i've been in silicon valley for 20 years. it's a commonplace question to ask when you're about to negotiate that salary, what did you make at your last place of business. that's going to have a profound impact just in the process. the process is going to be quite different. and also let's face it, silicon valley has a pretty woeful track record in terms of all sorts of gender, race, even geography. and so silicon valley i think is certainly going to benefit from rules like this. >> charley, you're my lawyer because i pay you $35 a month through rocket lawyer. that makes you my lawyer. can i lie about -- >> it makes you my boss. >> can i lie if somebody said up until the point of january 1st where they're not allowed to ask, and they say how much did you make at your old job, can you just tell them, well, i make x when i don't really make x just to up their offer? >> you shouldn't. i mean -- >> i know you shouldn't. >> i'm sure that people do. >> legally, could i? >> legally, i suppose you could. i can't give you chapter and v

the silicon valley of the sand, of the ocean, of boston, israel.seems that silicon valley is still held up as a model. what is missing? what needs to happen? john: we talk about silicon valley being the example of the rest of the world, then boston 128 two decades ago. you've got to disrupt as opposed to be disrupted. it's got to be across all 50 states, not just in silicon valley. i would argue silicon valley is out of touch with the rest of america in how we create jobs. , modigo around the world is looking at creating silicon valley is in india. he is talking about gdp growth of 7% to 10%. jpmorgan came out saying they predict india will grow at 10% per year. india is growing because of modi's digital agenda, job creation. france set a pace to do this across the entire country. we need to do it in every city in our country. we have to bring education with cano young people participate in the future. cory: is there something that can be done with cash repatriation that can encourage startups? the last time, it went into dividends, not necessarily

it's got to be across all 50 states, not just in silicon valley.ould argue silicon valley is out of touch with the rest of america in how we create jobs. as we go around the world, modi is looking at creating silicon valley is in india. he is talking about gdp growth of 7% to 10%. jpmorgan came out saying they predict india will grow at 10% per year. india is growing because of modi's digital agenda, job creation. france set a pace to do this across the entire country. we need to do it in every city in our country. we have to bring education with us so young people can participate in the future. cory: is there something that can be done with cash repatriation that can encourage startups? the last time, it went into dividends, not necessarily hiring, r&d. it went into shareholders pockets. if the goal is to encourage investment, what needs to be attached to a repatriation tax policy? john: you have had both the opportunity but also the challenge. we have to think of how we solve a problem. we need a much more competitive tax system. dropping the cor

cory: but even of silicon valley -- silicon valley seems to be the envy of the world.e saying, we're creating the silicon valley of the sand, the ocean, of boston, of israel. it seems like silicon valley is still being held up as a model. what needs to happen? john: we talked about silicon valley as being the example for the rest of the world. then you paralleled boston 128, which used to be an example. if you don't make it disrupt, and you have to disrupt as opposed to being disrupted, it has to be across all 50 states, not just silicon valley. silicon valley is out of touch with the rest of america on how we create jobs. as i go around the world, let's use india as an example, modi is looking to create silicone valleys in all 29 of its states for all his people. he is talking about gdp growth and getting excited, he's talking about 7-10%. jpmorgan predicted that india would grow 10% per year. india is growing because of the digital agenda through job creation and inclusiveness across the board. that is what you see in france, which is the last place you would have do

i think part of it is just the fear that silicon valley's people themselves will become a monoculturetech workers. >> reporter: one thing google does want is more housing. it is pushing the city to approve 9800 new units, some of them below market rate, though the city council wants to slash that number, fearing increased traffic. >> if the 9800 units are actually fulfilled and built, we will more than double the amount of affordable housing in mountain view, so that wouldn't be just for employees. >> reporter: mountain view isn't the only city being transformed by tech. facebook is increasingly dominating the towns of menlo park, and its neighbor, east palo alto. with 5500 workers facebook is well along with construction of a giant new office complex that will bring 12,000 new employees to the flourishing social network. but a future plan involves more than offices, says public policy director michael matthews. >> about half of that space will be for housing. 1500 units, about 225 of that affordable housing. retail space. grocery stores. possibly a hotel and some other things. >> rep

