i'm selina wang.tarbucks is giving delivery service in the u.s. another chance. shops ishain of coffee teaming up to test a delivery in more than 100 locations in the miami area. tested delivery service in seattle with post mates. kevin johnson joins bloomberg at the global action summit with how convenience is playing a role. sustainability has been a pillar of our agenda for years. starting with sustainability of coffee and making it the first sustainable agricultural product to lead certified stores. today we are announcing a new greater store framework or we are going beyond the store into how we operate the store. do with renewable energy. buying renewable energy credits so all energy in starbucks stores is renewable. water stewardship and ensuring we are being thoughtful about water. it's about managing waste. we have a complete program we put together with our partners that we are announcing today that will help make us a greener, more sustainable company. what we do is we buy renewable energy

i am selina wang.musk is hoping to harvest the power of the tesla fan base. longtime customers are volunteering to answer questions from buyers. to make sense of the latest turn, dana holding joins us now. you have been talking to these volunteers all day. what are they doing? >> a lot of them are existing owners. they are very passionate. they recognize this is a make or break quarter and they want to help out. it again on twitter where an existing owner volunteered to elon musk, i am an owner, do you want me to help out? like, that would be awesome. you are seeing droves of people volunteering to help out. >> what does it say about the ability of tesla to get cars out fast enough? >> they have a lot of questions questionsging, electric vehicle drivers are accustomed to asking. the service centers are packed. pressure is increasing from investors. what are the expectations for this particular model? has indicated they are going to deliver and sell more than double last year. -- musk. they were expecti

emily: -- >> i'm selena chang -- selina wang. jeff bezos stands up for press freedom>> and the washington pot owner said leaders should welcome robust criticism. push brown continues his back on the trump administration's rollback plan for the environment. we hear from him from the global climate summit. and another tiny tech company is listed in new york. first to the top story. jeff bezos is criticizing president trump and stating up for freedoms -- standing up for freedoms. he said the president should welcome media criticism. >> i will say this. it is a mistake for any elected official, in my opinion, and i do not think this is a very out there opinion, to attack media and journalists. [applause] i believe it is an essential component of our democracy. -- i was never been going to say never an elected official that likes the headlines, there is probably no public vigor that likes their headlines. it is ok -- public figure that like their -- like their headlines. it is ok. . if you are a governor of the states or the president

i'm selina wang in san francisco.o aggregation app has become the latest chinese company to list in the united states. the company priced at the low-end of its marketed range, selling 12 million american depositor shares at seven dollars a piece. they raised $84 million in its ipo. it's the 24th company to list just this year. we asked why they chose a u.s. listing. >> we compared all of the options. in china, hong kong, and the u.s. they are rapidly growing and they still understand their business best. other -- i can't think of any sizable internet media company, and in the u.s. there are more than 10 out of china. >> did you see them list in hong kong? they raised about $4 billion. i am interested in your head -- in your business. give me a bit on what you do. how do you make money? >> we are actually an individual type of technology driven media company, unlike the older model, where the immediate produce their own content, we don't produce any content. we aggregate it from media and freelancers. we push customize

selina: i'm selina wang and this is the best of "bloomberg technology," where we bring you all of our top interviews and this week in tech. common a coma apple unveils a faster iphone x. will it kickstart more growth for the first trillion dollar tech giant? some investors aren't convinced. plus coffee on the run. how convenience in tech is plain into starbucks's global strategy. we hear from the company's ceo. and it's the new start of an era for alibaba. his successiones plan as he shift his focus to philanthropy and education. a big week for apple as the company unveils its new iphone strategy, tripling down on its upgrade to the iphone x. the iphone x s, the iphone x s max and a new entry-level , version, the iphone x are. we got a first look at the handsets after the announcement. >> it looks just like an iphone x as expected. some of the new enhancements include upgraded camera equal processor. it is supposed to be quite a bit speedier. it starts at the same price. it has new wallpapers. overall, it is just like an iphone x. face id same general design, , features. the big diffe

i'm selina wang. another high ranking tesla executive is leaving the company.s according to sources that the global vice president of finance operation is parting ways with the electric carmaker. we are getting news of longer delivery response time for cars. this was posted on twitter. due to a large increase of vehicle delivery in north america, there could be longer response times. resolving this is our top priority. we spoke with tigris chief financial investment partner and a bloomberg businessweek reporter. >> my supposition is that is -- he is talking about people requesting service and what is happening now is tesla is in the middle of a sprint to get as many cars manufactured and then delivered to customers as possible. so you know feels like they are having some kind of normal customer service snafu. i don't know. until we learn more, i wouldn't read too much into it, although i definitely want to start looking at what customers are saying. i haven't had a chance to do that. emily: perhaps more serious is this continued executive turnover. and now spec

selina: welcome back to the best of "bloomberg technology," i'm selina wang.er high-ranking tesla executive is leaving the company. that's according to sources that the global vice president of finance operation is parting ways with the electric car company. we are getting news of longer delivery response time for vehicles. customers may experience longer response times. resolving this is our top priority. the chiefith investment officer. is talkingsition about people requesting service on their cars, and what is happening now is tesla is in the middle of a sprint to get as many cars manufactured and delivered to customers as possible. it feels like they are having some normal customer service snafu. until we learn more, i wouldn't read too much into it although i definitely want to start looking at what customers are saying and i haven't got a chance to do that. emily: perhaps more serious is this continued executive turnover. specifically in the finance department. we had the chief accounting officer leave as well as other finance executives. and now coming

