. >> my name is pascal brooks. when i was 8 years old i inherited something that is pretty special and blows my mind. jamie: thank you so much for having me, pascal. it is an hyou. how unusual is it for somebody your age to be in charge of all this? >> i'm not the one that does the work, i simply own it. jamie: the 18-year-old may own this winery but he can't legally drink its product. however, he does pitch in every so often to get a good feel for his strange inheritance. >> family winery, very nice. jamie: the story how pascal became the world's youngest owner of a winery begins with his father, jimi brooks. jannie heuck is pascal's aunt. >> as we got older and out of high school week took very, very different paths. jamie: she dips through a degree in accounting while jimi goes on the five year plan, finally gets his b.a. and finds himself by traveling through europe. >> he moved over there, took a few jobs. we'd spend his money traveling and find another job. jamie: for one job, jimi harvests grapes in the beau

the business is 100% owned by pascal.no longer the fledgling label his father left behind but a big enterprise with long-term commitment. so how does all of that sit with the young man headed off to college? will he follow in his dad's footsteps? >> what if you go to college and you decide, i want to be an architect? >> that's what i'm going to do. i'll still own it, but i'll be an architect. >> before pascal heads off, janie throws a party to celebrate the new winery and their loving memory of jimmy brooks. so that was your dad's backpack. and this is a draft with a collection of stories and pictures from your dad's friends. i didn't have time to finish it, but -- [ applause ] >> one of my favorite things he left me was his library. i've gone through and found his notes in the margins or found something he said there. it's like having a conversation with him. >> i think he's at a good point in his life when he is looking forward to honor his dad's memory. and he is so good. >> the day we broke ground here, there was a do

the only thing is on amy pascal. pushed back on her and said wait a minute you were the head of a studio. why didn't you produce more movies with women with female leads? >> i'm going to have to suggest amy pascal being the female exec of a movie studio is not actually the norm in hollywood. >> true. but she was the one sitting there talking about it. yeah, and it is fair to say a lot of men could also put women in protagonist roles if they so choose to. i want to play another sound from amy pascal talking about the hack itself and her females that were released. >> you know you read an e-mail. many of the e-mails i wrote between my friends and myself were, you know we've been friends for 30 years. there's no way that you can ever explain the way that you talk with someone, where you just sort of go into meta conversations and sarcasm and role playing and any time i even thought i would try to explain that to anybody, it would just -- didn't work. >> all right, jess. what of the media sensation that was created aroun

pascal says "i am energize told be starting this new chapter based at the company i call home." >> so much concern that sony could lose a lot of money on this. but suggestions otherwise? >> reporter: sony just announcing they had their strongest quarter in a decade. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> and from the hollywood hack attack to the one affecting millions of americans tonight, 80 million americans, in fact, at one of the nation's biggest health insurance companies. private information, social security numbers, stolen. in what could be the largest health care security breach in history. pierre thomas in washington tonight. and this is concerning. >> reporter: indeed david. folks at home may not know it but anthem owns blue cross and blue shield and those affected customers are potentially at tre tremendous risk. look at what was taken. sensitive personal details. dates of birth. social security numbers. details about employ and income. this is exactly what criminals need to assume your identity to become you. in the past we've seen thieves buy cars houses take out loans. while anthem

. >> we went to the 5600 block of pascal street where the shooting supposedly took place. we did find one witness who said the shots were fired in the 6500 block of pascal street. they said the shooter was last seen in a dark colored or black dodge charger. we have no description of the shooter just a description of the vehicle a dark black dodge charger, newer model. that witness was transported to southwest detectives and is being interviewed by southwest detectives. now we did find in the 6500 block of pascal street several private surveillance cameras along the the block. so hopefully those cameras recorded something to help us with our investigation. >> reporter: here we have a surveillance camera here above 65th ape wood land too that police will likely look at just to see what transpired out here before the police officer, happened to becoming out of the district there, and to get this guy to the hospital and essentially save his life. the good news is from homicide detectives is that they have not yet called us with an update to say that the guy died yet. if he has

