but that is the way sony operates.ficult targets to beat certainly under the new regime, the management has been outperforming their targets. this is likely to be the case this time. question is how is the new ceo going to undergo the new evolution. will be a place for growth when it comes to online content subscriptions at a time where hardware sales are declining? like about sony is there gaming network business. revenues in the games network has gone above ¥1 trillion which achievement.al they have 35 million subscribers for the playstation network. we think that will be the way forward for them to continue to expand. the margins on game downloads are fairly high. so the fact that sony is seeing their game is downloading games directly, that is a possible trend and should continue. we are expecting sony to announce a new gaming hardware some time of the next month and a half in the e3 show in america . -- show inething america next months. the lifecycle of the ps4 currently. yvonne: how sustainable do you think is s

sony has done this over the years.o this.shida is this the standard game we see from companies like sony, or is this more extreme than what we have seen in the past? think this is the standard game. absolutelyid is true, japanese companies tend to set a low bar, especially when they had new management, they set a low bar for the first year when the new management is on board. having said that, i think investors are having a bit of higher expectations than that, then what they gave today, because what they delivered in 2017. investorebate from the base is whether sony will be able to grow from the 2017 base. unfortunately,e, as well as the previous guidance for 2018 fy is not pointing to in income. once again, i think it is very conservative, but i would say it does not meet the investors expectations. a follow-up question to that, yoshida made his name as the numbers guy, keeping , getting out of some of the businesses that haven't been as profitable in the past. there are questions as to whether he has the vision to b

sony has a robust entertainment arm, with music as well. playstation business has actually, even though it has aged, we are really supposed to be due for a new console, it has aged really well and still producing a a lot of cash. so the question is, how is sony going to essentially bring those together, create compelling content, as well as services? and really fuel growth, while managing what remains of the hardware business. and really that is where all of the margins are from. investorss what the are going to be expecting of the company. haidi: the company's hollywood division has pretty mixed track record when it comes to content, right? is inherently a volatile business. movie studios struggled to come up with hits every year. and sometimes against expectations, they're going to be flops. even disney, which has probably one of the best moviemaking machines on earth, produces the occasional flop. so you know, you have to really have some other kind of content service the balance that out. major state thing to note is sony will be gettin

sony is a net transition phase.blem with transitioning to a completely new model, it is hard to execute with any degree of certainty. there is a fickleness to the quality of programs you produce. can you read market sentiment? the question for sony is whether they will make the right capital allocation decision. but you had people who were skeptical about amazon's approach to content and they've executed it well. the ultimate test is going to be to see who designed the products. but you had people whoand predie up with a blockbuster. these are hard areas to speculate on. a: and the netflix just assigned to be obama's. obamas.signed the perhaps emerging markets local bonds are offering grower premiums. perhaps that puts them back into fashion. or is it too much risk for the strengthening dollar for the escu? had a stellar year after being out of fashion for many years. there was global growth, also within e.m. deals,ang, u.s. bond dollar.ger none of them should be at the levels that created crisis. the dollar has not

if sony and emi combine, own the copyrights of 4.4 million songs, sony becomes one of the largest musicthe world. we expect steady income from music publishing and it will be a key growth area in the long-term. emily: uber is launching its first taxi hailing pilot program in japan. starting this summer, uber will essentially operate as a taxi dispatcher, connecting local drivers and passengers in a 100,000sland home to people. japanese law prohibits uber from operating its own fleet of customers. you must have a professional license. uber will be facing competition. didi and sony are working on rival hailing taxi services in japan. technology research center cambridge, england. it may hire as many as 150 ai expert, bringing the total number of employees at samsung to 400. cambridge, england. theresa may called it a vote of confidence as a world leader in ai. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. tomorrow washington talking to congressman greg walden, chair of the house energy and commerce committee, and eu ambassador david o'sullivan. that is all for now. this is bloomb

