that's the watch pebble has to replace. i'm sorry, it is no where close to being that device. >> i tried that pebble, they look nice. samsung has come further with the galaxy and not selling well. i can barely remember the products that they had last year. there were some smart things. does it better? >> i think the stuff, the advertisers step back and say what is it about? it's about being connected. >> there is a fork, by the way. >> which i don't understand. a lot of the things we have in our life are smart and going to get connected. c.e.s. or no c.e.s., from my stand point, you know, whatever. >> are you saying none of it matters because it's not apple? >> i'm not saying none of it matters. the big trend is how devices are going to be connected. whether they launch it at c.e.s. or some other place doesn't matter. c.e.s. has much less value. >> how about wearables in general? they are supposed to be the big theme. you mentioned the pebble. is there anything that i'm going to want to wear every single day? >> i haven't s

pebble has announced an app platform. developers are writing for the smart watch can dicenzo tribute. cbs, you get notfications telling you where you parked your car, tire trishaws and service reminders. impressive stuff. this will be 250 available later this year. >> that's incredible. already been some of these biometric tracking devices that you can wear that tell you if you slept well and things like that. there are more advances on that front, too? >> in the there are dozens and dozens of them here, not that many they are doing anything drastically different than before. we are seeing different changes in form factor. nothing revolutionary. it's a hugely growing market. more and more people are buying these devices. services they provide are getting built up. they are smarter about tracking sleep, smarter about tracking activity. before they could only act as pedometers and track sleep as well. they are able to detect if you go to the gym or ride your bike t makes them a lot more useful. we have a ways to go before t

it's the first metal version of the pebble, pebble was a huge kickstarter success in 2012, raised over $10 million. this is an all metal bodied version, the plastic version is a little cheap looking, this is nicer. pebble has announced a platform, so developers writing apps for the smart watch can distribute them more easily. mercedes benz is signed on to get notifies from your car to your wrist, telling you where you parked your car, your tire pressure, service reminders. it's pretty impressive stuff. this is $250, later this year. >> impressive. there are bio metric tracking devices that you can wear to tell you if you slept well and things like that, more advances on that front, too? >> there are dozens and dozens of them here, really not that many that are doing anything drastically different, just different in form factor. nothing revolutionary, but more and more people are buying these device is apartment services they provide are built up. they are smarter about tracking your sleep and activity. before they could only act as pedometers, but now are able to detect if you go to th

the first version of the pebble. it was a huge kick starter success raised over $10 million. this was an all metal building. the plastic version looks cheap looking, this one is a little nicer. the people who are watching apps for the pebble smart watch, and espn has signed on and mercedes measures mercedes-benz, and this will be 250 later this year. >> already, there have been some of these bio metric tracking devices that you can wear that tell if you you slept well. there are more advances on that front, too? >> there are dozens and dozens of them here. there are not that many that are doing anything drastic as before. we're seeing changes in form factor. nothing really revolutionary, but it's a huge growing market. more and more people are buying these items. they're getting smarter about attacking your sleep and activity. before they could only act as pedometers, but now they can detect if you go to the gym or ride your bike. but i think we have a ways to go before they're truly smart he sensors. they're not quite smart and accurate enough for me . >> and video games are

it's the first metal version of the pebble. they raised over $10 million. it's an all-metal body version. it's cheap looking, it looks nicer. pebel is nicer. pebble is writing apps, it's distributed easily. mercedes benz signed on. you can get notifications from your car to the wrist where you parked your car, where the tyre pressures are, service reminders. it's increasing. this will be 250. already there's a biometric tracking device that you wear that tells you if you slept well. are there more advances on that front? >> there are dozens here, not many drastically different to before. nothing revolutionary. it's a growing market. more and more people are buying the devices and the services provided are being built up. they are getting smarter about tracking your sleep. now they are able to detect if you go to the gym or ride your bike, making them useful. we have a ways to go before they are smart sensors. they are not sensitive or active enough. >> video games are taking a leap forward with virtual reality. >> it was a big thing and fell out of fashion.

baker, but a pebble in the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash." >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2,100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other d.o.c. facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range

