. >>> and the next space race is a battle between branson and elon musk. what they're fighting over and how it might make you some money. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? but your stellar notebook gives hanyou the gumptionlc. to reach for the sky. that's that new gear feeling. this week, these office depot brand notebooks just one cent. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. is. >>> our next guest was a major player at microsoft, a top exec for two decades, leading the launch of the original xbox console. robby bach, is microsoft's former chief xbox officer. got your book, been flipping through it. a game plan for corporate and civic renewal. it reads like one of those books that somebody writes because they're going 0 run for a big office. are you running for governor, senator, president? >> i have no intention of running for office. my deal is -- about civic e

. >> take me out to the ballgame, the tournament of world series champions next week in branson missouri. they need $25000 in travel related expensive such as food, bus, hotel. >> the kids, they know we have a lack of funds they are trinket taking it with strike, they are hoping at the last minute we are able to get enough funds to to go. >> they're not your average little league, they are world they just won the national amateur baseball federation in july. >> i just have to give them one instruction and they go with it, they are prepared to play. >> next week in branson missouri they will compete against five other world series champions. these tournaments take a lot out of your pockets, expensive take, expensive take a toll on the parents. >> a lot of family help us but it takes a lot. it's a struggle. as a team we do a lot of fundraising. >> they want to compete at the national level but they need the funny to get them there. >> if you don't focus you never going to be successful, focus then you're going to be successful. >> a gofundme pages set up to raise $25,000 there at 8000 so f

is outer space big enough for along musk and richard branson? we'll tell you about the new satellite war brewing between these two billionaires coming up in a while here. >> plus, the commission free trading app robin hunt has done $1 billion in transactions. how lock can it keep those trades free of fees? we'll ask the founders when they join us live. >>> let's begin with walmart and home depot and the mixed fortunes they presented this morning. courtney reagan joins us with that story. >> it's been a long and short day all at once. walmart and home depot are dow components. some small merchandise categories cross over. the reason for guidance updates widely. home depot, inline enings, stronger than expected same-store sales and better spending among higher income consumers and professionals. home improvement retailer raiding its guidance due to the acquisition of interline brands, but a raise is a raise. walmart had earnings falling short of consensus but stronger than expected revenue. the fourth straight quarter of positive u.s. comp sales g

branson: i'm not sure.flying for an airline, you have to check in at a certain time and check out at a certain time or the plane doesn't fly. but for the head office type of jobs around the world, they can offer complete flex ability. is starting to put his money where his mouth is. weeks of parental leave paid shared between moms and dads. virgin says they are tried to do that at all virgin companies around the world. -- are trying to do that at all virgin companies around the world. her big thing is, if you get more leave to moms, that reinforces the idea that women are the primary caregiver and dads shouldn't be taking as much time off as moms. the most of what an thing is that men and women get equal time off. it can be tricky because sometimes, when employees get unlimited leave, they take less leave. so it will be adjusting to see how this netflix policy plays out. alix: they are watching each other to see what they do and then follow suit. thank you so much. "bloomberg west" today. tesla earnings out

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. >> reporter: elan wants to go to mars and richard branson wants to send tourists to space but right now both billionaires are engaged in a new race to provide internet access at fast speeds to the world. others have tried and failed. >> this stuff is very hard, very complex and very easy to fantasize about all of the things that it could do and very hard to kick out all of the fantasy and come down to reality. >> reporter: greg whiler is founder and ceo of one web, a company which branson has invested in. they have raised $500 million to invest in 648 satellites to launch in two years. the satellites will be much closer to earth to cut down delays and one hopes to sell it to airlines or customers in remote areas. but if there's space, literally, for more than one player? >> there's really no -- not a lot out there. >> reporter: last january in seattle, in this video, elon musk reported that spacex wanted to launch its own internet constellation and the company is now hiring, google and fidelity have invested $1 billion into the adventure. the fight over spectrum and if there is enou

