nico: if it does, i do not think marc benioff would mine.istinction that i see between those two is that amazon permeates every aspect of american life these days. and when it comes to salesforce, it is a much smaller player and he bought a national newsmagazine, rather than a tech magazine for instance, but this is ultimately a prestige play for him. this is a man who just sponsored a new transit center in san francisco to be named after his business. his company has the naming rights of the largest office tower that is west of the mississippi. so this is a man who really appreciate prestige and has a personal family history of these run out folks -- of these renowned folks in san francisco. emily: do you think we could see a similar pattern in tv? jon: that would be interesting. maybe broadcast tv, which is the area of the business that is struggling the most, or maybe some cable channels. i hear from well-to-do individuals all the time who are interested in a buying the cable-tv network, because that is a tougher business these days. but

salesforce ceo marc benioff and his wife lynn benioff buying "time" magazine for $190 million. what seems to be a trend now among major ceos of technology companies robert >> david, it's the new philanthropy, tech billionaires buying up storied print media names not just for profit but influence and preserving big names in journalism. marc benioff announcing he and his wife are buying "time" magazine for $190 million. they are buying it as individuals not as part of salesforce and they promise not to be involved in editorial decisions, benioff worth around $6 billion, tweeting yesterday, quote, the power of "time" has always been its unique story telling of the people and issues that affect us all we have deep respect for their organization and honored to be stewards of this iconic brand. it was a big price, the seller, that took over "time" last year. it's since put up "time" magazine, "fortune," "money" and supportings i "sports illustrated" up for sale the new breed is less "citizen kane" and more bill gates. patrick soon-shiong bought the "l.a. times" this year, laurene pow

. >> salesforce co-ceo marc benioff is giving a keynote in san francisco.s you just heard, part pep talk with a little humor mixed in. more than 175,000 people are expected for this four-daydream force event. marc benioff kicked things off with a big announcement. >> chris nguyen was there for us. joining us live from the moscone center. chris? >> we're talking about a massive contribution. it will make a huge impact on students in san francisco and oakland. marc benioff making it clear that he doesn't want to see any child left behind in the workforce of the future. you know it as one of the largest tech conferences in the world. dream force by salesforce. all that it entails. >> but for these students from willie brown middle school in san francisco, an opportunity to learn something new. >> the coding that they're doing and the activities they're using in school will one day translate into hpi wecom better community. >> as they coded away, salesforce co-ceo marc benioff kicked off the four-day event by sharing this. >> if you want to participate in all o

that's the 171,000 people -- you heard that, 17 1,000 people celebrated all things tech marc benioffhe co-ceo of salesforce and the host of the whole shindig told us how he's disrupting with those who don't share salesforce's values. it's called ethics he spoke directly about how facebook had lost the values that let businesses keep with people and mark krieger the cofounders of instagram left the company because they had enough. yeah, the word is they were sick of a repay shouse sellout culture, ruled bizarres. excuse me, ceo, mark zuckerberg. it managed to get back the bulk of the losses and that's mostly facebook, part of so many etfs with netflix and amazon and the latter surged today. the stock will go to $3,000 by 2020 because it's disrupting far more than just retail. amazon is disrupting advertising. disrupting entertainment and data storm with the famous division which is always talked about here as being the single gem of tech worldwide. how about sq, that's right, square this uber cramer favorite went up to 6% and we need it as an "f" to f.a.n.g square is disrupting the in

emily: salesforce founder marc benioff. we just heard marc benioff showed his take on instagram founders leaving facebook. we will dig into what really like to their departure and how the street took the surprise announcement. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: instagram's cofounders unfriended facebook tuesday. sources told bloomberg they left over growing tensions with mark zuckerberg. the duo had been at the company since facebook acquired instagram in 2012 and had largely been able to operate independently of facebook and zuckerberg. lately they have become frustrated with an unusual uptick in day-to-day involvement by zuckerberg, who is now more reliant on instagram, now worth $100 billion, for facebook's growth. sarah frier follow the story. sarah: facebook is so much more dependent on instagram now than it ever was. facebook's own growth is going to slow. they are going to have to spend more to grow in new areas. instagram is so crucial to the at picture. it just hit one billion users, but there are many more users they can

