♪ emily: this is what happened the last time we interviewed stewart butterfield.laughter] [crosstalk] emily: yep, jared leto, everybody. yep, jared leto, the actor, photobombed our chat with stewart butterfield, the seemingly quintessential serial silicon valley entrepreneur. but butterfield's story is anything but. in fact, he founded both of his companies by accident. one of his companies sold to twitter for $27 million in 2004. today, slack, the workplace collaboration app, is worth more than $7 billion and it's now battling microsoft, amazon, google, and facebook. joining me is the slack ceo and cofounder, stewart butterfield. ♪ emily: stewart, thank you so much for being here. stewart: my pleasure. emily: you had an unconventional childhood. your parents were hippies and chose to raise you off of the grid in british columbia. what was that like? stewart: i was a pretty little kid. i don't remember a lot of it. it was, in many ways, an idyllic childhood. i was raised in a log cabin. it's a great story because i kind of sound like abraham lincoln with no runnin

♪ emily: this is what happened the last time we interviewed stewart butterfield.laughter] emily: yes, jared leto, the actor, with our chat with stewart, the silicon valley entrepreneur, but butterfield's story is anything but. -- the seemingly quintessential serial entrepreneur. but butterfield's story is anything but. in fact, he founded the companies by accident. one of his companies sold to twitter for $27 million in today, slack, the workplace 2004. collaboration app, is worth more than $7 billion and is now battling amazon, google and facebook. joining me is the slack ceo and cofounder, stewart butterfield. ♪ thank you so much for being here. stewart: my pleasure. emily: you had an unconventional childhood. your parents were hippies and chose to raise you off of the great in british columbia. what was that like? stewart: it was, in many ways, an idyllic childhood. no running water until i was three, no electricity until i was four. my father was from new york, and my mother was for montrÉal, and they really had no idea what to they were doing. it was pretty e

emily: this is what happened the last time we interviewed stewart butterfield. [laughter] emily: yes, jared leto, the actor, who is also a tech investor with our chat with , stewart, the seemingly quintessential serial entrepreneur. but butterfield's story is anything but. in fact, he founded both of his companies by accident. flickr sold to twitter for $27 million and today, slack, the workplace 2004 collaboration app, is worth more than $7 billion and is now battling amazon, google and facebook. joining me is the slack ceo and cofounder, stewart butterfield. thank you so much for being here. stewart: my pleasure. emily: you had an unconventional childhood. your parents were hippies and chose to raise you off of the grid in british columbia. what was that like? stewart: i am not 100% clear on it. it was, in many ways, an idyllic childhood. no running water until i was three, no electricity until i was four. my father was from new york, and my mother was from montreal, and they really had no idea what they were doing when they tried to live off the land. it was

took sunday off, and monday, they called butterfield, and ben said, okay, it's better than a b-plus. >> from that point on, it's a fight for the tapes because they answered the truth. am i telling the truth? is the president telling the truth? what else happened, you know? the prosecutors immediately subpe subsub subpoena the tapes so nixon is early advised to destroy the tapes. here's a trip tip: when you search hotels on tripadvisor... enter your destination and the dates of your stay. tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to find the best deal on the right hotel for you. tripadvisor. ayep, and my teeth are yellow.? time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. and they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life.

to deanna butterfield's family, and mueylin saechao's family.ical day but a good day. >> reporter: a good day, for her daughter who vowed never to give up. >> he is just a coward. he preys on weak people, and i'm not a weak person. >> reporter: huff do not address the court, nor did he look at anyone when he spoke. silva says she hopes his life in prison will be terrible. henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is up next with a controversial new face for nike. >> this is the goal. this is what they want to do. you cannot simply describe the product anymore. you have to connect emotionally. >> the new campaign featuring colin kaepernick that has some people boycotting nike. >>> also ahead, how bay area leaders are urging the governor to allow those so-called safe injection sites. >>> and it has happened again.i now underway. stay with us. ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is next. [peaceful guitar music] (male speaker) we know about that trail that never ends. we know the great outdoors. we love the great outdoors. bass pro shops and cabel

