. >> reed hastings was late to netflix. you think of him coming up with it by himself and the story about it was some movie that he returned late. >> apollo 13. >> thank you very much. not actually the case. >> no. it probably happened. i am sure he thought about it, but, no, basically there was another guy who worked for reed haitings who was about to get fired from his company because the company was being acquired and he said i would really like to start something like amazon, amazon of something and he said i will give you $2 million and let's talk about it as we commute and for four months they tossed around ideas and late in the process they heard about dvds in a test market at that time and they mailed a dvd from the santa cruz post office to reed's house and that was it. when it came out and it was totally unscathed, they decided this could be a business. >> born. >> yeah. >> i am going to talk from personal experience and keep it short. >> once upon a time. >> i used to use netflix religiously and i stopped using i

if you had reed hastings here, i think he would tell you exactly the same thing. the other side of that, though, is everyone needs to remember in order for netflix to work, you need a broadband connection, and we're not your mother's cable company. we don't -- now we don't just go and send a guy out to the house and drill a hole in your wall, run a wire and attach it to the back of the television set. we're in the broadband business just as much as we're in the video business. and so, um, i mean, our view is that our broadband business, our broadband innovation has enabled multiple innovative businesses, industries, um, and product offerings to develop starting with google and amazon and ebay but absolutely including netflix, and netflix would be the first person to tell you that they can't be in business, and they can't work without high quality high-speed data connections. and so even if you want to watch netflix, you've got to watch it over our broadband connection. so i think it's a second way in which these are complimentary businesses and products and not re

reed hastings dealing with drama at netflix.seek re-election at microsoft. >>> orasure hiv test we talked about this couple months ago now hitting stores in a town near you. a high-profile celebrity adding buzz to the launch. first on television interview, doug michaels, orasure ceo and president. here in my hand is oraquick this is over the counter, walk in, buy it. david: go home, do the hiv test. you are here first to talk about this and its available now here, folks. who is your celebrity spokesperson? >> we're very happy -- first of all, liz, thanks for having me on the show. liz: always. >> we're delighted to announce today we'll be working with magic johnson to help us get the word out to consumers about the importance of knowing your hiv status. we're out with magic today, tomorrow, working with him through 2013 to continue to emphasize the importance. liz: what does it mean that you've got one of the most well-known sports figures, frankly any celebrity around, everybody knows magic johnson and that he tested many years

as reed hastings said, the content providers want to charge me as much as they can.the content i only pay one dollar more than the next bitter. who is the next bidder here? is it hulu with less than 10% of subscribers of netflix? amazon seems willing to spend money but how much money are they really going to be willing to spend given they're not charging anything for it? >> they show advertisers spend everything because you keem saying earnings out and the other competitors are the cable companies that you're already paying for your cable so you get it free. i get hbo on go for free. >> yep. it is something. there are a lot of competitors looking at this market. what i am watching is looking for anybody getting real traction because there is lots of talk and there is no real evidence that any competitor is out there getting traction at this point. >> what i like to do, can you give me your quick overall view of the stock market given where we have come this year? >> sure. i think the u.s. economy is having a step i had economic recovery. gdp is positive creating jobs