or you do what we are doing now through the kickstart her campaign -- kickstarter campaign. see yourself getting paid for that music or ultimately supporting touring and live events were artist say they make more money there? >> that is one of the options for us. we have been able to tour for the last 20 years. without having music out. the idea of stacking profit or anything rewarding what you have done via publishing or anything like that. that's not available to us, really. cory: what a pleasure to have you guys on. and how much fun to listen to this music again. de la soul, thank you very much. let's go from innovation and music to robots. we need people that make robots. there are a million stem jobs expected to exist in 2018. even the u.s. bureau of labor statistics says that. we don't have those people right now. companies like irobot looking to get kids excited about robotic camp's -- it is national robotics week. via skype thanks for joining us. what are you try to do with this national focus on robots this week? >> very few things get cited about science and techno

it seems like a giant kickstarter campaign. like, he should have a kickstarter campaign.running for president. these are my perk. do want a shirt, and iphone case, a giant blanket? john: the guy in minnesota wants that blanket. anyway the news is coming and breaking from the white house when we come back. , ♪ >> while we were gabbing, cnn reported that russia hacked the white house. the national security advisor says it does not leave its classified systems were compromised. lots more of this. [office phone chatter] [frogs croaking] you know what, let me call you back. what are you doing?! [scream] [frogs croaking] [yelling and screaming] it's back! xfinity watchathon week. the biggest week in television history. it's your all-access binge-watching pass to tv's hottest shows, free with xfinity on demand. xfinity watchathon week. now through april 12th. perfect for people who really love tv. pimm: hello, i'm pimm fox and this is what i'm taking stock of on this tuesday, april 7, 2015. fedex will buy the delivery company that is european, tnt express for four , point. four

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they raise $400,000 on kickstarter to fund this recording.ee members, kelvin mercer in atlanta. who owns the samples to those great records? >> man, there are a lot of hands in it. >> a lot of hands in the pot. >> original artists and musicians. partly de la soul. we own a little bit of it. cory: it's hard to imagine the early days of hip-hop even before you guys, when people would hear a beat and put music on top of it. it might be james brown or something they heard in a commercial. the licensing sort of snuck up on them. what was the process of sampling and finding things to use to put behind your music? >> just like you said. making music, early hip-hop was rhyming beats just back and forth by the dj. sampling was moving the dj. we were experimenting with james brown or any other record that normally you would have a rhyme over, from the hip-hop perspective. we did not think about the fact of who you had to pay for writing or publishing. and we learned. we definitely learned quickly. cory: what was it like back then? was there a notion of

or you do what we are doing now through the kickstarter campaign.question about that, do you see yourself getting paid for that music or ultimately supporting touring and live events were artist say they make more money there? >> that is one of the options for us. we have been able to tour for the last 20 years. without having new music out. the idea of stacking profit or anything, rewarding what you have done via publishing or anything like that. that's not available to us, really. cory: that is it for this edition. you can catch us monday through friday. you can see more best of bloomberg west next week. ♪ >> prepare to be blown away. ♪ >> you are not looking at an ordinary blower. it does things no other tool can do. it find

and they say we don't we try this kickstarter thing.put it on kickstarter and in three weeks they got $10 million. five million of free money and five million of preorders. at that point we recognized in the venture capital business. that hardware and consumer hardware were going to be big opportunities. we were almost avoiding hardware at all costs. you have inventory and you have accounts receivable and now you have an opportunity to be prepaid. so indy go go and kickstarter are making it so that whole business is changing. >> are they going to have go pro-like margins? >> they already do, they have great margins and they can create great platforms for growth later on. they can all become the equivalent of apple. >> tim, you're backing something called the fixed california challenge. a shark tank for government reform. do you want to explain it? >> i created this six californias and got people thinking, hey, maybe there's a better way to governor. i had the prime minister of estonia come to draper university and say, just by instituti

they have raised $400,000 on kickstarter to fund their new album.bout sampling. >> making music was based off of how an early hip-hop -- you just rhymed over beats. as you said, we were experimenting with james brown and any other record that normally we would rhyme over from a hip-hop perspective. we did not think about the fact of who you have to pay for writing or publishing. we learned. we learned quickly. cory: what was it like at tommy boy? where was the notion of let's make the music first? we will figure out who we have to pay later? >> yes. that was it. the creative aspect was more important. getting into the studio, creating a song out of your favorite stuff, a good sound was first and foremost. business time came, we all sat down and looked at the list of individuals that we sampled from and figured out, is it going to be difficult to clear this one is it going to be difficult to find this publisher, get clearance on each song? the creative aspect definitely came first. cory: these are names i haven't said out loud in 20 years. now we loo

