spacex is the same thing. this guy taught himself aero space by reading textbooks at the hard rock hotel in vegas, and actually makes sometimes good, sometimes bad decisions busy the design of the rockets, and so he goes down to that level. i think -- i mean, i tend -- in the book i probably draw more parallel's something like an edison mostly for the reasons you outlined. he has assembled engineering armies. he is good at getting huge quantities of people. at tesla, talking about up weird 10,000 people, at spacex, 505,000 people. getting these very bright, ambitious, capable people, to dedicate their lives to what he wants them to do, and you -- they're very ineastbound are ventive companies -- inventive companies. taking ideas and productizing them. and the one thing that, like jeff bezos and other guys obviously thinks long-term and tries not get caught up in what investors care about. from quart for quart ex-with space next particular he wants to create a colony on mars, and that's a tough thing to sell on

at spacex, 5,000 people. he is getting these very bright, ambitious, capable people, to essentially dedicate their lives to what he wants them to do, and you -- they're very inventive and -- one thing that, like jeff bezos, he obviously thinks long term and is not -- tries not get caught in what investors on wall street care about from quarter to quarter. with spacex in particular, he wants to create a colony on mars and that is a tough thing to sell on wall street, so he has beener termed not to take spacex public and that's something you have to convince your employees why that's a good idea and everybody else. so he has a little of of everyone. i would say having interviewed most of these people, i would say he is more capable across a broader set of things. so, business strategy, product design, marketing. very few people are adept at doing business in each one of those areas, and elon makes plenty of mistakes but actually quite good. he plays at a high level. >> is a understand it everybody at spacex is

♪ emily: he is the owner of the world's very first model s, and ker of elonck l musk's tesla and spacexhe has amassed one of the biggest private space collections in the world, and pondering thedays future of artificial intelligence and self driving cars. joining me today on "studio 1.0," steve jurvetson. steve, thank you for being here. it is great to have you. steve: thank you. emily: i want to start in 1996. steve: oh, dear. early when you made an investment in hotmail, and you bet on e-mail before it was anything. what did you see? steve: it is usually a combination of things. an entrepreneur getting excited and jumping out of his seat, and an idea unlike anything i have seen before, which is, wow, e-mail wherever you go not tied to a corporate system or an e-mail server. in what became the first example of viral marketing on the internet. want to talk about how you became a guy who can make these kinds of protections and big bets. tell me about where you come from, what kind of kid were you? steve: i don't know if i ever grew up. i was born in arizona to estonian immigrants who cam

emily: so will spacex a publish its goal of getting to mars in the next 15 years?teve: absolutely. i'm picking 20 years to get the colony started. emily: wow. steve: but just sending something to mars and not getting it back, they can do it a lot sooner, in a year or two. emily: you have a tesla model s and model x. do you have a preference? steve: i like them both. emily: you have the very first s ever made. steve: yeah, elon and i got the first production model x. emily: how is it performing? how many times has it been serviced? steve: not much. i have yet to replace the brakes. there is no spark plugs, no muffler, none of the usual stuff i used to get maintenance on, like tires. emily: so what features are you most excited about? steve: i get very excited about the future of driverless cars. for most of us, driving in one of these -- a lightning bolt goes off in your head. you look back and think, why do we let our teenage kids drive? 10 years from now, we will look act and think, wow, we thought that was ok? the weight will come to market is an uber or lyft-lik

emily: a spacex rocket exploded in late june, and that was a huge blow.ve they fixed the problem? steve: they believe they have. with a high degree of certainty, they have identified what the problem was. it was a single little bulge, frankly in front of a larger tank. emily: so what happened? steve: it failed. but they can push that aside and put in a replacement design that won't have that problem. emily: so will spacex accomplish its goal of getting to mars in the next 15 years? steve: absolutely. i'm picking 20 years to get the colony started. emily: 20 years to get the colony started? wow. steve: but just sending something to mars and not getting it back, they can do it a lot sooner, in a year or two. emily: you have a tesla model s and model x. do you have a preference? steve: i like them both. and not just an s, but the very first s ever made. emily: you have the very first s ever made. wow. steve: yeah, elon and i got the first production model x. emily: how is it performing? steve: great. emily: how many times has it been serviced? steve: not muc

