and they want amazon as well as it ceo jeff bezos to pay their fair share and taxes. now, last year on black friday, there were massive protests targeting amazon around the world. and this year continued that tradition, we saw actions in the united kingdom actions and latin america actions and bangladesh in many parts of the world targeting jeff bezos and amazon, highlighting the treatment of the workers and demanding union representation. now some of the protesters here today said that this is a global movement. we chose this day because we are following in the footsteps of what happened last year. and it proved to be the right thing to do because we're here to day. but when we woke up, the workers in europe are already blocking us warehouses in england, their actions all over the globe. and this, this is a massive movement against greedy capitalist like basis, last year's, as, as well as a 2019 were pretty big. but this year may be the biggest i me to day, you know, amazon workers in south africa walked off the job and was all workers in brazil and mexico walked off

the star appearing on "jimmy kimmel live" revealing that jeff bezos offered him the spot that ended up going to william shatner. why didn't he go? he was asked to pay, he said it cost like $28 million. he said i'm doing good, jimmy, but i ain't paying $28 million. instead, hanks is saving the money. this is hilarious. he simulated his own spaceflight right there next to jimmy kimmel. >> that's like your friend, i'll drive, but you got gas money? >> yeah, no thanks. >> $28 million worth of gas money for 20 minutes? >> exactly, less than. 12 minutes. >> i'm okay, jeff bezos, i'll pass. >> if you want to let me go for free, i'm in. >> exactly. >> especially with that car ride. >>> coming up, how the solution to combating climate change could lie in this jungle of seaweed. >>> but first the everyday item alaska airlines is banning from every flight today. that's next on "world news now." young man: thanks for having us this weekend mrs. garcy young woman: yeah, thanks mom mother: of course and thank you guys for these gorgeous flowers, so thoughtful. young woman whispering: hey, did you br

both these people are insane law mosque and jeff bezos, you can throw in some others too. yeah, sure. yeah, they're in there too. but one of the last irony i just want to point out is to live in these pods that they're presupposing. you would have to have what sustainability in those pods you'd have to treat them very carefully. you'd have to like, not over use your resources, the opposite of what we're doing here owner as well. and to that point you, you mentioned amazon workers a minute ago. so one of the things that always strikes me about jeff, that's when he talks about, especially we're going to save the planet right by, by exporting all this waste into space and will, will protect the planet. but you can't even protect the people who are under your charge right now. you're breaking up unions when they're trying to unionize in one warehouse in amazon, and the amount of resource that he's put into that is almost like the resource he's putting to go into space. so how can you be trusted to protect the future of the planet when you can't protect the workers who are work

both these people are in san milan mosque and jeff bezos, you can throw in some others too. yeah, sure. yeah, there are in there too. but one of the last irony i just want to point out is to live in these pods that they're presupposing. you would have to have what sustainability in those pods you'd have to treat them very carefully. you'd have to like, not over use your resources, the opposite of what we're doing here owner as well. and to the point you, you mentioned amazon workers a minute ago. so one of the things that always strikes me about jeff, that's when he talks about, especially we're going to save the planet right by, by exporting all this waste into space and will, will protect the planet. but you can't even protect the people who are under your charge right now. you're breaking up unions when they're trying to unionize in one warehouse in amazon, and the amount of resource that he's put into that is almost like the resource he's putting to go into space. so how can you be trusted to protect the future of the planet when you can protect the workers who are worki

. >> you spoke to many business leaders including bill gates, jeff bezos.t to talk a little bit more about jeff bezos and amazon given their climate footprint. how can the be more of a part of the solution? >> their operations and supply chain will be net zero by 2040. then they have reached out to other businesses to sign them up for the climate pledge. easily is impressive to me is jeff bezos has committed $10 million to climate philanthropy and that makes him the largest climate philanthropist in the world. everywhere we turn, we need more urgency. amazon is helping to set the pace. >> what about google? google made some pretty bold targets. >> google was very early and mashing all of the electricity usage with the users. they intend by 2030 to have all of their energy needs select -- directly supplied by renewables. no offsets or greenwashing, they will use geothermal energy so that every google query you ask about can be powered with renewable energy. they are also building wide range of tools for municipalities to do planning of their transit systems