amy pascal is resigning as sony motion picture group. will remain with the company with a producing deal. this comes on the heels of a devastating cyberattack on sony. a comedy that centers on an assassination plot. they ordered the attack on north korea and employees, an embarrassing fire storm. it includes thousands of personal e-mails among pascal's inbox. the two joked whether the first african-american president enjoyed movies like "12 years a slave." everyone at this company has been violated and nobody here deserved this, she explained. now powerful executives get and lose jobs all of the time and it's never exactly a tragedy. but a person's career can be derailed by a hacker. not for amy pascal in particular, but everyone living in this creepy era. facebook is a largely public forum. amy pascal's e-mails, as offensive as they were, were supposedly private. we have intimate communications that you believe are private are not, in fact, private. everything you say for younger generations is recordable or accessible by someone. the a

tonight, the head of sony pictures, amy pascal, who joked over e-mail about the movies president obama might like, suggesting "django unchained," well end tonight, the job is no longer hers. but some say, she got quite a deal. here's abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, the hacking scandal touching everyone from president obama to angelina jolie, now taking down the head of sony pictures entertainment, amy pascal. one of the highest ranking women in hollywood. three months ago, a cyber attack allegedly by north korea, making her private e-mails public, including conversations mocking jolie and racially insensitive comments involving the president. back then, pascal apologizing to civil rights leaders, saying the comments were "not an accurate reflection of who i am." >> do you think it's going to be enough to save your job, amy? >> i hope so. >> reporter: but today, sony announcing she is stepping down. was this inevitable? >> i think it was inevitable, given the content of the e-mails and given how public this became. >> reporter: now, sony says pas

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coming up, departing pictures of cochair amy pascal from sony. speaks about her -- in her first public appearance after her studios hack attack. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west." i'm cory johnson. amy pascal speaks out for the first time since the november 2014 cyberattacks on the company. speaking last night in san francisco at the women in the world conference, she opened up about the very early moments when she first learned about how big this attack was. >> you have been through something so extraordinary in the last few months. none of us can hardly imagine what it must have been like. >> no, i promise. >> tell me about the moment when you first realize the slow-moving car crash was happening with the north koreans attacking sony, and they are sabotaging the whole system and people are finding skull and cross bones on their computers and it is all shutting down and you think everything is going haywire, but then this -- there was this personal moment when you realize they were about to dump personal e-mails out onto the internet. tell

obama. >> should i ask him if he liked django pascal said?she quickly issued an apology and held a meeting with african-american leaders expressing her commitment to change the culture in hollywood. but in the end, it was not enough to save her job. >> the apologizing amy pascal tried in the wake of the scandal was too little too late. when you write the kind of e-mails she did about some pretty big names even though it was never her intention for those to be seen the damage is done. >> "variety" editor in chief said pascal could still reshape her legacy. as part of the split she'll get a production deal backed by sony. but as the executive that greenlit the comedy, the hacking incident will always be part of her story. ben tracy, los angeles. >>> someone could make a movie about the new england patriots dramatic victory in sunday's super bowl. it is the team's fourth nfl title under robert kraft one of the most successful owners in sports. he's with charlie in business kancontain -- biscayne florida. >> good morning. >> this is a man at an e

pascal is one of the people who pushed hard for the interview to be shown. i know the e-mails were horrendous attached to her. really horrendous. why didn't men follow this? such few women leading the pack in hollywood. why is the woman the one that had to go? >> she is the one at the top. >> but wasn't the only e-mail. wasn't the only person whose e-mail was pretty horrific. a lot of other e-mails. from other people in hollywood, executives. i'm just saying. few women over there. coming up -- how low can you go? the racy cover to the new "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition. why it may be too hot for tv. >>> and the other way this iconic piece of eye candy is reinventing itself in the age of social media. >>> in the next half hour, what in the world is a polar bear doing in the city of london, taking a stroll, riding the underground? looks pretty real but would it really fool you? you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. >>> when the "sports illustrated" issue made the 1964 debut, the bik

