shares have dropped 17%. >> i want to get into the interview with sir richard branson. we caught up with him. technology entrepreneurs gather to debate the pros and cons of disrupting industries like music and travel. cory johnson sat down with branson and is with us now with more. i know you are a cute virgin fan in general. >> yes. i have logged a few miles on virgin american. richard branson is an interesting guy. he has spent most of his career in industries we don't think as technological at all. virgin america airlines, the experience has been a unique one. they are pressing against a government entity. we are expecting a decision about open slots at love field in dallas. listen to what he has to say. >> i think governments need to realize it's a competition. let's take love field and dallas. 90% of the slots are controlled by southwest. yet the local government are thinking of giving the final 10% to southwest rather than allowing virgin america to compete. it seems very obvious that the people who live in dallas and traveling to dallas will benefit from competiti

we sat down with sir richard branson for an exclusive interview.e talked about a lot of things in his history. who'san interesting guy been in a lot of interesting businesses. everything from financial services to airlines, to train, to the music services industry. the notion of what is the next thing going to be is interesting. what does he look for in interesting new businesses? >> we're having a lot of fun. later thiswork, but year we should finally succeed. at thegalactic opportunity to be the ebola for therest of goethe group -- umbrella for the rest of virgin group. >> i was determined not to ask you when because i imagine your sick of that question. what are the big hurdles to get over to get into orbit? we are hopeful that we are almost there. we have to put all the pieces together. we're not going to go into we're 100% sure that it is safe. i would be very disappointed if it did not happen this year. >> i was there when they ship 11 the x prize.won i'm still fascinated by space. , ande this tiny dot spaces there to explore. it has so many

you'll get the best out of them. >> now in his 60's, will richard branson ever slow down?etire. i have been creating things since i was 15 years old and i will always create things. but i have never seen it as work. so, i will create something, find somebody else to run it and move on and create something else. >> what is it about whales? >> it is one of the great things of the world, to swim with these beautiful creatures, which we are going to try to encourage more people to do. >> for more, check out the latest issue of "bloomberg pursuits" magazine, available now. ♪ >> from pier three in san francisco, welcome to "the best of bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. we bring you the best of west, the top interviews with the power players. t-mobile and ceo john leger are making good on their promise to shake up the mobile phone industry. t-mobile is using cheaper plans and promotions to lower customers -- to lure customers.

. >> stay tuned on how to -- and a weekend away with richard branson. the virgin c.e.o. introduces me to some supersized friends. ♪ >> you can't drive this next pursuit, but you can bring it home with you. we talked to legendary art collector ronald lauder. >> a question of taste and passion. > and his top advisor gives us an insider's tour of today's market. so it sounds like you're telling me not to buy it. >> i'm telling you to take your time. >> ronald lauder is heir to the famed estee lauder cosmetics fortune. he started collecting art at age best has amassed one personal collections in the united states. >> these are all picasso. >> here, he displayed it publicly for the first time at a museum he founded on new york's upper east. what ininspires you? >> art that is very brutal. kandinsky.seo, >> lauder's collection made the headlines when he purchased that portrait. how do you know what would really be magnificent addition to what you already have? >> how does a woman know which man is right for being a husband? >> wow, this really is a passion. >> you look at and

let's get over to sir richard branson. we have richard branson on.ath at love field in dallas. joining us from dallas this morning first on cnbc, sir richard branson himself in the flesh. good morning to you, richard. >> good morning. >> by my take on this, i think you're getting screwed. >> i would love to be able to fly into dallas love field. the department of justice has said that in order to increase competition that virgin america should get the gates. american airlines have been told they would have to give up the gates in order to increase competition has given us at least a sign on the gates. and therefore it should be a slam dunk and virgin american should be -- >> southwest is trying to make sure you don't get them. >> yeah. southwest, who own 90% of the gates at love field, are fighting very hard with the city to try to stop us getting them. and arguing that competition is not necessarily good for the consumer. so basically i've come to dallas to say that competition is good and that virgin america offers a very -- >> let me guess. are th