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. >> some try to claim they are friends with sir richard branson. and the man who asked for an upgrade so he wouldn't have to sit next to his wife in xhe class economy class. his wife was praying he'd get the upgrade so she wouldn't have to sit next to him. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us here we appreciate your time. hope to see you in half an hour. >> tonight, the growing emergency. the white house watching. fire tornadoes breaking out in a middle of an exploding wildfire. thousands of families evacuated. while in the east tonight, severe storms in boston late today. new york overnight and the deadly circus tent collapse. >>> meantime, at this hour, the most powerful storm on the planet. headed for one of the world's tallest buildings. >>> outbreak. the growing number of cases in an airborne disease showing up in two states. the worst ever in new york city. >>> the manhunt at this hour. the suspect considered armed and dangerous. murder, kidnapping and wounding two officers. neighbors warned to stay indoors. >>> and the poll numbers just in tonig

>> what will become of downton after branson and sybbie leave for america? >> always remember you have a home to come back to. >> will marigold take her rightful place at the downton table? >> i can't give her up. >> of course not. >> and what will become of anna and bates? there's still a dark cloud hanging over them. >> we'll worry about everything else later. but for now, let's just have a very happy christmas.

>> what will become of downton after branson and sybbie leave for america? >> always remember you have a home to come back to. >> will marigold take her rightful place at the downton table? >> i can't give her up. >> of course not. >> and what will become of anna and bates? there's still a dark cloud hanging over them. >> we'll worry about everything else later. but for now, let's just have a very happy christmas.

emily: richard branson has a private island. steve ballmer is buying a sports team.off gives a lot away. what do you do? with all the money you have made? reid: so, most of it is still in linkedin stock. because i am building the world through linkedin. i serve on a number of different nonprofit boards, like kiva and endeavor and do something. i try to finance projects that i think are interesting. emily: are we ever going to see you start something else? another company? reid: probably not. you know, with series a and seed founders, i work pretty closely with them, but there is a long way to go with linkedin still. so i would say that it's unlikely. although, you will see me partnering with a bunch of great young entrepreneurs, and trying to help figure out how to build something big. emily: reid hoffman, thank you so much for joining us. it's has been a pleasure -- reid: thank you. emily: to have you on the show. ♪ . >> turning ideas into action, the clinton global initiative attracts some of the world's most influential people, leaders in business, politics, and p

they claim to be friends of richard branson. >> virgin airlines. >> friend of the owner, you should bepgraded. >> exactly. >> here is a good one. >> some couples will go as far as to pretend that they're on their honeymoon, it actually reminds us of an episode of friends, when monica and chandler actually went on their honeymoon. watch this. >> we're on our honeymoon. >> let me see what i can do. there are some first class seats available. >> did you hear that? bump up to first class, honeymoon, come on, we're on our honeymoon. >> we are on our honeymoon. >> grab my hand. >> didn't hear you, so in love with my new husband. >> we're on our honeymoon. >> congratulations. >> thanks, thanks. >> hey, mr. bay, you will and be in 25j, mrs. bing, 25k. >> no, you see, we're on our honeymoon, so can you do your little thing and bump up to first class? >> sorry, all first class seats are taken, that couple got the last two. >> you see, if we had gone around them like i said? >> we should have gone around them. >> okay, here is another one. birthday, people are celebrating their birthday, are also

when people like resident clinton and richard branson said don't be ashamed about socially consciouspeople see you can't mix philanthropic endeavor with commercial activity. they completely flipped it, and said yes, you can. i am seeing a mentor and a space. who sits on which side of the fence? it's a person who i believe is engaged in the world. charlie: are you talking to him or is he simply posing and you waiting for the moment that you want? russell: we were talking about the citadel, a little-known story in the north of haiti. that was the conversation we were having. so i had just interviewed the president on that subject and asked if i could take some photographs. i did. i guess the closest thing for me is that it was just his personality that i was looking for. who he actually is. that photograph is very recent. charlie: where is the biggest passion for you? someone said to take a month and go where ever you want. russell: that would be sophie's choice for me. and i would go to the roots that have driven me. it is around indigenous culture and marginalized culture. and again,