. >>> amy pascal is in hot water again.tted she was fired by sony over controversial statements revealed in an infamous data hack which included -- which included racially charged jokes about president obama. when speaking at a conference just thick weeks week on the subject of women in hollywood paid less in tinseltown pascal said "i run a business. people want to work for less money, i pay them less money." blaming actresses and actors for their gender pay gap. many agree with joan walsh who tweeted, hey, amy pascal you can tell them they're asking for less than male peers and pay them more. i did." valentine valentine's day tomorrow also trending. galentin galentine's day to celebrate friendships today, was today. you're making a trend by sharing galentine's like this on social media. that's girl power. speaking of love power, "50 shades of grey" opens in the u.s. where it's breaking record. the erotic movie based on the bestselling book had its premiere on wednesday. here's reaction to the overwhelming response. >> remi

just last week the co-chair of sony pictures amy pascal stepped down.'s group she now concedes she was indeed fired but was largely unapologetic for the e-mails that mocked everyone from president obama to angelina jolie. this chummy exchange with scott gruden blasted actress jolie as a minimally talented spoiled brought. that was followed a couple of days later with this icy encounter between pascal and angelina jolie. the leaked e-mails also revealed that women like actress jennifer lawrence were paid less than men. here's what pascal told the women in the world conference about that. >> i run a business. people want to work for less money, i'll pay them less money. i don't call them up and go can i give you some more because that's not what you do when you run a business. the truth is what women have to do is not work for less money. they have to walk away. people shouldn't be so grateful for jobs. >> brian stelter is our senior media correspondent and host of cnn's reliable sources. i was actually pretty surprised by her frankness. >> reporter: i wa

later on we will have sony picture's former cochair amy pascal, talking for the first time since thetudios massive hacking scandal. she talks about what it was like the days after that massive attack. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. twitter ceo anthony noto's account was hacked this week, the second time he has had issues with his company's product. a few months ago, he sent a private message to his public followers. so how big of a problem is the direct messages if the ceo cannot even figure it out? brad stone asked that question to dick costolo. >> it is being able to take a public conversation private. we believe when you see these public conversations and you participate in them, there is a tremendous use case for taking the conversation to a private channel whether it is between you and a company -- how many times do you see people say i missed my flight at delta, virgin america united, please help me, and they respond. being able to take that context of any public conversation between two accounts to a private channel between one or more of those accounts, we think is a huge opportunity

pascal now saying jolie didn't care. >> first person i talked to is angie after that e-mail. hollywood. if we were all actually nice, it wouldn't work. >> reporter: as for jennifer lawrence getting paid less than her "american hustle" co-stars. >> i run a business. if people want to work for less money i will pay them less money. what women have to do is not work for less money. >> what she sees as a teachable moment in all of this. >> you should always say exactly what you think directly to people all the time. >> reporter: pascal is also blunt when it comes to her situation saying at 56 years old it's not the time in your life you want to start over again and she admits to being scared. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> lawmaker in puerto rico is getting a lot of criticism for proposing a bill that would fine parents because their kids are obese. if it is enacted, overweight children would be assigned a health adviser who would work up a diet and exercise plan and would follow up every month. parents then could be fined up to $500 if their child doesn't show enough prog

meantime the scene at 66th and pascal where he was able to tell the officer he was driving by and got shot by somebody. here's inspector scott small filling us in with more. >> while in route to the hospital, the victim did state he was shot at 6500 block of pascal street which is about a block south of 60th and wood land, and he states he was driving his vehicle will when shots rang out. three shots came into his vehicle and he was struck in the chest. while the sergeant was driving to the hospital, he initially was conscious and then he became unconscious and no longer able to talk to the sergeant. >> reporter: bob kelly will see that wood happened, which is a a trolley tracks here, big septa route and a big main drag for everybody driving in southwest philadelphia is shut down now this all happened at 1:30 this morning. we don't have have any idea from police when they will be able to reopen this because it is a crime scene here and over a few blocks away at 66th and pascal where we will get you video when we see you in a half an hour or so. what a story here. no matter how cold it

. >>> sony's cochair amy pascal is stepping down. her removeal has been speculated about since the november hacking. pascal, who has led the studio for over a decade b will step aside in may and launch a new company paid for by sony. she wrote, i have spent almost any entire professional life at sony. >>> during politics president obama stirred up controversy at the national prayer breakfast on thursday. speaking about extremism, the president challenged christians to reflect on there are narnlg hoer hoer. >> aisis a brutal death cult that in the name of religious carries out unspeakable accounts of barbarianism. the strength the profound good the tenacity the compassion and love, it can flow from all of our faiths. operating alongside those who seek to hijack religious for their own murder ascents. humanity has been grapple with this through -- we get on our high horse. people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country, slavery and jim crowe all too often was justified in the name of christ. >>> so critics