sony has just bought an iconic music publisher and record company. our asia business hub where rico hizon is following the story. rico, who are they buying and why? nice to see you. well, the japanese entertainment giant sally is buying a controlling stake in emi music publishing for 2.3 billion us dollars as it looks to improve on its music portfolio. sony signed a deal with abu dhabi —based investment company mobodala to buy his holding in emi, it still doesn't own that because the japanese firm already has a 40% stake in emi so the move is part of the company's plan to basically move away from making gadgets to focusing on gaming subscriptions and entertainment instead so this deal would combine sony's record label deep bench of artists from beyonce to raya carey, john legend, with emi's beatles, queen, carole king, coldplay, and david bowie. earlier this month the firm expanded its entertainment folio, buying a stake in peanuts, the company behind charlie brown and snoopy, for $185 million. this is a music marriage. perfect! for both companies. w

sony has agreed to take a stake in peanuts.he family of charles schultz will continue to hold a percentage of the firm. it is extremelely popular in japan. sony already has a number of characters under its wings. it's film unit makes the spiderman series. >> thank you very much for that. festival cannes film attracts a lot of celebrities across the world. the film festival boost the local economy. at the24 takes a look economic impact on the city. >> it is a magnet for tourists and celebrities. restaurants, hotels, and businesses thrive during the festival season that brings 200 million euros of economic benefit. her friend are on a mission of finding a dress. -- the luxury stores shopper knows them all. the fitting took place in a multi-branded boutique where prices are more affordable. >> customers prefer buying things that make them happy. they want cheaper outfits. at the height of the season, stock exchange constantly. some shoppers cannot find their hearts desire. pleasing celebrities is this fashion designers job. downs.

first of all, what does this deal signal about where sony wants to go, what sony wants to be?ly changing quite quickly. it really wants to become more like disney, wants to own a lot of content and intellectual property. it wants to make entertainment the center of its business. as it focuses on that, it is moving away from hardware, stuff like we know sony to make tb's, smart -- tv's, smartphones. they make really good digital cameras. it is moving away from all of those things that it sees as lower margin and cutting back on the hardware side, a lot of the gadgets that made them famous, and they are embracing the content, services, recurring subscriptions revenues and things like that for online gaming. it is more about the content, the entertainment. them buying the 60% they did not own is just another side of that. they want to own the entire leg of music, which is part of that content, entertainment business. you will see sony over the next three years at least focusing more on this entertainment side and moving away from hardware. francine: does that mean they will also

the deal would mean sony would indirectly own about 90% of the firm, with access to some two millionia keys and pharrell williams. let's get more on our top story today — the first anniversary of the manchester arena attack. my colleague annita mcveigh is in manchester and joins us now. thank you very much. just over my right shoulder, the west door of the cathedral, where the prime minister, theresa may, has just cathedral, where the prime minister, theresa may, hasjust arrived, and has just theresa may, hasjust arrived, and hasjust gone in theresa may, hasjust arrived, and has just gone in to the cathedral ahead of this national service of commemoration that is taking place to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. ialso to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. i also saw the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, andi the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, and i can see the dean of the cathedral outside greeting those guests who are arriving. i spoke to him earlier. he talked about the tone of the service, about how he had worked to put it to

sony and emi combined own the copyrights of 4.4 million songs, .l, sony becomes one of the largest music publishers in the world. we expect steady income from music publishing, and it will be a key growth area in the long-term. emily: epic games has announced prize money for fortnight. for whathas come out this will look like, but if the previous tournament is a preview of what will come, it will be a serious game changer. opened at the e-sports arena in las vegas. the companys is around the space and others around the world that allow gamers to meet up in what could become a $1.5 billion industry by 2020. we spoke with allied e-sports ceo jed hannegan. fornite -- fortnite has grabbed gamers everywhere. as of march of this year, the research firm super data reported 40 million players worldwide, $223 million in revenue in the month of march alone for every games and what is this phenomenal growth in fortnite. emily: how are these competitions actually working? is that everybody for themselves, teams, working in an arena? jud: absolutely. the beauty

