and ask other c.e.o.'s to do it, which we've done. a lot of other c.e.o.'s. i belong to a group called higher ambition, out of -- out of harvard that's really focused on, how can corporations do good and do well? what are the things we can do that will make a difference in our communities and with our workforce? started with five of us. there's now over 40. last year, we had all the deans from the major business schools going, what's going on in here? who are these people? and actually, harvard wouldn't have me as a student when i applied. my hair was too long and i wore jeans and a tank stop and birk stocks when i went to business school. the last piece is your own leadership team, your own employees, how do you engage them in a very different way? that's sort of the fourth factor. you have to have a real dialogue. i had my own blog. i'm on twitter. i engage with my employees all the time. we have our own internal social media platform and we have real conversations. i'm approachable. i don't hide behind security. i don't have a blackedout car driving me aro

the lang garage the c.e.o. talking about early recovery -- language from the c.e.o. about early recovery. consumer banking in france under a little bit of pressure. jonathan: manus cranny r.b.s., you think they are going to improve and then they don't. loss is bigger than expected. more bad news. when are we going to see the turnaround? what was the bad news this morning? manus: take away all the noise. the restructuring costs and the conduct and litigation costs and these guys actually made a profit of 1.6 billion pounds. that beat the estimates. when you look through these numbers there is no doubt about it. restructuring, revenue dropped by over a billion pounds at the corporate investment bank. foreign exchange. they settled with some of the main regulators in the united states of america. 643 million. they settled late in 2014. if you remember. but they had to take more provisions. another 334 million pounds for foreign exchange. they say they are close to doing with a deal with the department of justice. foreign exchange still is a thorn in their side. the stoc

i spoke to the c.e.o.e that game and started asking about sling tv and why they added hbo of all things to their lineup. >> well, first of all, huge collection of movies from the some of the largest studios and then some of the best original content out there. like "game of thrones" and "silicon valley," which will both be premiering on sling tv april 12. cory: talk about sort of demographic overlap, because also offering espn, that's the crown jewel of most cable networks certainly and also one of the most expensive costs. what is the overlap between hbo and espn? are they complementary? very different audiences? >> well, it's clearly very different content but i'm not sure i would say it's different audiences. if you look at the demographics we're going after, which tend to be younger but it's not exclusively younger, they love sports, they love movies and they love the original productions hbo has. so we think they're quite complementary for this demographic. cory: i think that's what i was alluding to.

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later, the c.e.o. and founder of quirky.day so we bring you a look back at the most notable newsmakers from this past week on "bottom line." >> i think her biggest problems are going to be distancing herself from president obama. he has got a 60% disapproval rating. wrong track reading for the economy. she is fighting political history where it is difficult for the same party to hold the white house for 12 years. she has a real problem because if you look back at her record as a senator, secretary of state, there is no signature, schmidt. she will have to explain why she is running for president and has been for 10 years and give the american people a reason why they believe she will call bush something in that job. >> lending tree connects consumers with lenders of any type. it could be a traditional mortgage company or one of the startup marketplace lenders. we have many companies now coming in to lend money to consumers. they are doing it with high automation in terms of automated underwriting and being able to fulfill a

advantage price the c.e.o. decided that everybody here should make a minimum wage of $70,000 this was the scene when he sprung the announcement on his workers. >> does anyone have any questions. [applause] about 70 employees will benefit and get bumped up to that level. 30 of them will be doubling or more than doubling their current salary. just like that, and that includes haley in marketing how wild is that. >> it is completely wild, my jaw dropped. i am still trying to wrap my mind around it. >> do you have more flexibility now. >> yeah, definitely, especially in seattle where it is unard toble to live, and my -- i have student loans, i am 24, and it is going to change my world. >> some dr. t maic changes for the people, dramatic for the company as well, why is c.e.o. doing it and how will he pull it off? those answers and more tonight. allen shoff her, al jazeera seattle. >> and the resumes are flowing in you can watch this tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> a new law to fix the way medicare pays doctors is on it'

