microsoft would like to buy tic toc. they have been in talks. it seems like president trump may have torpedoed that action on friday night and all the parties are involved in trying to salvage that. we have heard a decision could come out monday or tuesday. has been silence from the white house all weekend. shery: in the meantime, we have heard news of microsoft's plans to buy tiktok. american operations are on hold. what do we know on this front and what are lawmakers saying about this? saying theys like are on hold, microsoft, tiktok, or just confused or just -- of what is going on in washington. they are just waiting to see what the trump administration has to say. and then we might have a negotiation start up again. they are basically frozen out by that for a couple of days. there has been a really interesting outpouring of support for microsoft purchase operations viewers by at least four republican senators. we've talked about that in the last hour, including some who are close to president trump like lindsey graham, and also marco rubio w

and let's not forget to check of all there's a reason we signed by trump that will ban the use of tic toc owned by by dense and also part of a 10 cent here in the us in and the coming weeks on top of that trungpa suggested over the weekend that he's administration it's looking into other chinese say companies such as the tech giant. but also let's and not forget that his administration supported by both parties legislators has set recommended the s. and c. the us a financial regulator to ban any chinese a company listed not us exchange it by 2022 such companies that don't comply with usa accounting standards so at this moment it seems that any truth is a still way ahead of us chris also is there a nerk thank you. u.s. drug maker novak's is set to begin a mid stage clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine in south africa study be conducted around $2600.00 the company says africa was chosen because it was currently experiencing a winter surge in covert 19 cases and therefore provide early indications of seeds no effective july of the us government awarded nova facts $1600000000.00 to help pr

other side dawud currently microsoft is the only company that has officially stated its interest in tic toc and has engaging in negotiations longer than the last 24 to take giant acquisition makes a lot of sense and strategically and it can't afford an operation like these either alone or with the others at but there are also concerns of both that because of its operations in continental china and to trust issues at the end big tech it's getting even bigger causalities thanks for now but do stay with us you're as retailer wal-mart posted its biggest growth in online sales in the 2nd quarter as shoppers cashed in stimulus checks and stepped up purchases of electronics online sales jumped 97 percent and same store sales surged 9 percent now wal-mart hopes to continue momentum by adding a membership service which is set to compete with amazon prime. costello is back to you in new york a pandemic boost for wal-mart's business what did people on wall street make of that earnings report. it is said definitely a positive fan of wal-mart has shown it can face the amazon in dion lang retail arena in

creatures then even at 1st sight that there are there are not many events in ages between oracle and tic toc it's it to whoever ends up buying the us operations will gain access to around 100000000 users and data in oracle's a case of by putting tick tocks data out when it severs the company might be probably able to open doors to new businesses in all other industries and perhaps directly competing with facebook or a snap of the software giant does not have a consumer facing social media or b.t.o. business and on top of that oracle has a struggle to find new business revenues as i am and so microsoft and google or google keep dominate in the cloud computing market while there are other contenders here microsoft and twitter what are oracle's chances in really striking a deal. i would say. bigger than twitter says sensing it has a much a better ability to finance that multi-billion deal and he's a macho bigger company also it's a co-founder lottery recent easing good terms with the president trump on the other side though it currently microsoft is the only company that has officially stated i

social media have been limited to linked in platform for career professionals but this deal with tic toc could give microsoft a larger market share with younger millennialism generations ahead with pressure from the u.s. government on tech talk microsoft says it's looking to purchase the american business operations by september the 15th. all right let's go to new york now and talk to our correspondent there yes quarter good to see you so how close are microsoft and tick-tock to a deal. well i mean wall street seems to believe for a very close stock of microsoft going to good fight finish off percent year on monday if i'm not mistaken reaching a new all time high and we actually do know quite a bit so far so you already mentioned by september 15th that's when the deal should dock could be done but then there clearly also a couple of open questions and obstacles u.s. president donald trump for example is leaning towards microsoft not just buying the u.s. operations but chick talk as a whole and that would cost quite some money of the valuation for chick talk might be roughly at around $50

news live from berlin is a time up for tic toc in the u.s. president trump says he plans to ban the app over concerns about chinese spy so what now for the video platform and u.s. chinese relations also coming up. on. democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year she thinks active kerry lamb says a surge in corona virus cases is the reason for that. we follow a growing virus taskforce in israel look at the facts to efforts to contain code 19 and one of the country's major hotspots. i'm all meanies of welcome to the program we start in the united states where president donald trump says he plans to ban the chinese own video app tick-tock u.s. officials are currently looking into the possibility that china can access user data collected by the app but an outright ban would come as a blow to tick talks millions of fans. tick-tock with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. over $2000000000.00 downloads in $17000000000.00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successf

