you hit the billion dollar run rate, something that marc benioff tells me is very rare.ow did you do it? >> well, by focusing on customers and growth the only way you can do it i remember talking to the company several years ago when we crossed the $100 million run rate and i pointed to the billion dollar number and i said, this is a market and this is a company that can be one of the rare companies to graduate from the hundred million dollar status to the billion dollar and so i'm really proud of what we've accomplished but at every step of the way all you can do is focus on customers and continue to be attached to a secular trend. that trend is every company out there needing to focus on building great digital experiences for their customers in order to compete in the modern economy and that's what we do. >> i own a couple of restaurants. i wish that people could just text me and find out the availability it is. you did it. >> right we just launched a new product actually a few months ago called conversations which is exactly this idea. that, you know, it's not uncommo

. >> well, let me tell you, i remember meeting mark benioff during that big event in 2013 and thinking one, this guy loves engaging with the media and not all tech ceos do. and number two, he's also really passionate about investing in the future of our kids, and it's not fake. it's real. salesforce ceo mark benioff has always referred to the money he donates to schools in san francisco and oakland as an investment in the future of those two cities. >> our journey with them is only started. we are still at the beginning of what we can do. >> it's a promise benioff started in 2013 when he surprised everyone after donating ipads and money to all 12 middle schools in san francisco. he assured everyone today that that investment over the past seven years is improving outcomes. >> more full-time teachers for math and technology, a surge of kids who are enrolled in s.t.e.m. and computer science, more young women and more students of color, higher attendance rates, higher math scores. >> reporter: san francisco mayor london breed says the money helps level the playing field among all students

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nurses and community leaders rallied outside ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland today to demand getting critical care in the u.s. be allowed to stay rather than be deported and possibly die as a result. the face of this movement is a 24-year-old woman getting treatment for a rare genetic disease. her cases is one of thousands. >> we're here to bring awareness, get loud, get people to see that this is a big issue and that we need everybody to come and show up and support those who need a voice. >> last month her deferred action status was reopened. she's not completely in the clear, but she is no longer slated for deportation. >>> santa clara is suing one of its own companies, silicon valley company intuit. the the company previously made an agreement with the irs to low, low-income customers to file tax returns for free. but the lawsuit alleges the company hid the free software, leaving it off its website so lower income customers would have to pay to their their taxes done. the company is disputing those allegations. >>> america chose her 17 years ago when she won american idol

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, the earth is a stake holder >> benioff would be a supporter, wouldn't he?on't know benioff is very close to the vest very close to the vest his new book, which i fortunately had a read, remarkable, i went to the book -- the book launch for general for secretary mattis, another -- wow didn't work out -- >> speaking of progressive politics, worth mentioning california which does appear poised to pass a law that is going to kind of outlaw the gig economy right? say that in fact you got to pay hourly wages, comp, this is a key for uber and lyft, which have been lobbying mightily to not have this bill pass. or have an exemption if it does pass that doesn't appear likely at least according to the reporting out there now in terms of the legislature in california, the governor's expectation, gavin newsom to sign it. that's a big deal for these two companies. going to increase costs for them and costs for the riders as well it is unclear what it is going to mean for the drivers. some of whom are in favor of wages that are more predictable and comp and all the things

schools in san francisco and all plan are getting a big boost of a cell's for seo marc benioff he announced today that his company is donating more than million for computer science math classes at the schools. now this is along with training and also retaining teachers. >>we're here to serve our communities. we're here to serve our public schools. we're here to serve. everyone who's part of san francisco or oakland or anywhere that we're doing business we're thinking about. >>the bigger picture. >>well mayors of san francisco and oakland they were there at that announcement they called on other companies to also follow sells for us and invest in their communities. a san francisco's famous cable car will be out of service for 10 days yet the shutdown is for work is to replace gearbox us they will have bus shuttles and place for you that iran along those cable car route so keep that in mind. transportation officials say that the work is part of a project to fix the cars that began about 2 years ago. now that system has been around since the 1870's still kicking. another step closer to potent