she was only 4 years old when her mother, 21-year-old deanna butterfield, was found killed in a picniceley hills. >> i asked her, what's wrong? she said that my mom was sick. and i grabbed her hand and asked if we could go to the store and get her some medicine. >> reporter: only later was she told the truth. >> and she told me my mommy was dead. i knew i would never see her again. >> reporter: as the years passed, she says she hundred the police, convinced they weren't doing enough to investigate, because her mother used drugs and was a sex worker. >> i am so proud of her for what she has done. never giving up. >> reporter: 5 years after killing butterfield, a man known as "wild bill," raped and strangled mueylin saechao in san pablo in 1993. silva's worst fears had come true. >> i did not want the bad guy who killed my mom to -- sorry. take someone else's mommy from them. >> reporter: the killings went unsolved until dna linked both cases to huff, a transient with a long criminal history. he pleaded no contest to two counts of murder in may. >> we were glad to bring closure to the fa

butterfield and about the committee, carl? >> a lot of speculation.e was going to say because we were deviating from the schedule. >> we believe his testimony will have to do with white house procedures. >> that roomfuls chalk full of people. boyfriends with girls standing on their shoulders, people in the window ledges up there, cameras all over the place. >> i'd like to change the usual routine of questioning and ask minority counsel to begin the questioning, mr. butterfield. >> thank you. >> the old caucus room was packed full of famous names and celebrities and whatnots, you know, kind of a circus atmosphere, frankly. >> i understand you were previously employed by the white house? is that correct? >> that's correct. >> during what period of time were you employed by the white house? >> i would like to preface my remarks, if i may, mr. thompson -- >> go right ahead. >> although i do not have a statement as such, i would simply like to remind the committee membership that whereas i appear, voluntarily this afternoon, i appear with only some three h

butterfield, for ive minutes. mr. butterfield: i rise today to honor the life and work of mrs. sally baldwin powers. a great north carolinian and nationally recognized academic and friend. at 102 years old she transitioned to her heavenly home on tuesday, september 25, 2018. our community in wilson, north carolina, has lost a giant and a friend. mr. speaker, mrs. sally baldwin howard was worn on march 23, 1916, right in the midst of world war i in wilson, north carolina, even though i did not know mr. sims, i knew her mother who lived directly across the street from me as a child. though she was raised in the jim crow south as the daughter of sharecroppers, mrs. howard graduated as valedictorian from wilson colored high school later renamed charles h. darden high school in 1938. the same school i graduate interested in 1965. she attended a junior college in north carolina before earning both a bachelors and master's degree in education from hunter college in new york city. she also did extensive study at the new school of social research, as well as columbia university. mr. spe

deanna butterfield was found dead back in 1987. whelan ceja was killed in san pablo in 1993. those killings went unsolved until huff's dna was linked to both of the cases. >> so grateful this is over. i'm glad he's never going to be out here again. >> huff did not address the court during yesterday's sentencing and he did not look at anyone as they were speaking. >>> oakland police say they were forced to use a taser on a man they say came to the home of his ex-girlfriend with a loaded gun. the confrontation happened about 10:00 yesterday morning near 89th avenue. and b st. officers try to calm the man down but there was a struggle . the two officers tased the suspect and then were able to restrain him. he was arrested on suspicion of battery on a police officer in possession of a gun . the a woman and her two-month-old sons were not hurt and oakland police department spokeswoman says the officers de-escalated a volatile situation without having to resort to deadly force . the officers were injured, but were treated and released at the hospital. >>> top social media executive

butterfield if that was possible. he said it's very possible and very likely. these special counsel filed immediately for those tapes, tape cases and the fight in the court started the whole dynamic of watergate changed and it became all about obtaining the tapes and whether they would cooperate or not my testimony. >> i can remember vividly the picture of alexander butterfield revealing those tapes and it was also a bombshell, cracked? >> july 16, 1973. it was. >> and to the history but where i am going with my point is that it wasn't just or maybe even primarily the united states supreme court and united states versus nixon but it was a number of individuals who had the backbone and guts to come forward whatever motives at the time and speak that truth to power, correct? >> we came here to talk about the law, about usb nixon and about a unitary precedent about all kinds of concepts semi little to the american people that were talking about basic courage to stop a constitutional crisis. >> the system is important to those who do want to rely on it. >> there is