this is the kickstarter page. he hopes to raise month. and total of 400,000.f you donate $150, chris hansen will record your outgoing voice mail message which would be cool if anyone still used voice mail. is that a good thing -- what's your mom going to think when she calls and chris hansen picks up the phone? if you donate $10,000 he will show up at your home and accuse you of being a pedophile. it is the ultimate fan experience. i hope they bring back the show. i liked them catching predators. i'd watch "dancing with the predators." at denver international airport, two tsa officers were fired for plotting to grope attractive men. it was a scheme that involved a male and female officer. the way it worked is when the male officer, one specifically saw a guy he found attractive, he would signal his colleague who was a female and she would tell the screening machine that a female passenger was going through, which would set off the machine because it would detect something concealed in the groin area, a suspicious package, if you will, and then the male tsa age

the ecb needs to kickstart the economy and drive inflation up. provide more impetus for loans. a lot of that money is going right here. investors don't see other alternatives viable at the time of record low interest rates. anchor: meteorologists are calling it the biggest storm to hit germany in years. anchor: it has wrecked havoc. >> rail service was canceled as the storm passed through. the famous cathedral was also blocked off. officials were concerned that they might dislodge stones endangering pedestrians. the powerful storm left its mark throughout germany. knocking out power and creating chaos on the roads. as the day wore on reports of death and injuries began rolling in. one man was killed in eastern germany when a concrete wall collapsed on him. a falling tree crushed two men in a road maintenance vehicle. >> the strong wind will continue well into the evening. it's an extraordinary situation for the end of march and dangerous. anchor: meteorologists predict it is for the easter weekend. anchor: that's all the news for now. goodbye. >> here is your host, and o'donnel

with over $460,000 was raised on kickstarter you say the future is your?o the heck you design a 3-d pancake? >> is more like gave many factory. day printed as a dispenses material to make a sculpture so to make that case for kickstarter i think it'd school i bought into that cuteness to get into science and technology but it will cost $300 so that is not cheap. neil: what is that? meanwhile 1 million estimated apple watches that analysts' are the latest to downgrade. >> but that overall quality to say we look at the reviews of the watch the was exactly the chelicera they have never seen so they will downgrade the stock. it plays on their reaction because if you remember think about the accad it was revolutionary sort of. when it comes with innovation is the other versions down the line. >> but that compelling point but this leaves a lot of people wondering. >> receives that the small-business is intimidating but i have played with a number of times. >> i tried both of them on. i already where a pretty big watch. neil: they put the actual i don't want your

it seems like a giant kickstarter campaign. . do want a shirt, and iphone case, a giant blanket?n: the guy in minnesota wants that blanket. breaking news from the white house when we come back. ♪ john: seen and reported that russia hacked the white house. the national security advisor says it does not leave its classified systems were compromised. you can read about it on bloomberg.com from all o of us here sayonara pimm: hello i'm pimm fox and this is what i'm taking stock of on this tuesday, april 7, 2015. fedex will buy the delivery company tnt express for four point. four $4 billion. ubs tried to buy tnt in 2013, but was locked by regulators. >> it will not result in a great deal of redundancies or market shares, which would appear to be problematic as was the case in the previous transaction. pimm: royal dutch shell is said to be in talks to acquire

we keep the beautiful weather going as we kickstart the work week monday, 72 degrees. weak weather front tuesday with a slight chance of showers. 56 and dry wednesday -- 66 and dry wednesday, but i think we may have a weather system bringing clouds and showers next weekend. not looking as beautiful as this weekend, but then again, it's seven days away. tomorrow will be spectacular weather, whether you are going to the mall to check out the cherry blossoms or staying inside. everything is so green. kimberly: it is absolutely gorgeous full stop not looking so gorgeous for the nats. robert: the nats are batting .180, but it's a little too early. coming up, the nationals off to a slow start. is skipper matt williams worried? sports is coming up. ♪ deie & the dark - classic girl plays in the background ♪ a great entrance never goes out of style. dresses start at $25. the eva mendes collection. exclusively at new york and company. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: starting off on the ice the season finale for the caps. wi

