spacex and solar city turning profits. >> almost 3/4 of our customers are commercial. >> spacex has moneyr contract. of all of his companies, perhaps the greatest success was the one addressing the world energy need. solar city is now the largest solar service provider in the u.s. they have more than quadrupled in value since its initial public offering in december 2012. >> solar city has been impressive. there are thousands of people with panels on the roof. i believe ebay has solar panels. it is having a very big and physical impact. >> there'll be clean and renewable sources. this is the future. >> elon has a self-confidence that is breathtaking. it is especially breathtaking when you think about the things he is confident about, the idea that humanity will get to mars and that he in his lifetime will get to mars. >> crusader or canny businessman? named one of time magazine's most influential people in the world. the risk-taking, multi-tasking ceo's networth was $6 billion in june 2013. divorced for the second time, musk splits his time between his five sons, his company, and thinking

later spacex seemed like the wave of the future. why are they having a hard time getting off the ground? >> today's data dive shops up a storm to find out how much the 12 days of christmas will cost you. if your true love from to give you to you 12 drummers drum, 11 pipers piping and so on, your true love would be broke $27,000 broke. that's up 8% over last year's costs according to the p&c christmas price index. you ask people to look this stuff up. if your true love from to buy. all: the items in -- all the items in august. $115,000 - you'd have to declare bankruptcy. that's way above inflation. over the 30 years the index was calculated it averaged the same as the u.s. inflation rate. what is responsible for the jump in prices? union costs. the eight maids amilking or nine laties dancing are more expensive because you have to pay the performers more. two turtle doves run you the same as last year. who knew there was a market for turtle doves. from the 12 days of christmas, let's move on to black friday, cyber monday and small bus

later spacex seemed like the wave of the future. why are they having a hard time getting off the ground? >> evey sunday night, join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. this sunday, >> i spent my whole life thinking about themes and thinking about how to structure movies, so this is highly unusual. >> the director of the sixth sense, says there are five things we can do to fix education in america >> the united states has education apartheid, that's the facts... >> talk to al jazeera with m. night shayamalan sunday at 7et / 4pt on al jazeera america >> today's data dive shops up a storm to find out how much the 12 days of christmas will cost you. if your true love from to give you to you 12 drummers drum, 11 pipers piping and so on, your true love would be broke $27,000 broke. that's up 8% over last year's costs according to the p&c christmas price index. you ask people to look this stuff up. if your true love from to buy. all: the items in -- all the items in august. $115,00

spacex was founded by billionaire elon musk.t has been declared eligible for bankruptcy restructuring, a casualty of the move could be the city's art collection. the christie's auction house appraised the value of the detour institute of art collection between 450 comment and a $60 million. christie's will propose ways for the city to monetize the artwork. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. dennis: time to make money with charles payne. he joins us with a look at a leader in cyberoptics. charles: we were down 50, now we are down 40. a lot of stocks will move real soon on no news or even good news. one of these names had an amazing run from may to october. it has been steadily drifting down on amazing news. last time they reported it was a dream quarter. revenues were up significantly, operating margins up significantly, and the 200 day moving average, it is a great place to get in. the caveat for all of this, particularly technology names, you have to be willing to hang in and ride the wave sometimes. peo

. >>> spacex wants to use nasa's old launch pad. spacex is the first private company to dock at the international space station. it's owned by tesla ceo and paypal cofounder. amazon's ceo was competing for launch pad rights for his blue origin aerospace company. >>> ciscoe is adding 1700 new high tech jobs in canada. the san jose-based company will expand its research and development operations in ontario in a 10-year agreement with the canadian government. the deal also outlines future growth of up to 5000 jobs by 2024. >>> the warriors hosting the talented western conference opponent tonight. >> plus, he's gone from backup to starter, now back up again. terrelle pryor talks about coping with his current status. >> time to check in with gasia for a look at bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >> reporter: coming up, we'll have more on the newtown vigil in san francisco and the school shooting today in colorado. plus, gas stations for electric cars. we'll show you where the new tesla superchargers are already up and running. join us at 7