emily: you spoke with leaders, bill gates, jeff bezos, i went to talk more about jeff bezos and amazonheir climate footprint. how can they be more a part of the solution? >> they are a major part of the solution already. they pledged their operations, their supply chain will be net zero by 2040 10 years ahead of the paris school, and they have reached out to other businesses to sign them up for the climate pledge. easily more impressive to me is that jeff bezos has committed $10 billion to climate philanthropy, and that makes him the largest climate philanthropist in the world. everywhere we turn we need more ambitious and urgency but amazon is helping to set the pace. emily: what about google? google has made both targets. >> google was very early in matching all of its electricity usage with the purchase of renewables. and they have done the boldest thing of all, and that is to say they intend by 2032 have all of their energy needs directly supplied by renewables, no offsets, no greenwashing. they will use solar thermal, geothermal energy so every google query you ask about will be p

we've seen the likes of amazon founder jeff bezos pledging billions to fight deforestation. so going to take a deeper look into this is professor richard will host of economic update and author of the thickness is the system when capitalism fails to save us from pandemic or itself. now professor, well, i know there's a lot there and the broad question could be of course, asked, what is their responsibility? but we'll kind of go at sector by sector here. let's start with climate change. that top of mind this week is a $2000000000.00 plan from someone like bay those going to move the needle at all when amazon blue origin for that matter are often criticized for their carbon footprint. no, it's not going to make a significant difference. this is really and i hate to say it, but it is the truth. this is p r, this is political theater. let's take a look at jeffrey bees. i was, i don't mean to pick on him, but then again, why not? he show deserves it. he has $200000000000.00. that's what his estimate is from forbes and other sources he pledged to 1000000000. now what did he pledge

but you know, it was interesting to see people like jeff bezos, like block rock. theo larry think at this very important climate summit with all of these world leaders there. and you know, you look at those world leaders. these are people who in most cases were elected to these positions. if you've got these billionaires there, no one voted for, then they just kind of bought their way in. is their concern as they continue to do that and become even more powerful? yes, i think what they're doing now is that they have power, whatever they decide to do with it. they are presiding over a hundreds of billions of dollars. let me be clear. there are many countries in the world who cannot dispose at will of that amount of money, and they're choosing to, to go on rocket ship trips for 11 minutes in low orbit. they are making space stations and look, i don't want to be mean, but if you look at the stock portfolios, villamore sco jeff bezos or any of the other billionaires. they are heavily invested in a whole range of industries that are systematically polluting the amazon in brazil or oil and

jeff bezos is the world's second richest person.omberg has learned monster beverage is exploring the combination with constellation energy brands. monster, which has coca-cola as a shareholder has a market value of $47 billion. constellation is valued at $44 billion. the structure of the potential deal is not known. pfizer said its vaccine is proved 100% effective against coronavirus and 12 to 15-year-olds. pfizer and biontech are reporting results from a long-term results of a phase three trial. the data is being submitted to regulators as the company seeks full approval of the shot. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am laura wright. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> as we make our way into the holiday season, please do not forget to trillion dollars of cash in the sidelines on consumers wallets. he watched for a fed -- you watch for a fed that will state easier longer. too early to be worried. tom: of constructive view on inflati

this week i'm a jeff bezos girl was caught on video admiring the a-list actor.ponded with posts of the photo saying "leo, come over here. i want to show you something." >> we can cut this man some slack, my goodness. jeff bezos has nothing to worry about because leonardo dicaprio typically goes for young models and currently dating a 24 year old model dating for four years. not saying she has a chance but she is 51 years old, double the age of white leo usually goes for it. but if you watch the video again, this is what it looks like when fox news bands goes after lawrence jones. >> lawrence: we're going to deny this. he has all the money, no way she's leaving all the money. >> i don't know. you never know people's motivations. >> lawrence: this is true. bill belichick may be of the greatest to ever do it but when it comes to his appearance, he doesn't seem to care. how would you rate this? >> i would give it a 10 out of 10, he was dressing up as ll cool j for halloween. i don't know why anybody surprised, the same men who wear sweatshirts and cuts the sleeves o

bill gates, jeff bezos or doctor evil? >> doctor evil. kennedy: yes and no.e does not technically have a phd but is good at packages. this one is for you, jesse. which has a bathtub in the exact shape of their -- elon musk or michel moore? >> it feels like elon musk -- i would say oprah. kennedy: i will give t jessica that, it is oprah. >> she gets to guess is? kennedy: yeah -- she was working to write, it's okay. you can work through it.t. which of these rich and shameless worked as a? was a dr. dre -- or james lipton? dre.. kennedy: racist. it was actually james. [laughter] you are all tied with one so let's go to our next round, sneaky week. which of these rich and shameless once thought of 1500 first-class plane ticket for his hat so i could meet him in italy? is it david bowie for dj kalitta? >> and i see each of the names until it dings? that's what jessica basically did. [laughter] >> no. >> i will say david bowie or maybe -- no, david bowie. kennedy: that's incorrect. there is bono's hat. the on his head because it's still on the plane. still all tied

