there. >> i'm not sure the goal is to directly hurt "washington post" but put enough squeeze on jeff bezos that bezos has zero involvement t editorial decisions of the post. >> that's by choice, though. it's a good choice. >> it's the right choice and a necessary choice. something interesting jeff bezos doesn't give a lot of interviews. one thing that was interesting he said because amazon is now one of the largest corporations in the world he said i expect us to be scrutinized and we should be scrutinized. how is this not just the president scrutinizing amazon to try to benefit the american taxpayer? >> i do think he is right. i think there are concerns about any company that large and having that big a market share. this isn't being done in a public forum. this isn't a study the president has commissioned. these are secret meetings that didn't show up on the president's official agenda and were only discovered as a result of leaks. this is anything but trying to explore the facts and get to the truth. >> so one of the folks who was very close to the president on all things economy and mo

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spencer.ined by tell us what jeff bezos had to say. probably the biggest question that came up was on the antitrust issue. a shareholder asked, you are getting so big and attracting so much attention, what is your take? his respond was it should be expected, and he talked about the company's growth, even going back to 2010 wendy they were at 30,000 employees, to nearly 600,000 today. he mentioned any institution of that size should expect scrutiny, and his comment was that we should not take it personally. that was his basic message to shareholders on concern about antitrust issues. varioushere are protesters there. amazon air pilots, some people protesting jeff bezos's amount of control at the company, some people saying the ceo and chairman need to be separated. walk us through the cast of characters. reporter: there was a group of people saying that bezos needs a boss, and they want to see the chairman and ceo role two, to give bezos more oversight and break up the power and concentration he has over the company. the board was again

jeff bezos has one thing in common with one of richard nixon's enemies, jeff bezos owns a newspaper,ashington post," the fact that he's the richest man in the world must infuriate donald trump who has always felt the need to lie about the size of his own fortune, the richest man in the world has never lied about that. and now "the washington post" is reporting that trump has met secretly with the postmaster general to try to force the post office to raise rates on amazon. this is obviously president trump's way of striking back at "the washington post's" honest coverage of the trump presidency because there is nothing that donald trump hates more than honest coverage of his presidency. richard nixon kept his hatred of the "washington post" as private as he could, but the white house tapes captured it. >> i want it clearly understood that from now on, ever, no reporter from "the washington post" is ever to be in the white house. is that clear? >> absolutely. >> unless it's a press conference. >> yes, sir, at the briefings here. >> never in the white house. no reporter from "the washin

jeff bezos. lyndon johnson taught school there. john: right. brian: what impact did that town have on you? john: it was and still is a very small town. i thought it was a great place to grow up. it never seems that way to a kid. looking back, you can say this. i think one of the best examples of why it was such a good thisience comes back to theme of the book the hedgehog and the fox.

trump's ire is not so much amazon but the company's ceo, jeff bezos, who also owns the "washington post," according to people close to the white house. mr. trump sees mr. bezos's hand in newspaper coverage he dislikes and he's lashing out at amazon as a proxy, these people said. the president's most recent flurry of tweets targeting amazon has coincided with publication of wshtd wsht stories he dislikes. what's not clear is whether mr. trump will take actions that will harm amazon's business interests." "wall street journal" last month. there was also this around the same time from "vanity fair." "the president is focusing ever more closely on his perceived enemies and obsessions. amazon, whose owner jeff bezos also owns the "washington post," is currently his main target. according to four sources close to the white house, trump is discussing ways to escalate his attacks on amazon to further damage the company. "he's off the hook on this. it's war, one source told me. he gets obsessed with something, and now he's obsessed with bezos, says another source. trump is like how can i f with

and i think jeff bezos has done a good job of not getting into a back and tort.onalities. fundamentally, jeff bezos isn't the story. president trump donald trump is the president. and it is incumbent for media companies to stick up for their work but not to get down in the muck and picking personal fights because we need to keep the focus on him, not on us as the reporters. >> and so michelle at the same time, the media is not necessarily all that popular with the public either. so it is not as if the media can sort of cry out for support from the public. but it is -- i think people maybe don't take seriously enough the threat of a authoritarian government and how quickly it can slide because people aren't familiar with this form of government. but donald trump is pushing the boundaries about as far as a president ever has. >> absolutely. i don't know if you are a fan of the television program the hand maiden's tail i go oletale, bute protagonist is moving to herself where were we when all this was happening, and that is what a is happening here. this is just not