sony signed a deal with an abu dhabi —based investment firm to buy its holdings in emi.away from making gadgets and focus on gaining subscriptions in entertainment instead. thank you for investing your time with us on asia business report. don't forget to follow us on twitter. see you in the next hour. the top stories this hour: the eruption of kilauea in hawaii enters a new, violent phase — lava has doubled in speed with fountains of molten rock reaching 180 metres in the air. a summit to rescue a summit. president trump is to meet the south korea president to try to get his meeting with the north's kim jong un back on track. it's the highlight of the horticultural calendar, showcasing some of the most creative garden designs from around the world. ahead of the chelsea flower show‘s public opening, we were given a sneak preview. the theme for this year's event is health and well—being, exploring how plants and green spaces can improve lives. helena lee reports. this, the world's most prestigious flower show, after months of preparation, garden designers finally get to s

the deal would mean sony would indirectly own about 90% of the firm and its some two million songs byg to alicia keys and pharrell williams. facebook founder mark zuckerberg will appear, via live—streaming, before the european parliament to answer questions relating to the data protection scandal involving the british firm cambridge analytica. it follows his testimony before us congress over the leaking of users' personal data. adobe — the maker of the popular photoshop and illustrator creative software — is buying e—commerce services provider magento commerce for $1.68 billion. its biggest deal in nearly a decade for adobe. the firm says the move will bolster its cloud business, which provides services including advertising and marketing. chinese stocks linked to baby products have surged on reports that the country is considering ending the limit on the amount of children a family can have. currently families are limited to two children, however china's government is concerned about the country's ageing population. let's speak to robin brant who is in shanghai. good to see you. they

attacks a distinctive code used to erase the tracks of hackers that also featured in an attack on sony pictures in twenty fourteen the u.s. government has blamed that on north korea a claim that north korea denies so we got a few clues from the tools that these attackers used in bangladesh bank and other attacks that we we've seen and the tools are very specific to a group called the wrists and this is a name that's been given by the security community and it's a group that has been involved in attacks on south korea than of volved attacks in the u.s. we've seen them in attacks in europe as well and they're almost certainly behind this this bangladesh bank heist as well the russian cyber security firm kaspersky lab has also said it found digital evidence that lazarus hackers made a direct connection from an ip address in north korea to a server in europe used to control systems infected by the group just perske said that was the first time they've seen a direct connection between lazarus and north korea and while it's possible the bangladesh hackers were trying to frame pin on yang nor

sony and emi combined own the copyrights to 4.4 million songs.h this deal, sony becomes one of the largest music publishers in the world. we expect steady income from music publishing, and it will be a key growth area in the long-term. emily: meantime, e-sports continue to gain traction around the world, and one company wants in on the action. epic games, the company behind the hit game fortnite, has announced $100 million in prize pool money for fortnite competitions in the first year of competitive play. not much detail has come out about what these tournaments may look like, but if last month's tournament in vegas with fortnite mega-streamer ninja is a preview of what is to come, this could be a serious game changer. the event in april was held at the newly-opened esports arena in the luxor resort and casino in las vegas. allied sports is the company behind this space and other arenas around the world that allow gamers to meet up and compete in the hottest new video game tournaments in what could become a $1.5 billion industry by 2020. that's

one of those indicating to watch for the housing market >>> sony is buying a controlling stake in emiusic for 2$2.3 billion. the doeal gives sony access to 2 million songs from the likes of queen, fpharrell williams and other big artists. >>> two pieces of news on adobe. the company announcing an $8 billion stock buyback program. separately adobe is buying e-commerce firm magento for 1$17 billion. it's a cloud-based e-commerce service company used by kormratikor corporations like coca-cola. >>> check out shares of spotify. the e-commerce platform slipping on that adobe dell news. shopify, rather. shopify shares off 2.25% in extended trading >>> micron increasing its third quarter guidance the chipmaker says optimism is thanks to a healthy semiconductor industry they announced a $10 billion share repurchase program shares of pure storage dropping despite decemberer than expected earnings the stock soared 50% this year nordson under pressure after posting a weaker than expected third quarter outlook. that stock is down 6%. >>> we're just getting started on "worldwide exchange." call it