a stop in silicon valley they didn't want to miss. it's also a store where you can buy products, iphones, i pads, et cetera. dr. sue hahn says tech tumor is being more of a thing. >> it's very common in travel in tumor, why people travel, it's like to see is to believe. this company is a trigger of silicon valley. >> reporter: more people visiting than ever before. it's not uncommon to see tourists taking self-fees in front of the facebook sign. but for apple fa nattics it's something special. in silicon valley, chris wen, abc 7 news. >>> it appears walmart is ready to give tesla's new truck a try. the retail giant has preordered 15 of the new rigs. walmart says its excited to be among the first to pilot the new heavy duty electric vehicle. the vehicle can go -- tesla says the vehicle needs to travel 500 miles at maximum weight at highway speed before recharging. >>> 7 on your side's michael finny is out in santa rosa today answering your questions. >> hey michael, we're also talking cash, right? >> reporter: we have found about $4,00

silicon valley is an extraordinary place.e do know, there isa to our lives. what we do know, there is a gender equality issue in the tech industry and we hope, with the bbc's tech industry and we hope, with the bbc's 100 tech industry and we hope, with the bbc‘s 100 women season and their first ever challenge, that we will have at least made a dent in that so—called glass ceiling and perhaps to help the next generation of women find a seat at the boardroom table. next time, the 100 women challenge heads delhi where a new team has to tackle the problem of literacy in india. is going to be a cold start across—the—board. even where we have the rain,. this was to end the day. we have had a troublesome weather front in the south, pushed away by a little rich of high pressure building which is allowing the widespread frost under the starry skies which means, to both, we will see frosty but sunny weather. it is more likely where we had a dirt whether across southern parts of england, wales and northern ireland, the fog. but there wi

you are the mother of many robotics in silicon valley. >> yeah. while i was wall willow i was focused not only on the engineering aspects but also creating community. and so it actually has been really great because now i have run my own company i am basically saying hey, you want a job? >> i guess using robots in the workplace i guess are we going to see more jobs replaced by automation and how far? >> that was exactly my question. i have seen totally d disprojections about how many jobs the robotics revolution will create. i have no way of knowing which is true. >> i think there's a lot of data on both sides. it depends how you read the data. i personally believe that there's so much we don't know about the creation of jobs. for example, in the 1970s and 80s we created this thing called robotic tellers. now they are known as atms. at the time everyone said we will never have anymore tellers. it created a huge need. it allowed us to have smaller regional bank branches. we could have more tellers, on a couple but at banks. so you saw a huge growth

make more of what's yours. >>> silicon's valley newest attraction was opened. can the new visitor center is a sign tech tumor is becoming a thing. chris wen with the story. >> reporter: when it comes to sill von valley -- silicon valley tech fans like to connect in more bays than one. apple opened its new visitor center today, customers making the trip to be amongst the first inside. >> when i know it's coming, if it's possible i'll go there. >> reporter: people talking about technology with fanfare. this couple come from france and decided to drop by as part of their honeymoon. a stop in silicon valley they didn't want to miss. it's also a store where you can buy products, i et cetera. dr. sue hahn says tech tumor is being more of a thing. >> it's very common in travel in tumor, why people travel, it's like to see is to believe. this company is a trigger of silicon valley. >> reporter: more people visiting than ever before. it's not uncommon to see tourists taking self-fees in front of the facebook sign. but for apple fa nattics it's something special. in sili

