jason: and i'm jason kelly.oin us for "bloomberg businessweek" every day on the radio starting at 2:00 p.m. wall street time. you can also catch up on our daily shows by catching our podcast. get that on bloomberg.com or wherever you get your podcasts. and you can find us online at businessweek.com, and through our mobile app. kailey: bloomberg learned this week that a wall street regulator is looking into goldman sachs' credit card practices. that, after a programmer claimed that algorithms discriminated against his wife. jason: the card is the joint venture between apple and goldman. goldman says it is possible for two family members to receive significantly different credit decisions. here is bloomberg finance reporter sridhar natarajan. sridhar: this started with a series of tweets from a tech entrepreneur, david hansson. he applied to the apple card and started complaining that his credit limit was 20 times the size of his wife's credit limit, even though they both share the same finances, have the same spe

jason: visa c.e.o.l kelly, no relation, says consumers are still swiping and tapping despite talk of a recession. carol: and then there's this week's cover story. google and the generals. the search giant wants to build its military business, its employees they do not. jason: much more of that ahead but we begin with our top stories. a busy week in d.c. with impeachment hearings. trade talks hitting a series of road bumps. so much more and legislation passed by congress, supporting hong kong protesters. let's break it down with ryan teague beckwith in d.c. so ryan, help us understand everything that happened there in the nation's capital. ryan: yeah. this was a long week. and i think the last news day was june 15, 2015. [laughter] this was a particularly newsy week. the sondland testimony from the ambassador to the e.u. on what day was that even? that's how long of a week it's been. wednesday. the sondland testimony on wednesday established pretty definitively that there was at least one quid pro quo ho

jason: and i'm jason kelly.lso listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, am 1130 in new york. carol: am 960 in the bay area and london on dab digital and on the bloomberg business app. that's where you can find our radio interview, such as the one that we did with lauren greenfield. we talked with her about her latest documentary, "the kingmaker." it offers a portrait about the former first lady of the philippines. a look into the crimes of the marcos family and their comeback. jason: we should note that bloomberg provided financial support for the film and it was actually inspired in part by a story in bloomberg pursuits. lauren: i began filming in 2014 and never expected the project to take five years. it actually began with a bloomberg article by a journalist named william miller about this animal island that i never heard of. this was the kind of ultimate extravagance. she depopulated an island in the south china sea of its indigenous population and brought in animals from africa and four generatio

jason: i am jason kelly. very special episode for you this week, we are here in lovely california. carol: under the gorgeous sun, and this week, bloomberg businessweek is releasing its annual best school ranking and for the second straight year, stanford is number one. we will hear from the dean, john lovett. jason: and so many prominent alumni have made their way through the school. we will hear from the ceo of ab invev, the owner of the golden state warriors, and the incoming ceo of nike, and they will talk about their experience here and also what they are seeing in the world of business. carol: so much here from stanford, plus, back at headquarters back in new york, this week it was all about the year ahead summit, a 360 degree view of the most urgent topics facing every executive in the coming year. jason: we sat down with the providence equity ceo, and the ceo of macy's and co-ceo jim coulter, and also i should mention an alum of the school. carol: first let's get to stanford graduate dean on taking the

jason: i'm jason kelly. you can listen to us on the radio. 960 and on the up.ad to talk cannabis. carol: it was a big story last year, this year and next year. this is my conversation with the ceo on the future of the industry. >> we believe that today, cannabis is a up to $100 billion industry. importantly most of it is served , by the black market. less than 10% of the transactions in cannabis last year were done through regulated stores. that's what's exciting. we are not trying to tell you this needs to be created. it is already there. we just need to transfer out of the black market. carol: you just opened in massachusetts? >> yes we started as a medical business. what was recognized many years ago was that millions of americans were self-medicating with cannabis. we entered the space to help people that were sick. what has happened over time, the social attitudes toward cannabis keep changing. it is becoming more mainstream and as states like massachusetts adopt adult use programs, the medical operators are there and they are the first ones to address tha