and you won't see anything up on my sony i mean i've got to take out all of twenty five the strongest try to sell me trying to foist on us by fall into the team so you don't want to have someone who's just hanging over. you. oh no. no oh well. almost everyone uses might show some training distanced. artists are able to basis start. saying and i may. find that we tried to train together here. granted he did i think we see on monday for when they come whether we're day you know that's going to try to go up to the number salute them with a piece and stuff like that so it's different every day. because sometimes we both are secluded gathering and sometimes we need to be in the central time if they want before or there may be a year later but there's they want to fart in time and we miss the group but also. the best way to find out here is so if we're stuck. or just follow them to do something not to let them know before today most of the game it depends. we think there is still. the pub so we can have a clean fire fight with on plus us with on third person usually. the one to three minute

attacks a distinctive code used to erase the tracks of hackers that also featured in an attack on sony pictures in twenty fourteen the u.s. government has blamed that on north korea a claim that north korea denies so we got a few clues from the tools that these attackers used in bangladesh bank and other attacks that we we've seen and the tools are very specific to a group and this is a name that's been given by the security community and it's a group. been involved in attacks from south korea than involved in attacks in the us we've seen them in attacks in europe as well and they're almost certainly behind this this bangladesh bank heist as well the russian cyber security firm kaspersky lab has also said it found digital evidence that lazarus hackers made a direct connection from an ip address in north korea to a server in europe used to control systems infected by the group just perske said that was the first time they've seen a direct connection between lazarus and north korea and while it's possible the bangladesh hackers were trying to frame pin on yang north korean involvement wa

from sony actors to the bangladeshi. actors is accurate that intonation stage is wrong things that's a big. it's different. do you believe there are nations. that do. allegations or hacking whether from security firms or officials in the united states and south korea all denied by the north korean government but no matter who is behind the bangladesh bank job north korea or an unknown crime syndicate could there be another cyber heist well they have already been more attempts in twenty seventeen taiwan's far eastern international bank was attacked by hackers trying to steal millions of dollars using the swift payment system the banks declined to comment russia's central bank has said hackers took control of computers at an unnamed russian bank in twenty seventeen and used a swift system to steal six million dollars and in february twenty eighth hackers tried to steal nearly two million dollars from in. india's city union bank the bank said there were similarities with the bangladesh case. on the trail of the missing mill

this is raising speculation that he will meet with president trump. >> 2014, that sony hack, that took. i understand the why as far as why he would come to further the summit, but did you i ever thev this person from north korea would be stepping on u.s. soil? >> before that, he is believed to have masterminded the sinking of a vessel. this guy is no joke. he's a former military guy, he seems to have risen up the ranks and appears to be parts of kim jong un's inner circle. you see him sitting next to kim jong un in summit and high-profile meeting and he's a veteran on the issue of denuclearization, peace regime, deeply involved with negotiations with south korea in the early 90s on denuclearization and issue of aggression, so he knows his issues. >> thank you very much. we'll speak again. meantime, i have to get to this story. this retired english teacher's attention to detail, she took president trump to task offer -- over a letter he wrote to her. when she received his written response she noticed it was filled with grammatical errors. so she did what any english teacher would do, sh

ash: sony struck me extraordinarily undervalued.t had gone through a four-year restructuring and was just coming out of the end of it can we are going to see the results of that. spend an enormous amount of time thinking about the sum of the parts. i continue to think sony is undervalued. think there's an enormous amount of room to grow. rishaad: there are certain things you talked about, e gaming is one. what else do you like that is being wrongly priced? seth: the music business is great. people did not understand how much ip they own in the music business and movie business. their purchase of emi talks about their continue -- rishaad: generally speaking, not just about sony. but what else you like. ng, other things that are perhaps undervalued. seth: a large amount of ip they have not done a good job of capitalizing on. sony is trying to do that right now. ofpanies that own a lot content they are working on unlocking. gaming companies have enormous libraries that they are only beginning to unlock. even mobile apps have not yet do

