think rupert had in itself can't can't -- and in her was above that. some of the pleased that rupert made to the brigade particularly about the lack of helicopters. there was a watch guard officers have passed it to the member of parliament in the very next day they were discussed at prime minister's question time with david cameron. and mark everson's diary about the inadequacy of equipment and his lack of understanding of the reason he was there that had a profound impact. his mother wrote her own book after "dead men risen" and has done a lot of media. i do think welsh watch guards it certainly percolated through society and the army but whether it really changes things we will have to see. >> host: do you think there were innate cultural dynamics at play. this is something that is foreign for americans who don't have any real knowledge or understanding of the way things are in britain. the way a welshman might be viewed differently from a unit from a different part of the country just in terms of where they come from and what their differences are

rupert had that inner self-confidence that was above that. and some of the pleas that rupert made to the brigade, particularly about the lack of helicopters, who was welsh guard officer who was a member of parliament and the very next day they were discussed at the prime minister question time with david cameron. so i think in mark edison's diary, about the inadequacy of equipment and his lack of understanding the reason he was there and his mother has been -- she wrote in the book and got a lot of media and had the ear of people in high places. i think there are lessons from the welsh guard that are perforating through society and the army. whether it really changes things we'll just have to see. >> host: do you think there was any cultural dynamics at play when you start talking -- this is something that is for americans who don't have any real knowledge of understanding of the way things are in britain. the way a welsh might be viewed differently than a another from a -- a unit from a different part of the country in terms of where they co

on rupert thornhill and i knew charlie. he was a company commander in iraq so was happenstance that this all came together. i got out there in august of 2009 and i was there in the last month or so with the new commanding officer in place. i was able to travel -- the battle creek area. i traveled to all 12 bases and outposts and was out on the ground with the troops. the book isn't my description what would happen to me. there are few things in there that didn't involve me but really that was an opportunity to start the interview process and you know yourself when you are embedded with troops you have conversations that you just don't have anywhere else. they open up and they talk about their fears and you might be the last person ever to speak to them. you are also someone coming from the outside and i was very clear to them this was not a newspaper article. this was the book and a history so i thought the opened up little bit more when they knew this wasn't going to be published in a year or so so that was the start of it

so rupert, his death is one of those examples of truth being that it and any kind of fiction. almost tragically poetic way he died. he was killed inside of a trapped vehicle july 1, 2009. a vehicle that shouldn't have been used on the narrow tracks. it wasn't properly armored. they improvised by putting an armored plate on the front cabinet so that the taliban would realize that an offset of the pressure plate and it would explode behind the the vehicles are one reason he was killed as he was in the vehicle and it wasn't properly protected. if he were in an msu wouldn't have been killed. the reason he was in the wrong vehicle is because there was this real phenomena that will shock out there among the welsh guards and where some of these guards 18 19-year-old were going into a panic and absolutely terrified and the main reason for that is because they were searching for the improvised explosive devices using metal detectors. but the tablet and at that point had developed low metal content or no metal content ied's and the plastic component. one is like looking with gold and ab

rupert murdoch dodges a media bullet in the u.s. workers - how they can drive the news coverage and... say. >> the ted talker who has no idea. when greece's syriza party was voted into power, the media party was ready knowing that alexis tsipras would be the leader. in one way, alexis tsipras made it easy for them. the party's name is an akron ym translating to the coalition of the radical left. once you get past of the label and look at the policies, are they this radical. the consensus in the news media, corporate owned, is that harsh brutal austerity measures are something that greeks must live with syriza has been chipping away at that. there was no mere charm offensive by the foreign minister. he was out to subvert financial doctrines and dress codes and dealt out sound bytes slamming into the wall conventional thinking, particularly in germany, where the debate may be won or lost. our change is not a date line, it's a news maker, the academic, politician about to teach europe a thing or two about economics. >> hello. >> report