jason: right.n the dress shoe business and sneakers, why are they having such a moment? we have so many young people coming into the world and they are not hesitant. not hesitant about ideas were movement. or hesitant about interests icons, whatever. but we actually have a name for our customer, but the new creative. these are people who are considerate about what they buy, where they buy from, and what things look like. with adidas, it was sportsmanship and now we are seeing more entertainment and lifestyle icons. not only in sports, but inspection -- -- but in fashion and tech. elon musk is not just a celebrity for tech, but for a lot of people. jason: from a new kicks to high kicks. carol: you can listen to this interview from the radio city ro ckettes. >> we are so excited for the season. each year, we try to reinvent the show to make it more exciting. this year, if possible, we have made the finale even more impressive. the finale number was introduced last year, and this year, we have really

jason: i'm jason kelly.n us for "bloomberg businessweek" every day on the radio starting at 2:00 p.m. wall street time. you can also catch up on our daily show by checking out our podcast. get that at bloomberg.com, or wherever you get podcasts. carol: the next story is about the media spin on local news. jason: this is josh green from washington. this is a spin on something we have seen really come to the fore and elections the last few years. tell us what is going on on the left? josh: this is a very in the moment peace, in the sense that democrats are looking forward to 2020. one of the things that digitally inclined democrats are looking at and worrying about is the fact that republicans and trump are absolutely dominating social media. facebook, google, all these sorts of things, while democrats are busy running for president. i do a profile online for businessweek for the person i think is the most interesting democratic strategist right now on their side, a young woman named tara mcgowan, who is the f

i'm jason chaffetz in tonight for a sean.he democrats impeachment charade rages on in the washington swap. a real investigation into real crimes and real corruption has finally concluded. monday, december 9th, the inspector general's report on fisa abuse will be released to the public. the findings should be damning for michael horowitz has reportedly discovered serious examples of misconduct at jim comey's fbi. at least one official is reportedly facing a criminal investigation for falsifying key materials in the lead up to a fisa warrant against a trump campaign associate. that individual has been identified in reports as a truncating lawyer at the fbi named kevin kleinsmith who has since left the government after a review from the inspector general's office. including one example shortly after the 2016 election when he texted a colleague, the crazies won finally. also bashed trump's asked whether he planned to stay in government under president trump, he responded "give allowed resistance." some anonymous sources in "the w

jason: it is a big issue.oved reading all of it but i have to say the bloomberg new economy drivers and disruptors index, i think it is a must read for anyone -- everyone. there is so much going on around the world. you might be surprised by some of our findings? we do a ranking and it might not be exactly what you expect. jason: what i loved is that there is a lie in the magazine, but if you go online, you can start to go down these rabbit holes of i did not know that about the swedish economy. carol: exactly. jason: i love the piece on christine lagarde taking over at the ecb. so much has been written and talked about as it relates to her but i really learned something. i loved it. carol: it's a new era for the ecb. jason: check out our daily "businessweek" podcast. carol: we are bloomberg television -- more bloomberg television starts now. ♪ the game doesn't end after that insane buzzer beater. because with nba league pass on xfinity you can watch the out of market games you want- all season long. and with

>> jason: good question.nwhile, independents are souring on the impeachment inquiry.nd according to an npr-marist poll 50% of independents do not support impeachment and removing trump from office. house freedom caucus chair congressman andy biggs, house judiciary committee or f congressman tom mcclintock, and senior advisor to the trump 2020 campaign jenna ellis. i think andy, all three of you but in the end, i served with in but in the end, i served in congress previously but i thank all three of you for joining usn i want to start with you. congressman mcclintock, you were on the house judiciary committee and if the democrats and i think this is questionable whether or not they move forward, but if they were to move forward, the rules are different. and you get to call people. the democrats will get to call people. who would you like to hear come testify before the house judiciary committee? >> i'm hoping we could get viktor shokin. he's the ukrainian prosecutor g general that biden had fired just as we we

