mechanical failure could be to blame. >> exists from the top tech companies met with president obama, urging the president to rain in surveillance programs. the meeting comes after a ruling that the agencies data collection likely contravened the constitution. >> tech titans were here at the white house - google, microsoft, yahoo, netflix. they are concerned. they feel their businesses are at stake. the privacy of customers is at stake. they want accountability, transparency, restrictions on government spying, internet spying and telephonic spying. the meeting in the roosevelt room lasted two hours. problems that beset that were on the table. at the top of the agenda was the revelations for spying. at the end of the meeting collectively the tech companies issued a statement saying, "we appreciate the opportunity to... : >> as we know the president received recommendations from the advisory committee that he put in place last august at the height of the snowden controversy, the revelations about the spying, the scope of the spying that caused controversy around the world. jay carney ga

it comes ahead of president obama's meeting today with some top tech executives. they are worried about how the nsa fallout has impacted their businesses. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington. tracie, good morning to you. they're going what are the implications based on this judge's ruling? >> reporter: exactly. 15 of the biggest companies, you're familiar with the names, yahoo! apple, microsoft, google, facebook, twitter and others. they want to come to the white house and talk about the economic impact of this surveillance. and now a federal judge has weighed in. the national security agency is collecting so much secret data that it's building a new facility in utah just to hold it all. but a federal judge says collecting records of every phone call made to and from americans is unconstitutional. an indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion of privacy. >> it's untargeted, it's in bulk, and that's what makes it more troubling. >> reporter: the judge says a 1979 ruling that said americans do not have a right to private phone records is outdated because everyone ha

president obama sitting down with the nation's top high-tech ceos, talking about the hot button issues inside the white house. >>> it was three years ago today that that uprising known as the arab spring bedan in tunisia, now the people there are working to stabilize their government. >> how do copy me? >> reporter: and capturing the final moments of those 19 arizona firefighters doing what they did best last summer. ♪ >>> some of the biggest names in technology are visiting the white house today. the heads of .al, facebook, google, and twitter among those set to mete with president obama. that session coming a day after the federal judge else dealted a blow to the national security surveillance program. mike viqueira is in washington. miovernment surveillance. they are in there as far as we know, dell, the ceos, titans of technology, speaking with the president. two in particular have written the president and members of congress seeking clarification on the surveillance program. they want it to be facebook, twitter, anding goo -- google want to talk about this nsa program. the presid

we are breaking down the top tech stories and the biggest controversies this year. government surveillance taking a new turn today recommending turns on a practices. the white house released the findings just hours ago. they said surveillance should continue but with significant restrictions. there are 46 recommendations including making it harder for having to get access by third parties store the call data. the government would have to get a court order to access the records and the panels also calling for new criteria for eavesdropping on foreign leaders. this comes one day after talking tim cook, sheryl sandberg, and are a semi. phil mattingly joins us now. what can you say about the reaction to these recommendations? >> they would have a major impact on how intelligence policy is put together. you listed are the big ones. the key is the storage issue. ofthis metadata collection phone records of u.s. citizens, what this report is stating is that the government should not be the one holding that collection. it should give third party, telecom or someone else and

top of the hour. green arrows on the board today. we're going to take an in-depth look at nasdaq, tech stocks among the year's best performers, can theyin should investors be bracing for a pullback in we'll tell you when one's about to hit. kick off "power lunch"'s top five business and finance stories of the year. today, a turnaround tale. more "halftime report" right after this short break. your grass waters itself. your dishes wash themselves. so why don't your floors... ...clean themselves? the irobot roomba vacuum cleaning robot. irobot. do you? >>> our next guest made headlines in october when he sold all of his facebook position. the news was big because dan niles is considered one of the street's top tech investors that runs alpha one capital partners and joys us on the phone. nice to talk to you. >> nice to be on, scott. >> it was big news when you sold completely out of facebook. understand now you're back in? >> yeah. i mean, we had sold out before they reported. our feeling was expectations had gotten too high going forward around advertising and that's, in fact, what you saw when the stock sold off we started buying it ba

