microsoft really bound us. we started off as friends but got enmeshed around microsoft. since i have gone, we really have drifted a bit. emily: he was not happy about when you left. what happened? steve: it was not a simple thing for either one of us. i think that at the end of the day there were probably two things. a little difference and opinions on the strategic direction of the company, which i think is a challenge. number two, he and i always had what i would say a brotherly relationship in the good parts of the bad parts. towards the end, i think that was a bit more difficult, with strategic direction change. the rest of the board felt pressured despite the fact that profits were not going up. kind of a combustible situation. emily: does it bother you that you do not get credit for that? steve: sure and now. at the end of the day, i have the comfort of knowing that what i did, and feeling good about myself and everything else does not matter. emily: where did he want to take the company? steve: there is a disagreement about how important it was to be in the hardwa

microsoft was the thing that really bound us.s friends but got in mashed around microsoft and since then, since i have gone, we have drifted little bit. when you left, he left suddenly. what really happened? steve: it was not a simple thing for either one of us. day,nk at the end of the probably two things -- a little bit of a difference on the strategic direction of the company, which i think is a challenge. and number two, he and i always had what i would call a brotherly relationship in the good parts and bad parts. i think toward the end, that was a bit more difficult than not, particularly with a strategic direction change and stock prices are going anywhere, so the rest of the board felt pressure despite the fact that profits were going up, so i think it was a combustible situation. that: does it bother you you don't get credit for that? steve: sure and no. i have the comfort of knowing what i did, feeling good about myself and everything else doesn't really matter. toly: where did you want take the company and where did he

microsoft really done this. buttarted off as friends got enmeshed around microsoft. since i have gone, we really have drifted a bit. emily: he was not happy about when you left. what happened? it was not a simple thing for either one of us. i think that at the end of the day there were probably two things. opinionsdifference and on the strategic direction of the company, which i think is a challenge. always had he and i what i would say a brotherly relationship in the good parts of the bad parts. towards the end, i think that , withbit more difficult strategic direction change. feltest of the board pressured despite the fact that profits were not going up. kind of a combustible situation. emily: does it bother you that you do not get credit for that? sure and now. at the end of the day, i have the comfort of knowing that what i did, and feeling good about myself and everything else does not matter. emily: where did he want to take the company? steve: there is a disagreement about how important it was to be in the hardware business. the board was reluctant and support

in the last couple of weeks, microsoft stock peaked at an all time high. lester? >> cynthia, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, marijuana on the ballot. >>> we're back now with a whole lot of weed on the ballot. recreational pot and sales of recreational and medicinal marijuana will top a billion dollars this year. but state officials are still trying to measure the social costs. now five other states are voting on legalization next week. none bigger than california. here's harry smith. >> this is breakfast made with mother's love, right? >> reporter: jennifer is a california mom who is worried about election day. >> this is the reason for prop 64. >> reporter: because her state is voting o recreational marijuana. >> it will certainly be more prevalent, and it will be more challenging for our kids to say no. >> reporter: california, arizona, nevada, massachusetts, and maine all have legal cannibis on the ballot. potentially joining legal marijuana states oregon, washington, colorado, and alaska. >> everybody knows anyone wants it can get it today. >> reporter: ca

microsoft's new alert to customers about hack attacks linked to russia. and tonight what nbc news has learned about putin's efforts to rid russia of a big american name. >>> the pot vote. marijuana on the ballot from coast to coast. red states, blue states, supporters of legalized weed, hoping to turn them green. >>> and hot in cleveland. gripped by baseball fever, can they win it all? "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. seven days to go until election day and both hillary clinton and donald trump are on the offense and on message. clinton trying to pivot from the surprise fbi e-mail probe, to make an appeal to women voters, while trump is renewing his vow to repeal obamacare. and there's less time in this race than those seven days may suggest due to early voting now under way. a record 26 million americans have already voted, that's twice as many than we saw at this point four years ago. in a few minutes, chuck todd will update us on t

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software giant microsoft. intelligence sources tell nbc news, hackers previously linked to the russian government are exploiting a vulnerability in its windows operating system for cyber attacks. the same group u.s. intelligence believes is responsible for hacking the democratic national committee. as nbc news' cynthia mcfadden explains, microsoft has been in the kremlin's cross hairs for quite some time now. ? ? >>or vladimir putin has engaged in a series of provocative moves. according to the u.s. government, from interference in the u.s. election, to nuclear sabre-rattling. relations between russia and the u.s. are at a low point. >> i think we're at the lowest ebb since the end of the cold war in terms of our relations with russia. putin is an old kgb officer who views the world as a zero-sum new front. going after american companies. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells nbc news that vladimir putin is specifically targeting software giant microsoft. why? not only because they are the most prominent a