. >> benioff has been critical of facebook in particular, so have you.re they starting to change enough for you >> you know, carl, we're an investor, we're not a trader so we're going to be long facebook stock because it's in the index. but just like you mentioned in terms of how the nasdaq has done this year, facebook has gone nowhere for over 12 months i'm not that optimistic about it they regulate our mail, they regulate our phones, they regulate even television they need to regulate social media areas because this company has just been a problem after another. >> yeah, and, chris, certainly we got that news earlier that the co-founders of instagram are leaving as well. the second round of co-founders of an app that's been acquired by facebook. >> obviously i think it was a very good acquisition to buy that company for a billion dollars. i think it's created a lot of value to facebook. but i think it's actually very telling that these important innovators are now leaving the company. i think there's an air of arrogance within facebook, and i don't kno

what's in the deal so the billionaires in question are marc benioff c.e.o. of sales force and his wife lynne benioff and the price they paid was one hundred ninety million dollars which is actually a lot of money for a magazine that reportedly for subscriptions drop by around twenty five percent in the last year and as you said richard this is part of a trend wealthy west coast patrons throwing financial lifelines at big legacy media outlets amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos that the washington post in two thousand and thirteen the atlantic and the n a times of also seen similar kinds of investments let's look at the long term what can these tech investors bring to help news outlets that are struggling to adapt to the digital age the media executives tend to get very excited about these kinds of deals and it's easy to see why they represent a validation of the journalism the print industry in general and more importantly they provide an injection of much needed cash for the by the visibility and influence that comes with owning one of these historic print publication

we heard from benioff, marc benioff, the head of salesforce this morning.hey're already 100% renewable energy. there are so many others that are doing this. google, same way. i will use them as an example in the sustainability revolution. they bought an artificial intelligence company called deep mind years ago. the founders are incredibly smart. they asked deep mind if they could help with the energy used in google's server farms, the biggest in the world. so with no new hardware and an increased output of process information, just with the use of ai, they were able to reduce energy use by 56% in all of these server farms. i mean that's incredible. joel: it was somewhat counterintuitive how they did it. they changed how the whole operation work by actually maxing out certain areas. mr. gore: you obviously know all about this. [laughter] gore: i'm glad. at first, they gave a recommendation to the managers every 30 minutes, and they got a 40% reduction. then they find out that the managers were just automatically accepting all the recommendations. then it's

the benioffs are paying for the magazine in cash. the couple says it is a family investment and the magazine won't be connected to salesforce in any way. "time's" editor-in-chief says the benioffs won't be involved in journalistic decisions and the magazine will continue to be led by the current executive leadership team. in 2013 amazon ceo jeff bezos spent $250 million to buy "the washington post." >>> so who is the mystery moon tourist? in less than 24 hours, we will all know who could be flying around the moon on a spacex rocket. on thursday, spacex announced it signed the world's first private passenger to travel into space. since then, people have been speculating about who the mystery person is. one person asked if it's elon musk himself. he is the founder of spacex, but he showed a japanese flag saying the lucky person might be from japan. no one has been to the moon since the last apollo mission back in 1972. >>> fema's top official is defending president trump's claims about the number of deaths in puerto rico due to hurrica

benioff is apparently buying 'time magazine' personally... keeping the transaction unrelated to salesforce.com... which is a cloud computing company. the sale is expected to close in the next 30 days. j-r, catherine, back to you. (jr stone) a big story we are following tonight... father junipero serra is known to have founded california's missions, which played a role in the founding of california... but his treatment of native americans has been called into question in recent years... and now stanford university is removing his name from campus. kron 4's dan kerman is live at stanford tonight with details. dan... stanford removes serra 0917185 insertthe name serra, for father junipero serra, the founder of california's missions is easy to spot on this stanford dorm, and on this stanford office building, the biking and pedestrian promenade at the front of campus is also named after him. but soon the name will vanish... due to the mission sytems treatment of native americans.sot miriam leshin/standford phd student 21-27a univerisity committee