still to come, my exclusive interview with facebook c.e.o.heryl and richard branton, coming up. ♪ >> work, family life. as a working mom, i know how hard it is to juggle all of these responsibilities. that's why i was so excited to sit down with facebook c.e.o. sheryl and virgin group founder richard branson for an exclusive conversation about how to manage this great balancing about and whether we all can really have it all. >> one of the reasons i'm honored to be here with richard is when richard and i have talked about this, what he'll say is this is good for my company. we don't have enough diversity at facebook. and the reason we want more diversity is because we think we'll build a better product and a more successful company. i think what will really motivate business and contains and -- companies and organizations to really take diversity seriously is when they realize that not taking diversity seriously is harming their performance. >> so what is the conversation that you want people to be focused on now? >> it's about the culture. w

apple's c.e.o. has the best pay for performance rating of any c.e.o.ing to the bloomberg pay index. the first daily ranking of the highest paid u.s. executives. cook was awarded $62.5 million in compensation last year and under his leadership apple revenue has climbed to $183 billion. title has named an interim c.e.o. replacing andy chen. he oversaw title under its prior owner, rapper jay-z, and more than a fellow -- dozen fellow musicians bought the company. and the justice department is nearing a recommendation to block comcast's $45 billion proposal to buy time warner cable. attorneys are investigating whether a new nationwide cable giant would harm consumers. the attorneys could submit their review as soon as next week. joining me now over the phone is a partner at london-based venture capital firm to discuss. what is your take here if a comcast-time warner deal does not go through? what happens? guest: i think what happens is what people have been used to for years anyway. it's just that it's so funny, this has been in the works for so long, every

only a week ago, lufthansa's c.e.o. carsten spohr had said lubitz was 100% air worthy

fiorina served as c.e.o. of hewlett-packard. but in 2009, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and was forced to undergo a double mastectomy. after making a full recovery in 2010 mrs. fiorina ran for the u.s. senate as the republican candidate in california. she was defeated by senator barbara boxer. today, although some republicans are unsure about mrs. fiorina for her moderate-conservative opinions and the fact she has never held elected office, her business experience is regarded by many as a positive for the republican party. indeed, in 2008, then-g.o.p. presidential nominee john mccain defended carly fiorina's record as a business leader. >> i know that she was a very successful business woman, started out as a part-time secretary and made her way to the top of the corporate ladder as one of the biggest c.e.o.'s in the united states of america. >> question, could mrs. fiorina defeat hillary clinton in a presidential election? eleanor. >> well, i think she's smart in going after hillary clinton. all of them, male candidates

the departure of the long r long-term c.e.o.conomists survey by bloomberg a 1% rise in g.d.p. for the first quarter compared to 2.2%. it is all about consumption. have we scared the consumer? that's what economists are trying to get to the bottom of. guy: let's talk about twitter. twitter's failure to reach first quarter revenue estimates. sales up to $485 million, forecast for the second also. well short of average projections. the results call into question the -- of the the credibility of dick costello. francine: we'll be speaking to the twil twitter c.e.o. dick costello later on today. you don't want to miss that interview. i know i'll be tuning in for that. guy: pretty volatile. big question is what should d. costello be tweeting as a result of all of this in what will he treat tweet this morning? ? you were in his shoes, what would you say? hashtag "the pulse" at flacqua at guyjohnsontv. we'll be fascinated to get your response. ♪ francine: welcome to "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. we ha

nonetheless the c.e.o.they can still pull off around 5% and even for the year which is interesting because they expect to kind of push on margins. that is interesting. north america singled out as a problem area and specifically, i love this, lean cuisine. caroline: do you like it? ryan: i don't like it but when the is the last time you had a lean cuisine male? caroline: all of these dieting places are doing worse. ryan: one is frozen food is not considered to be all that healthy anymore. you all of these brands particularly stateside popping in giving nestle a run for its money. you have warren buffett 3g coming in with the kraft/hinse combination which is going to be -- heinz combination which is going to be massive giving even more competition. mark: china. ryan champion organic growth there down about .5%. the c.e.o. said by the end of year, he thinks he can sort things out. mark: see you. "on the move" is next. see you monday. ♪ jon: good morning. happy friday. i am jonathan ferro from european headqua

