we have him via skype. do you feel vindicated you've eaten the hospitalest pepper and you've survived? >> yeah, after surviving ridicule from friends and family. >> what was it like after? >> immediately after i felt woozy, i felt like i was drunk. the day after, i didn't go to work but i felt fine. >> can you eat spicy food now? are you like everything sells nothing now? >> i love spicy food. we're talking about the atomic level. i don't know how people eat these things, i really don't. it just total pain and agony to eat the damn thing so -- >> oh, god. >> you may be somebody who loves public proposals. i say you and you. you may be somebody who hates public proposals. i'd say that's nick. either way, you'll like this. now, she doesn't like engagement season, she said it's b.s. she has three different guys propose to her 22 different times and as publicly and obnoxiously as possible all through new york city. her plan -- to pissstrangers. here they are all over 34th station, a packed train station, railed

skype's social media accounts were hacked with hacker group the syrian electronic army, attacking skype's parent microsoft for participating in nsa's communication monitoring program. the hackers posting on skype's official twitter feed, "don't use microsoft e-mails, hotmail and outlook, they are monitoring your accounts and selling the data to governments. now, twitter, facebook and blog messages yesterday have since been taken down. and if you or your kids use snapchat, take note. the online user names and partial phone numbers of 4.6 million users were posted by hackers on a website called snapchatdb.info which has since been suspended. now, hackers saying they're trying to raise awareness about snapchat's need to increase its security around user data. this hack, of course, deals a blow to the messaging app which allows photos and videos to be accesses and then quickly disappear. it's increasingly popular among teens. now, what's bad for snapchat could be good for facebook. it has a new rival called instagram direct to send photos and videos to individuals or groups. now, what wasn't

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if you are a snapchat or skype user, your information may have been compromised. hackers got into and posted a database of 4.6 million snapchat users and their phone numbers. the attack on skype was separate and unrelated. >>> the federal government still considers it an illegal drug, but colorado does not. this was day two of retail recreational marijuana sales in colorado. it's as easy as going to the store. and sales are brisk with customers remaining mostly mellow. in-state residents 21 and older can buy an ounce at a time. visitors, up to a quarter ounce. you can't smoke it in public. it's a felony to have over eight ounces, and you can't bring it to the airport. nonetheless, it's now available in stores. and as one customer told the "l.a. times," quote, this is the amsterdam trip we couldn't take. >>> former first lady barbara bush is resting comfortably in the hospital in houston. she was hospitalized on monday after doctors feared pneumonia. she has been responding to respiratory treatment. she and former president bush 41 are just four days away from thei

them a few bucks rather than use snigger this pimp the boys as company software products including skype as a dangerous weapon against the constitutional rights of unsuspecting customers on the products. and gates so himself when he gets caught. welcome to london the world's capital of surveillance even though the year isn't small nine hundred eighty four you may be forgiven for imagining big brother really is watching you i can see why. six fourteen being a ping. pong ball every bit the public ground is warranted all the time of everything the three but also just because all the different companies different landowners have their own season t.v. cameras are everywhere everybody. in the most monitored city in the world there is one camera for every fourteen people but those this intense surveillance keep london safe i mean it wait the streets like a kind of dangerous because that coveted c.c.t.v. but no one is watching that's what's interesting about these two to be culture if it takes away like the joy for having a mysterious like natural today that will take. the talking for henrietta

. >> wasn't skype also hacked this week?ablished company. >> but none of your information may have gotten out. i think this is all for show ad done by a syrian electronic army claiming they did this and they linked to revelations last year from edward snowden that skype was part of the nsa's monitoring program. so skype, by the way, is owned by microsoft and this hacking group actually wound upxm÷iÑ targeting steve balmer and publishing his information and going to skype's facebook and twitter accounts and hacking in there. skype did tweet its own response saying that you may have noticed our social media properties were targeted today. no user information was compromised. we are sorry for the inconvenience. this is another way the group saying here we are and we are capable of hacking. >> fiber security is a big issue already in 2014. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> coming up, an exciting day for college football fans. a recap of all the big games and we are going to tell you what took everyone by surprise in the