benioff has shied away from criticizing the president b he supports liberal policies when it comes to gay rights and gender. equali this could make him more of a target for the president. president trump has criticized time for negive coverage but praised the magazine in 2016 when they named him person of the year. for "nightly business report," i'm robert frank. >>> before we go, a quick update on our top story etonight. hite house has released details of the new tariffs on chinese impororth approximately $200 billion. the tariffs willto into eff september 24th. the rate will start at 10% and go up to 25% by the end of the year. about 300 product categories were removed from the original list. the administration says it remains open to negotiations with china. we'll see if they answer these now. >> ongoing story. >>> that does it for "nightly business report." i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. >> i'm bill griffeth. have a, wonderful eveni everybody. we'll see you tomorrow. >> th is "bbc world news america." >> funding of th presentation is made possible by the frman foundation,

. >> sales force ceo mark benioff plans to donate $15.5 million to the san francisco and oakland public schools. benioff said the donation is part of his responsibility as a native san franciscan and local businessman. the city's superintendent of schools said the money will be used to bring computers and technology classes to every student in the district. >>> new at 11:00, santa clara county has voted to tear down the old san jose city hall an accident. the county plans to demolish the empty building on north 1st and west missions streets and use it for parking until the site can be redeveloped. advocates had hoped to convert the building into housing for the homeless. but the county, which owns the building, says it's in such bad shape, it would cost at least million to renovate it. >>> now to concord where a group of tenants went to city hall tonight asking for help. they say the new owner of their apartment complex has told everyone they have to move out so that improvements can be made. ktvu's amber lee is in concord tonight. the residents are worried that if and when they can com

. >>> salesforce ceo mark benioff appears to be buying time magazine. he and his wife said today, they will buy the magazine from $195 million from the meredith corporation. the payment of the company will be reportedly made in cash. benioff says, quote, lynn and i take on no response ability for time, and look only to be the steward of this iconic brand. michelle obama coming to the bay area, she will be at the sap center in san jose december 14, to promote her new memoir, called becoming. the event is described as an intimate confirmation with the former first lady. e ason go on sale fr aney at -- the lions were bar stopped from a late -- late game comeback. some say the niners need more playmakers. >> do the niners have a wide receivers are -- receiver program? >> we can figure that out with joss gordon. he will hit the market tomorrow, we are real about it now, we don't inspect playoffs but we do expect results as niner fans. >>> it was janine ruffalo bubble had day. at one point, jimmy g looked a little human bobble head like after back-to-back sac

i have more details just ahead >>> sales force benioff buying the time media brand it could be a ne

marc benioff tweeted photos from the top floor. no offices, just seating. he said the company will invite public people to come up free of charge. it's a tallest office building west of chicago and i bet from there, we will see some fog to the north? >>> i would go with that thought. we have low clouds and fog on the coast and there is an air quality alert with this weather pattern. the temperature curve probably the two hottest days of the week. 80s and 90s and then a sharp drop by monday. satellite shows low clouds and fog up and down the coast but the midland spots in the clear with temperatures recovering and the overcast is closer to half moon bay and pacifica and toward san francisco. we showed you the fog and then there will be some fog on the coast line. we have livermore at 84 degrees. livermore, 65 degrees and tracking wind with a bit of a breeze but nothing too strong. the wind is 3-8 miles. the wind is six and it might strengthen into the afternoon, 15-25. we are at the salesforce tower and it's what you would see if you were there. some haze to

all proceeds the ucsf benioff survivors of childhood cancer program. for many of the swimmers, that's motivation enough. >> when you hear speakers talk about either their survivors or they're parents of survivors or sometimes parents of kids who haven't survived. and so even though we're all terrified to jump in the e hr t realized that that was nothing compared to what they've gone through. >> some pretty good perspective there. more tnmms participated in today's event. last year the swim raised more than $620,000 for ucsf benioff children's hospital and cancer research. >>> rob mayeda joins us now to talk about warm air. >> absolutely. we're seeing a bit of ocean air-conditioning helping us out in terms of the low clouds spilling across the bay right now. tomorrow likely to be the coolest day of the next seven as high pressure makes a big comeback early next week. and there's a view of the marine air sweeping across the bay. just about 1,000 feet deep. some of the low clouds there as you can see from our sutro tower camera. here's san francisco. a hi