rejected closer ties in the european union in favor of a trade pact with moscow. >> some of america's top technies are now urging the u.s. government to curtail its spying program. this is a rare move that tech executives sent a letter to president obama and congress saying there's an urgent need to curtail the spying which the companies say is hurting their bottom line. >> a lot of people say those companies collect a lot of information on you but they say the government is doing worse. the massive snooping program came to light when documents leaked by edward snowden revealed the interactions between tech companies and the nsa. evan perez joins us now from washington. yeah, it's interesting move by these tech companies. they've taken a hit in some overseas markets like china. how can companies that have staked their reputations on the ability to safeguard people's information start to assure customers overseas their information is secure if the nsa can poke in the backdoor? >> that's what's worrying executives of some of the biggest tech companies in if the united states. facebook, apple, tw

top tech executives met with president obama while yesterday's nsa legislation loomed. n.a.t.o. said six service members died in afghanistan, there was no word what caused the helicopter to crash but the taliban said it shot it down. >>> africa's youngest nation is in turmoil. 70 soldiers are dead and dozens of civilians have been killed. this is the result of an attempted coup in the week. and today marks th the anniversy of the up rising that led to the arab spring. now tony harris, "inside story" is next on al jazeera america. . >> the u.s. seeks a renewed relationship with the philippines, still hurting after a major storm. recovery and the pivot towards asia are the "inside story." >> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. for more than a months the specific island nation of the philippines have struggled to recover from the worst national disaster that it's ever known. typhoon haiyan. there are still people missing as the storm scoured towns and villages from the land. aid workers will be helping the millions of people who survived but lost homes and shelter for a long

. >>> top executives from the bay area tech giants will be sitting down with president obama at the white house today, and they're going to be talking about several issues, including the nsa spying program. for that and the rest of your news before the bell, we turn to seem mody live at cnbc world headquarters in new jersey. good morning. >> good morning. let's look at those markets right now. futures are mixed after stocks rallied on monday, ahead of the fed meeting. the central bank begins a two-day meeting today with the announcement expected tomorrow afternoon. many economists think the fed will signal it may start to cut back on its massive bond-buying program which has helped keep interest rates low and possibly make a move next month. we do get data out today on consumer prices and housing, the dow jumping 129 points, the nasdaq adding 28. >>> president obama will meet with top tech executives at the white house today to discuss concerns of the nsa's spying programs progress made to help fix healthcare.gov. the group includes tim cook, eric schmidt and marissa mayer. >>> plans to k

just a few days left in 2013, and we are tracking the top five in tech for the year. today, i spoke with vivek wadhwa about the trends he says were overlooked in the year. he says tablet prices will drop, maybe 20, and he also thinks electric cars are proving their worth, despite those tesla fires, and he mentioned technology is reducing the cost of health care, but what is on the rest of his list? take a listen. number two -- robotics. we know google bought a number of robotics companies this year, but what are they going to do with them? >> when we were young, we used to watch "the jetsons" and we dreamed about rosie the robot and all these amazing advances that would happen. the reason why they have not happened is because the computer power required to do voice recognition and facial recognition was too great. my little iphone has more computing power than supercomputers had not too long ago. now we can build these sophisticated robots. if you look at first robotic, children are building robots -- high school kids are building sophisticated robots. in the next fiv

. >> intelligence reform, top tech leaders demand changes in the government's spy program. plus. >> anger in ukraine, protestors hoping to cut ties with russia, react to a $15 billion deal, between kiav and moscow. >> and it possible odds. people line-up to

but as you mentioned the president is meeting silicon valley's top tech titans. ceos from google and apple and facebook among them. the president as you mentioned wants to talk about improving the health care website but these ceos are focused more on the government's spying program. amman javers is following the still developing story for us from washington. >> we have something a little interesting going on right now. the ceo meeting with the president in the roosevelt room here at the white house started at about 10:45 eastern time here in washington and it is still going on at this hour. we got cameras into the meeting to see some of the opening moments of that meeting and the president reportedly joking with the ceo of netflix about whether or not he brought copies of the new season of "house of cards" before they got down to the serious business of this conversation today. but they are still in there over two hours in this meeting so clearly something of substance being discussed. just what it is, though, we don't know. the white house spokesman is not sayi