, i hate to say it, 75 degrees pebble beach. yeah, i know, i know. you don't have to be a straight shooter, not talking about strong wind. 52 san francisco today. temperatures going to climb towards record levels. talking about the upper 70s. 77 degrees, a new recorder in san jose if we hit it. 77 peninsula. 74 in san francisco. part of the reason why it will be. warmer today than yesterday, we're starting out mild we have high pressure in control with more energy today. we get the compressional warming. 80 degrees as a result. today the peak. we slowly start to drop numbers as we head into the weekend. then we get a storm system going to pass to our north. it will drop temperatures into the 70s. monday, after that system comes through and that cold air trailing behind it moves in, we're still going to be above average, 67. average for santa cruz this time of year, 61 degrees. yeah, watch out for traffic over 17 today. mike? >> beats traffic. talking about that? january, everybody else is jealous. here, east shore freeway. seein

it's the pebble steel. it's a watch that connects to your iphone, picks up it's internet connection. here it will show me just all of the terrible restaurant here at the convention center and how bad they are. considering that it came out of in where and it's making its debut, it's the trend that these electronics are following. >> how about that story on that company through crowd sourcing, that's a terrific story. jacob, good to see you, jacob ward out in las vegas for us. >>> dennis rodman getting more attention. >> what the hell you think? i'm standing here, look at these guys. look at them! >> his bizarre interview from north korea defending that country's government. that's next. >>> also 50 years ago president lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. we'll find out what has improved, and what has grown worse. >> welcome back everyone to al jazeera america. breaking news, the u.s. reports one of its helicopters crashed in the u.k. killing four people. it went down on a training mission on the east

i'm on the 8th hole of pebble beach. >> i have been playing tennis for the last 15 seconds in my head. >> stephen: how are you doing. >> wonderful, i just asd you. >> stephen: really? you are such an elitist. ben stiller, thank you so much. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: the secret life of walter hitty, christmas day. ben stiller, w we' we' is wells this's it for 2013, everybody, but before we g the blind buys of alabama. ♪ ♪ go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ over the hills and everywhere ♪ ♪ go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ that jessus christ is born ♪ ♪ go told it on the mountains ♪ ♪ over the hills and everywhere ♪ ♪ go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ that jesus christ is born ♪ ♪ while shepherds kept their watching ♪ ♪ over silent flocks by night ♪ ♪ behold throughout the heavens ♪ ♪ there shown a holy light ♪ go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ over the hills and everywhere ♪ ♪ go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ that jesus christ is born ♪ ♪ when i was a seeker ♪ i is seek both night and day ♪ ♪ i pray to let the lord to help me ♪ ♪ help me lord ♪ and he shows me the way ♪ go tell it on the mou

the field is covered by tarp, then pebbles and then plywood. the grass is never harmed same can't be said for the riders. three different winners in the first three races, competition at the 450cc level is at an all-time high. >> anybody can win. the field -- the riders are all very, very good, and it all narrows down to the start, being up front, being aggressive and fighting for a position, and not letting guys get buy. >> get by, give them an elbow and this is my place. >> teach it up. torrey pines in san diego. tiger woods has one eight times and is in the defending champ of the of the farmers insurance open. today he missed the cut. tiger 2-under until eighth. ninth hole of the day finds the water. shot a 79. 7-over. matching his highest round ever. shot of the day, david lamb. holes out for eagle. 3-over. even par on the tournament. everyone is chasing gary woodland, shot a 2-under 70. 8-under on the tournament leads by one streak. >> lpga tour start in the bahamas. up and down day for paula creamer, shot a 2-under 71, two eagles, includi

less then a year ago, he read about a canadian's crowd sourcing campaign for a search called pebble. and now tom has stopped writing about tech to going to wearable be products. and his mission is to make sure that his and my home city is dressed for success for the wearable tech craze. tom, good to see you, and thank you for being with us, and representing toronto. because most people these days think of something else when they think of toronto. the mayor. how did you get google glass? i understand that a handful of people in canada have it. and barely a handful of people in america have it. >> i became part of the explorer program, and it has been a wild ride. >> how do you get to be part that have. >> you're just really lucky. that's the way you get ahold of it in the north. originally, there were just ten of us, and now that has grown now that google a has started to roll out more invites. >> and this is not just a google thing, you're trying to make toronto into a wearable tech community. how much do you have? >> i own about ten devices. smart watches, and activity trackers, an

