that's what sirius told him.e asked him, you'd do this for me >> he said that's what dudes do for dudes. >> kill your wife? >> right >> sirius' trial was looming and they were far from confident >> what was the weakness you're still going to have josh come in as your witness. >> you're asking the jury to rely upon somebody that's admitted to having their wife executed that's a tough pill to swallow >> so there might wiggle room for sirius >> right >> just days before sirius' trial was to begin -- >> i got a text message, will you guys do an alfred plea >> sirius' lawyer was proposing a alfred plea. >> to laymen, it has a sketchy kind of feel to it do you want to explain what an alfred plea is >> sure. it's basically when somebody says, i'm willing to say that you have lots of information and i'm going to plead guilty but i'm not going to say i actually did anything wrong >> and i say huh and then i turn to ron and say how does this go again >> so he's going to take responsibility without saying he did it >> the s

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on sirius xm.is bloomberg. ♪ emily: apple's first-quarter report, tim cook calling for greater data privacy protections. 24 hours before delivering results, tim cook tweeted "we must keep fighting for the kind of world we want to live in. let us insist on action reform for privacy protection. the danger is real and the consequences are too important." hours later, a flaw was expose that could allow people to see and hear you before you pick up. apple has disabled the feature and said a fix will be available later this week. to discuss, we have our guests with us. this?barrassing is >> it is a slippery slope. if you look at tim cook and apple's dna on the privacy side, look, you saw it at ces. they took a shot across the bow. you put yourself on a pedestal. that is a danger here. it speaks to broader concerns in tech, in terms of privacy and potential regulation, and apple is caught in the crosshairs. that is why this is a big focus for technology come across the whole sector. emily: look, it doesn'

this is bloomberg. ♪ u.s., sirius xm.his is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the richest person in the world is getting a divorce. jeff bezos announced on twitter he and his wife mackenzie have decided to split up after 25 years. mckenzie played a significant role in the early years and was "there when he wrote the business plan." according to the bloomberg index -- billionaire index, he is worth more than $137 billion. if the couple split the fortune equally, it could make mcentee the world's richest woman. i want to dig into whether this has any implication that the -- implications on the company's bezos runs. redstone wrote the book on amazon. as a mentioned, mckenzie was involved in the early days of the company. tell us about their history. brad: they met at de shaw, the wall street hedge fund. i believe she worked with jeff when they met. they got married, she helped jeff decide to become an entrepreneur, the legendary drive to the northwest to seattle where he was writing the business plan. in his early years, she really -- may

you can also listen us to the radio on sirius xm, in new york, boston, washington, d.c.ab digital and of course on the bloomberg business at. let's talk about bloomberg, because you never know who might stop by. just recently shaquille o'neal visiting our bloomberg businessweek radio studios. jason: it was something to behold. very electric moment. we talked about a lot of things, but he told us how he has built a very successful investment portfolio. shaq: i heard the great jeff bezos say that if you're going to invest, you should invest in things that are going to change people's lives. it made a lot of sense and he said this a long time ago. i'm always in silicon valley meeting people, at ces, which is happening right now in las vegas. i just like to get information by hearing people that are smarter than me talk. invest in things that are going to help people out. when i first came and i was wanting to get rich quick and do a lot of get rich quick schemes. you see these things? we are going to sell them, boom, boom, boom. i failed on all of those investments. my firs

carol: you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 19 and 106.1 in boston.: in london on dab digital and the bloomberg business app. carol: a look at how restaurants are facing unprecedented staffing challenges. jason: it has always been fairly easy to find low-wage workers after the holiday rush, but this year, not so much. >> dunkin' donuts, the ceo said labor is the number one concern for franchisees. the number one, keeping them up at night. across retail and restaurants, moving into the new year, usually there are workers that were working at kohl's or macy's. but there are fewer of those people. a lot of these retailers have raised wages. they need people, too. there is this darth of workers in the restaurant industry. jason: how are the restaurants themselves combating this? i have to say one of the things that jumped out at me, and i don't know if everybody was a watcher of the movie "office space," but consulting the employees about the uniforms -- i could not help but think of pieces of flair. >> asking employees to be engaged with the brand and sh

