here are with me to discuss this, owen thomas, who wrote the original story for gawker in 2007, that quote outed peter as gay. he is business editor for the "san francisco chronicle." so owen, knowing that you know now, do you have any regrets about writing that story? owen: i have no regrets about writing that story. emily: why not? owen: i didn't out peter. he outed himself to a wide circle of people in silicon valley who took it upon themselves to say, this is ok for us to know. the unwashed masses should not know such a detail about one of our own. emily: just because he told people who know him, should it be public? owen: if it's an open secret, why shouldn't you discuss it. it was in our mission. also fundamentally as a gay man, i feel like -- emily: yourself? owen: as a gay man myself, we need to live in a world where it's ok to say that person is gay, i'm gay, where it's not viewed as some kind of schoolyard taunt but as simply a , human fact about someone that is interesting. interesting because not everyone is gay, we are a minority within the population, but it should be ok

owen thomas "outed" peter thiel. as gay in a gawker profile back in 2007. now the business editor for the san francisco chronicle. i caught up with thomas on the latest development. emily: so, knowing what you know now, do you have any regrets about writing the story? >> i have no regrets. emily: why not? >> first of all, i do not believe i outed peter thiel. i think he did that himself to a wide circle of people in silicon valley. who then took it upon themselves to say, this is ok for -- but -- ok for us to know, but the unwashed masses should not know a detail about one of our own. emily: just because he told people who know him, does that mean it should be public? >> if it is an open secret, why can't you discuss it? gawker was founded to discuss open secrets. it was in our mission. fundamentally, and as a gay man -- emily: as a gay man yourself? >> as a gay man myself, -- not -- i feel like we need to live in a world where it is ok to say this person is gay, that person is gay and it is not viewed as a schoolyard taunt, but a human fact about someone t

. >> commissioner swig commissioner bobby wilson that be absent to my left is thomas owen for legal advice at the controls is gary the boards legal assistants boards legal assistants executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. at the table in front is senior building inspector joe duffy dbi providing the advice for the department of building inspection and joined when i scott sanchez the zoning administrator who will be representing planning department and planning commission and carli short the bureau of the department of public works as well as chris buck forecast with

emily: that was owen thomas, business editor and former gawker reporter with check ceo.up the alphabet chair on , why europe is anti-american and on to entrepreneurs. his exclusive interview from the breakaway summit next. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. alphabet chair eric schmidt spoke at the bloomberg breakaway conference this week and singled out improvements in health and technology that he sees ahead. our bloomberg editor in chief midt if the private sector was better investing in these projects than the u.s. government. >> i am not willing to fall into the traditional cynicism about government. let me observe that our government spends an enormous amount of money on the wrong things. i would like to have a little bit of it on the things that are moon shots, enormous scale things that can benefit the country. john: you gave the example of health. what is another moonshot? eric: i will give you two examples -- the health thing is -- it can be understood as analog meets digital. so up until now, doctors have been living in an

owen thomas, thank you for coming on, former reporter for gawker, "san francisco chronicle" businessditor now. appreciate you joining us and hearing your side of the story. dan, it helps to have as always -- >> it's a really interesting question. emily: with me for the hour. now we're going to dig into these themes further with anthony tan later this hour and talk about how they're taking on uber. ♪ ers continue to drop their name into yahoo!'s core asset. at&t is also making a bid for the struggling web portal against verizon, long considered the frontrunner. what value do people see in the business? dan is the former c.o.o. of yahoo!, current c.e.o. of cheg making some big acquisitions, first on yahoo!, there are reports that you are part of a group, your facilitating dan gilbert's bid for yahoo!, can you tell us anything about that? >> i'm not facilitating anything. i think the story was accurate which was i carry great deal about the company, as do many former yahoo!s. when there are high quality people interested in understanding the business, we're all happy to help them unders

