and we couldn't be more fortunate than to have the president of microsoft joining us today, brad smith. brad leads 1,500 business, legal, corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries operating in more than 120 nations. at microsoft, he plays a key

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tech, everyone republican member of congress, policy maker wined and dined and financed by grad brad smith. china, to view windows code. china uses access to microsoft source code to help blot -- plot cyber warfare, on and on it goes year after year microsoft the ally of our biggest enemy,

if you work with brad smith. and microsoft, you are sides with the enemies of america. not just microsoft, you need to cut ties with, this is coca-cola ceo. james quincy, he lined up coca-cola behind hr1 to rig the voting rules in democrat's favor. he said to protect black people's rights, but james quincy targets black people, black kids see twice as many of its ads as white kids, james quincy increased his ad spending 80% linking his product to poor health, he encourages racism in his own company, coca-cola employees told to be less white as part of their diversity training, and europe his coca-cola claims -- continuing to be one of the biggest polluters of our ocean. here is another disgusting two-faced corporate hypocrite, larry fink. chief executive world's largest investment firm. if concerned about efforts that could limit access so ballot for everyone, he is concerned about social justice but not concerned enough to do it in his own company. 3% of his senior leaders are black. 5% of his hus -- u.s. workforce. he is one of the biggest investors in private prison

emily: will talk to microsoft president brad smith about that and more tomorrow. we will be interviewing him exclusively on "bloomberg technology." dan newman, futurum research analyst. again, brad smith joining us tomorrow. coming up, amd and texas instruments also reporting results. how the chip shortage and rocketing demand is impacting their outlook. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> q1 had one of the most difficult supply chain challenges that we have ever experienced. difficulties with supply chain, over the whole range of parts. the chip shortage, this is a huge problem. emily: tesla ceo elon musk there after the company reported results, highlighting just how severe the chip shortage has been globally. texas instruments and amd out with their results after the bell. let's get straight to ed ludlow in san francisco. chip shortage top of mind. what would you highlight? ed: texas instruments, 80% of the chips they offer customers themselves, they don't outsource to third parties. they were talking about the keyword, leadtime, the time it takes for a customer ordering c

>> next, microsoft president and chief legal officer brad smith talks about leadership during an event hosted by the brookings institution, and george washington's mount vernon. this runs 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. joining us for this segment, of a more perfect union, the conference on american leadership in the 21st century sponsored by the brookings institution and george washington's mount vernon. today, we're going to talk about corporate leadership, the private sector leadership that will be so helpful to american leadership more broadly in the 21st century. and we couldn't be more fortunate than to have the president of microsoft joining us today, brad smith. brad leads 1,500 business, legal, corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries operating in more than 120 nations. at microsoft, he plays a key role in spearheading the work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society. a native of wisconsin, brad is a graduate of princeton university and received his jd from columbia university law school. over the pa

brad smith is the president of microsoft.at war on the internet right now? >> i feel that certain people would say this isn't an act of war, but it also doesn't feel like a time of peace, especially when we see not only this technology, these attacks used for, say, something like espionage, but sometimes to damage people's computers, to disrupt the operations of, say, a hospital or a school, to pult at risk the electrical grid. these are dangerous steps, and we should not treat them as certainly peace time as normal. >> you know, jo, cybersecurity and the threats from it feels overwhelming at times. you know, i talked about the cyber stickups in all of this. can we rely on government to protect us from cybercrime? >> reporter: right now we're not. in fact, the tech companies i have been speaking to and covering over the last several years, the better part of a decade now, are all working with the federal government to provide support, to provide not just alerts but also to fetter out the threats that are already in our world,

. >> reporter: and microsoft's brad smith told us it's almost certain theac created additional back doors and spread to other networks. the revelation this past december came at a fraught time in the u.s. president trump was disputing the election and tweeted china might be responsible for the hack. within hours he was contradicted by his own secretary of state and attorney general. they blamed russia. the department of homeland security, fbi, and intelligence agencies concurred. the prime suspect? the svr, one of several russian spy agencies the u.s. labels advanced persistent threats. russia denies it was involved. >> i do think this was an act of recklessness. the world runs on software. it runs on information technology. but it can't run with confidence if major governments are disrupting and attacking the software supply chain in this way. >> that almost sounds like you think that they went in to foment chaos. >> what we are seeing is the first use of this supply chain disruption tactic against the united states. but it's not the first time we've witnessed it. the russian government

stuart: you make a good point brad smith thank you very much for being on the show today.anks for joining us, sir, appreciate it. >> thank you. stuart: didn't know he was from west virginia but he's got action, okay? we like that. >> and with the passes as well to ziplinend white water raft that's $20,000 on top of the 12 grand as well, so $20,000 total package. stuart: brad smith should have got into that meanwhile we've got elon musk on the screen. >> he's got 20 grand. stuart: that's because spacex just won a $3 billion contract with nasa. >> so he's only a moon lander and that's take astronauts from lunar orbit from the surface of the moon, spacex already developing that giant rocket star ship to take people to mars one day, pretty soon according to elon musk. now first though, the star ship that giant rocket star ship will drop people off at the moon as well, why not it's on the way right? it's like hitchhiking across space. stuart: it's just very exciting. >> it is. stuart: to see this genius and he is, the man is a genius. look what he's done and now he's building a

