those hidden billionaires.nks so much, matt miller there from bloomberg. exclusiveme first and billionaire -- interviews. that is a little bit later in the program. >> with the rich and powerful dissenting on davos, what is the most luxurious hotel to do? in unlesso getting you are invited. international correspondent hans nichols was. ♪ isthe intercontinental davos easy to defend. be quiteseems to expensive. you have the perimeter set up. area,articularly secure we have more than a handful of heads of state coming. >> what does that mean, more than a handful? greg six or seven. orwhich ones -- >> six seven. >> which ones? >> i can't tell you. the intercontinental the newest name in a valley that knows luxury. a 10th floor bar to watch the city below. with a dedicated cigar lounge. start off-season, suites at $1100. much? >> i can't tell you. >> more than the normal market rate? >> you go to monaco during the formula one, you will see the price is very popular. probably higher, yes. the hotel is banking on the

one of theavos, youngest female billionaires. >> there are very few self-made billionaires who are women in the world. maybe a couple dozen, if that. we have one coming up later this week. if you look at sheryl sandberg, here is somebody who lived the life. she went to harvard and became larry summers chief of staff. she went to google and sits on the board of walt disney, starbucks. she basically came to bring a business sense to facebook and give it some clout in the business community. the ipo was not so successful at first. it has since risen and the shares are above its operating price. >> it is amazing. we have 80 billionaires and talk to me a little bit about the composition. >> a lot of americans, probably about 20. indian billionaires, last count, about 19. there might be a couple hidden. the indians really love davos. they come out from warm, muggy india and come to the cold air. it is a community feeling. there are a couple of night cap sites that are around, a couple of indian companies. it is a family reunion vibe for the indians. >> thank you so much for all of that. the ni

an indian billionaire, a chinese billionaire, and the billionaire from the u.s.. >> we will stay tunedi know what it is like in the cold. you have to laugh. >> thank you. more from francine in just a moment. acurity was tightened in platinum mine. the strikes will affect the world's largest putnam producers. -- platinum producers. we are getting updates through the morning. are now happening. >> the number of the day is $550, the average monthly wage of a platinum mine. when we talk about these union 20 to double pay we have to think about it. we are coming off a very low base. acte say it could imp [inaudible] members may walk out over pay. 44 people lost their lives. we do not want a repeat of that. if you look at the global supply of platinum, you could have three quarters of supplies disrupted. it is slowly taking higher and clicking higher. >> can the mining companies absorb these kinds of wage hikes ? ing increase they are askign rate ofigger than the inflation. >> when you think about platinum mining you have to think about what they do. it happens deep underground and it is ver

in scrooge news billionaires are being bullied at least that's what tom perkins thinks perkins a billionaire venture capitalist an op ed in the wall street journal as weak where he compared to a pro serve or a member one preserves and demonization of the rich to the policies not seen germany seriously not surprisingly perkins received widespread criticism for his comments but not from conservative columnist virus so-called news talking head michelle malkin and her syndicated columnist a malkan wrote that perkins pearlie scratched the surface of the war on wealth that has spread into the obama regime she added that the deadliest threats come from the men in power in washington who stoked bottles millionaires and billionaires in your class bashing rhetoric and entrepreneur crushing these pocket the hard earned money of the achievers trying to buy immunity inside time to shame the wealth shamers and their cowed enablers she wrote. silence is complicity. or balkan perkins right are billionaires really being bullied by evil progressives in america let's ask me i'm a kid conservative commentator a

no more billionaire mayor, just a billionaire, ahh. so what's next for michael bloomberg?o teach spanish at a few universities, but i'm told that my accent isn't quite bueno. >> how about a lighthouse run, instead? the business of being bloomberg is next. i needed a new laptop for my pre-med classes, something that runs office and has a keyboard. but i wanted a tablet for me, for stuff like twitter and xbox, so my downtime can be more like uptime. that's why i got a windows 2 in 1 which does both -- works as a laptop and a tablet. so i can manage my crazy life, and also have a life. [ beep ] gotta go. ♪ abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. without it, the virus spreads from cell to cell. unlike other treatments, abreva penetrates deep to block the virus, to protect healthy cells so cold sores heal fast. as fast as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. ♪ learn more at abreva.com. don't tough it out. knock it out! fast. [ female announcer ] only with abreva. >>> mayor mike bloomberg bid farewell to new york city politics, but don