from: laura rosenberger the alliance of securing democracy and our very own selina wang, that you souch. i want to mention president trump is speaking now at the white house and talking about this op-ed in the new york times written by an anonymous trump administration official very critical of the president leadership. he called a gutless, said it is a disgrace, and if he was not in the office, the new york times would fail. we will continue to monitor the headlines. coming up, 23 and me has high hopes about a new partnership with a pharmaceutical giant. we hear from the ceo about what could be cured in just a moment. this is bloomberg. ♪ is bloomberg. ♪ emily: genetic testing company, 23 and me, is hoping to leverage to partnership in a company develop new cures for diseases including parkinson's. the ceo told me why it is a dream close to her heart. >> we started with the data so we said discovery can fundamentally change if you have an incredible amount of data. the hypothesis we have is that if we have all of this information and we discover targets that started from a human, ge

social media, laura rosenberger, codirector of the alliance for securing democracy, as well as selina wang who covers twitter and went through the events. walk us through the highlights today. the room was packed. conspiracy theorist alex jones was there, interestingly, probably one of the many people interested in these discussions around shadow banning. but were there any surprises? selina: it has certainly been a marathon of hearings, and one of them is still ongoing. the second hearing, you thought that the lawmakers were more prepared and quite aligned on the issues they wanted to hit the tech companies on. we also saw facebook and twitter really evolve their statements to say that this is their number one priority, to stop abuses, to stop foreign election meddling. and there are also a lot of questions about, are they adequately equipped to deal with the evolving threat? and many lawmakers brought up the new, coordinated misinformation campaign coming from russia and iran. in the hearing that is still ongoing, we did see the tone shift. it took a much more political tone, and we saw

. ♪ selina: i'm selina wang and this is the best of bloomberg technology where we bring you all of ourviews and this week in tech. apple unveils a asked her iphone x x. and a cheaper 10 are. with a kickstart more growth for the first trillion dollar tech giant? some investors aren't convinced. plus coffee on the run. plainnvenience in tech is intbu

selina wang from bloomberg.w from naples, florida, is roslyn layton, american enterprise institute visiting scholar. she served on president trump's fcc transition team. good to have you here. i think many americans, particularly if we vote, watched if we haves asking assurances that russians will not interfere with elections come this november. what did we hear from these companies? >> you could see what the market responded afterwards. with the stock drop, not total confidence. but what i think we should applaud democrats on is that they are having these hearings. years, those of us in the policy community have tried to point out concerns for the platforms, competition, transparency. democrats did not want to listen. the tech companies were not fallible, and all they were interested in doing was regulating competitors to the tech companies. what is positive is at least we have moved forward to have hearings. it was not possible to get all of the people they wanted. google did not show up. but the fact that the

. ♪ >> i am selina wang in san francisco. this is bloomberg technology.and congress agree on the need for stronger privacy laws. the question is how far should they go? we hear from the hearings on the hill. plus a latest funding round pushes is up to $20 billion. at

. ♪ ♪ >> i'm selina wang in san francisco, in for emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology."p for press freedom and the washington post owner said leaders should welcome robust criticism. plus california governor jerry brown continues his push back on the trump administration's rollback plan for the environment. we hear from him from the global climate summit. and another tiny tech company is listed in new york. fir

: that was laura rosenberger of the alliance for securing democracy, codirector and boomer text selina wangfirst apple, than amazon, but what company will be next to cross the trillion dollar valuation. listen to us on the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s. on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: amazon started september with a bank. shares of the giant rose this week pushing the company above a market value of $1 trillion, a milestone apple reached just last month. it is a big milestone for ceo jeff bezos, currently the world wealthiest person. most notably has been the speed at which amazon hit this milestone. shares have almost tripled in the last three years. we spoke with ivan finds it about all of this and bloomberg -- and brookstone -- brett stone. >> when i first visited amazon in seattle stock prices were falling in the single digits. we are not our stock price. it is something amazon employees might remember today, because as the chart you showed demonstrates, this company has been propelled by strong fundamentals and increasing net income, and also a wave of optimi

emily: -- >> i'm selena chang -- selina wang.ands up for press freedom>> and the washington pot owner said leaders should welcome robust criticism. push brown continues his back on the trump administration's rollback plan for the environment. we hear from him from the global climate summit.

yvonne: liver technology reporter selina wang joining us from washington. thanks so much. joining us from our perspective, j jacobs, a vice president in new york. is this a one day wonder, this selloff in twitter stock? or is this something that is a threat to the sector? jay: we have seen this play out the next -- for the last few months. we saw the selloff begin a few months ago. i don't think this is one day only. this has been continuing for months. the question is when does it stop and the social media companies resume their rapid growth. seems that the landscape changed so quickly. mark zuckerberg did not know he was going to create facebook when he started at harvard. is that part of the problem? it has been difficult for the companies to keep up with how quickly these have overtaken vast portions of our society and make the changes that people are demanding. jay: there is no question this has been a fast-moving industry. recently.nly ipo'd the first phase we saw in this industry was rapid user growth. the second was monetization. now we are looking at the phase of

selina wang is an washington, d.c. for us. some up what was concluded from this morning's hearing. morning, the hearing was focused on election meddling and bad actors and foreign influence. the hearing i am standing outside of right now that will start any minute is really ofused on alleged censorship conservative voices. hours ago, we had the department of justice say they consider this issue to be very important in that they are looking into this alledge censorship and potential anti-conservative bias. the standing outside of room moments ago was alex jones, a central character that the hearing is going to focus on. which is this question of how twitter can maintain its stance as a neutral platform when it has to take on the role of moderating content and policing these right wing voices? -- obviously,hat something he is in the center of attention for. he was across networks this morning. back to the action itself. did sheryl sandberg or jack dorsey give any commitments to senators or express anything they have not expressed in the past? stocks are lower. it seems like investors