. >> the trump administration was hit with another travel ban lawsuit from a silicon valley group. kpix5 has betty yu with the details. >> reporter: at least 200 refugees who rely on a south bay refugee group are stranded by president donald trump's latest executive order. it is banning entry to the u.s., according to a new lawsuit. jewish family services said silicon valley filed suit with other resettlement groups arguing that this is yet another attempt to have the trump administration stop refugees from entering the state without authority. in january, the president signed the first sweeping orders that tighten u.s. refugee and visa policies. >> we are talking about fathers and mothers and husbands, wives and children, waiting to join their families. >> reporter: these are refugees that have been vetted and approved to come to silicon valley or are in the process. as a result, many are stuck in temporary host countries. >> people can't go back to their home countries because they were persecuted there or had to leave. many of these refugees, if not all, could be arrested if the

it was fascinating earlier this summer to hear airbus -- speaking of silicon valley -- there is a silicony think take coming out with this flying taxi. they are looking at all sorts of ways they can be disruptive. there we go. there is some video. they are trying to say, we aren't going to fall behind. if there's going to be an uber of the air, we are going to be there. pretty cool-looking. yvonne: it is. betty: we are looking forward to that interview. ofnext, the changing face chinese retail, alibaba making a $2.9 billion bid on hypermarket. we are going to take a look at what that future holds for alibaba. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak asia."i'm yvonne man in hong kong. betty: i am betty liu in new york. alibaba's $2.9 billion investment in china's largest hypermarket chain draws the battle lines with walmart and could signal a major shift in the chinese retail experience. >> from commerce to contact to embracing the entire process. to go on to an internet platform to use different methodology, including big data to fulfill the demands of the customers, and to integrat

. >>> tonight the trump administration was hit with another travel ban lawsuit from a silicon valleyroup. kpix 5 betty yu has that part of the story. >> reporter: at least 200 refugees who rely on the south bay refugee group are stranded by president trump's latest executive order, banning entry to the u.s. according to a new lawsuit. jewish family services of silicon valley filed suit today along with other settlement groups arguing this is another attempt by the trump administration to stop refugees from entering the states without authority. in january the president signed the first sweeping orders. >> so we are talking about fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, children who are waiting to join their family. >> reporter: these are refugees who have been vetted and approved to come to silicon valley or are in the process. as a result, many are stuck in temporary host countries. >> if people can't go back to their home countries because they were persecuted there, they had to leave, and many of these refugees if not at all could be arrested. >> reporter: the president's latest refugee

i'm wondering what silicon valley is doing about that.'m confused. >> i think those are certainly valid concerns that some have raised in aspects of the community, but there's a whole other side of facebook and i think that's just one. you can make many of these same arguments with respect to television, you can make them certainly with respect to music. we've heard this argument before in history. there's no question. the truth is, even a show like yours as captivating, interesting, it's designed to hold, it's designed to capture people and make them stick and it does and it does it well. >> tucker: my show on cable news has not totally reordered our society. >> liberals don't think so. >> tucker: it's not a liberal/conservative thing. here's the truth. when this technology came out 20 years ago and change the we live completely. it just seems irresponsible to me or perhaps i'm missing something. >> it's capitalism and i think the goal is in any kind of media and this is a media entity if you will, it's all about holding people, it's all

what's the problem in silicon valley why can't women get promoted faster, paid more and become more - more leadership roles? we focused today on stitch fix, one of the only ipos of the year actually led by a female. >> yeah. look, i think that the continued awareness and katrina talked about this, but the more people are talking about it, which is definitely happening, the bigger impact you're going to have. three of the last six investments that i've made have female founders. katrina, as john pointed out, an amazing role model in terms of not only being a founder but being a founder that made the transition to ceo and then being a founder that made a transition to ceo to public ceo, and she's fantastic. she's one of the best that i've ever worked with and so, you know, benchmark just added our first female partner, so there are some positive data points, but i would encourage everybody to keep the messaging going, keep the discussion going because it is moving things forward. >> you say benchmark just added its first female partner a lot of people would say first? >> i get it. >> an

all of which raises serious questions tonight about silicon valley.bout what their products are doing to this country, particularly to children and how much tech executives know what potential harm is caused by what they're selling. already, psychiatric research has produced some ominous findings on this. social media use is connected to anxiety, depression, and social maladjustment particularly among adolescents. the more time kids spend online, the unhappier they are. data from the cdc shows that suicide rates for teen girls in america are at a 40 year high and way up 14 boys as well. does technology play a role in those deaths and for that matter, and a number of other serious pathologies that appear to be rising in america. sean parker seems to think so. parker is not a research scientist, he's even more of an authoritative on this subject, he was facebook's first president and he helped design that website. parker recently gave and interview and said he knew they -- from the very beginning they were creating something harmful and addictive. >> we

