jeff thomas. thank you so much. coming up, tim cook, c.e.o.f apple speaking out about the death of george floyd and the protests that have been about across the country and we'll hear what cook had to say, next, on bloomberg. ♪ emily: apple c.e.o. is calling on his company to do more to fight racial inequality, in an open letter public lird, to create change we have to re-examine our own views in a pain that is felt but ignored. issues of human dignity will not abide standing on the shrines. you matter and your lives matter. mark, expand a little bit what tim cook had to say here. he has increasingly been a louder voice on these social issues that his predecessor steve jobs never talked about in public. tell us what tim cook had to say. >> absolutely right, emily. he has been pushing for equality for all not only at apple but in the united states and globally. gave zone ages and speeches on these causes and started as the protests and riots were sparking the united states after the murder of george floyd. he sent a memo to all apple employees

i you look at people lime thomas edison or jeff base sew you fine certain common themes. one is relentless ambition, extremely hard work, but another is a tolerance for failure, and i think that is a key ingredient, because edison was constantly trying things that didn't work and he knew that trial and error was the way to solve most problems. when he was looking for toral use for the filament of a light bulb, the 20 other people around the world who has invented light republicans independently tried one or two materials and then said i found one that's good enough. edison tried 5,000 different plant materials until the selled on the japanese bamboo and. and i talk to jeff bezos and its clear that he regards trial and error as a key ingredient. he wants to make mistakes and by overhe did make mistakes. look at the history of amazon it's a series of disasters and a series of successes as well and eventual lay very big sunday, he's on record as saying if you're not trying lots of different things you're innovate going succeed. so, the role of trial and error is a crucial in

if you look at people like thomas edison or jeff baeza sivan, you find certain common themes. one of them is ambition extremely hard work the other stallions tolerance for failure that is a key ingredient. edison was constantly trying things that did not work. and he knew that trial and error was the way he was going to solve most of his problem so when he was looking for mchale uriel t is for the filament of a light bulb the 20 other people around the world who had also developed lightbulbs independently tried one or two materials and set i found one that's good enough. edison kept going. he kept trying different things he tried over 5000 different types of material until he liked the japanese bamboo so his lightbulb lasted longer than other people's. that is what marks the great entrepreneur from other people. i have talked with jeff bezos' about this. he likes trial and error as a key ingredient he wants to make mistakes and he did make mistakes. if you look at the history of amazon it's a series of disasters. but it series of successes as well and eventually a very big suc

big ag you want to invest in and mining and banks and all this that's part of thomas hardy talked about. michael moore and jeff gibbs released a film in april called planet of the humans it was a frontal assault on the failures of the environmental movement accusing it of peddling false leads and selling out to corporate donors it derided the idea that we can hope the current eco side with renewable energy the film lambaste environmentalist for celebrating the replacing of coal plants with so-called natural gas plants and then calling these natural gas plants clean or green or describing the burning of trees as a renewable energy source whatever you think of the film it is factually incontrovertibly that the leading environmental groups by misreading the nature of power have failed. the activism protests lobbying petitions appeals to the united nations and misguided trust in liberal politicians such as barack obama and now gore along with the work of countless n.g.o.s have been accompanied by a 60 percent rise in global c o 2 or carbon dioxide emissions since 1900 during the last decade the increase in c o 2 w

part of thomas hardy talked about. michael moore and jeff gibbs released a film in april called planet of the humans it was a frontal assault on the failures of the environmental movement accusing it of peddling false odes and selling out to corporate donors it derided the idea that we can hope a current eco side with renewable energy the film lambaste environmentalist are celebrating the replacing of coal plan. it's with so-called natural gas plants and then calling these natural gas plants clean or green or describing the burning of trees as a renewable energy source whatever you think of the film it is faction.

in big ag you want to invest in and mining and banks all this that's part of thomas hardy talked about. michael moore and jeff gibbs released a film in april called planet of the humans it was a frontal assault on the failures of the environmental movement accusing it of peddling false odes and selling out to corporate donors it derided the idea that we can hope the current eco side. with renewable energy the film lambastes environmentalist for celebrating the replacing of coal plants with so-called natural gas plants and then calling these natural gas plants clean or green or describing the burning of trees as a renewable energy source whatever you think of the film it is factually incontrovertibly that the leading environmental groups by misreading the nature of power have failed the activism protests lobbying petitions appeals to the united nations and misguided trust and liberal politicians such as barack obama and now gore along with the work of countless n.g.o.s have been accompanied by a.

jeff koons all about the back. and things that almost the collection is a highlight for every. those who follow and will visit with returned thomas your home and this is where we live now a private museum please have a look around of. over about 40 years we've collected more than 600 works yes there are quite a lot we've never sold anything from our collection of we love all of these pieces from the 1st day on until today. so he each piece has its own individual story each one has its own special moment we say art speaks to us we've never had any consultants or advisors which many people find surprising but we say how can somebody else tell us what we'll find beautiful. or this is our diamond but it will always get together with a lot of people in the can and we have a small mix from our classic collection. and the core that i have said to call her back there john chamberlain suzanne all the way up to the new ones here for instance is the light installation above the dining table is by susan o'rourke about her we bought this apartment from her and her husband and son of course the peace talk talk talk because she knows we enjoy h