what's in the deal so the billionaires in question are marc benioff c.e.o. of sales force and his wife lynne benioff and the price they paid was one hundred ninety million dollars which is actually a lot of money for a magazine that reportedly for a subscription drop by around twenty five percent in the last year and as you said richard this is part of a trend wealthy west coast patrons throwing financial lifelines at big legacy media outlets amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos that was the washington post in two thousand and thirteen the atlantic and the n a times of also seen similar kinds of investments let's look at the long term what can these tech investors bring to help news outlets that are struggling to adapt to the digital age the media executives tend to get very excited about these kinds of deals and it's easy to see why they represent a validation of that journalism the print industry in general and more importantly they provide an injection of much needed cash for the body is the visibility and influence that comes with owning one of the things start to p

now, the benioffs say that they, quote, will not take on any operational responsibility for "time" andk only to be the stewards of this historic and iconic brand. of course, they join the legions of others, such as jeff bezos, who acquired "washington post" there earlier in the year as well. >> yeah, i wonder if we'll see any changes that will be obvious to us, the readers. joumana, thank you. >>> still ahead, hollywood is gearing up for television's biggest night. we'll go live to los angeles for a preview of the emmys, next. is, protect yourself... and your sister-in-law's... tennis partner's... chatty coworker's... youngest daughter's... entire judo class. one shot can make a world of difference. walgreens has specially trained pharmacists, that know which flu shot is right for you. protecting the world... over 60 million flu shots and counting. starts with protecting yours. walgreens trusted since 1901. my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i? actually, you do. harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify works below the gum line to neutra

what's in the deal so the billionaires in question are marc benioff c.e.o. of sales force and his wife lynn benioff and the price they paid was one hundred ninety million dollars which is actually a lot of money for a magazine that reportedly for subscriptions drop by around twenty five percent in the last year and as you said richard this is part of a trend wealthy west coast patrons throwing financial lifelines at big legacy media outlets amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos that the washington post in two thousand and thirteen the atlantic and the n a times of also seen similar kinds of investments let's look at the long term what can these tech investors bring to help news outlets that are struggling to adapt to the digital age the media executives tend to get very excited about these kinds of deals in an easy to see why they represent a validation of the journalism the print industry in general and more importantly they provide an injection of much needed cash for the by the visibility and influence that comes with owning one of the three story print publications e

mark benioff is the latest tech guru to get into the news business. are buying time magazine for $190 million. they are paying for the magazine in cash. the couple said it's a family investment. the magazine won't be connected to sales force in any way. time's editor in chief reiterated they will not be involved in journalistic decisions and it will be led by the current executive leadership team. >>> amazon ceo jeff bezos spent $250 million to buy the washington post. of course you have a billionaire buying the l.a. tribune. >> interesting times. it is close to 6:00. speaking out, a woman accuses supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of attempted rape. she's talking through her lawyer this morning. >>> and tropical storm florence may be losing her luster but the people of the carolinas aren't in the clear yet. rivers are rising. >>> stoday in the bay continues now. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> marcus washington has the day off. we'll check on your traffic and weather with kari. >> looks good out there. we have temperatures from the upp

benioff oakland children's hospital, a father and mother aren't giving up on their 6- month-old son, kingston homes. >> he is not critically brain- dead. he still has brain function. >> reporter: the boy's mom says doctors bowed to take her son off of life support monday afternoon. the family pleaded for more time and the hospital granted a request so that the family can get a second opinion. >> we are going to work diligently to get him to another facility, so that we can receive the best care for our son. that is just our main goal right now. >> reporter: kingston has been on a ventilator since august 5th after he went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing at the family's home in fairfield. mom says doctors suggested the infant be taken off of life support a month ago but she refused. she and the father see signs of life in the little boy. >> he is wiggling his toes, moving his feet as well as his hands. his breathing has gotten, you know, tremendously better. >> every day i see my son make improvements. my prayers have been answered. just waiting on kingston. >> reporter: a sp