we spoke with shell c.e.o.n beurden earlier this morning. >> i think we have been looking at b.g. for a long period of time. it really worked well in our mind. two companies coming together. we would combine the two, add to that, the capabilities that we have as a leader in two areas. this was always going to be a fantastic combination. what happened over the last month is that the macro involvement to a point, it was a great logic and became a very compelling value. together combining, the synergies, this became something that looked too good to pass up on and that is why we moved as we did. >> is that an expensive way of saying the collapse of the oil price helped drive this deal? >> of course the collapse in the oil price has done a bit for the sector. considerations always tend to happen when the oil price comes down and there is a different evaluation. the way we would look at it, the combin of the two companies, what we could do with the fantastic assets that b.g. has with our capabilities applied to them

blackberry's c.e.o. is going to be there.hief economic advisor amongst others. francine: i'm looking forward to that interview. overall, the davos with the palm trees. guy: much better yeah. francine: that's it for "the pulse." keep it right here. for our u.s. viewers, it's "surveillance." for this on this side of the atlantic we're back. ♪ >> nepal is destroyed by an earthquake. aftershocks limit relief efforts. climbers above the base camp on mount everest, they are evacuated. there are climbers still stranded at everest. deutsche bank, they will slash costs, closing 200 branches and exiting up to 10 countries. our hans nichols speaks to anshu jain this morning. and greece is broke. can they make it to a key deadline? good morning, everyone. this is "surveillance." we're live from our world headquarters in new york. it is monday, april 27. i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia, brendan is on assignment. olivia: a race against time in nepal. searchers are trying to find survivors from the earthquake that killed at least 3600 peo

and ask other c.e.o.'s to do it which we've done. a lot of other c.e.o.'s. i belong to a group called higher ambition out of harvard that's really focused on, how can corporations do good and do well? what are the things we can do that will make a difference in our communities and with our workforce? it started with five of us. there's now over 40. last year, we had all the deans from the major business schools going, what's going on in here? who are these people? and actually, harvard wouldn't have me as a student when i applied. my hair was too long and i wore jeans and a tank stop and birk enstocks when i went to business school. i think the nature of leadership is changing. the last piece is your own leadership team, your own employees, how do you engage them in a very d that's sort of the fourth factor. you have to have a real dialogue. i had my own blog. i'm on twitter. i engage with my employees all the time. we have our own internal social media platform and we have real conversations. i'm approachable. i don't hide behind security. i don't have a bl

guy: we're going to talk about the c.e.o.'s turnaround plan.ine: we'll speak to the chief operating officer about their expansion into the u.k. and europe. guy: good morning to our viewers in europe. good evening to those in asia. a warm welcome to those just waking up in the united states. i'm guy johnson. francine: i'm francine lacqua. today we have a great show. we'll be talking butter in your coffee and about more serious things. we'll be talking about the pound and the futures trader possibly gone rogue and we'll talking about some possible french attacks that have been thwarted as well. guy: let's start off in london where a trader has been charged in the u.s. relating to the 2010 flash crash. he is due to appear in court today in london. ryan chilcote is outside his home. ryan, set the seen for us. where is it? planes flying overhead. what is going on? why are you there? ryan: we are in west london right underneath the flight path at heathrow airport. the u.s. alleged a sole trader nearly brought down global markets and at least for a mo

marcy: but lufthansa's c.e.o. has defended the airline's decision to let him fly saying he had been medically cleared. marcy gonzalez abc 7 news. jummy: police in los angeles are investigating the death of the heir to a vast oil fortune. 47-year-old andrew getty was found dead in the bathroom of his hollywood hills home yesterday afternoon. the coroner's office says his death appears to be accidental or of natural causes. getty was the son of billionaire gordon getty and grandson of john paul getty founder of getty oil. autria: duke university officials are trying to figure out who hung a noose outside of a building. the center is home to several offices including the center for sexual and gender diversity and the center for multicultural affairs. university officials say whoever hung it will be held accountable. in the meantime the governor of indiana admits he mishandled the state's religious freedom law and he vows to fix it. governor mike pence says legislation could be moved this week to make sure that the la