next, richard branson takes us to talk about space travel.t conversation is next. ♪ >> you are watching the best of "bloomberg west ergo i am cory johnson. richard branson has been involved in a wide variety of industries. now he has space travel. he set down with me for an exclusive interview to talk about his latest plans including bringing private citizens in the space. >> we are having a lot of fun. --.s hard work area we should succeed this year. be the galactic will umbrella for the rest of the virgin group. this'll be a fantastic halo affect for the rest of virgin. >> i was determined not to ask you win. what of the big hurdles to get over to get into orbit? >> we think they have all been taken now. we are almost there. -- to put alll the pieces together. we need to make sure that it is safe. i would be very disappointed if it does not happen this year. >> i was there when the spaceship one of won the prize. you have carried through all of these years. did you get reenergized at a certain point? i am still fascinated by space. we are t

editor-at-large cory johnson set down with sir richard branson.ranson of course the chairman and founder of the virgin group. he talked about a lot of things. he has a long history in the music business. he touched on apple and beats, as well as virgin galactic. >> he is an interesting guy. he is involved in everything from transatlantic flight to the music industry. i asked him what exactly does he look for in an interesting new business to start. listen to what he had to say. >> we are having a lot of fun. it is hard work. this year we shall finally succeed. i suspect virgin galactic will end up being the first, you know, the umbrella for the rest of the virgin group. haloe have a fantastic effect, i think, for the rest of virgin. wanted to ask you about your plans, but you anticipated that question. what are the next hurdles to get up and over? >> we think all of the hurdles have been fixed now. we are really hopeful that we are almost there. we have it all pieced together. we will not go until we are 100% sure it is obviously safe. and i would

>> richard branson, multibillionaire. paul allen. multibillionaire. jeff bezos. multibillionaire. larry page. multibillionaire. elon musk. >> elon musks, the jeff bezos, the paul allens, myself, diamandis, all of us who are in this cause right now, i believe, come from a place of hope and possibility. >> rick tumlinson is the ceo of deep space industries, one of two asteroid mining companies in the us. >> several of us were sitting in the room, it was about 1986, 1987. we pledged our lives and fortunes to making the human breakout into space happen in our lifetimes. we called it the benevolent conspiracy. well, that same group of people are still involved today and we're making it happen. >> what will tomorrow look like? our world is at our limits at yet we all want more. and why not? why shouldn't the future be better than today? >> but he prime directive of all these companies that you name seems to be profits. but the way you speak about it is like this... >> no buck, no buck rogers. nobody stays until somebody pays. it can be you the taxpayer, and that's wonderful, thank you v

very new, on giant heads. [ light laughter ] richard branson, we all know richard branson.nson has announced plans to develop a new type of plane that could fly from new york to tokyo in one hour. one hour. apparently the engines are powered by human screams. [ laughter ] also, the bad news, it still takes an hour and a half to deplane. i don't know why. this is very surprising. a british travel company has launched a new app designed to help users plan a vacation to north korea. but they're still working on an app to get you back. so you wait until that one's beta tested before you go over there. [ cheers and applause ] this is a scary story, i apologize in advance for telling you a scary story. a hospital in great britain has issued a formal apology to a man after they accidentally gave him a vasectomy. the crazy part is that he only went into the hospital to ask for directions. [ laughter ] "oh, you were looking for a cul-de-sac." [ laughter ] i don't see what happened. oh, i see what happened. i read it wrong, didn't i? i was surprised by this. a new survey suggests tha

bringing people like maynard webb, who helped build ebay as t, sir richard branson, who is an incredibleneur, and macs as well who founded paypal. >> had you keep yourself from spending all of your time going on to indiegogo and investing money, contributing money for all of these various projects? >> it is tell. i have funded hundreds of things. roadways, super amazing. you have them on your show last week. >> tell us about the securities and exchange commission having to issue guidelines as to what contribution on an online investing platform means. >> i think it is tricky. in april 2012, we had our customers onstage with president obama. she was trying to raise money for a free dessert company. she was rejected by the banks. indiegogo said yes. president obama said we need more of this. two years later, it is a tough balancing act. i need to protect investors, but allow for innovation. if there's too much talk you about any results in time. allow some action to happen. >> what kind of action do you think indiegogo is going to be launching in the next year? >> we are super excited abou