. >>> donald trump hates jeff bezos and has been public about hating jeff bezos.hat's the only way in which the trump enemies list differs from the richard nixon famous enemies list. nixon kept his list private because he was a smart enough lawyer to know what he was doing with his enemies list could get him impeached and it would have if richard nixon didn't resign before he was on his way to being impeached by the house of representatives. jeff bezos has one thing in common with one of richard nixon's enemies, jeff bezos owns a newspaper, "the washington post," the fact that he's the richest man in the world must infur rate donald trump who has always felt the need to lie about the size of his phone fortune, the richest man in the world has never lied about that. and now "the washington post" is reporting that trump personally met with the postmaster general to raise rates on amazon. this is obviously president trump's at "the washington post's" honest coverage of the trump presidency because there is nothing that donald trump hates more than honest coverage of

>> we take you back now to the discussion with jeff bezos. jeff: the top of mount everest is a garden paradise compared to mars. planet is a joke. this planet is unbelievable. around, the travel more incredible is. i'm not talking about nature. all of these amazing things. we need to protect it. i'm not even talking about protecting it from asteroids or a nuclear holocaust. those things are important and valid, but we don't need to worry about that. we have something more certain and that's a problem. if you take current baseline onerous, global energy usage, and compound that at 3% a year, then in just a few hundred years, you are going to have to cover the entire surface of the earth in solar cells. that is how powerful compounding is. and by the way, we have been growing energy usage at a few percent a year for a long time. and our civilization has a lot of advantages because we increase our energy usage. the human body, and a state of nature, if you are just an animal in the state of nature, your body, your metabolic rate uses about 100 wa

jeff bezos he believes is a political enemy.iating is he's been presented with the facts on this from members of his on administration and the postmaster general who said the usps loses money on a lot of things, it does not lose money on package delivery. those numbers aren't public so we can't point to this many and say these are what they are. it would make no sense for the post office to lose money to amazon. he's immune to the actual things and no matter how many times they tell him this is not the case, he refuses to believe it. >> in calling them out the way he is, we're not hearing a whole lot from amazon in reply. central to this really is what's the problem plaguing the postal service and that is not these delivery costs. >> no. the postal service has a number of problems, one being that people don't send letters much anymore. they lose money on that. they have enormous legacy costs on retirement plans on postal workers and retirees. they have big structural problems. they've tried to say here's an avenue for money. peo

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joe, you mentioned this rivalry between elon musk and jeff bezos.hat jeff bezos is doing blue origin. could there be partnerships here? getting rockets into space, what is one striking difference musk is and compress and whether it is tesla or the rocket, it is part of the even watchinglon, the stock is a fascination with a lot of tesla fans and his friends. you get this fight it is all the vibething -- you get this it is the same thing. recap, the rocket launch to the ipo -- satellite has been aborted for now and will get details as it becomes available. stay here with us on bloomberg. ♪ >> u.s. stocks rebounded to a seven-week high as the dollar c-suite conflation and no speed up of rate hikes. >> on the economy, the malaysian prime minister is commenting a business from the government and says hedge funds role over the eb scandal. in singapore, president trump conferences summit with kim jong-un will happen there on june 12. >>

haemz, whose owner, jeff bezos also owns "the washington post" is currently his main target. according to four sources close to the white house, trump is discussing ways to further damage the company. trump is like how can i eff with him? he didn't say eff. according to sources, trump wants the post office to increase amazon' shipping costs. well, that would hurt amazon. that was reported last month, and now today we learned the president doesn't just want that, he has ordered it. headline, trump personally pushed post master general to double rates on amazon. president trump has personally pushed u.s. post master general to double the rate they charge amazon.com. the post master has so far resisted trump's demand explaining in multiple conversations that these arrangements are bound by contracts and must be reviewed by regulatory commission. they have met at the white house about this matter several times starting last year. quote, the meetings have never appeared on trump's public schedule. but somewhere along the line, somebody locks the list up in a safe, right? somewhere

