law. >> i am john mcafee.probably read about me living here. the fbi is going to be looking for me if you want to call them. >> the fbi? >> reporter: and it was all captured on tape. >> i'm sort of the god of computer security. >> reporter: stay with us. at 15, i was addicted. by 40, i'll have lung disease. at 50, i'll die of a heart attack. dr. regina benjamin: cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. those who quit or die are being replaced by a new generation of smokers. i'm dr. regina benjamin, united states surgeon general. go to cdc.gov. learn how to make our next generation tobacco-free. >>> once again, we return to "20/20." here's matt gutman. >> he passes this truck and nearly hit a car head-on coming up the hill right here. >> reporter: the man who played catch me if you can with the law in central america, finally got caught in central tennessee. but not for what you might think. >> put your hands on top of your head. >> reporter: john mcafee is pulled over

this young the ceo of mcafee , will be joining us.nd "bloomberg technology" is live streaming on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: a status update from mark zuckerberg. facebook now has 2 billion users, making it the first social network to connect that many people. by comparison, google's youtube recently announced it has 1.5 billion users. instagram has 700 million. zuckerberg said facebook's new mission is to bring the world closer together. back to our top story. dozens of companies and government agencies falling victim to yet another rant -- another ransomware hack attack, including the likes of wpp and a pharma giant. more than 80 companies in russia and ukraine were initially struck by the petya virus that disabled users and told them to pay $300 in crypto currency to unlock it. joining us now, mcafee ceo chris young. your researchers have been looking into this. what have you discovered? guest: we have discovered that the real story here is the evolution of ransomware. we did see a global ransomware. but the way we have se

it to protect itself from hackers inside your espionage company cited security concerns but john mcafee again but if there was something else behind the move. it did this for purely political reasons i know this for a fact but i would have done it not for political reasons but for but for actual good sense for the company all of our politicians all of them are going crazy about us the russians tried to hack us they tried to control us and so so mantric not wanting to to offend our government is doing this to make them look like the good guys but that's foolish. six police officers have been injured in london after a protest against police brutality turned violent four were arrested their. testers held stones at the police they set rubbish bins alight the anger was over the death of a twenty five year old black man after a traffic stop in london demonstrators claimed he was brutally beaten by offices died six days later in hospital marches carried banners you can see reading black lives matter and chanted slogans against racism in police ranks the police say they are investigating the in

capital john mcafee welcome john. thank you very much and so first i want to go back to alexia's report i mean we just heard about a mass of information being put out there roughly terror twenty five terabytes worth of information being access without a password i mean just to be clear this information was not stolen by hackers it was actually there and without a password and i mean with so many of us having passwords on our phone how is this even possible. well hacking happens all the time the thing that concerns me is not so much the fact that the information is available all of this information you can buy from google what concerns me is how did they get this information my phone number my address my age my marital status my preferences whether or not i believe in obamacare what do i feel about immigration what do i feel about our national policy every single political attitude is in that database for virtually every adult in america now should and should we be asking the question how did this data company even acq

tracy mcafee went to the safeway. >> hopefully to get some ice.ll our meat in our freezing and refrigerator won't go bad. >> reporter: the power outage left 2700 pg&e customers without electricity and no ac just as temperatures starting to tick up. a downed tree eliminate in walnut creek knocked power out. >> all the electricity and everything went out. i couldn't dry my hair. >> reporter: the majority of the power outages are due to the heat wave. increased ac use overloading the grid. the california independent system operator which overseeing the power grid is issuing a flex alert calling for conservation between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. residents are asked to set thermostats to 78 or higher. cool your home with fans and drapes. turn off unnecessary lights and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. the tips are all voluntary. >> will you be using any of the tips? >> no, yeah, you know. it gets hot. but we try to stay cool with fans and stuff like that. >> reporter: the flex alert is for today and tomorrow. this is when cal iso officials

of capital john mcafee he first shared with me the one thing that concerns him the most take a listen. that happens all the time the thing that concerns me is not so much the fact the information is available all of this information you can buy from google what concerns me is how did they get this information my phone number my address my age my marital status my preferences whether or not i believe in obama care what do i feel about immigration what do i feel about our national policy every single political attitude is in that database for virtually every adult in america and i shouldn't should we be asking the question how did this data company even acquire that information that's what concerns me because once you get to the information into a database it will be hacked it will be let loose this is just a fact of life these days and something we should be concerned about but far more concerning to me is how did it happen it happened because companies like google and facebook acquired data on every one of us while blogs we're visiting even our messages that we pass on facebook are in