get this, the benioffs are paying for the magazine in cash. the couple says it's a family investment and the magazine won't be connected to salesforce in any way. "time's" editor in chief reiterated that the benioffs won't be involved in journalistic decisions and the magazine will continue to be led by its current executive leadership team. in 2013 amazon ceo jeff bezos spent $250 million to buy the "washington post." pay in cash. >> this seems like as good a time as any to announce that i am buying the "san francisco chronicle." i'm going to buy it today. i'm going to buy it tomorrow as well. maybe a cup of coffee as well. >> exactly. >> you walk on out to the front yard and get it too? >> let's check in with kari. >> it's a good day. as you're getting ready to head out there, checking the weather. and we're looking for a lot of sunshine in inland areas. here's a look at san rafael. we know if you were in that area earlier this morning it was completely fogged in. well, things have since improved. and here's a look at san francisco at the ai

we have heard marc benioff and larry trade barbs many times. is oracle in as dire straits as benioff seems to think it is? keith: we are in a wonderful place. that was a long time ago. i have been with salesforce five years, just celebrated my fifth year anniversary in june, and i could not be more thrilled to be here working with marc, leading the company together with marc. we are excited for the future. emily: who is the competition then? keith: there is competition and every element. in any given time there is a different innovation and enter our space. our category of crm continues to broaden. so, we see competition. but look at our results. we are the category leader in crm, we are growing at twice the rate of the market, taking share, we're operating at scale, growing at scale, executing at scale. and at the end of the day, our job is to focus on our customers. we have over 30,000 employees . they wake up every single day and their focus is on driving customer success. if we take care of that, everything else will take care of itself. em

what's in the deal so the billionaires in question are marc benioff c.e.o. of sales force and his wife lynn benioff and the price they paid was one hundred ninety million dog. which is actually a lot of money for a magazine that reportedly sorts of scription drop by around twenty five percent in the last year and as you said richard this is part of a trend wealthy west coast patrons throwing financial lifelines at big legacy media outlets amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos that was the washington post in two thousand and thirteen the atlantic and the n a times of also seen similar kinds of investments let's look at the long term what can these tech investors bring to help news outlets that are struggling to adapt to the digital age the media executives tend to get very excited about these kinds of deals and it's easy to see why they represent a validation of that journalism the print industry in general and more importantly they provide an injection of much needed cash for the by the visibility and influence that comes with owning one of these historic print publicati

per usual, the company's outspoken founder, marc benioff, had a lot to talk about.t times magazine and bought the salesforce tower. he has taken on a co-ceo. he has been busy. jason: very busy. bloomberg technology's emily chang covered all about with. marc benioff. . they discussed facebook and a new era of corporate responsibility. facebook of course purchased instagram six years ago and we now know the founders are leaving. is that a bad sign for facebook? is it a sign something has gone wrong? sign for them and they need to start paying attention. our industry has changed, you have already seen this. every ceo needs to ask themselves, what is the most important thing to you? what is the most important thing to your company? what is your highest value? our highest value at salesforce's trust. nothing is more important than the trust we have with our partners, our customers, our top executives. when you see top executives walking doubt, customers questioning your privacy practices, how you are using or misusing their data, how you are misusing partnerships, you ne

tell you how bmw says the tariffs are affecting its business plus sales force founder mark beno b benioff about to joim jinl jim cramer introducing the all-new corolla hatchback. toyota. let's go places. (nicki palmer) being a verizon engineer is about doing things right. and there's no shortcut to the right way. so when we roll out the nation's first 5g network, it'll be because we were the first to install millions of miles of fiber optics. and we'll be the first to upgrade the towers and put up the small cells that will power the smart cities of the future. when i started at verizon, i knew i was joining a team that was pushing the industry forward. now, with the launch of the only 5g ultra wideband network, we're doing it again. this time, changing the way we learn, work and live. and i'll always be proud that we're not just building america's first 5g network. we're doing it right. >>> trade wars hurting the bottom line of bmw phil lebeau joining us. >> it has been more than a decade since we have had a profit warning from bmw. you don't see it very often. they have conservative with

