of course, this news comes just a few weeks after elan musk put out a call on twitter for what he calledard core software engineers and said he would interview people personally. jason, do you sense that competition is heating up for engineers and if so, who do you think tesla is competing squarely against? >> if you are going to work for elan musk, it's like a basketball player going to play with michael jordan or lebron james or steph curry. it is the number one destination for the most talented engineers in the world. steve jobs would have been probably the number one destination or tied with elan musk, but there is nobody los to elan musk in terms of desirability for an engineer because if you think about what he has accomplished with spacex and tesla in such a short period of time, people want to be on a winning team. not just because of the stock options, but because as an engineer, you want to solve big problems that matter. go to work at google or facebook and trying to make, you know, people click on ads they don't want to see anyway, you know, .02% more, you know, it's horrible

first off, a major success for elan musk's space ex. company's falcon nine rocket safely landing in florida after delivering 11 satellites to orbit. it was spacex's first flight since a rocket failed shortly after lift swrof back in june. after the mission june bezos tweeted "congrats spacex on landing falcon's suborbital booster stage. welcome to the club." it's like we're living in the future here, roger. despite what's happened this summer, it's a reminder that commercial space is really a long game. >> i just think this is incredibly exciting. what's happened with spacex really matters. i mean, this is not a little deal. they've just done a successful landing of a booster that can be reused, which, you know, do that a dozen times, get really practiced at it, and suddenly you're going to change the cost of space travel really dramatically. to me that's just the source of optimism and, you know, i just think it's really exciting that we're -- we have something to feel good about in this day and age when fear has begun -- to have reall

, and he is elan musk.ing to be easy for jack. the inside whisper, obviously, has been the board did not want to do this. they didn't find a better candidate. you know, two-thirds of jack's time or half-time for jack at twitter was better than the other candidates. that says something about jack's ability. i hi in the long-term jack's heart is with twitter, and i think square is going to be a grinded out business that will need a different type of leader. not necessarily a visionary leader. it's doing credit card transactions and processing. i think they're going to need a financial ceo and they'll find that person and put her in place, and then i think jack will go 100% on twitter which is where his heart is, and i think that it's probably the right move for twitter to compromise now for a year or two while they find somebody to run square. i think that's the back story that's going on here. >> there's a lot of hope in these charismatic leaders. marissa mayer comes to mind, coming in atta hue years ago. wh

. >> elan musk believes it will be changing the way they transport. amazon founder beat musk in the space race, landing a rocket last month. >>> well, for the first time today, raymond "shrimp boy" chow took the stand on trial for racketeering. >> alisa harrington is live now. you heard the testimony today? >> reporter: chow didn't shy away from his past but said that several years ago, he made a vow to end that life of crime. prosecutors say he was the ring he'der of a criminal organization in chinatown. raymond "shrimp boy" chow took the stand in his own racketeering trial. he wore a suit jacket and a tie he says his girlfriend bought for him at goodwill for $thr3. he was asked about his past, including leading a gang, and picking fights. he was released early when testifying against his former boss. chow argued the government stabbed him in the back. he told the courtroom after taking the plea deal he thought he'd be protected, given a new identity and home. he returned to san francisco, living with his brother. he had a hard time finding work, was

. >> elan musk believes it changing the way they transport. amazon founder beat musk in the space race, landing a rocket last month. >>> well, for the first time today, raymond "shrimp boy" chow took the stand on trial for racketeering. >> alisa harrington is live now. you heard the testimony today? >> reporter: chow didn't shy away from his past but said that several years ago, he made a vow to end that life of crime. prosecutors say he was the ring he'der of a criminal organization in chinatown. raymond "shrimp boy" chow took the stand in his own racketeering trial. he wore a suit jacket and a tie he says his girlfriend bought for him at goodwill for $thr3. he was asked about his past, including leading a gang, and picking fights. he was released early when testifying against his former boss. chow argued the government stabbed him in the back. he told the courtroom after taking the plea deal he thought he'd be protected, given a new identity and home. he returned to san francisco, living with his brother. he had a hard time finding work, was

it is the brain child of elan musk, the billionaire mogul, also behind tesla.nths after a failed attempt in june with a massive explosion. shortly after launch, the rocket on its way to deliver supplies to the space station disintegrated. last night, redemption and triumph with elan musk tweeting, welcome back, baby. nasa weighed in too, tweeting, congratulations spacex on your successful vertical landing of the first stage back on earth. just imagine the brain power, the engineering power it took to make this happen. several companies are competing for a piece of the pie to resupply the space station and eventually carry astronauts to the station and beyond. competitor jeff bezos, the ceo of amazon, he achieved a similar success last month. he couldn't help gloating when he tweeted overnight, congrats on landing falcon suborbital booster stage, welcome to the club. a little bit of gentle ribbing there. back to you. >> amazing stuff there, tom. thank you so much. that wraps up this hour of msnbc live. i'm richard lui in for jose diaz-balart. breaking news conti

