kara swisher. >> shall we do it? >> one, two, three! this up because with us right now is cakara swisher re/code. great to see you. >> thanks. >> let's begin with some of today's top stories in tech. rupert murdoch ripping google in a multitweet rant on twitter writing, quote, nsa privacy invasion bad, but nothing compared to google. >> yeah. >> piracy leader is google who streams movies free, sells ad tvs around them, no wonder. pouring millions into lobbying. >> obviously google and news corp. go back and forth the way netflix does with everybody else. murdoch makes it personal. that's quite an accusation to say it's worse than the nsa given what the nsa was doing and a little hypocritical, too, given what they did. >> he runs -- i mean, he runs websites, too. it's a little bit ridiculous, right? he's collecting as much information -- or maybe slightly less cookie data than they are, right? >> yeah. and they had a little issue with phone hacking. >> yeah. >> it's an interesting thing, but i think he gets on the ipad on sunday and he ju

rico's kara swisher joins us, they are revealing a stake on hertz, we have a trade on this afternoon's filing coming up. the driving of the car mobileeye, find out where he's so bullish on this stock we kick it off for the drop, jet blue. up 3%. >> everyone has been waiting for this stock to take off. that was not intended to be a joke. the stock is unleave e even. it's up 49% year -to-date i woud probably still be on board. >> cumulus up 6%, karen. >> the lord giveest and taken away. this has been a panful one for me t. earnings were disappointed. >> solar down 6%.

. >> kara swisher is the editor of all things digital, a website about high tech in silicon valley.ou know, i wonder if facebook can exist if it doesn't invade privacy. >> that's right. that's exactly right. >> so it needs to invade privacy. the issue is transparency, isn't it? >> kind of, yes. >> how up front they are with the users. >> that is, i think, mark's one weakness, and i think that was why he got so nervous in the interview we did. >> okay, you want to take off the hoodie? >> she's referring to this conference where she grilled mark on privacy in an interview she calls a "sweat-o-palooza." >> whoa. >> he had, like, flop sweat, and it was really quite disturbing, actually, to watch. >> she was pushing him to admit that facebook is misleading about its privacy policies-- an issue that comes up time and time again. >> now, do we get it right all the time? no! but it's something that we take really seriously, and, you know, every day we come to work and just try to do a good job on this. and yet, you've got the ftc looking into it. you have members of congress looking into it

. >> kara swisher from re/code.e should note, nbc news, minority stakeholder and a content sharing partnership. >>> a look at the markets. data this morning, consumer confidence saw a little lift. consumer spending weaker than expected, but the markets did turn as soon as we got that news out of britain that the country was raising its terrorist threat level to severe from substantial, and that as prime minister david cameron says it was on the back of a continued threat from isil in iraq. as you can see, the s&p and nasdaq turned positive again. the dow down 16 points at this hour, though off the lows we should note. shares of tesla, meanwhile, rallying to new intraday highs. a great year for tesla. stock up 80% so far just in 2014 and up another 2.5% today. meantime, shares of big lots slipping this morning after revenue and same-store sales coming in below expect aces. the discount retailer raised the lower end of its yearly forecast. you can see it's not helping shares today. still down better than 2%. >> all ri

kara swisher, thank you for that. everybody at home, follow recode.t reporting on this and other really important tech stories. really high stakes for all of us. that wraps things up for this edition of "rf daily." thank you all at home for joining me. time for "the reid report" coming up with my colleague joy reid. what's up next? >> thank you very much, ronan. coming up next on "the reid report," new information on the tragic death of robin williams. moments from now, the sheriffs office will hold a news conference on the investigation into the apparent suicide. >>> also, the latest on the shooting death of unarmed st. louis teen michael brown. >>> and targeted drone strikes continue in iraq as the politics of president obama's response to isis heats up. "the reid report" is next. [cat meows] ♪meow, meow, meow, meow... it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with great taste and 100% complete nutrition, it's the only one cats ask for by name. having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car.