less than a year ago he read about a canadian's crowd sourcing campaign for pebble.om has gone from writing about tech to being a plugged-in promoter of smart products. his mission is to make sure his home is dressed for success. we are talking about tonight , that is tom. good to see you. thank you for being with us. representing toronto, most people these days thing of something else when they think of toronto - the mayor. >> how did you get google glass. i understand a handful of people in canada or america have it. >> yes, i became part of the explorer program. it's been a wild ride since. >> how do you become part of it? >> you - you are lucky. that's how you get a hold of them up here in the north. there's - originally there was 10 of us, that's grown a bit now that google rolls out more and more invites, as you know. >> this is not a google thing. you are trying to make toronto into a wearable tech community. hutch wearable tech do you have? >> i own about 10 devices, smart watchers, back senn sore, and the smart glass. there's a lot more of wearable tech out

the field is covered by tarp, then pebbles and then plywood. the grass is never harmed same can't be said for the riders. three different winners in the first three races, competition at the 450cc level is at an all-time high. >> anybody can win. the field -- the riders are all very, very good, and it all narrows down to the start, being up front, being aggressive and fighting for a position, and not letting guys get buy. >> get by, give them an elbow and this is my place. >> teach it up. torrey pines in san diego. tiger woods has one eight times and is in the defending champ of the of the farmers insurance open. today he missed the cut. tiger 2-under until eighth. ninth hole of the day finds the water. shot a 79. 7-over. matching his highest round ever. shot of the day, david lamb. holes out for eagle. 3-over. even par on the tournament. everyone is chasing gary woodland, shot a 2-under 70. 8-under on the tournament leads by one streak. >> lpga tour start in the bahamas. up and down day for paula creamer, shot a 2-under 71, two eagles, includi

a little bit of pebble layers here. and then, wow, look at this. this is all beautifully laminated and striated. so, from here right up to there is an interval in which you can see all this delicate, little lamination. so, this wasn't deposited underneath ice. this had to have been deposited underneath water. but if you look closely, there are stones that are scattered all through here. there's a big one. oh, there's a beauty right over there. look at this one. here's a round stone of granite. another little one there. there's one. and they're just sitting in this fine, laminated silt and mud. okay, so this finely laminated stuff must have been deposited just by slow settling in very calm water -- a fine-grain material. and so the problem is, how do these outsized stones get there? and the almost only way you could imagine these stones coming is from having been floating in ice. and then as the ice melts, the stones drop down out of the icebergs and, plunk, plop down on the seafloor. and so this interval here represents a retreat of the ice. narrat

chilled the devastation calls in a matter of minutes rolled ripped open and boulders strewn about like pebbles on nh ball from a similar story extensive damage on friday was compounded yesterday the authorities face a huge challenge in dealing with the problems calls in recent days. i read the coastline huge chunks of land of liberty be washed away. we've been moving quickly knowing the charity of assessing the damage and prioritizing the remedial works that need to be carried out to lunch and colston areas of ecology and day. estimating the cost and then as soon as possible setting about intimate wants to date to match the group for severe weather that's just cause a quart and a response to the damage the show. read through the entire cabinet next week as much information before them. these would be informing us all as to how much damage has been gone once again placed to assist repair work in the coming months archie news of stitching it. families living on the impact in county kerry has been started for the last few days. onto the road leading to the pan until it was washed away by the stor

the searing devotee for human rights nearly three hundred people have been killed since friday this pebble p license and southern rebels of the common goal topple the seemingly the best asset. we have different ways of achieving that aim. my sis is a sunni extremist group known in court on the weekends. it's comprised of god's foreign flight is due next week ahead and torture that rivals the spreader and anti government factions. i said stocks for the islamic state of iraq and great to syria he wants to implement a real across the entire region in which a statement released on tuesday the war and the opposition. tired spices forces to crush the rebels totally didn't kill the conspiracy out there. one team still rages on in several parts of northern syria. namely iraq to the provincial capital not controlled by the regime opponents at the helm of a dozen donuts. in japan an explosion at a chemical factory has left at least five employees dad and her seventeen more explosion occurred at the metal and chemical plant in central japan not far from tokyo investigators say chemical reactions invo