and we have bernie sanders attacking amazon ceo jeff bezos. bring you that story and also conservative review tv host reacting after ts there's nothing small about your business. with dell small business technology advisors you get the one-on-one partnership you need to grow your business. the dell vostro 15 laptop. contact a dell advisor today. welcome to holiday inn! thank you! ♪ ♪ wait, i have something for you! every stay is a special stay at holiday inn. save up to 15% when you book early at hollidayinn.com . liz: it's all the talk in the world the media. the fight over control of cbs. it's pinning cbs between the redstone family. let's get to connell mcshane on this one. connell. >> the story, liz, and we got a court ruling there a little over an hour ago at cbs one of the restraining order today against national news, the company the red stones control. it did actually get one. but it's actually temporary. the judge in delaware coming out and saying he delivered his ruling on the cbs request tomorrow. but in the meantime, between now an

>> it's not the case he's trying to punish jeff bezos. the president has made clear whether it's trade with china, renegotiating with mexico or the eu, and amazon, he wants a more fair playing field for everyone. apparently the president told me amazon has a five-year sweetheart deal. people can't get access to it. the president's point is without the post office, amazon would probably need to create its own infrastructure. it does great in the big cities. my daughter orders things all the time. but if you're talking about some of our rural communities, the post office was there first. and they have the infrastructure and the access. and so the post office and amazon have been working together, but we're still losing billions of dollars each year and he just wants a playing field that is more fair to the mom and pops. when et he talks about the eu. and when he talks about with respect to illegal immigration. the country has been asking what's fair. what more can we do for him or her. what's fair to the american workers and the factories t

the president has been reportedly working hard to punish jeff bezos financially, pushing the office tos according to the "washington post." the postmaster general and trump have met in the white house about the matter several times already beginning in 2017, most recently four months ago. the meetings have, interestingly, never appeared on trump's public schedule. so far the postmaster general has resisted by explaining in multiple conversations that these arrangements are bound by contracts and must be reviewed by a regulatory commission. joining me now, maya wily, former assistant u.s. attorney. you also worked as the counsel to mayor bill de blasio, right? >> i did. >> so i want to ask you this. let's say you're in that positioned a vising the mayor, this mayor who fights with the new york press all the time and he comes in and he says i'm going to go threaten to revoke the zoning of the "new york times." seriously. he says i'm so fed up -- >> it would more likely be the "new york post." >> the "new york post," perfect. he said we're going to screw them on the zoning, toipts call th

we go live to the amazon shareholder meeting for that and what to expect from jeff bezos and much morelicon valley heavyweights at the code conference quk leack in a couple minutes. don't go anywhere. do your worst, doctor. i will. but first, a little presentation. hijacking earth's geothermal energy supply. phase 1. choosing the right drill bit. as long as evil villains reveal their plans, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> welcome back to "squawk alley. we're just moments away from amazon's shareholder meeting, and aditi roy is live in seattle, joins us with more of what to expect aditi. >> hi, there we're just moments away from jeff bezos addressing the shareholders, but outside here, a growing group of protesters. they're demonstrating on a number of topics and among some of the demonstrators out here just moments ago before he ducked in was the reverend jesse jackson let's show you video of him before he ducked into the shareholders meeting he talked about how important it is and how heartened he

there might be a banner in the sky calling for jeff bezos to not have quite so much control. the sheer performance, it is hard to vindicate that they need an independent chair. spencer: well, that is exactly it. the reasons against this proposal, they simply point to the performance of amazon and that they need this kind of -- they need jeff bezos committed to this vision that he has proved the test of time with that vision, and they don't want anything to peel away from that. caroline: very different from the governance structures we have here in europe, where you tend to see the separation of chair and ceo. talk to us about the reaction in particular where you stand, seattle. this could be quite hefty upon amazon. potentially they could threaten to invest a little bit in the city. yeah, amazon has become a polarizing symbol in seattle. of thet of tech some rising property values from the influx of wealth and talent, but also the downside, people getting left behind. skyrocketing housing costs, roads clogged with traffic for those a lot of downside as well. there was a propo

