>> jon: we're back with the west point >>> we're glad you're with us for our west point holiday special, i'm john scott, here at the academy of west point, to bring you the amazing sounds of the band. the academy sits overlooking the hudson river, the location chosen in 1778 is no accident. >> george washington founded west point because he knew it was very important strategically. and founded in 1778. >> general washington chose this location to stop the advancement during the revolutionary war. years later, with the legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1802, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, they're aware of the legacy placed on their shoulders. >> tradition is everywhere here, the uniforms were the same as it was in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and experience to draw from. >> since day one, everyone has their heart set on serving the country. it is something you never regret, so you always get hyped and re-inspired. >> i think if the average america wants to see what is right

us for our west point holiday special, i'm john scott, here at the academy of west point, to bring you the amazing sounds of the band. the academy sits overlooking the hudson river, the location chosen in 1778 is no accident. >> george washington founded west point because he knew it was very important strategically. and founded in 1778. >> general washington chose this location to stop the advancement during the revolutionary war. years later, with the legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1802, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, they're aware of the legacy placed on their shoulders. >> tradition is everywhere here, the uniforms were the same as it was in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and experience to draw from. >> since day one, everyone has their heart set on serving the country. it is something you never regret, so you always get hyped and re-inspired. >> i think if the average america wants to see what is right with america, they would find it here at west point with the cade

that's next on bloomberg west. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west." apple may have reached a deal with chinamobil according to the "wall street journal." it could come within a couple weeks. china was granted license to operate a 4g network. jon erlichman is back from l.a. >> breaking into the chinese market has been challenging, but the users could be a boost to the company. let's bring in managing director sean rhine. what's the buzz? >> the buzz has been good for apple. they've been facing challenges. 2 years ago, they saw 300% growth and they're now in single digits. people are really excited. if apple can sign the deal, they'll have access to millions. only 25% of the customers are using 3g. most are price sensitive, using the old 2g network. it will be difficult to convince them to buy apple iphones through a contract. >> let's stay on that point. has the trend suggested we're seeing consumers move from 3g to higher end phones? >> the 2g side, consumers prefer pop up cards and pay as you go. they don't like to sign for contracts. the second prob

so effectively they want ten percent of the west bank but not ten yahoo star of the show he pretends that israel wants all of the west bank and then jury negotiations the claim will be that israel is making a heart wrenching concession as it gives up ninety percent of the west bank but by giving up ninety percent of the west bank is will then get to keep all it really once exactly as sippy livni keep saying the wall is our final border israel wouldn't be investing billions and billions of dollars into building this wall if it wanted territory beyond the wall ok if i go back to irvine you know i mean i and i had a hard time doing if not if god had a head to head. jumping out of so it's not just the wall and the west bank and gaza they're in lebanon now or syria actually because it's syria golan's there they're drilling gaster they're taking somebody else's gas and oil they're not content i mean it's it would be enormous far too bright and far too well informed to be naive enough to take the words of an israeli leader when it comes to their expansion and their expansionist policies the

i believe the west needs to they believe that the west has applied that there has been pressure on iranians because they tried to exercise their right amend they believe this needs to be changed. >> i see your rationale. you would like to see iran delivering on the promises it made. you know that now you will be scrutinized by everybody on this planet? >> we have been scrutinized. >> exactly they have been searching iran up and down in and out for the past 10 years, probably more than they have searched any other country on the face of this earth. and they have not found a single evidence of dye version of our nuclear program into anything but peaceful purposes. so we are not worried. we know that our program is transparent. we know that our program is exclusively for peaceful purposes. so we have no problem. we have nothing to hide. we believe that the international community will find for itself that it has been basically, it'ss energy, resources and a great deal of money because these inspections require a lot of money. all of this will have been waited on an attempt, pushed by possessor

the west this point. i just want to say that so far. unlike what john said in london it hasn't quelled the anti russian side to men in fact people after this announcement and you can debate it until the end of time whether it was expected or not a lot of the western journalists found the most interesting thing that putin talked for too long today even despite this enormous news whether or not you expected it or not and i think putin is in a very very difficult position because it's a lose lose position if he didn't do this he would be criticized if he did this criticize he said today he envied obama it's just for that reason well i think that the tide is swinging in london and elsewhere in favor of mr putin just as an example last night i had i had a taxi driver who was turkish here in london and he had me talking russian. associate and he said oh you're russian i said no no i'm british but speak a little. better russian i lived there for a long time and he said oh you're right mr putin i said mr putin is doing good things for russia an