if they go to the bathroom and it's hard pebbles.be blood on the toilet paper. >> you say eat a lot of fiber. >> there are fiber requirements for kids. take your child's age and add five to 10 grams to get their intake per day. >> that's brilliant. some kids and i unfortunately was like this as a child like to use their own toilet. it's a privacy thing. any tricks for that? >> it's common. have good bowel habits and a routine every single day. try to get your kids to go to the bathroom after meals. you go after meals you have a normal reflex that makes you go. they are less adverse sitting on the toilet. >> what about a restaurant, just encourage them to go? >> yeah. it sets up a bad habit if they're comfortable only going in their own home. >> ibs irritable bowel syndrome does affect kids too? >> it does. if they have diarrhea and feel better afterward, they're probably developing it. some outgrow it. sometimes it goes into adult hood. >> we know from studies we know restriction helps ibs. >> at what point does your child need to se

you could save bristol bay, our great salmon runs up in alaska by not letting the pebble mine come ineodore roosevelt saved the grand canyon. you can't tell people you're going to use executive power and not use it. you'll be called out on it. he fought for gun control. he got the public into it. couldn't do it in congress. i would look at places where he could sign a lot of presidential proclamations and let the chips fall where they may. >> in speaking about who used executive authority, cleveland was the last president to use as many executive orders as obama. these used to be bipartisan issues and every single one of them got shut down in large part by the republican party. so to -- to a large degree, if not entirely, the reason that we have come to this place is because there's nobody to work with in congress on issues that didn't used to be divisive. >> these are bipartisan issues. there is bipartisanship. look at increase in minimum wage. 48% of republicans want to see a substantial increase in the minimum wage. really part of the issue here is whether leadership is responsive

we have a prototype running on pebble watch.n buzz you and tell you that something is nearby. >> foursquare ceo dennis crowley and sam grobart. up next, the man behind ibm's -- beyondries, ai robots. ♪ >> welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. all week we had a series on ai -- the artificial robot. it will change the way we live our lives in the future. i had a chance to sit with david ferrucci. we started by asking how watson as we know it today came to be. >> ibm research is about pushing the envelope in breaking new ground. some of the executives at ibm thought we could create a computer that could compete with humans in heart challenging tasks like laying jeopardy. we said we could do this. it was allre life about if we could get computers to mimic the way humans think. taking it step by step. isn't one of the things that makes watson so special natural language? >> that is one of the biggest challenges, how we understand language. computers have gone from being data jockeys to thought our nurse. it i

also pebble, the smartwatchmaker, they came out with the pebble, a higher end watch. that later on this year as the smartwatch business keeps up. lots of data. at&t announcing a sponsored data plan. now companies will be able to subsidize data. if you want to vow a movie trailer, they can decide to pay for that on the backend. we could see that accelerating mobile data use, mobile data. a lot of what this is about at ces when they're not talking about high def video. it will be an exciting show. back to you. >> that was jon fort joining us from las vegas. we just heard jon there talking about noble data. technology is on the move that is going to tell but the people around you. what is going to happen? have you launched it yet? >> we're here at ces showcasing some of our technology. the technology we've developed gives you realtime information on all of the people around you. what this means is when you walk into a room, you'll know who is around you, how you're connected and what they've been up to. it's really incredible break through technology and we're very excit

. >> this is my pebble. >> the same for smart watches that link to your phone.ome are already on the market, but tech giants, apple, google and microsoft add their offers in a month to come. >> it's freedom. >> some experts predict the rise of currencies like the bitcoin. the value is highly volatile. some say it has the potential to disrupt payment systems. >> transaction fees are almost zero. you can put it in any currency you want. a lot of people are seeing it as a safety deposit box. once you have the money in the bitcoin universe, the interaction will be done through the mobile phones. >> i believe watson has the potential. >> supercomputing and artificial intelligence are set to enter every day life. ibm has given developers access to watson, the world's smartest computer, a vast analytical power and ability to understand natural language could transform communication. >> it can say what you do in your activity online, and you can get a search engine specific to you. >> in 2013 we learnt how spy agencies track us and read our communications. now there's d