emily: will spacex get to mars? steve: absolutely, 20 years.mily: 20 years to get the colony started? steve: yes. if you just want to send something to mars and not get it back, you can do that sooner. i could do that in a year or two. steveemily: you have a tesla mol preference? steve: i like both tesla models. emily: you have the very first s ever made. how is it performing? steve: great. i have yet to replace the brakes. there is no spark plugs. there is no smog check. thingare really the only that has needed anything. ted abouty exci autopilot. to drive one of these is like a lightning bolt going off in your head. it is so obvious it will be awesome. we will be looking back and wondering, why did we let teenage kids drive. we will look at ththe present and think, wow. it will come to market as a service, and uber and lyft like service without the driver. vehicles that could not kill someone even if they tried to jump in front of the vehicle. in the abstract it is scary. in reality, it is not that scary at all. emily: when will it hit the ma

♪ emily: he is the owner of the world very first model s, and an early backer of tesla and spacex , aast talker with an unconventional investing philosophy. he has amassed one of the biggest private space collections in the world. today on studio 1.0 is venture capitalist and partner at draper fisher jurvetson, steve jurvetson. thank you for being here. in 1996 when you made an early investment in hotmail and you've bet on e-mail before e-mail was anything. what did you see? steve: eight entrepreneur that gets me very excited. and an idea that was unlike anything i had seen before. e-mail wherever you go not tie to a corporate system or a university server. we invested in what became the first example of marketing on the internet. emily: microsoft. hotmail and you made hundreds of millions of dollars. how did you come the guy who could make big productions? -- predictions? what kind of kid were you? steve: i do not know if i ever grew up. born in a persona. -- arizona. i started programming when the apple to see computer first came out. something about programming a machine. here is a

competition between spacex elon musk and amazon.cex dragon capsule was quite comfortable when i got in it way back in 2008. the first business news reporter to get inside that thing. the only one trying this stuff. now, the latest chapter in a budding intergalactic rivalry between billionaires. another rivalry here on earth. how would the israelis handle isis? former israeli prime minister led many missions. the most decorated soldier in israel's history is with me right now in a fox business exclusive. prime minister, we are glad you are here. we will hear you would we come back. ♪ jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for t

no comment tonight from spacex or nasa, a mystery in space and at sea. lama hasan, abc news, london. >> thank you. >>> and when we come back, a thanksgiving prank going viral. did you see it? any idea who's in that crazed turkey suit scaring those kids? >>> back now with our "index". and here's what made it to the top of the "index" tonight. with millions of americans on the road this holiday weekend, a new study finds montana has the worst drivers in the nation. one car insurance group blames the state's high speed limit, severe weather and overall careless driving for the high fatality rate. tied for second place, new mexico and south carolina. >>> speaking of dangerous driving, a heart-stopping scene at the side of a road in connecticut. a police dash cam captures an out-of-control car, missing those people by just inches before slamming into another car. the driver is charged with reckless driving. amazingly, no one else was seriously hurt here. >>> now to the british navy, taking aim at a world war ii-era german mine discovered beneath the sea. they

has approved a mission for spacex to take a crew to the international space station. the flight is set for late 2017, but preparations could start soon o spacex joins boeing in providing private commercial transport of astronaut crews into orbit. you might remember n.a.s.a. has been relying on russian rocket launches since retiring the space shuttle four years ago. much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. an up roar after the latest the donald trump event. not because of a protester forced out, but because of what trumm said. also, ocean beach in san francisco, it's a popular place to throw a quick party, but soon you might not be able to just light a bonfire anytime you you may not be able to tell from the look on my face, but i'm very, very hungry. i need something that satiates my tum tum something with just enough protein to seek out my hunger and eliminate it. that's called satiety, and yoplait greek 100's very effective at providing it. satiety. make your tummy happy. mmmm, yoplait. and i've had some work done. in '62 they put in a conversation pit. bril