sony claims a kardashian. with the closing bell 36 minutes away.paying $2.6 billion to emi to become the world's largest music publisher. they own the rights for artists like kanye west, kim kardashian's husband and alicia keys. combined with the rights of michael jackson, and david bowie, sony will own 19% of the stock. this has got to be a first. american automakers telling team trump no, thank you. to the administration's offer and promise to roll back emissions standards that president obama had put into place. the shocking reason why. we're going to take that up with california treasurer john chiang. he's running for governor as well. he's also got some strong opinions about california-based wells fargo. he's joining us exclusively next on "countdown." don't go away. brighthouse financial allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities... with a level of protection in down markets. so you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. talk with your advisor about shield annuities from brighthouse financial- established by metlife. ♪

also in business briefing, sony snaps up emi for a mere $2 billion. be live to asia for the latest. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme, coming to a tv screen near you: the obamas sign a deal with netflix with plans to make documentaries — features where they will be on camera and behind the scenes. so what programmes would you like them to make? suggestions to #bbcthebriefing. it's exactly one year since 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at an ariana grande concert in manchester, here in the uk. at least 800 more people suffered physical and psychological injuries. there are special tributes planned across the city. later, prince william and prime minister theresa may will attend a service at manchester cathedral. and, as evening falls, song lyrics chosen by bereaved families will be projected around a square in the city. then bells will ring in churches across the city to mark the exact moment of the attack. fiona trott has been to meet a mother and d

the sony is to buy a controlling stake in e.m.i. music publishing for two point three billion dollars the japanese company wants to strengthen its music portfolio the deal will see it get a catalog of more than two million songs sixty percent stake in my as part of sony's growth plan built around content and streaming services still needs approval though from the regulators. the police in malaysia have seized nearly thirteen million dollars from apartments links to the family of former prime minister najib razak have been accused of pocketing millions of dollars of public money including from state fund one m d b which he set up in two thousand and nine he denies any wrongdoing. and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at has him seeker and do you use the hash tag a.j.c. to see when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost that al-jazeera dot net is our address. as morphew online at. the a dot com slash c t c that will take you straight to all page which has individual ports and li

i didn't know that there are two because it's not being promoted yet in the sony rabia is known as a black box the country wants to open up and it has to in order to reduce the country's growing unemployment and state deficit. they have your hopes the changes will also rebranding the image of the kingdom. yes from here to please so the first question is always how do you saudi a pure saudi yes some saudi and there are hundreds of these like me hopefully with all these changes that would have become three the west would change the idea about the saudi woman it's not considered decent for women to do jobs for men and women makes this is changing two. of the year is about to get her certification as the first female tour guide she says she has also experienced a lot of resistance from men that saw her as competition. the tour is about to end with arabic coffee and dates. you so it's the breadth of the armor that tells us this that this of the of the guy who is putting it's this one it's often merchant rich people because we have this bradbury. so one two three locals are just as curious

and sony is to buy a controlling stake in e.m.i. music publishing for two point three billion dollars japanese company wants to strengthen its music portfolio the deal will see it get a catalog of more than two million songs sixty percent stake in my as part of sony's growth plan built around content and streaming services still needs approval though from the regulators. the police in malaysia have seized nearly thirteen million dollars from apartments links to the family of former prime minister najib razak have been accused of pocketing millions of dollars of public money including from state fund one m d b which he set up in two thousand and nine he denies any wrongdoing. and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at has him seeker and do use the hash tag a.j.c. to see when you do or drop us an email counting the cost that al-jazeera dot net is our address. as morphew online at. is that a dot com slash c t c that will take you straight to our page which has individual sports links and

sony: i think the u.k.ocratic than the rest of the confident -- continent. especially if you compare with the netherlands and scandinavia and perhaps, germany. we have always stood apart from the rest of the continent, more toward the american version of capitalism. yes, i think austerity has pushed us further in that direction and the politics you see emerging is a backlash against that. tom: sony, when you look at the euro experiment, what will you look for and anticipate the rest of the year? panic, think the italian which fortunately has subsided, will increase the urgency of eurozone reform discussion. sadly, it is not going to be simple because one thing you see is all of germany's risk fears coming true and this is exactly what happened last time when the .opulist policy played out what germany's fear has -- is at that at playsee such that the french president, who has been asking germany to come to the table and do more talksharing, will have to even harder because the germans watching what is playi