you're watching it did every news live from then could it be time opt for tic toc in the u.s. president trump says he plans to ban the app over concerns about chinese spying but while that may have been for the video platform and u.s. chinese relations also coming out of the world of cinema mourns the loss of british filmmaker alan tucker the director of midnight express mississippi burning and if nature dies at the age of 76. and the story of birds and the effect why drink is in a small town in germany and getting their feathers ruffled. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in the u.s. where president donald trump says he plans to ban the chinese owned video. video app tick-tock u.s. officials are currently looking into the potential particular want to be used by the chinese government as a tool for gathering intelligence. to talk with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. with over $2000000000.00 downloads and $17000000000.00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful in. when sure but its ex

this is g w news live from berlin is a time up for tic toc in the u.s. president trump says he plans to ban the app over concerns about chinese spies so what now for the video platform and u.s. chinese relations also coming up. a. democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year chief executive carrie lamb says it's.

limited to linked in platform for career professionals but this deal with tic toc could give microsoft a larger market share with younger millennialism generations ahead with pressure from the u.s. government on tech talk microsoft says it's looking to purchase the american business operations by september the 15th. to the u.s. presidential race now and democratic candidate joe biden is expected to announce his choice of running mate over the next 2 weeks back in march he committed to choosing a woman as his vice president since then dozens of names have been floated as possibilities let's take a look now at 4 top contenders for that position. one person seen as having a good chance of becoming biden's running mate is camilla harris observers say she takes lots of boxes she's a person of color something seen as crucial given the current ructions over racism in the u.s. . she's also someone the public knows well having tried to secure the democratic nomination herself before withdrawing to support biden in march crucially she has a reputation as a fierce and competent debater. however c

operations of the video op tic toc this falls meeting between microsoft and president trump the president has threatened to ban the app citing national security concerns . afghan forces are battling islamic state militants after the attack to prison in the eastern state of the heart several people were killed dozens were injured the attack on the prison came a day after afghan special forces killed a senior islamic state commend. tropical storm is a ias has skirted florida and is now moving north off the state's atlantic coastline that's after dumped frenzel rains on the bahamas forecasters say the storm is likely to intensify to near hurricane strength as it approaches the carolinas where it's expected to make landfall. well here in berlin a big protest on saturday against pandemic restrictions has ignited a debate about the limits that can be placed on the right to public assembly the german minister for justice has affirmed that right well while at the same time insisting the rules like wearing masks must be observed that most of the 20000 people taking part in the protests did not fol

social media have been limited to linked in a platform for career professionals but this deal with tic toc could give microsoft a larger market share with younger millennial zz and generations. with pressure from the united states government on tick tock microsoft says it's looking to seal the deal by september 15th. we have so much more news to tell you about here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world government forces have retaken control of a prison in eastern afghanistan after april long battle with islamic state militants but 300 prisoners that were partly still at large the battle began on sunday night after a suicide car bomber targeted the prison where hundreds of i asked members will reportedly being held tight and people work out. a massive wildfire is spreading in the u.s. state of california east of los angeles fire protection officials say the blaze has consumed around 80 square kilometers of dry bush and timber nearly $8000.00 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. the former northern irish politician john hume has died at the age of 83 hum

bruises or they're wearing striped inmate outfits or yellows and this is basically part of a wider tic toc trend which is called point of view videos in which the creators act as characters from a 1st person perspective and i have watched many of these clips and i've got to say i do feel like some of them or even the majority of them are genuinely trying to convey a sense of tragedy and create some kind of empathy but it is being done in a way or a style that could be seen as disrespectful or self aggrandizing now the auschwitz birkenau museum was also acknowledge that these young people are trying to tell a personal story is bought that some were not created to commemorate anyone but to become part of an online trend and that that is very painful sure the museum also said that these young people should not be shamed or attacked however that has happened online we did try to reach out to a few of them to hear their side of the story some of them have deleted their accounts others have been quoted as saying that they didn't mean to offend anybody and what is the tick tock company it's also

doesn't stop with tic toc and walk away now u.s. president donald trump said saturday he will go even further and is indicating that he might ban access to other chinese companies including e-commerce giant. well the big thing is one way to read while he's not here and one way i'm not allowing and i've told european countries and others australia has been fantastic as an example but well he's not coming here and then we told certain countries that was thinking about well way that's ok you can use them but we're not going to be sharing intelligence and they've all backed away you look at the u.k. it looked like they were going that way and now they've baghdad scotland yard and there are a most well you know them to do we're looking at other things. and this comes after the president signed an executive order on august 14th which requires tick tocks parent company bite dance to divest its interest in tech talks u.s. operations within 90 days now once again chinese foreign ministry officials.

