the geoff: -- geoff: that looks like 1999.: we cannot treat silicon value -- silicon valley as an emerging market. tom: i am looking at the daily mail. twitter feud turns toxic. amber rose brands kim kardashian a w----. that is the kind of content you consume. geoff: that is -- olivia: it is fascinating, all of those big brands. they are all creating original content. the advertising is going to disappear like the messages. tom: howard is all over this. this is a big deal. brendan: you do not know how long you have with the growth of this network. facebook has recognized that in order to keep going, it has to make new acquisitions of new networks. what is the shot clock until teenagers think this is not what we are looking for. tom: they are getting $465 million in a new round of financing. we are extrapolating out the percentage investments into a value. his 19 billion a valid statistic or a guesstimate of where they are going? is it marketing or finance? howard: it is probably marketing in order to obtain finance. tom: thank

cnbc's geoff cutmore joins us live from london.talk to us about what tim cook and apple accomplished on tuesday. the company is just gangbusters. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. if apple were a country, it would be on the top 20 list in gdp terms. apple at $700 billion now overtakes the annual gdp of switzerland. >> wow! >> reporter: go figure. this is one, large business now, and a lot of that is on the back of the iphone 6 sales here. clearly, this is an important milestone as far as apple is concerned. but you know what? there was another interesting announcement on the day that apple hit that big, round number. they're also going to invest a lot of money into a new solar farm. that will help power the california headquarters. so even as apple hits this big, round figure -- >> wow. >> reporter: -- the company wants to project itself as still responsible and socially responsible, and that's why they're building this huge 1,300-acre farm. >> i would live in both countries. if apple does declare sovereignty, i would live there, as w

thanks so much geoff. greatly appreciate it. >>> and still ahead on "way too early," game on in chicago after mayor rahm emanuel fails to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. how something that never happened before in the windy city happened last night. >>> plus taylor swift shows her love for the big apple in a big, big way. what the pop star has done for kids in new york city. >>> and speaking of which check out these pictures of the hudson river. manhattan encased in ice as the south braces for even more snow. bill karins is here with the latest on the winter's wrath, straight ahead. >>> the incoming scud or the debris from it wrecked a two-story building that was housing u.s. soldiers setting off a huge fire. again, at least 12 are dead. there are supposedly many many injured. pentagon has confirmed that a missile has landed at what they called a military barracks just outside of duran. if you can clear a table without lifting a finger... you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful

cnbc's geoff cutmore joins us.lain what's going on between the president and staples. >> reporter: this is fascinating, isn't it? buzzfeed had a conversation with the president and he expressed frustration about companies that he feels are penalizing workers who should be part of the health care reform act and should hang on to existing salary and benefits. he targeted staples and said this is one company that appears to be tel to work less than 25 hours a week. now, we know that the requirement kicks in at 30 hours a week for companies to hemp their employees with health insurance. so right now obama not happy about what he sees as this office supply's business doing its best to duck its responsibility. it's worth pointing out this business generated $620 million in net profit through february 2014 here. so there are those on the president's side who ar gooi gu they could afford to extend the support if they wanted to, but we'll see this one run on, i suspect. i want to change gear and talk a little about the whol

as large caps go those mid small caps go and we're very optimistic for all segments of this -- >> geoff, i need a quick answer here. we've got to go but what's the difference between biotech now and 1998? we had a big drop then 2001. is it a different industry now? >> there's a lot more substance to the industry. we have a group of profitable companies with cash flow support for the valuations so we don't have the same downside that we had in 2002, 2001. >> thanks very much. >> thank you, both. >> eric schmidt and geoff porges. we have 40 minutes to go. dow just off the lows but a very narrow trading range. s&p 500 about a 6, 7 point trading range. and again just off the lows there. >> i think we got to get that dow up if we want some of the biggest headlines on the month. if we want the dow to have the best month ever in point gain terms. it would have to lose more than about 8 points today and we're off about 67. so not clear we'll get there but a strong february nonetheless in what's traditionally a weaker month. up next federal reserve vice chair stanley fischer is sitting down excl