hackers calling themselves the syrian electronic army took over skype's blog, facebook page and twitter account. they were protesting skype's cooperation with the national security agency in monitoring internet users' activities. skype says no user information was compromise. >>> that wasn't the case for snapchat, where hackers posted online the i.d.s and partial phone numbers for 4.5 million users. the online photo sharing site admitted it had a security flaw. with snapchat, users can send photos and videos that disappear shortly after they're viewed. so popular with kids that facebook wanted to buy it for $3 billion. >>> chrysler's days as an independent automaker are numbers. fiat has struck a deal with an auto union trust fund to buy the 51% of chrysler it doesn't already own. the price is $4.3 billion. the automaker got control of chrysler during its bankruptcy reorganization five years ago. >>> on this, the first business day of 2014, the u.s. financial markets are opening in record territory. the markets gained steam last month after the federal reserve announced it was easing ou

skype itself wasn't compromised, but hacking the social media outlets of skype was all designed to raisethe service. mandy, it's certainly not looking very good. >> it doesn't sound good. thank you very much, julia. >>> coming up next, we are breaking out the crystal balls again. we're going to deliver our top three predictions for new year. actually, have a little sneaky fourth thrown in there. here's a hint. i just got a whole lot more confident about my prediction for snapchat. >>> we are bracing for snow in the northeast. also hit the midwest as well. but we are going to take you to one of the hottest places on earth right now. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours. aflac! got 'em. ♪ yeah, he's clean, boss.

to tell us all about it, we have him "right this minute," via skype.did all this start happening where these animals would come to your house to eat? >> three years ago, when i moved therethe one doe, i call scarface walked up and she brought her fawns back and they saw me being nice to her mom and they warmed up and a week after that, they brought back five other ones an then it just kept progressing to now i have 35. >> 35? that's unbelievable. >> how did you figure out the fox likes the hotdog? >> any time i have meat scraps, i throw them outside. it just so happened one day i dropped a hotdog off the grill and he was standing right there by the door and came over and scarfed it up. >> are you concerned feeding the deer and the fox. if something happens to you, they will be able to take care of themselves. >> they do just fine. the fox, jumps up and dives into the snow and catches mice all over the place. it is the fesunnit thing to see. >> hang on, tight, guys. this video is a white knuckler. >> do you feel the beads of sweat forming on your forehe

for more we are joined now via skype. i know it's about 60 miles away. what's the scene in those areas now? >> well, in talking to people on the ground today, what we are hearing this morning is ramadi, the provincial capital was put on lock down. people were told not to leave their homes. and a large assault was launched to retake pockets of the city that are still under control of rebel groups. and fighters affiliated wi ed we local al qaeda affiliate. most of ramadi already was under control of pro government tribesmen, so some pockets were out of their control. so this is a large offensive backed by helicopters trying to regain their city. >> these are mostly sunni tribesmen? >> reporter: yes. it is a largely sunni province. iraq is largely shia, but this province is largely sunni. not naturally pro government. the tribesmen have been leading protests against the government for the past year or so. and, but, when al qaeda came into the city and took control, i see the government as possibly the lesser of two evils. so they have been almost forced to

in this case skype said no user information was compromised. >> it's like you're at war 24-7. my suggestion is just be responsible. >> experts say the breech will have ripple affects. some people use the same user name and pass word across the sites. >> the "new york times" and guardian newspapers calling for clemency for edward snowden, backing his dpigs to go public saying he deserves praise, not prosecution. snowden faces spying charges for his disclosure of top secret government document that's ignite aid global debate. is he now living and working in russia. >> secretary of state john kerry is in israel today for a new round of middle eastern peace talks, meeting with the israeli prime minister in tel aviv the talks focused on creating a palestinian state and control of jerusalem. tensions still high and standing next to kerry, netanyahu accused the palestinian president of embracing terrorists as heroes. >> we have known achieving peace is a tough road. but this is not mission impossible. >> mr. kerry will travel to west bank friday to meet with palestinian president abb