we have a very young female billionaire from china. she is the new breed of billionaires.self-made, hard and she has a couple of things to say about how you deal with stress. i am looking forward to it. >> i am quite looking forward to hearing that as well. i will be fascinated to find out how many twitter followers she is up to. when she was in the studio with us, it was an eye-popping number. >> i think it was 2 million at the time. i will ask for an update. i did meet someone who beat that last night. she is a musician who does some kind of electronic cello thing. you can also follow guy and i on twitter. we are back in two. ♪ >> it is billionaire hour. guestrom davos with a lineup. michael dell, uday kotak, zhang xin, also, petrofac ceo ayman asfari. his's president said country has the potential to be among the world's top 10. point 3 billion dollars, lenovo buying ibm's server unit lenovo buyingn, ibm's server unit. good morning to our viewers in europe, good evening to those in asia, and a very warm welcome to those just waking up in the u.s. i am guy johnson, this

>> welcome to a "bloomberg west" special, "the baidu billionaire: inside the google of china." i am emily chang. i sit down with the baidu cofounder, robin li, for a rare, exclusive, live interview. we will talk about how he built baidu into china's largest search engine, and the challenges in a country with censorship. his relationship with tech icons like mark zuckerberg. and what he thinks of apple. but first, here is an introduction to the booming business that is baidu. china is one of the fastest- growing economies and tech industries. some 600 million users are online and one of the country's most popular websites is baidu, the google of china. founded in 2000, baidu is china's number one search engine, 100 million daily users. the company went public in 2005, shares jumped on opening day. eight years later it is worth more than $50 billion and has fended off takeover offers from google, microsoft, and yahoo! >> it has been a great growth story for investors. it is positioned to benefit from the growth of the chinese internet market. >> like many companies, it is followi

our billionaires editor at large matt miller has been following on the billionaire trail.any this year. >> on the schedule, it says there are more than 80. we have had a couple of meetings canceled. we have not been able to take as many pictures as we have in years past. >> i saw your billionaires at lunch picture. >> we saw a couple. >> are you saying not as many american haters, russian -- american and russian hitter? arebout one quarter americans. india brings a big contingent. .he rest are typically russian you will then see a sprinkling of old europe. but maybe they did not come because they knew david rubenstein and bill gates would asked them to sign the pledge. [laughter] >> this place attracts a lot of wealthy and powerful people, but the leaders are in a class all to themselves. >> that is right. they come in on helicopter. there is a rumor going around that are private chains -- trains bringing people back and forth. we have not verified that. then, they get the special car passes. if you are one of the truly rich billionaires that has been coming for a long tim

we have 80 billionaires. a couple of hidden billionaires. >> i was trying to find them, but i didn't find them. >> that as a whole different conversation. one of the youngest early in errors became a billionaire yesterday. >> facebook pushed her stock north of $700 million. she is a billionaire this morning. >> we will catch up with matt throughout the day. we will have plenty more from our billionaire team. i don't know how you spot a billionaire. is it dark glasses? >> it is pretty easy. >> we will have more from matt later on. let's get to our reporter. he has been looking at where the rich and famous stay. we have been speaking to some celebrities, and you got on with matt damon. >> my good friend matt damon, we met last night, but i could tell they are going to be good friends. isa flows is always -- davos always a good mix. i asked matt damon what he is here for and what he hopes to accomplish. >> there are 700 million people who don't have access to water. >> who are you partnered with? corporate a num

and we can use some of the money that americans billionaires pay in taxes to help rebuild our nation's crippled infrastructure there are over two and a half trillion dollars worth of infrastructure repair we need just to bring ourselves back to being in the same shape we were when reagan became president and began ignoring infrastructure and you can add to that additionally we need to be building out twenty first century versions of our for most important forms of infrastructure. those for our our intellectual infrastructure our communications infrastructure our energy infrastructure and our transportation infrastructure. to build out our intellectual infrastructure we need to go back to our government policies of free education these were first proposed by thomas jefferson in fact first put into action by thomas jefferson when he created the internet versity of virginia as america's first absolutely free college this idea was then advanced by abraham lincoln when he gave huge chunks of land to over fifty colleges across the united states to create two we shouldn free enough land that

peterson or some other billionaire yeah well this is what this is why we need subpoenas on more than traffic cones because all we know is this secret meetings with david and charles koch know what is in the room except for chris christie and the cokes suddenly they're six million dollars by guys who don't have six million dollars using a front door going to zation which was in fact started by the koch seventeen years ago is this is same is that this means that their money was actually handed to them by the koch brothers we can't find out because committee for our children's future is under the tax laws technically a social welfare charity if i want to find out who's put the money behind them it's a five a one c four and so they can't we can't find out all we know it's the same week that coke is the three koch brothers remember that there are three that you have to keep an eye on charles david and billy you got three koch brothers pushing this billionaires club which is pushing christie that's so why it is so why six million dollars spent why it why it why i don't believe there's no s