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let's bring in repos co executive editor kara swisher. great to have you with us. going to give it to dan nathan. this is his brain child. it does involve you, of course, kara. >> he made fun of me basically. >> i never made fun of you. thank you to the gaza tech graceing us with tear presence here. one thing that's interesting to me all of a sudden this spring when we had all these valuations going crazy on new media stocks, we saw this pop up on hbo silicon valley, the favorite tech reporter herself a cameo on this show, that's you. all of a sudden this kind of smacks of some of the stuff of times past when we've seen these sorts of valuations. it just caught me last week, you know, i'm looking at that new york magazine amazing profile of you, okay. >> yeah. >> all the power that, wow, look at that, exacting over silicon valley. then you see guys like mark andrewsen a fabulous investor calling out everybody who has ever made a negative comment about facebook. he is literally on twitter. last weelinkedin is called out. what is going on here? it seems like long-term

rico's kara swisher joins us, they are revealing a stake on hertz, we have a trade on this afternoon'sg coming up. the driving of the car mobileeye, find out where he's so bullish on this stock we kick it off for the drop, jet blue. up 3%. >> everyone has been waiting for this stock to take off. that was not intended to be a joke. the stock is unleave e even. it's up 49% year -to-date i woud probably still be on board. >> cumulus up 6%, karen. >> the lord giveest and taken away. this has been a panful one for me t. earnings were disappointed. >> solar down 6%. beakers. >> this name got ahead of solar rally. it came in with missed estimates. i think you stay far away from this one for now. >> you can't catch a bid. obviously, it's a high profile bull bear debate. carl icahn owns 17 million shares of this thing. he's the largest shareholder. sooner or later, he's a good trader. he will say, how do i get out of this thing? somebody is selling it right now to me this is not one you want to bottom fishing. >> ever wish you could change the color of your clothes like a khamelion? they have d

joining us this north today, kara swisher, go executive editor add re/code and jon fortt and kayla tausche>> ceo les moonves on the conference call after earnings last night. >> we will have more international and domestic licensing and streaming deals on the syndication front. such as the new recently completed extension with netflix for our library programming here in the u.s. so we feel very good about the quarters ahead and about our long-term growth prospects as a content company going forward. >> shares of cbs rallying after that second quarter profit did beat estimates. earlier in the week, kara, all about saying how much money they made selling to amazon. now moving into the cbs world. >> right. well, trying to find new audiences. this is where the audiences are going and have to sell into them. it's not -- not moves csi there now but eventually where the big showless go because that's where the audience, especially young people are watching think stuff and they have to sell into it. makes sense. >> so interesting watching cbs, watching viacom, you know, i look at viacom as potenti

kara swisher, thanks.oting, nbc news group is a minority stakeholder in re/code and have a partner sharing partnership. >>> at the top of the hour we told you -- slipping even though earnings topped expectation. nasdaq down 11.5%. still nearly double its ipo price. ceo nick woodman will join us in his first interview since that report. that's coming up next on "squawk alley." >>> and we're keeping our eye on the markets, just a day after the dow went negative for the year, trading to the down side now by 70 points. nasdaq and s&p in the red as well. >>> "squawk alley" will be right back. but what if you could see more of what you wanted to know? with fidelity's new active trader pro investing platform, the information that's important to you is all in one place, so finding more insight is easier. it's your idea powered by active trader pro. another way fidelity gives you a more powerful investing experience. call our specialists today to get up and running. in a we believe outshining the competition tomorr

joining us today kara swisher and with us here for the full hour quite a treat, jon steinberg will be hour. jon fortt is here as always. carl quintanilla, we should mention, is off today. but first up we want to talk about a major delay potentially for the iphone 6. according to reuters apple suppliers are, quote, scrambling to get enough screens ready for the phone launch. that's because of a redesign of a key component that's disrupting production. it's unclear whether the problem will delay or limit the number of phones available on launch day. apple is expected to unveil that iphone 6 at an event on september 9. kara, what do you make of this story? it seems the holdup is over a product related to the back light. they wanted the brighter and thinner. >> the phone will be very, very thin. these are big phones, just the way they're sort of copying the samsung phones but they want them thinner and more beautiful. they're perfectionists at apple. these stories happen every time apple has a product, there's delays, there's issues. they're going to be rolling out the phone and hopefully

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kara swisher, a tech blogger from re/code, a friend of the show. a ride a couple weeks ago. made me into a robot, an even were you. >> funny. of course, wearing her sunglagss in the nophoto. even on the robot. >> that is kara. >> how important to get the people onboard? >> all the downloads, organic. people requesting invites, getting access to the app. what's gotten me most excited one day after a talk we gave, two moms came up to me and said, this has been the coolest thing i've gotten, because every time my kids' friends come over i always forget their name and now just search it on my human. frankly, those are the stories taking this to the public more so than any other celebrity or influence. >> android app? >> in a few weeks. >> congratulations. thanks for joining us. >>> carl, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, kayla. good morning it is almost 8:00 a.m. at cisco headquarters in san jose. 11:00 a.m. on wall street. "squawk alley" is live. ♪ >>> good thursday morning. welcome to "squawk alley." joining us this morning, henry blodg

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