tom: bloomberg's ian king, thank you. ll be joining us later in the show to talk about how intel has joined with oakley to make some classes that make -- make sunglasses that can talk to you. next, scott sandel. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: let's begin with a check of your first word news. the united states is considering sanctions against russia over syria. state department spokesperson mark toner says that moscow still has not taken steps to end the violence and aleppo. >> we have not definitively that door. we have not definitively suspended our diplomatic relations regarding syria with russia. , because wee verge have not seen them take the kind of actions we are looking to see them take. mark: russia says for a credible cease-fire to begin, russia should separate the moderate opposition from al qaeda's branch. president obama joined leaders around the world in jerusalem for ceremonies for shimon peres, who died this week at 93. the president: the next generation of leaders to complete his vision of peace between israel

here to break it down is ian king who suffer -- looks at the chip industry. how could this happen?s is something that has been speculated about for some time, and other targets of qualcomm have been looked at for time. qualcomm did not participate in that record year you just mentioned last year, did not buy anybody, and still has $30 billion in cash now. it is attracting quite a lot of attention. emily: does the deal makes sense? ian: the market likes it. again, as you pointed out, people are saying, qualcomm really needs to diversify away from its dependence on the cell phone market where it gets 90% of its sales. automobiles would be a good adjacency for them. on the other hand, people are saying, does qualcomm really need to spend that money on a company which is in itself in the process of digesting and acquiring? you will remember they just bought a free scale. emily: what about in the broader industry? we saw what looked to be the climax last year. we expect that to happen again this year, that much m&a? ian: a lot of the m&a they can about last year in the first half of the

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here to break it down is ian king.st of all, how likely does it sound that this type could happen? reporter: as you mentioned, this is something that is being speculated about for some time. although targets have been speculated upon as well, what is driving that is the fact that qualcomm did not participate in the record year last year it still has more than $30 billion in cash now. does the deal makes sense? reporter: the market likes it. qualcomme saying, needs to diversify away from his dependence on the cell phone market where it gets 90% of its sales. automobiles would be a good adjacent for them. people are saying, do they need to spend that money on a company which is in itself in the process of digesting and acquiring? they just bought a free scale. we saw whatusly looked to be the climax last year. mna last a lot of the year was in the first half of the year. andaw deals being announced rumored in the stock market reacting positively and it seemed to have a positive effect on willingness to go forward with a

king for "60 minutes." >> reporter: this is not war, these are jordan ian forces sharpening their edge on a make-be leaveof their weapons are antique. attack helicopters designed for vietnam. surplus armored cars that they found online. skill its its advantage. and to hone it they switched in training from blanks to live ammunition. this is the soldier who ordered that switch, the former head of special forces. he is abdullah ii, the king of jordan. why live ammo, we shouted? everyone uses blanks, makes no sense, he yelled. there is no sense in anything less than lethal. because no king of jordan has ever known peace. this is the mosque that you built in honor of your father. abdullah became king in 1999 on the death of his father who ruled 47 years. we met the 54-year-old at his palace in amman. he knows isis by its arabic acronym, daesh, but whatever you call it he says the west doesn't realize it is in a third world war >> i think is is the challenge over the past several years. iraq this year, syria next year. what about libya? what about africa? we have to look at it from a global perspective. all t

king and the queen was megaa bailey, a special needs student. less than 24 hours later he gave his crown to another special needs student. ian and megan have been friends since kindergarten and the honor is extra special for him who lost his mother to cancer. >> she was my hero. we can continue with the team of other people the worr she did and just to make the world a better place not for ian but for everybody. >> the two family says this provessour younger generation are taking a big step to include their special needs peers. cool story right now on thedenverchannel.com and the free denver7 news app. >>> i think it's fantastic to see kids doing that. >>> first presidential debate but don't expect to see much fact checking tonight. we'll explain why in a few minutes. >>> an update on the breaking news out of houston. a live look from the tv helicopter there. this is the scene where shots were fire in housttn. they may have seven people injured with an active shooter in the west lynn area of houston texas. the gunmen reportedly still on scene firing shots. squad has been called out to >>> temperatures climbing into the mid 7