but jeff bezos asked him about writing on board. the blue origin.ring the life of tupac is coming to los angeles in january and that she course state announced the immersive experience titled tupac chic or wake me when i'm free. we'll cover the life. the music and the legacy of the late rapper will open january 21st at canvas at la live to pok, by the way, to lift in marin city for that 5 years late 80's early 90's. >> last month. you remember this. so william shatner became the oldest person to travel to space. but while on jimmy kimmel, tom hanks revealed that jeff bezos first asked him about riding on board the blue origin citizen. is it true that you were asked to go to space by jeff bezos before williams. oh yeah. provided i i like 28 million bucks or something like that. i was doing good. jimmy on doing good. but i paid 28 bucks. you know what we could simulate the experience sure of going to space right now. it's about a 12 minute flight is not about it. 12 minute like, okay, this is we can all do it in our seats right. just leave your back l

jeff bezos, who has been widely criticized for the impact his company's amazon and blue origin, have on the environment. he claim it was his quick trip to the edge of outer space that prompted him to commit $2000000000.00 to the global d for a station fund. block roxio larry think was also present and he called for private firms to be forced to disclose their risk to the climate claiming they are falling behind public companies. so what else can we expect from this summit? and will these pledges lead to any meaningful changes? well, joining us now to discuss is program director of the energy program at public citizen tyson. it's great to have you on the show today. now, when it comes to a gathering like cop 26, i mean, anytime we see these world leaders get together, we often get these passionate sound bites and he's really grand promises. but is there anything we've seen so far at this summit that sets it apart from the rest will yes, because the united states is now engaged. we took 4 years off under the trump administration, and so we're having to make up for lost time. so, just t

while jeff bezos does have a lot of contradictions and some of the business practices with regards to the climate. one thing that amazon is responsible for it is a number of corporate procurement and development of renew energy, particularly large scale wind up in north america. and so it's good to see that he's making some commitments for some, some additional financial commitments. the devil's going to be in the details about exactly of what that money is going to be invested in. but i do think it's important that sort of captains and industry up participate in these discussions and, and make the kind of financial contributions that they have. yeah, it'll certainly be interesting to see what else comes out of this. um and, and of course, how long those commitments last, tyson slocum, director at the energy program at public citizen. thank you so much for your time and insight today. it's my pleasure. and the tech rep between the world's 2 largest economies continues to deepen as yet another american tech firm has withdrawn its operations from the chinese market. yahoo! once the inte

al gore, jeff bezos or -- who is the other? they all shut up, the carbon emissions would be sliced in half. that should have landed better. i have a point to make. what isser with about this summit, it's not evil but feels evil. you have a collection of the richest people meeting together on our dime. they're not paying for it. they decide how you pay and how you will suffer the rest of your life. they're living -- meeting in a remote luxury spot to decide how an ohio tuck driver will bend under their thumb. the media applauds this. this is the most crystallized example of class warfare. elite couples deciding how to fashion an apocalyptic vision to protect their power. they were not nice enough to invited a luke warmer to discuss the economics on the technologies. they think so little of us that they meet in front of us and mock about spending our money. >> jeanine: you're right. >> greg: is it evil? >> jesse: feels evil. >> greg: feels evil. >> jeanine: biden is in rome. an 85-car motorcade. who is in 85 cars? you have securi

what he has to say about andy jaffe succeeding jeff bezos and his vision for managing the flight to theloud. we get to all of that in a moment. first, let's take a look at the market. stocks falling on concerns inflation will threaten a global economic rebound, forcing central banks to raise interest rates sooner than expected. our kriti gupta has been dating -- digging through the markets today. kriti: a risk obsession. -- a risk off session. you saw the s&p 500 closing in the red. some of the names, tesla higher on the day, but really dragged down when you're talking about big tech. chinese adr's falling and dragging the new york faang index lower. lackluster earnings out of baidu in particular. you saw some of the money going into treasuries. even cryptocurrencies did not do so well. on the risk sentiment gauge, they performed in line with what markets were telling, which brings me to volatility. how much more can we expect into the holiday season? this will be a crucial point when we are talking about the markets. you can see we had several spikes throughout the year, but starting t