you will get more "bloomberg west." >> this is the early edition of "bloomberg west." for emilyjohnson in chang. now, to your bloomberg top headlines. four people hurt after a knowing jet hit an office building in the johannesburg airport. a wing struck a building after going down the wrong taxiway, sending debris. an investigation is underway. more than 400 45 thousand households are without power in ontario and quÉbec after a major ice storm hits quÉbec. the storm also caused the cancellation of dozens of flights, making it a christmas travel nightmare, and fantasy tops the return of ron burgundy. bbit" beat "anchorman 2," despite a heavy, heavy marketing campaign. lot changing as large energy providers are increasing solar, and these days, you can own pieces of solar projects and collect interest area mosaic, an interesting company helping people to do just that, from schools and military bases, they have connected investors with solar projects that need the money. to talk aboutw this interesting crowd funding model. you described this business to me, and my job w

not nearly as bad as it is north and west. this is ice on top of would you believe 7, 8 inches of snow in spots from eastern west virginia through areas in frederick and caroll counties, even 5-inch plus totals in northern loudoun out toward winchester, charles town. unbelievable the way it showed yesterday in the afternoon for just a few hours. it really piled up. freezing rain being the main culprit this morning. watching this conveyor belt of moisture coming in still from alabama and georgia. still raining in eastern kentucky. this will take a while to work its way through us. that's why i think through 10:00, 11:00 well have rain showers we'll be dealing w. all the salmon color, this is the wintry mix, the freezing rain. it is broken up. see how we have breaks here. up north frederick, westminster, much of upper montgomery county now, howard county back through leesburg, that route 15 ride coming into fauquier county. power outages in bealeton. a friend of mine says they have a generator, they're the only house with christ

♪ >> west memphis, arkansas, 1993. a small town, blue collar, steeped in religion, crisscrossed with truck traffic and interstates. just across the mississippi from graceland and beale street in memphis, tennessee. it's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher byers and michael more. >> they were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work and i'm cooking and all that, and he and michael just kept begging and begging, please, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave

west memphis, arkansas, 1993. a small town, blue collar, steeped in religion, crisscrossed with truck traffic and interstates. just across the mississippi from graceland and beale street in memphis, tennessee. it's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher buyers and michael more. >> they were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always davy and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work, and i'm cooking and all that and he and michael just kept begging, please, let me go, so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i sai

we have an uber investor next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg west" on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, tablet and bloomberg.com as well as apple tv. uber caught some heat this week from riders after some of them on the east coast paid as much as three to four times the normal rate last weekend for rides during the snowstorm. this is because of uber's surge pricing policy where users pay more when demand is higher. in reaction to the complaint, uber tells "bloomberg west" surge pricing helps to get more cars on the road quickly when demand outstrips supply, helping to guarantee the uber reliability that users count on. users are clearly notified and must acknowledge the elevated pricing within the app before they can request a car. for more, i spoke with cory johnson and the managing director at menlo ventures, an investor in uber. i asked whether paying $35 a mile is fair. >> fair is not the right question. it is more important to make sure that you have a car to take you home than what it costs

i believe the west needs to they believe that the west has applied that there has been pressure on iranians because they tried to exercise their right amend they believe this needs to be changed. >> i see your rationale. you would like to see iran delivering on the promises it made. you know that now you will be planet? >> we have been scrutinized. >> exactly they have been searching iran up and down in and out for the past 10 years, probably more than they have searched any other country on the face of this earth. and they have not found a single evidence of dye version of our nuclear program into anything but peaceful purposes. so we are not worried. we know that our program is transparent. we know that our program is exclusively for peaceful purposes. so we have no problem. we have nothing to hide. we believe that the international community will find for itself that it has been basically, it'ss energy, resources and a great deal of money because these inspections require a lot of money. all of this will have been waited on an attempt, pushed by possessor of nuclear weapons outside the f

to that some corruption is going toward it into west europe so i think this is a big problem i don't think that ukrainians are going to receive much in the way of benefit from further partnership if again and referring to the if they don't have more control over how that partnership is shaped and i think what's happened is that that people in ukraine are very very frustrated with high levels of corruption in their government but high levels of dysfunctionality with the excessively high rates of inequality and so of course they aspire to west european standards of living of but also reduced corruption i think if they don't see is that west europe with its current kind of the film liberal trajectory is moving away from those previous and of social democratic norms of low corruption low levels of inequality and so they really are kind of moving away from from that model jeffrey great to talk to you thank you very much indeed for joining us live jeffrey summers associate professor of political economy and public policy in wisconsin working and i thank you very much and they went across a

