♪ ♪ >> live from the 3 in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west." i am cory johnson. eck of the bloomberg top headlines. time is running out to find survivors from the devastating earthquake in nepal. the army is now searching 19 separate sounds looking for anyone who might still be trapped. governments of the u.s., china and india have rushed to provide assistance to rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts. the cost to rebuild the country could exceed $5 billion. tension in baltimore as protesters clash with police. according to the baltimore pd twitter feed, protesters were throwing rocks and other objects at the police and refused to leave. quite this afternoon, a group of outrageous officers attacked our officers. we have seven officers with injuries, including broken bones. one officer is unconscious. we will do whatever is appropriate to protect the safety of our police officers and ensure the safety of the people that live and work in the area. cory: the protests are over the death of freddie gray, a 25-year-old who died in police custody from spinal injuries ei

stay with us for that. ♪ matt: this is "bloomberg west." s get a check of bloomberg's top headlines -- the supreme court has heard arguments in the gay marriage case. supporters want the court to extend gay marriage rights to the 14 states that do not allow it currently saying it violates their constitutional rights. here is justice stephen breyer during the arguments today justice breyer: there is one group of people whom they won't open marriage to so they have no ability to participate in that fundamental liberty. that is people of the same sex who wish to marry. we ask why? the answer we get is, well people have always done it. you could've answered that one the same way we talk about racial segregation. matt: opponents say it is a decision that should be left to each state individually. tyson foods is eliminating the use of human antibiotics in its chicken. it is the largest seller of chicken in the nation and is expecting to complete the change by 2017. it has reduced its reliance on antibiotics 80% since 2011. the blogging site medium

is the "best of bloomberg west."elcome back. this is the "best of bloomberg west." silicone valley is known for the some of the best perks around. in the end, to those perks promote a healthy work life balance? we spoke to richard branson and sheryl sandberg in san francisco this week. we discussed the challenges of balancing life. cheryl: when richard and i have talked what he will say is, this is good for my company. we don't have enough diversity in facebook or any company, the reason we want diversity is because we will build a better product. we went organizations to take diversity seriously. when they realize not taking diversity seriously is harming performance. emily: what is the conversation you want people to focus on now? >> it is about culture, we will not get to equality until we change the stereotypes. we believe women should be nurturers, that means we do not fully engage men on the phone or women in the workplace. that is hurting us. we note that any income level, children with active fathers do bette

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after break, "bloomberg west." mark: live from bloomberg world that word is in new york and san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west," for we focus on innovation, technology, and the future of business. i am mark crumpton come in for emily chang. how long can apple's massive fight iphone growth continue? another blockbuster quarter for apple. 33% profit growth, 27% revenue growth. iphone sales in china surpassing those of the united states for the first time. can tim cook keep up the momentum? cory johnson is that the bloomberg businessweek design conference in san francisco, where he has special guests. cory: yeah, mark, when we talk about what design can mean for a business, everybody's thoughts start with apple. i have someone who knows apple quite well. let's talk about the quarter for apple. a lot of things to talk about here. what jumped out at you the most? >> there is a lot of things. what stuck out to me is that apple is continuing to grow their base of users. that is the spaces that everyone should keep t

coming up on bloomberg west. ♪ emily: this is the best of bloomberg west, i am emily chang.illary clinton has finally announced her candidacy for the white house. the response has been overwhelming with over 500 million video views in the first hour of her video. i spoke with alec roth, her former senior adviser and asked what his involvement would be. alec: i think she wants support for her presidential run. when we connected, she was in ohio on her way to iowa. emily: how did she feel? alec: the rollout has been a huge success. it has been bananas. they came out with this new video, and within the first 18 hours, it was viewed 5 million times. one of the other presidential candidates is rand paul his video had been watched 250,000 times. i think 20 times as well as the next tech savvy candidate is not shabby. emily: do likes and followers on twitter and facebook, do they translate into votes? alex: we are far past the days of ronald reagan doing a perfectly executed campaign event with the flag positioned just so, and then he shows up again three days later. you have to ha