. >>> amazon jeff bezos has his eye on outerspace. specifically the moon. >> the details in today's tech bytes. >> reporter: in today's tech bite, a warning about militia linked malware attack. >> urging americans to reboot computer routers. malware uses personal information. in addition to the reboot, download any updates for your device. street performers turning to technology to accept donations by credit card. >> city of london giving street performers special card reader, set to a fixed am. allows them to donate that amount with their credit card. >>> fancy. jeff bezos outlining his plan to colonize the moon. >> while discussing his company, he predicted a settlement on the moon will happen within the next 100 years. he said companies will eventually move heavy industry off earth so they can reap benefits of 24/7 solar power available olt moon's surface. >> those are tech bytes. >> have a great day. >>> a community program helping kids to stay on the right track. >> a cat owner in england uses creativity to help his cat go outsid

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that amazon has not cost the postal service any money and the president is targeting them because jeff bezos owns "the washington post." even though that has nothing to do with amazon and that that is inappropriate. >> i have seen the figures offense and defense. i have seen numbers. we could probably do this on both sides. a lot of numbers, by the way, have not been made available. we'll see. all i know is, america is prospering. and if we can fix the technology stealing, which is so important in the china story, and we can get these market openings, this will be good for american export sales. i think it's good for chinese growth. we will have come a long way. and the president is now very much behind our trade mission. i believe every single american, really, every single american, george, will benefit from open trade, lower barriers, and technology protection. and by the way, tax cuts and cutbacks of regulation are playing a major positive mood. we're in the 3% zone, george. my pals. i have a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle, they told me we couldn't get there. we're there.

is jeff bezos.stry upside down and bring all the information to everybody. >> what do you think you see? what's the sign, this is going to pull it off. >> first and foremost, their commitment to technical excellence. second is their willingness to build a team around them. third is a strategic focus on a really large unserved market need. a fourth is a reasonable approach to how they are going to fund their business. you can raise too much money as well as too little. the fifth factor that i look for is thaturgency. because the new company doesn't have the resources of the incumbents. today's are more aggressive than ever before but they can move fast. so the speed with which one of these disruptive entrepreneurs will move is a crucial advance. >> the book is really centered around some things you learned from andy grove and they are called okrs. it sounds pretty simple. objectives and key results. why is this an important way to think about business? >> it's deceptively simple. the reason is not th

. >> one man in england is happy to be reunited with his stolen dog thanks to jeff bezos.t missing after an amazon driver delivered dog food to his home in buckinghamshire. in a final desperate plea he e-mailed its founder. bezos delivered. amazon used gps to track the driver down and returned roma home. the company spokesperson said the incident is inexcusable and it will never use the driver again. but, hey, talk about going straight to the top right there and getting results. >> can i talk to the manager, manager, just let me talk to jeff bezos. >>> there is a possibility some big changes will be on the way in the sidelines of the nba. it's been announced former wnba superstar and current san antonio spurs assistant coach becky hammond will be interviewing for a head coaching job with the milwaukee bucks. the search follows the dismissal of former head coach jason kidd. the bucks' originally met with her a year ago to discuss the team's general manager opening, but with hammond's 20 years of professional experience as a player and coach, the bucks are liking what they s

howie: the president talks about the amazon "washington post" owned by jeff bezos. the president has pushed the post office to double the postage for amazon and other countries. does this look like payback? sara: of course. he's focused most of of his attacks on amazon because they own "the washington post" which has been critical of his policies. guy: the appearance is there because that's what's happening. it's not a good look for the president. it looks like bullying. and also in the process, let's say they doubled the rates. that would hurt not just amazon, it would hurt the american people who love amazon because it's affordable. this is a collective policy. howie: the postmaster general told the president the service benefits from amazon shipping. adrienne: to borrow a phrase, this is captain obvious. jeff bezos owns "the washington post" and the "washington post" has been highly critical of many of trump's policies. there you see it. howie: thanks very much for joining us. ahead, president trump rips white house leakers as traitors. my name is jeff sheldon,

jeff bezos owns amazon and washington post.f getting back at a newspaper? i'm not sure it's that round abou about. he's been very clear he wasn't like some of the stories and called them the lobbying arm of jeffbezos. i think one piece of this is his dis gruntlement. that said i believe he believes amazon isn't paying enough. despite some the evidence to the contrary, including what the post master general has told him directly, it's an issue that has gotten under his skin. >> anita, the post report says that the president has gotten together his advisers at different times to talk about the amazon issue. is the white house developing a bas bezos strategy? >> it sounds like he wants a strategy at the white house, but remember, this isn't something that he can do unilaterally. he doesn't even appoint the post master general. a board does. he does nominate people for the board and he has three people pending in the senate for confirmation. that's a process that has to -- he either has to go through the post master general, who ha