. >>> and the backlash against the billionaire tonight. the american, his 1 a $0 million yacht, his famous ex-wife. tonight, the outrage after he argues, it's the rich in america getting the bad rap. do you agree? >>> good evening. we're glad you're indoors and hopefully warm this sunday night. there is quite a system moving in this evening. the wind chills up behind me say it all. tomorrow, 43 below in minneapolis. like ten below in kansas city. much of the great lakes tonight frozen over. take a look at the ice caves that have formed on lake superior. this weekend, families walking out to see them. the first time in five years they've been able to because the ice is so solid tonight. but the other part of this is not pretty. the driving from the plains across the mild west right into the east, blinding snow this sunday. and by early this week, winter storm watches reaching all the way down to the gulf. the forecast in a moment, but first, abc's linzie janis with the preparations tonig. >> reporter: tonight, this winter, about to go from

if you come up with a great idea, you can become a billionaire.f you have great skills that people want, you can great -- get a great job. if you do not, life is tough. jobs may have been replaced by technology. we can be a part of the solution. a hotel goes to different parts of the world, whether africa or southeast asia or brooklyn and we create jobs for people who do not necessarily have experienced. the great thing about the hotel business is people start out behind a desk and get very senior jobs. >> part of our coverage there from switzerland. when we come back, dealmaking in non-closed funds. a ceo will be with me. puttinge auction house up pope francis's harley davidson. ♪ >> welcome back. venture capital fundraising is done, the fund closes and invest from there. our next guest is creating a different choice for would be investors. here rightng partner now, you are gathering information. the idea is to eventually build a platform. >> correct. we are tracking deals from operating companies in private operating funds. >> you have been look

billionaire making huge profits off his $250 million loan to the new york times.-- is poised to double his money thanks to the steep terms he gave the struggling newspaper five years ago. our guest rejoins us now. it is interesting, these kind of stories are fairly familiar. when you look at, for instance, goldman sachs. buffett went to omaha. huge returns coming back off it. this feels similars. >> it is similar. worn buffet at the time saying corporate america is fire so prices right now and everybody should buy. if you are cash-rich at the time, it was a good time to invest. >> taught me to the slim deal. -- talked to me about the slim deal. >> it bought "the new york times" breathing room. at the time slim bought them, they were losing money and never going to lose money for the next four years, as it turned out. their options were either to get options i was them is offering or assets they could use the money from to survive. slim's money basically gave them a lifeline there were able to refinance a couple of years later and a much more generous terms, but of

who wants to be the next billionaire. what we have to do to win the big check you have for grabs, courtesy of billionaire warren buffet. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. we want to show you some dramatic pictures coming out of the ukraine this morning, where violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police have continued for a third straight day. this is in defiance of new laws limiting the right to protest. the riots have been going on for three days, protests were protesters had been throwing gas bombs and ri at police fighting back. dramatic pictures on al jazeera america between rioters and riot police. we'll keep you updated throughout the morning. >> australian officials sanctioned a shark hunt in response to a growing number of attacks along the west coast. as andrew thomas reports not everyone believes the hunt will do anything to reduce the risk to humans. >> they are the fish we love to fear. go to any australian beach and conversation turns to the chance of being attacked. particularly given

billionaires who are changing the world. on a special "titans at the table," we chat with microsoft chairman bill gates. he is the world's richest person and with that great wealth comes great responsibility. he wants to destroy the myth that poverty and disease can't be eradicated. >> joining gates, a friend and fellow philanthropist, the bloomberg lp founder and former new york city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. things are better. >> in the bill and melinda gates foundation, gates predicts that by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. coming up, we hear what these titans are doing to see that through. bill, i read through your letter and what i noticed in the town was that you are very optimistic. you say look, we are better off than we were decades ago. whether this optimism come from? >> i think i am naturally optimistic but also the facts are on the side of the optimist. it is dangerous that people are focusing o

