emily: former head of the nsa, retired general keith alexander. you so much for being here and being patient and explaining everything. it is great and you back. -- to have you back. from the nsa to be department of justice the agency wants to form cyber security relationships with silicon valley. but are those companies on board? ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg west," i'm emily chang. the cyber security conference allows security companies to showcase their latest anti-hacker technology. it is also becoming a place for government agencies to form new silicon valley partnerships. the homeland security just announced their opening l.a. office -- a satellite office in silicon valley. the department of justice officials are in town this week meeting with tech giants and entertainment companies following some of this year's against reaches -- breaches. john joins me now to talk to his goals for this discussion. thank you for joining us. you are coming after a long conversation with the former head of the nsa, general keith alexander. tell us what

emily: keith alexander now at your own consulting firm. you for being here and being patient and explaining everything in such depth to us. good to have you. the agency wants to force cyber security partnerships with silicon valley giant as general alexander just mentioned. are the companies on board? that is next. ♪ emily: welcome back to it i'm emily chang. the cyber security conference allows security companies to showcase their latest anti-hacker technology. it is also becoming a place for government agencies to form new silicon valley partnership spear the department of homeland security announced it is opening a satellite office in the silicon valley and the white house is looking for tech experts to develop a system that allows one party to get in while keeping the others out. meeting with tech giants and entertainment companies following some of this year's against breaches. john is the current general of the department of justice. thank you so much for joining a spirit you are coming on after a long and in-depth conversation with

west, i'm cory johnson, we have more with emily chang costs interview with general keith alexander. ey're talking about the relationships between the nsa and big companies ar. general alexander: if you are talking to the nsa -- under fisa, the government would require a warns to track your communications. think of these are the case which is public this is the guy that was going to blow up the new york city subway what nsa had to do, under the 702 program was get a court order to allow them which is a 702, to get information on the communications going home and to a zogby. that is what the program is geared towards. nsa was before inside, not domestic. the perception that nsa was reading your e-mails this false unless you are talking to a terrorist who is overseas. domestic, it would be the same thing with the fbi, they have to have a warrant or some reason of probable cause to go after you. emily: what about dragnet? general alexander: this is the 215 program, let's go over that. emily: this is information you collect, right? general alexander: this is information the government com

emily: we will be delving into those issues in more depth tomorrow with general keith alexander thomas of the nsa. thank you for watching this edition of "bloomberg west." we will see you later. ♪ announcer: the following is a paid presentation for keith urban's player guitar package. ♪ keith: ♪ i know a good thing when i see it ♪ announcer: four-time grammy

do not miss our exclusive interview with general keith alexander tomorrow.e was the guy in charge when those snowden revelations came out. we will be right back. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. good news for the 62 million netflix subscribers hooked on netflix original series like "orange is the new black." more original content is coming. get ready for 20 or more original shows debuting this year. that includes a reboot of the 1980's and 90's friday night hit, "for house." netflix ceo, reed hastings told bloomberg that the company will produce future shows rather than renting its content. tell me exactly what reed hastings told you. this is a big change in strategy in terms of owning as opposed to renting these original shows. lucas: after their earnings report, we were talking about their relationship with a lot of the shows a half. "house of cards" and "orange is the new black" are the biggest shows they've had so far. they don't control does so they can sell on amazon and it has gone to try to lock up as many of those rights as possib

cory: keith alexander with emily chang.e will be right back. ♪ ♪ cory: i am cory johnson, this is the "best of bloomberg west." the department of homeland security's opening a office in silicon valley. lawyers from the department of justice have been at the rsa conference. emily chang set down with john carlin, assistant attorney for national security, to discuss the complex relationship between washington and silicon valley. john: what we see is value has shifted from the analog world to the digital world area he spies, terrorists, those who would harm us are seeking to harm us through cyberspace area that means my job is transforming to meet those threats. emily: who are you meeting with? what companies are you meeting with? john: so many people innovating on the security side. that is an important conversation to have and learn what they are doing to defend against attacks. we are also meeting with power and gas, small and medium-sized companies here, entertainment industry and others. the message is clear, you need to b