we agree on having the recovery act in place to kickstart the economy was good for the middle class.agree and a lot of issues. on this one, and i heard him interviewed yesterday, the point he made was that he was rather critical as nafta he asserts -- i'm not prepared to review this assessment. his point of view seems to be that this is not nafta. the playing field leveling without getting undercut by low wages -- he would assert that all of those are better. i just don't see it that way, and we have a basic difference of opinion. john: let me shift the politics. hillary clinton running for president. why have you not endorsed or? senator casey: i think it is early. he will be learning about that rather shortly. i think she is running a very good campaign. i think the issues she is addressing, especially the wage issue that she has been focused on that, whether it is wages or growing the middle class. i also think her approach in the campaign talking to people in smaller settings and actually doing something that some of us candidates don't do enough of which is listen, it's a very e

we kickstart the workweek monday with nice weather conditions partly cloudy, 72.k weather front comes in tuesday, chance of showers. the weather pattern turns a little more unsettled friday into next weekend. even though that is not the best for allergy sufferers, the rain is always welcome, and it's good for the flowers we are starting to plant. kimberly: there is something about the perfect weather sunday. should we go out and enjoy it? robert: the true golfers say they could do either/or. kimberly: really? they are sitting back watching this young guy. robert: he is only 21, but age is nothing but a number, especially leading at the masters. and the team that was to win the world series is having trouble. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: the nats needed a pick me up asap. tonight, game two of their series with the phillies. cole hamels to nelson ra amos, it's gone. nats uo p 1-0. the ball in and the defense was a letdown. -- the bullpen and the defense was a letdown. ian desmond, miscommunication. extra inn

it is what ministers say are necessary to kickstart the economy. >> a coordinated strike hitting a hostpublic services. four of the most powerful trade unions have called for walkouts. they are demanding pay and job security. public transport in major cities has been affected. some schools have been forced to close. hospitals have cut back services like nonessential operations. >> more and more people feel like they are in a precarious position. >> air traffic controllers entered into their second day of action on thursday, disrupting hundreds of flights. they are angry about raising of the retirement age from 57 to 59. broadcasters of also been on strike in opposition to planned layoffs. france is cutting public spending to comply with eu deficit rules. they unveiled a plan to boost business investments. >> these measures involve structural reforms working alongside other measures and are designed to help take up our economy as quickly as possible so the job creation will accelerate. >> some 60 protests are taking place across france. one of the country's largest labor unions will not

generation, the millennial generation is being encouraged by parents and shark tank and websites like kickstarter to go take a leap. your generation was encouraged to go to wall street and be lawyers and doctors. my father is a dentist. mine is being supportive to take an enpreprenewerial leap. >> $250,000, right? >> it is, very comparable to what it costs to get into subway. that's why subway partners are joining the system. >> locally produced, you want to be fresh but whole foods, that can be expensive. usually that's what that means to go fresh, means expensive, but you feel like you don't have to be that expensive. how do you do that? >> today we lead with healthy fresh and customization, not necessarily organic and local. however, depending on the time of year more cost effective to source locally. you can't source locally in toronto in the dead of winter but in the summer that's the most cost effective way to do so. we can bring local produce in for half of the year at a price point that allows us to maintain an aggressively low check average for our guest. >> you're 33 now. >> yes. >> you

this money would be the kickstarter campaign to get that going so we can bring a child-- bring the child, yes. >> it's gonna be good. >> oh, man, you look like a great dad. >> oh, thank you. you're a great dad already. i know that. >> i can tell. >> i know that. >> i can tell. i see one when i see it, you know what i mean, i know it. so here we go. just to recap, you are still working your way through round one. you have banked $28,000,

. ♪ mountain dew kickstart. with two new flavors that taste good.lause) >> jon: back with senator elizabeth warren. i know you've got a huge thing on this student loan thing. what i want you to explain to me because this is the difference between cbl accounting and fair value accounting. what is -- what's the difference -- because apparently that makes all the difference in the world to student loans so what is the difference and is there a difference? >> the question is right now in washington how you do the accounting for anything, where you spend money or have money coming in. >> jon: so we can now agree on science policy and math. >> and hire's why it matters on student loans. >> jon: all right. the interest rate on student loans depends on when you took the loan out. so there are folks who have loans at 6%, 8%, 10% even higher. >> jon: back then the interest rates are hiring, inflation was higher and -- >> even now the interest rate on student loans, depend tong the kind of loan, is pretty substantial. we're in a low interest rate environment.