he got the world out. >> the question was if i could have a beer with fin who would it be and richard bransonsomeone i look up to in terms of his interpretship. >> year, he is got his witch and branson was this for a speech and others found out about the determination and aned for the hand and branson to meet and clink beer glasses. >> okay...who do i want to most have a beer with? >>> the morning news continues now at 5:30 with the top stories >> accusations facing south bay casino and a critical meeting happening in sacramento that could force them to shut down the ought bids are in we are learning who is serious about buying the chip clip from embattled owner donald sterling my dad worked as a short order cook. right here. my parents were immigrants. and they taught me that with hard work, anything is possible. i earned a scholarship to mit. and worked across party lines to get things done. i'm alex padilla. i'll protect voting rights for everyone. and make it easier to start a business. so we create jobs and opportunity for all californians. what should we order? (announcer) alex padilla.

the ceo of indiegogo talks about $40 million in newfounding from names like sir richard branson, and talking to the owner of the orange is the new black, taylor schilling. we'll explain why she chose netflix. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. >>> when bob iger was asked how long they could milk this, he said it's one of the top franchises, so maybe another five years or so. >> unbelievable. and that's not even counting what sequels may do. disney's already up another .5%, to 81.51, awfully close to a new high for today. >>> the largest crowd-funding source, eindiegogo announcing nw investors, following the new financing round of $40 million. what is propelling the growth and how can it keep it up in a crowded crowd-funding market? ta

. >> richard branson is closer to sending tourists to space signing a deal with the f.a.a. clearing the way for space flights from new mexico. no word on when that will begin. >> for the last time those are the tech by idlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma pay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a paper recycling plant was in flames near disneyland. the fear began before 6:30 last night. firefighter could not get access to burning cardboard and had to pour water from outside the facility. the fire burned for more than three hours. 100 firefighters were on the lines to put it out but there were no injuries.

. >>> and british billionaire richard branson is one step closer to sending tourists into space. his company, virgin galactic, has signed an agreement with the faa that clears the way for space flights from new mexico. the company is still not sure when the tourism flights will begin. but branson said he hopes to launch the first one by the end of the year. can it be? by the end of this year? can we go into space? wow. >> remember when we thought 1999 was cool? >> i know. >> that's cooler. >>> when we come back, outbreak concerns. measles cases at their highest levels in decades. why the sudden surge. >>> and it's not a bull in a china shop. but a deer in an antique store. and it can be just as entertaining or scary. photos, i'm saving a ton of time by posting them to my wall. oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2

so they got better and we did fine as well. >> that was again richard branson speaking. moving and shaking this hour, the former treasury secretary tim geithner. is book comes out today and a memoir of the financial crisis and the obama administration's crackdown on wall street. he defended the bank bailout. >> in a financial panic, there is enormous damage. is to makemperative sure you make the system stable, not because you care about the banks or you want to protect them from their mistakes, but because if you let them lights go out, the system will -- >> recounting the worst days of the worst financial crisis. more to come, for the mattingly joins us now. there has been more money made writing about the bailouts than the bailout themselves. >> on some level, it seems like it. there is no true formula on how to do these books and movies, but they really can cash in. big to fail.too that book is on the new york times bestseller list. $700,000 advance was turned into an hbo movie that i think was very well-received. the other book, without question, is the big short. mi

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richard branson creating a carbon war to save the caribbean.re about that when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back. in today's new energy, the caribbean islands lacked renewable energy infrastructure despite ample access to the sun and wind. billionaire richard branson is -- , goodg us for more morning. the caribbean is famous for sailing. there is a lot of wind. there is a lot of sunshine. this strikes me as being the first place to build a wind farm . yet they rely extensively on fossil fuels. >> nearly all the islands rely mostly on importing fuel oil. do thatry expensive to and they have high electricity bills as a result. jamaica, the average customer there paid about $.41 per kilowatt hour in 2012. that is high when you look at the u.k. which is around $.23 per kilowatt hour. what is branson going to do? gotten countries like aruba signed up. a sickly the idea is to fast-track the sustainability projects in the area. you have got the largest independent power producer in the u.s. to go in and agree to develop a renewable micro-grid on his hom