♪ ♪ >> jason: welcome to the special edition of "hannity." i'm jason chaffetz in tonight for sean. over three years, democrats have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at president trump. yet the president remains unfazed. his rallies are as massive as ever, his poll numbers are getting stronger, and he hasn't lost his sense of humor. today, he tweeted out this image depicting himself as rocky balboa members while the media mob fetch their pearls. the analogy here could not be more perfect. like rocky, president trump knows how to take a punch and persevere and fight back. at last night's rally in florida, the president was on offense. watch this.as >> democrats are trying to rip our nation apart. [boos] first it was the russia hoax, total hoax. and now the same maniacs are pushing the deranged impeachment. think of this. impeachment. impeachment. [boos] a witch hunt, the same as before. they are pushing that impeachment witch hunt and a lot of bad things are happening to them. you see what's happening to them in the polls. everybody said, that's really [bleep]. the radical demo

jason: evan novy williams.orter: a couple years ago, nike released shoes that was significantly better than any other running shoe on the market , from a speed and recovery standpoint. it became a big deal for average joe runners, but it became a bigger deal for professional circles, where you know the difference can be seconds over an entire marathon. that is a huge gap. the shoes became a huge deal in the professional world where the people who were wearing them were setting records and winning races, and a lot of people who were not wearing them were not having the same success. kailey: the question is, is that fair? question. is a major every other shoe company right now is working to reproduce what nike has. there is a carbon fiber in the shoes. the four foot is steeper -- the forefoot is steeper. i have spoken to a number of companies. everyone is working on replicating what nike did. nike is working on whatever is faster and faster. i think the fear in the industry is nike is a $36 billion revenue a year

[laughter] >> jason: i'm shocked by everything she says. [laughter] >> harris: jason, you and i are -- >> donna: i didn't wake up when i rushed home from a vacation to wash the 116th congress get sworn in and say, "i can't wait for them to impeach donald j. trump eczema" i didn't wake up thinking on july 4th, "i can't wait eczema" i didn't wake up -- and i still believe, after watching the hearings, i am still not fighting to see anyone impeached. i want to know the truth. >> katie: you may not be, but there are democrats and the house you certainly are. it's going to be very hard to walk adam schiff and jerry nadler off the impeachment clip with everything they put out so far. >> donna: they have a right to stand up for what is right inaudible when you take the oath of office. i respect their right to do that. >> harris: we will scoot. the u.s. navy about to take disciplinary action against navy seal eddie gallagher over his war crimes case, when president trump stepped in. why this is far from over, and how it could effect morale in the u

my jason chaffetz into night for sean. for over three years democrats have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at president trump. yet the president remains unfazed. his rallies are as massive as ever and his poll numbers are getting stronger and he hasn't lost his sense of humor. today, he tweeted out this image depicting himself as a rocky balboa members of the media mob fetch their pearls. like rocky, president trump knows how to take a punch and persevere and fight back. and the president was on offense so, watch this. >> democrats are trying to rip our nations apart. first it was the russia hoax, a total hoax. and, think of this. impeachment. a witch hunt, the as before. they are pushing that impeachment and a lot of bad things are happening. everybody said, that's really [bleep]. the radical democrats are trying to overturn the last election because they know they can't win the next election. it's very simple. >> jason: the president's right, the democrats witch hunt is turning to a major political disaster. yet a

jason stopped playing baseball. jason didn't want to go to school.more kisses good night. there was no more hugs. jason started sleeping with weapons in his room. he would sleep with baseball bats. his whole life changed. >> once someone found out about it, i cut them out of my life. i wouldn't want to associate with them anymore because i knew that they knew. >> flores says it wasn't long before he joined a gang and began using drugs. he paid for his habit by stealing cars and breaking into homes. >> it was like this demonic seed that was planted in my son's soul. and we couldn't kill the weed. >> flores was able to identify his attacker, a man named kevin kinder. eventually kinder was convicted and incarcerated for attacking flores and three other boys. but cornett says that wasn't the end of their nightmare. >> kevin kinder got sentenced to 17 years. he only served six. he got released, and when he got released, i followed him everywhere he went. >> some mothers are going to fight for their kids until the day they die. my mother is the one that's

the constitution with the heritage foundation and my friend jason j fitz. i first came to know his name over 30 years ago as a placekicker at byu and was really good to this day he holds the record including the most successful points after touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season and also famous for the fact immediately after he kicked a field goal the helmet would come off and he became famous for that i think it was called the jason chaffetz rule but it played a key role in his success as a statesman and people came to know him and who he was. i remember many years later long after he played for byu with a successful career as a businessman i met him for the first time. i was starstruck. i met him while he was running on the campaign for governor. and jason chaffetz himself convinced me he was the man to become utah's next governor we had a long conversation about i it. and several months after that after he was elected he called me until the i was under consideration in the administration and i said i did not apply. but i would o