private e-mails were linked online including embarrassing comments made by pascal.criticized top hollywood talent such as angelina jolie and in one exchange she and scott rudin made racially public remarks. she quickly issued an apology and held a meeting with african-american leaders expressing her commitment to change the culture in hollywood but in the end it was not enough to save her job. >> the apologizing amy pascal attempted in the wake of the scandal was too little too late. when you write the kinds of e-mails she did about some pretty big names even though it was never her intention for those e-mails to be seen the damage is done. >> reporter: he said she can still shape her legacy. as the executive who green lit the comedy that inspired the attack, the hacking incident will always be a part of her story. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> someone could make a movie about the new england patriots' dramatic victory in sunday's super bowl. robert kraft, one of the most successful owners in pro sports he's with charlie in key biscayne, florida

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we are all speculating about who might replace amy pascal or if anyone will replace amy pascal in thellywood about her record mixed feelings about what the consequences of the sony hack really were and how behavior may or may not change in hollywood in the way films are made. there's a lot going on in the industry -- tom: listen i think actors and producers, you can't put 'em all under, you know, one broad brush, but there's a lot of egos, and she damaged a lot of egos, she basically called them out on a lot of their behavior as well. in her opinion. so is she, she's going to have this production company, what -- who's going to want to work for her? who's going to want to produce or act for her? >> oh, i think anybody who's looking to make a movie and needs financing is going to want to work for her. she's got a lot of money at her disposal, and she's got an extraordinary track record with creative people. let me bring up one, i think classic amy pascal story that predates the hack and the, all the bruhaha about the interview and that goes to a movie called "moneyball." she green lit

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sony studio chief amy pascal demoted? and will "nightly news" anchor brian williams be next?dom. >> back to amy pascal. is she the first casualty of the sony e-mail hack, or did she actually get the better end of the deal? tmz reported a vote of confidence from the co-stars of "the interview" but it was not enough to save pascal. two months later, she's no longer sony pictures co-chair.

amy pascal seems to be putting on a happy face about the change.om the hack? >> i think it's definitely directly related to the hack. she's always been for better or for worse, the public image of studio and the one who took the biggest hit to her public image. there had been speculation last month someone was going to take the fall and most likely it would be her. >> you look at -- according to sony, the hack cost 15$15 million. it complicated the release of a major motion pictures. it sounds like the dollars were made up in the promotion. in terms of the ultimate goals, they seemed successful in derailing a major american motion picture and the studio that produced it. >> right. certainly they disrupted the operations of the major corporation to a stunning degree. and a really crippled the studio. in a way that they're still going to try to recover from you know the fire bomb of their systems. you know, they still have to rebuild the computer systems, rebuild a lot of relationships. both with hollywood as well as beyond, as you can see, you know.

amy pascal cochair of sony pictures entertainment and the executive oversaw is controversial film "the interview" will now step down. the cyber attack as you recall was one of the biggest in corporate history leaking thousands of e-mails, many of them embarrassing. pascal will leave her post in may. >>> after the close of trading, twitter surprised investors with its fourth quarter results. the company earning 12 cents a share doubling wall street estimates. revenue was about $480 million easily topped consensus as well. shares surged initially in after hours trading. julia boorstin has the one big takeaway from twitter's results. >> reporter: twitter is making a lot more money even if it's not adding a lot more users. the company finishing the quarter with 288 million monthly active users up 20% from a year earlier but means it added 4 million users over the quarter, fewer than wall street expected. that means twitter is making a lot more money on its existing user base with the amount twitter makes for every timeline views growing 60% over the past year. bolsters ad business by givin

plus, no love here, the former executive pascal speaks out about women who are paid less than men. that's creating a lot of heat guys. we're back in two. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. >> talking about the ten year note and yields continue to rise back at the 2% mark as you see right there, 1.981, up 10% in the last week. let's check the bond action on the back of that degraded auction at the top of the show. rick san tell la at the cme, hi rick. >> hi tyler, indeed percentages on low yields are treacherous experimenting with that, but looking at 30 year bonds in particular because it was a spongy auction, a 24-hour chart. one issue market that trades only on yields is very similar, 2.6