it is known for facebook games like farmville and pincas hired a c.e.o. in 2013 to lead the shift but the announcement is not going over well with shares falling 10 percent. >> pre-orders for apple watch start tomorrow with the first reviews of the gadget. >> good first reviews for the apple were what, most think it is better than other smart watchers but not for were. a concern is you need a recent iphone to make it work. pre-orders start tomorrow and delivery in two weeks. >> iphone users have access to more diverse set of emojis after a newly released ios3. >> fascinating with different skin tones. >> you can skip the annoying ads on youtube. for a price. that puts them in competition with netflix and hulu. >> no word on how much the fee is one estimate is $10 a month. >> you would you pay it? >> no, i will watch the ad, it is fine. >> those are ten bites. it is thursday. >> honoring the men and women in uniform who defended our nation with a moving tribute. >> do you like grilled cheese sandwiches? what it could say about your personality? stay tuned.

it turns out h in fact that the swoassments of -- that the c.e.o.'s of the business round table have retirement benefits of their own of some $88,000 a month. you've got the head of large corporations who have retirement benefits of $88,000 a month and they're saying to congress you've got to cut benefits for people who are trying to survive on $14,000 a year. that is an outrage. mr. president, i'm getting a little bit tired of getting lectured by c.e.o.'s of large corporations who want to cut the social security of elderly people. that is wrong. mr. president, i am also tired of hearing folks getting up on tv and they're saying social security is going broke. well the truth is social security is not going broke. social security has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible american for the next 18 years. is 18 years a terribly long time? no it's not. should we develop legislation to extend social security for decades after that 18 years? yes, we should, and i have done that. but, please, i would hope that my collea

jack is the former chairman and c.e.o. of general electric. he led the company from 1981 to 2001, in 2010 he founded the jack welch management institute. his wife, suzy welch, is the former editor and chief of the "harvard business review." they have coauthored the book "life of the speed of-- "thereal-life m.b.a., your no-b.s. guide to wing the game, building a team, and growing your career." the stated purpose of this book is galvanize performance, unleash growth how to build wow teams and how to create a fulfilling career. and, and perhaps more important than all of them have fun doing it. tell me what's behind this. >> well, we were minding our own business. we wrote "winning" 10 years ago and since then built a life we really enjoy, traveling around the world, talking to businesspeople in all different types of companies and different countries and jack was working in private equity, and i was doing my writing and we had no intention of writing another book. writing a book is hard, and we were happy can consulting and doing the kind of wo

the c.e.o. of the british marine federation.ugh some of the other bloomberg top stories this morning and the legendary australian cricket captain and commentator has died. he was 84. he passed away peacefully in his sleep. the australian prime minister, tony abbott, told reporters the nation had lost an icon, and his family has been offered a state funeral. apex partners one of europe's largest private equity firms, is said to be preparing an i.p.o. they're seeking to tap a boom in mergers and an i.p.o. would give it access to permanent capital. and in an interview with bloomberg, turkey's economy minister has said there will nobody plans to change the central bank's mandate. >> the sensibility of the central bank is successful, but on the other hand, these measures and these decisions must support the growth rate in turkey. i mean, turkey, we have to grow. guy: coming up, we're going to look at the debuts of samsung and apple. we want to know, are you going to order an apple watch today? tweet us. ♪ guy: welcome back to pulse.

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reid: the question really wasn't like, 'oh, is it a difficult thing for ego, for stepping down as c.e.oas -- what gives us the best possible chance to realize something? and part of what i'd come to realize was that i'm passionate about scale impact in the world, i'm passionate about solving product, business problems, i'm passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. but i'm not passionate about running an organization. like, i don't wake up going 'how do i run my exec staff better?' and how do i -- 'when we're onboarding the next 100 people, how do we do that in a really good way?' and i know it's important, but it's not the problem i wake up thinking about. as i came together with jeff, and jeff said i can help you with your kind of -- person as interim, kind of running the exec stuff, the stuff that you feel challenged about. jeff is enough of a product guy, he can actually do this job. emily: tell me a little bit about your partnership with jeff. reid: jeff and i get along very well. for example, jeff knows that when it comes down to things like building organizational cultures

donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together. prior that i served as president and c.e.o. of the american trucking association for 13 years. earlier in his career he served as a deputy assistant postmaster general of the united states and vice president of development at fairfield university. mr. donohue seached a bachelor's degree from st. john's bifert -- university and an mba from a delphi university. so we welcome you, mr. donohue to the finance committee. we're honored to have you here. we appreciate your willingness to be here today. our second witness today on this panel is richard l. trumka. he's president of the 12.5 million member american federation of labor and congress of industrial nations or the afl-cio. the largest organization of labor unions

she goes after c.e.o. pay. did this indicate to you at all maybe she's a little bit scared about a threat? >> that's a good point. maybe she knows she has the big businesses already left voting in her back pocket. she's got to appeal to those far, far leftists that really want elizabeth warren to run. that's a good point. when i was doing this research, too, i was reading about what bill clinton did to a lot of people are blaming him for the troubles in 2008 so it's interesting she is saying she's not for capitalism and not for big wall street companies. well, bill signed the commodity futures modernization act in 1995, he loosened the housing rules by rewriting the community reinvestment act which means he put pressure on all those banks to lend the low income neighborhoods which caused the collapse in 2008. >> by the way, andrew cuomo was the head of h.u.d. at the time. so it all comes together. >> all full circle. >> more from bernie sanders now. the country belongs to all of us and not just the billionaire

francine: coming up, we'll talk to a holcim c.e.o.st about its latest earnings and its deal with lafarge. guy: you can tweet us. join the conversation. get involved at guyjohnsontv and fran seen is at flak flacqua. ♪ ' d i'm guy johnson. these are the bloomberg top headlines. francine: the federal reserve has left open the prospect of a rate rise this year. after a policy meeting, the chair, janet yellen, and her played down the significance of the u.s. economy's slowdown. they say growth will pick up to a "moderate pace." guy: brazil's central bank has signaled it will raise interest rates in june after increasing them for the fifth time since october. the key rate is up by half a point overnight. the decision means brazil is the only g-20 nation to raise rates in 2015. francine: the leader of spain's podemas party has weighed in on the euro crisis. he told bloomberg that european powers should not oppose too harsh reforms on britain. >> it is a problem for european democracy. we have to negotiate and we have to organize european pow

c.e.o.'s are finally waking up to the reality that a low-wage economy, in which many people can't afford basic necessities are forced to rely on public aid , isn't good for work families or the economy or the taxpayer. last year the president issued executive orders that ensured that the minimum wage and workplace protections for americans working under federal contracts and over the last few months, what we have seen is that employers like wal-mart target, t.j. max, mcdonald's, have announced raises for their employees. do you believe they would have done it without these strikes? absolutely not. they wouldn't have given these poor folks a penny. they had to go on strike. they had to. they had no choice. they were pushed to the brink. and i'm going about to yield back to the gentlelady but i want to just tell folks about the model employer labor rights. in congress we can help support this movement by continuing to join workers in their strikes and by fighting for action at the federal level

inmelt is saying is what virtually every major corporation c.e.o. was thinking. and, again it's not hard to understand why. in china wages are very, very low. environmental regulations are almost nonexistent. hard to find a free trade union to negotiate for their workers. why wouldn't a company shut down in america and run to china? and that is exactly, of course, what they have done scripps -- what they have done. madam president, before pntr with china passed, the u.s. chamber of commerce told it would create jobs. but just a few years later on july 1 2004, the associated press ran an article with the headline -- quote -- "chamber of commerce leader advocates offshoring of jobs." and here is what the article stated. "u.s. chamber of commerce president and c.e.o., thomas donahue" -- who by the yesterday was before the senate finance committee advocating for the trans-pacific partnership. this is what the a.p. article said back in 2004, that mr. donahue "urged american companies to send jobs overseas as the way to boost american competitiveness. donahue said that

