i think the handmaid's tale, it's two reasons.r one, the religious right in the united states has not faded away. and for those who have not read it, you wrote it in the mid—80s, the time when the christian conservative movement was really taking off, moral majority and all that. you clearly looked at that and extrapolated to what a society might look like if these guys, with their take on biblical fundamentalism, had their way, and it was a pretty dystopian vision. well, you may not get the costumes as such. i got the costume of the old old dutch cleanser package. for people who don't know, the handmaids in your story, in this dystopian world where women are commodified receptacles for child—bearing and all that, the handmaids in question wear red garb and are easily identified. yes. big hats. you don't have to go very far back in western history to find the same kind of thing. here's my question and it's to do with your point about describing the handmaid's tale and some of your work as speculative fiction. there you were in the

(laughter) and he said i must do the handmaid's tale, i have to do the handmaid's tale, it's the firstmmission for the royal danish opera in 34 years. but if i can't do the handsmaid's tale, i don't want to do any opera at all. - how could you say no. - well i thought he was-- okay either he's crazy and it will be bad and it will just go away, or else he's not crazy and it'll be good. so why not take a chance? so it was good it was terrific. it was actually great. - so opera and now a graphic novel. - yes and i haven't told you about the ballet either. (laughter) - and there's a ballet? - yes. - wow. well i'm fascinated by this, i'm gonna be sure to look for that graphic novel that'll be very interesting i think. - you might not be able to avoid it. - i may not. (laughter) - we're gonna stop here, congratulations on this. - thank you very much. - [evan] it's an honor to get to meet you. - oh thanks. - [evan] it really is and a pleasure to talk to you. - and you too. - great margaret atwood thank you so much. (crowd applauds) - [voiceover] we'd love to have you join us in the studio. vi

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tonight -- idris elba, from "the handmaid's tale," actress alexis bledel.ooking with chef michael voltaggio. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyer >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night," how is everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] wonderful to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. after president trump removed white house communications director anthony scaramucci yesterday, he tweeted, quote, "a great day at the white house." [ light laughter ] coincidentally, a great day at the white house is the average length of employment there [ laughter and applause ] former white house communications director anthony scaramucci was reportedly seen yesterday, eating dinner at the trump hotel after being removed from his position. and apparently he was very rude to the waiter. [ laughter and applause ] white house officials yesterday say they hope to have a bill on the tax reform sent to president trump before december. december? do you know how much time could happen b

they can produce 30,000 handmaid ice cream sandwiches per week and they use 500 gallons of milk and 150allons of sugar a day. meteorologist sandy patel is here to talk about whether the ice cream weather will continue. are we going to cool down? >> dropped a few degrees and it's still muggy. so i'd call it ice cream weather. from our live doppler 7 perspective. we're still tracking multiple lightning strikes in the inland east bay. i'm going to take you where we're seeing the thunderstorms near brentwood, discovery bay. i got tweet from rad. lightning loilths up the sky in brentwood. i'm also getting reports on twitter that basically the rain has been light but the intensity of the lightning has been really just dramatic and i want to show you if these thunderstorms hold together, there is potential for them to head towards clayton, concord, between 9:39 and 9:48. so please stay inside, especially if you see lightning or hear thunder. obviously they may contain rain and could be down pours. so keep an eye on it. live look as you take a look from our south beach camera at the bay bridge

from "the handmaid's tale," elisabeth moss. and music from the killers in las vegas.here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching it. thanks for coming to it. [ cheers and applause ] oh, very nice.

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from "the handmaid's tale," elisabeth moss. and music from the killers in las vegas.'re back, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching it. thanks for coming to it. [ cheers and applause ] oh, very nice.