skype has also been penetrated.acker collective that supports syrian president bashar al-assad is claiming credit. wednesday skype's twitter account said don't use microsoft emails. they are selling the da -- data do the governments. >>> the anonymous hackers saying it posted the information to raise awareness about internet privacy and to pressure snap chat to tighten its security. >>> 2013 was a disaster of admissions for rob ford in toronto, but now there's something the toronto mayor wants you to know. it's all next. ♪ ukraine has rich soil. many believe with better >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are today's headlines. secretary of state john kerry now in israel. he is once again trying to broker a peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. carrying a meeting with prime minister netenyahu earlier this morning, and he'll sit down with the palestinian prime minister on friday. >>> also in a middle east, an explosion in a strong hold of hezbollah in beirut. >>> the northeast

skype is owned by microsoft.is group wound up doing was posting information of steve ballmer, the retiring chief executive of microsoft. it posted his contact information but then went ahead and went on facebook and twitter and said skype is monitoring your accounts and selling the data to government. skype came out saying the following in a tweet, you may have noticed our social media properties were targeted today. no user information compromised. we're sorry for the inconvenience. these two things really bring to light just how easy it is to register on to sites like this and how easy it is for hackers to get in. so it makes you think twice. >> can users trust that what they're saying, your information has not been compromised, can they trust that? >> i don't know if they can trust it. if the hackers can get in once, i think they can get in twice. >> alison kosik, thanks so much. a lot to think about. >> let's do that over the break, think about it or snapchat each other? >> there wie go. >>> the family of an

when we look at what happened with skype, the syrian electronic army hacked skype's log and twitter accountsfrom someone from the s.e.a., the syrian electronic army and he said this was a hack but no user information was actually taken, but i unfortunately cannot say the same thing about snapchat which was a completely separate hack, not done by the syrian electronic army but let me get to the details. this was a pretty extensive hack. 4.6 million accounts affected in this data breach. phone numbers were revealed, user names revealed, and also this information fredricka was posted online and available for anyone to download. the hackers that put this out there blurred out two dingities of your phone number but said they would consider putting those out there without the blurred digits and wanted to do this for good. why did you put this information out there if it was to help out but let me read you what they said in a statement. they said "our motivation behind the release was to raise the public's awareness around the issue, and also put public pressure on snapchat to get this exploit fixe

at me in skype.n 18 months the guy said he sold it to tripled their money, and they're still on his board. so i don't consider that a great thing that he did. but being that said, you know, he points to his record. but, you know what? his record is up, what, 70% than for the three years he got there, but look at amazon, up 450%, visa, 270%. >> so jury's out on mr. donahoe. >> well, i mean, if you're going to see that donahoe's doing a great job, i would question that. but i wouldn't say much more importantly that it makes no sense to keep paypal together. hey, look, we did folds tobacco back in the '90s, we kept saying separate nabisco, and you'll have a great stock. we finally got them to do it after four years, the stock went up, i think, six, seven times. and look at motorola. >> i agree. listen, before we end this, do you want to say anything to mr. ackman out there? >> oh, no, no, no. >> i have to start a little trouble, carl. come on. give me a break. >> no, no. you've got to try but, no -- lis

he did not get stinky and to tell us all about it we have jeremy and matt "right this minute" via skype from west haven, connecticut, so, jeremy, what were you thinking? >> we really didn't know what to do but i do like animals and i felt bad. >> went around it. >> so i said we got to do something. i just rummaged through my trunk. i had a blanket in there. let's cover it and then trying to take the cup off. >> so, did the skunk spray at all during this process? >> no, not at all. thankfully. i was taking my time with the blanket because i was trying to, like, kind of cover everything but the cup so i could grab it which was difficult, but it was kind of an intense moment. >> i was worried about jeremy, you know, because i didn't want him to get sprayed. i was kind of, you know, being a baby outside but, you know, jeremy, i was really worried about him. i didn't want him to smell like skunk. >> you did it! you saved the skunk. >>> many of the videos we've seen on the show are a little bit slow-motion, they're not going terribly fast, but this extremely different. frederick and his buddy