in another hacking casualty today, amy pascal announced her resignation as cochair of sony pictures. perhaps the most powerful woman in hollywood pascal saw her sensitive e-mails about stars and president obama dumped into public view. the f.b.i. says the hack came from north korea, which was angered by a sony movie about the assassination of its dictator. tonight, european leaders and secretary of state john kerry are in ukraine to stop a revolution. the white house is considering sending weapons to ukraine to fight the rebels in the eastern part of the country rebels who are backed by russia. elizabeth palmer discovered what the ukrainians are up against. >> reporter: to the ukrainian army, this road is everything right now. it's their only supply line to the epicenter of heavy fighting where they're under blistering attack from russian-backed separatists. we're about 10 miles north of the front line. there's very little civilian traffic. most people have left, and there's almost constant exchange of heavy artillery fire. the ukrainians are dug in on both sides of the road, conceal

this morning, amy pascal is in the headlines again.in world summit in san francisco, talking about everything from the moment she realized her e-mail was compromised to how women in the industry are and should be paid. >> nagging in the back of my mind and i kept calling, can we have our e-mails ready? >> reporter: amy pascal speaking publicly for the first time after stepping down as the head of sony pictures triggered by "the interview" a film she spearheaded. >> there was there horrible moment where i realized there was absolutely nothing at all that i could do about whether i had hurt people whether i had betrayed people whether i had said things that i didn't mean. >> reporter: e-mails leaked by the cyber attackers revealed insurance sensitive comments about president obama and angelina jolie as well as an apparent pay gap that under valued some of sony's biggest female stars like jennifer lawrence. her response. >> i run a business. people want to work for less money. i will give them less money. i don't call them up and say you

. >>> could this be the final thaw out amy pennsylvania pascal steps down plus kardashians are cancelin the world of kardashian, the insider's michael yo joins us from l.a. with more on that and rest of the news in entertainment. hello there michael. >> gone but not out is amy pascal the first casualty of sony a's e-mail scandal. we will break it right now down here's the insider in 60 seconds. >> do you want to kill kim jong un. >> totally. >> thank you for having us here. >> a vote of confidence from the the co stars of the interview were not enough to save pascal less than two months later she's out at sony pictures as co-chairman but will remain as a producer. amy was at center of sony's unprecedented sign's tack in which racist e-mails were leaked targeting president obama. the also trending an update on whitney houston's daughter. >> how is bobbi kristina doing. >> reporter: as relatives gathered by her side bobbi kristina is in a medically induced comb a the man who found bobby's body was recently hit with felony drug charges. >>> also trending, is there a kardashian cancellati

first, the sony head amy pascal goes wild on actors, next. >> bottomless pits of need. anything like it. er s and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. ♪. kennedy: i wish i was on the highway ♪ rancid. awesome. love it. >>> former sony executive amy pascal under fire, she has opened up since leaving her post. she has opened up a case of gin. at the recent women in the world conference, she was asked about the vulnerability of actors and gave this frank answer. >> they are bottomless pits of need. you've never seen anything like it. >> you have to wrap it up, you have to tell them. >> but they are so great, because they are this magical thing that no one else can be. kennedy: does she always talk like she's drunk? i would respect. that ka

. >> we went to the 65 hundred block of pascal street where the shooting supposedly took place.find one witness who said that the shots were fired from the 6500 block of pascal street. they said the shooter was last seen in a dark colored or black dodge charger. we have no description of the shooter, just a description of the vehicle. >> reporter: and not only was that sergeant trying to save his life by driving him as quickly as he could in his police cruiser to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania, but he was also trying to get as much information that he could out of the victim. we are told that the victim did lose consciousness on his way. now, i just checked with police they tell me that the 22-year-old victim still remains in surgery and he is still in critical condition at this time. and you heard police say at this point they don't have any description on any suspects. they do have a description on a vehicle that a witness did describe at the scene not far from here. again, that is a late model dodge charger. if you have any information it are urged to contact

former sony co-chair amy pascal speaks out on her demotion and takes down tinseltown in the process. style "insider" lloyd boston goes inside the star branding phenomenon at new york fashion week. >> right now, back to amy pascal. at the center of the infamous leaked sony scandals bad mouthing president obama and angelina jolie. throughout the scandal she's been satirized and some say scapegoated. now amy's getting the last word. >> we're hearing for the first time from the sony executive fired after