sheryl sandberg, becoming the ceo of facebook, the newest minted billionaire. shares of the social networking a record this at year, passed the $1 billion mark. she is now one of the youngest female billionaires in the world. >> good for her. blackberry, shares of the smart phone maker rising again this morning after committing to a cell on most of the canadian real estate. blackberry shares have been making a tiny, teensy-weensy, in eentsy-to come back -- weentsy come back. winter storm that -- that stranded thousands of commuters, traders have been caught up, natural gas prices are up. was when we have the last gas prices this high. lots of snow, but also lots of profits. talking about the weather channel and direct tv and what happens if you decide not to watch the weather channel when the weather is the super bowl. >> does this winter storm have a name? janis. >> janis? >> i heard that by watching the weather channel. >> i think we should let our guest host name it. >> we will do that, but first i want to get to the earnings, here. we have a fresh batch of

. >> a lot of people that own nfl teams are billionaires. one of the perks of being a the nfl is a- nonprofit organization. and the growing perks of being a billionaire, owning an nfl team. but also, giving back and helping with p is becoming huge . income inequality his talked about more and more. ♪ >> as we know, the world's wealthiest people gather this weekend. a big focus is going to be income inequality. a widening gap between the rich and the poor. an interesting statistic came out from the organization -- the international organization releasing a port that 85 of the wealthiest people in this world have about as much wealth as the poorest half of the world population. it is incredible. scott galloway is joining us. scott, by the way, as invested over $1 billion in consumer and media companies. you studied this issue as well. you have also talked about this widening gap. you say nowadays, it is easier for people to become billionaires that it is for themselves to actually get out of poverty. >> that is a term i used in my class. i tea

. >>> female billionaires are rare.re rare. 1,400 billionaire and according to "forbes" few are women. now one joins the list. who is the self made success story? give me 60 seconds on the clock. it's "money time." cheryl sandberg is now a billionaire. shares pushed the value of her holdings over the billion mark. she is one of the youngest female billionaires ever. governor rick schneider offered to help detroit out of bankruptcy. the cash will help the city, but won't close the $3 billion funding gap. target will no longer offer health insurance to part-time workers. it will encourage them to sign up for obamacare. target will cut 475 jobs around the globe. company under pressure after one of the biggest data breaches history. a sweet deal for candy crush. the makers of the game have trademarked the word "candy." netflix stock is climbing after the best subscriber growth in three years. the site drew 2.3 million more americans in the last quarter. netflix is killing it because more than 2 million people decided they n

you listen to conway, and [speaker not understood] the billionaires. there is no consumer advocate on this board. there is no one on this board i'm pearl developers and the billionaires who caused this crisis. this is capitalism, and you're trying to solve it to figure out who is coming and when they're coming. it's easy. you see them coming and going. it's not going to change. it's going to get worse with your proposal. that's why you should reject it. [speaker not understood] force them to put money [speaker not understood]. (applause) >> next speaker. >> steve vaughan followed by danielle ricker, [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon. >>> good afternoon, directors. my name is sue vaughan. i am speaking on behalf of myself, but i am an active member of the sierra club and member of the catc. i urge you to he oppose this pilot program and policy and instead call for a full environmental impact report on the impact of the shuttle buses. i just finished reading the berkeley survey of the shuttle buses. this is a very one signeded survey. it focuse

a silicon valley billionaire says there's a war against america's elite, going so far as to compare it to nazi brutality against the jews. >>> also this morning -- >> i want to tell blue that, look, daddy got a gold sippy cup for you. >> from the adorable to the outrageous. last night's grammy awards brought together some of music's rising stars and music legends this monday, january 27th. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. you check out the grammys? >> a little bit. i was in between shooting pretapes and everything here, but i saw some of it. it was great. you? >> i watched a lot of it. it was really good. >> we talked to an expert on it. we'll have it today. >> we are. >> we'll talk a lot more about it. but we'll begin with the frigid weather. oh, yeah, that. still gripping much of the nation. cold air moving down from the arctic in eastern two-third of the country. >> some places haven't seen temperature above freezing for days. linsey davis has more on what is already the colde