. >> the electronic army hacked into the internet's calling service skype. the pro-syrian group posted messages against microsoft which owns skype and revealed the contact information of ceo. the messages have been taken down and services restored. >> former israeli prime minister ariel sharon who has been in a coma for eight years is said to be near death. he's suffering kidney failure. he has been in a vegetative state since january 2006. he's considered the architect of israeli expansion into the occupied west bank. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrives in the middle east. he hopes to make this the ear israel and palestinians seal a peace deal. it will be the 10th visit in less than a year to israel and the occupied west bank. he's been trying to hammer out a framework to guide troops. >> people were detained for hours without explanation in the occupied west bank during the mock raids. >> in the village in the occupied west bank all is quiet. on november the 5th, hundreds of israeli soldiers walked into towns. photos taken by locals document the

skype's official twitter account was hacked today. several tweets including this one bashing microsoft were posted and then retweeted thousands of times. a group called the syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility. the hackers compromised skype's facebook page and the company blog. and another high-tech security breech on the photo sharing app, snap chat. user names and phone numbers of five million people were posted on-line and making the breech worse, many people tend to have the same user names on the site. they posted the information to show the holes in the security. snap chat was founded by two stanford university grads. >>> a series of strange lights in the sky were spotted in both northern and southern california on knee. those who -- on new year's eve. those who saw them were certain they were not fireworks. george warren has a closer look at what some believe was a ufo. >> we saw it through the trees. it was bright enough to shine through the trees without any problem seeing it. >> steven brown watched it over sacr

skype's official twitter account was hacked today. several tweets including this one bashing microsoft were posted and then retweeted thousands of times. a group called the syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility. the hackers compromised skype's facebook page and the company blog. and another high-tech security breech on the photo sharing app, snap chat. user names and phone numbers of five million people were posted on-line and making the breech worse, many people tend to have the same user names on the site. they posted the information to show the holes in the security. snap chat was founded by two stanford university grads. >>> a series of strange lights in the sky were spotted in both northern and southern california on knee. those who -- on new year's eve. those who saw them were certain they were not fireworks. george warren has a closer look at what some believe was a ufo. >> we saw it through the trees. it was bright enough to shine through the trees without any problem seeing it. >> steven brown watched it over sacr

and i am about to go online to facebook and then skype and skype my twin sister which is really crazy that's right, she was in a video but a girl who was french but studying in london saw the video and tracked her down, i think we're sisters. we were born on the same day in south korea. and so these two girls started up a friendship to get to know each other and if you look at their pictures they look like identical twins. this decided to start a kick-starter campaign to film their journey, meeting each each other in london and visiting in north korea. they were able to raise more than $40,000 to do it. but now they've started a new kick-starter campaign to get the film made. they need $80,000 because they have over 42,000 clips of this whole journey. >> oh. >> so, there's no more questions. they are sisters, that's what we've discovered? >> well, they believe they're sisters. they do go to south korea to a convention for south korean adoptees where they find out, they don't say anything, because this is a trailer. >> are you ready for this information? because you know it's a life-ch

enough what experts say in this field in the states for example they speculate it is face perhaps skype or you know it's no five but the judge says refuses to god acknowledge the request from the barriers to unseal its companies it is. jones that it did nothing illegal when she released the video but it was enough to warrant invasive snooping from the u.s. security agencies. me. and my younger son older son. some people that i've got to know later i used to work with. three years ago the icelandic people took to the streets the banking crisis and hit the small island nation haunt. the icelandic saucepan revolution ultimately forced the general election. to johns that was elected to the new parliament but for the us government she remained a target. again you only today jones to take campaigns but it's to rights and self-determination she wants iceland to become a safe haven for sensitive data. they want to put a stop to the prying eyes of the state. we actually won last round the world cherry pick the best. e-mails for example would be protected in the same way as written correspondence