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richard branson wants to go to space.oth involved in a new space race, both getting a little ugly. both want to launch a constellation of low earth satellites which will provide fast internet speeds globally. branson is an investor in one web which was formed by greg whiler who used to work at google and is reportedly friends with musk or was. one web partnered with intel sat. airbus will build 648 satellites which it hopes to start launching in two years. with half the world off-line, whiler hopes to sell this service to traditional telecoms to resell to customers. here is why he thinks one web will succeed where others have failed? >> we're really very boring about our approach. a lot of people would like to do lots of other things. we've tried to say, no, we're not doing intersatellite links, all these cool things. they sound great but they add years of time of development and tremendous amounts of risk. >> is the bandwidth big enough for two players? elon musk has started hiring and hopes to launch 4,000 low earth int

say the worse excuse they hear is passengers claiming a fictional friendship with founder richards bransone fact it usually doesn't work. over used attempts mention birthdays, honeymoons, also, passengers tall pass inning earnings, plead for extra leg room. >> oh, please. >>> kelly osborne has been under fire for some comment she made few days ago on the view. >> people take to go social media on this. >> speaking out against her others showing their support for her. well, the view co-host whoopi goldberg, was one of them. >> i'm kelly osborne -- >> title what happened here yesterday, the view, ladies sat around the table and discussed osborne's now infamous remarks. goldberg had reassuring for anybody who might be questioning her character here's what she had to say. >> i know folks they're outraged, but really think about it, again if you have ever met a real racist, it is a whole other world honey. >> raven simmone said kelsey her best friend, asked if that could even and possibility if osborne was real a racist. >> do you watch the view? do you ever check it out? >> no. >> show has suc

. >> exactly h that was serena branson reporting. >>> 6:50. non-profit that feed the hungry is in need. >> as "eyewitness news" anchor ukee washington shows news this weeks story of brotherly love it is getting by with help of a lot of hands. >> reporter: in a warehouse in north philadelphia, volunteers from philadelphia university are hard at work. >> they are packing boxes of food to go out to the elderly in philadelphia county. >> reporter: for 25 years, share, the self-help and resorry change, had distributed food in philadelphia and surrounding states as far away as new york. they sell discounted food to families. 40 percent less than a grocery store. low cost food to 500 food coverts and they grow food on their own farm. >> everything is grown without using pesticides and it is all fresh. you can come help pick it. >> i didn't know there was places like this. that is awesome that they can have, these facilities that can help people. >> reporter: it is all over seen by, this woman, she says growing up her family didn't have much. did you

driverless cars, make me money, show me money or the businesses might -- >> this creates a richard branson's virgin, where you have multiple companies doing multiple things, driverless cars, longevity. all the stuff we get a kick out as tech journalists. the search, the advertisements, anddroid into different fiefdoms i guess. cheryl: our company is operating well today, this is a quote directly from him, but think we can make it cleaner and more accountable, i'm assuming that's to shareholdering, and allows us more management skills, we can run things independently that aren't very related. this screams to me, gene, that services under alphabet aren't going to survive? >> probably some won't survive. i agree with that. they want to give the ones that have the biggest opportunity more flexibility to go after that. one distinction is the ceo. the other would be they're not going to be bound to using google products, for example, if you have a self-driving car, it's not mandated it uses google maps. so i think that there are, yes, there's going to be better transparency about which is going to

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we'll give you the plays and the new social app that's getting backing from sir richard branson and willl, we'll see you in just a bit. now over to the cme for the santelli exchange. >> before we get to me and the santelli exchange, i know it's a little issue, i like to stay on the little issue. when we had july cpi read and i brought it out at 8:30 eastern we definitely had numbers arguably cooler than many had thought. when i look at cpi month over month it was up .1 of a percent. the notion of this being the lowest i'm not sure. when i handicap numbers and-day it kind of for a living we've had .1, we've had .1. we've had .7. this isn't necessarily a series that was being paid most attention to. although the net change, the absolute value net change has come a long way since down .7 since january. this was the one. yes, .1 equals the lowest. in order to be the lowest. you need to be zero or lower. small detail it gives you an idea of how people look and people i mean, investors are looking at the market and some of the emails i'm reading. the word of the day is -- calibration. and whet

>> what will become of downton after branson and sybbie leave for america?ightful place at the downton table? >> i can't give her up. >> of course not. >> and what will become of anna and bates? there's still a dark cloud hanging over them. >> we'll worry about everything else later. but for now, let's just have a very happy christmas.