>> identified, i believe i had been recorded but that prompted the senate staff to ask mister butterfield if that was possible. he said it's very possible and very likely . the special counsel while immediately for those tapes, but in cases in and the fight in the court started, the whole dynamics of watergate change and it became all about obtaining the tapes and whether they would corroborate or not my testimony. >> i can remember vividly the picture of how butterfield revealing those tapes, and it was also a bombshell, correct? >> july 16, 1973. it was. >> we can go through the history here but where i'm going with my point is that it wasn't just -- or maybe even primarily the united states supreme court in united states versus nixon. it was a number of individuals who had the backbone and guts to come forward , whatever motives the time and speak that truth to power, correct? >> yes. >> so we came here to talk about the law, about us versus nixon, about a unitary president, about all kind of concepts that mean little to the american people that we are talking about basic courage . to

diana butterfield was found dead in the berkeley hills in 1987 and the other victim was killed in 1993. the killing went unsolved until the dna from huff was linked to the cases. >>> supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh faces the senate judiciary committee for the first day of his confirmation hearing. already, the day started with interruptions by democrats calling for kavanaugh's confirmation to be delayed. >> we have more from washington about the fireworks before the nominee had a single word to say. >> reporter: good afternoon. currently, i'm looking at the hearing. senator cory booker, the democrat from new jersey is giving his opening statement and we have yet to hear from judge kevin eide, himself. no questions will be asked. to give you an idea, this hearing started at 9:30 in the morning and by 10:19:22 had already been arrested and the chairman was not able to start his opening statements until 10:47, one hour and 15 minutes after it actually started. senator john cornyn described it as, quote, the first confirmation hearing subject to mob rule. >> i hoped to have a d

these members of congress, sheila jackson lee, jim clyburn, gk butterfield and barbara lee.he hundred gram marathon. dr. pillsbury, should members of congress be lending their name and reputation do this kind of effort? >> know they should not. frankly they have funds, to visit china wherever they want. and if the number of congress supports this kind of informal activity and takes funds to do that, to pay for the travel and let the chinese make the arrangements, they miss out on getting the truth about china form our own government. i think it's a mistake to do this. >> tucker: it is a mistake and it's unfortunately kind of comment. google is in the middle of what seems to be a real controversy over the search engine that has been secretly developing on behalf of the government of china. the intercept report is that they built a prototype that would link users of the search engine to their own cell phone numbers which would allow the chinese government to identify people based on what they search for. we contacted google and they declined any comment about that. what is you

deanna butterfield was found dead in the tilden park in the berkeley hills back in 1987. mueylin saechao was killed in san pablo in 1993. the killings went unsolved , that is until huff's dna was linked to both cases. ktvu's henry lee spoke with the daughter of one of huff's victims and will have that interview coming up on ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00. >>> san francisco mayor london breed along with other city and state leaders are urging governor brown to sign a bill that would permit a three-year pilot program for safe injection sites. the bill narrowly passed the state senate and assembly. opponents say opening the centers would be a violation of federal law. however, mayor breed says she wants to see safe injection sites open as soon as possible. >> here in san francisco, we have to be willing to try new things. just because we don't want to see people shooting up and we don't want to see the needles on the street does not mean that it's going to disappear without taking real action to get us to a better place in the city. >> mayor breed has not yet determined where in th

sheila jackson lee, jim clyburn, gk butterfield and barbara lee.ffort. director at the center for chinese strategy in hudson and the author of the single best book on the chinese question called "the hundred year marathon." dr. pillsbury, should members of congress be lending their name and reputation do this kind of effort? >> know they should not. members of congress have automatic security clearances and frankly they have funds to visit china whenever they want. the u.s. embassy will escort them around, arrange visits and give them classified briefings about what's going on in china. if a member of congress supports this kind of informal activity and takes funds to do it, to pay for the travel and let the chinese make the arrangements, they miss out on getting the truth about china from our own government. i think it's a mistake to do this. >> tucker: it is a mistake and it's unfortunately kind ofbohi comment. come in here google is in the middle of what seems to be a real controversy over the search engine that has been secretly developing on b

this was put very eloquently by a guy named daniel butterfield. he was union general in the civil war. he pretty eloquently put it, we cannot go boggling around until we know what we are going after. war, civil war learned the job on the job, hoping they could figure it out and not make too many mistakes. second, during campaign, civil war commanders maintained information from a variety of sources. this is the fun part. this is about where they got the information from. there were pretty mundane one, calverley -- calvary reconnaissance. where the enemy was, where their formation was, streaming the movements of their own enemy in a counterintelligence capacity. this was good observation, direct. , whichso, beyond cavalry confederacy was very good at early on, was aerial observation. balloons, especially during the peninsula campaign where he would go aloft and get a spyglass and lookout. there would be enemy campfires and he could see it. he could see enemy movement. the soldiers and camps around where the balloons went noticed that whenever the b

