so will the secretary of state extreme to us how hacker house met the criteria of these grants, was thehis house, declared when the application was made? will all applications and paperwork related to hacker house's grant be published in the library or be made available for public scrutiny? did any mps lobby on behalf of this company in regard to this or other grants granted by government departments? the broader questions that he has alluded to, need answering in this case, because they keep coming back to the current prime minister. the issue of whether he has represented the interest of this company or other companies, require scrutiny. as the chair of the select committee has alluded to. this is fundamentally a question of character and of suitability. is the prime minister of sufficient character to occupy high office and disperse public funds? is he suitable? does he understand that the trappings, and privileges, of power come with restrictions and restraints ? power come with restrictions and restraints? is he capable of restraining himself? the truth is that our prime minister d

would however ask him to look closely at the performance fun in relation to the grant given to hacker houselight of the information in a shed with the house this afternoon. i do think close scrutiny of what they are dealing with this money is of paramount importance.” dealing with this money is of paramount importance. i think the honourable lady for her question, andi honourable lady for her question, and i pay tribute to her work as my predecessor, it is an honour to follow her this dispatch box. she is com pletely follow her this dispatch box. she is completely right, she will know that we asa completely right, she will know that we as a department routinely talk to those who are in receipt of grants, and that we make sure that there is as much oversight as they possibly can be. process will continue. as i said, that is a review going on into this particular grant so that we can make sure it delivers maximum money for the taxpayer. i also welcome the minister to his place, i wondered when he was discussing the a cce pta nce when he was discussing the acceptance of his job he knew he woul

the digital minister, matt warman, said a grant made this year to jennifer arcuri's company, hacker houseson had had no role in awarding the money. mrjohnson has claimed that everything was done in the proper way when he was mayor. in washington, details have been released of a telephone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president, which is at the heart of attempts by the democrats to impeach president trump. he's rejected allegations that he put financial pressure on ukraine, to provide information about a business linked tojoe biden who is the frontrunner to be the democratic candidate in next year's presidential election. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. he's made me more famous than i've made him. who'd have thought that a meeting between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart would become the most keenly anticipated event of un week? but after a phone call injuly between the two men that has resulted in the democrats launching impeachment proceedings, it has. it's better to be on tv than by phone. i think. and a central charge — did the us president tr

minister defended the £100,000 grant that had been given to one of miss arcuri's tech companies, hacker househat he had nothing to do with the award, and no involvement. he was a backbencher at the time the grant was made, but there is an internal review going on inside the department to work out whether the award was appropriately made. the minister said that this was a british company with a british telephone number, though when i telephoned what appeared to be a london telephone number today, it was actually answered by a woman who was actually answered by a woman who was clearly in california, so that telephone number doesn't really tell you very much about where the business is based. and borisjohnson is perhaps also facing more difficult questions about his time as london mayor, and the apparently preferential treatment given to jennifer arcuri, in particular going on three trade missions with boris johnson overseas, though she has insisted in a statement that she was on those trips purely in her role as a legitimate business woman. i don't think this is an issue that is going to go awa

has launched a review of the £100,000 award made in february this year to her training company hacker houseoris johnson's friendship with ms arcuri when the pm was london mayor. asking an urgent question, a liberal democrat wanted to know if there was a conflict of interest. mr speaker, the fact that we are back in the commons today is because the prime minister has been shown to ride roughshod over the laws of this land. it would indeed be disappointing if we were to find that the prime minister has form in bending the rules for personal or political gain. minister. thank you, mr speaker. i want to start by saying that the prime minister and his staff have had absolutely no role in the award of this grant. and i suspect i will be saying that a number of times, but it will remain the case. this is a company that is based in britain as far as company's house is concerned. it is a company with a british phone number. we will review that, but we have no reason to think... we have no reason to think that there is anything untoward in this particular matter. matt warman. and one of the reasons m