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the project called orbital reef is a joint product with jeff bezos's blue origin.s is janet kavandi. i'm interested in what you hope to accelerate through the money. i think we have some technical issues. you are muted. give us one second. there you are. janet: sorry about that. the first and foremost that we are trying to accelerate is our space points. this is a model of that right here. looks like a miniature version of the space shuttle. it's due to launch at the end of next year from the kennedy space center. so we are trying to keep that on track for that launch window would begin at the end of november next year and end at the end of february 2023. in addition we're trying to accelerate our ability to build space destinations which would include an inflatable habitat that would go to low-earth orbit and be available for the time when the international space station reaches the end of its normal life. so we want to have that checked out and operational before the end of the life of the international space station. that is what we are in partnership with blue

jeff bezos speaking, for some reason, from the national cathedral in washington. before long, pictures like this will be mandatory of our dear leader, we should do you, we are telling you tonight's, voluntarily in preparation for the coming future for the years we will spend toiling cheerfully in the sugar caves. but we also wanted to point out a striking resemblance that may give you a taste of what's to come, so that is jeff bezos, again, your new boss. i want to put a picture on the screen there, that's professor x from the x-men. you'll notice a striking similarity. accidental? or an ominous foreshadowing? we will continue to report on the story. in the meantime tonight, the kyle rittenhouse trial continued today in wisconsin. in a move that surprised lawyers ever, he took the stand in his own defense. that is unusual in criminal cases and especially unusual in murder trials and the reason is simple, the stakes are too high. one wrong answer in a cross examination and you could wind up spending life in prison but this case was different. by the time he testifi

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and, you know, if jeff bezos wanted to use his drones to help deliver food, he could. and he could only use a fraction of his billions of dollars to do that. and i wish that, you know, it hopefully doesn't take going to space for the rest of these billionaires to understand that you should help humanity. right? >> if it does, we should find a way to get more billionaires into space asap so they come back with a different perspective on wanting to help people here. this is another example of a man who thinks he knows better than everyone else, mr. aaron rogers of the green bay packers, quarterback for the packers. he revealed he has covid-19 after it was discovered he hadn't actually been vaccinated against the virus, even though he says he was actually immunized. he says he has an allergy to an eningredient to the covid and is taking ivermectin. here's some of what rodgers said. >> i would have said, look, i'm not some sort of anti-vac flat earther. i'm someone who a quick thinker. >> what do you make of this mess with aaron rogers? >> first of all, he looks like he's

. >>> jeff bezos is giving $100 million to the obama foundation. it's in honor of john lewis., said that it's the largest individual gift it'ser received. he also said his family would give $166 million to nyu's medical center. >>> nominations for the 2022 grammy awards are out. >> one of the most hotly contested categories, album of the year. tony bennett and lady gaga for their album love for sale. planet her her is nominated for not only album of the year but brought in eight nominations. lil nasx was nominated, taylor swift forever more and mild surprise to some. we are by john about, atiste. you can see them january 31th on kpix5. >> a lot of big names, lot of nominations. very exciting to see. >> tough category. >>> coming up tonight at seven, an original report. >> one little noun effect of coronavirus has been the impact on hundreds of families in the process of adopting children at home or overseas when the pandemic hit. >> i had never seen anything that starts to compare with the size of this issue. >> sometimes i feel anxious and impatient and just sad. >> how techn

he named one of the good case scenarios like elon musk and jeff bezos and someone luke mark zuckerbergvoting rights and ownership stake allowed him to do a lot with that business with the shareholder of some. >> you might want to influence future ceos to which we like to see the likes of mark zuckerberg >> the way people pronounce bezos. >> meanwhile, door dash, as we mentioned still up about 14.5%. >> and we are watching rivian. the latest indication that those shares would open at $115 a share. let's get to the halftime. ♪ >>> thanks so much welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner the red hot inflation and what it means for the record rally with the fed and your money. we'll debate that with the committee. we'll have wharton school's jeremy segal joining me for the hour today, jenny harington, joe lebenthal, joe teranova and the founder of rebellion.com. everything else not moving off that much and we are, of course, waiting for that first trade i

and while jeff bezos does have a logo connection, addiction on, on, on business practices with regards to the clark amendment. one thing that amazon amazon amazon is responsible for the war it is on board number on board or on board of corporate proportions and development of jumped up. the little jeep picked really large scale wind in up, up, up. so it's good to soci than sofi than so they can soaking some soaking some so so so so, so hm. so didn't so been so dismissed, so some, so in addition to so in addition to so in addition to so financial management's pioneer, pioneer, pioneer, pioneer, pioneer, pioneer to no financial devil financial can be if i needed to be a financial d financial d, financial tail finance, detail, financial bill, financial bill, financial bill finding a jacket bill financially, financially financial, lee finance, l. e. financially, financially finding what money going to be in the behavior and the behavior and being in a and i just wanna get some, a courtney sort of board of captains of industry ah, up or to participate in the discussion and on. and i kind of