nasa split the original contract between spacex and orbital.ew contract could be announced as early as thursday. coming up, next ceo tells me about a conversation he had with steve jobs about an apple car way back in 2008. ♪ emily: tomorrow, do not miss her interview with that eu commissioner -- miss our interview with an eu commissioner. tonight, it is that season premiere of studio 1.0. this season kicks off with nest godfatheradell, the of the ipod. we discuss everything from google glass to the transformation of nest. here is a sneak peek of a conversation he had with steve jobs. tony: i think you will see some dramatic changes the way we think about these cars. we are still seven to 10 years away. emily: what can apple do for the car market? tony: a car has batteries, a computer, a motor, and a mechanical structure. if you look at an iphone, it has the same things. if you scale it up, i can make a car with those same components, there is some truth to that. the hard stuff is on the conductivity and how cars can be self driving. i think whe

it, along with spacex, has been working on this landing to build reusable rockets.ning me now from washington with more, lori beth garver. she is the deputy administrator. explain to us just how significant this milestone is and why. lori: when you think about space travel as any other form fan transportation, reusability will be key to helping make it become regular. imagine if we burned a ship once it went to con -- went across the ocean one time, imagine how it would be if we had to get rid of an airplane every terribly fluent. -- free time we flew it. this will allow many people to go and come back. emily: even though elon musk was congratulatory at first. he did respond with a second tweet saying that it is important to clarify space and orbit. so what did blue origin do that elon musk didn't? lori: it really leads to private industry competing. we have different altitudes. elon has gone orbital and that is harder. but this as a sub cortical -- some orbital vehicle, being able to land -- it is no longer in question because there aren't outside investors making

the reason the ceo of spacex is not giving them as much credit. >>> three bay area cities are considered the among the top ten safest in the nation. is it where you live? i'm marianne favro. find out which city is number one. and what one south bay city is doing to become even safer. was a "dolphin-safe" implosion. an evaluation of the recent uner >>> we're learning tonight that this was a dolphin. an evaluation of the under water destruction as part of the old bay bridge total success. the bubble curtain kept wildlife safe, even water quality after the implosion was better than anyone anticipated. they want to repeat the procedure on the remaining 21 piers of the old span. it is a pay juror milestone in the battle over space tourism. the space company founded by amazon ceo jeff bezos launched and returned a reusable rocket that blasted off from texas yesterday. the unmanned rocket breached the boundary between earth's atmosphere and space. bezos wants to be the first to carry passengers into space, the same goal of elon musk and his company spacex. musk tweeted his congratulations to be

it's believed to be a part of a spacex booster rocket. spacex, however, has not company. >> is that part of the millennium falcon that's missing maybe? >> bringing it right back to "star wars." >> full circle. because i know that gets your greek meter up, right? >> geek meter. >> not a hard thing to do just for the record. >> you're very 3r50e ductable. >>> also coming up on the show this morning, we love this story, 7500 miles away defending our country but unable to help his own daughter, how next-door neighbors stepped in to help an air force lieutenant colonel and their amazing surprise. you got to believe this is something unforgettable that happens at walt disney world and rob was right there for it. coming up. >> break out the kleenex. >> all right. >> we've got them ready. >> that kind of morning but first here could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of a holiday tradition? >> we're used to seeing scenes like this, the holiday shopping frenzy kicking into high gear the day after thanksgiving. but, you know, more and more s

he spent ten years studying at the university of elon musk at spacex designing many of the key components of the rockets that have gone to space and that company since being founded has raised a significant amount of capital. we built a great team. we're guided by a board of directors that is a dream team of advise source and individuals that have made contributions in technology, in government policy that is exceptional and the interest that we see coming in from around the world about the applications of hyperloop is just astounding. so there's a global movement that seems to be happening that says we want something different and we believe hyperloop can be part of the solution in the future. >> you're a 17 year veteran of cisco. now you're with a company pursuing innovation. you have a whole bunch of billionaire investors. how different of a company is it because of that? >> the thing that struck me after all the years at cisco, building the internet, a network of connected pipes for the digital world is that this company is moving so quickly. it's astounding what we accomplish in days