and they say they've claiming that microsoft a reading user e-mails and skype. >> stay with us. the broadpoint is make is, your privacy doesn't exist on-line. i don't think it did. it certainly doesn't now. >> i agree there's a lot of things we're putting out there publicly and a lot of things are exposed through hacks we've experienced with snap chat. >> i think the snap chat hack was deliberate and people say they want to raise awareness. and do you have any idea, raise awareness of what? >> i think that more and more folks out there are sharing their information want to see enhanced security and there with as a glitch in snap chat, a vulnerability that was exposed. snap chat said they addressed it, making more obstacles and the group wanted to expose it's still an issue and so they went ahead and unfortunately, they leaked about 4.6 million users names and phone numbers. stuart: snap chat is still a private company. told they're valued at 3, 3 1/2 billion dollars. that was the talk a few weeks ago, if they ever go public. 3 1/2 billion. do you think a hacking attack like this

skype, twitter is claiming that microsoft is selling information to the government. skype issued a tweet to reassure users its data and site are safe. >>> nearly 5 million users of snapchat are the latest victims of a security hack. private account information, including user names and phone numbers were posted last night and taken down this morning. someone behind the leak said the goal was to raise public awareness about online security holes. you can check to see if your account was hacked. we have the link on nbcbayarea.com. >>> from chief executive officer at facebook, to chief philanthropist. mark zuckerberg showed his charitable side in a very generous way. they gave 18 million shares of facebook to the silicon valley communication last night. that's worth about $1 billion. making him the most generous donor for 2013. nike's co-founder made the second-largest gift. number three, was michael bloomberg, with $350 million to johns hopkins university. >>> while the country is getting pounded by snow, california's run of dry weather is creating concerns for ski bus

the first gadget or device is skype video conferencing. the customer works with their own team of experts via skype video conference. these are private lessons essentially. also we include 2 wireless tracking devices. one is in my pocket and the second is a wifi scale. the customer steps on the scale and it sends us the data remotely so we can hold them accountable. >>you have them on an electronic leash. who can eat with you around? >>it's important to eat. we make sure our customers eat 5 times a day. you should never be hungry. >>small meals are great aren't they? >>they're huge. some of out customers prefer 7 or 8 times a day. you have to keep your blood sugar nice and level. that has positive effects for the employer because you're able to think much more clearly. >>what is your weight of return? >>my personal weight of return? i've lost about 20 pounds on the program. most of our senior executives have lost between 20 and 50 pounds. >>great success story. thanks for bringing that to us this morning. >>thank you so much. there's plent

. >> for more about the situation in the ukraine we're joined via skype from kiev by david covering the story for the "new york times." last night we said the program had extended an olive branch to the opposition by offering to make one of them prime minister. but that didn't work. >> reporter: they rebuffed this deal offered by viktor yanukovych who is on the defensive. there are protests spreading to the south and eastern parts of ukraine. these are viktor yanukovych's base of support. the parts of the country that are absolutely most sympathetic to his pro-russia policies. what we've seen is indication that unrest will spread. there's a danger of violence getting worse as the opposition leadership holds out for bigger victory in the days ahead. >> just to back up a couple of steps for people, what's this all been about? two months ago there was the possibility of ukraine having closer ties with the eu. then that changed. >> reporter: sure. it began with a broken promise, essentially. president yanukovych had said for a long time he would sign sweeping political free trade agreements

we were talking to somebody on skype earlier, and he was showing how he's eating bark. these people are absolutely desperate. about 1,000 families inside the old city have been without food and water and medicine for some eight months, and so if bahimi has secured the deal and women and children are able to leave in the morning, that is a significant step. sure, the u.s., the u.n., even the russians, perhaps even syria itself wants this conflict to end and want him to do a big peace deal. want him to pull a rabbit out of the hat and find a miracle solution and they want it to happen fast. no one thinks it's real or possible. the fact that women and children leave homs, that is a very significant development after three years of war. >> nick, really, how likely is that? he's probably got the hardest job in the diplomatic world right now, and he just said the government asked the opposition to give them a list of people in detention. they said, look, we'll try. how likely is it it will happen as early as tomorrow? >> well, i think we're talking about two different things.