>> identified, i believe i had been recorded but that prompted the senate staff to ask mister butterfieldif that was possible. he said it's very possible and very likely . the special counsel while immediately for those tapes, but in cases in and the fight in the court started, the whole dynamics of watergate change and it became all about obtaining the tapes and whether they would corroborate or not my testimony. >> i can remember vividly the picture of how butterfield revealing those tapes, and it was also a bombshell, correct? >> july 16, 1973. it was. >> we can go through the history here but where i'm going with my point is that it wasn't just -- or maybe even primarily the united states supreme court in united states versus nixon. it was a number of individuals who had the backbone and guts to come forward , whatever motives the time and speak that truth to power, correct? >> yes. >> so we came here to talk about the law, about us versus nixon, about a unitary president, about all kind of concepts that mean little to the american people that we are talking about basic courage . to s

raised by members of the congressional plaque caucus including representatives rush to my left and butterfieldnd clark on my committee. think seek to see how platforms have been used to stoke racial violence. haphazard of approach of twitter towards developing and enforcing its policies i think your company should take similar action. let me take the three questions. if you can answer them, if not, please get back to us within the month. will you commit to working with an independent third party institution to conduct a civil rights audit of twitter, yes or no? >> we will and we do do that in on a regular basis with, what's called trust and safety council. >> you by mean i would like, asking for an independent third party institution to conduct it. >> let us follow up with you on that. >> second, will you commit -- let me ask the two together. commit to make all such audits to the public and recommendations and findings? >> yes. we do believe we need a lot more transparency around our actions and our decisions no with your permission, mr. chairman, will you commit to china twitter problems pol

the senate, staff, to ask mister butterfield if that was possible, he said was possible and very likely. the special counsel filed immediately for those cases and the fight in the courts started the dynamics of watergate change and it became about the tapes, whether they would cooperate or not in my testimony. >> i can remember vividly the picture of alexander butterfield revealing those tapes and it was also a bombshell. >> july 16, 1973. >> we could go through the history here but where i am going, and primarily the united states supreme court, a number of individuals who had the backbone and guts, and to speak that truth to power. and and all kinds of things that mean little to the american people but talking about basic courage. to stop the constitutional crisis. >> the system is important to those who want to rely on it. >> there is now a cancer on the presidency is malignant and metastasizing as there was then. >> i would agree. >> the only way to stop it is not by relying on laws alone >> non-anonymously. >> yes. >> the cases are not built on anonymous sources. there have to be w

i read andrew butterfield book with bob woodward about the election . >> to try to get the timeline down a little better as far as the date of this event and nixon you said was in miami, that wasn't a convention, was it? it was a convention in miami and how all that momentum, because i didn't quite understand. i thought maybe the riots in chicago later on had helped and i didn't quite understand , what had given nixon the momentum and one also place? >> it's not just the shootout that causes the turn, is all this violence going on, all the rioting in chicago and so forth . i saw coming over here that on this day. years ago you were free led richard nixon. and then things changed. so what happens is the shootout happens, two weeks later nixon gives his speech in miami beach. two weeks later democratic convention . and by the way, carl stokes goes to speak their and they pan away from him because of all the stuff that's going on in the streets. so nobody even hears his speech that night. but it's this big turn and nixon place to this whole fear that things were totally out of control and t

have committed to conducting civil rights audits amid concerns, including representatives rush, butterfield and clark on our committee, and these audits seek to uncover how platt forp forms been used to spoke racial or religious resentment or violence. i think your company should take similar action. let me ask these three questions. if you can answer them, if not, please get back to us within a month. will you work with an independent third party institution to conduct a civil rights audit of twitter? >> we will. we do do that on a regular basis with what's called a trust and safety council. >> asking for an independent third party to conduct it. >> let us follow up with you on that. >> will you commit -- let me ask these two together. will you mit to macommit to mak results of the audit public? >> we believe we need more transparency around our actions and our decisions. >> the third one, mr. chairman, with your permission , will you commit to change twitter's policies, programs and processes to address these areas of concern? >> we are always looking to evolve our policies >> thank you.