tonight. >> now to jason boudin and his interim lead . ktvu's amberly is up the street food park south of market where they are watching supporters come in. >> reporter: hundreds of people are here supporting jason boudin. i will give you a look at him addressing his supporters right now. i spoke to a number of folks out here and asked them why they supported him over the other three candidates. they tell me he is the true candidate for change and that's why they supported him. before he took the stage he spoke to me about why he was positive that he not only has taken the lead, but why he thinks he will hold onto that lead and when. >> i have been out all day talking to voters and everywhere i go people voted for us and i know how hard my team worked. i know we had the best ground game, the most social media, the best platform. ultimately san francisco voters are smart, they're paying attention and they will vote for the candidate actually committed to reform. not a candidate who says reform but has a track record of status quo. >> repor

news radio jason thank you thank you. well u.s. secretary of state might bump a 0 is urging european countries to take back their citizens who joined a so-called islamic state and to ensure that they are prosecuted many former i.d.f. fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops met thursday with diplomats from 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihadist group. says that countries should hope the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of isis accountable for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and syria. a public hearings against donald trump began this week with fresh revelations about the u.s. president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart and while the drama plays out on capitol hill thousands of kilometers away the man on the other side of that line to the white house is called up in his side of the events of a lot of me as alinsky has much more attention from the u.s. than he ever wanted right now we ask how ukraine gate looks seen from kiev and see what's at stake

jason: we do have that.lection law requires that paid political advertising be disclosed, that there is disclosure on those advertisements. and we should have that. we should also have checks in place to ensure that political candidates, political organizations can't run factually incorrect advertising, knowingly do so. these are checks we have had in place for over 50 years for broadcast television and radio. we have a new technology with social media that is still in its infancy and has proven to be remarkably powerful in its ability to change people's opinions. we have to ask ourselves, are we going to provide some guardrails here? if we are, and i believe we should, are they meaningful? i don't believe either banning political advertising or throwing our hands in the air and saying candidates can run whatever they want is meaningful reform. taylor: tim, in response to some of those comments that jason was making, i also wanted to bring up a quote from trump's campaign manager talking about the 2016 and t

jason's saying the polls haven't moved.hought the democrats wanted the polls to move in their direction -- >> not at all. ed: if they're staying still -- >> first and foremost, i think jason is getting his dnc talking points late to the game. truthfully speaking, the polls have changed. 52% of americans believe democrats are botching the impeachment inquiry. we know that already. and further, we see what's going on, what the whole attempt with this impeachment case to create a cloud over president trump so he can be defeated in 2020. we talk about the results this administration has created for african-americans, the opioid crisis, the economy, any number of issues. it puts them in a very difficult position for them to win any election. you've seen further there's people still trying to jump into an election when it's a matter of months away. you know they feel they're in trouble. this is the vehicle that they're choosing to use as a part of their election strategy to -- ed: all right. as gianno mentions the election, and t

you broke the story, jason. the tie-in here from the documents that you were able to obtain is right around the same time, if we've got our months right, when the president did say in front of the cameras, and he reached out to russia saying, if you can help us -- i'm paraphrasing, of course -- with they e-mails, please do so. >> rick gates was interviewed by the fbi as part of the special counsel's investigation last year, and this is what he told the special counsel -- excuse me, the fbi, that in fact -- the theory, the seed was planted that ukraine was involved in the dnc hack in 2016, when the trump

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i think the times coverage is the best i totally agree with jason.t's that he was released from prison about a year ago after agreeing to wear an electronic tag. use to enforce cu rfews and restrict electronic tag. use to enforce curfews and restrict his movements. there are obviously still keeping an eye on him but this question about how much rehabilitation he had and i agree with jason and saying there's big questions as to the wisdom of letting this gentleman free. the latest details we had this evening as you both mentioned, we believe that he was attending a conference as part of the criminology department of the university of cambridge. we have actually heard from the university themselves, such as very quicklyjust take you through their statement. that said that they are gravely concerned by reports that university of cambridge staff, students and alumni were caught up in the incident at london bridge. they are urgently seeking clarification and further details. our thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by these terrible event