and on the markets, japan is open again but under pressure due to disappointing forecasts from sony and honda, electronics and banking stocks among the biggest losers. a fairly flat day, though. let's get started. president trump has delayed a decision on whether to impose steel and aluminium tariffs on key trading partners. in march, the us imposed import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium on the grounds of national security. but the eu, canada and mexico were given a temporary exemption from the import taxes, the exemption was about to expire, but it's been extended untiljune. one country which hasn't received any exemption at all is china, which currently has a $375 billion trade surplus with the us. with me is greg swenson, a partner at merchant bank brigg macadam, and a member of republicans overseas. good to see you. this is seen as good news that president trump wants to the talk more before any decision? i think so, to the talk more before any decision? ithink so, it's to the talk more before any decision? i think so, it's kicking the cam down the road but there needs

the 2014 cyber take on sony pictures. week in new york with mike pompeo is sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department. >> this is a gguy who should be indicted as a war here row. >> sort of like move sboing int family to become more respectable. >> reporter: a man who analyst says who still has a top intelligence. a former body guard to kim's father and grandfather, he headed the most intelligence arm. he's believed to have master minded north korea's 2010 sinnisin i sinsisin king ship. early on as kim jong-un was consolidatining his power, it w kim jong who he counted on the build into an ete hacking team. the threats o 9/11 style attacks on any theat or theater goer that we understant movie. >> reporter: the same year as the sony hack and james clamber met with him in pyongyang. clapper later recalled his counter part berating him about american aggression. >> he kept going on louder and louder, pointing his finger at my chest. >> reporter: he had such swagger that was purged by kim jong-un for his overbearing manner. h

he was responsible for the 2014 cyber attack against sony that destroyed their servers.had a hand in the 2010 attack on warship that killed 46 south korean sailors. the u.s. treasury department has designated him for trafficking in conventional arms as well. there's lots of reason to see this as someone with dirty hands. how the times have changed. remember that when iva inka tru was seated in the same box as this general. didn't acknowledge each other. now just a couple months later here he is arriving in new york going to haveompeo. this underscores this erratic nature of this administration foreign policy. we go from rushing to war to rushing to a summit. >> which a lot of people say is better than the alternative. one of the things that victor said last night at the 11th hour is protocol would cig asignify taught to be meeting the president of the united states. pompeo twice met with kim jong-un. no plans that we know of because that would require the president going to new york or him getting another waiver to come to washington, d.c. >> reporter: there's no sense h

sony is turning away from the gadgets that made it famous. a three-year plan tomorrow that mbraces sony's growing reliance on gaming subscriptions. deadpool 2 has taken down the avengers. with a weekend gross of $125 million, slightly less than expected, but the second-highest opening ever for an r-rated movie and ended avengers three-week reign at the top of the box office. tom: thank you so much. it has been dollar, dollar, dollar, dollar. stronger dollar this morning. sterling printing a 1.33 handle. what is amazing is the 5% appreciation on the dollar since april. jim reid with deutsche bank looks at fixed income. what has been pushed aside is the u.s. deficit and all of those pesky options we will see -- auctions we will see out of the united states of america. be?pesky will those jim: we have lived in a world the last six years where government supply has been qetremely low while has been high. after six years of positive technicals, we think the technicals in government bonds are negative now. tom: within the negative now is the jump c

had over there christiana or not whose house and christiane on the other would be a roughly young sony heir and yet so far. those trees over there are probably right in renate scotland and maybe i could here's trin sons playing i'm also recent father these by the way a my kids he and i have so much in common. how do you come a crying baby a beep a sleepless nights a no which diapers to buy so much to discuss. right now i need to rest christiane of another won't be coming past me today anyway surely not. even going. where am i well hundred meters in front of a manned gate that separates me from his front drive i can't get through. goose that guy or not as god is god not a one of the musician stuck in his closet. maybe you've seen that f. word christiane or not oh promote some of the world's biggest brands he gets over twenty three million euros a year from they are and many more from his sponsors nike pay him trente six million euros a year his football speakers stop. by take a look around but it all looks the same no caps and the fans just mormon and gates around the corner stalking or