we saw that tweet by rupert murdoch talk about joe biden actively thinking about running.ld that play into the mix and would that be a big issue for hillary clinton should she announce she'll run which a lot suspect she will? >> you know i think it's a really fascinating thick to look at these two characters. they have both sides. joe biden has this folksy down home look that is so fun to watch him but hillary is sort of this character. she's, you know she's the person who has to run to see what's going to happen so it's i think up to her. >> it's going to get interesting. that is for sure. despite whoever is in the race. it's definitely going to get interesting. thank you very much for joining us. >>> another record breaking weekend at the box office. plus an epic battle on a special super bowl edition of "the tonight show" is next. oducing preferred rewards from bank of america the new banking rewards program that rewards our customers, every day. you'll get things like rewards bonuses on credit cards.... extra interest on a savings account... preferred pricing on merril

paul: and rupert bought dow jones for $5 billion and wrote down a big slug of it the next year.here are a lot of people year -- david: there are people in new york who want to be players and there is this entire new cadre of fortunes made in silicon valley and technologies -- stephanie: no longer has to deliver all of his news in 140 characters. he will own "the daily news"! erik: does it offer as much of a platform as it used to? david: it doesn't set the table in the same way it once did. "the new york post" and "the daily news" can pack a punch in terms of local and regional politics and particularly when you have players with new york ties. if you have chris christie, if you have hillary clinton, if you have mike bloomberg, the people who have ties or a presence in the city, it is still the global media capital and it matters. it is what people see on the front pages as they walk to the subway. stephanie: the day after a chris christie-style blender, there is nothing better than a "new york post" headline. paul: i love seeing the papers playoff each other and it would not be

rupert who district attorney a lot of architect to take into account it and he'll be here right now if you wish he's got about 4 minutes. >> yes. >> thanks. >> commissioners i'm santos the engineer for the project as we all engineers speak with drawings i've prepared a drawings to mr. pacheco for distribution to the commissioners. >> would you see them on the overhead. >> sure. >> point of order may we get a copy. >> sure, yes. >> oh boy i don't see anything. >> engineer for the project okay. it's not just my eyes we were asked by this project sponsor to do a structural analysis and we, of course, prior to making my recommendations we decided to take the steps that are normally recommended with the department of building inspection it is called a preapplication meeting you go to the department and talk to a structuralier of the city and basically ask questions and get xhoifrments for a cost effective instructor we did that and talked to mr. jeff from the department 6 inspects we have a signed letter of preapplication meeting basically confirming and kruger with the analysis we're makin

and as the bbc's rupert wingfield-hayes reports, many fear the strategic port city of mariupol could, in fact be the next target. >> on the hills outside mariupol, they are digging fresh trenches preparing for a new onslaught from the east. the men digging them are not professional soldiers. until a year ago, they were farmers and factory workers, and it's very unclear how much they really want to fight. if there is going to be an attack on mariupol by the rebels, this is where it is going to come from. we've been told there is fighting going on about 2 kilometers down the hill from here in a village, but even these freshly dug positions here outside mariupol came under shell fire this morning. >> reporter: most of the equipment here is ancient. kalashnikov rifles and a few old soviet-era armored cars. not enough, says their commander, to stop the rebels if they come. >> translator: we need better communication and surveillance, drones. we need more than antiquated weapons and tanks, we need sniper rifles and we need vehicles. >> reporter: after just a few minutes here, we're told we

rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news in mariupol, eastern ukraine. >>> a reminder of our breaking news this hour. the islamic state group executioner, a man known as jihadi john has been identified. the bbc understands that his real name is mohammed emwazi. he's a british man thought to be from west london. more on this story, of course on the bbc's website, and we will bring you more on this story as we continue to get it here at bbc world news. >>> now let's return to ukraine. and in the face of the worsening crisis in the east of the country, a new report has accused nato countries of failing to live up to a pledge to increase their military budgets. nato had already set a target that member states should each spend a minimum of 2% of their national wealth or gdp on defense. but the think tank group, the european leadership network, shows that in 2014 the uk and the u.s. were the only two countries to beat that target. and so this year it found that six countries, including canada and big defense spenders such as germany and the uk will cut their spending. france is on course to freeze i

this announcement was made after a three-year probe into rupert murdoch's phone.e was working for british companies that were eavesdropping on american phones for years in search of stories. the american department has not commented on its decision to file charges. >>> this was a deadly accident last night in villanova. police say a tree fell on a car killing the driver on spry road. no one else was injured. >>> now that accident in villanova was the 13th weather-related death in the country. one of the other victims was a massachusetts woman run over by a snowplow. the woman was hit in the parking lot of a condo complex outside of boston. the d.a.'s office is investigating to determine if charges should be filed in that. >>> and in connecticut, people are still working to clean up after two winter storm there is in the span of one week. 11 inches fell in waterbury yesterday making it tough to get around. no snow chains on those tires. some residents say this storm was worse than the blizzard of 2015. >> it was for some. >> we missed the one about a week ago. then

rupert murdoch has turned this into a european colossus. it is the second biggest.e growth that was good. sales up 5%. profit up 16%. i think what really stuck out was losing their customers to the like ofbp. u.k. highest growth in nine years. they are saying germany, austria, record growth. we spoke earlier. >> it has been an excellent start. we see record growth in germany. the u.k. we have seen the strongest rate of cuts in nine years. we posted revenue growth of 5% which we are very pleased with. >> also, they are not just growing in terms of international presence. they are growing in terms of the products. if i have to spend about every time someone says quad play someone would make a fortune. it is bp that basically shot of firework. suddenly it is not just broadband. they want mobile as well. >> let's bring it to my world a little more. sport, it doesn't matter if you hold bt stocks or skies stocks. this is a huge risk. >> that is why we are not seeing the shares quite so euphoric. they are the highest in almost five years, but the risk is starting this week

one of them may be that rupert murdoch doesn't take no for an answer.r time warner? -- might he go again after time warner? >>maybe. another question we have is charlie going back to the ceo of dish. why is he the most hated man in hollywood? this is a guy that has been sued by all for broadcast networks. his auto hopper feature is despised by anybody who runs a network. he has dropped channels like the walking dead or amc. he dropped them because he is not happy with their fees. he is voted -- it is voted as one of the worst places to work for. we will dig into that. >> he is not the most hated man in hollywood. on your twitter feed, you pointed out there is possibly a new entity for hollywood to hate. critics major award shows will be broadcast on facebook later. >> there are more 18-32-year-old on facebook during prime time than all three networks combined. binn goes with the eyeballs are -- business goes where the eyeballs are. ad revenue was flat this year. it is surprising how long things take but shocking how fast they can happen. we are into the

rupert murdoch with a bird don't you think? why do you think the movie was so good.e damn near wrote the script! pearl harbor, fox news knew that japanese were coming. potato famine fox news irish anchors did nothing to stop it from coming. they're the culprits. tsunamis fox news. earthquakes. fox news. tornadoes, fox news. that meteor hit in russia, blasted buildings a couple hits back. fox with a little payback. this goes way back to the dinosaurs. fox news, killed them off. and the big bang? fox news, started to light itself up. only the toy with all living creatures since. i'm glad i got that off my chest. john, you had me in tears. greatly relieved to see the fox did not perpetrate the lipped berg baby kidnapping. well. mr. cavuto, you had knee shooting coffee out my nose. great work. ruth missouri, thanks heavens i can stop blaming bush for everything. holder must be doing a slow boil to exposure to his illegitimate sy. great job, neil. fox news did it. lol. laugh out loud? a lot of laughs. any way write me aol. killing off dinosaurs was a mean thing. too bad y

so rupert murdoch with a beard don't you think? now you know why the movie was so good. knew the japanese were coming. the potato famine even fox news' irish-american anchors did nothing, nothing to stop it from coming, they are the culprits. tsunamis? fox news. earthquakes, fox news. tornadoes, fox news. that meet orhit in russia that blasted buildings a couple years back, oh, fox's little putin pay back this goes back to the dinosaurs, fox news killed them all the big bang? fox news started lighting itself up. only all living creatures, make mockery out of political leaders today. you know, it is a wonder a wonder we can even look in the mirror. it's a wonder the folks who say this nonsense have even bothered to do the same. keep looking keep looking. all right. you know, i got a lot of reaction to this whole issue when i started it with eric holder on my fox business show that we will continue this theme, online, off line, in the grocery line. a ton of letters, a ton of e-mails. you might be among them and you might see yours tonight. 8 p.m. on fox business network. a

as rupert found out outside a zoo near tokyo. >> reporter: it is a cold and sunny day in tokyo and thes are enjoying the animals at the zoo. then over the loud speaker an announcement. from the sleepy tone it might be hard to tell. this is a warning. there has, she says been an earthquake and an animal's escaped. the earthquake apparently damaged some of the cages and at least one wild animal has managed to escape and coming in this direction. we've been told we need to get out of here as soon as we can. zoo staff are rushing to set up nets to try to prevent the animal from getting any further. then, from around the corner it appears. a man in a cat suit? the zoo staff try to block him but the snow leopard attacks. a man is down. and the leopard slinks off, looking slightly guilty. a few minutes later he's nearly made to it the zoo's front gate. they set up another barrier and this time there is no escape. a dart is fired. the snow leopard stumbles. he's down. still, better make sure. for the watching media, it has all been great fun, but the man in the suit insists it is supposed to b

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. >> rupert murdoch. melissa: love him. >> roger ailes? melissa: heard conversation about layoffs or firings of someone else. 22% of conversations have heard conversations about someone else's compensation. 18% have heard conversations about someone lying to the boss. uh-oh. 11%, have heard conversations about setting up a coworker to fail. that is really malicious, yikes! >> that last one, sounds like cnbc. melissa: uh-oh. >> wait a minute. >> i run a company, that is information intelligence and security company, right? melissa: yes. >> what do we do? we provide information not readily available to public. >> steal information. >> to law firms and others. no, we don't. some people refer to it as information gathering. people should be this runs counter to our business model this is selfless act i'm engaged in. melissa: go ahead. >> people should be very very aware of everything they're doing in the office. sled everything you've got in your office. sled pieces shred pieces paper. amazing what people throw away in office environment. amaz

the rupert hair. it's kind of freaky. but you play an assassin.n the corner turning around. i think it's a movie in which i don't think you need to know about the game to enjoy it. it's effectively about a series of super human clones. they make 46 of them and the 47th was the best and the fastest and strongest and most intelligent. >> it's fun doing something like that. your role when homeland is based and grounded in reality. this is pure fun. >> it's hugely fun. we tried to obviously bring something real to it. it's that wonderful band of movies where you can shoot it, but at the same time without looking. i can do that. that's the job. >> speaking of homeland, we spent most of the commercial break vying for details about the next season. huh a huge role in the season that just ended recently. do you see bigger things now for peter quinn coming up? >> it's like the actual cia. they don't tell us anything. i don't even think they know. it's kind of a last monday thing which they are writing right now and we will know about it a week before. >>>

. >> rupert murdoch's news corps will not be prosecuted. the department of justice has been investigating whether any of the hacking has taken place. and the department says they are not pursuing any charges and are closing the investigation. the greek finance minister outlined plans for a debt swap. there was borrowing for new bonds and that is a change for the coalition that had been calling for the euro area to write down grecian debt. >> i have fatigue. a nice play on words. as is uber did not have adversaries. there are well regulated competitors and a new potential threat. here with more is caroline hyde. what is the story? google -- are they looking to get in on uber? what's it seems like all is fair in love and war. luckily, in conjunction with the project's to everyone's excitements. it was assumed they would work together. the investment arm of google put a quarter million dollars into uber and put even more money in the 2014 fundraiser. david drummond, the chief legal was on the board and we understand the same executive on the b

>> rupert made a -- i do not want to say an over-the-top it for the company, he fell short of that.t to buy your company and the company said go away and he did. most of these holding companies tend to be holding companies. >> if the company is thriving, it has piece parts. when it is not doing well, that is when you get into trouble. >> what about away from star properties? that usually tells me silly stuff starts happening. >> you have masterstroke, large media deals. there is still a little bit of fuzz over that. there are questions about liberty media in europe and whether it should merge. >> one about down the food chain? >> this is a serious time. >> what are we waiting for? >> i think the missing elements was a lack of confidence and some notion of growth. mn day is not riding the tape and saying i want to make a bet on the momentum. i do not think you will disappear quickly. there is some fraying at the edges. >> we will continue this discussion. >> let's check where the markets are trading. u.s. futures are trading higher. we saw the biggest monthly drop for u.s. equities i

the areas in which they compete with us, you would not give your media plan to michael bloomberg or ruperturdoch or less moonvess. you would give it to when independent. we are providing independent technology -- you don't know how the google algorithm works. there is a lack of transparency. it is a bit like the coca-cola formula used to be. we are providing an gnostic platform. all of these technology investments but is firmly in the data and technology camps. >> now you have $19 billion for snapchat $11 billion for p interest. >> $45 billion for xiaomi. >> yes, they are getting millions of viewers and these viewers are relatively -- very young. is it worth anything if you can't monetize them? >> they are. we saw snapchat trying to monetize through their channels. pin will try to do the sameterest -- pinterest will try to do the same. the biggest are google and facebook. in display and video and social and mobile, what you see is -- last year our biggest media relationship was google. facebook last year was just under 60 $50 million -- $650 million. google became our biggest relationship

betty: speaking of warm buffet he is going bigger on a hollywood studio with rupert murdoch. .y weinstein wants to get invited. he politely declined saying since the academy continues to ignore me, i'm having my own awards dinner at a local dairy queen. so far i am the only one who has accepted. we will be back. ♪ betty: world news headlines. the company which was founded in denmark in 1847 is to appoint its first non-dane to the top job. across asia, celebrations have begun for the lunar chinese new year. the year of the sheep will be welcomed on thursday. in china, hundreds of millions of people are traveling to be with their families. the state media saying 3 billion passenger trips will be made. imagine the traffic. in 2015 is not two months old yet china has 2 -- two dozen new billionaires. they include the head of a drugstore chain, a video game developer and the chairman of a low-cost airline. all their companies and others have gone public in the last six weeks, creating a friendly -- a frenzy of investment activity. can this last? joining me is colette melby. why so ma

rupert murdoch also chiming in.ead of the russia central-bank that she is unlikely to reverse last month's interest-rate cut as she expects inflation to flow. she aims to grow the russian economy. >> neither monetary your budget can table economic growth. >> she also said she has a lot of respect for -- who is able to achieve a declining -- while guiding the u.s. through a difficult time. and get ready for a petition from the former chairman of the u.s. reserve, adam weight in that -- that greece would be unlikely -- that it is only a matter of time before greece is forced to leave the euro. that is the latest word from world news. another update and 45 minutes kathy hour. a high price of the dollar may only hit the russian oligarchs very healthy fuel demand for luxury condos in miami and los angeles and here in new york is encouraged think our way -- waning, leaving many places unsold. in manhattan alone, 2386 newly built luxury condos will be listed for sale, the most on record according to data compiled by the su

will rupert murdoch make another go? if you done? -- is he done?rst of all, he's got two more weeks for making discoveries. are we going off the empire state building tomorrow? >> is thereshading his appetite? >> i would think so. i don't know about the third time around at time warner. >> that seems to be what is being speculated right now. what do you think at the >> i think the money is available. this is a good time to do it. we will never see these interest rates again. >> you mean these low-interest rates? >> yes. >> that's why i'm saying you have to jump on a bandwagon. it's a good time for acquisition. >> i heard he's interested in bloomberg. >> oh. no comment on that. his nbc going to pull out of its ratings? -- is nbc going to pull out of its ratings? and now with brian williams being suspended for six months this hits close to home. what do you think about that? >> brian had almost 10 million viewers. when you think about that, if you go by 20 years, that's not so great. to have 10 million viewers today, that is four times what fox gets

we had rupert murdoch -- i'm sorry, chris matthews asked is rupert murdoch was of real american.oward dean watley said that he questioned the patriotism of republicans. you had obama say that bush raising the national debt it was un-american. it seems to me that it is ok for liberals to question the patriotism of republicans, but don't you dare question obama. by the way, another question for your democratic caller is, if you love someone -- pedro, i don't know if you're married but if you find out the your deeply in love with your wife, why would you want to change her. host: jerry, did you agree with the former mayor? caller: i agree with him. obama does not love the country. he will about the country once it reflects what he wants. for eight years, he has constantly talked about how america is not exceptional. trying to excuse isis for the crusades. i just believe that one of the government agents came up there and said that the real threat to america is republican extremism. that means, if you'd disagree with obama, you're the real threat, not terrorism. host: let's hear from

to buy our company, 21st century stock because we have the best minds in the world, roger ailes, ruperts why they call warren buffett the oracle of omaha. he has invested in 21st century -- stuart: you get that bonus. the real story. >> warren buffett's model is to buy companies he believes are below their value so what he says is this company is below what it should be worth. 20% below. i don't work here but i love it here and this is great value. you left out some names. bill shine. stuart varney. it is the value play and that is why he bought this. stuart: all joking aside it is a good move financially. you say? >> absolutely. i say unparalleled in the history of finance. stuart: i got to take a look at apple's. it is the latest, $127.90 on apple. awfully close to its record high and were $740 billion at that level. the latest product is not apple watch. it hits the stores in april, 6 million have been ordered from aviation manufacturer. there are reports some of the biggest fracking features like measuring blood pressure, heart activity, glucose and stress levels among others will n

rupert murdoch is putting the puzzle pieces together to become a juggernaut in europe overall and weg start . operating profit is up 16%. scale has grown. they are adding customers in the u.k. >> it has been an excellent start. we see record growth in germany. in the u.k., we have seen the strongest customer growth in nine years. we posted revenue growth of 5%. >> i think that churn comment is really important. lowest rates of churn. they are not hemorrhaging customers. these companies are now all talking about an interesting move recently made by sky. it is lighting a fire underneath telecoms. you have to have mobile. sky is getting in on that and they are managing to stop any customers jumping to other competitors. they are offering very cheap deals to keep them. >> what about the negatives? >> big risk. the auction rights. we will find out later this month how much a company is going to have to throw at this situation. 2012 was when they bid for the three-year rights to these football matches. and the u.k. come of most popular sport is football. 3 billion pounds was how much they

. >> rupert murdoch has taken to twitter once again. he shared his thoughts on the democratic field for next year's presidential election, saying joe biden actively preparing to run against hillary. murdoch didn't share any details. john kerry, the current secretary of state, has ruled out another presidential run. >> from twitter to twitter, our twitter question. see how many times i said twitter? would you fly ryanair for business? that is the question of today. you can tweet us. >> have you changed your views? that would be the interesting one. let us know. we would be delighted to hear from you. coming up, can greece kick its debt addiction? we will have more with oxford economics, next. ♪ >> 15 minutes past the hour. welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." we are streaming on the all-new bloomberg.com. check it out. >> restoreth europe. prime minister alexis cigarettes -- alexis tsipras and yanis varoufakis due to arrive in downing street. we are joined by gabriel sterne. gabriel, thank you so much for joining us. what does mr.

. >> rupert murdoch's world news will not be charged in the hacking scandal.hether allegedly payments to u.s. public officials broke anticorruption laws, but the department says it is not pursuing charges and is closing its investigation. alibaba looking to boost its overseas expansion. the chinese company is offering loans through lending club. u.s. businesses will be allowed to apply for short-term lending gloves. alibaba wants to reach some 2 billion individual customers and 10 billion small businesses outside china. sticking with alibaba founder jack maas says the company has resolved is problems with china's state administration. the regulator last week accused alibaba of all kinds of bad behavior, selling counterfeit goods, taking bribes. during a speech, the billionaire says the matter was handled "at the first stage." those are your latest world news headlines, olivia. >> remember bitcoin? we used to talk about it a lot a year ago, when the virtual currency peaked at $979 per unit, now under $250. as much as we have our own doubting thomas onset, there

would have been fired by roger ails and if roger ails hadn't done it, he would have been fired by rupert run a business. these people get away with it on a regular basis. here's the calculation they have, they are reaching a minute audience but tends to be a faithful and loyal audience. if you're reaching half a 1%, they don't care if they're insulting the other 99.5% of americans because they've got the audience they want. stuart: you know that comcast which owns nbc, they want to take over time warner cable. to do that they need regulatory approval. they need the obama administration to say okay maybe that explains some of the bias in favor of president obama because they want a favorable decision from president obama. maybe that's what's going on behind the scenes as well. >> stuart incoming news flash -- this city is corrupt, everybody knows it's corrupt. comcast has over 100 lobbyists working in washington, d.c. right now. this is a situation where they are too big to fail, where they can get this kind of control. if you look at the number of companies, the number of networks combin

5 and 4 would come across very clear, channel 4 was nbc, we liked watching it and the notion that rupert could buy his way to a brighter picture, you would find offensive treating the internet in the same open way is pretty sensible. >> so how will the internet companies as we know them the giants like our parent comcast, we realize that but others like time warner and charter and we're going to talk to the number eight cable provider in just a moment here how will their business change do you think? are they going to make less money as a result of all of this? >> i think they are looking at such a demand picture that they are going to keep throwing more band width at more and more people. >> why are they against this then? >> based on what i've read and what i've heard, they kind of like the idea that the government wouldn't have anything to say about the single most important medium for communication in the history of humanity. >> do you blame them? >> that's a pretty libertarian attitude and i don't think they want -- 4 million people e-mailed the fcc to represent the consumers. >> do

he stood by rupert murdoch during the phone hacking scandal. >> yes i do remember that. thank you.e dropping a burrito bomb on the street. that sounds disgusting. it sounds like slang for something else. >> that happens after you -- >> dropping off the kids at the pool or something like that. beating on the bottom line but barely missing on revenue, the stock is going to -- its a $700 stock. we'll talk about the incredible rise. six years? anyway, the company citing rising food costs. higher beef, addvocado. steven anderson is a restaurant analyst at -- a restaurant analyst at -- that was too complicated for the person -- >> stop stop. >> thank you. >> thank you for having me on. >> so is that forecast tepid? >> historically it's been early year with guidance. i do think they'll start to increase the guidance as the year goes on but i think that given the sharp drop in gasoline prices that has occurred that's lifted traffic across the restaurant sector i was a little bit surprised that they didn't go ahead this quarter to increase it and that's why the street was a little bit apreh

years and years ago bruce buying new york magazine and rupert murdoch. buying all sort of things. we had dinner in san francisco just a couple of months ago with tom. he brought me along to that dinner and he was an amazing man. he leaves behind a wife and three daughters and he will be missed. we're back in a moment. >> so sorry. >>> welcome back to squawk box. the hot seat is getting up. yahoo! is cutting actually more than several between 100 to 200 employees mostly in canada. the cuts were across multiple groups but managing is calling it an organizational restructuring and not lay offs. people are shell shocked. since myer took the helm she is under pressure to cut costs at the company. she has favored a ranking system that dismisses those with poor scores. all right let's get back to becky and joe right now. becky talked to randall stevenson. >> michelle thank you very much. obviously at&t is the sponsor of the at&t pebble beach. been here for 30 years and randall stevenson has been making some big moves to try to transform the giant. i got a chance to talk to him yesterday