. >>> and elon musk's spacex has just signed a deal with nasa to launch astronauts into space. the contract was approvedd despite spacex's failed rocket launch, you see it there in june, that was supposed to take supplies to the international space station. the first private company led mission to space is planned for 2017 sara will be on board with her baby. >> yes, i will. >> and take a look at this. a clever brown bear figured out how to open nearly all of the doors of this car parkfd in the tennessee. it's unclear whether the car's front door was opened by the bear prior to filming or if the curious animal sneaked up on the car while the people there were unpacking. >>> and finally, president obama is used to taking political jabs but there's one question that apparently really gets under his skin. a malaysian student was trying to ask a question about hoto make older generations communicice better with younger people. >> since yourself is aging to a ry senior life, whato you like us in the future when you get old? from young people is to stop calling me old. when i came in

: he is the owner of the world's very first model s, and an early backer of elon musk's tesla and spacexker with an unconventional investing philosophy who once shadowed steve jobs. he has amassed one of the biggest private space collections in the world, and has spent his days pondering the future of artificial intelligence, genomics, and self-driving cars. joining me today on "studio 1.0," steve jurvetson. steve, thank you for being here. it is great to have you. steve: thank you. emily: i want to start in 1996. steve: oh, dear.

he goes on to say jeff is maybe unaware, spacex suborbital flight began in 2013.water landing in 2014. these are the two innovators pushing each other, melissa, for space travel but what is exciting about jeff bezos who many know through amazon fame achieved with the blue origin rocket, 62 miles above the international boundary everybody recognizes is space and then this vertical landing which he did pull off in texas. so as many engineers say. this gets us all, humans closer to space use, spaceflight, space tourism sooner than later. >> i can't wait. let'slet's go to together, deir. >> all right. melissa: we'll watch you at the top of the hour on "risk & reward." look forward to that. david? david: we have breaking news. president obama signing a $607 annual defense bill detroit provisions prevent him from transeeriering gitmo detainees to u.s. prisons. this makes it difficult for him to fulfill his pledge to close the gitmo facility before the end of his term. melissa: get ready to spend the big bucks this year but not on who you might think. amazon is here to s

spacex, however, has not >> is that part of the millennium falcon that's missing. >> bringing it right back to "star wars." umstance circle. that gets your greek meter up. >> not hard to do. >>> coming up, 7500 miles away defending our country but unable to help his own daughter, how next-door neighbors stepped in to help an air force lieutenant surprise. you got to believe this is something unforgettable that happens at walt disney. >> dr. marciano with the story. >> break out the kleenex. >> that kind of morning but first here could we be witnessing the beginning of the end of a holiday tradition? >> we're used to seeing scenes like this, the holiday shopping frenzy kicking into high gear the day after thanksgiving. but, you know, more and more savvy shoppers are apparently ditching the crowds and letting their fingers do the shopping or picking different days to do it. ranch, california. hi, nick. >> reporter: one way to beat the crowds come to walmart crazy crazy early like me but black friday is going to regain its crown probably. shopping day of the year but this year it has felt

: he is the owner of the world's very first model s, and an early backer of elon musk's tesla and spacex talker with an unconventional investing philosophy who once shadowed steve jobs. he has amassed one of the biggest private space collections in the world, and has spent his days pondering the future of artificial intelligence, genomics, and self driving cars. joining me today on "studio 1.0," steve jurvetson.

spacex piece of the falcon nine rocket that exploded surely after takeoff from florida in june.he unmanned flight was on a supply mission to the international space station. a remarkable story of survival bethesda.- from that is where firefighters freed a dog trapped in a drainpipe for hours. it turned out that dog had been missing for more than a year. ofefighters used a it ingenuity to free the friend pup. pine lane innesome bethesda. you have a drainpipe on the side of the street and on the side. cookie, a dog missing for more than a year, was stuck between the two in a pipe underground and would not come out. >> we suspect the dog may have been reporter: down there for a while. look badcookie didn't but rescuing him was not easy. >> i thought it was a raccoon or something. reporter: nick was walking his relatives' great dane went it pulled him to wear cookie was trapped. >> terrible. >> who long -- windows how long he survived down there. handser: sometimes on her and knees, she spent three hours working with montgomery firefighters to get the dog out. they had to cut the me