i mean david beasley, as we said, tagged amazon's jeff bezos in the original challenge.you hope more step up to the plate? musk is yet to step up, but hopefully he does. >> i hope so. we are doing this in good faith. we are grateful to mr. musk and others for shining light on such a critical issue, but now it's time for action. i think it is critically important, and frankly it doesn't matter whether it is done through wfp or somebody else. mr. musk can do it himself. but the point is let's get it done. if this problem exists and people know that it exists and there is evidence of that and it needs to be solved, then let's get it solved. it doesn't matter who does it. if they can do it better, more power to them. >> and just finally, a lot of billionaires around the world -- and this was pretty staggering. a lot of them actually got richer during the pandemic, a lot richer during the pandemic. what's your challenge to them? >> well, you know, we're not asking for the moon. i mean this is very -- i mean it's like off the money they made during the last year and a half. li

. >>> a ruling in the legal fight between jeff bezos and nasa. meet the truck driver who pulled off a major political upset. >>> and a classic ford with a new electric twist >> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >> good evening. more than 100 million american workers will face strict new covid rules starting january the 4th. exactly two months from today. the long-awaited policy is the biden administration's most aggressive attempt yet to get people vaccinated. here are the rules private businesses with 100 or more workers must either mandate vaccines or require employees to get tested every week, and wear masks. but if businesses don'tcomply, those businesses face nearly $14,000 in fines for every s violation. the biden administration also revealed tougher rules for health care workers, including those working at nursing homes those employees do not have a testing option at all, they're required to get vaccinate, all of them. but some local leaders are pushing back republican governors and attorneys governors in t

please do not feed the wildlife, by which i mean the poor people jeff bezos left behind.lling. here come the rat-bears. and we're walking, we're walking. oh, no! the rat-bears have formed an alliance with the poor people. we're running. we're running. we're running. go, go! ( applause ) ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ now if you want to stay on the planet but still have a rich guy tell you how to live, i've got some good news. courtesy of walmart billionaire and man singing, "i don't care too much for money. money can't buy me hair!" marc lore. lore has announced he is founding "a futuristic city known as telosa," named for an ancient greek word meaning "highest purpose." and to think you can create your own city, i'm guessing your purpose wasn't the only thing that was high. ( laughter ) marc lore's new city plans to offer its citizens equal access to education, health care, and transportation. residents will be selected through applications. we actually got a copy of one of the applications. "in 50 words or less, tell us why you deserve to be treated equally, more than ot

by the way, jeff bezos has also sold about $20 billion of his shares this year and last, though we didn'tmuch about it and of course, he never tweeted about it guys >> robert, speaking of these billion dollar tweets, i think a week ago elon musk tweeted something about $6 billion to fight hunger kind of as a response to something that someone had said about billionaires what do you think is the impact in public perception of the ultra wealthy, of you know, him trying to democratize how much stock he sells or what he spends it on? is this a savvy move >> i think the perception of the ultra wealthy by many certainly in political circles and in d.c. lately has been that they don't pay their fair share that there was a year or two or maybe even a few where elon musk did not pay any income taxes so the fact that he's paying taxes of up to $15 billion in one tax bill i think is going to slightly change or at least add to that debate and the fact that he's going to perhaps give up to $6 billion to charity, we'll see what he does with that. now that does lower his tax bill, but that's tremendous

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target's been spectacular for us ever since jeff bezos laid that in our lap in 2017 when he went into the grocery store business. i thank god every day for jeff bezos going into the grocery business you are to understand that we are looking at shopping that people thought was going to be completely dead and now what we know is the combination of online and physical stores is magical, right 80% of theorders that ecommerc for target are picked up at the store. what bezos did, invited walmart and target to be major competitors because of their physical presence and not having to provide the logistics by the way, target is down today because they're worrying about gross margins. how come amazon is not down because target is worrying about gross margins? they have a nightmare going with doing all of the logistics so it is interesting >> i know your views, you're concerned about tech and how it would trade but it has come around your way this year. again, up about 46% year-to-date, one of the best years you have done. bill, thanks for your time today. we appreciate it >> thanks, kelly >> bi