a review has been launched in figure this year into mrs arcuri's trading company, hacker house. open, transparent and a competitive process. it follows newspaper revelations about the prime minister's friendship with mrs arcuri when the pm was london mayor. asking an urgent question, a liberal democrat wanted to know if there was a conflict of interest. mr speaker, the fact we are in the commons today is the prime minister has been shown to ride roughshod over the laws of this land. it would indeed be disappointing if we were to find the prime minister has form in bending the rules for personal or political gain. minister! thank you, mr speaker. i want to start by saying that the prime minister and his staff have absolutely no role in the award of this grant, and i suspect i will be saying that a number of times, but it will remain the case. he dismissed suggestions of the company not being eligible for the grant. this is a company that is based in britain, as far as companies, house is concerned, a company with a british phone number. we will review, but we have no reason to th

the digital minister matt warman said a grant made this year to jennifer arcuri‘s company, hacker house at whether bonuses paid to thomas cook executives can be recovered through the insolvency process. there has been growing anger at the tens of millions of pounds paid to executives before the travel operator‘s collapse. a huge operation is currently repatriating 150,000 british travellers. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has been hearing from a former thomas cook staff member. my name is betty knight. i was cabin crew for thomas cook airlines for 12 years. our management seemed to have disappeared off into the sunset with millions and millions of pounds, and while all of our lovely passengers and customers have been helped by the caa, who have done an incrediblejob, and they‘ve all been assisted, our cabin crew, members of our cabin team have been stuck without even a word, without a phone call in really dire circumstances. and there is sympathy from those, who days ago, were their customers. holiday—makers brought back on government flights into bristol today. stressful. but

we now know that hacker house is not based in the uk from the sunday times reports that its owner moveduk? why did officials waive the rule that the grant could not exceed 50% of the company's income, and how many of the other 11 companies that have had these grants have had this preferential treatment? did the prime minister, then the backbencher, the men for oxbridge, did he make any representations, official or otherwise, to the department recommending this company question of the government said it will investigate the award of this grant, but when will this review conclude, and will it be made fully public? thank you, mr speaker. i wa nt public? thank you, mr speaker. i want to start by saying that the prime minister and his staff have had absolutely no role in the award of this grant, and i suspect i will be saying that a number of times, but it will remain the case was not in answerto the but it will remain the case was not in answer to the other questions that she has raised, the review will be reporting by the end of next month, and i have said that i will update the house wher

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these computer will run and everything and the hackers command they hack their wife i leads into their nest and. suddenly you're living in a haunted house where your voice is coming over your speakers and you know people are turning up your thermostat summit it really shows of a very you know macro level this is really dangerous stuff we're playing with when when strangers could enter your home through these devices have we given up i mean we know that we've given up personal privacy you know for the kind of home gadgety gimmicks but are we giving up too much of our safety as well oh yes absolutely in fact let's take this next to insulin pumps to pacemakers to use different types of brain implants that can affect seizure disorders if i have one of these and i can override a person's house i can override your heartbeat you know your brain i can do a lot of things so this is this is almost like a very kind of funny but this is precisely what we're looking at right now because we have created a situation which by the way there's no return you don't come back you know say you know. hold it stop it let's go back to the key back to the carbon

house. this is bloomberg. ♪ devices are like doorways that could allow hackers into your home. like all doors, they're safer when locked. that's why you need xfinity xfi. with the xfi gateway, devices connected to your homes wifi are protected. which helps keep people outside from accessing your passwords, credit cards and cameras. and people inside from accidentally visiting sites that aren't secure. and if someone trys we'll let you know. xfi advanced security. if it's connected, it's protected. call, click, or visit a store today. david: this is "balance of power." i'm david westin. for bloomberg first word we go to mark crumpton. reporting, have been president trump says he fired national security advisor john bolton because he disagreed strongly with many of his position. hispresident tweeted he has resignation. bolton responded with his own tweet saying he offered to resign last night and the president responded "let's talk about it tomorrow." bolton had been scheduled to take part in a press briefing this afternoon on terrorism. boris johnson is pledging to work for an e