when people like president clinton and richard branson said don't be ashamed about socially consciousbusiness. people said you can't mix philanthropic endeavor with commercial activity. and i completely flipped it and said yes, you can, it is entirely possible so when i look at president clinton, that's what i am seeing. i am seeing my mentor in the space of this social commitment. now this is outside of politics and who sits which side of the fence. a person who i believe is really engaged. >> rose: are you talking to him to create that particular thing you are looking for there. is there communication between the two of you or he is simply posing and you are waiting for the moment that you want? >> in that case we were talking about the citadel which is the biggest fortress in the western hemisphere and it represents the first nation formed by free slaves. hi just interviewed the president on that subject. and i asked if i could take some photographs. and i did. and so really i guess the closest thing for me is it was just his personality is what i was looking for, like who he actua

close to my father who is very proud of his irish heritage and he was then grandson of by richard branson had a tough time in the united states and died young and left my father's father as an orphan that is part of my family story that i always wanted to hear about that. the he died in 1999 narrowed to big story and i've looked into with because i could confirm the oral history so wrote the stories of the irish migration and a few months later it was very emotional but i went to the border for the first five my went to douglas arizona. that was the summer of 2000 the refer started to hear it is not a good place to air travel through with the desert but the federal policy closed after crossing since ian diego that if you seal off the safe urban crossings immigration would stop because the area so forbidding in between there would not come then they were coming anyway and they were starting to die of large numbers for the first time. i went down to report on that in douglas arizona that was the immigration and highway at the time. it was a life changing experience for me a saw the helicopt

to talk more about the malaysian economy and foreign business malaysia, joining me now is thomas bransonlcome to the program. thank you so much for joining us. how worrisome is all of this political noise for foreign businesses? i think german businesses experience uptrends in malaysia. currently, without looking at yesterday's and today's events, we have done a business survey among the german people and the outlook was rather positive. german business people expect good developments. the region is competing more and more with china and more investors are coming into the region. turmoils ofhe discussions don't turn into political instability, the foron has bright prospects german and european investors. are seeing things, on the political side, deteriorating in malaysia. just the fact that this political scandal keeps going on . what is this going to do for malaysia's image in the global economy? >> i think overall, german seen another few examples within structural changes and democratization of societies which have been successful without much happening. like in indonesia and myanmar.

richard branson, bmw, audi, all of them aiming more or less in the same space. they see this age the new age is coming in the short period of time. but there are two pillars to winning in the electric age. to winning in the super battery age. one of them is discovery. it's your guys or guys like you making the super battery. the other pillar is manufacturing them. and, you know. you mentioned the innovators. and steve jobs did not invent the smartphone. he's ingenious designer, ingenious manufacturer, and right now the steve jobs of the battery world are in asia. and you could invent your guys could invent the super battery. you already may have gotten while we were sitting here, the phone call, we got the super battery. jeff, come home right now. but, will you, can you guarantee that super battery will be manufactured in the united states? and so this -- this is the next challenge that the -- that the united states really has to grapple with. and i think it is grappling with it. what do you think about that? >> yeah, thanks, steve. so that is the question i was

we have seen that with elon musk as well as richard branson.ry public effort by the japanese and centers around their pride. vonnie: isn't it amazing how nations can collaborate on the international space station. tom: we need this with everything else. brendan: i think pride is the important word. it is impossible to tease apart how important it is commercially and the pride of ownership. tom: what we have seen is it is not a small matter. this is south of japan. the island nicely north of okinawa and nicely southeast of nagasaki. i am sorry to interrupt, a few were talking to bruce kasman. brendan: we will take a hard turn back to the american consumer. i want to talk about deposits and even savings deposits. smallple who have that amount of money really making decisions? >> i don't think there is any doubt and there is a fairly long body of research. the other effect is interest rates go up and it tends to create incentives to increase savings and push the dollar up. effect has been to help household balance sheets help household income. the

he does everything that richard branson guy who owns his o own airline. has a spirit of adventure. where are you right now? we're just off the end of sandy hook so this boat is making its way out of the bay and heading to the ocean. >> can the -- man i would loved to that get the registration number. we have to invite them on the show. we tracked down surfer so cool. >> in the rockaways maybe get surfers what do you think, jim? >> might take time to get over there. try to get the registration on this boat. >> better get it quick. >> jim i think they're from germany. gee man flag on the back am i wrong, could be. that or -- >> i can't see it. not the confederate flag whew. >> while we're looking at that boat happy birthday to vince from the bronx and fall watching as well this morning. thank you so much. >> it is the flag of germany. >> not like one of their company flags that >> that's germany, right -- got a loud speaker there, you in the boat. come, stew you there in the boat. >> might be sleeping in. there in the cockpit. hello. beautiful day to be on the boat or anywhere outsid