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. >> still ahead on al jazeera america - a huge win for spacex. nasa gives them historic rights to use a launching pad. the polls are closed in chile. we go live to santiago from the race >> what to do with the ewaste we don't use any more. that when al jazeera america returns. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz. secretary of state john kerry says the recent execution of the uncle of the north korean leader is an ominous sign of ipp stability, saying it underscores the danger in the region. >> it tells us how ruthless and reckless he is, and a lot about how insecure he is to a certain degree. it tells us a significant amount about the instability internally of the regime with the numbers of execution us. this is not the first. there have been a significant number of executions taking place over the last month, which we are aware of. most importantly it underscores the importance for all of us of finding a way forward with north korea, in order to denuclearize the north peninsula >> he was until recently regarded as the second

in june 2002, he founded spacex. >> elon was the only funder of the company for the early years.ncredibly risky. he was going to fund it all himself. it was a majority of his net worth at the time. here is an immigrant from south america who came to america and said nasa and the space shuttle, i have got to go there. >> i traveled to russia three times. i came to the conclusion that the thing that was really holding us back from making progress in space was that rockets had not evolved since the 1950s. >> the trick is not to get into orbit, but how to get into orbit cheaply. >> that launch operations and run the company with very little overhead. inventions in all of this area has let us to improve it in the united states. >> it's taking off-the-shelf technology, stuff that was developed by nasa 50 years ago and streamlining it. in that way, he is the henry ford of space. henry ford did not invent the automobile, he figured out how to make it commercially viable. >> musk was more than just an entrepreneur. >> if you few asked how he managed to teach himself rocket science, he rea

. >>> spacex is setting a monday launch date for "falcon." just a minute before lift-off ceo and tesla founder tweeted the rocket engines are healthy, but there's still work to be done. the falcon is carrying a 7,000 pound communication satellite worth about $100 million. the satellite will provide television cable and broadband services to customers across asia. it's a gorgeous day outside. t it's going to change eventually? >> it is. today we did see highs about 70. some of the warmest spots. cooling back into the 50s. 61 in san jose and san francisco. you can see the fog moving through. once the skies cleared, very nice day. sausalito, terry sending in this video earlier today. you see the nice reflection across the water. just a slight offshore breeze right now. unfortunately, not enough wind to prevent smoke particle pollution in the bay. tonight will be the last of our spare the air night. air quality should improve in the north bay. temperatures hanging around 60s. you see san jose 61. we'll watch that air quality still in the unhealth

my absolute reference is elon musk, founder of tesla and spacex.s here in paris a few days ago. we had dinner. i think he is so inspiring. it is amazing what he is doing. him, what is the next business i should start? he says, you should do electric planes. someone should do electric lanes. -- electric planes. take $1 billion in investment and 15 years. you should do it because it is fun. he thinks always outside the box . >> it has been great talking to you. do not miss our big interview later. the ceo of orange will be on the podium. >> the world second oldest bank more than doubled its workforce by using the financial crisis to its advantage. we what -- we met with one of the managing partners. without risk, there can be no reward. i am one of the three managing partners. the partners have full liability for the five years after they are retired. of illiquidity or effect bank goes -- or if the bank goes bankrupt, we are liable with our personal fortune. in mortgage-sted backed securities. we saw the financial crisis has an opportunity because we

elon musk's spacex has planned their first rocket launch of the year for friday.ll be carrying a satellite. on the verge of a record-breaking year, u.s. and canadian theaters will surpass last year's record sales of $10.8 billion. president obama a busy man, but still has time for the boob tube. one of his favorite shows? "breaking bad." the massive breach of data at target reminds us the hacker economy is thriving. some of that credit card information made its way to the black market. jon erlichman is back. what do we know about this digital underground? >> it is amazing to talk so much about the hacking activity. in cases like the target example, this data is going to the black market, or you have all sorts of pricing. it is very elaborate and it depends on what exactly you are able to sell. an actual credit card number might get you a few dollars. as soon as you are able to provide more specifics, the good stuff that helps you to determine who the card owner is and to avoid those security walls that are put up by the providers of the cards, all of a sudden you

landing of thehe rocket spacex. totally awesome, right?h landings are not always an option, and that is why sometimes you have to learn how to crash on purpose. ♪ >> a student is required to perform emergency measures. the hardest thing about an emergency procedure is the anxiety and fear factor. it's the thing you have got to go over. when we practice, the helicopter is descending at a rapid rate. when we land with an engine, we control the speed at which we land. we are coming down, we are descending at 2000 feet per minute. we perform the maneuver in three stages. the second stage is the glide. the third stage is recovery. we level out and we use the energy in the rotor system to cushion our landing. >> here is a look at silicon valley's favorite way to get around, jets as high-tech as the passengers. >> high tech is taking to the friendly skies. the private friendly skies. private jets company jet suite is in expansion mode, fueled by high money and high-tech planes. is this on the cutting edge of technology and aviation? >> it is. mos