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meantime, our top tech story, twitter has added the first woman to their board effective immediately. she was ceo of pearson until last year. twitter faced controversy for not having a woman board member. "there could not be a more exciting time to join." what is the latest? >> this was a priority to have tha woman joing the board. there are a number of things her the right candidate . she is smart and a forward thinking person. speaking with someone who worked with her, she pushed the envelope on the industry. the international experience and media experience is helpful for where twitter is now. certainly questions about twitter's business and she can help in those areas. and emily, you had that great interview on ipo day shedding light on this process. here is what he said to you on that day. >> it is very important to us not to ask someone to join the board and sign off of registration statements before spending time with the company. we didn't think it was respectful. we'll have women board members. we regularly talk to candidates abou tit. -- about it. >> twitter will roll out ta

. >>> plus, the top tech gadgets of the next year and we'll show you next year's must-have items. >>>s down with legendary opera singer martina arroyo. that's the "cbs morning news" for this morning. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> good morning, everyone. it's friday, december 27. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm mark kelly. frank has the morning off. >> let's get a check on weather and traffic. our first check of the day. >> boy, it's another chilly start to the day. high, thin clouds not as cold as yesterday. those clouds act like an insulator as a blanket so it's 33 in santa rosa compared to yesterday at 28. 40 in san jose. and it is yet another "spare the air" day. more coming up. >> and checking the roadways outside right now, we have a lot of overnight roadwork. caltrans is back in business. we'll tell you about your morning commute coming up. >>> developing news about a family's fight to keep a 13- year-old girl on life s

twitter has grabbed the top spot est places to work in tech.puts it ahead of linkedin and facebook. it is a career website where mployees share information secretly about the company they work for. h -- hrlich machine ehrlichman has more. twitter views from employees range from admiration nagement ulture and ma style. the c.e.o. of glass door gives findings. the 22 tech companies on this list. very briefly give us the back story on how you make the determinations. >> these are the best companies that are chosen by employees reviews theysed on leave on glass door and they are mployees' choice awards for the best companies to work for it the united states. companies e top tech based on those employee findings edin and facebook. is there any commonality. >> they are all social networks. that is not a coincidence. the commonality is that these companies are unique in this employees literally have their hundreds of millions. wering for dibly empo employees. >> given twitter is number one someyear i want to jump to of the common responses from employ

today, president obama meets with top tech leaders to talk about the healthcare.gov website and nsa spying. also a snow snarl is expected for commuters from the midwest to the east coast ...take care on the roads. glenn schultz of performance trust joins us now. glenn, will it be a terrifying tuesday. everybody's so concerned about this fed meeting. what is the bond market telling you? >>the bond market is telling me that they've handicapped the odds of tapering at around 60- 70%. if you compare this to the economists predictions that's about 34% of economists polled said there's going to be a taper. but you also have to look at the risk markets as well. equity markets rallied throughout the day and into the close. they were up. so what that tells me is that the risk markets are on the fed's side. if the fed begins to taper, the risk markets are not going to take that as a negative. they're going to take that as a positive. the economy is gaining momentum and stronger than most people think. >>and here's something curious glenn, foreign investors are picking up the pace in which they are b

live in san jose, chase cane, nbc bay area news >>> well, silicon valley's top tech companies teaming up today to take on the nsa. >> yeah, good morning. when we first learned some weeks ago the nsa had been tapping the fiber of optic cables belonging to google and yahoo! some of those companies expressed their anger in ways i can't really repeat on tv. this morning the companies are expressing their anger with full-page ads in "the washington post" and "the new york times." the coalition of twitter, facebook, apple, microsoft, linkedin, aol and yahoo! and google demanding legal reforms to control american spying on americans as well as putting the government on notice that those companies will encrypt their data to keep it out of government hands. the other big story this morning is the markets. you're looking at the open of the nasdaq as american airlines celebrates its merger with u.s. air. it is absolutely official, making the largest airline in america. the market's doing very well. in fact, right off the opening bell, the nasdaq hit a 13-year high. back to you. >> all those earn