goodwill: the prime minister will be aware of the sirius minerals project in my constituency, which is already employing about 1000 people and is set to boost british exports by 2 billion pounds. from her visits to china, where she met the company's customers, she will know how important its polyhalite fertiliser product can be around the world. the company is currently seeking a treasury guarantee to complete its financing. does the prime minister agree with me that this is precisely the sort of project the government should be supporting to show our commitment to the northern powerhouse and the industrial strategy? >> here, here. pm theresa may: can i say to my right honorable friend, i want to thank him in making this because i was particularly , pleased to meet the ceo of sirius during my trip to china and talk to people there about the work that they are doing. it is, as he says, exactly projects like this, which drive investment and exports in the north, that are what the northern powerhouse is all about. in relation to the particular discussions my right honorable friend mention

on sirius xm.his is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: we are continuing a look at apple's first-quarter report, this as apple's ceo continue to call for greater privacy protections. monday was known as data privacy day. 24 hours before delivering the company's latest results, tim cook tweeted "we must keep fighting for the kind of world we want to live in. but us insist on action in reform for data privacy protection. the danger is real and the consequences are too important." just one problem. hours later, a flaw was expose facetime that could allow people to see and hear you before you pick up. apple has disabled the feature and said a fix will be available later this week. still with us to discuss, our guests. dan, you get first crack at this one. how embarrassing is this? dan: it is a slippery slope. if you look at tim cook and apple's dna on the privacy side, look, you saw it at ces. obviously the advertisement they took out was a shot across the bow. you put yourself on a pedestal. that is a danger here.

carol: you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119 and on a.m. 11 30 in new york, 91 fmshington dc. jason: in london on dab digital and the bloomberg business at. carol: a look at how restaurants jason: ano face unprecedented staffing challenge. it is always been fairly easy for the industry to find low rate best low wage workers. consumer reporter leslie patton told us why. saide: dunkin' donuts ceo its labor is the number one concern for franchisees. that is right. so across retail and restaurants moving into the new year usually there are more workers, people free up. they were working at kohl's or macy's during the holidays that there are fewer of those people now and maybe they move into restaurants. a lot of these retailers have raised wages and they need people to bang. there are still there -- still this dearth of workers in the restaurant industry. jason: how are restaurants combating this? i have to say one of the things that really jumped out at me and i don't know if everybody was a watcher of the movie office space, but talking about consulting the employees

channel9, siriusxm -- 119, sirius xm radio.: a.m. 960 in the bay area and the bloomberg business app. carol: we've been focusing on the u.s.-china talks this week. chinese companies are continuing to expand their global footprint and the chinese government's influence. jason: they are installing fiber-optic surveillance systems around the world. cool chart in the technology section that maps beijing's reach. if you're looking at a map of the world, it shows where there are internet cables. colored spots show where chinese companies have had an impact, are selling their services, their products. you've got smart city initiatives and other things. jason: it's interesting. you see areas where they are especially interested, the united states, we saw that with zte clearly, that's a focus. but also africa, if you look at the internet cable, blue. you see a lot going on, on that continent. carol: that's where we're seeing a lot of focus. emerging economies has been a big story for them. jason: africa is front and center in the techno

well, yesterday hart pushed back on his sirius xm radio show. >> i don't like the forcing. i don't like -- like don lemon goes on cnn and he is like you can fix this, become an ally. that is not my -- that is not my life dream, kevin hart apologizes for his remarks that hurt members of the lgbtq community. i apologize. >> this was don lemon's response last night. >> whether i like it or not, whether you like it or not, that is his right. if he doesn't want to be an ally for the gay community, he does not have to. it is his choice as an american. kevin is sorry for what he said. he says he understands how it hurt. but he is not here to be an ally. okay. so we have to march on without him. glad he apologized. >> still no official word on whether hart will host the oscar teleca telecast. the motion picture academy indicated that it would still accept hart as a host if he approached the group about returning. >>> california utility stock tumbled after a report it may go bankrupt. pg and e could be responsible for its potential role in the devastating camp fire last year. pg and