he reports his company, spacex, has already done that. on the left you've got the blue origin video you just saw. on the right, the spacex grasshopper landing where it started in 2013. who is the better rocket man? bezos's rocket started way higher, musk's started a few hundred feet over the pad. the falcon, after sending a capsule into orbit. here is the first attempt landing it on a barge at sea. that didn't go well at all. so when we are comparing rockets bay soes wins because he's been the most successful, from the greatest height so far. musk wins for trying the hardest. both get a gold star this morning. >> who is the best rocket man? is that the question you asked? >> i'm going to go right down the middle. >> i'm going with elton john. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> thank you, scott. >>> 6:17. if your thanksgiving plans take you anywhere near the sierra, be careful. snow blanketed the mountains and roadways creating quite the problem for anyone trying to make it to tahoe. there's a winter storm warning in effect for the area

spacex all american made in l.a. no problems getting their engines. >> get the edge over russia, once again. thank you very much, scott. >>> well, san jose downtown ice opened for the holiday season. our very own mike inouye emceed last night's opening ceremony. kristi yamaguchi was also there to kick off the festivity. downtown ice will be open through february. it's a little longer than normal so for the people in town for the super bowl can check out the activity, as well. >>> so, we saw you at the podium. did you actually get on the ice? >> i did. and kristi saw me as she was leaving i was putting my skates on. she was really disappointed. i'll just give her the benefit of the doubt. >> that's always a cool event, though. >> it's fun. hawaii theme. >> hawaiian airlines. >> keep the ice in tact. temperatures are warming up a little bit here, kari. >> in the 70s by the end of the week especially in the south bay looking at warmer air moving in after such a chilly start to the week. maybe you're looking forward to a

this video courtesy of blue origin, and musk spacex has pulled off the successful launch but not nailed the landing. >> guess who is a mortgage broker? google wants to be in another pie with a google compare mortgage feature sow can look at 300 mortgages from 75 different lenders in the california real estate market and you can refinance a mortgage with a one shop stop. >> good morning, everyone, here is a look at live doppler hd, first wave moving through and second wave behind it so do not put your umbrella away just yet. if you are headed to the sierra, solid shield of snow and i will let you know when the best time to get up there, will be between the storms. >> and a special delivery that a pizza shop employee will never forget, a >> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> look at this, a live picture from our heavenly mountain camera from lake tahoe t. that is heavenly resort in south lake tahoe popular for skiers and boarders. a winter storm warning begins at noon. tomorrow, in the sierra, skiers should have a field day like these folks at north s

in my part of the country, we have spacex coming. i think we will reach for the stars and see them. i think that is the message that needs to get across. we need to have a conversation, but we need to have action. you have to see what we are doing. carlos: standing on this notion, --ebody drew the comparison the mayor of austin tried to sell the city without giving any kind of data or interest south of the colorado river. is that a challenge you will face? mayor saenz: we do. laredo alone, we do $2 billion worth of trade with mexico. it is huge, the number one lamport in the entire u.s. -- land port in the entire u.s.-mexico border. we have to spread the message that laredo is open for business. we need to see mexico in a higher light. hugemmigration issue is and big, our border needs to be secured, and we need comprehensive immigration, but beyond that issue, mexico is our second, third largest trading partner. we need mexico, we are tied to the head of. p. to the hi we need to be careful what we say and presented to the world. especially now, i know it is the political season, but

elon musk, ceo of spacex tweeted back the following. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch" amazon is involved in a subway controversy, and another e. coli outbreak this time centered on a warehouse store chain. jail wagner it he is new york stock exchange with that and more. >> reporter: there is an e. coli outbreak linked to costco chicken salad. the cdc says 19 people in colorado are sick. anybody who brought the chicken salad before last friday should throw it out. the s&p 500 gained two and the nasdaq was flat yesterday. >>> the u.s. department of transportation may loosen its role on self-driving cars. right now the cars are limited to testing only with a licensed driver behind the wheel to take over in an emergency. goobleg google wants to remove the steering wheel and pedals once the car is space. is causing controversy in new york city. this subway car is covered inside and out promoting the man in the high castle. the show imagines what the world would be like if the allies lost world war ii. amazon is pulling the ads. >> a whole lot of controversy and a whole lot of attention. >> all p