our exclusive interview with the former microsoft ceo.lus, a switch and controllers at the top of the gaming industry. why nicola tomasi is handing over the reins at glu mobile. the gap with microsoft and amazon? let's start with the top tech stories of the week. proxy advisors are split on the tesla solar city deal. lewis cannot opposing the acquisition, calling it a thinly veiled bailout plan. the earlier institutional shareholder service said the shareholders should vote in favor of the proposed 2.3 billion merger of the two companies. an iss report says tesla can bridge the funding gap with cash burning solar city. joining us to break down this and the other top stories of the week is the principal analyst at forrester, and bloomberg news reporter who covers tesla. let's start with you. a good day for this tesla solar city deal, considering there were 2 reports telling investors to do separate things? >> it's a mixed bag. is pretty influential. so with glass lewis. the iss report came out first. i think what people should remember is

microsoft was the thing that bound us.ted off as friends, but then got meshed around microsoft. since i have gone, we have really drifted a little bit. emily: you know, he was not happy about when you left. he left suddenly. what really happened? >> it was definitely not a simple thing for either one of us. i think tha t at the end of the day, there were two things. a little bit of a difference on the strategic direction of the company, which is a challenge. and number two, he and i had always had what i would call brotherly relationship in the good parts and bad parts. i just think towards the end that was a little bit more difficult, and not with the strategic direction change. you know, that stock prices as well. the rest of the board felt pressure, despite the fact that profits were going up. it was a combustible situation. youy: does it ever bother that you do not take credit for that? >> sure and no. at the end of the day, i have the comfort of knowing what i did and everything does not matter. emily: where did you w

former microsoft c.e.o.allmer there. stay tuned for more of our he can cluesive conversation where we discuss ballmer's move from the board room to the basketball court as the owner of the l.a. clippers. ♪ emily: back to our exclusive conversation with steve ballmer. in 2014 ballmer broughting his trademark energy and enthusiasm to the basketball court, buying the l.a. clippers for $2 billion. in part two of our interview, i asked him about the purchase and what life is like as the new owner of a sports team. >> i love the game. i low love seeing us go out there and win. but there's aspects to the job as well. how do i, you know, sort of properly interact with our coach, with our basketball staff, with our players. what's my role. we have big decisions in front of us. an arena. where do we go in terms of changing the way sports is consumed, ewing digital techniques, not just o.t.t., but virtual reality and live statistics, in addition to, you know, hey, it's the season, let's go win some ballgames. emily: so

due to the ease the companies can be convinced they work with microsoft. comes as microsoft says that hackers previously linked to the russian government hacks exploited flaws in the windows program and adobe flash software in recent cyber attacks. >>> check it scary video out. it's from zimbabwe making its way around the web. a couple was swimming in a pool at night at a private residence. they were completely surprised when all of a sudden a crocodile dove into the water. the man instantly leaps into the water. the croc goes after the woman biting her several times. luckily she's able to get out of the pool without being seriously injured. they think the crocodile wasn't looking for a late night snack but rather checking out the noise coming from the swimmers. very scary. you know the bites of those can be vicious. >> you're in shock. what is that? the croc is right there going right at her. wow. >>> it is a popular accurate saying, as california goes, so goes the nation. so are they about to open the flood gates of legal marijuana for the rest of the un

they are not the microsoft programmer that we think about. this is an answer to the previous question. >> it all depends on what the numbers look like. let's take the numbers available at face value. the numbers available basically indicate that th is due to confusion in the labor market increased by $50 billion a year. the academy of sciences reports in the short run the fiscal burden so it is actually a wash. even other primates with the much bigger or smaller that is the problem. if we had immigration the last 20 or 30 years where every american was better off we probably wouldn't be debating at all so the fact some people are left behind needs to be addressed. the last chapter of the book that's what i want to stress. the world is not that simple. some people are going to win and some people are going to lose. what i would suggest is if we want the policies that we have in place right now in the future, and the kind of policies we have right now is a policy that is made can be very productive and who could create a sense but we also hope

microsoft works with the government. they say they don't collude on spying. they've say the hackers previously linked to the russian government and the united states, a political hack exploited clogged the windows program in a recent cyber attacks. >>> pope francis told reporters church may last forever. the pope accept it a role to study dee cons and christianity. when asked about the pay for play, he says, quote, pope john paul, ii, had the last clear word on this and it stand. when pressed by clarification by a cnn reporter she stood firm saying the rule is not likely to change. >>> it's a popular saying, as california goes, so goes the nation. so is the golden state about to open the flood gates marijuana for the rest of the united states? stay with us. ?? at walgreens, you're free- free to seize the savings on medicare part d. from one-dollar copays on select plans to rewards points on all prescriptions, it's easy to save big at walgreens. ?? just stop by walgreens. ?? then sit back and enjoy the savings. many sleep

then i kind of was like, you know, maybe the new microsoft is actually the old microsoft. look, these were the mid-managers during that era. now they've moved up, and the culture is back. >> in the old microsoft under steve palmer, who has worked with me at h a monday opp lift. i think your linkedin complaint would indicate you think that could happen again. >> well, i think that you see, you know, the commissioners in europe have also stated there is a very sensitive acquisition because microsoft has stated publicly -- >> at that deutsche bank conference, which i read. you're right. >> what did they say, jim? >> they said they intend to use it to take all the business? >> is that fair and is that legal? >> it was called dumb. if they had general counsel >> the europeans also read that. and other software companies like oracle and sage and others have read that and made the same conclusion that that is something that the industry is not going to stand for. look, we want a fair playing field, and we want everyone to have a good chance. >> all right. now, i'm not going to le