emily: we will be delving into all those issues in more depth tomorrow with general keith alexander,ad of the nsa. cory johnson, thank you so much. and thank you for watching this edition of "bloomberg west," we will see later. ♪ mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line." the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. to our viewers in united states and those joining us from around the world, welcome. bloomberg west editor at large cory johnson is live in san francisco for the rsa conference on cyber security. peter

keith alexander, the former director of the national security agency, describe cyber espionage and lossamerican intellectual property as "the greatest transfer of wealth in human history." but the threat extends beyond the industrial engine that drives our economy, to the critical infrastructure that supports our way of life. our adversaries are hard at work refining cyber capabilities that can shut down critical infrastructure, and they want to use these tools to threaten our leaders and intimidate our people in both times of peace and conflict. a major cyber attack on our gas pipelines or power grid, for instance, could cripple our economy and weaken our ability to defend the united states. these scenarios sometimes sound alarmist, but we must take them seriously because they grow more realistic every day. we saw a preview of this in 2012 , when iranian-backed hackers hit saudi arabia's national oil company, destroying 30,000 hard drives. simultaneously hitting our financial sector in the same year. in fact, iran is attempting to penetrate and a full trade our financial sector every d

keith alexander, the former director of the national security agency, describe cyber -- described cyber espionage and loss of american intellectual property as "the greatest transfer of wealth in human history." but the threat extends beyond the industrial engine that drives our economy, to the critical infrastructure that supports our way of life. our adversaries are hard at work refining cyber capabilities that can shut down critical infrastructure, and they want to use these tools to threaten our leaders and intimidate our people in both times of peace and times of conflict. a major cyber attack on our gas pipelines or power grid, for instance, could cripple our economy and weaken our ability to defend the united states. these scenarios sometimes sound alarmist, but we must take them seriously because they grow more realistic every day. in fact, we saw a preview of this in 2012 , when iranian-backed hackers hit saudi arabia's national oil company destroying 30,000 hard drives. simultaneously hitting our financial sector in the same year. in fact, iran is attempting to penetrate and i

make no mistake the general keith alexander director of the national security in the intellectual property as the greatest transfer of wealth in human history. but the threat extends beyond the industry that supports our way of life. we are hard at work in the cyber capabilities that can shut down the critical infrastructure and they want to use the tools to threaten the leaders and intimidate people with signs of peace and times of conflict. the gas pipelines and power grid for instance can cripple our economy and weaken our ability to defend the united states. these scenarios sound alarmist but we must take them seriously because we grow more realistic. we saw a preview of this in 2012 when the packers hit saudi arabia's national oil company destroying 40,000 hard drives and simultaneously in our financial sector in the same year. in fact they are penetrating feet infiltration of the financial sector everyday. to combat these threats that live up to the obligations, to provide a common defense, the government must take the leading role in securing cyberspace. we cannot leave the american

keith summey followed by the police chief. what are your thoughts? kevin: if that video had not,, the police would have covered up this murder. amy: kevin alexanderray, thank you for being with us, civil rights activist and delete or in south carolina pulls up the edited the book "killing trayvons: an anthology of american violence," and is the author of "waiting for lightning to strike: the fundamentals of black politics." when we come back, we go to ferguson. then to chicago where elections also took place, and and we will be speaking with tape it smiley but his journey with my angelou. stay with us. ♪ [music break] ["strange fruit" by billie holiday] amy: "strange fruit" here sung b y nina simone, most known by billie holiday saying it. yesterday was the 100 anniversary of billie holiday's birth. she described how she would throw up after singing a song about lynching. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i am amy goodman. nermeen: we turn now to ferguson, missouri. less than one year after protests erupted over the police shooting of unarmed black teenager michael brown, there are now three black city council mem