so what )s meg whitman up to no?>> tonight at 6:00, no longer an hp or ebay, so what is meg whitman up to now? also, disoriented and wandering around the east bay. the river otter found shot by pellets. the search is on for the shooter. those stories and more, coming up on our 6:00 news cast. >>> two black bears hurt in the southern california wildfires are examples of a medical breakthrough. the pads of the feet were so badly burned they couldn't standed, and one was pregnant. burns take months to heal, but a vet came along using fish skin and attached them to the bears' pad. apparently the collagen in the skin speeds up healing. within weeks they were back in the wild. >> that's fascinating. >> that is so interesting. >> that veterinarian school at uc davis is apparently incredible. >> one of the best in the world. >> i seen some traffic on the bay bridge there. >> some heavy rainfall right now from vallejo to san francisco. put a track on this, moving into contra costa and alameda counties, continuing into oakland

meg whitman, the former ceo of hewlett-packard recently stepped down. she could jump in. i could easily see that deck getting shuffled. i want to ask you about state, one ofur them is marijuana. what happened? guest: that remains to be seen. we have seen colorado and other states deal with legal hot with some degree of success and failure. here in california, voters have spoken clearly on. in the puddingbe to see if they can roll this out in a rational way. , i am in favor of legalized marijuana, but practically speaking, there will be bumps in the road, and i expect to see those. is the host of kabc.rive home," on tell us about the show. guest: it is that afternoon drive when the freeways look like the arteries of someone who eats a block of cheese for dinner. we tried to talk about the top stories of the day, and keep people informed and inner change when they drive home from work. host: if people are interested in hearing your show and are not in los angeles, can they do that? guest: they can. we are on kabc.com host: happy new year to you. [captions copyright national

apple )s tim cook, h-p )s meg whitman, and facebook )s mark zuckerberg are just a few o >>> bay area power houses behind daca. they're a few of the local business leaders lobbying congress to protect the so called dreamers. ceos from more than 100 of america's leading companies signed a letter. it asked lawmakers for legislation that will give daca immigrants legal protection. back in 2012 president obama protected them from deportation. if it's allowed to expire, the letter claims our economy will take a 200 billion dollar hit. >>> a federal judge out of san francisco has blocked the trump administration from ending the proom. the white house calling that decision outrageous. we have the mixed reaction this new ruling is getting. >> reporter: many uc berkeley students say there is some benefit in the judge's ruling but they say the latest injunction kills the momentum they have been building for real immigration reform. >> those who are against the dreamers just lost in a big way. >> reporter: california attorney general praised u.s. district judge decision issuing a nationwide inju

the latest revolving door, meg whitman, stepping down at hpe february 1, joining the new mobile mediausiness founded by jeffrey katzenberg. whitman starts as new ceo in march. the company will be based in l.a. and aims to bring quality .- hollywood-quality to videos lookout for new features this spring when apple rolls out a software update. what you can expect, next. technology, five a clock p.m. in new york. -- 5:00 p.m. in new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily:emily: apple plans to release a software update for the iphone in the spring. animated image he -- animated emojis, plus a few other features that have been in the works. mark gurman has all the details. what features are you anticipating the most? mark: this new option to disable the battery throttling feature. remember the controversy we were talking about? software update last year that intentionally slowed down older iphones in order to have them not reboot, because batteries, as they age -- this adds longevity to batteries. emily: a.k.a., batterygate. mark: whatever you want to call it. now you will be able to turn that f

hewlett-packard enterprise ceo meg whitman is getting a new job.l be chief executive of the new mobile media business founded by former animation studio chief jeffrey katzenberg. she is stepping down at hp next month. that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: thanks so much. forum, orld economic the united states contingent, there is not only the speech tomorrow, but the big event coming. the rumors are three weeks down the pike. america will once again confront one of its greatest failures and that is infrastructure. no one knows that better than the former secretary of labor, now secretary of transportation elaine chao. i spoke to her yesterday. the government rules pertaining to acquisitions in the government slows down the whole process. when i talk about emerging technology, there is a technology on the ground. we are looking at self driving technology. tom: here is the self driving technology. march 30 of last year, they dialed 1-800-elaine-chao and they said, "fix the atlantic bridge." >> and we did. tom: and you did. why can't you bring t