and jason this shooting is one of at least 30 u.s. schools this year the result of their injuries or in death of course we know gun control is a divisive issue but is there any kind of plan in the works to make schools at least to make schools safer for students. well of course and you know there's nothing definitive right now and it really depends on where you fall politically or which side of that you you believe or which side of the you believe it the left take all the guns away you don't need you don't need them unless you know you're part of the military and even then there's questions on the right it's where you say can we have a right to own these firearms that a firearm that was used for 45 caliber pistol is not legally purchased by a 15 year old child you have to be 21 here in california and in california we have some of the strictest gun laws in the entire country there are you know he shot 5 people in there and even shot himself we're only allowed to have magazines that hold 10 rounds some states in the united states can ho

still with us tonight are jason johnson and rick wilson.ason, deval patrick, born in south chicago, mostly raised by a single mom, scholarship kid to an east coast prep school, harvard, harvard law. some corporate law, justice department civil rights division, two-term governor of massachusetts. now, however, he is at a company we associate with one mitt romney called bain capital. before you answer, he was asked about bain capital. let's run his answer and we'll talk about best campaign practices with our friend jason. >> there is a place for private equity in the private economy. there is a place for business in our lives. but it is also true that capitalism generally has a lot to answer for. that is so. and we need to be able to confront that, and that's exactly the work i've been doing at bain capital. >> handicap his entry just hours old so far, if you will. >> this is the worst barack obama/mitt romney remix that he could ever release on his debut day. i mean, you know, the bain capital, but the south side of chicago. you can't say th

news radio jason what can you tell us. right you know several law enforcement agencies have swarmed to different areas where they believe the gunman may be hiding he's described as an asian male wearing all black and they swarmed an open area just outside of the high school outside of tsongas high school there are some trails and like a couple of canals they believe he may be i mean in those cases they're also getting ready to send a search warrant at all net it's believed to be the gunman law enforcement officials l.a. county sheriff's alex be in a way that has said that they do know the identity of the shooter they have not released it yet but they're waiting to get him more information so they can get inside that house i'm jason just moments ago of course we saw students being escorted out of the high school what do we know about those that have been injured in this shooting you know footage fame the scene is a little bit hard to watch i watched as the sponsor is giving c.p.r. to somebody lying on the ground i don't kno

what else do you think stands out here, jason?came out this afternoon. >> yeah. and i -- i need to make a point of just noting here that this is the first release of what the fbi says are approximately 46,000 pages. so, sure, don't look for a smoking gun. >> 46,000? >> 46,000 pages, perhaps, with interviews that were conducted with nearly 500 witnesses, if not -- if not more. so there's going to be a lot of information revealed down the road, every month for the next eight years, as you noted. but, you know, some of the -- one other detail -- >> sorry to interrupt you there. as it released, is there any logic to the release? or is it that which they decide to give to you? >> it is that which they decide to give to us. i mean, the fbi will go through these documents. they'll conduct a security review. they'll either declassify information if anything's classified. redact information, what needs to be redacted. but we do not know who -- who will be -- what -- what interview subject will be released per month. so it's -- it's a grab

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[laughter] jason: it is certainly dominating conversations that we had. express your views politically when you get to the voting booth, hold off before pulling the trigger with respect to a trade. the collective wisdom of the market up to this point is that a far-left candidate is unlikely and if that were to come to collective wisdom is that that would be a knee-jerk reaction to the downside. whether it is health care, the anticipation that a moderate wins, buying financials now that a fear of regulation will be off our back, it is too premature. scarlet: we still have 11 long months to go. thank you so much, jason katz with ubs and bloomberg cross affect reporter sarah ponczek. "what'd you miss?" is next when we will be talking about today's merger mania. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ romaine: live from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york. scarlet: i am scarlet fu in for caroline hyde. joe: i am joe weisenthal. andine: the dow, s&p, nasdaq all closing and record territories. joe: the question is, "bloomberg technology" -- the question is, "what'd you m