what's your reaction to bp's senior vice president geoff morrell saying that many of the studies that from the reality of the resilient of the gulf environment? what's your reaction to that? >> it's important to note that science is an interevident enterprise, that we build evidence over many studies over many years. a lot of people are studying what's going on in the gulf. our first study was criticized by bp because it was a field study. and that it wasn't based in sort of controlled conditions in the lab. now bp is criticizing other studies because they're lab studies and not field studies. this is a strategy by responsible parties to try to cloud the issue. but all of the work that is done so far, both field studies and laboratory-based studies have clearly shown that the effects of the oil spill are correlated and causative for the kinds of developmental defects that we're seeing in killifish, cardiovascular, their hearts aren't formed properly and that doesn't bode well for a fish's health. >> would you say that this is rock solid? >> no science is rock solid. and this is the la

we'll geoff you a update on that coming up. >>> in delaware tonight, some people in newcastle countyare being told to boil their water before using it. northbound lanes of kirkwood highway was closed for hours while crews cleared the roadway. people in this area may be at risk for eli.coli. >>> a man is locked up on charged that he tried to bring a stolen handgun into a civil courthouse. investigators say the gun was loaded with hollow point bullets and was it stolen during a burglary in virginia. >> seven fire union says four of the employees are accused of having sex with a paramedic. three others are accused of sexual harassment. they're asking the city for a complete one. the mayor's office has not commented on the case. >> lawmakers have a update on the navel air station in montgomery county. they toured the facility today and they want to know when the navy will turn over the land to local officials for redevelopment. they're calling for new schools, homes, and commercial development estimated to bring 8,000 jobs to the area. >>> from our jersey shore bureau now, the sale of th

. >> geoff that's what you want, why are you making it so hard. >> he saw friends died and they are still dying. it's post traumatic stress disorder ptsd, which is taking him now. it very nearly took him too. >> now it is hitting on a global scale, it is more veterans are killing themselves now than they ever have before, at an alarming late and it just keeps getting higher. we feel remorse to kill -- ptsz is big news in hollywood this year, a best picture contendser in focus right now because the man on trial for killing it's real life protagonist was suffering from the disorder, and there's a strong dose of reality in the best documentary short category. this film, a stark look at the men and women who man telephone lines. who talk war veterans out of killing themselves. >> there are around 22 million war veterans in the united states. in fact, they represent just only 10% of this country's homeless population. los angeles county has the highest concentration and it is a hugely political issue. off the streets and into a home by the end of this year alone statistically they are 50% more

manayunk to be the bug geoff problem spot with icy hills and slippery streets. >> when i was coming in down here i actually slid a little bit. making the turn to go down to park. >> i drive really slow. not even just on the roads on the sidewalks too. there's black ice. just need to be careful walking report roar ice concerns aren't just on the roads. more formed on this medical building now known as the ice castle in west philadelphia. after firefighters sprayed thousands of gallons of water early monday morning. now l andism says the building is dangerous and could collapse. neighbors told us tonight, they are very worried. >> concerned for the neighborhood and the citizens and the businesses. >> you see the ice down there i know the weight of that ice eventually will take that building down. >> reporter: as temperatures drop you can expect to see more ice on that building. the l andism commissioner said he's already asked the owner of the building to safely declare that building and knock it down. if that does not happen says that the city will have to knock it down. meanwhile we re

office depot had already bought officemax, which is something geoff davis had pushed for as well andoo! selling its ali baba stake is something he push for as well. he says yahoo! and aol should merge that has not happened yet. >> any others that are under the radar? >> he has push for changes at one that is being acquired by rock 10. he has a number of smaller semiconductor makers were he's made changes to the board of directors. one of them is exploring options, which is wall street speak for potentially looking for a sale. there are some outstanding situations among these smaller players. >> thank you so much. coming up, global investment opportunities -- we will talk to mark t's at pimco about how global monetary easing will impact investments this year. "bottom line" continues in just a moment. ♪ >> welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i'm mark crumpton. thank you for staying with us. let's start with the price of crude oil as floor trading comes to a close come ecb intraday chart up 4.3%, ending the session at $50 and $.55. oil traded t

, ate all the pizza and the delivery guy all of a sudden knocks on the door and says, we forgot to geoff"better call saul" is that extra pizza. the eighth episode, the "better call saul", came to this show. >> jimmy: do you get pulled aside and questioned? >> you know that i've done a lot of comedy, and i had a show called "mr. show." [cheers and applause] for so many years, i would be recognized by crazy comedy fans, and the way i could walk in a room and i knew who knew mr. show. you know how i know? >> jimmy: no. >> they had a tattoo of mr. show on their face. and now, breaking bad was this phenomenon. so i'm not famous, but that thing is famous, and i'm in it. so they see me, and they, the weird thick is, that they know the show so well that they know this character and yet somehow they get the name of the spinoff wrong and i get a lot of get sal "! "i want to phone salvatore"! >> jimmy: it really isn't that hard, but is that exciting for you. >> it's fun. >> the whole getting recognized thing, i've been in this business for so many years and i've written a lot of comedy and had a lo