was the wind strong enough to blow this pebble down into the view? or a rock down into the view?d the wheels break it off? if it broke it off from some protruding rock? and why does it have all these elements. >> or the martians,. the scientists are saying, we're searching for microbial evidence or something from bills of years ago. we know this is a very wet planet at one point. >> that's right. so, the -- we hope that the discoveries like this will lead the next best place to look for signs of water and life. if we were to discover evidence of life on mars, and these would be fossil bacteria. something like what we see in australia. it would change the world if we showed that there was there are there were once living things on mars, and not extraordinary if you went to a slushy place near the equator of mars where some of the water ice, which is under the sand, was oozing out, there might before -- it's not crazy. the might still be something alive there, and if we were to discover it, it would change this world. >> it certainly would. bill nye the science guy, live with it, m

ron was telling me he came back from playing golf at pebble.y still have the search and recovery people looking for the balls he hit in the ocean. temperatures are in the 20s. this cold air is going to keep pouring in. however for the senior bowl, mobile, warms up to 60 degrees. >> good morning. it is cold out there this morning but not as cold as yesterday. temperaturesn the teens and 20s, wind chill is in the single digits, but not alone e like yesterday. wind c chill factor todaday. light snow in the washington area this afternoon possibility. high tempeperatures could get above freeeezing for the first >> fortunately i hear you have golf balls that float. >> luckily. and the senior bowl, old football players. senior bowl, no. >> while you discuss this let's go to commercial breakfast. >>> coming up on "gma," new information in a christmas eve mall mystery. after a third victim is dead, they're releasing details. >>> bye-bye, bieber. he says good-bye to miami after his run-in with the law and video of his drag racing escapade. >>> girl meets

ron was telling me he came back from playing golf at pebble.y still have the search and recovery people looking for the balls he hit in the ocean. temperatures are in the 20s. this cold air is going to keep pouring in. however for the senior bowl, mobile, warms up to 60 degrees. that's your forecast for now. >> fortunately i hear you have golf balls that float. >> luckily. and the senior bowl, old football players. senior bowl, no. >> while you discuss this let's go to commercial breakfast. >>> coming up on "gma," new information in a christmas eve mall mystery. after a third victim is dead, they're releasing details. >>> bye-bye, bieber. he says good-bye to miami after his run-in with the law and video of his drag racing escapade. >>> girl meets world. why the disney series is a hit before it's even on the air. up ahead in "pop news." suddenly you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse. well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over t

step down from the republican governors association, does that -- does that sound like the first pebble rolling down that hill? >> it certainly sounds like it. obviously, as you mentioned, ken cuccinelli is no longer in public service, and it will be very interesting to see if there are other governors that follow suit, sitting governors that need the help of the rga. it was interesting, you know, when christie was over the weekend in florida doing fundraising. none of the events were open to the public. this was a guy who was partially installed to head the republican governor's association to give that brand of republicanism to other governors running for re-election that might need his help. those doors were locked this weekend and no pictures were allowed and you have to wonder if that doesn't impact his effectiveness to chair the rga. >> steve schmidt, tell us from inside the republican party about how that republican governors association works. what kind of abilities do you have to have in running it? and how might chris christie's abilities in running it be inhibited by what's g

in more shocking breakfast news, they found trix and fruity pebbles yielded similar results. >> cardboard? i think it is good. >> you are exactly right. okay. >>> moving on, i don't know if you saw this picture, this is really big on social media. in sochi, russia, a journalist took pictures of two toilets, side by side, no divider. and apparently, it's not commonplace in russia, but there are other places where this exhale exists. the side-by-side toilets in a courthouse in a cafe. an editor of a news agency there in russia said they are standard at russian soccer stadiums. i guess they fixed this one and replaced the bowls with three wooden cabinets. >> you know, not to get too graphic here, but men are used to big lines of urinals. that's fine, okay? >> but if you sit down, you might want a little privacy. >> i don't want to have to look at the person, you know. >> yeah. even with a divider there, it is a little uncomfortable. >> that's weird enough, you're so right. good point. >>> all right, apple has a flagship store on fifth avenue here in new york. take a look, it's pretty wonderf