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bloomberg west will be right back with de la soul. ♪ cory: bloomberg west, i'm cory johnson. 25 yearschange the music world with hits like -- ♪ outstanding. me, myself, and i. de la soul the consciously recs. --conscious lyrics. it's been years since they've had a full length album and it is changing dramatically. the soul of hip-hop is not just the words, the beach, but the source of the beats. who owns those? they raise $400000 on kickstarter to fund this recording. two of the three members kelvin mercer in atlanta. who owns the samples to those great records? >> man, there are a lot of hands in it. >> a lot of hands in the pot. >> artists and musicians. partly de la soul. we own a little bit of it. cory: it's hard to imagine the early days of hip-hop even before you guys when people would hear a beat and put music on top of it. it might be james brown or something they heard in a commercial. the licensing sort of snuck up on them. what was the process of sampling and finding things to use to put behind your music? >> just like you said. making music early hip-hop was rhyming beats

this is "bloomberg west." well xiaomi celebrates five years with five new products. sliv tv drops the ball during march madness, because it drops the ball, march madness, the basketball. we have to talk about satellites as well. first, check of the bloomberg top headlines. electronic trading company virtu financial moving ahead with an i.p.o. the idea shelved after the book "flash boys" by michael lewis accused spige-speed traders of rigging the market. virtu trying to raise $14 million, turned profit of $190 million last year in revenue, a 9% increase over 2013. and toshiba's setting up a committee to look at possible accounting irregularities. the japanese chipmaker and electronics company said it may have underreported the costs of some projects. and irobot wants to sell robot lawn mowers. it's asking the s.e.c. for permission to sell the lawn mowers guided by radio waves. there's a cash. they are running at fierce opposition from astronomers national radio observatory. they're asking the s.e.c. to block th

cory: you're watching bloomberg west. i am cory johnson bring you the best of bloomberg west.enture capital work is some of the best ever in the valley. he owns coastal ventures. i talked to him about his investments in education startups. vinod: i think previously it was this lower faction view of technology applied to education. you always heard about speeches and classrooms, but there wasn't this notion of, let me create something for the student or the teacher for interaction. now with cloud and mobile, we have gotten the basic infrastructure to do all kinds of interesting things. if you look at something like twitter or facebook, what they are about is taking a person and addicting them to the application. i think that ecosystem has been enabled for entrepreneurs to come in and start addicting students to learning. i think it will happen. cory: where do you see that happening? have you made investments in this kind of arena yet? vinod: we have made some investments. i will give you an example. piazza, little ecosystem that professors use in colleges do -- to essentially h

of "bloomberg west." am emily chang. she is in. former first lady hillary clinton has finally announced her candidacy for the white house. the response on social media has been overwhelming with over 5 million video views in the first 24 hours of her new campaign video. how big a role will text continue to play her campaign? i spoke with alec ross, former her former senior adviser and at the state department, and started by asking what his involvement would be. alec: i do not think she wants more from me than the other 320 million americans, which is support for her presidential run. when we connected, she was in ohio on her way to iowa. and very excited about her new presidential run. emily: how did she feel about the rollout so far? alec: the rollout has been a huge success. it is kind of bananas. they came out with this new video, and in the, i do not know, the first 18 hours, it was viewed 5 million times. one of the other presidential candidates who gets credit for being tech savvy is rand paul. his

this is the "best of bloomberg west."mason has a new start up two years after leaving as the ceo of groupon. he is becoming an audio tour guide. he has launched an iphone app called detour. he joined me to talk about this new business. andrew: we have 90 tours launched just in the san francisco bay area. each one takes you through a different part of the city. these are immersive, high-quality walks where a tour guide is telling you where to go. your phone is in your pocket the whole time. >> and you have great tour guides, too. andrew: we tried to find people who are not just great tour guides, but people who are real members of the community. we found a fisherman who has been fishing there for the last 40 years. he takes you behind the touristy faÇade and shows you what the wharf is really like. >> are you just in san francisco right now? andrew: we did one collaboration with radio lab in austin for sxsw. >> you've got to tell us what your favorite tour is. andrew: they are all different. there is one we did recently, i

. >> live from pier 3 in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west," where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. i'm emily chang. here is a check of your bloomberg top headlines. it is a potential deal that could create a generic drug powerhouse. an unsolicited $40.1 billion offer for mylan pharmaceutical. the deal would create a drugmaker with more than $27 billion in annual revenue. greek officials believe the confiscation of $1.6 billion in local governments will be enough to keep the country afloat until the end of may. access to the cache is critical with bailout talks at a standstill. here is former ecb president. >> we have to be totally realistic. it all depends on the maturity of the position of the great government -- understanding that in any case, if it wants to deliver growth and jobs, which is the main goal of the government -- it has to produce recovery. emily: people say resistance to greek assistance is growing at the ecb. russia plus takeover of crimea across the country cost the country $27 billion, and costs are expected to rise. that's what the r