and as we had to break, the spacex first commercial satellite launched late yesterday, finally. three earlier attempts were canceled due to technical issues. a communication satellite will be placed into orbit at a fixed point above the oars. -- above the earth. ? >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television, streaming live on bloomberg.com, your tablet and your smart phone. i'm adam johnson. it might be the coolest company you've never actually heard of. it creates the avionics behind pilot systems, autopilot, and drones will stop if it flies, it -- the chances are that rockwell is behind it. >> if you are flying on a 737, you will see a modern, new cockpit with a large amount of glass with additional capability. both head up and head down displays. >> what is it that is so revolutionary? >> the head up display allows the pilot to keep his head up and he can look through that display. it provides him a great level of situational awareness. so he's not looking down in the cockpit and having to look up to get situational awareness. he is keeping his head out of the cockpit, w

spacex will be allow today lease a launch pad at the kennedy space center.alabama amazon's ceo jeff bezos for launch pad rights. they shut down in 2011 w. it retired its space shuttle fleet. leasing the site -- >>> sprint may be planning to merge with t-mobile in a deal that could shake up the smartphone market. sprint could make an offer for t-mobile in the first half of 2014 in a deal worth $20 billion. that would leave the u.s. with just 3 major wireless carriers. it is unclear whether antitrust regulators would approve that deal after rejecting a merger between at&t and t-mobile in 2011. >>> a new way to test cancer drugs has uncovered an experimental meth that could offer hope. the method involves researching drugs with small groups of people. scientists say it's more cost effective and makes it easier to separate what works and what doesn't. the first drugs tested with this new method revealed aing carbo platins before surgery improved the outcomes of women with triple negative breast cancer. >>> a new child activity seat enhanced with technology is st

that's a quote from spacex founder elon musk at this years sxsw conference. more unforgettable lines from the year in technology, let's go back to cory johnson in new york. >> there are lots of limes that i want to forget. nicholas thompson, editor for the new yorker, joins us. he's come up with some of the most ridiculous or incredible thing said in technology and he's here to talk about them. i want to go through a few. tell me the story behind them. number one, jeff bezos. "are you lazy or just incompetent?" [laughter] >> this is something he said to one of his employees. it was listed in brad stone's book about him. they do not adore the way he is portrayed. the story of the book is very interesting because it's a book about him, amazon, a very important company. his wife goes on amazon to review the book and i thought it was an interesting tech story. it is a list of about eight hostile things. >> and people don't love the books but i challenge people to find a single thing that's wrong. >> the quote gets at something about the changing opinion on amazon

trends, everything from the rights of robotics to the return of the space race from companies like spacex. first to the lead. the explosive growth of online shopping has made for a not so merry christmas for countless customers due to a rush of orders before the holiday. companies like ups and fedex were unable to deliver on time, including ones for customers paid extra for fast shipping. add has amazon trying to -- that has emma gone -- amazon trying to make a good. amazon is studying its shipping options. joining us for more is julie hyman. amazon is blaming ups. ups says volume outpaced capacity. that who really dropped the ball? >> it looks like it was a combination of more than anticipated demand that also the weather. there were a couple of days where bad weather basically grounded planes and just like if you are at an airport, if you get enough planes that are grounded, things start to back up and it takes a while to cleared out of the system. if you have a lot of packages, it takes a while to clear that. that may have been part of what was responsible for this. it is curious what

what does this mean for other suppliers like spacex? -- 6at 6 p.m. the specific p.m. pacific.er is in new york. marketse looking at down across the board on tape or talk. the s&p is down about one third of one percent right now. we see the dow jones industrial average about 60 points down. a big day for one stock, and that is, ford. the big company is unveiling its brand-new mustang, one of the really true iconic cars alongside porsche's 9/11, and the beetle. this is kind of the culmination of the one for strategy. this car has been around 50 years around the globe. the world hast wanted for many, many years. and now with our one ford, we can deliver this mustang around the world. >> selling the same products to all the markets around the world has been the centerpiece of alan mulally's turnaround strategy at fort. ford. the things he -- at one of the things he has done is this a technology. he has boosted performance as far as horsepower and fuel efficiency. something that many mustang fans of the past would consider sacrilegious in giving the car independent rear suspension.