then after that, this weekend we have fan fest on saturday, super bowl on sunday, the pebble beach proy. and then on the 7th the olympics, we start with the olympics. big sporting, great nbc bay area. here's mike. >> also i'll be sorting my sock drawer, i'll follow that on facebook if you like. we're looking here where this has to get sorted out. a good volume of traffic having that burst for san jose northbound 101 approaching 680. a look at the maps, we're talking about this area, the arrow we saw with the camera. all of these folks heading north, 87, going to build, there it is from kirtner. 85 at the bottom, this is just because of the volume of traffic. we'll see a heavier volume around the bay. 84 and 680 where they meet. crowded as well a. good volume out of the tri-valley. nothing unexpected. we have a chunk of tire in the road on the right side of the screen. westbound 580, sounds like it's getting clear. may break apafrmt ledded to the castro valley y, a smooth drive 880 approaching the san mateo bridge. moving nicely to the peninsula with no delays along 101 or 280 and the d

you know, they also recognize that all of us collectively are a pebble of sand in the scheme of time.hat it's worth during the course of our lifetimes, extreme weather is on the rise whether it's drought, whether it's superstorms or the kind of deep freeze that's now affecting one half of the country. something is in the mix and we're all trying to figure out how does it all fit together. >> i was at that ice house we're showing now. it's cold outside. thank you. what does your gut tell you about the subject? does a person's views on climate change are based on facts or politics? what does your gut tell you. look at what the "news nation" is saying. we asked if "wolf of wall street" condemns or glorifies bad behavior. 67% of you say it glorifies it. that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm richard lui in for tamron hall. "the cycle" is up next. stick around. i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies -- you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! 'cause i'm re-workin' the menu, keeping her healthy and you on your toes. [ f

. >> we have had this problem of automatic pebbles.ruck was just releasing all this gravel onto the roadway, causing quite the havoc on westbound side of 580, right through duplin, pleasanton, and sunol. these are the hotspots we are pretty sure of right now. it's still very loose situation and chp still trying to find the dump truck that is losing all of its gravel. what we are they are doing, a sweeper train but not until 5:345. it has caused vehicle spinouts, not such a great drive out there we will keep you updated. >>> we are learning more about the suspected serial arsonist finally caught in san jose after a dozen fires. abc7 news reporter matter ask live with information on that and how authorities track him down. matt? >> reporter: the arson suspect, patrick brennan, will be making his first court appear arms are later today at the santa clara county courthouse. he is facing several arson charges for several fires that terrorized the downtown san jose area. now the man being given credit for solving this case is long-time san j

ron was telling me he just came back from playing golf at pebble. the search and recovery people looking for all the balls he hit in the ocean. snow showers all across the east for today. temperatures are in the 20s. this cold air is going to keep pouring in here, however, for the senior bowl in mobile going to warm up to 60 d >> fortunately, i hear you have golf balls that float. >> luckily. and the senior bowl, what is that for, old football players? senior bowl, no. for seniors. >> while you discuss this, we're going to go to a commercial breakfast. >> that was a good one. >> that was great. >>> coming up on "gma," key new information in a baffling christmas eve double murder mystery. after a third victim is dead, they're releasing details on who they're look for this morning. >>> bye-bye, bieber. he says good-bye to miami after his run-in with the law plus video of his drag racing escapade. >>> and "girl meets world." why the disney spin-off is a hit before even an episode has aired and what the former star topanga is saying abou it up ahead in

if you look at what they can buy in the market, pebble, sony smartwatch division or some of these other private companies out there, frankly, the engineering talent may not be up to snuff for apple. that's probably one of the biggest problems for any acquisition they do. they have to buy the best engineers and have to fit in culturally. that's really tough at that place. it's a very unique culture. >> apple is a company that invented this genre. they invented the smartphone, itunes, portable music, for the most part. they monetized it. the first company to figure out how to buy music and movies and tv shows and actually use them on the web in a grand scale. is it possible, kind of like the band radiohead after okay computer, when everybody said they lost their touch. are people expecting too much stuff out of apple? >> possibly. i think this really is the winner's curse. they won and now everyone wants them to keep going and it's really tough to stay on that treadmill. you've had some big changes in the management side and it takes a lot to digest. they've got some big, big shoes to fil