as abuses of power go, this is up there, trying to use your power to screw jeff bezos to punish him for what the free press writes but, that's real serious. >> there is a difference here. he has a history and pattern of using his tweets to attack his enemies and including other corporation he doesn't like or supporting corporations that he does. there is very different because it was a secret meeting because he could have gone to congress if it was a legitimate pos matter and he could you know, there is this thing if jeff bezos should think about called civil action. under givens which is a supreme court case that says you can saw a public official for violating your constitutional rights. >> i think that would be very interesting if they sued him particularly given what we just learned today. still ahead the mueller probe snags two men associated with long time trump whisperer roger stone. what that can mean for the investigation coming up. here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p

this is owned as a toy by jeff bezos, who controls amazon. amazon is getting away with murder tax wise. he's using "the washington post" for power so that the politicians in washington don't tax amazon like they should be. >> other than jeff bezos, we probably have the most relevant guest you could have, the former executive editor of "the new york times," howell raines. you're one of the few people who have run one of these papers like the post or times that are important to american life that the president clearly obsesses over. do you view this as the president looking to get a better deal for the united states or bullying the free press? >> the latter, of course. i agree with post master brennan and the former trump's own former budget director, gary co cohn. he's simply wrong on the numbers and this would be a devastating move for the economy. now, what is interesting to me about trump, he's a gift to the amateur psychoanalysts of the country because everything he does is so nakedly obvious. this is a classic case of jealousy. of a parti

you would rather cause pain to homeless people than cause pain to jeff bezos. >> jeff bezos issued ad if you capitulate at this stage it's as if nothing more than you favor jeff bezos over the working people in this city. liz: reaction to seattle city council unanimously voting for a new head tax on businesses like amazon and starbucks to help pay for programs for the homeless, amazon though firing back, saying, "seattle does not have a revenue problem and has a spending efficiency problem. we're highly uncertain whether the city council's anti-business positions or its spending inefficiency will change for the better and now this starbucks also hitting back saying "if seattle cannot provide a warm meal and safe bed to a 5-year-old no one believes they will be able to make housing affordable or address open idea addiction." let's take a check of both of the stocks ending the day in the red let's bring it up with the panel republican strategist ford o connell and kelly grace gibson good to see you both. your reaction to this fight? >> i think this is a classic case of a liberal city c

know, jeff bezos does not interfere with the editorial page. done some very good things for the washington post, including spending a lot of money that has allowed us to , afterlot of reporters which we have had to reduce the size of our staff, because like every news organization we were bleeding money and we had to try and stay within a budget. he has been helpful in encouraging us to develop an engineering operation, so that everything digitally works better and faster and smoothly, so on all of those fronts, he has been eighth positive force at the post. news,e way we covered the there was no indication from anyone that something is being done, because jeff bezos thinks it ought to be done, and there is a political edge to why he owns the "washington post." let's go to questions from our audience. if you wait for the microphone and raise her hand, i will call on -- raise your hand, i will call on you. something was said about readers not understanding what is going on in the newspaper when they put in terms like anonymous sources, and the o

jeff bezos. lyndon johnson taught school there. john: right.

we will discuss a modest proposal for jeff bezos. but first, to the top story.rom self driving cars to robot powered factories, artificial intelligence is taking over significant chunks of the global but with this new technology comes questions about its impact and ethics. joining us to discuss is the principal researcher at microsoft at yale university. he also recently wrote a book. mark bergen is also with me. lay of the land when ?t comes to ai technology >> we have been having lots of , we have seen the advancements alphabet has made lots of fun gadgets this projection, job displacement and changes to the workforce, we haven't really seen on the productivity side delivering improvements in the workplace. i think that is really the be reached ifs to we are going to make a difference. >> with the white house saying they will be hands-off, is that a good thing and what does it mean. that is't think necessarily going to make the economy more productive. when you think about these new think ares, those i potentially important to create a market in consumer data