if you're only backing entrepreneurs in silicon valley, new york, boston not pittsburgh, des moines,adison, other parts of the country, given startups are the major job creators, you're not going to get the job growth and economic growth simplification of the tax code is important lower rates are important. we need to make sure we do that in a way that doesn't further exacerbate this divide between what's happening on the coast and what's happening in the middle of the country. investment opportunity act hopefully will be part of the package. >> you've been preaching the gospel for a while now be good to get an update from the. steve case, joining us from d.c. >>> nypd holding a news conference this morning about yesterday's deadly terror attack in new york city contessa brewer in lower manhattan with the details. >> reporter: just told at the news conference they expect investigators to be on the scene collecting evidence they anticipate until at least early this evening let's get you caught up to date on injuries. the fire commissioner in new york says there were 20 victims in this

and leading that effort is our first guest -- evan goldberg, a silicon valley tech leader, a father, and the founder of the brca foundation, which was recently launched. and it was launched with a whole bunch of money thanks to a successful career, so congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> you have an incredible story about how you even began to think about this, so tell us about that. >> yeah, well, i was adopted, and when i was 35 -- so 15, 16 years ago -- i was contacted by my biological parents, who actually had stayed married. and one of the reasons that they contacted me was to give me this medical information. my mother had had breast cancer twice, and she found out that it was caused by the brca mutation, which meant that i had a 50% chance of inheriting that mutation. >> wow. and so when you heard that, what did you think? what did you do? >> well, you know, i knew that it most seriously affected women, and i had a daughter who was two, and that it would be something that potentially she would have to deal with later in life, but i assumed -- like silicon valley people, i

from hollywood to silicon valley and the rest of corporate america, the allegations just keep piling up. the question is, what can companies do about it? >> good afternoon, i'm ali velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. this week saw the first indictments in the russia probe. president trump kicking off an 11-day trip to asia, and the lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. but what we need to talk about, taxes. >> we've been waiting for this bill for a while now. lawmakers in the house of representatives have finally introduced it. they're calling it the tax cuts and jobs act, which is where we start. >> all right. there is so much in this bill, so let's begin with the good stuff for americans filing personal income tax returns. this bill reduces the number of tax brackets from seven to just four. 12, 25, 35 and 39.6%. and it generally lowers the rates under which people are taxed now. the bill roughly doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for couples and it boosts the child tax credit from $1,000 to $1,600. >> for businesses, this bill slashes corporate t

morgan stanley >> talks between twenty-first century fox and -- trying to keep up with the silicon valleyd -- silicon valley's coming of age good morning to you, leslie. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm -- good morning congratulations on the book. i want to get to that, and i do want to ask you because we've been talking a lot about the cross currents taking place in media and where silicon valley is going to land in all of this, which is to say this morning we've been talking about disney and trebt e twenty-sfirs century fox, but now there's speculation that one of the big fang companies comes in to try to buy. what do you think? >> i think that silicon valley has been a big part of entertainment for a really, really long time i'm talking back in the 40s and 50s. you had this huge sign if you go down highway 101 in silicon valley, which developed bing crosby said he would not do his radio show anymore if he couldn't use the broadcast delay that ampex developed in the 1970s you had warner acquiring atari, which was the meeting of the great consumer tech company with sort of the matter

in silicon valley. is mostly a software and web services-based innovation ecosystem. shenzhen is rightly the silicon valley of today, because it is where the hardware innovation takes place. of course, it started with has really, but it expanded in a lot of other areas. in -- then company biggest drone company in the world, grew up in record time. technologies,ther which are hardware or hardware taken to the next level, fleshware, and i'm referring to the beijing economics institute in shenzhen, which is the home to china's gene bank, is doing a lot of fascinating work in both sequencing and encoding genes. that holds promise for synthetic biology for the creation of new materials, which could be of interest and very much applicable to our industry, the aerospace industry. those are the kinds of things that shenzhen does now that our world-class and unique in the global innovation ecosystem. yvonne: what do you see as potential challenges? yvonne:>> the shenzhen government has done a lot of things very