so i practiced tapes, i was able to set up a skype and stalk to the team in the team room.o with today's technology -- >> it was like you weren't each gone. >> it was like a virtual coach. >> you can watch film on your ipad, you be skype, but there's still someone standing in for your on game day coaching your team. what is that like to watch? >> that was the hardest part. it had been about 200 games since i missed a game. >> were you like a kid on christmas morning when you got to come back here to denver and coach the sneem >> yeah, it was neat. the i flew back the day before thanksgiving. the team couldn't have been better. you know, going through an adverse situation, i think all in all, it's made us better. >> oh, come on, guys! it's so simple. maybe you need a refresher course. hey, it's all ball bearings nowadays. >> i did read you watched "fletch" the movie. >> i usually try to watch all the pregame shows and all that kind of stuff, just tends to hype you up. >> so you can thank the doctor that helped you get back on the field and chevy chase. >> that's right. happy

skype's official twitter account was hacked today.rosoft were posted and then retweeted thousands of times. a group called the syrian electronic army has claimed responsibility. the hackers compromised skype's facebook page and the company blog. and another high-tech security breech on the photo sharing app, snap chat. user names and phone numbers of five million people were posted on-line and making the breech worse, many people tend to have the same user names on the site. they posted the information to show the holes in the security. snap chat was founded by two stanford university grads. >>> a series of strange lights in the sky were spotted in both northern and southern california on knee. those who -- on new year's eve. those who saw them were certain they were not fireworks. george warren has at what soosr look at what some believe was a ufo. >> we saw it through the trees. it was bright enough to shine through the trees without any problem seeing it. >> steven brown watched it over sacramento. another spotted it over auburn. >

give a few bucks but rather than use a sneaker the boy says companies software products including skype as a dangerous weapon against the constitutional rights of unsuspecting customers of the products. gates to himself when he gets caught. welcome back this is r.t. international with almost all the votes counted early results from egypt's referendum suggest overwhelming backing for the country's new constitution proposed by the military backed interim government supporters of the ousted muslim brotherhood boycotted the vote colling it illegitimate and promising to challenge the results belcher reports from cairo now many people thought this would be the case as there's been a huge drive by the government and the military pushing people to participate and yes as well as multimillion dollar purse to campaigns by businessmen across the streets calling on people to ratify this constitution and this is what the government really be looking for is a big yes as this would basically be a seal of approval on the political right now and would see basically pave the way for elections and possibly

we can do remotes from our bedroom -- >> what do you call it -- >> skyping. >> there you go. >> all right. >>> 4:40 the time. another look outside for you this morning where hopefully after the sun comes up we'll start to see some melting. but right now, we're holding steady here in tinley town at 14 degrees. chuck bell has a look at what you can expect. chuck? >>> telework, really? you work in television. that's teleworker in case you were wonder -- telework in case you were wondering. >> we have so much incredible technology, chuck. >> we'll just skype you in. the last of the snowflakes now departing off the lower parts of the eastern shore. good riddance to the snowflakes at least for a little while. current temperatures, single digits and low teens. you need to wear longjohns, long socks, language pants and coat and ear -- long pants and coat and ear muffs because it's cold. windchills zero to minus 15 first thing this morning. your out-the-door weather, bitter cold, sub-zero windchills, and cold sunshine lasting through the morning hours. temperatures later today only into the mid to