>> i think pebble is a very interesting thing. think apple may have been passed its best now.ng numbers indicate the upward trend is perhaps over. that doesn't mean they cannot come back. >> these two companies have dominated the smartphone market. it is something that has grown enormously over the last decade. we have taking -- taken it to its limits, and a software evolution is next. you wonder if the same companies that dominated the previous 10 years are going to be the ones to dominate the next 10 years. >> statistically, you have to say no. samsung is facing the following pressures -- first of all, there's not that much growth left in the european markets and in the u.s. that is where smartphones were purchased and growth was. people coming onto the market with a sub $20 phone. this completely squeezes samsung out. samsung and htc are facing the same problems. they're being squeezed out at the bottom end. there's not much growth at the top end. where they got the higher margins come if they want to sell smartphones into the likes of india, pakistan, etc., they're going t

ceiling and seventy for human rights nearly three hundred people had been killed since friday this pebble cute. my sis and southern rebels of the common goal topple the seemingly dead to share our assets. we have different ways of achieving that aim. my sis is a sunni extremist group heading upwards of ninety minutes. it's going to tip the odds of foreign fighters who lives in the hides and torture that rivals the trend and anti government factions i see stars for the islamic state of the rock and great to syria. he wants to implement a real across the entire region in which a statement released on tuesday the war and the opposition tired spices forces to crush the rebels totally and kill the conspiracy out there. one team still rages on in several parts of northern syria. namely iraq the provincial capital not controlled by the regime but as at the helm of the dead later on the flawed egyptian authorities postponing the courts needed to pose present muhammad morrissey on a police state to airlift him in by helicopter to the court the hearing postponed the february first is in a climate o

i'm running to show you how crazy things are i have my pebble watch i'm actually running the bitcoinof people, carl, interested in this as hobbiests. >> you've educated me on things that are new. that's a great tip to those interested, john. >> cool. >> for more on bitcoin rigs and what john has done here, visit our website at sots.cnbc.com. when we come back, the consumer electronic show begins today. we'll get an inside look at some of the coolest things in tech in 2014. all the gadgets are always great, but where are tech investors actually spending their money? we'll ask one of the top vcs in silicon valley in a moment. and europe had good action on the pmis. we'll get that in a second. doept go away. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. >>> the european markets are closing now. >> and with that simon hobbs is here to talk about

things like the pebble. got the first smart watch that people are saying, wow, i like this, it works. it is a smart device. you see more and more people wearing smart bracelets as well. you are going to see that happen. the formfactor, design, fashion is going to play a role. the tech community does not always have a great track record. >> certainly not. one of the things that came out of the smartphone story was that if you allow other people to write code for your hardware, you end up with an explosion in uses and maybe some of her seeing uses of the technology you are producing. when you look at the sensor story, are we going to see a similar thing? we have low-power bluetooth stuff that will communicate and work very well. orstill do not understand have the imagination to understand what we are using this for. >> it is starting to happen. smart watches are an example. company called holds wallet -- called pulse wallet. goy have something where you and pay for something, you do not need your credit card,

there is an accident that has backed up traffic through richmond to sand pebble. that is not the only hot spot i will have a complete traffic updates coming up. >> max wade -- the 19-year-old convicted of trying to kill the boyfriend of a young woman he liked -- has been sentenced to life in prison. wade showed no reaction to the judge's sentence. he was 16 when he committed the crimes. on top of the life sentence, the judge added 21-years and four-months of enhancements for pre-meditation and use of a gun. wade was also charged with stealing a yellow convertible lamborghini belonging to celebrity chef guy fieri. among other crimes. he will be eligible for parole in 17- or 18-years. >> coming up, it hasn't been months since we've had a drop of rain. so why is there so much standing water all around. i will let you know in my next edition of people behaving badly. >> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> we have not had a significant amount of rainfall in months .so this begs the question why is so much standing water

it's like throwing a pebble in the water, it's going to reverberate. we need to care about those 1.4 million people. >> we can probably take one more question. >> i'll trying to do two together. >> that won't be the first time. >> the first question, the war on poverty, we hear senior republicans saying they, too, are having a different approach. and republicans say they want poverty to end. and secondly, we've seen a report, senate republicans are saying, let's decrease benefits for illegal immigrants. >> the children? >> yes, exactly. so respond on that. and then the republicans. >> well, we're holding you up for a press conference on the war on poverty. so -- and we promised barbara and others that we would be brief. so if you don't mind, hold the question. we have some deep feelings about poverty, and by the way, i want to reiterate, unemployment insurance has kept 11 million-plus people out of poverty since 2008. that should be enough reason for us to act. and senator ayotte's proposal would essentially mean that a lot of kids would not be covered