kim mcafee -- that's a real one. "bye bye birdie." what's new? i got married last year. th-that's great. how long are you in town for? just a couple of days. we're staying at my folks'. i want to hear all about mitchell from high school. did he have a beard? uh, you're looking at her. [ chuckles ] [ chuckles ] of course i didn't know it back then. but we should -- we should all -- yeah. we should all hang out. uh...no. w-well, take care. okay. bye. um... thumpety thump-thump. look at frosty go! that was weird. well, don't worry about it. it's high school, honey. well, actually... what? at our 10-year reunion, we got a little drunk, started reminiscing, one thing led to another... [ gasps ] you went back? i-i think i just wanted to see if i could. [ scoffs ] turns out i could. where did this happen?! um, in the nurse's office. i can still hear the crinkling of the paper. ohh. after that, i-i didn't return any of her phone calls, and i haven't seen her since. you naughty little girl. well, you know, that's what happens when you give me kahlua. ♪♪ [ cellphone rings,

we go to expert opinion on the allegations against russia from joel mcafee no less he's the guy that created the first commercial antivirus software and also worked for nasa in the past he says the u.s. elections could well mean. by anyone he thinks it was easy to do but i feel that russia has been seriously abused by america and certainly our american pop government and politicians over the false accusations of russia tried to hack our election i know for a fact that russia did not hack the d.n.c. source absolutely not yet all of our politicians all of them are going crazy about us the russians tried to hack us they tried to control us we had a report from homeland security here in america that actually included the malware the software that was used for the hack well myself and hundreds of other researchers have looked at that and discovered that it's a very common piece of malware called p a s web shell it was it was collected from a website that only asked for donations and it was six versions old and even the newest version only sells for fifty dollars now i ask you please peopl

and earlier today we spoke with john mcafee on the topic of hacking he believes the most alarming aspect of this story is how the information in the database was gathered in the first place. are more concerning to me is how did it happen it happened because companies like google and facebook acquire data on every one of us who blogs we're visiting even our messages that we pass on facebook or instant messages on twitter are accessible and these things are collected so that we have no privacy what concerns me about this is if you look at the data in this twenty five terabyte it's almost every political attitude a person could have and my phone number and the jobs that i've had and my health records. the race for georgia six congressional dixit district is just too close to call at this hour republican karen handel and democrat john aasif were neck and neck throughout much of the race the race was the most expensive contest in congressional history the two candidates spent close to sixty million dollars president trump has slammed john aas of accusing him of not even living in the district

one block with mcafee lights metro station. right now there is no lookout for a suspect and police tell us that none of the injuries are life-threatening. we will of course keep you up-to-date on this. fairfax county police asking for your help. linda raley hasn't been seen since 7:00 last night. she was on pomeranian drying and fairfax. so far, nothing. pounds, if you0 see her you are asked to call police. a fire tearing through a d.c. apartment building. discoveryd a grim inside the wreckage. sam sweeney is live in northwest, where the building is still closed off this morning. sam: the smoke alarms are still going off after three days. out at 3:00 saturday morning and as you said, one person was found dead here yesterday. mayor bowser showed up on the scene after the fire broke out. she couldn't believe what she saw, saying it was among the worst she had ever seen. family members waited outside the front of the building for any answers. take a look at the video, the flames just ripping through the 200 firefighters were worki

he and andrew mcafee, their book, they have a new book about how you will survive the technology onslaughtugh about this in the next hour. a changed world with significant curve steepening. from london and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ the washington of itlth care, of travel bans, is also the washington of central-bank policy. one of our great themes this morning. we will touch on that throughout "surveillance" on television and radio. taylor: the european union might be willing to eliminate a major roadblock to progress in brexit talks. it is to demand that judges protect the rights of eu citizens living in the u.k.. that would put pressure to increase the number of protection they are offering. is the highest-ranking vatican official ever charged in the catholic church's long-running sexual abuse scandal. he denies accusations, has taken a leave of absence, and will go to australia to fight charges. the new south korean president prefers dialogue to get north korea to drop the nuclear program. stopping short of expanding the laptop ban in airliner cabins, but new demand for increased se