all systems go for virgin galactic the company owned by richard branson has clearance from the u.s. government to begin planning space flights for you and me. we have to go to new mexico to space port. that's where the flights depart from. we have to bring 250,000 dollars. more than 600 people already signed up. the flights will begin later this year, ladies. >> i will sign up. of course we get a sponsor. >> let's work on it. >> it is 13 minutes after the hour. coming up we have disturbing video of children who are being forced to fight. >> right now. punch him in the face. do it again. turn around. come here. do it again. >> oh, boy. a father is now under fire again. he is in trouble with the law. >> it's the day that is going down in history. there's only one contestant that will have you talking all day. >> >> i know it. i know it! captain: this is a tip. bellman: thanks, captain obvious. captain: and here's a tip. when you save money on hotel rooms, it's just like saving money on anything else that costs money. like shoes, textiles, foreign investments, spatulas, bounty hunters,

you'd investors like richard branson.re going to want to watch it. >> and powdered out of all? -- powdered alcohol? >> it does exist. vice magazine did a big article. gdpoming up, this year, will be helped by cocaine and prostitution. yes, i am not lying. more on that next. ♪ >> italy's gdp is getting a little boost from cocaine. yes, coke sale, prostitution, and smuggling will be calculated in the calculation. this is not april fools. >> it might sound like a joke on the surface of things, but it is going to happen. one of the big reasons is that drugs and the consumption of such drugs is not illegal. prostitution in some countries around europe. how can you compare these countries when you have one that accounts for those activities and one that does not? to includeeople these things. it is good for italy because you have these things called a budget deficit as a percentage of gdp and the target for them, they want to get it down to well below 3%. the target for every one is 3%. it will boost gdp. >> do we know how big

richard branson tweeted -- >> people being stoned to death, hello? it's all economic.ig of an economic impact it will have, let's find out and see. it's just a matter of doing the right thing. >> reporter: the hotel says a boycott is the wrong thing, hitting not just brunei but the locals. but the boycott and the celebrity power is bringing attention to the sultan's new law, a law that surprises this woman who says she knows the sultan like few others, she details in her book, "some girls." that at 18, she was a mistress of the sultan's brother for a year and a half in brunei. one night she said in her book was gifted to the sultan who broke his own laws. >> i'm a witness that the sultan was drinking, committing adultery, was, you know, not exactly living on the straight and narrow. >> for them to then pass this harsh law. >> right. >> how do you view this? >> maybe indicative of the way a lot of people in power behave. it's one rule for them and another rule for the rest of the people who don't have so much money and don't have so much power and that's why i felt comp

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richard branson renewing his plans to build supersonic planes to travel at 19 miles an hour. >> he claimse technology could be available sooner than we think. he plans to start, working on it bh he finishes rolling out virgin galactic space travel. it is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. the pentagon says cash is so tight they have to cut raises and benefits for members of the military but there is plenty of green plenty more money going green. >> rob speaking out from rehab. and it feels like your lifeate revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief, and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tubeulosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reac

-- about an hour's drive into the dusty area, being virgin galactic and spacex, are owned by richard branson and elon musk. clearing the way for the company to start planning space flights. >> that's unique part of this, the democratization of the space industry. you and i thinking about going to are space. you had to be an astronaut, had you to train with nasa. >> falcon 9r, a spacecraft that can take off and land vertical vertically. like the 1960s r60s science ficn knowledge films. >> to scrert cl vertically landi vertically launch. others have tried it but somehow have stopped. >> stopping space canaveral, florida. still flock oro to l roswell, nw mexico. hoping that the economic windfall, while others fear it will change their laid back way of life. >> being people who have known each other since grade school, still meet for the town dance, cowboys and cowgirls still exist. and rocket-themed motel they hope the rbl that the town and e spaceship existence can coexist. >> come here to make their life the way they want to. maybe there's room for everybody. >> others aren't as optimistic. >