branson,nt them, southwest parts of missouri and they are one of the most forward thinking cities and have done more work on a integrated plan that about anybody. they were invited out to just of them and one other city. there are only does go cities in the united states who were invited out to present how they did their plan and what they do. discussed this plan for an lamenting mandates from the environmental protection agency and the cost of the mandates over the next 20 years. i've heard some people speculate that things are never as bad as --y seem, but this was even if this was even 50% accurate, it is not doable, it is devastating. they found that complying with the mandates would cost each individual in my district, each constituents, $40,000. you can cut that have -- you can cut that in half, but it is not feasible. you're looking at billions of dollars in compliance for ozone and the environment -- the financial impact it will have on manufacturing, transportation, and it will affect -- have an impact on each of my constituents. do you look at the comprehensive financial and

. >> reporter: and only a handful of companies offer plans as generous as netflix like richard branson'sto senior employees mostly outside the u.s. newer tech companies tend to be the most giving with google offering new mothers five paid months off and facebook offering moms and dads four. netflix says the new policy like their unlimited time off which grants employees unlimited vacation time will help them compete and retain the postal leapted individuals in their field. >> netflix is setting the tone for tech companies and that it motivates other companies to try to keep up with netflix. >> reporter: and it's not just tech companies who are taking notice. this morning i'm hearing from all sorts of companies who are looking at this new policy which could be good news for a lot of employees in a lot of different types ofcans as well. >> boy, it sure could, rebecca, thanks very much. >>> "gma" workplace contributor tory johnson here as well. hearing unlimited full year moms and dads what's the catch? >> what's the catch? i think, you know initially you think this would be a dream for my

i'm outside of branson so there is entertainment. i will stick to the woods if you don't mind. enjoy your sounding board. you guys are the heart beat of america on the program. a good segue from erin brockovich to our national forest. i want to say vote paul for world environmentalism. i wish you guys would have a round table. i keep asking about this. i wish you would have a round table with all of your, everybody that works on the program. that would be interesting to see what you have to say about the way the world is through the eyes of the people that call you. >> want to keep the focus on you our viewers why we are trying to get as many to call in as possible especially in this segment as we are talking about whether you visited a national park this summer. share your stories, share your suggestions of how washington can manage the park system better. 202-748-8000. up next in massachusetts. tim, good morning. >> caller: i have been to ten national parks this summer. i'm on a mission to go to as many national parks as i can. i want to see as much of the country as i can. >

. >> richard branson will ia.m.re knocking the information is going into the phone? >> yeah, it is quite cool using new apple beacon technology allows to us exchange information without even having to take phone out of pocket -- as well -- >> so you want to try it. >> sure. >> so what am i doing just knocking on my phone. >> literally would knock on your phone twice. then i would knock on my phone twice, if you guys knock on phone twice about we instantly have a group. >> if i had app on it. >> i don't have the app are on it, [laughter] >> play with that --. >> question what is the proper etiquette of not sending you the information, because what if i don't want somebody? if i didn't like somebody. >> -- the whole idea. >> i have a -- >> knock, knock. >> how do you get rid of awkwardness kind of what we're rolling out first a meeting hundreds of people names you barely know, awkward hey dude, won don't have names you have like blonde guy from this fraternity, how do you solve that problem, remove that awkwardness wh

they call him in part indiana jones, part richard branson, out in a new book called "safari" tell usuxury safari, 1962. >> i worked out you either went hunting in those days, which i didn't approve you have, so i wanted an experience, so i had to build a camp. and so then i had the idea we build this beautiful camp, but i would want showers, flush toilets. >> champagne, caviar. >> you need ice, refrigeration. that would allow champagne and caviar, being watched by hippos at the same time. >> this has become a huge industry, luxury safaris, luxury travel. when you did this, what was it like? >> we were the first to build a luxury camp ever, and my father thought i was crazy. >>> your trips start at $8,000, go up to $135,000 per person, the private jet tours, which are, by the way, sold out. where is demand coming from? >> well, the majority of my business is about $8,000 a trip. but then i had this idea to up the tent safari, with a beautiful private class, and gotten to greenland, easter island, southern philippines, and the customers come, they're all international, mainly american,