. >> reporter: this show of support for 24-year-old isabel took place outside oakland's benioff children'sospital. the participants are nurses and some have cared for isabel over the past 16 years. >> when i heard the story, i was horrified for per personally. >> reporter: isabel suffers from a rare genetic disorder, mps-6. her body fails to produce a key enzyme and there's no treatment for it in her home country of gauatemala guatemala. >> it hurs everything, the heart, the bone, the eyes, the teeth. >> reporter: isabel and her mom moved her for a clinical trial of a new treatment in 2003 when she was 7. she receives a life-saving drug in a six-hour treatment every week. the family got regular extensions every year under the deferred action program until last month when this letter from immigration officials arrived saying their latest request was being denied. >> it was such a shock to receive a letter forcing you to leave the country in 33 days. and it's just shocking. >> my fear is i'm going to become weaker and then i'm going to maybe not live long. >> reporter: isabel's story has gon

the witnesses were able to rescue the mom and her kids little boy passed away at ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland on saturday. the 7 year-old girl and her mother are expected to recover. >>i t security experts in union city are trying to determine the cause of a virus infecting the city's government computers now computers at city hall of bin shut down which is impacting some city services as you can imagine our forces a tribune has the story. >>a computer virus discovered over the weekend here at the administrative offices in union city probst the shutting down of the city's computer servers. >>they came in one way infected the system and then we shut everything down as a precautionary measure union city spokesperson lawrence a guy and says although the city's i t department has determined that the virus is not connected to any ransom where it still poses a significant threat we've contacted federal and state cyber security officials 2 examine the data to understand the scope of the impact. so that's not something that we quite know yet in terms of whether people's. personal

we had then would have been bad for disney the twitter that they had then would have been bad for benioffwould have had to pay 30 bob would have had to pay 23 but the fact is it would have been bad for both brands and shareholders and board members didn't want anything to happen let's look at twitter now. the stock, it doesn't look so bad. twitter, the stock is interesting here >> right >> right >> right >> i'm trying to reset my password on twitter as we speak. this computer didn't have it >> at least not looking at dog pictures >> no. >> look at -- >> i have logon issues >> i'm making incredibly important point. >> do you think so >> no, i'm really wasting our viewers time as opposed to control -- >> i want to talk about disney and netflix, what i want to talk about. >> that's much more interesting and what a lot of people want to talk about right now. >> as opposed to when i'm talking about. >> as opposed to ancient history about twitter and whether he bought it or not bought it >> i want to move on you right now are dissing me at a level i've not -- not since my wife made fun mef afte

game of throats, david benioff and dbwise, and a deal with shonda rhimes.ind "scandal" and ""grey's anatomy."" barkle barclays could be too much content. writing we recognize it is only getting more competitive, we continue to believe new services will not be a major threat to netflix subscriber numbers, given netflix quality and quantity of content. when netflix reports earnings next month, we'll see what the ceo says about traction for this show, and whether it is helping reverse that decline in u.s. subscribers, jon, that you mentioned we saw last quarter. carl, jon. >> i have to ask you about more big news your way in hollywood marvel is back in for another spiderman movie with sony. is this disney blinking? he said he didn't have time to work on another spiderman movie but time for "star wars. what's going on? >> to give the news. back in august sony which has rights to spiderman and disney who has rights to the rest of the marvel universe said they were splitting sony said it would make future spiderman movies on its own, not having them produced by d