at microsoft headquarters. 11:00 a.m. on wall street. squawk alley is live. ♪ >>> good wednesday morning. welcome to squawk alley. along with zillow ceo who has a lot to talk about this morning. good to see you. a tight race from six days election day. the real clear politics average shows hillary clinton up a little over two points. business leaders continue to speak out about the election. this is what mark cuban told us on this program yesterday. >> he is going to say things that are stupid and ofshive that could lead to some sort of military action not originating from the united states but from another country that is the worse thing possible for the stock market. >> so spencer we are looking at the longest losing streak of the year, maybe five years, depends how we close today. all is all that a reaction to the things cuban is talking about? >> i think it is. we saw this friday with the new fbi letter coming out. the market hates uncertainty whether stock market or housing market. what could be more uncertain than prospect of a pre

google said it gave microsoft ten days to fix the issue.icrosoft said it would be releasing a fix on november 8th. russian president vladimir putin is trying to push microsoft and its products out of russia. nbc news reportsing putin is planning to replace foreign software with domestic alternatives and has already blocked linked in. >>> elon musk making his pitch to purchase solar city. he argues the merger would add half a billion dollars in cash over the next three years and contribute over $1 bill thrown revenue in 2017. musk has described the deal as a no and prayer and says it paves the way for a carbon free energy and technology firm. here's what he said last night. >> for those that predict about outcome how could they have been predicting the outcome for tesla in the past. if their batting average is zero you should really question whether their future predictions are going to be better. >> shares of tesla down by about 10% since the deal was made public in june. shareholders will vote on a prosed transaction on november 17th. >>>

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microsoft has outlook.ed for communication, not only within companies but between companies. linkedin, of course, is expected to augment that. the concern was, if you put these two pieces together, will microsoft lock out others from having access to this information and being able to communica communicate. these concessions should prevent that from happening, microsoft moving to open up outlook more to competitors, and with that sort of move, this is expected to clear eu regulators, and that deal altogether is expected to come together pretty soon, guys. >> yeah, i didn't imagine there was going to be any challenge between linkedin and microsoft. i mean, outlook's outlook. linkedin doesn't necessarily help it or hurt it. this is about the data. this is about a channel in to businesses. this is about enterprise. it's not really necessarily about the communication tools. i don't think. >> but that said, if you connect the two of them -- and mike, i don't know if you want to weigh in on any as wethis as well

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and microsoft says russian linked hackers are exploiting a flaw in the window's operating system. the company says they'll release a repair on election day. but isn't that too late? good morning. coming to you live from msnbc headquarters in new york. these are numbers just in to us. a record number of americans have already voted more than 25 million votes. twice as many vote also as this time in the last presidential election. our battleground map shows clinton with 274 electoral votes in her column. that's more than the 270 needed of course. and donald trump is at 180. our political editor mark murray will be back with me to talk about the changes in the map you see on your screen. a new polls out this morning shows a dead heat nationally. hillary clinton and donald trump tied at 46%. after trump had a one-point lead in that same poll yesterday. they're now back neck and neck. today's poll was taken entirely after friday's surprise announcement from fbi director james comey about those e-mails discovered on a computer belonging to former congressman anthony wiener. here's where

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this time they exploited bugs in microsoft's system. they used an e-mail scam to attack a small y: of users. microsoft said they will have a patch read request by tuesday >>> nearly three-quarters of a million seasonal workers expected to be hired for the holidays, clothing retailers topped the list, macy's j-c penny's gap and kohl as looking for workers. now, some seasonal jobs do become permanent. amazon said more than 14,000 of its temporary positions became permanent after the holidays last year and they expect it to increase this year. amazon is looking for help at most locations around the bay area >>> if you are traveling by plane for the holidays, plan to get to the airport early. an extra half million people are flying, airlines are more ready for more holiday travels, most will have more planes to handle the increase in travelers, 23 million people are expected to fly for the thanksgiving holiday >>> british air ways is now the only european airline to fly out of all three bay area airplanes. airline will begin nonstop flights

this is the microsoft cloud.: facebook and twitter catching flack from angry hillary supporters saying the social media giants pushed the news toward trump by allowing fake news in their feeds. who will be in charge of these decisions? will tech giants be the gatekeeper of free speech? are you surprised by the reaction of google and facebook saying they are going to shut down these ads that perhaps these fake news sites violated their sacred algorithm >> i think they should do it. not because i think they throughout election. i think it' a mistake to have the equality and social media feeds between news u.s.a., some kid making money out of macedonia and the "wall street journal." they are not the same thing. they do not go through fact check. and to have people have to view them as if they are equally real is problematic and you end up -- kennedy: aren't people responsible -- >> maybe you want to not call it a news feed. maybe you want to call it an information feed per wherever that information is coming from wh

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