top stories. the world's giggest tech bosses plead their cases on spying and a sit down with president obama. a major hurdle in the senate, and a new $15 billion deal moved the ukraine closer to russia, and further away from the oppositions demands. >> leaders from some of the nation's top technology companies met with president obama at the white house today. topping the agenda, the national security agency spying programs. this comes as nsa leaker edward snowden says he is willing to assist brazil in it's investigations of u.s. spying in exchange for asylum, in an open letter to a brazilian newspaper, he wrote, i have expressed my willingness to assist wherever appropriate and lawful but unfortunately, the united states government has worked very hard to limit my ability to was no doubt one of the top topics of discussion today for the pl can vallee in the west wing today, in the roosevelt room, meeting with the president that was at the top of their agenda. we saw them briefly, they afforded a photo of p then they got down to brass tacks. they talked about is going to take over the managem

in a meeting at the white house, executives from top tech companies, including google, yahoo!, facebook and apple, urmed president obama to reform the nsa surveillance programs. and independent committee appointed by the president also recommended an overhaul. joining me now to guide us through the technological and political landscape are michelle quinn, "san jose mercury news" clinicalist. cindy cohen, legal director at electronic frontier foundation. cindy, the review panel's findings, it's clearly troubled by nsa practices, it issued 46 recommendations. what are some of the key findings and what's been the reaction from the president and from intelligence agencies? >> well, the panel did a pretty comprehensive job at looking at things and i think the things that are most important is that it recommended that the nsa's telephone records collection program be ended in its current form. just stopped in its current form. that's a pretty dramatic recommendation. it also gave a very strong endorsement to the use of encryption technologies and strongly reprimanded the nsa for und

the authors of the world's top tech firms have descended on the white house urging president obama to rein in washington's global surveillance program google yahoo our poll and many others have suffered severe reputational damage since it emerged they were all in one way or another complicit and say spying but former cia officer ray mcgovern thinks this is all just a p.r. stunt. i think the internet executives are crying crocodile tears they've made a lot of money at the encipher in their their establishment and then a permitting the united states government to get trapdoors behind it they're losing business that's the name of the game for them and so yes states like to have a sensible rules that make it easier for them to do business particularly overseas but it's long since time for them to speak out about violations of the fourth amendment. as we bring out in the sea bill that could pardon up to twenty five thousand people has just been passed in the lower house of russia's parliament not only would the measure clear those convicted charged or suspected of various crimes but he cou

at the top of the agenda was the revelations of n.s.a. spying. collectively the tech companies issued a statement reading in part: >> as we know the president received recommendations from the policy committee and advisory committee that he put in place, the revelations about the widespread spying, the scope of the spying that caused controversy around the world. the white house spokesman gave the white house version of that meeting. >> he made clear that because of the remarkable advancements in technology, that the united states has both led the way and been able to take advantage of, but as have other countries, we need to look at our activities through the lense of making sure that we are doing what we can and should. but not just what we should do to keep ourselves safe, but we have the technological capacity do it. >> the white house has the report. is says it will adopt some of the proposals. some will be ignored. others put off to another day. in any event the president will not make public his recommendation, what he decided until next year. >> tomorrow night

both says the world's top tech firms have descended on the white house surging president obama to rein in washington's global surveillance program google yahoo are pulling many others have suffered severe reputational damage since the burj that they were all in one way or another complicit in n.s.a. spying but former cia officer or government spokes was thinks it's all just a p.r. stunt this i think the internet executives are crying crocodile tears they've made a lot of money out of it and so freeing their their establishment and then a permitting the united states. get trapdoors behind it they're losing business that's the name of the game for them and so yes they'd like to have a stance of all rules that make it easier for them to do business particularly overseas but it's long since time for them to speak out about violations of the fourth amendment. they did the jew cheat and they were repaid with sickness servicemen with the royal air force were tasked with carrying out nuclear tests in south australia at the height of the cold war as artie's test for said reports next calls for

