ago on a promise to revive japan's economy. he is seeking a new mandate to continue. >> japan's prime minister is known as abenomics. it has three essential opponents. it does not seem to be working. the firs

starring ashton kutcher. why do you think there is more of a story to tell?i think you could do 10 more movies about steve jobs and you could line up writers and get 10 different movies. all of them worth going to see. >> did you meet steve jobs? >> i spoke to him on the phone three times. the first time he called me is because i gave an interview. i said everything i have ever written i have written on a mac. he called me to thank me for saying that and asked me if he could send me -- they were coming out with a new laptop. he said, let me send you this thing and just play around with it. see what you think. the second time he called me, it was to invite me up to the bay area. it was to tour pixar. he wanted to know if i would be interested in writing a pixar movie. and the third time he called me was to ask for help with his commencement address at stanford. >> you helped him write that? >> honestly, i fixed a couple of typos. >> i was there that day. >> are you kidding? >> yes, my sister was graduating that day. >> oh, wow, that's amazing. >> it was beauti

jeff ashton was on the prosecution team in charge of the forensic evidence. >> so what we have here... >> bergman: twenty years ago, ashton was the first prosecutor in the united states to get a conviction based on dna. now he wanted to use a new forensic method to convince the jury that the smell in the trunk of that car was the "smell of death." >> you can actually kind of detect it a little bit still, to this day. >> explain to us the introduction of the smell of death. >> the odor analysis. >> right. >> we had the trunk of a car, which was described by a number of lay witnesses as having an odor that was distinctly identifiable as human decomposition. i smelled it myself. and i can tell you, having smelled it over my career many, many times, it's very recognizable. i noticed it. this sort of sat in the middle of the trunk... there was a stained area on the carpet that appeared to be the source of the odor, and that piece of carpet was sent in a sealed condition to dr. vass. >> bergman: dr. arpad vass is a forensic anthropologist at oak ridge national laboratory. he has been studyi

jen ashton is here to break it down. >> this is what these pods look like. they're colorful, they smell amazing. they can easily be interpreted as candy. one call per hour to poison control centers. this is despite the fact that the industry has made significant changes in warning labels, awareness and packaging. they continue the be a problem. >> what can parents do about it? >> first of all, with anything potentially toxic, put it on a high shelf, if necessary, under lock and key. away from small children. if you think your child has opened one and consumed, emergency room or call a poison control center. this is an option. you can consider another product. >> thank you, jen ashton. >> you bet. >>> an investigation into sexual assault at brown university. brown warning everyone on campus there after two students were drugged at a fraternity party. mara schiavocampo is here with the details. >> reporter: it started when those two women reported memory loss after a frat party. campus officials believe it's because they were slipped a date rape drug. this as

envoy katherine ashton. they have two days to reach an agreement or talks on on extension could begin on sunday. >> we are working hard. we hope we are making careful progress. we have big gaps, serious gaps which we are working to close. >> u.s. troops in afghanistan will be allowed target taliban fighters under new guidelines reportedly approved by president obama. the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan ends next month. around 10,000 american troops will stay in the country. the role has been previously limited to tackling al-qaeda fighters and training troops. >> reporter: in may of this year president obama gave a speech in the white house rose garden ensuring his nation and the world that the combat mission in afghanistan may be over. it may be ending, but combat operations will not. according to the "new york times", u.s. troops will be able to attack any forces deemed to be of interest to the afghan go. . not only that, not just on the ground, but by air. under the president, the u.s. air operations h

envoy katherine ashton. there's two days to reach an agreement. talks on an extension could begin on sunday. >> we are working hard. we hope we are making careful progress, but we have big gaps. we still have some gaps. we are working with those. >> the afghan parliament approved two security deals, governing the role of foreign troop in september. a bilateral agreement with washington, and a separate n.a.t.o. agreement has been passed. u.s. troops will be allowed to target fighters, reportedly approved by president obama. the role had been limited to tackling al qaeda, and training troops. welcome to the programme, the afghan parliament approved the two agreements, that paves the way for the deals, and that has security and financial benefits for afghanistan. >> yes, indeed. it was crucial for the afghan parliament to approve this agreement, the agreement with the united states, and the agreement with n.a.t.o., which will allow not only the military support for afghanistan, but also will provide substantial financial support. as you know, the afg

. >> reporter: as hagel prepares to leave, former pentagon undersecretary michele flournoy, ashton carter, and jack reid are considered the front-runners for his job. >> that was nbc's jim miklaszewski reporting. the head of the troubled va hospital in phoenix, arizona, is out of a job. director sharon helman was placed on administrative leave in may. the news comes after evidence of falsified records and improper practices at the hospital brought attention to other facilities nationwide. >>> and that historic snowstorm moved the bills/jets game to detroit ford field last night and buffalo wasted no time. this touchdown by scott chandler leads to what can only be described as an invisible snow shovel. very clever. after a long week, the bills win it 38-3. >>> just ahead, it is not good news. why millions may be scrambling for a last minute thanksgiving plan. >>> this morning on "today," it's been a long night in ferguson, missouri. there have been gunshots, tear gas, fires and more. nbc's craig melvin will have the latest from ferguson. >>> millions of americans get ready for the thanksgi