the best of "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: this is the best of "bloomberg west."y johnson. bmw is counting on technology to help it keep its lead against rivals like audi and mercedes in the luxury market. matt miller caught up with the ceo ludwig willisch on the floor of the new york auto show. matt: i'm here and i thought it would be interesting to talk about the high-tech i-cars i-line that they have out. you are a race car collector and racecar driver. you happen to drive the i3. when you told me that i couldn't believe it. you said it's got the bmw dna in it. ludwig: absolutely. that is why i drive it. the way it drives it's so agile it's light, and it's great as far as acceleration is concerned. that's all you need for a commute. this is what the car is meant for. bmw is true to its brand. matt: so the i3 is an all electric car. you can get it with a range extender but that doesn't drive the axel. it's completely green in that sense. ludwig: it is. it's green in the sense it's emission free. but we think it's also very important that the whole production is

this is "bloomberg west."e streaming services from meerkat two periscope have been hot in technology. just as quickly as they rose, one seems to be falling out of favor. meerkat has fallen out of the top 1500 downloads on apple. . scope is at 169. has meerkat had its 15 seconds of fame? here meerkat to discuss is sarah. meerkat got a splash when it came out. i got a message that said emily plus meerkat equals boom. sarah: it was buzzy. the contrast between how much we heard around sxsw and now is stark. to soon to say it is dead. it is so tiny that it was barely significant enough in the beginning to weren't all that buzz. -- warrant all that buzz. a chart shows that less than 1% of iphone users are on meerkat or periscope, its competitor owned by twitter. it is early days. emily: you are saying periscope is not doing well either. they only have 80,000 solitary. -- followers. sarah: people talk about the live streaming wars but it is such a small slice of the overall population using these apps it is really no

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that's next on "bloomberg west." ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. apps are all the rage. facebook spent money on whatsapp. but now there's another one coming to market with a focus on business. cory: vapor chat has been live for four weeks and think of it as snap chat for business. joining me right now to talk about this is the ceo and founder. the messaging space is quite crowded, but this is intriguing taking the relation of snap chat and the idea that them user can conjure -- can control the message. what is that bringing? guest: this supplies much more than businesses. the way people text is flawed. the second we send a message, we lose control over that message. if i text you right now, you can take that message and do anything you want. you can post a picture on facebook, copy the message, save it to your camera, whatever it may be. we created some innovation in that space and for the first time, users can have control over their messages after they send it. you can vapor a text after you send it and immediately remove it from your phone and t

cory: welcome to "bloomberg west". i'm cory johnson. here's a check of your bloomberg top headlines. william dudley says the timing of interest rate hike will be data dependent and it is still uncertain. here is dudley speaking today in new jersey. william: for financial marks after liftoff just as important as the timing to the liftoff. the past is relatively shallow. headwinds in the aftermath of the financial crisis are still in evidence particularly the diminished availability and the tougher terms that we see for residential mortgage credit. cory: he says recent headwinds like this one in march jobs report are likely temporary. new data shows the biggest part of the u.s. economy is holding out service industries grew in march at the same pace as february. real estate firms, rental companies and management support firms are among the industries reporting the strongest growth last month. president obama spent the weekend defending the framework agreement over iran's nuclear program. he said the accord does not mean the u.s. will forfe

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this is "bloomberg west."d seattle to see what the city's cto is doing to wire the emerald city. let's find out what new york has in store. last year, new york appointed its chief technology officer with a mandate to develop a strategy for technology and foster the city's tech sector. here she is, joining us from new york. new york's first chief technology officer, what is your number one priority? minerva: my priority is to make new york city the most tech friendly and innovative city in the world. while we care about cool technology, we also care about closing the digital divide. it is probably the modern issue of our time. emily: you want to turn old payphones into wi-fi kiosks. minerva: this is something we are excited about, linknyc. we are turning all of the old payphones in new york city into free wi-fi hotspots. there are a couple cool things about it. who uses a pay phone anymore? second, we are using the existing infrastructure to make them into this modern, sleek and beautiful device which is going

>> welcome to bloomberg west, where we cover innovation, technology and the future of business. here's a check on your bloomberg top headlines. advisors for charter communications have reached out to time warner cable to begin friendly talks on an acquisition, this according to people with knowledge of the matter who say charter's goal is to buy time warner cable quickly. the news comes after they dropped the bid to buy time warner cable, due to growing government opposition. the takeover offers keep coming in the generic drug business. drug maker quickly rejected the offer. they say the 31.2 billion offer is lower than the proposal, because mylan's share prices have been inflated. the nasdaq surges to yet another record high. the index closed 7/10%. strong earnings from google, amazon and microsoft helped fuel the gain. the nasdaq composite has almost quadquadrupled since march 2009. a time waster. a gambler, and an amateur. that's how euro finance ministers described the minister. they made clear that greece cannot take any shortcuts to get additional aid. >> it was a very crit