the national scurl the security agent were a topic when president obama met with the ceo of the top tech companies. electronic surveillance was a major concern. >> ukraine's president secured a $15 billion bailout from russia. saving his country from default. at what price. tens of thousands are calling for his resignation. >> the californian lotsry announced that the winning ticket was purchased in san jose. the $636 million is the second largest in u.s. history. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is upnext. you can get the latest news on aljazeera.com. see you back at eight and 11 eastern time tomorrow. >> on america tonight. some of the darkest died of our shared history, vicious attacks that defy explanation, and why so many wounds are still left open. >> if what happened then, was happening now, the murders and beatings and whippings that were going on, we would be terrified. in, the fall out over ag ruling that could change how the government tracks terror suspects and lots of others. and the pluses and minussing of keeping tabs on yourself. they call it the quantified s

when top tech companies try to attract new talent, free perks are often a way to persuade potential workers. the culture of ebay has some asking where is all the free stuff? first, jon erlichman has been checking this place out. take a look. >> one of the interesting things you'll find is an 11 by 11 wall of pez dispense ers. it played a bit of a role in the creation of the company. me, i'm partial to the chewbacca ez dispensers. attaboy chewy. >> welcome back to a special edition of "bloomberg west" inside ebay. i'm emily chang here at ebay headquarters. guess what? we have good news. >> i heard. >> my gloves have arrived! my fingers can now be warm. thank you so much. thank you so much for keeping me so well updated throughout the process. this is what i got! aren't they kind of cute? >> i like them. >> they are kind of cute. in an hour onset, that is pretty good. thank you so much. >> nice to meet you. have a great day. >> thank you. i'm excited. ebay and john donaho said they are exploring a lot of new areas and need a lot of people. we wanned to find out what kind of perks do they have

some the nations top tech companies are urging the white house and congress to reform surveillance lawsle and yahoo! and apple have joined forces. it shows the government has gained access to some of the secret servers. in an open letter, they called for the white house and congress to reform surveillance laws writing "we urge the u.s. to take the lead and make reform to ensure that surveillance efforts are restricted by law in proportion to the risk and transparent to subject of oversight." earlier we spoke to michelle richardson. a legislative counsel where she focuses on cybersecurity and government transparency. emily started by asking the letter was more of a political statement said the companies have cooperated in the past. >> what may have prompted the new movement is the recent revelations in the last month is they are not serving the companies with court orders, but they are hacking into their systems overseas where our laws do not apply. it may have pushed him over the edge to get involved. >> the people who run the companies are powerful people -- mark zuckerberg, larry page

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proestors tried to get into the building where mayor lee was having lunch with top tech executives. former supervisor blames the companies and their employees for changing the socioeconomic picture of san francisco. >> what's happening with real estate it's a social war that has broken out. never seen anything this he is scale skal yated. >> the mayor spoke to us and admitted evictions are up in neighborhoods and home sales and rentals are not affordable to many families today's meeting focused on convincing companies to extend their wealth to all city residents. >> i think some of the messages that i read are coming out are trying to blame someone for high costs. i know it's eeltors >> the mayor acknowledges there are thousands of new jobs. others saying it is unavoidable. mission district is a neighborhood that has been slowly trance formed. >> people buying up everything. then turning it into a fancy restaurant. just look here. i used to take karate down here. now, it's a fancy restaurant. >> some are expected to take on the subject of evictions. >> the city of san francisco is o

the top three tech trends emerging this shopping season. the big-box winners and the one comeback retail stock for 2014. we've got it all. tyler and i have done a big switcheroo. he's down at the nyse today. hey, ty. >> i did a little christmas shopping this morning. economists might be excited about the dream team of yellen and fisher, but it looks like equity investors aren't particularly cheering today, if that has anything to do with the investors are down 116 points right now. the s&p 500 down about 7.5%, and the composite at nasdaq back below 4,000, 3,999 down 4.75%. the dow flirting here with a second straight triple-digit decline. bob pisani, kenny polcarpolcari people reacting at all? the nonannouncement, i should say. >> the nonannouncement. it's obviously a good choice. he's clearly qualified. they would make a very strong team. if you're asking me, i don't think that's what's driving the market. >> why? >> technically it needs to test the 1775, 1770 level to see if the buyers -- and we're sitting right there. and i've been sayin

top tech executives.he protestors were from the local 10 21. former supervisor chris daly with them. he says some of the high tech companies have not paid their share of doing business in san francisco. >> the first thing we would bring up are the huge tax lap hole that the mayor has created that the tech companies have driven through costing the city millions and millions tens of millions. >>reporter: before the meeting the mayor spoke to us. he said would he try to convince some of the companies to extend their wealth to all city residents. >> first of all to thank them because they have been so helpful in creating a lot of jobs in the city. i want to ask them to did more to get local hire aboard. >>reporter: many tech workers have moved into neighborhood like the mission district. driving the price of real estate up. tech workers like mike say this is unavoidable. >> any other place any other country if you want to live in the most desirable place, you do have to pay the price for i it. >>reporter: ron