. ♪ mountain dew kickstart. with two new flavors that taste good.can get two medium pizzas with four toppings total for $6.99 each. ay it safe with a favorite. or go wild with something new. or, hey, how 'bout both? get two medium pizzas for $6.99 each. get it now at pizzahut.com. so i was video chatting with my girlfriend. we haven't been together long but... she just says it. i love you. my heart is racing. so i say it right back. i love you too. and she freezes. not actually but the video chat. and i'm like did she even hear me. i am so relieved i have verizon. i panicked tried to unfreeze it and hung up. we are so much in love. she never called me back. vo: join us and save without settling. verizon. >> jon: that's our show. here it is your moment of zen. >> they were warned ed, multiple letters. it does require me a little bit of benghazi. with the comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org huh? huh? graves! cool off, buddy. i got this one.

" schatner said he's launching a $30 million kickstarter gain to try and make it happen. read about it on our website www.kpix5.com/drought. >> it's a resourceful plan. >> the fine folks of seattle may say we're conserving, too not sure if we want to give you any, california, but thanks for asking, but it's good to have an idea, right? you're saying there's a chance. >>> let's see what's going on outdoors. we have fog at the golden gate. we have low cloud cover already inland to concord and fairfield, already south to san jose. it will be a very foggy start tomorrow. wide temperature spread, over the course of 45 miles which separate brentwood and daly city it was a 26-degree temperature spread today, daly city, your high 55, brentwood 81 degrees. we all level off around 50. it's interesting. we start at the same place, oakland tonight 50, concord 50, san jose 48, everybody hugging that 50-degree mark. everybody will be foggy tomorrow morning. even though there's no widespread rain chances in my forecast, you'll need to use your windshield wipers because we'll have widesp

he is launching a $30 billion kickstarter campaign to make it happen. >> that's a big campaign. >> how long would it take to build? >> sounds like a long time. >> the drought is now. it's there, i was at a weather symposium yesterday and learned that in southern california, where now they are finally catching on to the fact that we're in a drought, they actually used more rain -- i mean used more water in the months of february and march than last year at this time. >> oh-oh. >> now they have the campaign going. hey, let's beat the drought. it's beginning to warm up. while we have entered the spring months and warmer temperatures, today we are going to be slightly below average. we have a gray slate out there right now. and what you can expect is pretty much some temperatures today slightly below average. we have the fog and the drizzle this morning. and we will see the sunshine away from the water very similar to yesterday albeit cooler today with the deeper marine layer. we have a minimal chance of rain showers from today through wednesday all the way through friday. so we have the c

norman played an important role in kickstarting the modern free speech clause by writing the aclu brief, the brief, the case that established the modern analytic parameters for the first amendment claim and playing a major role in the victory that established the primacy of the value of free speech in our legal culture. culture. i applaud those cases and salute the supreme court for making free speech that cornerstone of american law. why then is it my talk tonight and unqualified celebration of the emergence of free speech and a free speech clause far more powerful. it is, i believe provides deep textual and structural madison democracy. we should remember what the first amendment is. is. it can't be letter is to have literally. say nothing of the 4th word in the crucial term plan of which have a literal meaning and cannot be read historically at least if we want a robust free speech principle. think was not dry on the first amendment when john adams locked up most of the newspaper editors who opposed his reelection. reelection. the truth is, for most of our history we have had a relat

but something tells me that he might just skim a bill or two off of that kickstarter fund.nlike jerry brown in california, at least william gives a shatner. okay, let's play kickball, the last went to the playground is a rotten egg. last week a buffalo was so psyched to frolic in some reindeer games, he busted out some students. there you go, dodgeball just doesn't have the same thrill after you play dodge buffalo. it was trapped in a closet the closet and then shot to death by authorities, causing one individual to rethink bringing his warthog and for show and tell, he opted instead for a slinky. i love it. and you know i'm right. if you have any weird stories that you want to see on the topical storm, send me a tweet. you can also find me on instagram. coming up next, full houses returning with new episodes and i will tell you what other '90s shows that i think that they should bring back. we will play the tape next. new york state is reinventing by leading the way on tax cuts. we cut the rates on personal income taxes. we enacted the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968.