. >>> spacex launches a commercial communications satellite from cape canaveral.ical glitches marked two delays. it marks the entry into the commercial satellite market. >>> take a look at these signs popping up all over parts of washington state for the second year in a row. they say it's okay to say merry christmas with a bible verse underneath. >> it should be fine for you to say merry christmas. you don't need a sign to tell you to say merry christmas. >> it's kind of like everybody else is free to express their opinion. why can't christians? >> the mayor says he isn't going to take the signs down. so far no one has taken credit for them. >>> a new trend. people skipping love and marriage and just getting matched up to coparent children. modern family is one of several new websites for you if you're looking to create and raise a child. so far more than 5,000 people signed up for this site. the website says they help people find coparents based on interests, common concerns and values. >> the list of the hottest baby names of 2013 is out and it looks like our f

asteroid or mars is going to be with nasa, not these private low earth orbit ventures like branson or spacexould you pay money if you had it to go to space? >> i would try to raise the money. i don't think -- maybe get somebody to send me. pay for me to go. that would be nice. no, i would absolutely go. had the opportunity, i'd be there in a second. >> we'll do a little fund raiser for you. start selling cookies. thanks, john. good to see you. >>> evander holyfield going to bulgaria to help out syrian refugees. here's why. >> they won't be asking about how many championships i won. they'll say what did you do for the least of them. i can say this is what -- i was in bulgaria. >> going to tell you about the former boxing champ's new fight coming up next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just o

you think about spacex part of the case for spacex is basically selling surveillance to hedge funds,, it's really exciting stuff. i agree with you. this is definitely coming. but i agree with andrew as well that i don't know if we're going to make that leap from things like wildlife rescue and mining safety into an uncontrolled environment with a lot of civilians like a city or even a suburb. i think we have to draw the line somewhere. i'm not sure if anyone wants their children walking beneath rotors. >> kayla, what would be uncontrolled about it? maybe you argue, all we need is to regulate the skies the same way we do the roads. >> that's certainly an argument that needs to be had. my question is a more basic one. you referenced $10 to $15 billion for this industry potential in the next three years. i think of this as very limiting technology because you can only deliver something under five pounds. you can only deliver it in relatively rural areas. how are you going to get a drone to a multi-family home? i mean, that technology isn't really there yet. so i see this as relatively l

. >>> spacex will attempt to launch the falcon 9 rocket for the third time this evening at 5:41 easternhnical issues halted two previous attempts. that is of course elon musk's company. >>> deem works, turbo fast launches for is ever netflix series for kids on christmas eve. consumers can stream the first five episodes holiday season. additional episodes will premier throughout the year. david: thank goodness for that. >>> president obama trying to move beyond the health care website's troubles but launching a new p.r. campaign to rally public support for his new health care law. liz: rich edson live from the white house. rich, you saw the rollout. talk about it. >> well, liz, and david, the president says his law will not be repealed so long as he is president. this is the way the administration is trying to change the conversation from all the bad news they have had about obamacare, the botched rollout, people losing their health insurance and try to change it to the benefits of the program. in fact the administration says for the next three weeks the white house will be highlighting

elon musk's commercial space company spacex reached for the sky developing the grasshopper rocket allowinge to take off and land vertically, making it one of the few reusable rockets and we got a look at the earth shattering capabilities. ♪ ♪ very cool. it is 56 minutes past the hour and that means bloomberg television is on the market. the markets are rallying. it has been a record rally all week long. a littletures are just higher. no economic data today, but there is one thing to watch, the expiration of unemployment benefits. how will that play out in the next few days? that could affect how investors trade. we're on the markets again in 30 minutes. president obama might have signed the budget deal, but that does not mean the government will not shut down next year. we have the five big myths. "game of thrones" takes the , but of the highest rated that is not all good news for hbo. we'll tell you about the bright side of the legal down -- downloads. you are watching "in e liven g mbvision and reaming your phonlet, and on bloomberg.com. ♪ >> 30 minutes to the opening bell, this is "in t

all the private, spacex are getting into it on private side. dagen: eventually that will be center piece of the space program. connell: who knows. >> private versus government. >>> t. boone pickens is coming up. peeking of making big money and leading on on the in the u.s. what will you talk to him about nat-gas maybe you? never know what might come up. connell: that is exactly right. you never know what come up. predictions on markets and plans he has for the future. we'll get to that. a slippery ride retail stocks are on, people are shopping for the holidays but they're spending less. as we continue, we'll look at currencies around the world. no bitcoin. dollar, pound. dagen: no bitcoin? connell: the loonie. ♪ wow...look at you. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis in

good news for players like spacex and new ones like boeing, rocadine and lockheed martin. why? just sent the first rover to the moon and congress may not like looking up at night knowing america could lose the space race. >> i wonder how they say sputnik in chinese? >> probably sputnik. jane joins us from l.a. first of all, great job on the predictions this year. >> ding. >> look, how much are international sales here by the way as well becoming part of the equation? >> more and more all the time. in fact, international sales are now 20% of lockheed's overall revenue, 15% for raytheon. swedish research says u.s. export defense products, sales have gained 25% the last four years. the only thing s can you only do it when the pentagon allows to you sell certain things to certain people at a certain time. so, there is a limit to it. >> so, you're picking navy over army in football, is that what i understood to you say? >> well, you know, when i'm married to a navy, my son's going to be a marine, it's really no contest at our house. but i was being unbiased and dispassionate in that