bruises or they're wearing striped inmate outfits or yellows and this is basically part of a wider tic toc trend which is called point of view videos in which the creators act as characters from a 1st person perspective and i have watched many of these clips and i'm going to say i do feel like some of them or even the majority of them are genuinely trying to convey a sense of tragedy and create some kind of empathy but it is being done in a way or a style that could be seen as disrespectful or self aggrandizing now the auschwitz birkenau museum is also acknowledged that these young people are trying to tell the personal stories bobs that some were not created to commemorate anyone but to become part of an online trend and that that is very painful sure the museum also said that these young people should not be shamed or attacked however that has happened online we did try to reach out to a few of them to hear their side of the story some of them have deleted their accounts others have been quoted as saying that they didn't mean to offend anybody and what is the tick tock company it's also

doesn't stop with tic toc and walk away now u.s. president donald trump said saturday he will go even further and is indicating that he might be an access to other chinese companies including e-commerce giant ali baba well the big thing is one way to read what is not here and well way i'm not allowing and i've told european countries and others australia has been fantastic as an example but well he's not coming here and we told certain countries that we think it.

social media have been limited to linked in a platform for career professionals but this deal with tic toc could give microsoft a larger market share with younger millennial generation see with pressure from the united states government on tick tock microsoft says it's looking to seal the deal by september 15th. a new motorway bridge is to be inaugurated this evening in genoa italy to replace a structure that collapsed almost 2 years ago while 43 people at that time were killed when the marandi bridge broke up as their goals to move over it in 2018 it was one of italy's worst civil disasters in a decade all the new bridge called the sun georgiou was completed in near record time it was designed by star detect renzo piano was born in general. and also in general for you is it every correspondent charlet chel some pill. there for the ceremony here that will go there will get underway later on charlotte the new british inaugurated today what do italians make of what's going to happen in moments. the the inauguration ceremony is starting to take place just behind me on the new bridge that we k

benefit to creators and users in those markets essentially they believe the potential relationship with tic toc partnering. with microsoft is going to add quote key functionality and provide wal-mart with an important way to reach in serve customers as well as grow our 3rd market 3rd party marketplace an advertising business in short wal-mart is not a big brand especially among millennialism and this next generation of tech talk users that are out there right whatever you want to call them generation x. whatever you want to call them but the young teenagers and young adults who used to talk are not big wal-mart shoppers they're not big fans of wal-mart what they are big fans of right now is e-commerce giant amazon they are much more likely to purchase and to buy through amazon so by wal-mart jumping into tick tock what they're doing is they're essentially gathering up you know hundreds of millions of new users who in the past maybe didn't even like wal-mart and have no real brand connection to wal-mart and now wal-mart can advertise they can market directly they could market through influence.

doesn't stop with tic toc and walk away now u.s. president donald trump said saturday he will go even further and is indicating that he might ban access to other chinese companies including e-commerce giant. well the big thing is one way to read what is now here and while we're not allowing and i've told european countries and others australia has been fantastic as an example but well he's not coming here and we told certain countries that was thinking about well way that's ok you can use them but we're not going to be sharing intelligence and they've all backed away you look at the u.k. it looked like they were going that way and now they back to scotland yard and there are a most well you know them to do we're looking at other things. and this comes after the president signed an executive order on august 14th which requires tick tocks parent company bite dance to divest its interest in tech talks u.s. operations within 90 days now once again chinese foreign ministry officials say that this is just another example of how the u.s. i

again that you george and certainly christy are both much more cool than i am you already have a tic toc a fountain account and yet i've failed to do so yet christi how about this let's move to the conversation i know i said i don't want to talk about it too much but it does seem curious doesn't it but the an added states or the white house in cooperation with microsoft would seemingly ban a company and then have microsoft come in and buy it is a protectionist and is very protectionist and i think that this was the only way that the that they were able they were able to issue this ban on tech because when china decided to ban facebook they did that also under the guise of national security and it was also a very protectionist move but they banned facebook early on before facebook was able to gain any traction with in china so by banning facebook there wasn't a huge uproar from the community banning take talk in the u.s. at this current day and age when everybody is joining at calvery just joining it already when so many people are already on the pop and their revenue streams to all of th

weapons china is also an administration target drop is trying to ban companies such as walk away and tic toc from the u.s. market has closed the chinese consulate in houston and is pulling student and worker visas to ferret out spies by contrast the white house has nurtured the u.s. israeli relationship by moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and by unveiling its palestinian israeli peace plan which trump says provides for 2 independent states guarantees israel security and supports the economic aspirations of the palestinian people palestinian officials have rejected the plan because they say it would give israel control of security in palestine legal i settle and in the occupied west bank and prevent the formation of a single palestinian geographic body obviously the plan that the travel ministration launched on israel and the palestinians didn't succeed at all but i think that was just a tactical lure really to try to move toward arab states making peace with israel so far only the united arab emirates has agreed to normalize ties with israel trump says his foreign policy fo