we learned that richard branson's commercial space company virgin galactic has signed a condition forhe aviation and will launch from a new space port in new mexico. virgin galactic said that the first flight could start as early as this year. 580 people have put down deposits $70 million to take that trip. >>> joining branson in the race to space is elon m usk. he has been reaching for the stars and musk unveiled a spacecraft that can dock itself at the space station. the unveiling of the new spacecraft comes at a profittal time. u.s. astronauts have been relying on the russians to get to the space station since nasa retired the shuttle in 2007. now they're looking to fill that void. they have a contract with nasa for 12 cargo-carrying missions to the space station. for more on all this and other cool things tech in the news we turn to our own jake ward in san francisco. jake, you and i have both been space geeks. we've been watching this development over the years, but this is a big, big deal from the time that there was a first commercial spacecraft hit space during the 2004, now t

sir richard branson hopes to launch the first flight with the end of this year. tickets are a quarter million dollars each. >>> back to square one in the search for the missing malaysian airlines jet. australian teams say they know this. the jet is not in the area where they thought they heard pings, and wait until you hear why. we have a map of the area. according to investigators it's 330 square miles and also where the u.s. navy underwater drone began its search and found nothing. so the teams have stopped looking there. the united states spent $11 million on the equipment and aid, and word from one of them is when we heard the pings it may have been from one of our own boats and that's why they didn't tell us. it one on the exact frequency the black box from the jet was sending out. somebody just wasn't paying enough attention. leah gabrielle is on the fox news deck. where do they search now? >> it's a big ocean. australiaing deputy prime minister is still confident the final resting place of the plane is in the southern indian ocean and specifically along th

before the airlines and the private space race richard , branson made his initial fortune in music muslimwitted things about apple hill to buy beats, and when virgin galactic will be ready for space travel. fcc chairman is revising his plan to offer paid internet fast lanes after backlash.

also ellen degeneres tweeted out about this writing: >> and you have richard branson who wrote: . >> and also british comedian steven fry wrote: >> now, the c.e.o. flew to the states from london, saying his hotels followed the laws of the u.s. and europe, not bloouni and feels that -- brunei and feels the hotels are being unfairly picked on and the boycott only he'lls employees. >> -- hinneders employees. >>> we've been talking about the climate change report. in the western united states one of the biggest areas for agriculture and government research shows the average price of eggs is $2.06 - that's a 7% jump from last year. tomatoes $1.63 - up 9% from 2013. beef pricers the highest in 30 years. selling for $5.23. the high cost of beef is because of drought conditions that caused production costs to skye rocket. >> paul brennan joins us from elizabeth colorado. how are the ranchers dealing with this problem? >> reporter: we are in elizabeth colorado. this is high and dry country. what they say is it's getting drier year after year after year. we talked to a lot of ramption and they

richard, now that jay leno and ellen degenerous and sir richard branson and sharon osborne opened the door, will you and all your liberal friends join us on the conservative side and stand up, identify radical islamist for what they are, their mistreatment of women and gays and lesbians who they kill, stoning to death women, allowing women to have the choice of dress. they ought to be allowed to drive their car and pick their husbands and work and ought to be able to go to school. are you going to join us with and stand up for women's rights considering those on the left like to say mitt romney with his minders of women's resumes was declaring a war on women? will you join us finally? >> i will -- sean, you know i always stand up for women's rights and lgbt -- >> i never heard you speak out against obama's policy -- >> wait one second here. i want to go back to one thing, i reject the notion the president is with jihad and al qaeda. he killed president obama -- >> actually navy seals killed him. >> we have drones up there every day destroying the taliban. that's president obama's fore

efficient sources an , sun edison, co-founder with richard branson, for addressing climate change, andhe author of creating climate wealth unlocking the impact economy. thank you for being with us. >> great to be here. >> number one, the epa, the department of energy and the white house are all very clear about saying something that will get under the skin of conservatives in this country. we have climate change and a lot of it is manmade. that is still a dispute in this country. one of the few countries it's a dispute, but it's a dispute. >> i grew up in a rural town in illinois that actually voted for the republican candidate against obama and illinois for both elections. when i talked to my friends it's not that they're against manmade climate change. they're against someone saying that it's reel and not proposing solutions to solve it at the same time. we are a nation of hope, opportunity, not a nation that whines about these problems without providing the other. >> one of the things that the gentleman that david interviewed said, we understand why it could be good and solar costs