you can also listen to us on the radio at sirius xm channel 118, 99 fm and washington, dc.: london on dab digital and on the bloomberg business app. in the technology section, japan does not want to fall behind the technological curve. carol: it does not. so its very important ministry trade and industry is working to speed up the arrival of aerial taxis and trucks area we are talking about flying cars. jason: flying cars. jeff: we talked about the last couple of years in the u.s. and elsewhere to make these fantastic machines of the future finally a reality including by google cofounder there a bridge. there are a couple of startups in california. but japan over the last few years, the last 12 months, has started to take an earnest approach on a governmental level, sort of lapping other government efforts around the world in terms of calling a very old kind of moonshot, saying in a next 10 years, we will get from a standing start to air taxis and trucks. carol:carol: so wait a minute. where is japan in terms of, if we look at the high tech universe and who is doing what, -

the chief washington correspondent for sirius xm radio. you have a daily show there on sirius. these books? cliff sims' book alleges that president trump himself is an anonymous source for reporters at times. is the trump white house as leaky as it was in the beginning of the presidency? >> no. for the first year and a half you got the sense that every single senior official thought they were the communications director and could go out and freelance a message that they felt was on behalf of the president and as cliff points out was relatively self serving. i haven't read those two books. i will but i've read the excerpts and reviews and interviews with the authors and one of the interesting things that comes out -- you alluded to it in your intro. they're not anti-trump directly. they don't question the way he leads. one of the questions i would have is if you're writing about how everyone around you in this white house was terrible, does that somehow reflect on the president's style? the president likes to pit people against each other. he said as much. to your point about th

the turkish president calling bolton's actions a sirius mistake.s, bet bet beto o'rours planning to tour the united states to talk to voters as he eyes a possible 2020 presidential run. he plans to visit community colleges. he plans to document his jury jy through social need ya. michigan issued the first marijuana recall as a line of marijuana infused products hit store shelves before being tested. they were available in dozens of dispensaries around the state. it affects medical marijuana. recreational marijuana was approved in michigan in november. cheryl: president trump is set to take his case for a wall straight to the american people tonight with a prime time address, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. this is ahead of a trip back to the bor -- to the border later s week. democrats are continuing to fight against the deal of a wall. let's bring in michael banks. your thoughts on the president's decision to make a prime time address, which all of the broadcast and cable networks will be taking. does this surprise you? >> it indicates how sincere the pre

you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm and in new york, boston, washington, dc.am 960 in the bay area. london on the dab digital, and on our business app. carol: it has been a record long government shutdown in the united states. jason: and the costs of this political standoff are mounting. carol: we have more on the story and an update. >> these two sides don't feel compelled to negotiate. donald trump feels strongly that the american people agree with him that there should be a border wall constructed, that it should be funded. democrats feel strongly, especially after the midterm elections, that they don't, and they don't feel political pressure to give in to these demands from the president. and because the two sides are so far apart and disagree even on that basic, fundamental point of who is shouldering the blame or who this is politically advantageous to, there's not a lot of momentum towards getting a solution reached. the other thing we have not seen so far is a catastrophic result of the shutdown. here in washington, we see the sort of day-to-day impact

i apologiz >> that is kevin yesterday on his sirius xm radio show, "straight from the hart." the comedian's apology comes after he was criticized for initially refusing to apologize again for past homophobic tweets. >> we thought it was okay to talk like that because that's how we talked to one another. this is one now. >> one of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay. that's a fear. >> glad he apologized. >> one of his most vocal critics, don lemon who has urged hart to become an lgbt ally had words with the comedian. >> we spoke at length for over an hour. i wanted us just to talk to each other and to listen. >> don lemon goes on cnn and he is, like, you can fix this. become an ally. it's not my life dream. >> if he doesn't want to be an ally or a spokesperson, he does not have to do that. that's his choice. >> i called the academy today because i want you to host the oscars. >> the oscars has yet to announce the decision. today in new york, kevin didn't entirely rule out reconsidering the hosting gig. >> maybe in the future it will work poout. >> kevin's too c