emily: that was owen thomas business editor and former , gawker reporter with check ceo. sayingphabet andeurope is anti-american anti-entrepreneur. his exclusive interview from the breakaway summit next. ♪ ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to the best of "bloomberg west. i'm emily chang. alphabet chair eric's schmidt spoke at the bloomberg or delay conference and singled out big breakthroughs in health and technology that he sees ahead. our bloomberg editor in chief asked if the private sector was better investing in these projects in the u.s. governments. take a listen. >> i am not willing to fall into the traditional cynicism about government. let me observe that our government spends an enormous amount of money on the wrong things. i would like a little bit of it on the things that are moon shots, enormous scale things that can benefit the country. john: you gave the example of health. what's another example? error: i will give you two examples. the health thing could be understood as analog meets digital. up until now, doctors have been living in an analog world and it's incred

emily: that was owen thomas, business editor and former gawker reporter with check ceo.the alphabet chair on why europe is anti-american and on to entrepreneurs. his exclusive interview from the breakaway summit next. ♪ okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. juliette: let's get her to the first word news. gold has fallen for the ninth day in a row, its longest losing streak in the year, as the dollar strengthens versus its major peers. thus janet yellen said on friday that an interest rate increase is likely in coming months. japanese shares rose monday what the shanghai composite closed flat. treasury 10 futures contracts fell by the most in almost two weeks. treasury bills, notes, and bonds are close worldwide today. the yen has gone down to a one-month low against the dollar, and the topix has seen its highest close since a sales tax increase will probably be delayed. japan's retail sales growth stalled in april, and a growing weakness of private consumption is increas

. >> commissioner swig commissioner bobby wilson that be absent to my left is thomas owen for legal advice at the controls is gary the boards legal assistants boards legal assistants executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. at the table in front is senior building inspector joe duffy dbi providing the advice for the department of building inspection and joined when i scot

. >> commissioner swig commissioner bobby wilson that be absent to my left is thomas owen for legal advice at the controls is gary the boards legal assistants boards legal assistants executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. at the table in front is senior buildi

his name is thomas owens, you know him. he said based on the pitch and cadence on this tape, that jn miller and donald trump are the same guy. do you agree? >> it seems like it is. in addition to which, this mr. trump, knows more about donald trump and donald trump does. and he uses the same words, same phrases, and with the same knowing of each and every detail of different questions as they are thrown to him. and without any hesitation. >> yeah. >> you think the clip we played in the intro is significant because, you know, where people quote john miller, he starts to work for donald trump. tell me why, why do you think that's important, the clip in the beginning? >> well what's important is he's asked twice what company do you work at and where did you come from. she had never heard the name. he doesn't give a name after company. he doesn't say how long he worked for the company. just that he's a friend of donald trump. donald trump thinks highly of him. and then he is requesting to do this part-time and then move on. >>

. >> commissioner swig commissioner bobby wilson that be absent to my left is thomas owen for legal advice at the controls is gary the boards legal assistants boards legal assistants executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. at the table in front is senior building inspector joe duffy dbi providing the advice for the department of building inspection and joined when i scott sanchez the zoning administrator who will be representing planning department and planning commission and carli short the bureau of the department of public works as well as chris buck forecast with the the public works please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments

lazarus and commissioner swig we expect commissioner bobby wilson to be here tonight to my left is thomas owen for legal advice and gary board's executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. we expect senior citizen builder inspector joe duffy dbi and scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission and joined by from the public works the public works of mapping please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. there are customer satisfaction forms available. if you have a question about the schedule, speak to the staff after the meeting

. >> commissioner swig commissioner bobby wilson that be absent to my left is thomas owen for legal advice at the controls is gary the boards legal assistants boards legal assistants executive director. we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. at the table in front is senior building inspector joe duffy dbi providing the advice for the department of building inspection and joined when i scott sanchez the zoning administrator who will be representing planning department and planning commission and carli short the bureau of the department of public works as well as chris buck forecast with the the public works please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments