the founder of samsung had trouble. yeah, ithink founder of samsung had trouble.fine. thank you forjoining us will be fine. thank you forjoining us this morning. in other news: a senior engineer has left ride sharing company uber just weeks after he started. amit singhal failed to disclose that he faced accusations of sexual harassment in his last job at google. his departure comes days after uber promised to investigate separate claims of sexual harassment at the company. greece is holding yet more talks to try and get to the next stage of its bailout programme. inspectors for the european union, european central bank and international monetary fund are in athens trying to finalise reforms with the government so that it can be given the next chunk of money which will help it avoid bankruptcy as it continues to struggle with more than $300 billion of debt. lots of stories on the website, including this one about space x. two tourists have put their place to travel 3000 miles —— 300,000 miles to the moon and back. —— spacex. ifi to the moon and back. —— spacex. if

chief of samsung and the head of samsung electronicslj chief of samsung and the head of samsung electronicsh bated breath. hopefully i will talk to you tomorrow if you are in. iam in, talk to you tomorrow if you are in. i am in, are you? i am. see you soon. let us talk about lufthansa. the boss of lufthansa says the firm has made great progress in restructuring the airline. the german carrier is under fierce competition from low—cost rivals, and has suffered more than a dozen strikes over the past 12 months amid efforts to cut costs. as a part of our series on the challenges facing the global airline industry we've been speaking with lufthansa's chief executive, eurowings, was crucial for lufthansa in allowing it to compete with rivals. we have places in germany, stuttgart, luxembourg, hamburg, they are rich business centres themselves, and we had to realise we could not compete there with our brand of lufthansa and the cost of it. we had to create a new brand which is still the best value for money but at much lower cost and that was a necessity. we started late on that which forced us to

he says samsung burned him twice.s jim axelrod. >> i don't ride anymore. >> reporter: last september, 19-year-old michael taylor came home after a long day on his parents' farm in rockton, illinois, plugged in his phone, and went to sleep. when you wake up, what do you see? >> what i saw was a flame about two to three feet long shooting from the phone. >> reporter: his samsung galaxy note 7 had exploded-- these are the sheets? >> yes. >> reporter: --leaving him with severe burns on his legs. >> i've never had a pain that strong in my life. i've literally taken a pitchfork through my foot and it doesn't even compare to that. >> reporter: samsung apologized in the aftermath of stories like taylor's, recalling all note 7 phones, offering exchanges and promising their consumers complete transappearancey. >> that's where the note 7 gearted on fire ,right here. >> reporter: but when taylor decided to sue samsung for damages, he confronted an obstacle samsung had buried. inside the box, under the phone, inside another box, o

samsung electronics.his would potentially enjoy the life insurance industry in korea, which would cause unemployment to rise sharply and create an economic crisis for the country. that is a worst-case scenario. the best beef to the level of power that this company has over the economy. rishaad: what about samsung itself? what is the likely impact of jay y. lee being detained for 18 months, what effect does it have on the company? geoffrey: for my research i do not think that will have an effect on the day-to-day business operations. jay y. lee is not your typical ceo. he does not actually sit down .nd say, make the product he does not injured near the product itself like steve jobs would do. he builds relationships. samsung's biggest strength and industry is that it is a relationship company. it supplies components to apple and other hardware companies around the world. if you need an lcd display or a , a chip set samsung is one of the few companies that with its vertical integration, can push it out at s

he says samsung burned him twice. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: last september, 19-year-old michael taylor came home after a long day on his parents' farm in rockton, illinois, plugged in his phone and went to sleep. when you wake up what do you see? >> what i saw was a flame, 2, 3 feet long. shooting from the phone. his samsung galaxy note 7 exploded. these are the sheets. leaving him with severe burns. >> i have never had a pain. i literally have taken a pitchfork through my foot it doesn't compare to that. >> samsung apologized in the aftermath of stories like taylor's. recalling all note 7 phones, offering exchanges, and promising their consumers complete transparency. that is where the note 7 started on fire right here. when taylor decided to sue samsung for damages he confronted an obstacle. samsung had buried. >> inside the box, under the phone, inside another box on the last few pages of the warranty guide, is a clause requiring all disputes with samsung be resolved through final and binding arbitration and

>> he is the heir apparent at samsung.icture is there is this investigation into influence peddling at the highest reaches of government. a special prosecutor was a -- appointed about two months ago and has been digging into allegations about corporations giving money in exchange, allegedly for political favors, including at samsung. the special prosecutor had a deadline to finish the investigation at the end of february. today here in asia. he had asked to extend that because it is a big project and was denied the extension, so they need to file charges today. a spokesman for the special prosecutor said yesterday of the five samsung executives identified as subjects, almost all will be indicted. we are expecting that later today. cory: what are the ramifications? it seems in the past, executives of the korean companies have been able to avoid prosecution by having close ties with elected politicians. >> the political climate has changed quite a bit. you are right. in the past, they have been prosecuted for a variety of th

earlier i asked our reporter why there is renewed interest in samsung.f samsung, mr li, thought he was off the hook when a court in seoul decided to reject his arrest warrant last month, he may not have expected today's summit to appear back at the prosecutor's office. during the past three weeks, investigators really reviewed the case and decided there were new aspects to the investigation that required further questioning. the allegation is that samsung gave millions of dollars in return for the votes of the national pension fund ina the votes of the national pension fund in a big and contested restructuring of the company. this time senior executives of samsung may also be questioned alongside with mr lee and the investigators feel they have collected enough evidence that may merit his detention. the prosecution team could file another arrest warrant and the court would then have to review the case again, so another anxious legal process may be heading towards samsung's boss. kevin kim in seoul. block chain is the security protocol that helps to under

people at samsung has said c.e.o.'l businesses will be able to continue to run these operations. where it gets more challenging is if you take out the top leadership, it is hard to make big strategic investigators -- decisions about where they will invest in technology they think is promising. the bige big -- strategic moves get more challenging if you have top leadership distracted with this sort of thing. cory: thank you. we appreciate it. a programming note. starbucks c.e.o. sits down for a wide-ranging interview on tuesday. spacex c.e.o. elon musk's announces a surprise mission to two unnamed space tourists have put down big bucks for a trip. details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ segment "out this of the world" because it is about space. elon musk says his company will launch two space tourists be on the moon. two passengers, they do not want their identities disclosed yet, the company says they are paid a significant deposit. unanswered questions, there are many. what? the moon? passengers? they're going to put a liv

he's the first in samsung's 79-year history. his father was convicted of tax evasion, but later pardoned. the conglomerate of south korea's economic growth. you about it's in crisis with the turmoil and now the absence of leadership. 200 of its executives called an emergency meeting to deal with the situation. samsung group says it will do its best to try, tell the truth during the eventual trial. we'll keep watching the story, but for now i'll hand it back to you. >>> as we have been reporting, there's been a major development in the corruption scandal that's gripped south korea for months. authorities arrested the head of the country's largest conglomerate. he's accused of giving bribes to an associate of park geun-hye's the country's sus spended president. one south korea says the arrest serves as important step. >> clearly the decision to call in lee jae-yong, the scion of the family that established samsung is a milestone, it suggests there are no sacred cows here and definitely opens the door to the possibility of a more t

this is bloomberg. ♪ samsung.uth korean court had issued an arrest for the de facto leader of samsung. he was going into court as you saw in the pictures. samsung says they will try to do their best to reveal the truth in the court trials. and some commenting in email statements. we will bring you more as it comes in. in 2030, google running tests and expandingon broadband across the globe. they say it is not necessary anymore. they say they have found ways to run the program with fewer balloons in particular regions. we are joined by tom giles. break it down. it can be slightly more targeted now. tom: they have figured out how to do it much more efficiently, another example of what people have said about ruthless -- they are asking people to scale back the ambitious projects and do things more efficiently, in a way that will help the different moonshots, if you will, achieved profitability more quickly. she has brought more accountability and this is a product where google is scaling back and as you said, do thin

samsung shares opened lower at the arrest of the head of samsung group. it's in the negative. australia is down. china markets will open in less than half an hour. >>> it's conducting the joint trial. customers bring their full shopping baskets to the cashier. be system reads the tags and add up the price in an instant. the system will even bag your shopping for you. >> officials say the system can shorten the time needed for check out by about ten seconds on average. they want to introduce it by 2025 if they can lower its operating cost. >>> the number of university students taking part in internship programs have seen a surge this year. more than 700 businesses have reached out to its students to apply for its intern program. that's up 70% from last year. >> translator: i think internships are good. not only so i can find about companies by myself, but also to let firms know about me. >> officials at a job information firm say more than 60% of japanese companies are holding similar programs. students are helping out in human resources operations. the program has attracted st

, after the huge dibaba late left by samsung, after the huge diba ba late last left by samsung, afterth its galaxy note 7. billions were lost over those faulty batteries. people are watching for the launch of the galaxy s8 at the mobile congress. this is not happening until march. they release tablets, instead. is that a big disappointment for a company that is soap permanent in the mobile space? i would not read too much into it that samsung is not launching the galaxy s8 at the congress. “— launching the galaxy s8 at the congress. —— so launching the galaxy s8 at the congress. —— so prominent. that should not take away all the hype that huawei will be able to generate with their new launches. one of germany's most senior banking executives said that the brexit vote should not be taken as an excuse to penalise london's financial industry. we got was —— we got worse that the response to be pragmatic. if there has been this vote, we should deal with smooth transitions. vizeat is my job should deal with smooth transitions. vizeat is myjob and the job of my collea g u es vizeat is myjob

samsung denies allegations.effrey caine is joining us and working on an upcoming book from -- on samsung. and david kirkpatrick in new york. and straight to jeffrey in seoul, can you put this into context? it looks like the trial could take 18 months. with the warns and the rest, will he remain behind bars? >> it is not clear if he will remain behind bars throughout that time. it depends on what the south korean legal system decide, but what is unusual is a that lee had an arrest warrant issued against him and his father was involved in a similar scandal 10 years ago. and he never had an arrest warrant issued, so that says the government is down to business, this -- they are really going after one of the most powerful companies in a way that we have not seen. caroline: it is interesting, david, the share price does not seem to be affected by this scandal. it is incredible how the mighty fall, how much do you think this will affect business? david: when it rains, it pours, they are still recovering, not fully rec

in the short-term, this should not affect samsung production. samsung posted its best quarterly profits in more than three years last month. in the long run, there could be a lot of reputational damage as our correspondent explains. reporter: there is a darker side for the company. it is an incredibly powerful business group. it is known for abusing its power. i think this is a story people around the world don't know about samsung. they just know the good products and marketing and selling. i think the risk for the group is all the dirty laundry is going to be aired in the global yesa and samsung question reputation will suffer as a result. impact on the an company and its bottom line. >> let's see how the european markets are faring. we are seeing a mixed picture after a strong rally early in the week. investors are keeping an eye out for earnings report and economic data. the insurance sector is one of the top performers this friday. reported a 23%p' nearly rise in profit for the last quarter. shares were up by nearly 4%. the prime ministers

and samsung's chief jay y.inuing to be questioned amid a probe into a corruption scandal. let's get out to sherry for more in seoul. i read its not uncommon for directors of family-run companies to be facing criminal charges, but often they are pardoned and don't do time. this time it could be different according to market watchers. what is different about the samsung story? >> exactly you're right. because of this corruption scandal involving the president of the country, and the weeks-long street protests calling for her impeach m as me well as reforming these corrupt practices in the political circle and the business side, especially talking about the family-owned large conglomerates. it's been a chronic issue in the korean economy. but just because of the scale of these outcry and cries among the korean public, things could be different this time around. the samsung chief has been called in for yet another questioning. the third one since friday's arrest. my source tells me that it won't be much change when

the vice chairman of samsung and lower than 7 hours. the arrest warrant in connection with the corruption scandal that has shaken south korea, led to the impeachment of the country's president. thousands of protesters opposing and supposedly demonstrating outside the courthouse. samsung has united offered bribes to the president. >> the top wireless carriers trying to outdo one another when it comes to unlimited data and consumers raising the benefit, sweetening the previous offer of 5 lines with unlimited data for $90 a month, adding high-definition video, and mobile hotspot da to that offer. verizon unveiled its data plan, $80 a month or 180 for four lines and i have seen other carriers, t-mobile improving its plan, at&t will offer a limited data to customers without requiring them to have their direct tv or television service. >> more from president trump's wild news conference with the mainstream media and leakers of classified information. the new head of the sec talked about the merger plan on at&t and time warner. >> good morning

samsung has been on a p.r. forced to recall its galaxy note 7 phone in an effort to regain its consumers' trust. but we have found some consumers who have tried to sue samsung and feel like they're getting burned twice it's like you had a box of sparklers and you lit them all at once. >> last september joanie broke up in the middle of the night to her galaxy 7 phone exploding 16 inches from her face. fire and it took me a moment to process my phone was on fire. >> joanie's husband grabbed oven mitts and carried it into the backyard. >> the entire time it was dripping burnt plastics all over the floor. >> the bar wicks are considering joining a class-action lawsuit but they may have a problem. are you aware that you entered into a contract with samsung that prohibits you from suing? >> no. >> inside the box under the phone inside another box on the last few pages of the warranty guide is a clause requiring all disputes with samsung be resolved through final and binding arbitration and not by a court or jury. a c

market, you've got huge leaders like apple with the iphone and samsung. so why bother? the key to the us market is that it is not a market of volume like india or china itself, the us market is the crown jewels of all smartphone markets as we know it. it's the market of high—value. that is worth it for the smart phone vendors to go into the us, to displace apple, to displace samsung and gain market share from them to gaina very and gain market share from them to gain a very high—value market. the chinese capital, beijing, aims to cut the use of coal by 30% this year to battle against air pollution. according to the state news agency the government will get more aggressive this year and help residents of 700 villages make use of clea n residents of 700 villages make use of clean energy. large parts of northern and central china have been covered in fix for this winter disrupting flight and port operations and schools —— thick

samsung earlier dropping as much as 3%.fter the arrest of the -- source-anticipated open and some, down 7/10 of a percent. saw after the climb we thursday. given the early morning arrest we saw, we will see how the performance tracks. hynix on the rise. hyundai unchanged. >> thank you. leader is in detention, arrested on allegations of bribery, perjury and embezzlement. the company issued a statement saying able to its best to ensure the truth comes out. you are in seoul during the first proceedings. how significant is it? >> is quite significant when you take into the account the weighting of samsung. the top five make up about half the index. i was looking at the top 10, behold 27% of all business in sale -- in south korea. samsung at the top. if fulton to question all kinds of risks. he was the defective leader -- the fact oh -- de facto leader. when i was there in january when the court ruled rejecting the special prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant they said there was not enough evidence. it would have been unpr

victims of exploding samsung phones may be unable to sue the tech giant.rn about the little-known policy that keeps customers out of court. and we hear from one victim who says her phone was like a box of sparklers on fire. >>> president trump will spend the week into at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. protesters will demonstrate nearby. ahead, what the president's neighbors think of his winter white house. >> some of this morning's headlines, "the washington post" reports president trump's vow to overturn a law that bans political contributions by churches. during the national prayer breakfast yesterday, he pledged to totally destroy the johnson amendment covering non-profits that get tax exemptions, repealing the 1954 would require congressional action. >> "the new york times" reports that a woman who ran one of the cia's black site prisons was named the agency's deputy director. gina haskel is the first female career cia officer promoted to the agency's number two job. in 2002 she oversaw the brutal interrogation of two suspects at a secret prison in

and cnt two years ago, which locked jay lee's hold on samsung electron electronics. what did the group do? samsung electronics rallied up 1%, so did the battery company and engineering as well. as for the broader asian markets, the kospi ended up. the nikkei ended at the flat line. a lot of momentum early on in the morning session from the record close on wall street from the dow, but saw some of that momentum lose steam. the asx 200 ending down 0.2%. that's a look at how we ended this tuesday. guys, back to you. >> pauline, thank you very much. >>> the dollar strengthened after the dallas fed president, robert kaplan repeated his calls for the fomc to hike rates sooner rather than later. the fed may need to raise rates in the near future to avoid falling behind the curve on inflation. cnbc's interview with robert kaplan takes place at 13:30 cet. john baker joins us this morning. good morning. welcome. we had a guest on yesterday who said the political environment and the elections in europe at the moment are a red herring. there's still value to be found in the equi

samsung is offering customers repair or rebate. >> i'm frustrated with samsung, with the way that theyandled this. >> reporter: olds is not alone in her problems with samsung. >> great to see you, harry hairston. >> reporter: adrian burwell got this new lg washer since her samsung washer was part of the recall. >> i loved the other washer. i was afraid to use it. >> reporter: she was entitled to a rebate from samsung. she waited the standard four to six weeks for a check, still nothing. >> i was livid. >> reporter: we contacted samsung and asked what a customer can expect when it comes to repairs or rebates. samsung says most customers wait four to six weeks for a rebate check, that's after you send in all of the documentation and expect seven days for a repair. after we got involved, burwell got her rebate. >> they apologized for the inconvenience saying it's learning from every consumer experience to improve its process. if you have a response or a problem, let us know about it, go to the numbers on the screen and we'll respond to you. >>> 11 minutes before 7:00 a.m. we want to show

rinaudo was not fully satisfied with his samsung experience. john is still sure he was not at fault but he's glad the phone works. >> awesome. michael, excellent job. excellent. >> reporter: samsung has a new policy it instituted last september. it suspended the mail-in repair service for out of warranty phones and the phone was damaged by abuse it voids the one-year warranty. now i want to hear from you with any problems you have like this guy here. the 7 on your side hotline is open weekday 10:00 to 2:00. 415-954-8151. you can also get through on f e facebook and abc7news.com. >> good work. >> thank you, michael. >>> well, the bay area is a beautiful place and abc 7 news viewers prove it every day. >> they always do. marcia called this picture a gray day on the bay. this picture has the #abc7. it looks nice with the bird flying and everything. >> a nice shot with the city skyline. spencer is back. it's a beautiful place and soon to be a wet place. >> you're right about that. not only a gray day because of clouds but also air quality. here is

rinaudo was not fully satisfied with his samsung experience.ohn is still sure he was not at fault but he's glad the phone works. >> awesome. michael, excellent job. excellent. >> reporter: samsung has a new policy it instituted last september. it suspended the mail-in repair service for out of warranty phones and the phone was damaged by abuse it voids the one-year warranty. now i want to hear from you with any problems you have like this guy here. the 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. 415-954-8151. you can also get through on f e facebook and abc7news.com. >> good work. >> thank you, michael. >>> well, the bay area is a beautiful place and abc 7 news viewers prove it every day. >> they always do. marcia called this picture a gray day on the bay. this picture has the #abc7. it looks nice with the bird flying and everything. >> a nice shot with the city skyline. spencer is back. it's a beautiful place and soon to be a wet place. >> you're right about that. not only a gray day because of clouds but also air quality. here is l

troy, first of all, can you give us a sense of whether samsung is the start of something wider?the current special prosecutor said he has only have the opportunity so far to investigate the ties between samsung and jason schill mahood this scandal is tied around. that being said, there were a series who were brought before the national assembly earlier to testify who gave donations. some of them such as lotai have given it back during this period. the special prosecutor is probably going to look into these situations. caroline: how destabilizing could this be for the economy of south korea? >> traditionally they have been run through the families. without the head of the family in charge there's been no authority to make major decisions how to do new strategic moves. the question becomes if many of them were to lose their heads such as samsung right now, would they be able to make decisions? many of them tend to have caretakers where the situations happen and they should have a plan in place but it would be unique if we saw this happen now. caroline: you worked on capitol hill a

. >>> samsung heir jay y. lee is arrested as part of a corruption probe, sending political shockwaves through south korea and sending shares in the smartphone maker lower. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back. >> good morning. >> traveling, that beautiful shot in switzerland yesterday. >> i did bring back chocolate, i think it's gone now. i brought it in at 6:00 this morning, gone at 6:05. >> trump getting everybody up and going. the dotcom people can't keep up. >> being a journalist on trump these days, effectively you're on 24 hours. you get maybe five hours. >> head online and look at the key points from this speech, if you haven't already. we'll talk more about it in a bit. want to show you european markets. lower across the board here in europe. some smaller markets hanging on to slight gains. by in large down a half p percentage point. >> it is worth noting we are set to end higher for the second week in a row but far from any record highs on the u.s. markets. >> let's get back to president trump, h

take a closer we look at the culture of south korea and how samsung is in the crosshairs.t could be just the beginning. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: samsung heir apparent a scandal that has led to the president's impeachment. it puts the unique colter of family-run conglomerates under intense scrutiny. troy, first of all, can you give isa sense of whether samsung the start of something wider? >> the current special prosecutor said he has only have the opportunity so far to investigate the ties between samsung and jason schill mahood this scandal is tied around. that being said, there were a series who were brought before the national assembly earlier to testify who gave donations. todayf them such as low i have given it back period.hhis the special prosecutor is probably going to look into these situations. >> how destabilizing could this be for the economy of south korea? >> traditionally they have been run through the families. without the head of the family in charge there's been no authority to make major decisions how to do new strategic moves. the question becomes

now let's get to samsung's jay y., arriving at the prosecutor's office, further questioning, allegations of bribery and investment. others expected to be called in as investigations continue. rosalind chin is looking at the story. we are revisiting this, aren't we? lee was called. to the prosecutor's office. he was summoned last month, but a court decided the special prosecutor did not have enough evidence to justify keeping jay y. lee in jail. prosecutors are looking into whether samsung gave donations in return for political favors, mergerng support for the of two samsung units that help to consolidate power for jay y. lee. they have denied the allegations. jay y. lee and two other executives will face more questioning. last time, he was question for 22 hours, and special prosecutors will decide by next againhether they will try to get an arrest warrant for jay y. lee. rishaad: this is amongst the backdrop of other scandals and south korea, not least the president under a cloud as well. have they had permission to s

this year's expo has been marked by a new product from samsung after the korean comedy had to recallheir last galaxy note seven phone. giving technique best tech >> a's to give their space blast from the past after a showcase of the cutting-edge in -- proficient communications group is convinced when it comes to firms, sometimes less is more. >> they really want this balance in their life. and there are many cases where send,eing able to receive, and playful calls is exactly the -- exactly the right package problems. reporter: with strong sales in emerging markets. barcelona is not all about nostalgia. 2000 technologies, development and for joel -- in virtual reality. samsung has chosen not to launch its next advice, the galaxy g eight, after the recall of the faulty galaxy note seven. analysts are confident that samsung will hit back hard won a new phone as is market in march. >> i think it will be an extremely impressive device. daunting prospect all competitors in this market, where competing there is really tough. >> the states are high for samsung. 1.5 million smart phones sold

samsung repaired it for free, after all. samsung told us, "we know customer satisfaction is core to our business success. we are sorry to hear that he was not fully satisfied with his samsung experience." john is still sure he was not at fault but he's glad the phone works. >> awesome. michael, excellent job. >> reporter: samsung has a new policy as of last september. it suspended the mail service for out-of-warranty phones. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >>> san francisco has unveiled one of its biggest park projects in city history. abc7 news was in san francisco at mclaren park yesterday. over the last two years, construction crews have transformed two lanes of an old roadway into a safer space for people. >> it will be a huge benefit for the community. people are now going to be able to walk on this street, ride their bike on this street, not have to worry as much about cars speeding by at 50, 60 miles an hour right in the middle of the park. >> the project also added raised crosswalks, new lighting and landscaping.

samsung offered customers the option of a repair or rebate.one showed after three scheduled appointments to make the fix. >> i'm frustrated with samsung, with the way they handled this. >> reporter: she's not alone in her problems with samsung. >> great to see you, harry hairston. >> reporter: adrian got this new lg washer since her samsung washer was also part of the recall. >> i loved the other washer. i was just afraid to use it. >> reporter: she was entitled to $535 refund from samsung. she waited the standard for four to six weeks for a check but three months later, still nothing. >> i was lived wrt both women contacted nbc10 responds. we contacted samsung and asked what customers should expect when it comes to repairs and rebates? samsung tells us, most customers wait about four to six weeks for a rebate check. that's after you send in all the proper documentation and expect about seven days for an in-home repair. after we got involved, she got her washer repaired and she got her rebate. >> is this the time i can give you your hug? >> th

get the trust of the loyal samsung buyers back, and they have to make sure that never again this kindf battery disaster happens again. overter: a lesson for the 2200 exhibitors expected to showcase new technology and products. >> lots of new things to look forward to. anchor: kate moody with today's business. and i will be back at half past nine with the top stories, so don't go away. vx [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> it woululd be difficulult tok about impeachment of a president a month into his term. with this s president, i it is y appropriate. amy: donald trump has been in office for 30 days. there are voices calling for his impeachment.

. >>> a man says he was burned by his samsung phone while sleeping on the couch.after other samsung were called for reports of burning and blowing up. >> it was second degree burns. >> jason smith says he was sleeping on his sofa last friday and felt a burning pain on his stomach and came from his samsung galaxy s 7 purchased just three months ago be ran to the bathroom to put vaseline on the burns and that the phone allegedly burned a hole in the sofa. >> i felt it heat up to where it was nice and warm. . but never that it would burn me. >> and now it's a public relations disaster at samsung, they were forced to recall some 200 million note 7's after failing to correct the problem that caused the devices to explode and this was his first time buying samsung phones including one for his daughter. >> if she fell asleep with it in the sheets, potentially she and her two sisters and mom could be up in flames. >> we contacted samsung, the corporate sales person issued this state. we take every product incident seriously. we reached out and will offer our full support.

donegan said he offered to send samsung proof of purchase but samsung wouldn't budge.o he contacted nbc 10 responds. >> you were the only one to turn to. >> reporter: we contacted samsung. the company told us it would review donegan's case. a few weeks later problem solved. samsung sent him his $396 rebate check. >> if you want help with a product or service, you call harry. >> all right, thank you. i appreciate it. >> semper fi, harry. thank you. >> all right. now, i appreciate that. samsung says it's working as quickly as possible to support every customer affected by the recall. on average it takes 4 to 6 weeks to get a rebate check. make sure you read the rebate instructions carefully and send in all the proper documentation so you get your money sooner rather than later. at ease. >> yes, cutting through the red tape for the veterans, harry. >> let's check our recovery counter. getting money back for you in the delaware valley, we're at $278,819 of your money back to you. >> all right. >> if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responds, there's the number on y

donovan says he offered to send samsung proof of purchase, but samsung wouldn't budge so he contactedbc 10 responds. >> you were the only one to turn to. >> we contacted samsung. the company told us it would review donovan's case. few weeks later, problem solved. samsung sent him $396 rebate check. >> if you want help with a product or service, you call harry. >> all right. thank you. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> harry hairston, nbc 10 responds. >> very nice. samsung says it's working as quickly as possible to support ever customer affected by the recall. average 4-6 weeks to get a rebate check back. make sure you read the rebate instructions carefully and send all the proper documentation so you get your money sooner rather than later. now if you have a consumer problem for nbc 10 responds or telemundo respond. let us know about it. best way to reach us here on the screen. we will respond to you. >>> 6:47. we're in february. it's 45 degrees already outside. take a live look. so beautiful in the few minutes before sunrise always. >> comcast power looks nice there. little cloudy i

some breaking news, samsung jay y.mmoned to speak to investigators in seoul, korea, and has arrived at the special prosecutor's office for the second time on bribery allegations. we will keep tabs on his arrival. ♪ planting a size-six, non-slip shoe into that door. on this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. but these days it's phones before forks. they want wifi out here. but behind that door, i need a private connection for my business. wifi pro from comcast business. public wifi for your customers. private wifi for your business. strong and secure. good for a door. and a network. comcast business. built for security. built for business. ♪ betty: 8:30 in a gloomy singapore. i half in hour away of trading. i'm in new york. you are watching "daybreak: asia." first word news. >> santos air has arrived at a special prosecutor's office to be question over allegations of bribery and embezzlement. a lack of evidence was cited. prosecutors may still seek another arrest warrant. two other samsung executiv

, the lee family which established samsung is a milestone. it suggests that there are no sacred cows here, and definitely opens the door to the possibility of a more thorough investigation, inspection of the blue house and perhaps even bringing in president park if she refuses to cooperate. that part we have yet to see, but i think there's a certain bridge which is -- river that's crossed. >> the expert also says the arrest could shake up the status quo. >> there has been traditionally an argument made even very recently, that to arrest ceos, top figures of major korean corporations would have a negative effect on the korean economy. i think public opinion now is such that people feel the korean economy itself is suffering terribly and any particular accusations of wrongdoing against ceos or heads of corporations is not seen as something which would have some particularly negative impact. if anything, might have a positive impact. >>> the u.s. secretary of state has told his chinese counterpart that beijing should do more to rein in north kor

samsung used the stage at a major tech show in stage today to unveil two new tablets. back over to you. >> landon dowdy with the latest. thank you very much. >>> 4:46 right now. happens every year. gas prices going up and they'll reach their peak by memorial day because refineries are starting to switch to pricier spring summer blend. experts say a gallon of regular could get as high as $3.70 in the bay area. right now 3:00 in san francisco. 2.94 in san jose and 2.92 in oakland. >>> heard a gas buddy report that it won't be that big of a chump. only 40 to 50 cents. 3.50 is a lot of money for a gallon of gas. >> if you do have to go to the gas station, you'll look around and see that it's wet and cold. seven-day forecast coming up at the bottom of the screen as you will see things will dry out this week or continuing to dry out. and we will also see these temperatures going from the upper 40s into the mid 50s today. a mix of sun and clouds. i want to show you storm ranger. this is mobile doppler radar parked on san bruno mountain. it's been picking up on rain that moved

. >>> samsung electronics left a major south korean business lobby group. the federation of korean industries has been criticized for facilitating the cozy relationship between the political and business worlds. samsung group has been caught up in the country's political scandal, for giving money to foundations linked to a close friend of the suspended president. the lobby group also faces allegations that it pressured samsung to hand over that money. the samsung group is the country's largest conglomerate and south korean media report that it alone accounts for a quarter of the lobby group's membership fees. other companies within the conglomerate are expected to leave the federation and observers say the chances of it surviving are slim. another major electronics conglomerate lg group has already pulled several of its companies out. >>> toyota motor and suzuki motor reached a basic agreement to form a tie-up. they want to boost the competitiveness in the global auto market. they are considering a possible capital alliance. toyota has already agreed to som

also in the programme....the boss of samsung gets another grilling as south korean investigators probe the country's cash—for—influence scandal. we'll get the latest from seoul. and this is the picture on the financial markets. positive territory so far. and it's the spy in your fridge. we'll find out about the latest gizmo that can help you track your food waste. it's certainly clever. but is it creepy? today we want to know: when does tech get too intrusive? send it to us using this hashtag. welcome to the programme. another day, another world leader arriving to meet president trump at the white house today it's the turn of canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau. he differs in opinion from his host on a variety of issues — so just how important is canada's relationship with the united states? heir countries share one of the biggest trading relationships in the world. in 2015, some $662.7bn worth of goods and services flowed across the almost 9,000km border. but that works in the united states‘ favour at the moment to the tune of $12.1bn because whilst canada sells more goods to the us

the fact that samsung refused to repair it and said john was to blame. >> said that was caused by myd i go, what do you mean my abuse? there's no way. >> reporter: the repair report from samsung said the lcd was damaged because of abuse. >> oh, i was hot. i was hot. >> reporter: john said he never dropped or cracked it, and it looked pristine when he showed it to us in walnut creek. >> they say, oh, no, you did this. that's like a slap in the face. >> reporter: we contacted samsung and the company said its technicians did find damage and determined it was caused by the customer but mailed it back without a good explanation, so samsung repaired it for free after all. john is still sure he was not at fault, but he is glad the phone works. >> awesome. michael, excellent job. >> reporter: samsung has a new policy as of last september, and it suspends the mail-in service for out of date phones, and if they determine there's abuse it voids the warranty. >>> abc 7 news was in san francisco's mclaren park yesterday for the street skate project ribbon cutting. they transformed two lanes of a

samsung has denied all the allegations. futures are rising after the nation stopped coal imports from north korea. it is a move which effectively cuts the secretive regime's exports in half. the ban will remain in place until the end of the year, in a bid to ramp up the pressure onjohn of the year, in a bid to ramp up the pressure on john yang of the year, in a bid to ramp up the pressure onjohn yang after its missiles test last weekend. —— pyongyang. it rejected a shipment of north korean coal, the country's biggest export. and a loan from the international monetary fund is aimed at bailing out the commodity reliant economy which has been vulnerable to highly variable prices, helping mongolia avoid missing a $580 million debt repayment due next month. once a national icon, it is now up for sale. the bidding process is under way for malaysia's automaker proton. the chinese company could emerge as the top suitorfor company could emerge as the top suitor for 51% stake. proton was established 1983 but by the late 19905 it esta