they were protesting skype's participation with the nsa.teridge comes a day learning hackers posted account information for 5 million snap chat users on the website. walmart recall from involves more for than 70,000 card table stats. the shares can collapse unexpectedly which cause falls and finger injuries. they have received 10 reports of injuries. they were so between may and november of last year and can be returned for a full refund. >> coming up, a new law had illegal immigrants heading to the dmv today. >> thousands of gun owners must have licenses renewed in the new year. >> sam ford live now explains why. >> the vast majority of people who legally own a firearm in the city are going to have to come down here to police headquarters sometime in the next year to reregister. a lot of that today. a number of gun owners don't like it. gunsn came to register his for the first time and was none too happy to learn he what to reregister them if he stays here another three years. >> i shouldn't have to register them in the first place. you ca

few bucks but rather than use a sneaker this pimp deploys this company's software products including skype as a dangerous weapon against the constitutional rights of unsuspecting customers on the products. gates to himself when he gets caught. but. i didn't know that you know the premise is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several we've been a hydrogen lying handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once told to us my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trucks rational debate and a real discussion of critical issues facing america upon bill ready to join the movement then walk a little bit further. previously peacekeepers were present our concerns with monitoring peace deals again that post conflict environment nowadays

the index every joining us via skype. thank you very emily?ill take a closer look at how well shows like "orange is are doing for netflix. that is coming up. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. t-mobile is hoping to be your next un-bet. the uncarrier is debuting a new visa card. mobilegram, called money, will give customers a way withouts bank accounts an atm. the program starts next month. netflix reporting earnings after the bell. they have been on a winning streak. the stop stop on a slide. today? see the numbers jon erlichman, what are you watching today? >> it is always fascinating to look at the subscriber numbers. they are getting close to 4 million members around the world, nearly double what that number was a couple years ago. millionber is -- 43 members. can you hold on to this? netflix,tion rate at the company says, has been improving. that is an important part of the story. >> about retention, a lot of people talk about the original shows. is that what keeps people coming back? is it the fact that your kids can

you could do anything with skype now.is extraordinary that they have made the phone to get a normal dialtone. this is not difficult. it is very difficult to pull off in terms of a business trip. all of the handsets are sold through the carriers. the carriers have a vested interest in the strength of their non-wi-fi networks. >> what about the quality? sometimes you try to do a skype call or face time on the road. it does not always work. >> the qualities actually better. i talked to the engineers who said they had trouble making sure that the handoff was clean. theory is a much higher capacity network. the voice call sounded better and worse went to one onto sprint. i tested the phone. that is a start up. it is an insignificant part of the market. they are working with serious companies. there are -- what they are part of his this trend were large carriers are recognizing that they have to offload their data on to wi-fi. the networks cannot handle it. china mobile -- 72% of their data goes over wi-fi. not over a china uni

claudia is the therapist that helps them, joins us by skype.laudia, starting with you. >> as human beings we are relying on each other for survival. babies have an innate ability to tell their parents they have a need. and once that need is met the child and the parents are able to move on through the development. the research shows us that right from birth children are able to tell their caregivers that they have a need and hopefully their caregiver then can meet that need. >> claudio, you and cheryl were filmed for documentary, your children, your daughter and the three children you adopted, you were filmed not only for documentary but also working with doctors playing with your children for therapist to review. how did the therapist help you with the process of have integrating these children into your lives? >> i think enlightenment that happened for us is when we saw those snippets in slow motion of their responses that are basically giving us the cues that they wants our assistance or they may need us more than we think, it became enlight

thank you very much forbeing on skype. do you believe that his exit would be a turning moant in the. >> in the next days if not weeks, we shouldn't forget that there is a pluz lix minorities miernt who hoped to finally be heard and have a wait in proks and that was their guide now he's out. they're probably knot celebrating as much as have what we believe. >> france had warned of a possible genocide. do you think that is something that will still happy today? >> i think the risk is decreasing because finally the international community is focusing on are south sudan. there is a force on the ground, there is also miska that is going to take over from the french, but the likelihood is down. >> when the many try to end this crisis in car but there are many in bangui who don't see chad as an honest broker debbie, accused of meddling in the affairs of car. what do you think chad can do for the end of this crisis? >> i think it's going to continues because chad is part of the is solution, of the problem as well. chad needs car a