♪ emily: live from pier 3 in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west," where we cover technology, innovationnd the future of business. i'm emily chang. here is a check of your bloomberg top headlines -- a futures trader has been arrested in the united kingdom for allegedly contribute into the may 2010 flash crash. navinder singh sarao is accused of illegal bait and switch practices to manipulate the market. criminal liar and commodities charges were filed i the u.s. justice department. they are seeking his extradition. bill gross says the 10 year german bond is the short of a lifetime. he joined "street smart" earlier today to explain why he is betting against german government bonds. bill: it's about five years forward in both germany and the u.s., but the yield difference between those two is about 200 basis points lower for germany. so equal quality, yes, but 200 basis points lower in germany. that says u.s. treasuries are a whale of a buy and german bonds are a whale of a short. i'm suggesting if you want to hedge, the best thing is to sell the german bond and by -- buy u.s. treasuries.

thank you so much for watching this edition of "bloomberg west ." r all the latest headlines all the time on your phone, tablet, bloomberg.com and bloomberg radio. we will see you later. ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is "charlie rose." charlie: yesterday at this table, we had a 68 minute conversation with iran's foreign minister, javad zarif. tonight part two. a conversation about the nuclear deal, the relationship between iran and the u.s., and the possibilities of future engagement. here is that conversation. if there was a nuclear agreement, is it likely to lead to more cooperation in terms

that is a big story and in interesting one when "bloomberg west" continues. ♪ ♪ cory: this is "bloombergy-z's music streaming model, why this one is different than all the others. federal agents arrested for stealing bitcoins. but first, a check on bloomberg headlines. aston martin is exploring partnership prospects to develop an electric car. andy: tesla has done a stunning job. cory: palmer went on to say that aston martin is not partnering with tesla. but talking to other partners in silicon valley. another example of march madness, final four tickets fans wanting to see kentucky finishing an undefeated season. building up prices. the average price, $1900. a record 25% higher than the previous record set last year. the world's most successful musicians have unveiled a tidal. an artist-owned music streaming platform. they want to challenge spotify pandora, and the like. jay-z joined by kanye, nicki minaj, i sure. what a menage. tidal does not offer anything for free. it is designed to get more money to the musicians who make the tunes. here is asher. usher: the ability to have a sense

thank you for watching this edition of bloomberg west. get to watch my special with sheryl sandberg and richard branson later tonight. ♪ . . mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton. this is "bottom line." the intersection of business and commerce with a mean streak perspective --mainstreet perspective. to our viewers in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world welcome. let's get you to the top stories we are following this friday. comcast dropped its $45 billion bid for time warner cable. the deal was announced 14 months ago. in the past week opposition from government regulators took shape.

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"bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson this is "bloomberg west."news from lausanne switzerland. you can see them walking to the podium right now. they are talking about a deal with iran and enriched uranium that could be used to build upon. indira is the bloomberg news reporter in the room right now. what is going on right now? indira: we are literally looking at the six foreign ministers from the world powers. they are standing from -- on stage for pictures. we have already gotten information from some of the different delegations about what some of the details are. they have declared victory. they said they have gotten the outline for what they will work on for the next three months to limit iran's nuclear and schmidt and nuclear -- enrichment and nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief and economic penalties. cory: yeah, a huge deal, and a huge success. i think we see a lot of feelings of success there. they look pretty please. what an epic session in double overtime, if you will. indira: absolutely. s&s soon as they start talking i

brad: i'm brad stone, this is "bloomberg west."ne companies hoping to make your next trip of local experience. andrew mason joins us on his latest adventure. first, check on today's top headlines. sign say the job market remains strong despite a disappointing jobs report. the labor department says that more than 5 million positions were waiting to be filled in february, the highest number of job openings in 14 years. construction, retail, and food service had the biggest gain. samsung shown's -- is positive guidance -- positive signs. down 31% year-over-year but their strongest number in three quarters. demand for samsung chips and paddles is making higher efforts into smart phone sales. joining me now is our guest host for the hour, the founder and ceo of pete.com, allowing travelers to get insider trips. backers include eric schmidt and jack dorsey. they have changed the way we travel. welcome back to "bloomberg west." >> thank you for having me. brad: last night i went on peek.com and created my perfect travel experience. why is

the best of "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: this is the best of "bloomberg west."y johnson. it is one of the most talked about app debuts in recent memory. we are talking about the live streaming app meerkat. four weeks after launching, it raised $14 million in funding and quite quickly. the app lets users live broadcast videos and comments from their smart phone to twitter. they can't replay or save the video. it is snapchat meets facetime all that and more. and the best is though could they already be behind it? it's fallen from number 140 to 523 last week. i put that very question to meerkat's ceo ben rubin. ben: it's not that early in our venture. actually we've been in the live video space for more than 2-1/2 years now. we've known success and failures before. one thing that is very interesting to see about meerkat is that it was actually able to unlock behavior of live-streaming behavior. like people that wouldn't live stream otherwise are now live streaming. cory: so we're meerkating right now as we're having this conversation. is that your phone? ben: yes.