>> terry, you had a really sick sesful kickstarter campaign. do you market the product why here after you have ex haubsed the demand amongest your bros? >> i like to stay eye to eye with my customer base. kickstarter allowed us to reach over 300 customers in 40 countries around the world. i think it will continue to grow organically from there. >> david, last question. >> i have been told when it comes to iconic brands you should be able to close your eyes and visualize exactly what that everlane guy or lululemon gal is wearing down to the sithd color. what's been your approach to the design aesthetic? >> there have been a lot of cool blues and tones that are somewhat conservative but at the same time we've infused it with kind of an edginess and a brighter spark that represents what our guy is capable of. >> right now it's all about the guy but any plans to branch into women's wear as well? >> the pressure is there, and i'm considering it but at this point i'm focused on what i know and we will, you know entertain that as we grow as a company.

so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high value crops throughout the lot of money. it's all very well to have a whole lot of small innovations but unless we can scale it up enough to where we are talking about millions of farmers, we're not going to solve their biggest challenge. this is precisely where the kind of finance that citi is giving us is enabling us to scale up on a much more rapid pace. when we talk to the farmers and ask them what's the most important thing. first of all they say we can feed our families. secondly, we can send our children to school. it's really that first step that allows them to get out of poverty and most importantly have money left over to plan for the future they want. ♪ melissa: business brief. not too long until the end of the session and the end of the week. really nice gains today. up more than 3%. daredevils their new series has come out and it is a wake hit. then you have sprint. sprint is having a nice day today. rating and creating 3500 jobs. walgreens giving back some of those big gains from yesterday. that i

it's critical to kickstart the economic growth. we are also adjusting pensions to inflation, and also we have a number of steps to take in taxation to ensure we're going to talk about that during the session. in terms of the altar we have drafted a new support point in terms of internal logistics and transportation systems. we have a plan that is coming. the plan will be made zero for commuter traffic and also that with the cat 10% for passenger traffic. aviation. so a whole range of issues which are being implemented so it is not fair to say there are no results. sure, prices are up but not in all and we saw a decline in prices, not in all region but the average prices are down. the ruble has strengthened. so we can't see that come you can't say that nothing is being done. that's not fair. maybe the expectations were higher, but that's why i'm just urging everyone to be patient. you just have to find the right with the lord and the government has taken the right way forward. [speaking russian] >> translator: but the ruble is turni

now you have a deal like this that can kickstart the engines again. matt: niokia. out alcatel they leapfrog over erickson. ericsson executives, this is the way the world works, right? jeff: i think ericsson is one to keep an ion as well as juniper, which can be taken out or part of a roll up strategy. matt: very interesting stuff. thanks for joining us. can intel survive the death of pcs? rpcs really going to die? we are watching -- are pcs really going to die? ♪ matt: avon products is exploring the sale of its north american operations as it evaluates ways to turn around the struggling unit. the company isn't running a former sales process although it is open to offers to the unit according to a number chores are -- to a member source. blaze pizza is a lebron james-backed pizza chain aimed to talk to probably. -- two top chipotle. intel reporting earnings in under 10 minutes. for a long time, the company has primed best priced in the wind down of the pc business. now they are waiting for her strategy on its mobile strategy and waiting to hear if it has enough cash

or you do what we are doing now via this kickstarter campaign.new music, do you see yourself getting paid for that music, do you see it supporting touring and live events, where some artists make more money? >> that is one of the options for us that has worked. we have been able to tour for the last 20 years without having new music out. the idea of stacking profit or anything, a reward of what you have done via publishing or anything like that, that is not available to us really. cory: hopefully this new one will change a little bit of that. what a pleasure to have you on and so much fun to listen to your music again. de la soul thank you very much. let's go from innovation in music to robots. to get robots and people that make robots. we need people to build those robots. even the u.s. bureau of labor statistics says that that but we do not have the people right now. the solution may not come from humans. companies like irobot are getting kids excited about robots, cans, workshops. it is national robotics week. the irobot ceo is with us now. co

but we still need to do everything to kickstart the economy. now with the sanction --host: with the sanctions encounter sanctions, do you get a feeling you maybe should have done something differently? president putin: i think we have taken the right measures. host: this is a very important question. do we have enough strength and resources? president putin: we have enough resources, we have enough human capital. we are proud of our talented people, they want to work hard. i talked to people a lot, i know the sentiment. russians are very determined. the job of the president and the central bank is to past -- is to pass this difficult time with minimal costs. it is just about patients. we have to take advantage of this time and we can do it. host: a word on our -- on a new threat that could emerge this year. president putin: there are so many threats so that we cannot forecast. if we maintain the domestic political situation, if we still have the consolidation of our society, they are no threat. host: mr. president, i still want to ask about --

