>> 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

the snow to the west. this is not the snow and ice that's going to affect us, it's around the washington, d.c. area, the rain through the day today. now, storm team 4 radar showing where the rain is in montgomery county, howard county and fairfax. most of it on the lighter side. the heavier rain is in the martinsburg area and i-81. it will stay all rain tonight. over the weekend, the cold air moves in. we have a winter storm watch in effect. potential, one to two inches of snow and ice around i-95 corridor. two to four inches to the west. it may be a little high. we'll talk more about that later on. right now, all eyes are on sunday afternoon. guys? >> all right doug. two corruption cases are shaking the d.c. police department. an officer is being investigated for prostitution. pat collins was in court with the officer facing child important charges and asked d.c. police chief cathy lanier what it means for the department. >> reporter: teenage girls, cops, accusations of bad behavior, the consequences, hur

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

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

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

♪ >> 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

we just have showers to our west. we're okay another few hours, but the showers back in toward hagerstown and down toward cumberland and elkins will roll in here late tonight setting the stage for a yellow alert tomorrow for two wet commutes. 63 downtown, gaithersburg, 64 manassas, how could we be talking about sleet or snow over the weekend? this is how. 3 below in bismarck, 25 chicago, 31 in dallas. they were in the 60s just a day ago. so the last bit of warm air in the east will be squeezed out of here in the next couple days. we'll talk about that in greater detail >>> get ready to start digging deeper into your buses and pockets to ride the metrobuses and trains next year. >> reporter: riders are not thrilled about news of a fare hike. >> i seen that on the news, but what can you do? i expected it. you expect that from metro, right? >> reporter: today general manager richard sarles unveiled his plan. come july if approved it would cost you an average of 15 cents more to take a bus, a dime higher to ride the rails

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

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

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

we will be right back with more "bloomberg west." ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on technology and the future of business. i'm cory johnson in for emily chang. let's get straight to the headlines. the apple store in berlin was robbed -- police say the thieves crashed the car through the window and stole laptops and ipads. they believe it is the same criminals who robbed another store in a similar fashion. sony sold its music offshoot, grace note and now they are trying to get rid of some nonessential businesses. grace note provides software using itunes and other music programs. italy's parliament has passed the google tax for web advertising. it requires italian companies to purchase internet ads from locally registered companies instead of companies registered in tax havens like bermuda. you may have heard this story -- pr director at irs -- at a company -- she tweeted, going to africa, i hope i don't get aids. just kidding, i'm white. she will landed in south africa and was immediately terminated which released the following statement. the offensive -- we take

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

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

drilling sites because the north west of england is full of shale gas its reserves to last the u.k. in terms of energy supply for up to six years and i've been covering these fracking stories we've had protests in sussex as well. on the test sites and i personally spoke to a man in last year who showed me a crack on his wall from earthquakes but it take. place near blackpool that would drill the fracking taking place there so these are things that are still these protests are still taking place and there is a sense of course the protest at the moment in manchester that is an exploratory drilling that's a test site but there is a sense that if companies are investing money into exploratory drilling it's going to lead to fracking. well avoiding reporting. from greenland but she's not in the green part of england well she's joining us on the line from brussels where hi judy ritchie thanks for your time we're seeing fracking causing more and more problems we're hearing more stories about it coming out now for east and west europe this is going to draw the attention from the e.u. authori

that is next on "bloomberg west ." ♪ set both this is "bloomberg west ." i'm emily chang. the music industry is going through a tremendous change. are artists getting people to those concerts? my partner cory johnson is back to explain. cory? irony, is the great right? apple, pandora, napster decimated the music industry, but they are turning to them for live revenues. these stage set is dominated by a technology driven firm. >> 1, 2, 3, 4! ♪ >> the concert business setting up for a high technology. these days the best show off and is the best stage. it is an arms race and the leading armed dealer is a private company in the heart of amish country in rural pennsylvania. >> these days you build your relationship with your customers in the line of experience. >> justin timberlake, elton john ,u2 -- all have turned to tait. >> we have people who went to airing school. process starts with 3-d modeling on software. on autodesk. they are shipped all over the world, slapped together, disassembled, and shipped to the next gig. the man behind it all is james whitten ferrell. he s