you're going to get us all killed, and i just started "the handmaid's tale." ( laughter ) you know kim jong-un's crazy, right? he's a loose cannon. like mel gibson in "lethal weapon." also, that one time he got pulled over. ( laughter ) now, look, the one ray of hope here is that i'm not sure whether to believe trump's nuclear saber rattling, and neither are you, because a poll came out today that found three-quarters of americans say they can't trust most of what they hear from the white house. i don't blame them. i don't blame them. ( cheers and applause ) people are applauding profound doubt in their government. ( laughter ) i don't blame them for not trusting them. the white house has made a lot of questionable claims. for instance, the crowd size at the inauguration, the obama wiretapping, and there's no way steve bannon is that flexible. ( laughter ) but here's the thing, here's the thing: while only 24% of americans trust what they hear from the white house, trump's approval rating in the poll is 38%. that means 14% of voters enjoy being lied to. and-- i just want to say-- if an

emily: hulu just had its first hit, the handmaid's tale.rs being far ahead meaning no one else stands a chance? >> the content creation business is tough. there is history about how difficult it is to make that successful. it is a hard skill to acquire. you're seeing a lot of efforts -- the tech industry marrying up with hollywood. bali would -- bollywood, other places trying to come up with original content. all that content being given to netflix, licensed to netflix to use, that may go away. they have to be prepared if they want to survive as a media company long-term. emily: lucas shaw and bob o'donnell there. that does it for this edition of the best of bloomberg technology. we will bring you all the latest in tech throughout the week. tune in each day. all episodes of bloomberg are now live streaming on twitter. check us out at bloomberg tech tv on weekdays. that is all for now. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the thrill of living well is in the pursuit, the pursuit of the rarest experiences, the pursuit of the finest products, the pursuit of

now you have competitors like hulu, the handmaid's tale.o you think netflix's burn is sustainable? >> i am not going to size so much on netflix. we have done surveys for two years in a row. of amazonat customers, 50% are netflix sub it's -- netflix subscribers. i think what is really happening of the big death bundle, and consumers, especially more advanced internet users, are going to netflix. you have this huge tail wind to streaming, and i think netflix is the biggest beneficiary. got great content, but they are going to add more sense this year than they did last year. in the u.s., their most mature market, they are adding more subs this year than last year. we are not at the end for netflix. emily: i like the confidence. thank you. coming up, the wearables market is still weak, but fitbit shares are soaring. ♪ symantec, to forecasting sales and profits that beat analyst estimates. cybersecurity projected sales of $1.29 billion for the current fiscal quarter. however, symantec is also paying the price for a rapid turnover in the sea sui

with the handmaid's tale, do you think netflix's burn is sustainable? is it paying off?ide so much with netflix. the reason is, we have run surveys now, for three years in a row, and we find that amongst amazon customers, 50% of them are netflix subscribers. customers,zon prime those who get their free video, revenue percent of them and a growing percentage of them are netflix subscribers. i think what is happening here is the death of the big bundle. and consumers, especially the more advanced internet users, don't go into prime, and they are going to netflix. i think you have this huge secular tailwind, the shift over to streaming and netflix is the biggest beneficiary of that. do you know why? they have great content, that is the proof of that point is the one. fact they are going to add more subscribers this year than last year in the u.s. we are not at the end of the s curve for netflix. emily: that was mark haney. -- mark mahaney of abc capital markets. history has been made in crypto currency. the number one digital currency, bitcoin, has split in two. the move co

tonight -- idris elba, from "the handmaid's tale," actress alexis bledel.ar. in that case, let's get to the news. after president trump removed white house communications director anthony scaramucci yesterday, he tweeted, quote, "a great day at the white house." [ light laughter ]

and from "the handmaid's tale," actress elisabeth moss.miss. all next on "live." [cheers and applause] [upbeat music] ♪ [pop music] and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. [pop music] ♪ >> kelly: hi! hi! hi, hi, hi. [cheers and applause]

confiscated handmaid high capacity explosives and related materials as suspects admitted that been preparing a terror assault but this friday the attack would have coincided with the muslim holiday of copan by iran we're going to be bringing you all the details as soon as we get them on this latest story. i'm back with more news in just over a half an hour and all the latest details on our breaking news stories. with manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is some project himself. nor the roots to. delete. the knowledge or. just. hey there i'm lindsey francis is broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. tonight massive oil refinery offline in texas as the fallout from hurricane harvey to continue and the price gouging past register has begun for necessities such as water and second quarter g.d.p. growth has climbed and we are also looking at a very positive jobs report separate this friday release things are looking up my guest says the dollar is weak and it's time to head to gold but this safe haven investment the rally surrounding it could be short lived i disc