north and west of town tonight. icing is tonight north and west and the morning commute will be icy north and west, even as close in as rockville and bethesda and your morning commute will be just wet if you are south of d.c. or east of i- 95 and just a wet commute for them. it will be slow no doubt, but not as dangerous as the commute to the north and the west and temperatures, still 27 in rockville and ashburn. this is what concerns me. these temperatures are out, still in the mid-20s. we're going to add the heavier rain to that and we'll come back and tell you how much ice will be accumulated for them today and you might want to take the time to go outside and shake off the branches and the trees as you don't want the ice on top of that, which is that will break them . >> thanks, topper. the weather has grounded or delayed a lot of flights. at reagan national, there's a ground stoppage, which means all flights that are leaving and arriving, they have been stopped until 5:30 this evening. at dulles it appears that

ending in in gaza in the west bank what israel is doing we're talking about all other things here in america there is the deliberate attempt to keep the people ignorant god forbid the americans should stand up and say i don't want my money to go to people who are committing heinous crimes borderline genocide and i can't eat here i'm hopeless but i'm contributing not only to the people of israel that are there at the moment but anybody who wishes to come whether it's from africa whether it's from asia they can everybody can go there and my tax dollars will fund them this is what americans don't know and it's it's about time that the other media started concentrating on this but then of course the media here as well we know who the ownerships are normally you know convince me that netanyahu is going to nixon goes to china. try to convince me. peter i think there is a misunderstanding here and i'm doing my best to try to clarify number one just let me get back to the point that was just made ok of course i agree that israel unless it's forced to won't change the african-american luzhin

so effectively they want ten percent of the west bank but not ten yahoo star of the show he pretends that israel wants all of the west bank and then jury negotiations the claim will be that israel is making a heart wrenching concession as it gives up ninety percent of the us but by giving up ninety percent of the west bank is will then get to keep all it really once exactly as sippy livni keep saying the wall is our final border israel wouldn't be investing billions and billions of dollars into building this wall if it wanted territory beyond the wall ok if i go back to irvine you know i mean i and i had a hard time doing if not if god had a head to head. jumping i'm sorry it's not just the wall and the west bank and gaza they're in lebanon now or syria actually because it's syria golan's there is they're drilling gaster they're taking somebody else's gas and oil they're not content i mean it's it would be enormous far too bright and far too well informed to be naive enough to take the words of an israeli leader when it comes to their expansion and their expansionist policies they ar

if you look at the west coast, notice how this storm is moving west to east. so the cold comes down but this storm is going to push it out of the way as it moves off towards the east. we have the arctic blast there. the snow showers with it. a little disturbance down in ohio this morning. see these snow showers? this is what we're looking at for early to mid afternoon. as this comes across the region, it will squeeze out some snow in the mountains and potentially even a snow shower around here. you can see it on the futurecast. here we are at 1:00. it comes across. by 3:30 notice a couple of rain and snow showers across the region. traveling today, still looks pretty good out west. southwest looks fine. phoenix, l.a., if you're catching a flight to grandma's house, cold in minneapolis and des moines. same in the dakotas. this looks to be a fairly light event. in the south all is looking good. just cold. new orleans only 53. atlanta only 43 and a much better day for travel. some snow showers pittsburgh and buffalo but boston, new york, the whole 95 corridor loo

we'll be live at ebay headquarters all day tomorrow for a special bloomberg west. we'll have an interview with the and much more.oe you do not want to miss our ebay special tomorrow on bloomberg -- "bloomberg west." markets onok at the the move every hour. here's julie hyman. we do have a bit of a mixed picture today as people trying people are the -- trying to weigh the economic data that came out this morning. the nasdaq flirted with the green a little bit, but is back down 1/10 of one percent. we want to highlight a couple of stocks. a technologyis stock. the company reported strong data through phase three of its breast cancer drug. watching francesca holdings. the clothing and accessories company said it has cut its outlook for the holiday quarter. more on the markets in a -- in 30 minutes. >> this is the early edition of "bloomberg west" and i'm emily chang. we have top headlines. vice president joe biden has arrived in south korea for the final stop on his three-country asian tour. he will meet with south korea's president to talk about north korea, and then