regional decision before president johnson issued his proclamation announcing amnesty for treason for geoff davis, among others. at the time of his indictment, and review of his indictment of supreme court we have no judicial pronouncement about what this section of the constitution means. there was no standards in place. more than 16,000 petitions for release flood the capital. the volume of the petitions that came render real-time implementation onerous. for example, in 1871, a bill for the relief of 4000 people was presented and actually voted on in congress. this tsunami of petitions precipitated the creation of a special senate committee on the removal of political disability in an attempt to relieve the overwhelmed and presumably out of their death judiciary committee. this theme of clemency unfolding was nowhere -- was noteworthy because it turned constitutional clemency on its head. before section three authorize congress to adjudicate disabilities, the constitution and that of several of the states had firmly and exclusively ensconced the pardon power with the executive, not the le

. >> there are lots of children entered in the great bike geoff away and jennifer says it's heartbreakinghe knows they all need bikes. last year they gave away over 160. >> she's just hoping that ava can get enough votes to be one of the lucky winners. >> we've been in first and second for most of the contests right now we slipped down to third. but we need votes now. >> when i said bike, her face lit up. >> something know she loves and few things we know she loves. >> it's ban tough road for the family. despite all kinds of testing doctors have been unable to come up with a diagnosis for ava. >> i love you, too. >> she doesn't qualify for a lot of programs. >> we didn't have diagnosis so we couldn't get the help we needed for her and we were just couldn't stanley being turned away. >> so ava's mom is hoping this time things turn around well for her six-year-old. you're giving more than bicycle your giving freedom confidence and pride to a child with special needs you can only vote once tell your friends your neighbors your family members to go to our website right now to help little ava.

unlike "john brown's body," they don't name geoff davis hanging on a sour apple tree.onderfully ambiguous, so southerners can imbue it with their interpretations. part of the ambiguous brilliance of the song. southerners saw "the battle hymn of the republic" as fighting for freedom southern style. the spanish-american war fuels this reconciliation. it is a war in which northern and southern soldiers are singing "the battle hymn of the republic" together. the spanish-american war also prompted the greatest parody of the song, mark twain's, in which the first line is "mine eyes have seen the orgy of the launching of the swords." it is anti-imperial. twain did not publish this in his lifetime, in part because he had immense respect for julia ward howe as a poet, and because he loved "the battle hymn of the republic" as a song. he attended a veterans memorial service, lincoln's birthday party -- he came as a confederate veteran after all. he joined the confederacy. an example of the degree to which southerners are embracing this, "the battle hymn of the republic," an immen

struggle that brandt places at the heart of his storytelling another great so-called crime novelist geoff wine baugh says the best crime novels aren't about how cops work cases but about how cases work cops. that's a good line. >> yes. >> rose: that holds true with fervor in "the whites" because that's about how the case works the cop. >> yeah that these people take this guy who committed some kind of atrocity, and you never know, one man's atrocity is another man's big deal, and rarely are the whites for these guys the persons that had the high -- the perps that had the highest victim count. it's something personal between -- something inside that cop and the scenarios and the story of the victims or something about the perp, they're responding to something. >> rose: what's interesting about this is billy graves. he is the moral conscience of this. >> she's a regular schmo. he's more treasury in his wife and -- he's more interested in his wife and family than in being a cop. his wife has a very black secret he can never get to the bottom of which is revealed during the book, but the thin

geoff is still with us. confession s of a central banker. who is going to make the headlines today?> yellen. she will probably need to address sooner or later and probably sooner rather than later would be prudent and also you know, is she confident enough with the dollar where it is and international demand. are they still comfortable? i think right now the verdict would be yes. all of these major moves in currencies. if you go back to the fed minutes, they are being supportive of this. if you have stronger demand, i think the u.s. stands to benefit from that. >> i want to bring up that point. i don't think many predicted the amount of easing we have seen so far this year. 2 the buffer point has been the stronger dollar. the dollar goes higher higher, higher. one line over the federal reserve minutes says persistent strength would harm exports. >> even if you look at the last fomc meeting at the on the other hand january for example, the dollar was rising that is extreme tightening. i think it is important to look at who is easing relative to the fed. e.c.b., bodily injury again, i