it's also steve balmer sitting on the board.er powerful people overlooking your shoulder -- looking over your shoulder and that makes it more difficult to make the bigger changes. >> all right, gentlemen, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> today's yahoo! finance question of the day, what's your take on microsoft as they named their new ceo. 30% say i like the company and the stock. 19% say i like the company but not its stock. 8% say i don't like the company but i like its stock. 44% say i'm not a fan of the company or its stock. wow. we covered all the bases. >> i like it on tuesdays but not on thursdays when it's raining in seattle. okay. >>> facebook hitting a milestone today, ten years it has been around. here's how wall street feels about the stock. 37 buys, four holds and zero sells. we'll tell you how it's holding up, next. >>> it is "shark tank" tuesday on cnbc. you must and i repeat, must tune in tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the sharks will be feeding. syst. let's say you pay your guy around 2 percent

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as for steve balmer, he remains on the board, at least for now.ella, will he have room to operate as the ceo or will gates and ballmer try and dominate the board room? can nadella help transition to a company focused on technology? we'll soon find out whether he has the ability to take on the many challenges facing microsoft. josh lipton, cnbc, silicone valley. >>> joining us now, danny, good to see you. it's an interesting one that with gates and ballmer still on the board whether, in fact, nadella does get the free reign that new ceos need. i'm just thinking of manchester united. alex ferguson stepped down, but he's still there looming over the manager who is not having an easy time of it. >> yeah. it feels like he has a short leash, to some extent. this is all part of the startgy with picking a core insider. the company looked for six months around the world and ended up pacificing some down the hall from steve ballmer's office. i think this is one that's going to be a slow step into the strategy, but with gates as the mentor, that's sort of th

he replaced steve balmer, who is stepping down, he had been in charge of the newest and most profitableesses. >>> wall street bounced back today, regaining some of the losses. nasdaq added 34. >>> a top executive at target, says that it's taking action of the security breach that happened in the holidays. >> we closed the point of entry, and narrow it had scope of who has access to our system. >> the company is working with federal investigators to find the cyber criminals. they call for better protection, and in november, the hackers obtained the credit card information. >>> president barack obama says the nation's biggest tech company, say they'll dont money to equip classrooms with more high-tech equipment. portfolio president's -- part of president's initiative to bring this to the students in five years. >>> they're working to identify specification security concerns in sochi. russia has deployed a massive security force, and soldiers on hand for the games. today, a top counter terrorism official say the u.s. is working with russia. >>> the at&t pebble beach pro am kick in tomorrow

he will replace steve balmer, and notably, bill gates is stepping away from his official post as chairman, though he remains on the board and he'll advise the company. the new boss, nadella is a 22-year veteran of the company. >>> their commercial was on a lot of top ten lists for best commercial at the super bowl. radioshack made fun of itself in the latest ad for being locked in the '80s. even though radio is in its title, they're promising a new look at their stores. but not all of radioshacks roughly 4,500 stores may stick around to see how the turnaround turns out. "wall street journal" is reporting they're getting ready to shut down about 500 of them. radioshack itself declined comment. >>> it's the latest in a string of notable vladimir putin photo ops, many of them shirtless. in this one the russian president is fully clothed at a rehabilitation facility for endangered persian leopards in the sochi area. two things here. the animals are not native to sochi. and only the most domesticated and pacified leopards allow humans to pet them like house cats. >>> when we come back here ton

he takes over for steve balmer. at the same time founder bill gates is stepping down as chairman for the new role of technology adviser. >>> and checking in with lawrence karnow again on the weather. spring maybe right? >> i'm getting excited about this yeah. finally getting to break out the doppler radar, even today a few clouds out there right now. let's get out there and enjoy. yeah we just haven't seen a whole lot of clouds the season. they'll be on and off throughout the day and no rainfall expected today and yeah, bring an extra jacket. a little cool out there. 51 degrees in concord. 52 in san francisco. and 53 right now in san jose. throughout the afternoon, we'll see those clouds on and off. a mix of sunshine too. and then tonight partly cloudy and chilly. not as cold as it was this morning. we have some overnight lows dimming down into the 20s. and then cloudy skies for tomorrow. then a chance of showers by the afternoon. high pressure yeah, sitting along the coastline but not a strong ridge. not that big b

the 46-year-old is taking over for steve balmer who announced his plan to leave last year. new ceo has been with the company 22 years most recently in charge of its throw cloud computer division. >>> sugar can double the risk of dieing cardiovascular d. researchers found if at the quarter of your calories come from processed foods and soda, your risk of dying from heart disease triple. to put that in perspective, even twos can of soda a day can significantly boost your risk of dying from heart disease. >>> san francisco supervisors targeting sugary sodas. the board takes up a measure tonight today a tax of two cents per ounce on drinks sold in the city. it would raise $31 million to fund fitness programs. the beverage industry is fighting the plan. >>> good news for california formers suffering through this draught. the feds announcedded to $20 million in aid is headed their way. the money is earmarked for improvements in irrigation and assistance with water facilities among other things. but farmers aren't the only ones feeling the heat. as don ford reports, wild animals a