. >> this is my pebble. >> the same goes for smart washes linking to the phone. apple, google and microsoft will add their offers. >> some experts predict the rise of virtual currency like the bitcoin. the value has been volatile. some say they have the potential to disrupt payment systems. transaction fees are almost zero. in addition, once you have the bitcoin, it's expungeable. a lot of people are seeing it as a virtual safety deposit box. once you have the money in the bitcoin universe, you can use it and the interaction can be done through the mobile phones. >> i believe watson... >> supercomputing and artificial intelligence are set to enter every day life. ibm has given developers access to watson, the world's smartest computer. it's a vast analytical power and ability to understand natural language could transform finance, engine and an online search. >> artificial intelligence can do that. it will say what you can do and what your activity is online. then you can get a search engine specific to you. >> in 2013 we learnt how spy agencies track us and read

like fruity pebbles. >> they have seven. >> if you have captain runch with runch berries and a carrotmix stuff. >> i wish the food could cancel out bad foot. the carrot would be like don't worry. it's just me. it negates it. >> we were never allowed sugar cereal. if we were allowed, the box was done in a day. >>>. >> stocks this morning, i will get my dog in here. i'm wearing jeans. the stocks fell and don't panic. all these extra taxes and you might see it ahead of february. we talked about how in the hell does anybody afford to live in new york city. the median price is $855,000. that is the median price. that will be skewed by the 100 millioners. an average on luxury apartments. a $55,000. in manhattan. we are talking about manhattan. transaction volumes are near record high. it's not dissituating people. they could get $16 million. that would be the best. >> it's the hedge fund values and people buying up all this stuff. are all the bonuses back? >> the bonuses never went away. not to the level they were. >> there people. joe has the new cheerios working out for him. and the bonus

. >> this is my pebble. >> the same goes for smart watches that link to your phone. some of record on the market, but tech giants will add their offerings in the months to come. >> to me, it's freedom. >> shexperts predict the rise of virtual currencies like the bit coin. their value has been highly volatile, but some say they have the potential to disrupt traditional became systems. >> the transaction fee is zero. once you have the bit coin, you can put it in any currency you want. a lot of people see it as a virtual safety deposit box. once you have the money in the bit coin universe, you can use it anywhere you want and the interaction will eventually be done through mobile phones. >> i believe watson has the potential. >> simple computing and artificial intelligence are set to enter every day life. i.b.m. has given watson, the smartest computer, it's vast power to understands natural language could transform finance, even a simple on line search. >> artificial intelligence can do that, because it can monitor who you communicate with, what you say, do and what you

are you going to come up to the pebble beach at&t with kurt and oliver? >> i wish i could say yes.i love golf. i love my men in my life and i want to see them win. >> beautiful part of the world. >> it's awesome. it really is. >> i'm not going to say no. >> you can come on "squawk" from there as well. >> you know when i started with tm recently because of all of this? >> awesome. >>> highlights from our exclusive interview with jamie dimon, chairman and ceo of jpmorgan, plus, former treasury secretary larry summers will join us with his reaction to the interview with our current treasury secretary jack lew. "squawk box" coming right back from davos, switzerland, in just a moment. and under the most demg circumstances. experience builds character. experience builds confidence. and experience... has built this. introducing the 2014 glk. the engineering and the experience of mercedes-benz. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers throughcedes-benz financial services. >>> welcome back to a special edition of "squawk box," live from davos, switzerland. this hour, more of our ex

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. >> sort of like the pebble watch so you can text message as well. >> if you have one as well.hey will exchange our linked in information. >> oh come on. >> there is a business element. >> this is endorsed by ryan secrest. getting people in trouble too, right? >> the company that made this typo is getting sued by blackberry well because blackberry keyboard. >> they say that is our identity this keyboard the blackberry. does work well? works over low powered blue tooth. >> works really well. good luck to blackberry. this thing combines the two best things. great keyboard and iphone. >> something my wife really is interested in too. i would love to have this thing too. is the crock pot. i saw bell kin rolling out the smart crock pot and setting a time. tell us about this. >> connected home devices are another huge category this year. and the crock pot is just one of them. can you set it from the road. you set it in the morning and you realize you are going to be late getting home. you can just dial it up on your iphone and say okay, we are going to lower the temperature for a lit