i would say elon musk, what he's doing with tesla and some of the stuff around spacex and what he's doinger ideas for even recreating highways. i think he's one of those visionaries i can't wait to see what he does in 2014. >> it's exciting time with tech just changing just ever so quickly. at the same time, mark, just when you get excited about something, you make a purchase, it becomes obsolete within a matter of weeks if not days, and so what's a consumer to do when it comes down to making choices about like you mentioned the playstation 4, the xbox or even google glass because you make a big investment and suddenly something else kind of upstages it. >> it's a valid concern that many people have. you know, number one, do your research. make sure you read not just critic reviews from guys like me but also read consumer reviews of products before you make an investment. and then i guess the second tip is you could always wait until something better comes around and it always will and it will always be cheaper with more features. so the trick is to just jump in when you've got the budget

the spacex falcon nine rocket lifted off carrying the 7,000 pound satellite.s it will be fixed above the earth at a specific launch. soon after the launch, the ceo tweeted a picture of earth from his rocket. >>> in case you didn't know this, today happens to be national cookie day. >> yeah, it does. it was started by the blue chip cookie company in '87. the unofficial mascot, of course, is none other than the cookie monster himself. but cookie monster is no longer about unfettered cookie consumption. >> that's a tough one. >> yes. >> the past few years, cookie monster has been encouraging healthy eating habits, teaching children that cookies are a sometime snack. >> i like the old-school cookie monster who had no self control. >> mallomars. >> which is your favorite cookie and why? log on and let us know. wnnfans.com. your favorite? >> any kind of variety of the chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chunk, nestle toll house cookie. the homemade one. so salty. >> right here. this guy right here. >> love the oreo. hard to beat the oreo. >> the double stuff. >> no, to

spacex launch is a commercial communication satellite from cape canaveral last night.e company's entry into the commercial satellite market. >>> pope francis does even more good under a secret disguise. the pope reportedly sneaking out of the vatican at nightdressed as a priest to help the poor and hand out money. when he served in buenos aires, he was known to help the homeless after dark. good guy. brian? >> the president repeatedly promised he wouldn't let detroit go bankrupt when he bailed out the auto industry. >> and so when some people said we should let detroit go bankrupt, we decided, no, we're going to make a bet on the american worker and american industry. even when there were some politicians who were saying let's let detroit go bankrupt. and with one million jobs on the line, we weren't going to let that happen. >> we refuse to throw in the towel and do nothing. we refuse to let detroit go bankrupt. >> yesterday a federal judge cleared the way for detroit's bankruptcy to move forward. what does that mean for the city and other cities that could be at risk

we got people from spacex. an exciting development. >> i want to ask about tory birch.n entrepreneurs. at what point do we accept the argument that more women in business is better for the global economy. we had the imf make it, different surveys show this. the message is not necessarily getting clear. >> it's not just a good thing in its own right but women entrepreneurs reinvest their profits, 90% or more in their families and communities. the point she makes is a lot more needs to be done to encourage it. there are things you can do to provide education, particularly to provide finance. women find it in emerging markets, in poorer parts of the world difficult to get access to get a start. >> what happens in europe to countries like greece and spain and portugal, do they continue to slide away from the more prosperous european -- >> unfortunately still have recess in greece. most savage recession. what we have in the wider europe and wider world is a huge year for elections. it's probably the biggest year ever in terms of voting around the world. in europe there are e

he has backed plenty of venture capital companies from spacex to twitter and baidu.ein is with us on set, director of vfj venture cappal. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i'd be remiss if i didn't ask you at the outset -- >> how much money do you have now? is that where that we're in a little bit of a venture tech bubble right now. where are you? >> i don't think so. i think valuations are pretty healthy. i think where you might have a little bit of a bubble would be in some of the consumer investments. like take snapchat. doesn't have any revenue, so saying it's worth a couple of billion dollars implies some optimism. but if we're wrong, there's only going to be a couple of venture funds and one hedge fund that looks silly. this isn't like '99. >> elon musk said he was surprised how far tesla had run. he made that comment to investors. and they pulled money off the table. but he said, hey, i'm surprised we're here this quickly, too. >> he's right to be conservative. and i think, you know, tesla is a company that had to go through a lot of cha