and the acting c.e.o.e clinton foundation has admitted to making some mistakes when it comes to donations. he said that on tax forms, some grant forms for foreign governments were mistakenly combined with other donations. her statement came not long after the author of a new book on the foundation called for an investigation t. has to do with the fund's activities while clinton was secretary of state. the author says there's been a pattern in which the foundation received donations, and then the u.s. made favorable decisions in regard to those countries. >> when you have an issue of flow of found political candidates whether that's to campaigns, whether that's to private foundations whether that's to their spouse, is there evidence of a pattern of favorable decisions being made for those individuals? i think the point that we make in the book is that there's a troubling pattern. there are dozens of examples of that occurring. olivia: hillary clinton's campaign has denied any wrongdoing. and it used to be o

the c.e.o. said he is not planning any acquisitions. watch that tape.ust the shells of the world that get involved. manus: time for the top stories at this hour. the trader arrested last week for his alleged role in the flash crash will be in court around 10:00 a.m. for a hearing related to his bail. he has been in custody since april 21 and will remain there until a 5 million pound bail is paid. an egyptian court sentenced the sainsbury c.e.o. to two years in jail. u.s. g.d.p. is due today and economists are expecting less than good news. the first quarter data will be released ahead of the second day of the fomc meeting and might put the brakes on any raising of rates. economists estimate a 1% rise in g.d.p.. australia recalled its bostons in indonesia after seven foreigners including two australians were executed. the killings were called cruel and unnecessary. you want more on any of the stories, bloomberg.com. caroline: you can follow us on twitter as well. do follow our website new and improved european bloomberg.com business. do follow ounce twit

. >> aaron mandel is the c.e.o. and founder behind the company that produced the desalination plant. this is an a ray of mirrors. >> we're using this large mirror to capture the heat. the sunlight is reflected. >> the heat is piped into evaporators and steam generated. fresh water is condemned from the steam and salts and minerals removed in the process. >> what percentage of the water is purified? >> we can go to 93% water recovery. >> is 93% a typical amount of recovery? >> no, it's not. it's very high. that's what makes this process different from traditional sea water desalination which operates at 50% recovery. >> this is the product water we're producing which you can see is very clear but more importantly doesn't have salt in it. >> ok. i'll take your word for it. >> how did it taste? >> tastes very earthy. >> that's the whole point of the pros that we can make clean drinking water just using the sun. >> plans are underway to add more mirrors over this 50-acre site. when completed he says they'll be able to p

. >> a c.e.o.very employee a raise to $70,000 a year and he cut his own salary to make it all possible. price is the c.e.o. of gravity a company that processes credit car payments for thousands of businesses hoping 70s employees would make $48,000. find out what inspired him when he speaks to "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. and i bet the resumes are just stacking up at "improvety -- >> that is the buzz on social media. >> what a down-to-earth guy. >> gravity. got it. i like that. i tried. >> tried. >> you deserve better than the reaction you got. >> this is tax day and our mines are fried from staying up late. >> out of the last eight years we filed on time. once. >> but you have to pay on time. >> yes. he wants his money. or she. >> good morning everyone, live doppler hd is showing a ton of sunshine and mother nature we could tax that...the government with make a for tune the next couple of days. live doppler hd shows absolutely bone dry this morning. the winds have picked up over the golden g

the c.e.o.cut to allow. >> 30 people will get a doubling of their salary. >> mike will take a pay cut so we will make more. right, mike? >> i will not go there. >> come on it is tax day so this are ramifications. >> everyone has their hand out. >> good morning, everyone a look at our radar and satellite today we are starting off with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and end up in the mid-to-upper 70s in the south bay. look at los gatos 78 decks gilroy is warmer at 80 and a sunny and warm day in santa cruz at the boardwalk 76. low-to-mid 70s on the peninsula. not cool weather but close. possibly. wait until tomorrow. it will be warmer. low-to-mid 60 like 64 at half moon bay and the coast is aming up but not so breezy. we will push 70 in downtown. and south san francisco is 69. 71 in sauce legally. mid-to-upper 70s through the north bay valley. cloverdale is the warm spot at 81 and followed by 79 in calistoga and santa rosa and napa at 78. low-to-mid 60 from bodega bay and mid-70s through the east