(applause) >> stephen: couldn't another billionaire come along and make a documentary about how delicious dolphin meat is? which i obviously have not knowledge of. >> right. >> stephen: and then it would start again, isn't it just sort of a war between guys with money. >> well, we've been looking for a sequel so maybe that's an idea. but no, i think honestly, people are basically good and if you give good people information about things in the world, then they'll take action. and with every one of our films we put together campaigns so that people can get involved. in part we do that through our site take part which is our on-line site for activists. and we have about 6 million users and about a million actions were taken last year signing petitions. going to the organizations and helping out. and this is growing really fast. and so when you tie together the information of the film with the opportunity to actually do something, and the trust that good people will do good things, good things happen. >> stephen: well, i mean, that sounds all well and good. but are there it's a whim like you

you created billionaires.ou have kids making six-figure salaries, getting perks at technology companies. taking shuttles with wi-fi access down to the peninsula, which regular residents don't have access to. to be saidmething for this idea silicon valley really is living in its own bubble? i think there is something in that. on the other hand, it is a bubble that has created, that has changed to the world and has created incredible wealth. around america and around the world. maybe you have to put up with a little bit of air against to get the results of those sort of -- bit of arrogance to get the results of those sort of folks. >> how do you see this divide playing out? now that as a messenger i have been shot, read the message. >> you just said you regret the way the message -- >> i you regret the use of that word. it was a terrible misjudgment. i don't regret the message at all. >> what is the message? majority starts to demonize a minority, no matter what it is, it is wrong. and dangerous. and no good eve

they are two of the richest billionaires in the world. of the little known facts is koch's public sector lobbied against the wall street reforms of derivatives, more regulation of derivatives. get yourd like to reaction to the "washington .ost" report , first't you go through of all, this whole issue of shielding donors, not knowing where the money is coming from that is affecting elections all over the country. >> it has been a long-standing practice in the united states for ordinary charities like the red cross or others to have anonymous donors, to have donors that are not disclosed to a charity. but what we're seeing is really a growth in the amount of money going to what are known as sea for nonprofits. those are tax exempt. the donations to them are not attack seduction. we have seen enormous rise in the activity of c4 organizations that are really political era running ads in our elections. what this really important story in "the washington post reveals is this network that has been critical spent more than $400 billion, half $1 b

they serious and what's going on here well they are you talk about this is this is gray poupon billionaire morality this this issue you bring up i think tells the story in simplest terms what the republican law on this repeal this law does is it prevents the i.r.s. and the department of justice from being able to trace tax evasion money back to criminal corporations very specific you can't trace the money right now there's a possibility of doing it they want that disappears secondly it helps corporations hide their money in secret places offshore banks exactly like drug cartels do exactly like terrorist organizations do it's a way to hide their money then the republicans want that mostly criminal money to be brought back into the united states with no questions asked tom this is the what this new this new republican up in let me point out this isn't just run of the mill republican this is coming from the very top they want no questions asked when a criminal corporation brings the money back into the country and they want no tax liability at all taxpayers this is what it does the taxpayers

against billionaires.ative like bill gates' father scoffed at the notion that businesses would flee the state. but entrepreneurs like brian mistele were adamant that a state income tax would be very bad for business. >> this initiative really is a nail in the coffin of small businesses and start-ups in our state. it really impacts the tech community very heavily. >> nail in the coffin? you mean kill it off? >> that's correct. >> mistele is the ceo of inrix, the software company that monitors traffic around the world and provides data for g.p.s. systems and sites like mapquest. >> so this is a map of paris. >> he says businesses would leave the state, especially high-tech companies like his that deal in data and aren't tied down by factories or assembly lines. he'd consider moving some of his 60 employees to other states where he has offices. and what are the states? >> massachusetts, florida-- >> massachusetts: income tax. go ahead. california: income tax. >> texas, florida, michigan, colorado. >> okay, fo

effort are actually the very highest leadership in the republican party that's the gray poupon billionaire morality that we're talking about here this is bizarre pap is this is this actually a piece of legislation that's being promoted or is it a concept of the. well as that's very very good question i mean that's a loaded question it is in the sense of contract and then you know what the contract is the contract is that if this passes then you're going to have billionaire international corporations paying the republicans off with secret pac money this tax cheat bonanza is what this is this is a law is going to allow drug kingpins it's going to allow terrorist organizations to slip now here's what really gets interesting we're not even going to know who it is that slipping money to the to the republicans through these through these pacs because we can't trace the money now it's very clear who is behind this what this is a loyalty oath tom it's the republicans saying we are loyal to you criminal corporations and just to show you how loyal we are we're going to make it to where the departmen