let's take a look at the ganzfeld sirius for instance and there's no focus really test no object or you're the other for interest i'm the object going to. get it's interesting what what are we left with when there is no no focus wall or for no no focus no object no thing and basically we're we're entering this new. landscape which is the landscape with horizon and you see that when you get the white out while skiing you can see it. all flying when you enter the cloud and. gauge an instrument flying. also when you dive there are times when you don't worry that you know which way is up it's just by watching your bubbles. and we are entering this new realm now and we're learning to navigate it so i'm very interested in this new landscape and how we feel within it and how the light helps to build that space but what do you think what are we going to find out about ourselves in that new space. well for us well just balance is interesting because we use horizon so much for balance. and even on a boat you know you get seasick if you go down below and you don't have a rise in you come up with on d

and interview on the american radio station sirius x.m. took an ironic turn on tuesday c.n.n. analyst reva martin appearing on political talk show host david webb's program suggested that white privilege was a key factor in web success however the claim backfired spectacularly late and by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege you told all conversation i don't have time to read i hate to break it to you by but you should have been better prepped i'm black. twitter users blasted martin on the social network following the gaffe with many criticizing the rise of identity politics political activist anthony rogers' right to believe that while white privilege the is real the abuse of the term undermines the push for equality. yes it's very unfortunate that she made that gaffe because i think it precluded from having a much deeper conversation but there are definitely some people who use it as an ad hominum attack and we have to we have to call that all joe you know we have to keep it germane and we have to have cogent discussions i mean we we have to be honest that w

in those places to get a present because you don't i mean just yes there's a me on you tube star sirius three just to get access i mean there are no i wouldn't be middle yost resident there i'll get around to to cement in that time you know you know which is able to come out by the airport to just me do that i was really in the internship that is for me is just. from a.d.f.a. to bleep it is there on you tube i don't know it was but those who were meant to bomb us out of the dakota joining could all be a good look especially since at the end of a political columbia jonas tackled me and obie was. i mean they were led by n.o.a.a. by the way of course yentl in a glass of political of vienna so not a lot us. eat when a classically think ok i said on monday as one of the hand this time a modest of my deep thought he said i'll just get all of us running up as you are you i think with the r.c. on it because no one row this as i mean why what though to chuckle you know i don't think it amy paul could you know in the numbers you want. you know you know the politico this feel that the last if thos

that key to the growth of the sirius is them not just living on places like fortune or read it but them making the leap to the more widely used social media platform got. a lot of other things leavers create these sort of quasi news reports on you tube to respond and nearly real time to events to say ok this is happened in the news today. it's always timing. here's how this all fit into the q and on theory into the sort of larger conspiracy that explains if you watch a conspiracy video it recommends another conspiracy video and those conspiracy videos are often telling you don't listen to the mainstream news stay on you tube and watch more you tube videos where people reinforce these messages that most of the outside world says are ridiculous you can buy into whatever conspiracy theory you want people can create a filter bubble that's completely their own where outside perspectives start to feel galleon to them but apart from the platforms there's another bug in the media ecosystem that can enable conspiracy theories and that journalists themselves breaking news often means events over

now to story garnering a lot of attention this week an interview on the american radio station sirius x.m. . turned on choose they c.n.n. analyst martin appearing on political talk show host david webb's program suggested that white privilege was a key factor in web success whoever they claim backfired spectacularly. by virtue of being a white male you have white whole long conversation i don't have time i hate to break it to you but you should have been better where i'm black it would just interrupting a story because russian president vladimir putin is in serbia where he's met with this kind of part alexander let's listen in to the media conference after the two men met a. man who. would. be formed great feats for the glory of russia who defended russia's independence when finding the outside outsiders his especially in which he respected you know our country and what is now the three hundred year. this award has a three hundred year history it has been received by distinguished people of russia . as distinguished serbian people such as. prince militia. prime minister nicola passage