thomas, nbc bay area news. >> very inspirational for sure. >> she's got a beautiful smile. that's a nice story. >>> let bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri as we slowly head toward this weekend. jeff. >> and we do have some changes moving on in as we head through the next 24 hours. you'll probably notice some of that here as we head in through today with some of that high cloud cover. temperatures a little bit cooler. going to go even colder as we move into our forecast for friday. so as we start off the morning, we'll see some clouds near the bay, also the coast, some areas of those patchy fog and temperatures down to the upper 50s and also low 60s. so a nice cool, refreshing start here as we begin the day. 61 in the south bay. peninsula, 59. tri-valley at 60. also down to the upper 50s and low 60s here for portions of san francisco. and also right through the north bay as well. now, all of our changes that we are going to be undergoing here as we head through the next 24 hours, it's coming from a late-season storm system that's moving across northern california. so primarily for us, it's dropping the temperatures, and it's also

cops arrested, thomas lane, one of the rookie cops arrested in connection with george floyd's death, posted bond, left jail, and headed for home awaiting trial. norah. >> o'donnell: jeffues in minneapolis. thank you. tonight, nascar is banning the confederate flag at all of its events. the racing giant says the flag runs counter to a welcoming and inclusive environment, and the move comes after bubba wallace, nascar's only black driver, on monday, called for the ban. at tonight's race in virginia, wallace plans to drive with "black lives matter" and "compassion," "love," and "understanding" newly painted on his car. there's also a growing movement to remove the names of confederate generals from ten army bases. the army secretary says he's willing to talk about it. the commander in chief is not. president trump tweeted "my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military institutions." here's cbs' david martin. >> reporter: it's not just the statues of confederate generals, it's the army bases, which bear their names. as now-retired general david petraeus put it, "the irony of training at bases named for those who took up arm

viewed very favorably by the president he is called the thomas edison of our times and spacex has a contract with nasa and on the flip side, jeffos is target left and right for president trump. >> yeah. that's exactly what i was thinking it's sort of fun they elon musk is able to walk the line of being in the president's good graces and yet having probably a workforce that isn't so pro-trump. that would be my guess i don't know as you said, jeff bezos and "the washington post," clearly the president doesn't like him so i wonder does a tweet from elon musk to not directly, but to the, you know, the tweeter in chief, does that have any -- does that have any pull, can he get something done i don't know if you like amazon i wouldn't sell it over this. >> tim >> interesting he wasn't tweeting about his own company i do think you have a case when we saw this when tesla was basically fighting the system to get open in california or move out. it did seem like there was an implicit endorsement from washington and there was cover we've seen this over and over. remember the president's interview with joe kernen at davos. so there is some

aspect of this amazon and jeff bezos squarely in the cross hairs on many, many different levels where as elon musk has been mentioned by donald trump just as an innovator and the thomas edison of our times is a phrase he used and the massive contract with nasa >> i'm curious if president trump will weigh in on this. as this escalates now that elon miss you can has weighed in which he knows his comment will fuel that. >> exactly >> all right we'll continue to monitor all of this >>> still ahead, casinos in las vegas reopening for the first time this march add the stocks continue to grinds higher. top analyst tells us the names that are worth a gamble. a global pen demonstratic just a few obstacles the new disney chief s d fe thahatoacinhe first 100 days as ceo. stay tuned 300 miles an hour, thats where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. protected lifetime income from an annuity can help your retirement plan ride out turbulent times. learn more at protectedincome.org. >>> welcome back d julia has the story. >> that's absolutely right bob first 100 days as ceo, covid has hit every single part of the media giant's business the nba suspe

his comments came the same day that thomas lane, one of four former officers involved in george floyd's death, posted bond and left jail. jeffn minneapolis for us where he spoke with the chief. jeff, good morning to you. >> good morning, tony. i know it doesn't look like it, but this is a police precinct. it looks like a fortress. look at all these barricades stacked up, one on top of another. and this razor wire surrounding the building. since george floyd's death, this police department has -- its image has really taken a hit. and that is why the police chief here is under a lot of pressure to make big changes. as city officials weighed dismantling the police department, chief arradondo conducts the actions of the four former officers once under his command. >> how did it feel for you to see those four cops who report to you not listen when the crowd was saying, hey, ease up. >> when you have community that are literally crying out for you to help mr. floyd, it was gut-wrenching for me and very emotional for me as a chief. >> reporter: under pressure to respond, the chief is backing out of negotiations with the police unio

thomas, nbc bay area news. >> what a rewarding life. >> you can't help but smile watching that video of her dancing with the family member there. >> we can all hope to be that person, right? >>> jeff ranieri is with us to talk about our changing weather as we head toward the weekend. jeff? >> and we're going to start to cool on down. we did have some mid- to hotter 90s earlier this week. we got cooler today. much more dramatic changes as we roll through tomorrow. as we get a wide, expansive look at the bay area, my first weather map, you can see those live weather maps. right now mostly clear in walnut creek. san francisco, a little bit of fog right there at the immediate coastline. and temperatures ranging anywhere from 64 to 84 degrees. so definitely about a 5 to 8-degree drop today. tomorrow goes even cooler with a storm system moving over california. most of the rain chances stay to the north of us. but it will drop us to 75 in antioch, 73 martinez, 72 in san jose. on my extended forecast, we'll stay with 70s through saturday. just a 35% chance of a spotty shower. then some warmer low 90s monday through wednesday of next week. with this drier weather moving in, again next week