are joining me now from los angeles is jason capital and here he is the l.a. bureau chief with n.b.c. news ready oh good evening to you jason so officials have just been giving a press conference. what do we know about the victims. unfortunately we now have 2 dead one of the 14 year old male victims who were shot succumbed to his inner injuries and this is moments ago we were also told that there were 6 gunshot victims and they were all students and they all range in the age of 16 to 14 years old the biggest i think piece of information that we're learning today about the shooter is that he was originally thought to be 4050 years old but he's actually 16 years old and today is his birthday now that might add something to the motive there not exactly sure but all of these victims here and including the gunman are teens and very young ards and you say the suspects today may have been his birthday what else do we know about him what 16 years old he said right. 16 years old officials are saying that they have him clearly on video walking into the school pulling ou

riley and allysia finley, jason, was the georgia race stolen by voter suppression?is is a familiar charge that we get every couple of years and the runup to election days and it's a long-term strategy for democrats and the goal to keep blacks angry and paranoid by saying that republicans win elections busy pressing the votes of black voters and the problem is that the data does not bear this out, this is not what the data shows, we have seen black voter turnout increasing steadily since the bill clinton presidency. predates obama and in some presidential year we have seen black voter turnout exceed white voter turnout rates even with states with strict voter id laws like places like georgia. in recent midterm elections, last midterm elections minority turnout was up in georgia and other places, where is the evidence that voter suppression is taking place? paul: what about georgia evidence in particular, alyssia? >> higher black turnout than white turnout. 60%, almost 60% of black voters turned out and voted, around 56% voters, more black voters this year voted in ge

news radio jason thank you thank you. u.s. secretary of state might has urged european countries to take back their citizens who joined so-called islamic state and to ensure that those people are prosecuted many former fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops paya met thursday with diplomats from 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihadist group us said countries should hold the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of isis accountable for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and syria. on thursday 7 german nationals suspected of being connected to i guess landed at an airport in berlin they had been deported from turkey let's take this story now to our chief political correspondent melinda crane she is on the story here in berlin good evening to you melinda turkey announced that in the next few days you've got a total of 11 german citizens he will be repatriated the 1st have arrived here in germany what do we know about the ones who've arrived and about their connec

jason: we do have that.al election law requires that paid political advertising be disclosed, that there is a disclosure on those advertisements, and we should have that. we should also have checks in place to ensure that political candidates, political organizations can't run factually incorrect advertising, knowingly do so. these are checks we have had in place for over 50 years for broadcast television and radio. we have a new technology with social media that is still in its infancy and has proven to be remarkably powerful in its ability to change people's opinions. we have to ask ourselves, are we going to provide some guardrails here? if we are, and i believe we should, are they meaningful? i don't believe either banning political advertising or throwing our hands in the air and saying candidates can run whatever they want is meaningful reform. taylor: tim, in response to some of those comments that jason was making, i also wanted to bring up a quote from trump's campaign manager talking about the 2016

still with us, jason johnson and lanhee chen. lanhee, looking at those numbers we basically have four candidates at the top. something unusual would have to happen for somebody else to get into that top tier. what do you make of it? >> well, two things, ali. one is i think traditionally iowa is tough to poll, so you're going to see a lot of variance over the next couple of weeks and numbers are going to bounce around. what i would say is it's going to be interesting. i think sanders and warren are going to be in one lane. in the other, you're going to have buttigieg and biden, and i think there's probably one survivor from each of those lanes. as we observe what happens in iowa, we're going to be looking at relative rankings. we'll have to see if warren can hold on and if buttigieg can hold on against biden. i think buttigieg and warren, if indeed those two do hold on, are going to be the two tickets out of iowa. >> jason, when you look at those top four and you look at everybody else who's still in the race, do you think there a

a suspect throws her down to the ground jason keeps running. you take them all the way to their car, and you were able to get a partial license plate. >> reporter: i think that is a full license plate. >> reporter: in the surveillance video, vehicle is seen at the top, parked steps from the entrance of the door. jason says he memorized the oregon license plate before he took off. he believes the suspect hit the store behind him, taking advantage of the windows to go about. do you think they will do it again? >> reporter: of course. >> reporter: the suspect was driving a dodge caravan after a license plate and we are waiting on robbery detectives to conferment and release the number. >>> 24 twitter plays are accused of being saudi spies. emily turner has the details that read like an espionage thriller. >> reporter: prosecutors accused the former employees of spying on at least 6,000 different twitter accounts. some of whom were known to be saudi critics, and they were paid, they say, in cash at least one luxury watch. u.s. citizen i cannot abel