if you're head of sony, you may not be toasting quite as easily as mike pompeo did right there.hat does kim yong chol need to give up do you think to make this happen or conversely, what does mike pompeo have to give up? >> congratulations. now you have to wake up early. they need to make a pledge to give up all of their nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. i hope president trump is as good as his pledge to japanese prime minister shinzo abe. three big items on the agenda, you've got to remember, john, up until now, the north koreans have been the only one making concessions. they released the three americans. we have done nothing. as soon as kim jong-un is photographed next to president trump, that is a big win for the north koreans. we will see that for decades if the north korean regime survives. in order for the united states to walk away from that summit with our heads held up high, we will will get them to make pledges they thought they would never make, plus verification. it's one thing to make a pledge to give up weapons. it is another pledge to say, look, i will let

kim jung-un's former top spy the one suspected of masterminding the sony hack is coming to america as talks over president's summit heat up. the president meanwhile floating another conspiracy theory without evidence, without explanation. why he says robert mueller is meddling in the midterm elections. is the president's strategy working. and ivanka trump firing back at new ethics questions over china's granting her businesses new trademarks despite the economic standoff between the two countries. all that coming up, but let's begin with president trump's latest conspiracy theory designed to undermine the russia investigation. this morning president trump tweeted this, the 13 angry democrats plus people who worked eight years for obama working on the rigged russia witch hunt will be meddling with the midterm elections especially now that republicans stay tough are taking the lead in polls. no collusion except by the democrats. that was part of the president's twitter tirade aimed at robert mueller's investigators. president trump's attorney rudy giuliani admits the strategy is to disc

ordering the 2014 hack of sony pictures, and torpedoing a south korean warship in 2010 killing 46 sailors. >> we're doing very well with north korea. our secretary of state has had good meetings. he's meeting again today. i believe they'll be coming down to washington on friday, and a letter is going to be delivered to me from kim jong-un. we'll see what happens. it's a process. it's all a process. we'll see, and hopefully we'll have a meeting on the 12th that's going along very well. but i want it to be marieaningf. maybe we need a second or third meeting or maybe we'll have none. >> the special counsel has reportedly obtained more information about potential obstruction of justice. "the new york times" reports that former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe provided robert mueller's team with a secret memo. he wrote fearing a cover story had been hatched for the firing of james comey. >> so in the days after comey's fired, there's discussions between rosenstein and andrew mccabe who is running the fbi at the time. and rosenstein says that trump wanted him to include russia in the letter.

best finish so far this season is t10 at sony. let's go to the last. bill: j.j. ian: perfect. just land it on about seven or eight yards, get the downslope, feed it to the corner. bill: nicely done. 7 under for the final round. 17. ian: this to get to nine under par. and 20 under total. dottie: he is trying to make it very interesting for young mr. wise, but not quite there. ian: just an impossible putt to make from their. they haven't even gotten close from this side, dottie. just really breaks early, quickly early. speed is not so hard, but still a good week for him. dottie: think about last week. he wasn't even in the players. got it when paul casey was hurt. ian: that's right. dottie: this is going to set the tone for the remaining part of the season for him. this is a pretty strong performance. ian: just trying to get those four rounds together, that's the key. 79th in the fedexcup. back to 16. peter: a little doublecross for 119 yards. that's the first swing that we've seen thatoo iffy. and it was from 119. this one from just 95. dottie: trying to hole it. peter: he almo