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there are reports today that top silicon valley investors and companies are already mobilizing againstplan, but our next guest who knows a little bit of something about the house bill says it's different and spurs innovation by strengthening the idea of stock options for private companies. joining us now, first on cnbc, house majority leader kevin mccarthy leader mccarthy, great to see you from this perch. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me we're going to talk a little bit about the differences between the house and the senate package, but, first, the president is going to be visiting the house gop members on thursday. what would you like him to say to solidify support among the conference >> well, most importantly i want him to say that, up, we're united going forward, that we're giving tax cuts and creating jobs we're making america more competitive, but more importantly that we'll go to conference with the senate bill as well because there will be some differences in the senate bill as many of your viewers know because the house bill wants to make sure we stay innov

look at silicon valley.the day, what the conversation has to shift to once this investigation has concluded, or even while it's ongoing, is how the united states is going to better protect itself ahead of the 2018 mid terms. there was like 20-something election systems that the russians tried to penetrate in the 2016 election. and so when the intelligence community is saying that russia has had this impact, not just in the political sphere, but also in the private sector, also in silicon valley, how are we as a country better protecting yourself from that happening again? and this is going to continue on. obviously the case that is filed against paul manafort, that is scheduled for the spring. so this is going to be something that the administration is going to have to talk about for quite some time to come. >> and build on that, eugene, because as we go through the holiday season, come january, we'll be right in the middle of 2018, of the midterm elections. is there any talk across the many states, or in th

they are the iconic silicon valley farm.put silicon valley on the map>> reporter: hp enterprise will now take up residence in san jose and santa clara were it will put its headquarters. the plan is to move in with a rheubin network. a -- a company they recently acquired 1st this indicates the center of gravity is moving self. the city of santa clara is in the middle of all the things that are happening.>> reporter: they would at the headquarters. san jose will the larger facility with hundreds of workers moving in. they would join tech companies like google adobe and microsoft that are choosing the south bay for expansion.>> they are taking a look at the the cult of their employees and realizing those residents are living in the south bay. they want to be closer to where the workers are.>> reporter: they have been there since the 1930s when hp started in in the garage. two years ago the company spun off his computer and printer business which will not be part of the move. experts called the departure a changing of the guards

. >>> silicon valley's newest tourist attraction was unveiled to today in cupertino. the new visitor center is another sign that tech tourism is becoming a thing. >> reporter: call it a sign of the times. people once again getting hyped up when it comes to tech. >> when i know that it's coming, okay, i need to travel to go there. it's possible. >> reporter: apple has opened its new visitor center in cupertino. >> been watching the construction go on over the past couple of years. so it's interesting to see what it looked like when it was finishes. >> reporter: this couple who came from france decided to drop by as part of their honeymoon. >> very very wow. it's a great experience for us. >> reporter: a stop in silicon valley they didn't want to miss. the visitor center is also a store where you can buy the latest apple products. something really cool, special merchandise like this apple baby onesie. it's not uncommon to see tourists taking selfies in front of the facebook sign. places like google and mountan view and intel in santa clara are also among the popular spo

it's a popular mode of communication among many silicon valley firms. >>> okay. we're going to meet the new 49ers quarterback, and a major dose of palo alto at the world series tonight. we'll explain. world series we )ve seen in