. >> top tech leaders urge the president to reform the n.s.a.'s controversial programs. executives from google and apple say the n.s.a. undermined the trust of users. >> russia offers ukraine $15 billion in economic assistance. it's not clear what ukraine is giving russia in return. >> a makeover for an ancient monument. a $40 million update for

more for the for top tech stories of to -- of 2014.be right back. ♪ ♪ >> this is the early edition of "bloomberg west." back to our special year-end series as we wrap up 2013 and are taking a look back at the trends that shaped the year. he spoke to emily chang about security and reg out growth stories of the year. inis on to another big story 2013, the rise of mobile. in 2013ew tremendously and i think it will be an even bigger story in 2014. everybody says mobile first, but it really is, development is starting to happen first on mobile firsts and israel. i also think big data as another big trend around mobile, where what is going on, what are people looking at, i believe monetization -- monson eyes a -- -- minus is come onaid mobile has par with desktop and the web. do you think it will surpass? class it has the potential to surpass what you have been able to do on the web, but it is not there yet and it is coming. >> you mentioned big data. one of the things we have been talking about is everyone has been talking about a data. a l

when top tech companies try to attract new talent, free perks are often a way to persuade potential workersthe culture at ebay may have some asking where all that free stuff is. jon erlichman has been checking this place out. let's take a look. >> among the many interesting things you will find, pez dispensers. the founder's wife was a pez dispenser collector. that played a role in the creation of the company. i am partial to chewbacca. ♪ >> welcome back. we are inside ebay. i am emily chang. we're with jon erlichman. guess what? we have good news. my gloves have arrived. my fingers can be warm. thank you for keeping me so well updated. they look good. this is what i got. aren't they cute? in one hour, that is pretty good. it is really great to meet you. thank you. i am excited. >> ebay and john donahoe said this -- they are exploring new areas. they need people to make this happen. we wanted to find out about the culture of this place. what goes into the hiring process? what kind of perks do they have and is that important? here is more on that story. from the free gourmet meals at faceboo

we are going to preview the top tech gadgets for 2014 up next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> i'm jon erlichmans "bloomberg west." turning now to our special year 5,"eries, the "bwest top inking about the top five gadgets we will see in 2014. our next guests' number five pick was interactive learning tools. here's why -- >> first of all, i think they are ready. the amount of gdp spent on learning is huge and our country . i think parents are going to start using their dollars towards tools that help their kids learn math and science and other things. if you look at what just happened with the coding in the last month with all those hours time, i think it will be a huge push by parents to give their kids something of value. >> this is stuff you know very well from your day job. i would love to get your to your number five pick. >> we are seeing a lot of really interesting initiatives in schools. huge.rg has been new york is making a huge push to teaching kids to do coding. we are seeing them reframe the way they do education based around these devices. >> we are going to move on to number five,

if you have a techie, we have great and everything we need to know and top tech gifts this year. thank fist are stopping by. >> i put together these gifts. >> i am wearing it right here. just out this month. they have a clock. the only place i could find it, very cool. about $129 or so. the next brand-new is the tivo romeo. this brings them and 450 hours you can save. they are right on the device wherever you are. this can record up to 500 hd movies and no wires or web or no problem. without using a wi-fi environment. three people watch three movies at the same time and streams it to the android smart phone and what not. >> i was going to ask, 500 movies divided among people. >> if you are going on a long trip, this is the library of muys. >> this is the coffee ala carte. it will do a cup or full caraffe. it goes under the cabinet and it's not too high. a smart gift ideas can a lot of technology. this is an lcde writer. it appears right away on to your wireless device. you got it like that. an artist. >> this is called the motion control battling robots. remember rock em sock em