cory: live, welcome to bloomberg west. i am cory johnson. a check of your bloomberg top headlines. greek government has ordered local governments to move their money to central banks. reese remains in a standoff with this creditors, trying to unlock further bailout money. european union leaders will hold a meeting later this week talking about migrant workers tried to escape. >> when we say we are facing new slave traders, we are not exaggerating tried to imagine what happened three or four centuries ago. the same thing is happening north of the african coast. cory: up to one million refugees in libya right now are waiting to flee to europe. president obama meeting with the crown prince of abu dhabi at the white house. security issues in the release are topping the agenda including negotiations to limit iran's nuclear program. the unrest in libya, and yemen. new york fed president says he is relatively optimistic that a rebound of the u.s. economy will want raising interest rates this year. he is not as confident about the inflation climate. >> the unemployment rate is still too hi

brad: thank you, ramy. ♪ brad: this is "bloomberg west." i am brad stone.ng groupon, may send launched an act, providing audio tours of cities based on your location. thanks for joining us. when i last saw you, we were traipsing around. andrew: i knew you were going to bring that up. nothing funnier. brad: that was the launch. that was, what, four months ago? andrew: we launched about two months ago in the app store. it was the beta we were doing. we have got 90 tours launched just in the san francisco bay area, and each one lasts about 45 minutes, and it takes you to a different part of the city and helps you see it through somebody else's eyes. these are immersive like very high quality walks, where a two or guy is telling you where to go. your phone is in your pocket the whole time. brad: and you have great tour guides too. andrew: we try to find people who were part of the community. its fisherman's wharf, we found a fisherman, and he takes you beside the touristy facade. and we had a collaboration with sxsw, but other than that, we are just in sanford

: "bloomberg west."ly chang caught up with the creator of "game of thrones" at the show's premiere last night here in san francisco. >> second season is the story of what happens to a company after the bell of the ball, it is a hit, and then they are going to the next level. series a financing and all the good and bad things that can happen. >> the wink of us twins make a cameo, evan spiegel. >> this is true. >> everyone wants to know, is there a good dick joke in a series? >> there is at least one. >> is it as worthy as the one in season one? >> we love our babies. it is not for us to say which did joke is better than the others. >> that is probably one of the most talked about moments of season one and it is indicative of how you put it together. it is technically correct. i know you have done a lot of research on the technical part of things. tell me actually about how that came to be. >> when mike and i first started talking about the show, we bonded over the fact when we started talking about techni

>> live from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west." i am cory johnson. here is a check on your bloomberg top headlines. dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted on all 30 counts, including the use of a weapons of mass destruction. here is massachusetts governor charlie baker. >> i am glad the verdict is in. based on everything i saw, i have no problem with it. i think it this point, it is up to the jury to make the decision about what happens next. brad: the jury will consider whether or not tsarnaev should be executed for his role. his defense says he was under the influence of his older brother. minutes from the federal reserve meeting last month show that policymakers are split on whether to raise interest rates in june. several members argued that the economic data and outlook were strong enough to warrant the rate hike, but others argued falling oil prices and the strong dollar were reasons to hold off later this year at the earliest. a major deal is brewing in the generic drug business. mylan has offered to buy perrigo for $29 billion, its largest acquisitio

"bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: this is "bloomberg west."ck check of some bloomberg top headlines. john malone is getting his hands on the european wireless network. his telnet unit is buying royal kpn's mobilephone business for $1.4 billion in cash. it is based in the netherlands. defense giant raytheon investing $1.6 billion to create a new cyber security company. the new firm will combine the cyber products unit with web sense. 28,000 security experts swarming the streets of san francisco. cyber security people for the rsa conference. one of the top three things to focus on this year -- joining us now is brian white. attendee at the rsa conference and senior advisor. good to see you. the world is gathered at our doorstep. cyber security has never been more important. what do you think the first big focus unique to this year will be? brian: security analytics are what people are spending a lot of time. cory: security analytics is what? brian: trying to understand what is going on internally to your organization. start looking at how you ca