total compensation for the first year that is quite a bit of a boost when you compare it to steve balmer. here is what we know about mr. gates. he is going to be coming back to be -- founder and technology advisor here at he will be spending a third of his time on campus. before, they said he spent about 1/5 of his time at microsoft. what ishis role of microsoft's future? what is the news coming forward? adella has hinted he will focus. that could mean cloud computing and may be their search division, being. a lot of challenges there. he will have oversight. he will have some of that knows his way around the tech story with bill gates on campus. you isher tech focus for that numbers that are due out from twitter. many people are comparing them with facebook and try to do some analysis. i wonder how long it will take to release these earnings over twitter in a limited number of characters? you need revenue and a percent of the mobile ad. you could probably do it in two tweets. you are clever. you're good at abbreviating. you could probably do it in one. forth.re models going we do not hav

guard at microsoft the man on the left here is a 22-year microsoft veteran maimed to replace steve balmeres will step down as chairman and become a consultant. >> ten years ago today history was made when mark zuckerberg launched social network now known as facebook. the facebook.com, what he called it looked like a frat house. and a smaller focus. >> i think facebook is an online directory for colleges i just want to see everyone focus on college and create a cool college directory product that is very relevant for students >> facebook has one and a quarter billion users around the world worth $157 billion. >> all from that dorm room. >> still to come tonight curious timing of america's ambassador to russia quitting his post. >> tonight growing pains in silicon valley. >> a report says obamacare will reduce the u.s. work force. >> and a little history on california water dilemma. ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] only yoplait light

to be a tiny difficult -- >> trying to save the world. >> but why keep balmer on the board?> i don't know. it makes no sense to me. i think is when ballmer should go do big things. a big thing do-er in the "wizard of oz" a good deed do-er. >> yes, e pluribus unum. apparently gates is saying there's no better person in his words to lead microsoft than satya nadella and they are crowing about the number of board numbers who will be independent, seven of the ten on the board will be independent. >> that's good, you know, especially if they're smart. right? >> we will see. >> if they're independent and actually good. i like both combo. i mean, we have a lot of board members who are independent. and -- but they're not tough. i mean, that's what you really want. jim stewart had this really great piece this weekend about jamie dimon and who was tough on the pay package, a lot of people didn't like the pay package because it didn't justify his salary but independent board members you have to admit were heavyweight in that thing. >> yeah. lee random. >> he's not owned by anybody. >>

guard at microsoft the man on the left here is a 22-year microsoft veteran maimed to replace steve balmercome a consultant. >> ten years ago today history was made when mark zuckerberg launched social network now known as facebook. the facebook.com, what he called it looked like a frat house. and a smaller focus. >> i think facebook is an online directory for colleges i just want to see everyone focus on college and create a cool college directory product that is very relevant for students >> facebook has one and a quarter billion users around the world worth $157 billion. >> all from that dorm room. >> still to come tonight curious timing of america's ambassador to russia quitting his post. >> tonight growing pains in silicon valley. >> a report says obamacare will reduce the u.s. work force. >> and a little history on california water dilemma. covered california is howt californians can take advantage. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-787-9159 or go to coveredca.com. you can also use our website to find local, in-person help. one of the bigges

balmer has been there too long. 14 years has been too much. the company has missed opportunity after opportunity in the i.t. space. it has relied very heavily on office and windows. in many ways, it is a classic innovator's dilemma. they are latched into the old world that is going away. they have not moved progressively to mobile. yes, facebook missed it, but they came back a year later very strong. it is going to take a major makeover -- five years, maybe 10. it is going to be a major change. the key is, does nadella have the support to make these major changes? to make the painful changes that will have to be done? maybe the investors won't like him. maybe they will have to take a short-term hit on the stock price. he is going to find himself one day with the space going away, starting to erode like ibm did. >> how far away are we from that day? >> that is hard to predict. you can see it in the numbers. you can see pc is declining. you can see the rapid rise of the ipad, which they missed out on. the tablets, as well as the cell phone. it s

the big news of the day, microsoft officially naming its new ceo, satya nadella, to replace steve balmerke a listen to what john thompson, the new chairman, had to say. after reviewing all the candidates, sought to was our first and unanimous choice -- satya nadella was our first and unanimous choice. he has the attributes we are looking for. steve ballmer also had something to say. take a listen. >> i am so excited today to be part of announcing satya nadella as our new ceo. he is a microsoft veteran 422 years. in erie and 22 years we have had a chance to work together. at future is going to be bright with innovation, with growth -- , with impact on the market and on the world. company.is >> we will miss his enthusiasm. we are here with special guests, paul kedrosky from san diego, microsoft's for office division president. and jon and cory johnson are here as well. there is no indication steve ballmer is stepping off the board. he is still a director. gates is taking a greater role in product and product development. how's this going to affect satya nadella's ability to do with he need