so the purpose of these policies is to actually kickstart the growth. but if it were to last longer, then it puts some of those business models at risk. think of another one. the wide movement of exchange rates that we have observed recently. over the past six months the u.s. dollar has appreciated against the basket of major currencies by 12% in real terms. now, some countries with more difficult macro economic conditions and less policy space have of course benefited from the relative depreciation of their currencies. in others, large amounts of dollar denominated of foreign -- or foreign currency denominated debt, these dramatic swings can be destabilizing. and this is particularly the case for corporate. india emerging market economies that are wedged between a strong u.s. dollar on the one hand, lower commodity prices on the on the other hand hand, and with my third hand higher borrowing rates. on the top of which they might not have hedged. and that is a bit of an uncertainty where we have little information. now, these risk risks taken individual

he's going to do a kickstarter campaign. shatner could actually do it, $30 billion.ifornia but there's no surplus water here. they're, like, why is he eyeing our water? hide the water, keep it away from shatner. jonathan hoenig, what's your take? >> i don't think he set his phaser to stun, i think he set it to magic mushrooms, because this is a pretty heir-brained -- hare-brained idea, and seattle doesn't have exactly an abundance of water. i think the point is innovation. in israel innovation turned the desert into the land of milk and honey, mel. melissa: shatner says seattle is a place with lots of water, rich lowry. >> it does have the flaw that seattle doesn't want to spare the water -- melissa: no but it rains all the time. >> those two i words are key, innovation and infrastructure. and one of the reasons california has this problem is for the last several decades it's rejected big water infrastructure projects so shatner is on the right track. melissa: he is. he is on point. all right gentlemen, thank you so much. that's all we have for now. the market right

the star trek actor is using kickstarter to raise money for a water pipeline from seattle to california. it's not a new idea. in the 1970s, california water officials talked about taking water from the pacific northwest. shatner says raising $30 billion may not work but the effort would raise awareness about our drought. >> okay. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri and talk about the next couple of days and any possibility of rain? >> a lot of that is going to be erased. we kept looking at it closely next week. maybe we get something. right now a lot of those chances stay off to the north. a look at the doppler. there's some activity in the atmosphere. it all blew up across the sierra. lake tahoe. we're beginning to see it calm down. you still may have a spotty shower. and the blowoff from those massive thunderstorms will be moving into the north bay and east bay. if you see those clouds moving in it's leftover remnants. take you outside to the sky camera network. temperatures have cooled off. we have that hotter air this weekend. 65 in the south bay. where we have that cold west

so the purpose of these policies is to actually kickstart the growth. but if it were to last longer, then it puts some of those business models at risk. think of another one. the wide movement of exchange rates that we have observed recently. over the past six months the u.s. dollar has appreciated against the basket of major currencies by 12% in real terms. now, some countries with more difficult macro economic conditions and less policy space have of course benefited from the relative depreciation of their currencies. in others, large amounts of dollar denominated or foreign currency denominated debt, these dramatic swings can be destabilizing. and this is particularly the case for corporate. india emerging market economies that are wedged between a strong u.s. dollar on the one hand, lower commodity prices on the on the other hand, and with my third hand higher borrowing rates. on the top of which they might not have hedged. and that is a bit of an uncertainty where we have little information. now, these risks taken individually can be manageable. bu

so kickstart designs low cost irrigation pumps enabling them to grow high value crops throughout theof money. it's all very well to have a whole lot of small innovations, but unless we can scale it up enough to where we are talking about millions of farmers, we're not going to solve their biggest challenge. this is precisely where the kind of finance that citi is giving us, is enabling us to scale up on a much more rapid pace. when we talk to the farmers and ask them what's the most important thing. first of all they say we can feed our families. secondly, we can send our children to school. it's really that first step that allows them to get out of poverty and most importantly have money left over to plan for the future they want. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping the nissan rogue, with safety shield technologies. the only thing left to fear is you imagination. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> central florida april 10th, 2008. >> tell me how it went down there. >> i didn't do it, man. >> how it went bad. >> after denying his role in a double homicide for seve