discussed the cyber security issues as well as the business implications regarding the situation with tic toc but this all raises the question of how will this move affect those who make tick-tock what it is and that's the content creators so let's go ahead and bring in one of the top tick tock influencers zach king into the show zach that you so much for joining us really appreciate it today. now i want to start with what the president actually just talked about there it's a highly popular why has tick-tock been able to open that door and become so popular especially over the last 12 months here in the united states. i mean you know has it influenced or on. really in this industry for the last 12 years you know i've been on 6 music we have years ago and so for us the rise wasn't even in this last year that's made it successful i mean there's been a lot of the last year but what they've been doing from the beginning i just a couple years ago was there out there that made it so powerful and that it levels the playing field for anyone who wants to who has a stone and can make a little fun story

global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalistsnalysts in over 120 countries. coming up next, wills spack take over the ipo world? that's coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: coming up later today on bloomberg technology, darius honeywell chairman and ceo, coming up at 5:00 p.m. in new york, 10:00 p.m. in london. going bigger than public -- sp c ack a company toor tap the public market, but are more expensive than an initial public offering. an angel investor joins us as his special purpose acquisition company raises $200 million on the new york stock exchange. joining the also is shelley bloomberg wall street correspondent. some people have come out and say they are -- said they are a total bubble. not good for investors. what is the pushback on that? n: the pushback is happening, unfortunately, but we are looking to reform the industry. we have seen a lot of crazy phenomenon, whether it was the internet being around for decades and legitimizing in the s have, or bitcoin -- spac been around for decades and where at the top o

of embattled social media tic toc has announced his resignation american kevin mayer took over almost 4 months ago but now says changes facing the chinese own company will transform his role in an unwelcome way may arrive from disney expecting to manage a global company at the peak of its growth to talk now faces splintering however u.s. president donald trump has demanded the app divest of its u.s. operations in the coming weeks citing concerns over security. and we'd like to focus on what that means elsewhere including in africa so i'm joined now by most is a quote he's founder and c.e.o. of after link that's a startup hub in berlin that's focused on african companies moses it's good to have you as always to talk is growing at an incredibly rapid pace especially in the u.s. especially in asia and in europe what does it look like in africa. thanks for having me on definitely take circus started fairly growing is joining thousands of the software and it's also growing terms of the use of itself which is the the cows out of the cases which is then shared in all this was in media so str

weapons china is also an administration target drop is trying to ban companies such as walk away and tic toc from the u.s. market has closed the chinese consulate in houston and is pulling student and worker visas to ferret out spies by contrast the white house has nurtured the u.s. israeli relationship by moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and by unveiling its palestinian israeli peace plan which trump says provides for 2 independent states guarantees israel security and supports the economic aspirations of the palestinian people palestinian officials have rejected the plan because they say it would give israel control of security in palestine legalized settlement in the occupied west bank and prevent the formation of a single palestinian geographic body obviously the plan that the tribal ministration launched on israel and the palestinians didn't succeed at all but i think that was just a tactical lure really to try to move toward arab states making peace with israel so far only the united arab emirates has agreed to normalize ties with israel trump says his foreign policy

other stories making headlines around the world kevin mayer is twitching the chinese own video op tic toc the former disney executive only joined to talk in june the op has been under strong pressure from the trump ministration it says to ties to china make it a national security threat microsoft and oracle are currently just to buy a ticket to. emergency workers in afghanistan are searching for the survivors of flash floods that have killed more than 120 people and injured hundreds more authority to the north of the country fear many victims are trapped in the rubble of collapsed houses around 1500 welling's have been destroyed in the floods. police have been a ruse half to 10 dozens of protesters rallying in central mids it's part of a widening government crackdown on demonstrations in the aftermath of the country's disputed presidential election the oldest 9 polls saw president alexander lukashenko win a 6th term in office protesters say the result was rigged. the man who carried out murderous attacks on 2 new zealand mosques last year will stay in jail until he dies the high court in

discussed the cyber security issues as well as the business implications regarding the situation with tic toc but this all raises the question of how will this move affect those who make tick-tock what it is and that's the content creators so let's go ahead and bring in one of the top tick-tock influencers zach king into the show zach big you so much for joining us we really appreciate it today. now i want to start with what the president actually just talked about there at the highly popular why has tick-tock been able to open that door and become so popular especially over the last 12 months here in the united states. i mean you know as an influencer on. really in this industry for the last 12 years you know i've been on 6 talk since it was musically 5 years ago and so for us the rise wasn't even in this last year that's made it successful i mean there's been a lot in the last year but what they've been doing from the beginning i just a couple years ago was there out there that made it so power on that it levels the playing field for anyone who wants to who has a stone and can make a little