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and you can listen to bloomberg on the internet, on the app, and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ceo markcebook zuckerberg is notorious for setting new year's resolutions. in 2009, he set a goal to wear a tie every day to work. only eat meatuld he killed himself. in 2017, he promised to meet every -- someone from every state in the u.s.. this year, his personal challenges to host regular public discussions about the future of technology and society. it will focus on the hopes of how and technology will shape human behavior. that is it too late for zuckerberg to rebuild trust? k and sarah mali fryer. he probably couldn't get away with a resolution like eating only meets that he killed this year. trying tokerberg is present some of the problems that facebook faces as not unique to facebook. he is saying these are issues with technology and society. let's talk about it broadly and talk about the issues that we all face with ai, content, and these things that are becoming huge problems for him. but also, other companies. emily: will something like this help him l

hawkins will political analyst charles or tell believes it's alarming how quickly media spreads that sirius on corroborated accusations. has become a one johnny one note operation they are out to get trump in the main they didn't like the election results they wanted hillary clinton in there they just appear to be a grumpy dissatisfied nonobjective. on a witch hunt here this is not a light accusation came out of a buzz feed this is a very serious accusation it's like crying shouting fire in a crowded theater theater when there's no fire it is amazing to me how much the mainstream press jumped on this story in the last twenty four hours and it's also frankly quite amazing that the special counsel's team has come out to say what is the story's totally bogus it's a busy news day and the deer a cheater is here in three minutes with all the latest updates stay close this is twenty four seven r.t. international. if like there's someone else living inside of me like controlling my body. the byproduct of that drug is the cause like some peer pressure. because it will need one to zombie it's crazy.

check us out on the radio, listen on the bloomberg app am a bloomberg.com, and on sirius xm.his is bloomberg. ♪ emily: netflix reported a lackluster fourth quarter. the company shares tumbling after revenue came in below wall street estimates. attracting millions of subscribers wasn't enough to boost slow sales growth. justin patterson joins us. , i reporter who covers the entertainment industry. justin, are you underwhelmed as investors are today? >> not really. you have to look at it from a big picture perspective. netflix had a 30% move into earnings. had expectations high in the wake of the recent price increase. had to blow numbers out across the board. you had some upside and margins were light in q1. that was mainly a function of fx , so we think this is a transitory facing issue. >> we are starting to get more information from netflix about subscribers, viewers. take a listen to what reed hastings had to say about how much share of the broader tv market they are snagging. take a listen. are one billion hours of television content being consumed a day. we are winning 1

international now an interview on a sirius x.m. radio show took an ironic turn on tuesday c.n.n. analyst roland martin appearing on political talk show host david webb's program raised the issue of white privilege when discussing the website success however the charge soon backfired in an unexpected way. by virtue of being a white male you have. a whole long conversation i don't have time to read i hate to break it to you should have been better trapped i'm black and twitter users blasted martin on the social network following the gaffe with many questioning the recent trend of using identity politics as an excuse or explanation for literally everything so for more on this let's go live to anthony rather right who is a political activist to discuss the situation further thanks for being with us here on our international. racial politics in the states. let's say he is having a resurgence especially if you look at what's happening in congress with stephen king but that's a whole different conversation but during this radio program ms martin assumed webb was white and used race to a

of sirius during my trip to china and talk to them about the work that they're doing and it is he says exactly projects like this that drive investment in exports in the north but what the northern powerhouse is all about now in relation to the particular discussion is my right on will friend mentioned i'm sure he'll understand these are commercially sensitive so it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the specific discussions but this as i say is exactly the sort of project that is what the northern powerhouse is all about driving investment driving exports good for the north. here. thank you mr speaker can associate myself with the marks of the prime minister and the atrocity in kenya and of course our solidarity with the people there mr speaker yesterday the attorney general said that any new deal would be much the same as the one already on the table we know all that the european union want to renegotiate nafta prime minister survives today to bring forward her plan b. will she concede that plan b. will be should we be redressing of planning yeah and i said in my one of my a