>> i do not know if this is a loss for silicon valley.ve given it the company's argument to some extent that they need to seal to better compete with those silicon valley companies. if they are not able to merge because the boj successful, that would be beneficial to silicon valley. is it normal to see government step in into these deals that risk competition or is this a tougher stance than expected? >> this is tougher than expected. there have been past vertical deals. this is not a deal with two companies that compete but a vertical deal, where they have upstream and downstream to each other. we have seen concern for vertical deals in the past but generally, resolved through settlement called a consent order and in it, companies usually agree to behavioral conditions. we understand the parties are willing to do something like that here. the deviation is the fact that the department of justice is not willing to accept that and they want a structural change, selling a piece of the company to allow clearance. all ofin the politics of this

your silicon valley commute getting there has been good. if we back up here and look at the silicon valley road map, you don't see a lot of red. it might stay this way on this wednesday before thanksgiving. 6:15, let's bring steve in with your weather. >> that's the most weather i have seen at 6:15, you? >> i think we're having a different day, steve. >> thank you, sir. a little fog. it's mainly to the north and east, santa rosa, concord, livermore. not so much by the coast because they're getting an easterly breeze. a mild to warm day from madaga bay which was 81. morning fog, hazy, sunshine. clouds to the north of the golden gate. tomorrow, a lot more cloud cover to the north. fog, hazy skies, but it looks dry unless you're north of santa rosa. partly cloudy friday. rain comes in on sunday. yesterday, was a record setting day for some. certainly towards salinas. santa cruz hit 81. that tied a record of 81, also set in 1925. and san jose, 76. tied in 76 in 1970. what about today, san jose? 74s my forecast high. the record is 74 set in 1959

military and that has the pentagon turning to silicon valley for help.on "5," len ramirez shows us the special unit in the bay area tasked with finding the best technology to address growing threats. >>> reporter: number 49 oakland raider jamize olawale has a secret weapon. >> i'm living proof that, you know, i see exactly what it can do. >> reporter: while olawale works out for 20 minutes, he wears a special high-tech headset. the device called halo sport stimulates a part of the brain responsible for muscle movement. once users turn it on, they sense a mild electrical current. >> you feel a little tingling on your head. >> reporter: with it, nfl players, olympic athletes, even some san francisco giants are learning new skills remarkably fast. they're showing improvements in power, explosiveness and endurance. >> when you move, you're learning that movement and we're accelerating that process. >> where it would normally take two months to achieve, you can achieve it in less time. >> reporter: now the department of defense is tapping into halo sport as w

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silicon valley used to be full of farms, or chand chards nmost. these days they are full of research labs. these engineers at blue river in sunnyville are changing the way farmers all over the world handle their crops. their technology works with automated tractors made by john deere. robots tilling the land and picking the crops. deere was so impressed with blue river's technology, it bought the company for $300 million. jorge is company founder and eo as well. congratulations for sticking to it. john deere said this is better than anything we've got. >> that's right, they had a lot of efforts around automation and making sure that they stayed in front of the curve, on on bringing technology to the farm. i think we complement a lot of those efforts and maybe accelerate them. >> the engineers work on primarily things that drag behind the twrak toractor, righ? the sensors and things that go into spraying and tilling. how do they figure out what works? you have a farm out back? >> yeah, that is a great question. we have a couple things. one is insid

sometimes out where a live and a silicon valley, people talk about privacy. we all want to protect privacy, but we also want to protect the country and that conversation is not going on in a very effective way. there is too much division between government and the private sector. i know the europeans worry a lot about privacy and some of the things they believe american intelligence agencies might have done in that country. that whatever differences we have with the europeans about privacy pale in comparison to the differences we have with russia or china. so, i hope the europeans will be a part of the conversation as well. >> i find it fascinating because the russians, god bless them, they are saying, why are americans anti-russian? well, don't interfere in our elections and we won't be

and he's conservative in silicon valley. him want to go incognito. >> i want more border security. people are going to complain to hr. >> reporter: he's not the only one in hiding. we spoke to several others who said the stakes were simply too high to share their identity. here's another conservative from a major tech company. he spoke with us on the condition of anonymity. >> i walked into work with make america great again hat. people would take it as a personal affront. i would expect to be out of the company within weeks, not a month. >> reporter: these are undercover conservatives of silicon valley. the perfect equation for a culture war playing out in what has long been a mecca for liberal politics. >> it's a big deal. these tech companies, have more and more control over the things we see. easy content distribution coupled with fewer gatekeepers. people in these companies are going to have far more power. which is why i think it's a sad state, where conservatives feel they might lose their jobs if they speak out about