and farther west, we've got a few clouds in now as well. temperatures right now, though, just hovering in the 30s throughout much of the region. it's going to be only climbing, i think, into the upper 30s for the afternoon hours. and we will then overnight tonight get right back down to near freezing by dawn tomorrow. by midnight, might even have a few flurries in the air with temperatures by then down to the low 30s. sunset today at 4:48. by dawn -- between midnight and dawn on tuesday, we could have a few flurries north and west of the metro area. that white zone. then the light blue zone there may be a dusting, maybe half an inch of snow. the panhandle of west virginia, frederick county, maryland, and into the border area with maryland and pennsylvania, that's where there might be anywhere from a dusting to an inch. that's, again, going to be late tonight into early tuesday morning. and then it will be gone and we will have some milder air beginning to move back in during the afternoon on tuesday. into the low to mid-40s. might have a sp

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into the western partsxd of the west virginia panhandle and on into the mountains of west virginia as well. that's wher/1 the advisories ar. story is. there's only one little pocket of temperatures still at or near thee1 freezing mark. that's in the deepest parts of the shenandoah valley right now. in and aroundt( town, we've mad it to the mid to upper 30s and low 40s in lower parts of southern maryland. wju)qj will continue. and we'll keep a close eye out there, still the possibility of a little bit of freezingñr rainn northern most maryland for the next little while. could still see slippery roads. first thing tomorrow, late tonight, early tomorrow morning, i-70 west of fredericks up to gettysburg, snow on the roads a possibility. and a few possibilities of free[w'g rain. all the rain and stuff is going to come to an end by midnight. but it's not going to warm upxd any time soon. another cold week is coming, everybody. everybody. szot too bad. we'll be in the 40s tomorrow. but another shot of cold air arrives late tomorrow night so monday's highs in the 30s and will stay only in th

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we will talk more about that when we continue on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." todaymily chang. all day we are taking you inside of ups. this year, the biggest shipping company introduced o'briant, a system that crunches data to save a fraction of a mile on the daily route. ups'hub inr is that louisville, kentucky. tell us about o'briant. >> i would love to. those fractions of a mile per ups could add up to millions of dollars. lots of savings. orion,, theyn -- have been working on this for about a decade. they have come up with an algorithm of the driving route. take a look. the algorithmon, that makes ups take. >> algorithm is not a word you expect to hear from your ups driver. with the new technology, orion is changing delivery. >> we are a technology company is ahas trucks. >> orion program 10 years in the making. its objective is to find the most fuel efficient way to get packages to your doorstep. >> with 20 million deliveries of ways to, there is more service the customers in a nanosecond. it will actually run 200,000 different alternatives. it will say

the western approach to terrorism has been very consistent because we are told on the one hand the west implacably opposed to radical islamic terrorism and that it's the biggest schooled humanity etc and yet on the other hand we have the west lining up radical islamic terrorists in syria you know back on the same side as al qaeda trying to topple eight secular government i mean this is a serial killer if you actually flew an al-qaeda attempt on the u.s. embassy. can i ask in two thousand and six and what did the u.s. doing response when they tried to topple the syrian government so there is an inconsistency here and i think that unless the west actually stops it's inconsistent approach and actually does fight terrorism across the work and working with russia closely i think that these problems will only can see if there is the danger that when terrorism occurs in russia it's kind of dismissed or it's kind of regarded as not really the same thing and have been some shocking articles actually in the western media went similar terrorist attacks have occurred in russia was blaming the ratio

west here in northern virginia, eastern west virginia, see the hole that's opened up? we're going to get a little sunshine for a few showers this afternoon. that may boost us toward 60 here. you can already see how warm it is areas west of us, south of us. it's 60 in norfolk and ram lay. charleston 6 -- raleigh. charleston 64. we still have 30s across pennsylvania and new england. for tonight, tomorrow, the warm air is going to take over and it is going to be rather balmy. 63 in luray right now to 49 in westminster. those are the ranges with fredricksburg going into the 60s this afternoon. we're in the low 50s because we've been stuck in the clouds most of the day. that's what it looks like, looking at kennedy center here at noon on our michael & son weather camera with a temperature at 53 national airport. cloudy skies. calm on the winds. 50s december calm winds feels very comfortable and the dew point is in the 30s. this morning it's risen into the 40s so we'll have generally a southerly wind. that will bring in the warmth in the short term but look at cold. temperat