and interview on a sirius x.m. radio show took an ironic turn on tuesday c.n.n. analyst martin appearing on political talk show host david webb's program raised the issue of white privilege when discussing web success however the charge soon backfired in an unexpected way. and by virtue of being a white male you have white privilege you poll long conversation i don't have time to read i hate to break it to you i don't bite but you should have been better prepped i'm black all twitter users blasted martin on the social network following the gaffe with many questioning what they see as a trend of using identity politics as an excuse for almost everything political activist anthony rogers right believes white privilege is real but that abuse of the term undercuts efforts toward more equality. yes it's very unfortunate that she made that gaffe because i think it precluded from having a much deeper conversation there are definitely some people who use it as an ad hominum attack and we have to we have to call that all joe you know we have to keep it germane and we have

we welcome all of you worldwide on bloomberg television, bloomberg radio, and on sirius xm channel 119y started with francine lacqua. the one i would go back to, kind of a brexit free day. really focused on the political turmoil. jonathan: coming up on this program in the next hour, we will be catching up with the former u.k. chancellor and now editor of the evening standard. he will be coming up. , plans for the takeover. >> we are in discussion -- [indiscernible] we are in discussion with regard to the price. jonathan: do we have a ballpark figure where the price will be? >> not yet. i am thinking $65 billion. >> i will not comment. [indiscernible] jonathan: the energy minister has not been silent. he is looking at a potential bond issuance. can you comment on that financing of the potential acquisition? >> we are exploring. and considering the acquisition, we are looking at all options for funding. and that is something we're looking at. jonathan: how much could come to market? >> at this stage, we are either evaluating. we are going to decide soon how much we would like to take fro

on sirius xm.his is bloomberg. ♪ >> the ups ceo does not see an economic slowdown in the united states and expects businesses to keep growing. he spoke to tom keene and davos. >> i am not seeing an economic slowdown, especially in the u.s. small business played a big role in this for the season we just completed, retail group 5.6% over last year. 17%, 18 --il group 17 percent, 18%. >> this is really important. i am guilty of this. the answer is, we get wrong, retail doom and gloom, the world is coming to an end, and online wrapped up double-digit? >> absolutely. we continue to see online growing. on line is still 13%, 14% total retail, so still a long ways to go. and yourll you competition defend against amazon and the desire to take over the movement of parcels? a big customer. we have had a long-term relationship. at the same time, like any large company, they outsource and in source, so we watch carefully what they do and react to it. most people think of amazon when they think of e-commerce. we

for all of you on bloomberg radio, sirius xm, good morning.are thrilled you are with us and we continue our coverage to. important interviews tomorrow. at some point in conversation with madame lagarde. get somebody as a warmest spot in america, david abney, ups chairman and their chief executive officer joining us now. i want to go back to my youth and that is about the coolest job was to get a job with ups. .75.ll make $2 he bought the drinks because he made the most money. ethos still there? started at 18 years old and in about 19 is when i became brown blooded -- and about 19 is when i became brown blooded. it started with a manager telling me i could play a big role in this company. tom: is that pixie dust still there? david: it is. 220ave 450,000 employees in countries. ,e still talk about the culture about the beginning, about what a family oriented company we are. i wanted to be sure to get your messaging which is in the make america great, 4% gdp, 3% small business. are they faltering with this economic slowdown? david: i do not know

if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg.mily: u.s. stocks rose thursday after the wall street journal reported, the u.s. is considering rolling back tariffs on china. they say the idea is coming from steven mnuchin. he denied the report saying neither he nor the trade representation said that. -- representation made any recommendations. markets had a volatile reaction to this back and forth. where are we? >> quite a roller coaster ride going into the close in the last hour of trading. it is the same place we were before the original headlines hit. when the first headlines hit saying mnuchin had suggested rolling back tariffs because the trump administration is sensitive to financial markets and the moves we have seen last month, we saw markets despite. -- saw markets spike. we saw a boost when we got the rollback. we rolled over. markets led higher. the nasdaq and a dell are still -- and the dow are still in the green. where this puts us with trade between u.s. and china, it puts us back where we were before, sadly. emily: w