. >> if i was donald trump, i would not accept a makeup gift from jeff bezos.nedy: what about when jeff bezos and the deep state get together. >> you have cell phones. this is probably -- this is the consequence of having technology. something that makes things easier. something that invades your privacy. i send all my emails to the fbi. kennedy: they sent them back and said thank you, but no, thank you. i don't know. i think this whole thing is so unsettling and weird. i love technology, but i think we put way too much trust tonight. there is no verify. we verify more with north korea. >> it's going back to nature. we have to embrace it. kennedy: we need to embrace nature. we need to embrace technology. you can look at pictures of plants. last word, jehmu. >> learn how to push a button and play your own music. is it that hard? kennedy: it's a combination of wally. "topical storm" is next with your hate mail. coppertone sport. proven to protect street skaters and freestylers. stops up to 97% uv. lasts through heat. through sweat. coppertone. proven to protect.

jeff bezos. lyndon johnson taught school there. john: right. brian:

he told me jeff bezos he thinks is one of the smartest people out there.not having brought the stock. even as the e-commerce giant encroaches on warren warren bufs business iss warren buffett will not criticize jeff bezos. i asked him about that when you have somebody you admire, jeff bezos killing it in the commerce world, pampered chef sells product on amazon but do you have any thoughts how to make sure that pampered chef doesn't get cannibalized from the original business model selling on amazon? >> just as my gross profit is his opportunity. almost everything we do is threatened by something else. but that is america. that is what capitalism is supposed to do. everybody is working to make product better and less costly. capitalism rewards the winner. >> he can say that, neil. but as you know, he owns lot of retail businesses. the dairy queens, the sears, fruit of the room. he sells garanimals, ginsu knives. world book. he does not deny the brick-and-mortar world is under assault and attack. one of the things i want to ask him at 3:00 p.m. eastern on f

. >> you would rather cause pain to homeless people than cause pain to jeff bezos. >> jeff bezos issuedf you capitulate at this stage, it is nothing more than you favor jeff bezos overworking people in this city. reporter: underthis new tax amazon could spend 10, more dollars a year to cover 45,000 ememployees in the city. they expect it to bring in $47 million in expected revenue. 66% will go to affordable housing. neil, they think that $31 million for affordable housing will build around 600 apartments for homeless people. neil? neil: okay. hillary, thank you very, very much. hillary vaughn. meantime, it started with charlie gasparino reporting on the cbs and redstones at it. all of a sudden there gets to be movement and activity in the stock. every one talks about it. every one writes about it. here he is is to follow up on it, charlie gasparino. what the heck is happening now? >> let's back up a minute. it is a incredible case. the delaware chancery court ajudicate big issues, are certain parties following rules. think about what they're saying doing tomorrow. they will desire wheth

and jeff bezos in the future of his company. president of the senate majority packed. bono is an activist and front man of the rock band, u2. recent a medal for his humanitarian contributions and after the ceremony just a former president and former white house chief of staff for a conversation. this is just over one hour. condoleezza rice: thank you very much. 2002, and weof were about to go to monterrey, mexico for a conference on the 11:00 a.m. development goals. staffent bush asked the to put together a proposal on foreign assistance that was going to knock people's socks off. it had to have a big number. more importantly it had to have a wave to make sure american taxpayer dollars were not going to be wasted. that became the millennium whichnge corporation, were large grants to countries that were governing democratically and investing in their people. john bolton was a part of that effort. we were going to make an announcement in washington before we left for monterrey and he said i have an idea, he said have you heard of bono? heard yes, josh, i have of bono, i'

so we're all excited for jeff bezos and his space-bound "personal massager," but i am less excited abouthe money to fund an entire space program. but bezos explained that himself. >> the only way that i can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my amazon winnings into space travel. >> stephen: really? the only thing you can think to do is shoot your money into space? you've goot $130 billion. you could give it to education, poverty, fighting climate change. hell, the nu metal band "flaw" still hasn't earned enough money on gofundme to pay for their van. come on, they're only $1,500 short! how else is flaw supposed to get to their next gig at fubar in sloouls. wielwe'll be right back with jim gaffigan. new olay whips powerful skincare, now light-as-air a breakthrough moisturizer whipped for instant absorption feel a light-as-air finish in a flash new olay whips ageless at t-mobile, we don't just see uniforms. we see the people behind them. so we're committed to helping veterans through job training when their service ends... and to hiring 10,000 veterans and military