coming up, we heard marc benioff on his take of instagram founders leaving facebook. we now dig into what led to this departure and how announcement was taken. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. listen on the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and, in the u.s., sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ omberg. ♪ emily: instagram's cofounders unfriended facebook. they are leaving over growing tensions with mark zuckerberg. been at the company since facebook acquired instagram and they have been able to operate independently of facebook and mark zuckerberg. lately, they have become unusualed with an uptick in day-to-day involvement with zuckerberg who is now more reliant on instagram for facebook's future growth. i want to bring in sarah frier reporting on this. what happened? thatu are absolutely right facebook is so much more dependent on instagram now than ever. facebook's own growth is going to slow. they will have to spend more to grow. instagram is so crucial to that picture. it just hit one billion users but there are more users it could add. the advertising

. >> emily chang covered all of that with marc benioff.e is a real highlight from their interview when they discuss facebook and a new era of corporate responsibility. >> facebook but instagram six years ago. we know the founders are leaving. this was a bright spot for the company. is that a bad sign for facebook? assignment something has gone wrong? >> it is a sign they need to start paying attention. i have been talking about this for months. our industry has changed. every ceo needs to ask themselves, what is the most important thing to you? what is the most important to your company? what is your highest value? our highest value in salesforce is trust. nothing is more important than the trust we have in our employees and partners and top executives. when you see top executives walking out, you see customers questioning your privacy practices, and how your news fusing -- misusing data or partnerships you need to listen and wake up and say, what is going on? i'm not going to call out any one company has to change. for every ceo in our in

what it means for your money >>> plus salesforce's cofounder marc benioff buys "time" magazine thosecoming up as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> live from the beating heart of business, new york, this is "squawk box. >>> good morning welcome back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc we're live at the nasdaq market site in times square take a look at equity futures at this hour. dow looks like it would open off about 30 points. nasdaq off about 18 points s&p off about four points. it may be this president trump likely to announce new tariffs on about $200 billion on chinese goods that could come as soon as today. that comes even as administration officials try to resolve and restart talks in this ongoing dispute christine lagarde says the global economic outlook has deteriorated she made her comments in london. she says there are signs that growth has peaked in some imf economies. >>> also a proxy fight is set to escalate at campbell's soup. the company has filed proxy materials. each are urging shareholders to vote for two different slates of board members. >>> fl

. >>> sticking with technology, salesforce ceo mark bc benioff sounding off on facebook this is whate told jim cramer last night >> we have given a huge amount of our power to so many technology companies, that's why there's a discussion in washington, d.c. about regulation should they be regulated not just facebook, but every company? you know i called for the regulation of facebook, i said they lost my trust because of how they handled their privacy scandal. they are in a crisis of trust. facebook is still in that crisis of trust, so you see those actions by customers, consumers and executives they can change. every company can change they're not the only company going through a crisis of trust. but our industry needs to wake up and realize there is a tech lash happening, and we need to step up to a new level of ethical and humane use >> benioff also covered a different wide ranging of topics with jim including his purchase of "time" magazine you can see that entire interview right now on cnbc.com. >>> president trump wrapping up his visit to the u.n what to watch for. >>> and have

benioff probably looked at "fortune." lot of people looked at that i don't know what's going to happen to those properties, where they're going. >> chris hughes tried with new republic seemed like an early way to try for niche stuff. have things turned to looking at more storied brands that perhaps are seen as mustier, less favorable a decade ago >> i like chris, but he was super meddlesome that's a team, a difficult team to try to manage iconic, unusual team he sort of went into it the wrong way. i think bezos is -- you can have influence if you make investments, stay in the background but are also present, and you add where you can, such as in technology marc is smart on that. >> you were a national tent pole. >> global. >> sure. global tent pole don't they have to narrow focus, decide to break political news >> i don't know. that's up to the editors >> that should have been the post model, they went hyper local, national political thing. i don't know if i would do if i was time it is an iconic brand. i was trying to th