we're talking about billionaires this place here the dollar coming form is now. been eating the cheesy swiss fondue last night the proprietor american my hotel gave us a private ride in his car because we couldn't get a taxi and i think that is me i mean there's a hierarchy here ok so when you have an all access badge yes we were able to get this fox business rocks. what you're getting is are you a financial journalist or just excited to be invited to the money oscars. now if you think that's hyperbole let's take a look at some of the events that are happening at the meeting of the minds. actress goldie hawn is meeting in a panel on managing stress for the world's top business leaders because you know causing the collapse of the entire global economy can really take a toll on your blood pressure matt damon of all people is winning an award for his work bringing clean water and sanitation to impoverished areas of the world and while of course his contribution in this area is admired shouldn't really be a top priority to give an a lister yet another award to add to

you mentioned that you crated billionaires. you have kids making six-figure salaries and getting perks at companies. they are getting wi-fi access down to the peninsula, which regular residents do not have access to. is there something to be said for this idea that silicon valley is living in its own little bubble? >> there is something in that. on the other hand, it is a bubble that has changed the world. it created incredible wealth around america and around the world. maybe have to put up with a little techno geek arrogance in order to get the results of those sort of folks' thinking. >> how do you see this divide playing out? >> well, now that, as the messenger, i have been shot at. at least read the message. >> you just said at the beginning that you regret the message. >> i regret the use of that word. it was a terrible misjudgment. i do not regret the message at all. >> what is the message? >> any time the majority starts to demonize any minority, no matter what it is, it is wrong and dangerous. no good ever comes from i

america's cup and wondering if that is more proof that san francisco is just becoming a playground for billionaires, where people can't afford to be here and they will be squished out to the manufacture gins. the political question of what we do is still thorny.

hughes" conjures up a host of images: record-setting pilot, hollywood playboy, america's first billionaire, and then its most famous recluse. and even today, the hughes name and fortune live on in the howard hughes medical institute. give us some of the hughes greatest hits, some of the great discoveries. >> the discovery of the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy, and a noninvasive test for colon cancer. [ticking] >> elissa montanti is unlike almost anyone we've ever met. with the help of some very charitable american doctors, she's changed the lives of more than 100 kids like this one, a boy from iraq who needed an arm, a leg, and an eye. >> i love you, wa'ad. >> you'll follow his transformation... >> look at him. he looks beautiful. >> which is a wonder to watch. [ticking] >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at the serious business of philanthropy. bill and melinda gates take us inside their foundation, we examine the unintended legacy of howard hughes, and meet a staten island woman helping children maimed by war. we beg

was it hard to convince billionaires to give their money away?raction is that we can learn together, that we can sit down and talk about what mistakes people have made, what causes they believe in. i think it will get people to give younger, when they are most energetic. some people will give more. so it's been phenomenal. we've got 122 people who have signed up for it. and hopefully that will influence more people to give at all levels of wealth. i'm certainly having fun and i get to share what's working and what's not. >> jimmy: what made you become -- were you always charitable? were you always giving? or no? [ laughter ] >> well, my parents were always volunteering and as i was growing up, things like united way, planned parenthood, voter's league. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they were going up and spending lots of time and they were very nice. they'd come back and explain what the issues were. and so when i got microsoft going, we did payroll deduction. a lot of great giving to different charities. but the idea i would be doing large scale philanthro

i have nothing to do with billionaires. i don't take direction from billionaires. everyone who is saying this is so confused and you need to get your head in the right place and really look at the issue. if [speaker not understood] go to the segment on housing. this is about transportation. stop putting those issues together. i think the protests that are going on are ridiculous. people need to wake the hell up. i lived in the mission and i lived in brooklyn for eight years. i'll tell you one other thing. looking at new york transportation, san francisco and l.a. where i also lived, new york amazing you can get anywhere in 2 minutes. when i came back to san francisco, we have good transportation but not great. and for people, we don't have to have a car to get everywhere. we don't. we're lucky. and not everyone can work in the city. it's 7 miles by 7 miles. so, we do needful to regulate it. i want to say one last thing. [speaker not understood] why shuttles are necessary -- thank you so much, i appreciate the -- >> sure. >> mike albertol. [speaker not understood].