. >>> well, skype was scalped by hackers on new year's day.syrian electronics army took over the blog. the group also hacked skype's twitter account and facebook page. the hackers claimed they were protesting the national security agency's practices. >>> skype wasn't the only internet company hacked. another posted the user names and phone numbers of nearly 5 million snapchat users. it said it wanted to call attention to a security flaw in the photo messaging service. snapchat had already admitted the flaw several days ago. cybercrooks may try to use the information to fish and defraud snapchat users. >>> the new year is ushering in a new era for the boy scouts. it's lifting its century-long ban on gay members. the move is creating some division among its ranks. abc's scott goldberg has the story. >> reporter: after 103 years, the boy scouts of america is opening its doors to young gays. >> this was a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the controversial decision is being hailed by pascal tessier who aims to be one of the first openly ga

the >> this morning, officials at skype are looking into how their site got hacked. the public faces of skype, posting anti-spying messages to the video-chat service's blog, twitter, and facebook accounts. on skype's twitter account, a message appeared simply saying "stop spying on people! via syrian electronic army." no users info has been compromised. ? that tweet was removed within an hour, but it had been passed around quite a bit before taken down. microsoft who owns skype has not yet commented about the hack. >> insurer new year's resolution to work out more? a new survey by 10 tohappening now, a winter storm is causing a ripple shows that you might want tnetflix shows that you might want to do it in front of the television. the los gatos based company axed more than a thousand people, if they found more than half of them stating that they would be willing to bend to watch tv while they worked out. 45 percent said they would be more motivated to work out of that had access to their favorite shows on demand. as for what they would watch, a 36% preferred sitcoms.

skype had a run in of its own with hackers that left blog facebook and twitter accounts all messagesan and electronic army warning people not to use microsoft products because the company is selling user information to the government. >> they took to twitter to acknowledge the breech. no comment yet from snap chat. >> thank you very much diane macedo. >> it is now 47 minutes after the top of the hour. image this the pain from an appendectomy made much worse by a 55,000 dollar hospital bill. the 20-year-old patient shares his story. >> born two minutes apart but in different years. can you figure that out? meet the twin babies that came into the world with a bang. now let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> another great 2014 pair of shows for both of you. new york times has a reporter on scene on 9-11 the day of the attack on benghazi. how is congress celebrating? they are letting 55 tax breaks expire. how that will impact you. before you hit the slopes a few safety tips that could save your life. is working out part of you new year's resolut

via skype, our guest from germany and another joining me from new york.wford, let me start with you. i was surprised by the low price for lenovo. i wonder what that means in terms of, there is nobody that wanted to buy this except for chinese companies. crawford, your thoughts? i am not hearing crawford. let me turn to you, cristina alesci. what are your sources telling you about the lenovo deal and trying to make changes in the regulator's opinion about whether they will want to allow this business to be sold to china? >> the deal was announced but the next big hurdle is obviously going to the committee on foreign investments in the u.s. and getting clearance from regulators on this review. anything that raises questions about china's government's involvement in technology and internet areas is going to highlight the fact that the government is very much involved. it could create a little bit of a hiccup for them, but let's keep a couple of things in mind. at the end of the day, ibm and lenovo will say that this is not critical technology that they are d

my guest joins me via skype from toronto.n one of her favorite songs, this girl just got fired? >> yes, fired, but it was merely a parting of ways. as blackberry said today, the end of a one-year collaboration which conveniently leaves the question of fired or not fired unanswered. what i think is clear is that the new ceo really has no time for this because he's so focused on the enterprise and not the consumer. he's come in and said enough of this marketing razzle-dazzle. we are going to go back to bait back to basics and what blackberry has a fan base among, and that is people who are not impressed by alicia keys, the lawyers, bankers and government workers. >> what do you think is next for the ceo of why kerry now that alicia keys is behind him? >> he got a very interesting response when he got his first conference call. his stock was down about nine percent when they had their earnings and over the course of a one hour conference call, the stock rallied and was up at 1.16%. i think investors have a lot more faith in him