. >> it could be and in marc benioff's case it is but i do think there is much more room for all of uso work together for social change. the poet shelly said the greatest force for moral good is imagination so let's combine imagination with all aspects of our economy because we really do have to address the issue of disparity of income in our country. as we do so we can use our work that we're going to do to address the climate crisis in a green way, create new jobs, be number one in the world in green technologies and the rest but bring everyone along with that as we go down that new path. >> right now we're number one in the world when it comes to dimming tall facebook, amazon, apple, google. there are some people in the party who believe that these companies have both violated the trust and also are quasi-monopolies that need to be brought up by antitrust law. how do you feel? are these companies different? you know all of them especially where you're from. you've had a lock background in technology what do we do? >> first of all, i think that when you say democrats, there are many

was wondering what you think of twitter it's moving up -- >> i think twitter is good i'm reading benioff's book it's not out yet, but it's real good he talks about how he got talked out of buying twitter. and i haven't talked to mark about this, but the way i see twitter, the stock doing, i kind of wish he had bought it i bet you his stock would be doing better >>> all right. managing diversified portfolio is a lot like putting together a winning fantasy team so look for the overlap between your killer players and your winning stock picks and do not miss the big kickoff on nbc tonight. bears, packers, 7:30, nbc. much more "mad money" and sticker price for a new vehicle reached 40,000 in the first half of 2019. looking for a way to profit off that trend i'm talking the c.e.o. of carvana to see if it's worth considering. then there are certainly moments that are momentous in the stock market but now isn't one of them. i'll explain why and all your calls rapid fire in tonight's edition of the lightning round. so stay with cramer. ♪ keeping the night interesting, is all about setting the right

everyone is very -- both bob iger and marc benioff happy they walked away from twitter, this could haven the end of directv had they pursued the strategy for nfl so i've got to -- i think directv may be a cash cow. but that cash cow is not going to be known forever. it can't be milked forever. >> right. >> wasting asset too >> yes, it is. and you and i have talked about the future, there is a diverse set of opinion on at&t, a reason why it is still one of the least owned among active managers in terms of waiting in the s&p and what it actually is owned. >> interesting that -- >> apple, at&t, they're underowned this is incredible how the money managers could be so wrong >> so, yeah, we're watching all of these and elliott is involved in three of the stories -- at&t is an ongoing story. ebay, of course, mr. wenig, gone, search under way >> i didn't see that coming. >> no. i wonder if he did. >> i don't know. got him on speed dial. did you get him? >> i called, i asked for comment and did not get -- did not reach him. >> this stuff is incredible. you have at a time when so many stocks are

a series of acquisitions that marc benioff made that you are to believe there is an axis and ally groupe's alive with satya nadella at microsoft there is no doubt, these guys are not friends, they may be friends for -- >> stock down, disappointed a lot of investors this year so far. >> the fact is it did have a great last year, so -- you know what, david, we have to go >> we do we have to go. we have an open bell, of course. one more look, by the way, at futures as we get ready for the opening bell, nine minutes from now. more from post nine coming your wa y. ♪ you spend days researching bed sheets. and weeks picking a dog bed. so why would you settle for just any bank? just do what you do with everything else. ask the internet! ask your friends. ask your co workers. we're pretty sure they'll send you over to us. because we're not just a bank. we're an ally. ally, this is pamela how can i help you? at verizon, we're building the most powerful 5g experience for america. that's why the nfl chose verizon. because they need the massive capacity of 5g with ultra wideband, so more screaming,

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they're paying murphy $300 million for the deal netflix has also inked deals with david benioff and d.b.weissrs. the company's domestic subscriber number dipped this will be an interesting one to watch especially as we get the next quarter's earnings. sometimes they actually release viewer numbers or at least a sense of how well the show is doing. >> julia, stay here. let's talk more about netflix and the new competitors in the streaming world. joining us now is joan solzman, senior reporter at c net i mentioned netflix earlier just based on the action in the stock over the past 12 months. is that purely, you know, that everyone can do this there's no moat? i thought there was a moat >> the dip in the stock is two factors. as julia noted there was a dip in u.s. subscriber that's the first time netflix has seen that pull back since it's become a digital tv network. as we know, netflix stock, it lives and dies based on the subscriber numbers in addition to that, it's a great competitive threat the greatest competitive threat it's faced, the streaming wars disney plus, tv plus and a spade of oth