the configuration of the school on the west side. the west side of this school is typically made up of the student parking lot. it is an area that has at least two and probably three if the kids are real innovative, different entrances and exits that can be used. it goes to the immediate area of the gymnasium and pool on the west side. that gives you th the configuration. >> who did the student ask for the teacher. >> he asked the other students in the specific area. >> how is it that no teacher or administrator encountered this student first. how did this student get to the other students first? >> first off you have to understand that this is a high school. these young men and women who are here to be educated come and go fairly freely. they have down time and breaks in their day. they're moving in and about the school on a regular basis. certainly as the individual entered the school, he asked for the teacher immediately from the students who were in the area. there were no other teachers in the area. >> was the gun visible at tha

that is up next on "liberty west." west."omberg ♪ >> i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." an event in your city today, spotify announced that it will offer it using streaming service on mobile devices for free. customers no longer have to pay $10 a month. our editor-at-large cory johnson was at the event this morning. what can you tell us about this event. >> this is an important deal for spotify. toy have took a big step distinguishing themselves from competitors like pandora. they are enticing more customers to try their premium service. take a look at what the spotify's ceo had to say. >> it will not be about purchasing one song and then another song. it is about listening to music and adding to this unlimited spotify.n on it is accessible on all devices. >> the chief content officer got into the nitty-gritty of how the service works. >> the new service allows three ee to -- three users -- fr on anysers to experience devices. three years ago, we launch the service and it was a different world. >> people had computers and desks back then. wright state introduced the serv

the west this point. i just want to say that so far. unlike what john said in london it hasn't quelled the anti russian sentiment in fact people after this announcement and you can debate it until the end of time whether it was expected or not a lot of the western journalists found the most interesting thing that couldn't talk for too long today even despite this enormous news whether or not you expected it or not and i think putin's in a very very difficult position because it's a lose lose position if he didn't do this he would be criticized if he did this criticize he said today he envied obama it's just for that reason that has put him there taking a big gamble here. saying that could be a negative reaction among some people but the opposition they would love to see this happening. could we see him perhaps becoming part of the opposition here the movement. oh i don't know maybe from outside of russia i can't speak to that the terms of his. freedom and so forth but i think the the operation that holder cos he was a part of the his fo

so effectively they want ten percent of the west bank but not ten yahoo star of the show he pretends that israel wants all of the west bank and then during the go she only sions the claim will be israel's making a heart wrenching concession as it gives up ninety percent of the world's bank but by giving up ninety percent of the west bank is will then get to keep all it really once exactly as sippy livni keep saying the wall is our final border israel wouldn't be investing billions and billions of dollars into building this wall if it wanted territory beyond the wall ok if i go back to irvine you know i mean i had a hard time doing if not if god had a head to head. jumping i'm sorry it's not just the wall and the west bank and gaza they're in lebanon now or syria actually because it's syria golan's there is they're drilling gaster they're taking somebody else's gas and oil they're not content i mean it's it would be enormous far too bright and far too well informed to be naive enough to take the words of an israeli leader when it comes to their expansion and their expansionist policie

we will be right back with "bloomberg west." ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." a victoria's secret fashion show ratingsast night, and were improved over last year. offeredfirst time, cbs a second screen experience to sync audio from the tv to your devices. interactivet of cbs . i asked him what kinds of things you were able to do with this app? of viewers on television overall have another device with them. we have been building tons of apps. bowl andhem at super the grammys. you get clips, taking quizzes, getting information, seeing sketches of clothing, seeing backstage with taylor swift and the models. lots of things that go along for the super fan. >> how much work goes into a gekko >> a lot. -- into a second screen? >> a lot. this centers around the people that want to get more stuff out of the show. >> can you give us traffic on the app? number one was the rated show, up 36% over last year. by the end of this week, we will have stats overall. >> the fashion show is the perfect thing to do a second screen app for because you can actually buy the stuff that

is just now starting to move so the west coast. as a matter of fact, they have snow today on the pacific coast beaches. maybe even tomorrow some snow in las vegas before it eventually pulls out and impacts the northeast on sunday and monday. either way, 7/8 of the country will remain in an icy grip with many record lows for the southwest. back to you. >> thanks, jim. that is going to be the worry for us. it's not going to be the snow. it is going to be the ice. this will be a significant ice storm for many portions of area. winter storm watch in effect for sunday all of the way through monday morning. one to two inches of snow and ice around the i-95 corridor. potentially two to four back towards the west. again, that includes snow and ice. i'm going to break it down for you. i will show you ho is going the get hit the hardest because some of us will get walloped. >>> some folks here are hunkering down before the storm moves through this weekend. today's rain didn't keep everybody indoors. jackie bensen continues our team coverage