he's proposing a $30 billion kickstarter campaign to get it going. and he better hurry. earlier this year a nasa scientist suggested california has only about one year of water left. >> makes sense. just have a pipe to california. >> perfect. with the klingon crystals. too much energy you need to get it from them. doesn't work out not theoretically. >> spock explain. what is this drought thing? you know exactly what it is. your lawn knows what it is. today was about the haves and have nots. if you have the fog your temperatures were chilly. we'll start at the bottom of your screen. daly city only 55 for a high. richmond, 58. in the middle we have our betweeners. palo alto 71 with morning cloud cover. afternoon sunshine san jose same thing for you. 68. then the spot that just had sunshine from start to finish, think what onshore flow? didn't feel anything. ukiah 80 and brentwood 81. santa rosa tonight, 48. oakland, you'll drop down to 50. san jose, 48. concord, 50. san francisco 51 degrees. it's a very interesting weather pattern but one that once again will yield very li

well, the warriors kickstarted their run to an nba championship yesterday at oracle with a win over theicans. the first of 16 wins it takes to win it all, but it wasn't the big easy. oracle was a sea of gold. oracle fans are ready. warriors a little nervous but settled down. klay thompson to bogut for the alley oop. steph curry from way downtown. the 10-0 run for warriors. curry drives high off the glass and the foul. warriors led by 18 at the break. draymond green was the only warriors starter not in double digits after one. he open the second with a three. quincy pondexter from just over the half-court line nails it. 84-66 dubs after three. fourth quarter, new orleans steps on the gas. anthony davis. one-handed alley oop cuts the lead to 10. he had 20 in the quarter. game high 35. pelicans got it down to 4 but draymond green banks it in. warriors hang on for the victory. 106-99. one down, 15 to go for the championship. >> it was a good win for us. we were able to get ahead early and they fought back, but we showed poise. last time we got up big we almost ended up losing the game. and

. >> reporter: the edyn soil monitor is shipping to some of its 5,000 kickstarter investors now.it will be sold in home depots nationwide by mid mae. >> it makes it fun. it makes it a game because you can do it on your phone. >> we had a lot of the information for a while but it just wasn't as techie. >> simple. >>> you know who likes a lot of data? that is christina loren. bar graphs here. >>> i do love bar graphs! a nice microsoft spreadsheet. >>> temperatures for today are looking pretty good. we have comfortable conditions out there. a little bit of a windchill factor. that will be the weather story of the day. as we get into this afternoon -- and i do know that scott mcgrew will be taping press here a little bit later on this afternoon. we're excited about that. it will be comfortable today. 71 degrees. 74 for the tri-valley and 76 degrees up in wine country. so basically not too hot, not too cold anywhere. so mild in the mornings because of the blanket of low clouds that we have been getting you probably don't need your heater or your ac. save some of the money for a nice t

well, the warriors kickstarted their run to an nba championship yesterday at oracle with a win over the pelicans. the% of 16 wins it takes to win it all. but it wasn't the big easy. steph curry. oracle was a sea of gold. oracle fans are ready. warriors a little nervous but settled down. thompson to bogut for the alley oop. the 10-0 run for warriors. curry drives high off the glass and the foul. warriors led by 18 at the break. draymond green was the only warriors starter not in double digits into the second. quincy pondexter from just over the half-court line nails it. 84-66 doubles after three. fourth quarter, new orleans steps on the gas. anthony davis. one handed alley oop cuts the lead to 10. he had 20 in the quarter. game high 35. pelicans got it down to 4 but draymond green banks it in. warriors hang on for the victory. one down, 15 to go for the championship. >> it it was a good win for us. we were able to get ahead early and they fought back but we showed poise. and that's how playoffs are. >> the defense phenomenal the first half. and later on in the fourth it was a pet -- a bi

well, the warriors kickstarted their run to an nba championship yesterday at oracle with a win over thewins it takes to win it all, but it wasn't the big easy. oracle was a sea of gold. oracle fans are ready. warriors a little nervous but settled down. klay thompson to bogut for the alley oop. the 10-0 run for warriors. curry drives high off the glass and the foul. warriors led by 18 at the break. draymond green was the only warriors starter not in double digits after one. he open the second with a three. quincy pondexter from just over the half-court line nails it. 84-66 dubs after three. fourth quarter, new orleans steps on the gas. anthony davis. one handed alley oop cuts the lead to 10. he had 20 in the quarter. game high 35. pelicans got it down to 4 but draymond green banks it in. warriors hang on for the victory. 106-99. one down, 15 to go for the championship. >> it was a good win for us. we were able to get ahead early and they fought back but we showed poise. last time we got up big we almost ended up losing the game. and that's how playoffs are. >> the defense phenomenal the