richard branson tweeting, no virgin employee nor our family will stay at the dorchester hotels untilghts. >> it's all economic. how big an economic impact will it have? let's find out and see. >> reporter: the hotel says the boycott has already cost it more than $1 million. but will try to avoid layoffs. >> it's going to hurt our employees. and they have -- this is nothing to do with them. whatsoever. >> -- everybody who's turned out -- >> reporter: jay leno's wife believes owe straw sizing the chain is the only potent action capable of getting the ruler to rethink his law. >> as hard as it is perhaps on the hotels that are being shunned, it's a little bit harder to be executed in a public square and stoned to death. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, beverly hills, california. >> thanks for telling that story, kyung lah. >>> i want to end on a really touching note. oklahoma city thunder star kevin durant accepting his first nba mvp award last night. as he thanked his teammates by name. but it's what got me is how he talked about mom. >> we weren't supposed to be here. you made us believe.

i talked to richard branson about this recently. he's convinced and committed that they're going to be able to do it. they've got the funding. they're going to be able to do it, and justin bieber's going to go to space. >> will he come back? stay tuned. 38 minutes after the hour. >>> a real fight on capitol hill right now about the issue of school lunches and the program backed by first lady michelle obama. a house committee has just advanced a bill that would let schools opt out of the new rules for a year if serving healthier meals causes them to lose money. the measure also, as i said, gives the schools a 12-month grace period to comply to the regulations. under them, schools have been adding more fruits and vegetables and cutting salt and fat. >>> guess who stopped by for lunch at the white house? hillary clinton sharing a private meal thursday with president obama. it's not clear if little smokies and mac and cheese from the school lunch program were on the menu. the power lunch was not on the president's official calendar. so,

richard branson joined the boycott as did the former sultan of late night, jay leno. >> not a political issue. this is not something that's debatable. it's people being stoned to death. hello! >> as the beverly hills city council meets tonight over this action, we are joined now by mavis leno, long a champion for women's rights around the world, great to have you here. thanks for taking the time. >> oh, i'm very pleased to be here to talk about this issue. >> how did you and jay discover what was going on there with the sultan? >> i got home from a trip i was on and the following night went to a party with jay where i ran into robbery -- rob reinner. i was very jet lagged. he said to me did you hear what's happening at the beverly his hotel. i said no and he told me what was going on and that people were pulling their parties and so on. i said, oh, wow, that's amazing. walked off. and then about a minute later when my jetlag subsided, i realized, oh, my gosh, the feminist majority, the organization i sit on the board of, is having a fund-raiser there. in a week. so we of course pulled o

richard branson tweeted no virgin employ will stay at dorchester hotels until the sultan abides by basic human rights. >> people being stoned to death. hello, it's all economic. how big an economic impact will it have? let's find out and see. it's just a matter of doing the right thing. >> reporter: the hotel says a boycott is the wrong thing, hurting not brunei, but the locals. >> it's going to hurt our employees. and they have -- this is nothing to do with them whatsoever. >> reporter: but the boycott and the celebrity power is bringing attention to the sultan's new law, a law that surprises jillian lauren, who says she knows the sultan like few others. she details in her book "some girls: my life in a harem", that at 18 she was a mistress of the sultan's brother for a year and a half in brunei. one night lauren says in her book she was gifted to the sultan, who she says broke his own sharia law. >> i am a witness to the fact that the sultan was drinking, was committing adultery, was, you know, not exactly living on the straight and narrow. >> for them to then pass this harsh law. >> r

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they have been hiring people like richard branson to write blogs on their site and encourage people toon regularly. >> it is certainly active now when you see the original content they are generating. thank you so much. coming up, we will get the white house's reaction from the 'sairman of the president council of economic advisers. that is coming up. ♪ >> is sugar the tobacco of the 21st-century? they are looking to spark a movement away from sugar. julie hyman has the details. the filmmakers are trying to spark a movement. >> they are. --y want people to start stop eating processed foods or cut sugar out. they want to change the way people read labels on food. one of the things the movie points out is that if you look at a nutritional label, they tell you the recommended daily allotment percentage protein, fat -- it does not for sugar. check it out the next time you look at the label. >> i will. >> this is really what they are pushing for. said that the food industry is responsible for tricking people into think that they cannot cook real food at home. here is what he says. doit is t