found myself at one of the most progressive and innovative companies in the silicon valley.ired by silicon valley start up - slack - to lead the global workplace and real estate team. glen evans and deano roberts q: you don't salute deano do you? glen does make me drop and do pushups on occasion. slack recuiter - glen evans says vets bring valuable skill sets to the workplace. we are absolutely seeking out other members of the military. we have seven veterans now. deano that is just a testament to not only slack and the silicon valley but this country that these men and women are out there protecting and defending this right for me and for all veterans and for all citizens to choose my own destiny. deano still serves as a commander in the army reserves and has this advice to any service member who might be struggling to make the transition to civilian life. deano your experiences your skills are valuable. having the courage to reach out and ask for that assistance to have folks help you make that transition. service men and women have already made such a great contribution t

senate the tech titans of silicon valley being grilled by u.s. senators as always thank you for your insights we appreciate you being on the day. where will a man named put be on thursday morning that is the one hundred million euro question tonight catalonia is ousted president. has refused to return to madrid for questioning despite being subpoenaed by a spanish court he says he does not believe that he would receive a fair trial in spain where he could face charges of rebellion and sedition and prison for the rest of his life he has offered to testify from self-imposed exile in brussels will the spanish justice system except that kind of no show this banner shows jail cuts alone independence activists hadi sanchez and hearty quick shot the message is clear help cuts anya save europe. what's happening now in the region is stark the spanish government is arresting people connected to the cuts of the independence movement and charging them with serious crimes like treason sedition and rebellion ousted considine president carlos preached meanwhile

kpix 5's betty yu asked him about hot button issues in silicon valley. >>> reporter: lenny kravitz rocked the stage before thousands of people to try to raise $15 million for the ucsf benioff children's hospital. >> our goal is simple, to build the best children's hospital in the world in san francisco and oakland. >> reporter: benioff had set himself apart from other ceos by committing to closing the gender pay gap at "salesforce." he has made good on his long- standing promise to do so as the sexual harassment and gender discrimination problem has only ratcheted up. in light of the harvey weinstein scandal, more women coming forward, how do you that that will or has changed the culture here in silicon valley? >> there's no finish line when it comes to equality. and i think that i hope that everyone wakes up to realize that we need to do more for women in our companies and make sure that not only do we have equal opportunities, equal advancements, but also equal pay. >> reporter: he says diversity begins at the top level. >> every company has to look at its management team, its board of

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. >> if you look at silicon valley in california, there's very little silicon that happens in siliconack to the 1980's. today it is mostly a software and web services-based innovation ecosystem. shenzhen is the silicon valley of today. the goal of the innovation center is not the same they do in europe but really expanding outward. they are looking for potential partnerships with some of the tech giants. that is going to be an interesting conversation moving forward as they expand their reach. shenzhen did launch as an innovation center last week. any company right now that is in a traditional industry would be remiss not to throw a lot of money into research and development right now. including the rmb behind the -- r and d by the more out there concepts. idea that you cannot only hail an uber or taxi on the ground, you can get one in the air. paul,: sitting down with he think this can be a reality. he thinks the vahana can be there by the 2020's. trying to bring some new tax into the industry. check up an interview coming up. plenty more to come here on daybreak asia. this is bloomb

they also meddled in the silicon valley. and so what i think now, as this investigation is going -- is ongoing is what are lawmakers doing on capitol hill to prevent this from happening again and there's some bipartisan legislation, but really, there needs to be more. >> melanie, i want to play you what democratic congressman denny hecht told my colleague yesterday when she asked about his committee's interview with fusion gps founder this week. >> i'm going to take you back to something i said. i think on your program in the spring, there was a little controversial at the time but i'm going to reiterate it today. people are going to jail. people are going to go to jail. and in fact, when i said that i came in for some criticism for it, but now, of course, we've seen several indictments. i'm also going to go on record here today and say additional people are going to be indicted. i've also said and will reiterate here today that where there's smoke there's fire and there's so much smoke you can't see the hand in front of you