>> identified, i believe i had been recorded but that prompted the senate staff to ask mister butterfield if that was possible. he said it's very possible and very likely . the special counsel while immediately for those tapes, but in cases in and the fight in the court started, the whole dynamics of watergate change and it became all about obtaining the tapes and whether they would corroborate or not my testimony. >> i can remember vividly the picture of how butterfield revealing those tapes, and it was also a bombshell, correct? >> july 16, 1973. it was. >> we can go through the history here but where i'm going with my point is that it wasn't just -- or maybe even primarily the united states supreme court in united states versus nixon. it was a number of individuals who had the backbone and guts to come forward , whatever motives the time and speak that truth to power, correct? >> yes. >> so we came here to talk about the law, about us versus nixon, about a unitary president, about all kind of concepts that mean little to the american people that we are talking about basic courage . to

civil rights audits in response to some on this committee and representatives rushed to my left, butterfield and clark, these audits seek to uncover how platforms and policies have been used to stoke racial and religious violence. -- racial and resentment or violence. given the haphazard approach of twitter towards developing and enforcing policies, i think your company should take similar action so let me ask you these three questions and if you cannot answer them, get back to us within a month. will you commit to working with an independent third party institution to conduct a civil rights audit of twitter, yes or no? mr. dorsey: we will and we do do that on a regular basis with what's called our trust and safety council. >> i would like a third party institution to conduct it. mr. dorsey: let us fall you up on it. >> do you commit to the results of all such available audits to the public, including findings? mr. dorsey: we believe we need more transparency. permission, will you commit, based on the findings of all such audits to change twitter's policies, programs, and addresses to addres

raised by members of the congressional black caucus and others, including representatives rush, butterfield, and clark on our committee, and how this has been used to stoke religious resentment or violence. given the sometimes dangerous use of your platform and the haphazard approach of enforcing its policies, i think your company should take similar action. let me ask you three questions, and if you can answer them, great. if not, please get back to us within the month. would you be willing to work with a third-party institution to conduct the civil rights audit of twitter? yes or no? we would, and we do on a regular basis with the trust and safety council. >> but i am asking for an independent third-party institution to conducted. mr. dorsey: let us follow up with you on that. makingwill you commit to the results of all such audits available to the public, including recommendations and findings? mr. dorsey: yes, we believe we need a lot more transparency around our actions. >> and the third one, what will you commit, based on all such findings of audits, to change twitter's policies and p

with members of the congressional black caucus and others including representatives to my left, butterfield and carpenter committee and his odyssey to uncover how platforms and policies have been used to stoke racial and religious violence and given the dangerous use of your platform and the haphazard approach of twitter tuan philistine -- they should take similar action. let me ask you three questions and you can answer them. if not, please get back to us within the month. to commit to a third-party institution to conduct a civil rights order of twitter. yes or no. >> we will and we do that on a regular basis with what is called a trusted aide to council. >> i would like ask independent third-party to conduct it. >> let us follow up with you i'm not. >> will you commit to make a result of all such audits available to the public to the findings? spin it findings? >> just what we believe we need a lot more transparency around her actions. >> the third one with your permission, we are committed eighth on the findings of all such orders to change twitter policy programs and processes to addres

butterfield s the report indicates that 46% of all hbcu buildings are in need of replacement or repair. this is due to deferred maintenance, the evolution of higher education and technology, and the fact that many of these buildings are state or federal-registered historic places. for example, tuskegee university is designated as a national historic site by congress. this is a remarkable figure. 46%, a remarkable figure, of all buildings in need of repair or replacement. and it's one that i hope all of my colleagues will agree is wholly unacceptable. but this is not a surprise for those who understand the challenges that these institutions have long faced. hbcu's lack a plethora of revenue sources. public hbcu's rely heavily on state and federal grants, appropriations, and bonds. private hbcu's have-to-a how private and alumni giving and fees. on top of that the g.a.o. found that an hbcu's average endowment is half the size of a similarly-sized non-hbc. that's half the size, not of all non-hbcu's, but half the size of similarly situated non-hbcu's. none of the 90 institutions of higher