the pan hahandle of west virgin northern shenandoah valley. steven city up to winchester, they, too, got about a quarter of an inch of ice on the tree limbs and power lines. as a result we have power outages and we still have a winter storm watch in effect all these counties in color northern virginia, the district, prince geor george's, montgomery, fairfax, arlington, falls church in effect until 10:00 this morning. temperatures right now are below freezing. south and east it is generally just a couple of degrees above freezi freezing. there's national airport now where it's at 34 with icing in the suburbs. we'll have that with us through 8:00. by noontime the mid-30s and just some light rain in the upper 30s and cloudy. the rain ending by early afternoon should be in the upper 30s by mid to late afternoon. >>> and now, maynard edwards, how are the roadways? >>> an outer loop crash, 495 at chain bridge road k. only the left lane getting by. another outer loop crash at vandorn. it's closing the right shoulder lane at this point. a live look at

the protesters do their dirty work blockading official buildings paralyzing give the protests in the west calls of encouragement the supporters of your integration must remain firm and seize the momentum of the protest this is the only way they can get you to make concessions one neighbor in particular seems to be paying especially close attention to events in ukraine but the european union needs you and you need the european union and if you needed you would be with your poland has always regarded ukraine as its backyard it has i would say neo imperialist designs on ukraine what some powers may be hoping for is a repeat of the events of two thousand and four when the country stood still for months in support of the western backed viktor yushchenko but things have changed over the years the orange revolution worked because people didn't know what it was about at the time. nine years later things are a bit more clear all the promises that were made then. have been repeatedly broken the crowds in key of are clearly disillusioned and a bitterly divided parliament has a tough task in building

more bloomberg west after this back to bloomberg west. it we want to update you on the developing story, former south african president and worldwide symbol of freedom nelson mandela has died at the age of 95. tributes are coming in from around the world. here is president obama. sacrificing his own freedom for the freedom of others. he transformed south africa and moved all of us. his journey from a prisoner to a embodied the promise that human beings and countries cachange forhe better. the commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him is an example that all humanity should aspire to. he joined the african national congress and worked to oppose apartheid. inwould be sentenced to life prison and remained behind bars for 27ears for being released. want a free man, he was able to negotiate an end to apartheid rule and become the first elected black president of south africa and a global icon for reconciliation. nelson mandela is the subject of the latest film that hit theaters this weekend. i am joined with more. >>

portions of 66 west of the district and i-81. i'm up with the latest on this wintry mix for saturday. >>> right now, a warning from attorney general arnds the country to be aware of credit cards issued by doctors. the cards are being pushed in doctors offices. >> patients think they are getting a good deal. tom costello has more on this story. >> reporter: just imagine. you are in the dentist chair, your tooth is aching and a person says you need thousands of dollars of work. no insurance? no problem. he had a shiny new instrument, a medical card. >> you are trying toet your teeth fixed. >> sandy brown thought it made sense facing extensive dental work. she signed up for a medical credit card in the dental office. then the surprise. the balance jumped from $2600 to more than $4,000. the warning was in the small print, don't pay off the balance and get hit with a penalty, nearly $1,600. interest rates jump from 0% to 30%. >> 30% almost is outrageous. i think that it's criminal. >> reporter: the new york attorney general received h

all of northern maryland, panhandle of west virginia and northern west virginia as well. a big change in weather depending on a small change in temperature. temperatures at or just above freezing in southern maryland. mid 20s in place across northern maryland and martinsburg, west virginia. if you look out your backyard thermometer and see a temperature in the 20s, you should expect two to three inches of snow or more. if you're 30 degrees or higher, it will be that mix we're fighting all day. we are snow to start pretty much everywhere. bigger problems the further north you live or travel. we're watching out for what could be an icy, slippery mess on monday morning. the biggest risk for icy travel monday morning, 270, all the way from the capital beltway up toward frederick, maryland. veronica johnson showing some of the latest reports on twitter. >> that's right. we start, too, with a look at the radar. we'll come back and show you some of the pictures, photos that you folks have been taking and sending in to us. take a look at the radar right now. down in the south we