. >> it gives birth to a new high-tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicony is that there was this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. >> silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox park and the university. that was a hell of powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures engineered with ph.d.s and hobbyists. >> there was a lot of counter culture people. so you had cheap semi-conductors. people that would look at things differently than what the conventional person was, and that's what the technology needed then. >> one of the things that was really hard about making a computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a home brew computer. you could make them yourself. >> there were a lot of people into the changes in technology and how we a part of it, even at our companies we were the fringe element. we had the jeans. we're not managers and leaders. but a clever design on its own had value. >> you had these guys like bill gates and steve wozniak. and bill gates

it is happening in silicon valley. it is happening in silicon valley. stuff i think. 0k right. we are going to talk through all of the stories in the news briefing. we have had a lot of tweets on this subject. tommy says after getting the bugs worked out in five years he might climb on a bus. ptas in england says no, i would stay with my pushbike —— tj yates. it is a lot cheaper as well. so many views coming in as well. now with news about football world cup playoffs and the rest of today's sport briefing here's holly hamilton. here is what we are looking forward to this thursday — the last chance saloon of the world cup, the play—offs, with two matches taking place in belfast. zagreb battling to clinch one of the last four spots in russia next year. and we look ahead to this weekend's world tour finals in london — can rafa nadal finally clinch that elusive title? since gaining independence croatia have qualified for every world cup they've entered. this time round they're having to go through the playoffs to get to the finals. later on thursday they ho

it looks like maybe he's backing away from silicon valley to folks in washington, d.c.er thiel is a huge asset to facebook. the problem is conveying to everybody that facebook is a neutral party. having a trump supporter, one of the most prominent endorsers of donald trump, it makes facebook a little bit controversial. it gives facebook a lot of credibility with people on the right that worry about it. that there was a news scandal where facebook was seen to have been pushing down conservative news and opinion. if he does leave the board, it would hurt facebook. it wouldn't be great. emily: there are other big sellers including the cofounder of whatsapp. selling $3 billion worth of shares? tom: and the year before, he sold $4 billion. when he came aboard facebook, he had a lot of facebook stock. the fortune is 80% assets of facebook. the big question in silicon valley, what is he doing with $8 billion of cash or liquid assets? emily: i certainly want to know the answer to that question. thank you both so much for joining us. coming up, the man behind beloved animated mo

senators dressed down the titans of silicon valley for failing to connect the dots american political ads and russian money rubles. how could you not connect those two dots in hindsight we should have had a broader lens the truth of the matter is you have five million advertisers that change every month every minute probably every second you don't have the ability. to know. every one of those advertisers. of course the answer is no. we begin the day with a new york terror attack with the same rundown as reason attacks here in berlin london and barcelona and for u.s. president that is part of the problem eight people on the manhattan bike and pedestrian path died yesterday when a man plowed through them with a van today president trump insinuated that europe's string of similar attacks are a result of immigration without proper vetting and he blamed the democrats for importing a politically correct thinking that he claims has made u.s. borders the newest targets for terrorist trump today called for ripping up what is known as the green card lottery and he wants to introduce a merit bas

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it looks good up into the silicon valley. we had one car run into a pole.is 280 northbound at san jose, it looks good. at the bay bridge, we have a very light delay. we're hoping that today on friday, since sometimes on friday we have lighter volume that that will help us out. >> we do have some rain here. two systems, one to the south, actually southwest, so it will focus its energy to the santa cruz mountains. there are pockets of moderate rain. oakland airport says heavy rain on the observation although i don't think that lasted very long. then we have another system which is starting to juice things up to the north. the system to the west- southwest will move through this morning and then this will drag across us later today and through the day on saturday. rainfall is not that great, at least not in this system, and then the system for the sierra nevada looks better. you can see there's decent amounts heading towards tahoe and truckee. look what happens as we head towards next week, it's an impressive system. for the sierra, winter storm warning kicks