associated with elan musk, a well-known name in america. they decided to get in the business and build rockets and launch satellites. naturally the united states of america said be my guest but prove you can do this in a way we can count on you because when we need a satellite launch to collect information we want to make sure it is successful. space-x over the years improved, evolved, and developed the capacity to launch satellites to the point where nasa, for example, national air nautic and space association, used space-x rockets successfully. it reached a point where the department of defense said to space-x you are capable and will be certified to compete for department of defense business. that is to the credit of space-x that they reached that point. i thought this was an exciting development because once again we were going to have competition between the united launch alliance. the old bowing-lockede merger and space-x. the owner of space-x said we can do this for a fraction to the cost of the american taxpayers. what i did was inv

. >> i got torg with elan musk. if i would have held it, solar city, stey. if i would have held it, i would have won the contest. i bought it because we had unusual call activity. it popped about $5. i got out of it there, and it continued another $15 higher. >> that's the case of a fish that got away. >> could have, should have, would have. don't look back. >> incredible hope. amazon, microsoft -- they're all on a tear and worth $3 trillion dollars combined. >>> time is running out. the trader of the year. who will wear this glittering and very tasteful belt of champions. john is making some final moves to try to win that title. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models-- during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale. for a limited time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and same-day delivery. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance sale is on now! superi

the founder, elan musk, announced he is going to launch another rocket on december 19th. carry 11 satellites into the space and have a new recovery rocket that is easier to recover. he failed at this last time show good luck for him. he said it failed because of a bad strut. >> bill: you cannot have a bad strut. this is a game changer. land that rocket. holiday shopping easier than ever. point, click and your package is there. it is easier than every for a grinch to swipe it from your home. more than 20 million americans according to new report are shown to be victims. laura ingle is live in new jersey. how do you prevent this? >> reporter: the term porch pirating is becoming very poplar. ty or a more aggressive tactic where people follow the deliver drivers around and swipe them when the coast is clear. cameras, of course, can help this thing but most thefts are not caught on tape like we are seeing in this surveillance videos. insurance companies say making sure you are covered is one step to protect yourself and customizing your delivery options. >> maybe that means up

musk. cameo of elan tesla.acts and and he's been out there worried as the movie is worried about, advancesicial intelligence, the advances in robotics, the kind of turbo-chargeded internet of things where people become less and less part of the equation. wrote yce some years ago about the advances in computing cetera, technology, et were creating new risks, and i'm interested, given the role -- are there things that we should be worried about that elan musk is not crazy, that there are things we should be thinking about as we propel ofselves into this new world a very different association between non-human stuff? look, if eah, well, you're going to work on powerful technologies, you have to be every one of h hose advances comes the opportunity for great new possibilities and capabilities. that's why we do this work. ut we know, history tells us that every powerful technology is going to bring with it huge societal challenges and ethical questions, and the potential for misuse, and i think that's -- i to be very st want clear-eyed about that. so i think it's essential that questions.se kin

. >> elan musk sticks the landing. that rocket landing after being at orbital levels.driving cars getting a new partnership. that could be important for google. finally, periscope ceo, that unit of twitter is going to be here with us. actually, from california. all coming up on "sidewalk alley." >> good morning. 8:00 a.m. at space ex head waters. it's 11:00 a.m. on wall street, and squawk alley is live. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "squawk alley" for a tuesday. as always, myself, swron, kayla at post nine. swroinks from out west it's john mcmalmee. a lot to work with today. first off, a major success for an

. >>> the "wall street journal" reporting that elan musk is trying to hire from rivals, according tojournal" he's even going out to twitter to recruit engineers. tesla has about 14,000 employees. this is an interesting story to watch over the next year as ford, we know what been hiring a lot of employees. >> autonomous vehicles as well. software engineers. the number of employees per vehicle is far higher than many competitors. >> tesla. >> yes. >> far higher. they do more in-house than other auto motive makers. they want to ramp up volume. >> tesla is flat over this year and last year. if you zoom out five years, it's a tremendous climb higher for tesla. >> that makes it interesting. if you look at josh spencer at the fund, tesla is the largest holder in that. musk said he will be interviewing people personally and autopilot reports directly to him. i think 100 engineers he was initially after, though there's 1600 vacancies there. to the point you're making, this is one of the big stories of next year potentially, autonomous cars. >> autopilot. >> it will be fascinating to watch how