please join me in thanking one of the great americans, jeff bezos. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] here's a look at program highlights for this memorial day weekend. unkurday on c-span, the mm debate on political correctness. at 11:00 p.m. on c-span2, john meacham and the battle for our better angels. and on c-span3 at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, -- on america, archival films from world war i. sunday at six: 30 p.m., chris christie at the university of chicago institute of politics. on book tv on c-span2 at 9:00 p.m. eastern, former national intelligence director james clapper. tv on on american history c-span3 at 6:00 p.m. eastern, a tour of the battlefields, monuments, and american cemetery in france. memorial day on c-span at 11 :00 a.m. eastern, live coverage of the wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. on book tv on c-span2 at 8:30 p.m. eastern, n

please join me in thanking one of the great americans, jeff bezos. [applause] >> fisher to watch washington journal live at 5:00 is dedicated during the discussion. here is a look at some of the program highlights for this memorial day weekend. saturday on c-span. at 9:30, the monk debate. is political correctness a threat to free speech? meacham.v, john , archivaln history tv films of world war i. 6:30, chrisspan at christie at the university of chicago institute of politics. on book tv on c-span2 at 9:00 eastern, james clapper. tv, a on american history tour of the battlefield monuments and american cemetery in france. 11:00,l day on c-span at live coverage of the recent lighting ceremony. on book tv, in-depth with .ovelist david l.jpg programs marking the centennial of world war i. on themorial day weekend c-span networks. go to c-span.org for more programs and times. >> bismarck's great skill as a grand strategist was that he knew the advantages of shock and all. this is how unified germany in the 1860's. he instigated wars with denmark. eventual

. >> jeff bezos? >> tucker: jeff bezos. good guess. is that the correct answer?o the tape. >> snapping up 25,000 acres, thousands of acres in arizona. that's huge.of price tag $80 million. 80,000 homes and plenty of room for industry. high-speed data centers and self-driving cars. are you ready for this? >> tucker: bill gates. would you want to live there? >> i wouldn't want to live in any community planned by bill gates because it's like living in windows 97 for thees rest of your life. [laughter] >> tucker: i totally agree. question two. during his 12 day trip to asia, the continent, president trump was serenaded by a world leader. which asian president sang him a love song that included these lyrics? "you are the light in my world." >> duterte of the philippines. >> tucker: duterte of thepp philippines says a.b. stoddard. to the tape.e. ♪ >> at the dinner, duterte sang a love song with a famous filipino pop star saying he did it on orders from president trump. >> orders from the commander in chief from the united states. >> that's the best since putin did "blu

jeff bezos. lyndon johnson taught school there. john: right. brian: what impact did that town have on you? john: it was and still is a very small town. i thought it was a great place to grow up. it never seems that way to a kid. looking back, you can say this. i think one of the best examples of why it was such a good thisience comes back to theme of the book the hedgehog and the fox. my colleague at yale, we were having dinner. he announced that when he was little, he had a pet hedgehog growing up in england. paul, becausetop i had a pet armadillo growing up in texas. brian: did you know when you were growing up lyndon johnson taught school there? john: we all knew that, but we were warned, don't ever trust that guy. he's going to be president of the united states sometime. it was clear to people even then when he was a young schoolteacher that he was a rising star. my dad despised him and said, don't ever trust him. don't ever vote for him. and yet my grandmother was totally charmed by him. brian: did you ever meet? john: i never did meet him

amazon, you saw it in jeff bezos's letter. they do not want to just be an online retailer.y want to be a platform. more units were sold from third parties in amazon's history that amazon itself. that platform has to be a neutral arbiter for all different kinds of sellers, and that includes extending the payment platform to off-line stores and other off-line merchants. a platform, it needs to succeed. a paypal user but as an amazon member, it is an obvious at edition. how hard would it be for amazon to get the users to migrate over, which would be there only way to be competitive here. give you ancient amazon history. i think it was about eight or nine years ago, they introduced phrase, acalled pay way to substitute a username or password with just a freeze. they wanted to make it easier to pay. it went nowhere and that is the challenge. paymente a lot of choices and paypal is in the lead and amazon is to figure out how to do things a little differently. >> all right. brad stone, bloomberg technology senior executive editor, thank you for being with us. i sit down with the c