criticized for driving up house prices with the high wages of its silicon valley employees who will boss pichai now says the firm wants to be a good neighbor by supporting the construction of 15000 new homes for buyers of all incomes 3 quarters of the money will be spent converting some of google's own commercial property for residential use. it's more than 15 years since concorde left the world's skies for it since then there has been much talk about whether or not we could ever see the return to supersonic commercial flights at the paris air show one company is showing plans to bring about justice. whom supersonic says it's close to building the world's fastest ever passenger jet the colorado company and its futuristic flyer overture are attracting attention thanks to some pretty big promises i think. paris to new york in 3 hours and 15 minutes instead of the 7 it takes today think san francisco to tokyo at 5 and a half hours 12 that's fast enough that a round trip across the atlantic will be a whole day faster than it is today and around trip across the pacific will be 2 days faster whom alr

sundar pichai is pledging $1 billion to build more housing. the plan is to work to rezone property google already owns to build 15,000 new homes and includes a $250 million fund to give incentive to developers to build at least 5,000 more affordable housing. even groups criticizing the tech giant for causing rents to soar applaud this move. >> it's a huge move for a tech company to say, yes, in fact, our growth has caused rising rents and evictions so we're going to take action. >> google is focussing on san jose, sunnyvale, mountain view and san francisco. coming up at 6:00, we're going to look at how long it may take before construction actually starts. >>> now, another silicon valley giant made an announcement today. facebook is looking to shake up the world's currency by rolling out a new digital currency called libra. the new cryptocurrencies is supposed to launch in 2020. facebook says it wants to make suspending money and sending money around the world as easy as sending a photo or message. unlike bitcoin, libra will be tied in with reg

i spoke to sundar pichai of google about how the algorithms work.itter, we talked with facebook. these are conversations that need to happen. especially the youtube issue, we have to make sure at a certain point in time the positions are working as they should and the platforms that have enormous responsibility for what they put out -- it is not simply a billboard where everyone goes by and puts up what they want to put up. there is editing involved. that is a very valid conversation for these tech platforms to answer for. tom: what is your response to the argument that the big tech companies have actually helped media companies stay afloat and indeed thrive by providing them a low-cost distribution platform? rep. collins: i would not disagree there has not been areas in which they have been able to thrive. that came out of the hearing today, that some of these organizations and along with the big tech platforms have an ability to increase their viewership or increase their presence. at the end of the day, many of the smaller news organizations are

i spoke to sundar pichai of google about how the algorithms work.lked with twitter, we talked with facebook. these are conversations that need to happen. especially the youtube issue, we have to make sure at a certain point in time the positions are working as they should and the platforms that have enormous responsibility for what they put out -- it is not simply a billboard where everyone goes by and puts up what they want to put up. there is editing involved. that is a very valid conversation for these tech platforms to answer for. tom: what is your response to the argument that the big tech companies have actually helped media companies stay afloat and indeed thrive by providing them a low-cost distribution platform? rep. collins: i would not disagree there has not been areas in which they have been able to thrive. that came out of the hearing today, that some of these organizations and along with the big tech platforms have an ability to increase their viewership or increase their presence. at the end of the day, many of the smaller news organi

demonstration was designed to send a message to alphabet board chairman john hennessy and ceo sundar pichai. the goal of the two executives was to outline the company's ambitious expansion plan but protesters outside the meeting had different issues on their mind. hundreds of google employees came to express their frustration over how the company handles sexual harassment, it's current employment practices and its development of a sense of research and double his search engine for china. a number of actress also took place in the demonstration. >> we believe google has a responsibility to do better whether it is around employees, subcontractors or impact on the community, they have a responsibility and must realize the reliance of folks in solidarity today will not stop fighting until we take them taking real action. >> reporter: today's protests marked the latest battle between google executives and company employees. last november, thousands of google workers walked off the job at 20 offices worldwide to protest the company's current workplace culture. >>> some san francisco supervisors a

look how these platforms are being used now those are unintend eed consequences when you hear sundar pichaiay something like that, it's like he's never been on youtube before there are already unintended consequences we know or have a good idea of what the consequence of breaking up will be >> when he, ed, says chaos factory, who is he really talking about? >> a great phrase, isn't it? clearly, i think facebook is a factor there i think youtube, google is a factor in that i think it's broad enough that you could sort of use that brush to paint a lot of -- a lot of data, and the mess it causes is what he's trying to get at >> guys, thank you ed and steve, we appreciate it >> our tasting menu is coming up next one place where retail sales are really taking off. elon musk's latest tweet that hasn't come through yet, and the bitcoin boom is back it's gotta let new data integrate with data from our existing systems. ♪ ♪ be able to pull from reservation platforms built 20 years ago. and also be able to use apps to book super-personalized trips on shiny new phones from the future. plus, i need fre

he traveled to oklahoma, one of their data centers to silt down with google ceo sundar pichai to askore, concerns of google privacy and if google is once again considering reopening search in china given the government's censorship and escalating resume rights there. >> from anti-sim tichl to harassmeharass me harassment of lgtbq, conspiracy theories about sandy hook, fundamentally, sundar, where do you draw the line on youtube between hate and free speech. >> a line. we need to evolve changes and how the platform is getting used. just last week significant revision toss our hate speech policy. we are very focused on removing harmful content and reducing the spread of what we think of as borderline content. last quarter we deleted over 9 million videos. it's an ongoing process. there's more we need to do and we acknowledge that. >> because in america, right, you can't yell fire in a crowded theater. youtube has really become our theater. >> it is. it is the equal in the real world of people getting together and talking, that can happen on youtube as well but also allows us an opportu

i traveled to oklahoma yesterday for an exclusive interview with sundar pichai.access inside google's data center, and talked about why google is adding hundreds of jobs there and across the midwest. we told me the future of that company is actually outside of silicon valley. this as google prepares for increased political and regulatory scrutiny. >> there's reporting that the doj is laying the foundation for a possible anti-trust investigation into google. what's your reaction to that? >> we have always felt as a large company, we have gone through similar scrutiny in other countries, including in the u.s. before. i think it's perfectly fine as companies get to big scale, there is scrutiny. scale does offer many benefits. it's important to understand that, as a company, we now invest sometimes thinking five, ten years ahead without necessarily worrying about short-term profits. if you think about how technology leadership contributes to leadership in a global economic scale, big companies are what are investing in technologies like a.i. the most. there are many

. >>> chief executive at google, sandar pichai, announcing they will be funneling about $1 billion intold affordable housing. they are looking to build 200,000 units when all is said and done. that's google on housing. >>> still on the same subject, in california, i'm turning to san diego now, homelessness is down. there's less of it, 6% less of it, so to speak, compared to last year. they built shelters, they cleared off the tents from the streets, they reunited nearly 1,000 homeless people with their family members who live outside the city. we are going to talk to the mayor of san diego, next. ♪ the lexus es... ♪ ...every curve, every innovation, every feeling... ...a product of mastery. lease the 2019 es 350 for $379/month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or