he takes over from steve balmer commanding $1.35 million a year. >> the notion of being able to build the devices encaps umating the experience that users expect and the unique contributions that microsoft makes is core capability. i loved the super bowl add, the tag line about a software being the thing that empowers everyone, is the core of what we will do with the experiences on our devices. >> more ahead on the program. we are in geneva to hear the findings of the report. >> plus, david beckham plans to unveil a team in florida. the last team that tried failed. what will be different this time. >> hello, again. you're watching al jazeera. a team of international lawyers says it found new evidence of war crimes committed by sri lankan government. the army destroyed mass graves of civilians. >> chinese scientists warn a new strain of bird flu virus should not be underestimated. h10n8 killed an elderly woman. the virus can spread quickly among humans. >> unicef is warning of a human cas as trough ni in the central african republic if people don't get basic supplies in a week. it come

he replaces steve balmer, who is retiring. founder bill gates is leaving his chairman role serving as a technology advisor. >> president obama visited a maryland middle school today the president said he had $750 million in commitments from u.s. companies to start wiring up classrooms including a $100 million pledge from apple to provide ipads and other tools the president tried to make his point by borrowing an ipad. he did not press record. >> oh. >> i haven't been recording this whole thing? i thought you had it on record, kevin. >> the president connected initiative is to get high speed internet to 99% of students within five years >> check out this video today that shows children birthday parties and celebration of facebook's 10th anniversary. hard to believe >> a time line to ill trait, he launched february 4, 2004, from his harvard dorm room this, is what it looked like back then this, is what he looked like. in the beginning it was called the facebook. >> you had to have a.edue mail. but by 2006 registration expanded t

the 46-year-old is making over for steve balmer who announced his plan to leave last year.has been with the company were 22 years. most recently in charge of its cloud computing division. >>> coming up, why millions of californians could get pay raises on top of the state's up coming minimum wage hickeys how the shooting of an innocent woman during a massive manhunt is being blamed on police officers breaking the rules. >> there's a lot of people who you care about who you do want to see what's going on in their lives. >>> facebook turns 10 years olds. the two lessons we have all learned from the social network site. [ male announcer ] progresso's so passionate about its tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ timer dings ] at first, it wasn't the perfect amount of tomatoes. not ready. [ male announcer ] later it wouldn't be the perfect amount of spinach. not ready. [ male announcer ] then, the sausage and pasta. ♪ not ready. [ male announcer ] but finally, it happened. perfection. yes! [ female announcer ] this week at safeway, buy one progres

dell currently the chief of the company's cloud division will be taking over for the retiring steve balmer is not a surprise because she has been considered a top candidate in particular after the ford ceo pulled out of the running a little whiling. -- little while ago. also home prices continue to weaken a little bit. core logic reporting that in december prices across the u.s. down .1%. prices still up year over year and overall in 2013 home places up 13% over 2012. >>> let's see ow the market is doing in the early going. hoping for that bounceback today after the heavy selling yesterday. in and the dow turned negative after a positive open and now lower by 7 points. s&p is gaining 3 and microsoft shares up on the ceo news. back to you. >> all right jason brooks from kcbs news. thank you. >>> a little traffic with liz. >> suddenly the commute is really heating up. we have a couple of different problem spots including the new one on highway 17 heading into los gatos. first this issue a four car fender-bender northbound highway 17 approaching bear creek road. right now one lane is blocked.

they are likely to replace steve balmer who replaced steve gates in 2000. the change comes as microsoft tries to move and focus on tablets, phones, cloud and other services. a reduction in food stamp benefits and competition from dollar store franchises made a dent in wal-mart's profit. >> a president and ceo of taking the rains. doug mcmillan rose through the ranks. starting in a distribution center in 1984. coming up, a teenager inspiring a community, taking to the basketball court on two prosthetics legs. >> an ice fisherman will have to pack their botches with beer after a drone has to stop. >> and to pennsylvania, where everyone is waiting to see if the silver ground hog will show his shadow today. >> good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. ahead - ice fishermen in minnesota will have to carry their beer with them. first a look at the forecast today with the meteorologist. mark morgan, it's going to be a bit cooler for some locations. it's mile. let's take you to the country, hoping to see if we'll see the shadow. if we do, it's six

. >> and balmer when he leaves goes out on a high. much more like johnny carson and jay leno.es out with revenues tri e tripled, his profits tripled. he's given back more cash to people than exxon mobile. he has a proud trajectory. and this is the growth -- >> i wouldn't say jay leno, he's going out on top, too. >> hold on. miles, where are you -- >> that's the nbc family. >> he's a client. we know it well. there is no way they were going to go outside the organization without exploring all internal candidates. cultural consistency and he's a real microsoft dna kind of guy. i think brian is right, his leadership in the areas he was involved with he did terrifically, and there was no way they were going outside. >> he did more than windows now. >> if you look at who really produced a big turn-around, in american history you have allen malali, they worked with internal teams. look at dell, starbucks and u.p.s., the major transformations, overwhelmingly they came from inside -- >> hewlett-packard was one of the worst disasters in bringing outside people in. >> yeah, hewlett-packa