we have an uber investor next on "bloomberg west." >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg west" on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, tablet and bloomberg.com as well as apple tv. bloomberg caught some heat this week from writers after some of them on the east coast paid as much as three to four times the normal rate for rides during the snowstorm. in reaction to the complaint, uber tells "bloomberg west" surge pricing helps to get more cars on the road quickly when demand outstrips supply. users are clearly notified and must acknowledge the elevated pricing within the oonch pp before they can request a car. for more, i spoke with cory johnson and the managing director at menlo investors. i asked whether paying $35 a mile is fair. >> that is not the right question. it is more important to make sure that you have a car to take you home than what it costs. what uber is trying to do with surge pricing is to make sure that the car is on the road. what is worse than paying $35 is not getting home during a snowstorm. i think it is

it could also make a good gift, next on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. it has been almost a decade since guitar hero exploded onto the game scene. now the creators are using some of the most advanced analogy available. the new karaoke machine can turn your single voice into three- part harmony and even strip away the vocals. cory johnson is in new york. going all hoping we are to hear using today. >> that's sweet to hope that. >> i know you like to sing. karaoke machine has studio quality vocal effects to sing along. i saw it happen on the early edition of "bloomberg west yurko i asked the cofounders if they -- why they wanted to created new karaoke machine. like the lasts frontier in music gaming that hasn't changed much since it first came out in the 70s. both of us can't sing very well, so we discovered this technology trying to do vocal harmonies and analogylive. this presented itself and we just knew it was the future. >> how does it work? >> it is basically live vocal processing technology that we adapted for consumer use. we made

terms that is not ten yahoo will make a grand show where he's withdrawing from ninety percent of the west bank to the ten percent behind the wall and in exchange for this grand concession by the israelis the palestinians are going to have to give up the right of return that's basically how the theater the drama is going to play itself out and if you look at yesterday's for example reports yesterday in the israeli press the e.u. made a statement it said to israel and the palestinian authority you better get serious about negotiations now because if you don't resolve the conflict we're going to cease subsidizing the projects no bust bank so basically the e.u. is now colluding collaborating with the us. turning the screws on the problems student loans that incidentally is the purpose behind the current murderous blockade of gaza to break the will of the people of god so they repudiate hamas the palestinian authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians the palestinian authority will there really has no choice concede to the u.s. israeli demands which the e.u. is going along with

be lionized by west vo cons by the russian herbs and i think he will try to north korea but of course the problems he's got is that western leaks don't vote in russian elections if the voting in russia elections just neo-con the people in the west that he would win a fight landslide but the russian people quite right the people i think with total contempt for the crimes that they committed during the one nine hundred ninety s. and so i think his chances of winning in russia or getting any kind of credible political force a very very remote people all the russian people don't support oligarchy they don't want people like politics and they want to vote for the and so this is the problem but he's got he'll get a copy of the very popular the west you'll get glowing editorials and glowing articles in the western media and the russian people won't vote for him. and how well putin's decision affects russia's image well i think we've got to understand that whatever putin does these the hardcore russian firms in the west will criticize him if he releases quite a horse early believe norrie ford

>> senator, there are 55 counties in west virginia. mitt romney carried every one of them, in part because the president's well-advertised and candidly professed war on coal, which he conducts entirely through the executive branch. is there anything that the marginalized legislative branch under this government can do to stop that? >> well, we're doing everything i can. i'm reaching out to my democratic colleagues. you know, it's hard getting the support i need with that, and fossil fuel here, anything i've said, the facts are what they are. 8 billion tons of coal being burned in the world. >> let me just be clear, do you think the obama administration is trying to kill coal? >> oh, i definitely believe that they are not in favor, and there is a war on coal. they do realize that they have to have it because the department of energy, the eia, the energy information agency, says that, basically, fossils will be needed for the next two to three decades, but why they're trying to shoot themselves in the foot and being in denial, and there

up here to the north-west. not a lot of snow left. cold air is coming into place, cooling down the places well below average. no snow you can see here on the forecast map for thursday. take a look at the temperatures for seattle. we'll see barely above freezing. high temperatures on saturday. overnight lows going into the teens for many there. you may want to make sure that you crack your faucets. across the south-west we have heart freeze warnings effect from the valley. agricultural areas will be watching that carefully. we could be seeing a lot of plants dying. no rain in terms of that. snow in the higher elevations. we will see los angeles going down 50 degrees. that's the rain we'll see. texas with cold temperatures. rain to the south, snow to the north. dangerous situations. high for dallas. >> new fears of menning gitize erupting. >> accusations against the n.s.a. >> economic struggles forcing one community to wage actions for its children. the plan involving the creates of a new city. meningiti meningit meningitis >>> an outbr