but what is weird about amy pascal's catharsis. and how phony she sounds, this woman was pushed out of sony for writing nasty e-mails about hollywood stars even as he was ingratiateing herself with and sucking up to those hollywood stars, she apologized said those e-mails did not reflect who she was or what she thought now that she is south much sony, she is back to speaking her mind, and calls those celebs what she first e-mailed they were. i guess jerks which brings amy back full circle, which means we have all been circle jerked. here is what she saying, that stuff i said, about -- everything i wrote i was lying. look at what she just told tina brown. >> everyone understood we all live in this world thinging it called hollywood if we all were actually nice it would not work, there are bottom los los list pits of need. >> i am dizzy so, those e-mails you wrote were right and mea culpa afterwards to those offended stars were wrong? back while you were sucking up to them, you are sorry you did it now a free woman you are letting th

of course interesting to hear from amy pascal. was a high-profile conference but obviously felt the timing was good at this point away from the sony hacking scandal. >>> all right. fitness tracker fitbit is advising wearers to quote, take a break, end quote, if it causes skin irritation. the company says skin reactions aren't common among those who wear jewelry or wristbands and likely come from wearing the band too tight or from sweat, water, or soap being trapped under the band. taking a break from the fit bit is a problem because the device is designed to be worn at all times. of course it tracks steps and feet patterns. >> i wear one. >> do you get a rash? >> no i don't. it's the second time they've come out. there was one they discontinued. no. >> i wear bracelets. sometimes when you get water under them it's itchy. maybe apple ahead of the release of the apple watch will take note. >> what? >> noing. >> it's a whole new problem. >>> all right. you're planning on -- >> doesn't wear brace lets i guess. >> torsos yoga pants, br

amy pascal is going out the door. >> i'm surprised, tom, very surprised. one of the things -- we both obviously covered the story. company's financial performance was strong underneath. she was a good thing for the bottom line at sony. i'm speculating here, i have a feeling she lost the trust of the artists. once the e-mails surfaced and she was so brazen about angelina jolie and kevin hart and racism was mentioned in several reports, it just -- i think that without the stars and the directors trusting you you can't effectively run the company. fair to say here she was good for the company. tom: up until the hack. >> but the stockholder don't think so, they are celebrating the fact. >> is she the only one? there were more people. his name is escaping me. right above her. is she the only one to fall on the floor for what was going on? you're right about losing the trust of the actors and producers. will anything change? tom: the culture of japan, they ran very independently still, they're a japanese company. >> nothing is going to change in hollywood. you t

>> aim mizamy pascal is going to start a new production venture at the studio, a four-year deal. she's been at sony since 1996. yes, this follows the hack of the e-mails in which she made some racially insensitive comments about president obama's taste in movie. the hack was in response to "the interview," showing the assassination of a north korean leader in thier theory, kim jong-un. did not ask amy pascal to step down, it says the two executives had gone back and forth about whether this would be the best thing for the company. this is where you are. >> got you. we've learnt learned something about the cost to the company of the hack right? >> it revealed that the company planned to take a $15 million charge against these losses in the current quarter. the company says the money would call investigation and remediation cost related to sony, and to put this in perspective, sony earned $737 million in the last three months of 2014. so not that big a deal on the books. >> right. what else do you have coming up on the big show? >> great story the change of the community government

now amy pascal, has been fired perhaps. what do these hackers want? >> it is unclear.hem is looking at this question very carefully. we will say one thing, we know they wanted a lot of information. we do not know exactly what they want to do with it. but they wanted a lot of it and they wanted to keep their options open. this is pretty standard for hacking attacks. if you have access to a company that has not secured its stata center properly, an individual or a small group of individuals who have access to 80 million social security numbers you will take all of it and sort it out later. some of the tools indicate this could be state-sponsored attackers but they are certainly sophisticated attackers. >> and they got it bloomberg west will be right back. ♪ emily: founder, ceo, mad scientist. max levchin is one of silicon valley's most iconic entrepreneurs. he has played a role in some of tech's biggest successes, from yahoo! to yelp. today, you can find him in his innovation lab, tackling issues like fertility, health care, and banking. many years ago, max levchin had n