good morning. >>> marc benioff is the latest billionaire to purchase an iconic publication. they picked up time from meredith, which a spotted earlier this year for $190 million. this is separate from salesforce and the couple is big ns timeazine. they will not be involved in the day-to-day operations. they want it to remain a washington post in 2013 for $250 million. >>> twitter stock is plunging this morning after a client said that the company is facing a high growth cost going forward in order to clean up the platform and keep it safe. facebook increases increase federal scrutiny. >>> the market is heading lower this morning. with trade concerns with the trump administration looking to hit china with another $20 billion in tariffs. let's go to the big board see how we are doing so far. the towers lower by two points. the nasdaq is down by $.43. >>> the scooter company bird is ruffling some feathers in santa cruz. drop up dozens of electric scooters in 30 different locations without notice. the city sent a cease-and- desist letter last week but it was ignored. bird issued

sunday night....benioff and his wife say this purchase is a family investment.they also say they'll have a hands- off policy at the magazine....calling themselves "caretakers" of the organization.other moguls who own outlets: jeff bezos and patrick soon-shiong.there is some cynicism toward these purchases.longtime journalist linda stern tweeted: "journalism is a rich person's hobby now." coca-cola may be looking into a new ingredient.the company is signaling interest in the potential sale of cannabis- infused drinks. coke says, it is following debate over the ingredient - c-b-d.that is a non- psycho- active ingredient derived from marijuana. the company says, it is an ingredient that could gain ground in wellness beverages around the globe.. according to bloomberg, coca- cola is in talks with a canadian cannabis company on potential products.but, the company says it's just watching increased use of c-b-d for now. up next... remember this frightening video of robbers storming a northern california house? well one of the victims... a ten year-old girl is speaking up about how her fami

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the news magazine sold by better homes & g garden to sales force.com mark benioff and his wife for $2 million. meredith put time up for sale this year along with money, fortune and sports illustrated. they will not have any controlling interest over time's day to day o editorial decisions. i guess this puts him out of the running for time's person of the year. >> he's nominated hi mself.it, magazine. >> that's right. >> i'm kidding. thanks, bertha. >> 4:41 now. strong accusations against amazon. some accused of bribes to take down bad reviews. the deals are mostly happening in china with payments reaching over 2,000 dollars. the company is now shuffling roles of key executives to try to root out some of the bribery going on. >> and your back to work forecast. >> we are looking at really nice weather over the weekend. this is a live look outside. in the mid 50s and headed into the mid 60s today. a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast next. >> the bay bridge looks fine and that's not the issue. over here valley, westbound 580, we have a full closure of the free

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command, benioff expanding his interests.ad a $90 million purchase of time magazine is what i am watching. alix: and check out tv , watch us online, interact with us directly. go right to the bloomberg terminal. this is bloomberg. david: ok, this is what i'm watching. marc benioff made his big move, imitating jeff bezos, says he will by time magazine. just the same way jeff bezos purchased -- it has a circulation of 2 million. it has come down. now compared with the washington post, jeff bezos paid to it a $50 million for that and has a paid its objection of about 400,000. alix: it also raises the question we had about that, if you have a lot of money and you do not want to get into politics, you have to purchase a print circulation paper to get a message across, is that how you will sway the public? is that a conversation we are having? david: he has said in the past he will do things with salesforce because of social justice issues. it is important to say that this is not salesforce buying it, just like it was with the