. >> reporter: brad smith is president of microsoft.he presidential election this past november. by that time the stealthy intruders had spread throughout the tech giant's computer network and stolen some of its proprietary source code used to build its software products. more alarming, how the hackers got in. piggybacking on a piece of third-party software used to connect, manage and monitor computer networks. what makes this so momentous? >> one of the really disconcerting aspects of this attack was the widespread and indiscriminate nature of it. what this attacker did was identify network management software from a company called solarwinds. they installed malware into an update for a solarwinds product. when that update went out to 18,000 organizations around the world, so did this malware. >> reporter: the orion platform is the underlying foundation -- >> reporter: solarwinds' orion is one of the most ub iblthous software products you probably never heard of. but to thousands of i.t. departments worldwide it's indispensable. it's m

. >>> dow down 162, the nasdaq down as we head into the close microsoft president brad smith making new comments on infrastructure spending. ylan mui with the details. >> reporter: microsoft is the latest tech company to get behind the idea of a sweeping public sector investment in infrastructure president brad smith signalled he's willing to negotiate over how to pay for it. in an op-ed over the weekend he wrote we must recognize these investments are expensive. a challenging conversation awaits about how to pay for all of this, including the impact on international competitiveness of economic sectors that operate with tighter profit margins. this comes as president biden said this afternoon he's prepared to compromise as well the white house wants to raise corporate taxes. the business community and republicans want to talk about user fees instead. biden said today's discussion would cover both of those ideas. but a growing number of big companies are at least willing to entertain this idea of a trade-off between higher taxes an an upgrade to our infrastructure back to you. >>> we're

we talked to microsoft president brad smith. >> do you believe that we're at war on the internet right? >> i think most of the time people would say this is not an act of war, but it also doesn't feel like a time of peace, especially when we see not only this technology, these attacks used for, say, something like espionage, but sometimes to damage people's computers, to disrupt the operations of, say, a hospital or a school, to put at risk the electrical grid. these are dangerous steps. >> from cyber stickups to nation state espionage. you can see this episode any time on peacock. new episodes debut thursdays at 8:00 eastern. >>> nep, former speaker john boehner, he hates what the republican party has become but does he bear some responsibility? become but does he bear some responsibility keep yours healthy with new crest advanced gum restore. it's clinically proven to detoxify below the gum line, and it restores by helping heal gums in as little as seven days. because you can't have a healthy smile, without healthy gums. advanced gum restore from crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in ame

brad smith was among those who testified on the issue before a house judiciary subcommittee. >> subcommitteeill come to order. declare a recess of the committee at any time. good morning and welcome to today's hearing. the second in a series to develop legislation to promote competition online and modernize the anti-trust laws. before we begin, i would like to remind members that we have an e-mail address and distribution list demonstrating to circling exhibits, motions and other written materials that they might want to offer as part of the hearing today. if you want to submit please send them to the e-mail address to your office and circulate to members and staff as quickly as we can. i would like to remind all members that our witnesses office of guiding physician states that face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as committee hearings. i expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask for the duration of the hearing. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. a free and diverse press is the backbone of a vibrant democracy. indeed our dem

brad and. and derek smith the paramedics we heard the testimony of dr ninan found they came in and they said they began resuscitative effort efforts they introduced oxygen and oxygen supply we were there their manual the breathing for him there really oxygenating his blood so when you look at that piece of evidence when you look at a piece of evidence like that you have to compare against all of the other evidence because you can't come in and say george for on one hand george why died of a 6 year but he has a 98 percent oxygen. his blood is oxygen. then it is stands to reason the opposite is true as well you can't come in and say i can conclusively prove that mr fly didn't have carbon monoxide in his blood because he had this high oxygen saturation you test one statement against the evidence of other people and you compare that is what you as jurors are obligated to do and what i am asking you to do compare the evidence against itself test it challenge it compare it to the law read the instructions in their entirety start from point of the presumption of innocence and see how far the state can g

brad smith, the president of microsoft and a fellow wash tonnian who has done a tremendous amount ourn, our state and country. one of the leading global figures in the technology industry today and testified several times before the united states congress and other governments on policy issues. he joined microsoft in 1993, spending three years leading the legal and corporate affairs team in europe. in 2002, he was named microsoft's general counsel and led the company's work to resolve anti-trust controversies with governments around the world and companies across the tech sector. i believe that's given him a very unique and valuable perspective on the issues of tech and antitrust and the responsibility of the tech industry to work with government on smart regulation that protects competition, innovation and democracy. mr. chairman, i actually believe that that experience is very much part of the reason that microsoft played such a productive role in australia most recently and i know we're going to hear about that more today. before joining microsoft, mr. smith worked as an associate

we heard the testimony of seth brad linder and derek smith, the paramedics. we heard the testimony of dr. langenfeld. they came in and they said they begin resuscitative efforts. the introduced oxygen, and oxygen supply. they are manually breathing for him. they are we oxygenating his blood. so when you look at that piece of evidence, when you look at the piece of evidence like that you have to compare it against all of the other evidence. because you can't come in and say george floyd on one hand, george floyd died of a six nation, but he has a 98% oxygen level. his blood is oxygenated. it stands to reason the opposite is true as well. you can't come in and say i can't conclusively prove that mr. floyd didn't have carbon monoxide in his blood because he had this high oxygen saturation. you test one statement against the evidence of other people and you compare it. that is what you as a jurors are obligated to do. and what i'm asking you to do. compare the evidence against itself. test it, challenge it, compare it the law. read the instructions in their entir