more months the senator wrote this letter to the c.e.o.amfer star pharmaceuticals: amfer store is working on a response. "america tonight" made requests for comment to the pharmaceutical company. all unanswered. in the fast they have said the price increase is due to the rising cost of raw materials, energy and labour. rena is planning to receive draining and keeping it with her at all times. she's rushing to the hospital to pick up her son, her other son, who is also an addict. michael has been addicted to opiates, including heroin for years. his mother encouraged him to appear on camera to demonstrate the powerful grip the drugs have on him, and his struggle to get well. >> can you describe for me now what is your situation with drugs? >> i resort back to them. i - they control me they control everything and they make he hurt the people i love the most. >> when you think about what happened to your brother, do you worry that could happen to you. >> i'm in a dark flarks a way i was envious of my brother, i tried to commit suicide twice, i

now the company's former c.e.o. goes on trial later this month. former c.e.o. don blankenship faces three charges including conspiracy to violate mine safety rules. >> he knows about them violations he knows about everything this wept on over there. for him not being the man he should have been and the chief, and step up, and push the button and say stop let's make it safe for the men - he let the men die. rnchts blankenship in a youtube documentary painted himself as a mine safety pioneer and blamed the tragedy on a natural gas explosion. >> for one think i'm smart enough to know keeping coalminers safe is profitable. those that think badly on me and think i'm solely focused on profit should understand that i know that profit can only be derived from safe goal mines. >> reporter: gary cole was in court the day blanken-ship was charged. >> i hope he's found guilty and spends time in gaol. >> reporter: the mine was not open of the massey energy was brought out by another firm which closed the mine. there's no closure for the families. >> i go to the graveyard, a

senator bernie sanders and maryland representative elijah cummings wrote this letter to the c.e.o. of emfa star pharmaceuticals: they are working on a response. "america tonight" made requests for comment. all went unanswered. in the past emphastar said the price increase is due to the rising cost of the materials, energy and labour. renae is planning to receive training and keep the drug with her at all times. she's rushing to the hospital to pick up her son. her other son, who is also an addict. michael has been addicted to opiates, including heroin, for years. his mother encouraged him to appear on camera to demonstrate the powerful grip the drugs have on him and a struggle to keep well. can you describe to me what is your situation with drugs? >> i always, for some reason, resort back to them. i - it's - they control me, and everything, and make me hurt the people i love the most. >> reporter: when you think about your brother do you worry it happened to you. >> i'm in a dark place. i envied my brother. it's like a prison in your head with the anti-and drug use, i tried to comm

the twitter c.e.o. may have a credibility problem. twitter cut its sales forecasts after first quarter revenue cut estimates and shares fell 18%. costolo failed to see the slowdown coming, and plus he's been promising new features will pay off. he said he's disappointed in the performance of his advertising team. i'll bet he is. and it was a night of pomp and ceremony at the white house. president obama hosted japan's prime minister to a state dinner. among the guests, former star trek actor george takei who said he'd been to a state dinner once before. here's the morning brief at 8:30 a.m. u.s. g.d.p. is out. tom is just jittery in his seat waiting for that number. 10:00 a.m., we get pending home sales. and the fed releases its latest rate decision. tom? tom: very good. busy day of economics, and we have a terrific set of guests lined up to help enthuse morning. we got a special guest in this hour as well on retirement. futures, negative. the 10-year -- the euro rather over 110. that's a big deal. big deal stronger euro confounding t

donohue, the president and c.e.o. of the u.s. chamber of commerce, the largest business organization in the world. representing the interest of more than three million businesses across various sectors and industries. he's held this position at the u.s. chamber since 1997. we've had a lot of experience working together. prior that i served as president and c.e.o. of the american trucking association for 13 years. earlier in his career he served as a deputy assistant postmaster general of the united states and vice president of development at fairfield university. mr. donohue seached a bachelor's degree from st. john's bifert -- university and an mba from a delphi university. so we welcome you, mr. donohue to the finance committee. we're honored to have you here. we appreciate your willingness to be here today. our second witness today on this panel is richard l. trumka. he's president of the 12.5 million member american federation of labor and congress of industrial nations or the afl-cio. the largest organization of labor unions