for the west, this is some moment. this is the west projecting. this is not the soviet union. the soviet union is long gone. >> toppling down of lenin is western media. postsoviet world, while for the ukrainians lenin is something from the past. of course there were some glorification when lenin fell down but definitely by the international media the story is overdone. >> but that's what happens when the global media parachute into a story in a country they know little about. perhaps the post-cold war narrative wasn't any part of an agenda but what one seize as context one already sees as context in an international history. time has moved on even though western journalists think they are back in ussr. >> yanukovych is president of ukraine. putin is president of russia. they have mutual interest, but ukraine given its troubled history is never binary. you are for us or against us, there is always a third way. one way or the other. >> the danger is depicting ukraine as a bystander, passive to its simply being torn apart between russia and the west. when you look at what's happe

that's coming up on "bloomberg west." ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. another quarter of sluggish sales growth for oracle. revenue up but new software licenses and the scripture and revenues dipping slightly. the revenue from hardware systems and changed. apple will start taking orders for the new mac pro tomorrow. tim cook tweeting they started making the whole computer in the usa in austin, texas, calling it the most powerful mac ever. it starts at $3000 and 1/8 the size of the current mac pro. one of the biggest airlines says they will not allow in-flight calls. internal research says it would be a disruption. last week, the fcc voted to seek public comment on ending the ban. 2013 has been an exciting year for technology to say the least. stories about the problems with healthcare.gov, virtual currency bitcoin dominating the cycle below are the top five stories? joining us with his top five, maynard webb from yahoo and he is currently on the board of salesforce as well. he founded a seed stage firm. great to have you here on "bloomberg west." number

the snow to the west stays to the west. sunday we have a chance to see snow. we are not talking much. a dusting to an inch along i-95. to the west winchester and leesburg frederick and northern montgomery county one to two inches. some locations possibly more. the snow is not the big deal. it will be the ice. this is the area we expect the ice. not southern maryland or the district, western montgomery prince william, all to the west. snow to ice, ice accumulating a tenth of an inch. some spots a half inch. icy roadways and branches that come down and power outages. we could be without power. that. the next couple days we are staying cold. more chances of rain on monday. another chance of snow tuesday. not much here. don't errorworry about that. next week it's just cold. >> thank you, doug. jason pugh what's coming up in sports. >> the wizards top draft post. the relationship between coordinator and quarterback brought into question. the answer >>> well it's already started, jason, the first coach out the door. >> it's an unfortunate situation, but we see it al

so morning commute, icy north and west of town. the district will be above 32 by 7:00. frederick, maryland, may take until 10:00 to get above freezing and leesburg. we'll come back and talk about how i've already lowered temperatures for tomorrow and increased the snow chances tuesday and how much ice could accumulate overnight. >>> here's something that will be very helpful to you beginning tomorrow morning, our wusa9 news app to help you stay on top of the breaking news, weather and traffic for the washington area and your own neighborhood. you want to make sure you have the wusa9 i add app. click on the traffic tab. zoom -- ipad app. click on the traffic tab and zoom into the roadways that you're most concerned about. it will keep you informed on all the accidents in the entire washington area, school closings and weather alerts. so download it tonight, the wusa9 ipad app for realtime traffic accidents and construction alerts, even microconditions on the street and beyond near your home. our team coverage continues near montgomery county where all southbound lanes on

"bloomberg west: inside ebay." broadway,uper bowl to fans turned to the ebay stubhub to buy tickets. stubhub is using technology and data to create a better experience for fans. i know you love your concerts. >> and a big sports fan as well. there is no more efficient market than stubhub. stubhub will opt in with a solution. ebay scooped it up in acquisition a few years back. check this out. -- it is time to change the way that tickets are sold. fant is about the experience. innovation is used across the business. takes a percentage off ticket sales on the rest goes to the seller. stubhub is after a lot more. the business has grown dramatically. back then it sold 10 tickets a minute. today in cells went to get every second. everysells one ticket second. it has grown with mobile ticketing. stubhub is a risk for even. the ebay gross margins have fallen. milking big data could be the key. .> this is a new science we are trying to understand that. arasu is the chief technology officer. >> where we are taking it to the