. >> that is right jeffrey katzenberg a name on board for his new tv venture announcing that meg whitman will become ceo of the l.a. based company starting on march 1st. katzenberg will serve as chairman he announced the new trf venture this past summer hoping to raise $2 billion to create the next generation of video. professional content designed for viewing on mobile devices in formats of ten minutes or less he has said that he has the biggest content creators in the tv business on board and meg whitman now certainly adds more tech expertise to this company brian, back over to you. >> wow, quite the big name here. and from what i understand, katzenberg has been trying to raise a couple billion dollars for over a year now. used to be called wonder co and the new idea if i understand it and correct me if i'm wrong, is turning a half an hour show into a six minute program that a 22-year-old can watch seamlessly and streamlessly on his or her mobile phone. >> that is right so wonder co is the product and -- they hope the way people watch tv and my understanding is talking to various sourc

former hewlett-packard ceo meg whitman is the ceo of a new startup. she'll take over the top spot at newtv, started by media mogul jeffrey katzenberg. it makes short form content for mobile use. she turned ebay into a global powerhouse. >>> now to another big company, google's plan to build a massive new campus in downtown san jose was met with a lot of protests today. at issue, worries that google could hurt plans to help struggling new housing. nbc bay area's scott budman has more. >> reporter: good evening, raj. protesters are angry with city leaders because of negotiations going on between san jose and google about building that big new headquarters downtown. they say if google builds in san jose, the people who live there now will be left out in the cold. >> we are here to stay! >> reporter: they're called san jose rising. and they're worried about housing. >> we are here because our community is hurting. >> reporter: so worried about google building its planned 6.8 million square foot campus in downtown san jose, the group marched outside google

new tv has named meg whitman as their new ceo.y will provide customized short form entertainment. whitman, whose role of take effect march 1 was most recent ceo of hewlett-packard enterprises. that is your business flash update. thel ahead, we look at ishares in metals and mining producers, a rebound in industrial metals. up 24% in the past year. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ is "bloomberg markets." julie: it is now time for the smart pdf report. we spoke with oaktree capital management co. chairman howard marks. where smart beta funds fit in the debate between passive and active investing. >> charlie monger what said to me, none of this is meant to be easy. anybody who thinks this is easy, is stupid. can you do better by going from a passive vehicle to inactive the it -- to an active vehicle? it is a semi active vehicle. the answer is, if the decisions that are made are good ones, it will be better. if the decisions are bad ones, it will be worse. the great thing about the investment is there is nothing you can do. just by doing get, it

schmitt, tory burch, venture capital investors like john doerr and jim breyer, hedge fund investors, meg whitmanll is several dozen of the most invisible people. we did that deliberately because he wanted to basically say these people really in the rest of the country, they believe in entrepreneurs. they believe they can generate great investment returns investing while also being potentially catalytic in terms of the job creation. it's great to see that momentum and we want to build on that. there's two other points i think some of his understand was covered a couple days ago, big opportunities for mayors. first is in this tax reform, you may like it or not, there are proficient you should like. investing opportunity act provision in particular which will play out over the next year, will create j-uppercase-letter and incentives to invest in many of these opportunities. that could be quite significant in terms of building a a some f the work with others have been doing and getting more people on the coast with big textbooks paying attention is opportunity in the middle of the country together w

. >>> meg whitman has a new gig.he'll be making short form videos for mobile use. >>> former vice president al gore speaking in davos about tariffs on solar panels imposed by the trump administration. he said that the trade action is an overreaction by the united states but he doesn't see the tariffs as an utter catastrophe. gore said he doesn't make a habit of defending president trump, but he says that in this case it didn't start with him. he blames the private companies who initiated the trade. do you remember that debate? boy. sometimes i feel like that when i'm trying to explain something to you do you remember that debate? >> you know who's here i do >> neil is here. >> neil is here. i do remember that by the way, quick on meg whitman, do you know that they're trying to raise $2 billion to start this company, that the company can't really even begin without that kind of money? it's probably the largest fundraising effort for a single start-up in history. >> if you don't use it all, it's good to have it, right