hackers and you feel like someone is watching you? bret larson is here. >> somebody is watching you, you will let facebook put a camera in your house?bought the first one. lauren: me neither. they did a big push, if you don't know portal, it's basically a video phone that you can put in your house that connects to your friends and it watches you as you move around the room so you can have a conversation, maybe cute campaign about it. it's interesting, now they have a second device, they will jump into streaming service as well, little larger and have the ability to stream video content, but, again, this is the company that has had several privacy issues. seems as though they are, they're very good at apologizing when they make mistakes, very good at stepping out and saying, oh, my gosh, we didn't realize that database didn't have a password. i think you are right, a little tone deaf of the issue, they need to address privacy issues. lauren: facebook come into my living room. you can watch bret larson fox news 24/7, siriusxm 115. >> we will send it over to maria live from washington. maria: good morning to you, good morning, everyone

all of it, white house reporter for the "new york times" and former fbi special agent, distinguished fellow and author of messing with the enemy, surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists and fake news. you understand this world that we're all in some cases discovering for the first time. when we talk about the transcript of the president's phone call that apparently is due to be released tomorrow and also this whistleblower complaint, what can we actually expect here? when a transcript is put together, how many people are listening in on the call? what types of people are there? how faithful is that transcript going to be? and how thorough would a whistleblower complaint be? >> i can't imagine it being very thorough. i don't expect it to be a direct transcription of everything said on the call. i would be shocked if that's what came out tomorrow. i think what is normal is note taking. it is normal to have one or more note takers during a call whenever you are talking to a foreign leader. they would write those things down. they keep some things sensitive. if there is a personal conversation that might go on or something that's maybe -- they're not probably

house. jason: columbia business school alumnus class of 1987. carol: our exclusive conversation with morgan stanley chairman and ceo james gorman. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ devices are like doorways that could allow hackersyour home. and like all doors, they're safer when locked. that's why you need xfinity xfi. with the xfi gateway, devices connected to your homes wifi are protected. which helps keep people outside from accessing your passwords, credit cards and cameras. and people inside from accidentally visiting sites that aren't secure. and if someone trys we'll let you know. xfi advanced security. if it's connected, it's protected. call, click, or visit a store today. we are witnessing it here with mr. gorman, this is a powerful place to play. carol: you entice and slice what -- you dice and slice what goes on in a business school community, but you figure out the nuances that make each program distinct. one thing about columbia is you are in new york city. >> it is part of it. something we lean into in rankings is data. how do we make this data set the -- be extraordinary? jason: no city is a big part of -- new york city is a big piece of it. what is it about it? >> the tagline is "at the very cen

house. jason: columbia business school alumnus class of 1987. carol: our exclusive conversation with morgan stanley chairman and ceo james gorman. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ devices are like doorways that could allow hackersyour home. and like all doors, they're safer when locked. that's why you need xfinity xfi. with the xfi gateway, devices connected to your homes wifi are protected. which helps keep people outside from accessing your passwords, credit cards and cameras. and people inside from accidentally visiting sites that aren't secure. and if someone trys we'll let you know. xfi advanced security. if it's connected, it's protected. call, click, or visit a store today. carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." jason: this week, a special visit to columbia business school to hear from top faculty and high-profile alum. carol: a ranking of the top mba programs, we went to a school that is always on that list. >> the thesis here is that the nexus you get between the business schools and alumni networks, that's why people come to business school. you get a crash course in the greatest curriculum you can get but you also get the case study feeling that comes from real-world applications. for us, w

house reporter for "the new york times," and clint watts, a distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute and author of "messing with the enemy: surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, and fake news." clint, let me start with you. you understand this world that we're all in some cases discovering for the first time. but when we talk about the transcript of the president's phone call that apparently is due to be released tomorrow and also this whistle-blower complaint, what can we actually expect here? when a transcript is put together, how many people are listening in on the call? what types of people are there? how faithful is that transcript normally going to be, and how thorough would a whistle-blower complaint be if folks are just taking a look at it from the outside? >> yeah. i can't imagine it being very thorough, and i think the other thing is i don't expect it to be a direct transcription of everything that was said on the call. i would be shocked if that's what actually came out tomorrow. instead, i think what is normal is note-taking. it's very normal for them to have one or more note takers during a call. whenever you're talking to a foreign