including the hack on sony pictures. that landed him on the u.s. sanctions list which bars him from entering the u.s. that means he is likely being granted a waiver to make the trip to new york. >>> a week from today a santa clara judge should learn if his time on the bench will continue. he is facing a recall in the wake of the brock turner case. he sentenced the swimmer to a few months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. the case sparked national outrage and a petition to drive to remove him from the bench -- in an exclusive interview with john blackstone, he says he can't let reactions to judgments sway the courts. >> we make a decision, we are disappointing one side or the other. if one side or the other is disappointed is able to generate outrage, get it out there on social media, raise money, based on one decision, it is not right. >> the judge and his sentencing followed the recommendation of the probation department and the california commission on judicial performance concluded that there is no clear and convincing eviden

also something americans may be more familiar with, he's the alleged mastermind behind the hacking of sony pictures in 2014 over the movie "the interview" which featured a plot line that involved the assassination of kim jong-un. didn't sit well, of course, with the north koreans. so that is the north korean official, that is currently on his way to the united states. we don't know who he's going to meet with at this point, but this summit is basically in this man's hands at this point and despite his past, this is who the americans are going to have to deal with, this is who north korea is choosing to send to the united states for some -- what we can expect to be high level meetings. >> amazing they're letting him into the united states if he's the mastermind behind the huge hack. thank you. >>> joining me now, samantha vinograd, former adviser of president obama's national security council and jean lee who opened the first u.s. news bureau in north korea, now the director of korea studies at the wilson center. jean, what does it mean that this high ranking official is coming to the unite

this is sony and associates hosted the program. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. that idea for the program again as a personal journey. my family was well established by the time of the revolution but the branch of my family were loyalists that went to canada and there has been an apologetic murmur in my family when disclosing this. as we see with many families rep history,

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he reportedly oversaw the sony hack after the film "the interview" mocked kim jong un. abc news, the white house. >>> a proposed class action lawsuit alleging facebook's ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job seekers has been expanded. according to bloomberg, they are suing on behalf of union members and other job seekers who allegedly missed out on employment opportunities. the filing named amazon, cox media group, and t-mobile, and now ikea, enterprise rent-a-car, and university of maryland medical system added to the list. >>> we saw the warriors' historic comeback last night, but we have footage of what happened after the game you probably did not see on the broadcast. >>> hi, everyone, the winds have been light. we had a lot of sunshine out there, but by the end of the day, that sea breeze really picks up, so as much as 10 degrees cooler here later on this afternoon, and numbers in the low 60s, and sea lions trying to make room for sunbathing before it cools of weaving your own shoes...rgy by out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do

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sony is taking a controlling state in emi, which will show it gain rights to artists including queen and for rail williams -- phaharell williams. it is a major investment in music by the japanese conglomerate at a time when revenues in the industry are being boosted by streaming services like spotify. the acquisition of emi will add more than 2 million songs to the database including acts like kanye, sia, and hosier. genie: after pulling back from threats of a trade war ovever te weekend, the u.s. . and china could be clolose to another dea. stephen: this is to do with a chinese telecom firm. washington had banned the sales of u.s. components to the company, which nearly destroyed its business. reports in various media now saying a potential deal would see the ban lifted in exchange for management changes and the payment of another large fine by the company. announced it is cutting import duties on 15%enger cars from 25% to from july y this year. genie: staying with trade issues, this time in rwanda. stephen: second hand clothing markets are facing an uncertain future after the gover

sony reaches a deal to acquire a 60% stake in emi music publishing for $2.3 billion.japanese electronics giant owns 30% of emi. their catalog contains millions of songs from artists including kanye west, queen, pink and alicia keys. >>> apple is expected to announce at its worldwide developers conference that siri is getting smarter. a source for the news is siri. asked about the conference, siri talked about its new home, a new voice, and said "i'm getting a lot smarter." apple has made similar promises before. when siri was first introduced in 2011, but many studies show google assistant and amazon's alexa are smarter and more useful. >>> and that distinctive scent of play-doh is now trademarked. hasbro introduced the now iconic doughy toy in 1956. parents and kids around the world are familiar with its unique smell which is described as a sweet slightly musky fragrance with hints of dherry. ann-marie? >> that smell used to remind me of childhood. now i have that a child of my own, it reminds me i'm going to be taking a scraper to the hard wood floor and cleaning up