. -- as corporate lawyers do for the c.e.o. of corporations. mr. president, you can't do this. this is wrong. don't do this. and at some point attorney generals have been none to resign before they would carry out policies that violate the law. so we are deeply concerned in this country about the president's executive amnesty the unlawfulness of it, the breadth of it the arrogance of it to the point that it's a direct assault on congressional power and legitimacy direct attack on laws passed by the peoples' representatives and we've got a big problem. ms. lynch has said, flat-out, that she supports those policies and is committed to defending them in court against any complaint about it. so i think congress has a real role here. we do not have to confirm someone to the highest law enforcement position in america if that someone has publicly committed to denigrating congress violating law of congress violating even wishes of congress and the american people. we don't have to confirm anybody. it's a power congress is given. the president is asserting powers. ssert -- the presiden

. >> and one final topic - reports are that the former c.e.o. of hewlett packard is going to announce that she's running online little fanfare. given the depth of the republican field, does she have much of a chance or is she using it it o run for governor of california. >> she said her lack of success against barbara in 2010 is due to the fact that she's in a democratic leading state. the idea that she'd run for governor is out there. this is something she'll want to do. she'll be one of the more entertaining figures. she can play gender politics with hillary clinton, and she can go after hillary clinton in ways that may seem unseemly it not true from some of the other colleagues. she's about as big a long shot as there is right now >>>ment >>> the i.r.s. admits its automated system hung up on 8 million people. of those able to connect. 40% spoke to a person. the agency blamed budget cuts. they slashed 1.2 billion since 2010. republican lawmakers say the problems are due to bad budgeting, including a focus on bonuses, rather than tax paying ass

maryland representative elijah cummins wrote this alert to the c.e.o. of amfa star pharmaceuticals. the lawmakers requested key financial information. amfa star is working on a response. "america tonight" made repeated request for comment to the pharmaceutical company. all went unanswered. in the past they said the price increase was due to raw materials, energy and labour. >>> renae is planning to receive training and keep it with her at all times. she's rushing to the hospital to pick up her son. addict. >> michael has been addicted to opiates, including heroin for years. his mother encouraged him to appear on camera to demonstrate the powerful grip the drugs have well. >> can you describe what is your situation with drugs. >> i always, for some reason resort back to them. it's - they control me, everything. they make me hurt the people i love the most. >> when you think about what happened to your brother, do you worry it could happen do you. >> i'm in a dark place, in a way i was envious of my brother, i tried to commit suicide swis, with all the anxiety, depression and drug use

. >> she now is the interim c.e.o. locally and said she is deciding whether to appeal. >> california democrats plan to unveil legislation to enhance protections for undocumented immigrants. it would extend health care, legal rights and business protection to immigrants illegally living in the state. as part of the democrats' push to extend health care to all in california. a hangup is that it does not bring funding for the extension. >> the committee will take up at the capital to allow terminally ill to short were the dying process painlessly and peacefully, the end-of-life option was inspired by brittany maynard, 29-year-old bay area native with terminal brain cancer. show was forced to move to oregon for the death with dignity ill giving adults the option to ask for a prescription to help them die. five states have authorized similar legislation. >> environmentalist robert kennedy jr. will argue for elimination of a controversial preservative in vaccines which contains mercury and is only used in multiple dose vials

missing was the c.e.o. of angie's list who said the fix was not enough saying: angie's list was headquartered in indianapolis and put expansion on hold after the original law was passed. a law-maker said something ills was missing -- else was missing. ill i want someone to say we made a grave make and caused tremendous embarrassment, that will take months and years to repair. >> the healing cannot begin until that happiness. >> reporter: still a lot of anger over the law. as an executive pointed out it remains legal in indiana to fire someone because they are gay. >>> also in indiana, support for a pizzeria under fire for saying it would refuse to cater a gay wed wedding. owners of memories pizza in walker tonne said they closed their doors after threatening messages. they are labelled as a christian establishment that did not support homosexuality. a go fund me campaign has been set up and raised $420,000 in pledges in a day >>> more ahead on the top story, the agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme. m