. >>> salesforce founder and tech billionaire marc benioff acquired time magazine for -- magazine. he and his wife were honored to be the stewards of this iconic brand. they do not plan to be involved in the day-to-day operations. sale is subject to approval but is expected to close in the next 30 days. >>> former first lady michelle obama will be coming to bay area during her book tour. she will appear at the sap center on december 14 to talk about her book becoming. it offers a honest conversation between michelle obama and moderators. tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. friday. the book hit stores november 13. >>> the demand for bomb technicians has never been greater from homemade bombs to suicide bombs to remote bombs. the fbi has a school certifying bomb techs. a look at the only bomb training facility in the united states. ted states. >> remote-control bombs, victim initiated bombs. all that we have to practice and train on because we don't know what we are going to encounter. >> the director of the fbi hazardous devices school in alabama. >> 2900 protect us across america and the

everything from crowds to closures, and we just learned that janet jackson has been added to tonight's usf benioffldren's hospital benefit concert. it's $1,000, by the way. jackson will perform at 8:00 p.m. at the bill graham civic auditorium and metallica will follow at 8:30. be sure to download the abc 7 news to get breaking news alerts and tune into the latest news and weather right here on the next newscast. abc 7 news at 4:00. i know you want to go. >> that would be really fun. >> i'll take up a collection for you. >> can you do it in like the next eight hours? >> if all of the co-workers with five bucks, you're there. >> i think so, too. darn, from all of us here at abc 7 news, thanks so much for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. we leave you with a shot looking at sutro tower. >> welcome to "millionaire," where it's our $100 million season. we have officially given away an overall total of more than $100 million, and we're celebrating with special guests, special episodes, and a lot of fun along the way. today's contestant, devon nichols from pensacola, florida,

traffic aside, there was a big announcement from the company's co-ceo marc benioff. salesforce is donating $15.5 million to the san francisco and oakland unified school districts. >> i started salesforce so i could give back to the city that i love and care for so much. and top have a company that lets me do that, that's all that matters. >> dream force runs through friday. howard street is closed between third and fourth due to dream force. >>> air canada pointing the finger at sfo after one of its flights almost crashed into a line of planes on a taxiway. this video shows that flight last july. an air canada report released today said it was hard for the pilots to distinguish the right runway because of bad lighting and construction at st. fo. the ntsb released findings today, among them pilot fatigue. in a statement sfo said they've already started making some changes. >>> today a second woman accusing supreme court nominee bret cabanaugh of sexual assault said she will talk to the fbi. deborah ramirez told "the new yorker" kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a pa

today marc benioff tweeting he is sorry to hear of the closing of the transit center due to the cracked beam and he prays. >> a chaotic night in oakland riddled with gunshots and even police attacks west first told but the story on sunday. you can see 30th. in the early hours of the morning, hundreds came out to six different side shows across oakland. we're also learning, 85 cars were towed and only five were from oakland. >> a rare violent crime in the south bay. a 90-year-old man arrested for murder. detectives believe anthony aiello killed his 67-year-old step daughter. two weeks ago officers did a welfare check at her home in san jose on the east side near noble elementary school. the step daughter was injured and had died. officers arrested him yesterday. >>> six years in prison for hitting and injuring a chp officer with her car. the prosecutors say tammy walker was sentenced for a crash that almost cost a chp officer his life. in january on highway 4, the officer martin was riding up, writing up a traffic report on the highway when an oncoming suv flipped and landed on him. >>>

. >>> the top of salesforce tower is open with ceo marc benioff tweeting photos from the top floor and he wrote there are no offices, just seating to enjoy the major views. he said the public will be invited free of charge. the salesforce tower is the largest office building west of chicago. we see the fog on many mornings. >>> it's 4:40. >>> a shocking statement by the pope. coming up, how he said the sex abuse scandals rocking the catholic church is having an impact on attendance. >>> defending his nomination and reputation. upreme court nominee, judge kavanaugh disputes claims of sexual conduct. this, as we learn of a possible third accuser. >>> good morning. traffic is moving along well to start the morning commute on the golden gate bridge with a little bit of fog, but nothing major for traffic. >>> something major is called fog near the coast and around the bay. a big difference on the temps and we will take a look. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. a blown insulator is being blamed for a scary incident on bart that happened 5:30 saturday night. riders said they heard a loud noi