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

terrorist against the west so now it was time to leave my base not that these terrorists now is like they fred this may well be these they kids going to turn there and that's a. very complicated difficult picture painting the international affairs and defense analyst thanks for your analysis. all the time the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights is reporting at least thirty six people have been killed in airstrikes in the syrian city of aleppo fifteen of those victims is said to be for them. the latest update from. the island is finally ready to take its finances into its own hands in the past week having become the first state to work itself free of rescue loans the milestones expected to dominate the irish prime minister's televised address in fact to the nation in about an hour's time test for a set of reports from dublin. people know that in that decision they endured the three years of very very deep you had salaries going down and you had their benefits of being slashed a lot of deep spending cuts so what the government really is trying to do is say that this today is

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

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 snow and mix will hang on frederick north and west and will also hang on leesburg north and west and remain mostly snow for the mountains. you in a just end in sleet -- may just end in sleet at the very end. we've got nothing to an inch through the immediate metro area and the beltway, so bethesda, the district, trace to an inch. 1 to 2 inches you start going north. this is kind of indicative of our microclimates, if you will. maybe toward gaithersburg and leesburg 1 to 2. up into northern loudoun county out toward percyville and bluemont you're in the 2 to 4 range, 2 to 4 in frederick and hagerstown westward into the panhandle into the mountains and back through the canaan valley 4 inches. live look outside, quiet, not that cold, 39, winds south, southwest at 6. a front will go through here and then cold air returns tomorrow, but it's not going to be fully entrenched here and will eventually lose the battle to the warm air because this system is a two- pronged system, not that unusual for us. we had one system roll through the ohio valley and tennessee valley and reform off the

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

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

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

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

the rest of the west, very cold morning. watch out for freezing fog in oregon. we go from 70 today, starting to warm things up a hill bit. even as we go toward tomorrow, we should be better. all the koelcold air, richard, leaving the west. >> what do you think of the new graphics at "early today"? >> i like it. like the music i wrote for the show? >> i do. quite a conductor. good stuff. bill karins, you didn't know that about him, did you? >>> the american film institute has released the list of the top movies of the year. how many have you seen? the best of the best includes "12 years a slave," "gravity" >> that's your favorite, right, "gravity"? >> i'll take "gravity" or "12 years a slave." and "wolf of wall street." >>> metallica played in all continents, after playing in antarctica. the crowd listened through headphones and not amps for fear of causing an avalanche. yeah, i would rather do it that way, too. >>> congratulations to kate winslet, who gave birth to a baby boy. >>> a trailer for the upcoming "godzilla" has been released. take a look. >> your cour

of the strip as well as in northern gaza earlier on tuesday a palestinian man was killed by israelis west of beit lahia which is also in the gaza strip this was in retaliation to the earlier shooting and killing of an israeli man by a palestinian sniper now this israeli man was mending the border fence between israel and gaza when he was hit and he died in hospital what we're hearing now from israeli sources is that this is the largest operation that the israelis have carried out in terms of a strikes over gaza since the operation pillar of defense back in two thousand and twelve the idea has also sent out an alert in the last few minutes warning of border farmers as well there's always a difference within the the symmetry of gaza to stay at least one kilometer away from the fence and the understanding of course is that we could be through the airstrikes in the coming minutes if not in the coming hours so the situation on the ground extremely volatile we're following it closely and everybody particularly concerned that this could escalate into something much bigger than what we witnessing

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

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

west of here, we've had several inches of snow, petersburg, west virginia, down 81. getting some photos. pretty pictures there. two or so inches there as it comes across the blue ridge. snow, later this afternoon, sleet and ice tonight. as it is the case typically, it will stay colder out here in the suburbs versus inside the beltway where it's about 30 right now. at reagan national. 27 at dulles. at some point after sunrise we'll warm up above freezing. that's usually the threshold for seeing tree limbs snap and taking out your power. saving fwras here is that we won't have a lot of wind. when you combine ice and wind that's a massive issue with power going out for days and days, as we've seen in parts of texas. 30,000 customers in north texas still without power now, going into day three. from leesburg, some light snow this morning. just enough to wet the ground. >> mike seidel from leesburg, virginia. he talked atl about inside the beltway. that's one thing a lot of people have been asking us online. when is it going to hit? we are approaching close to that time.

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

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

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. >>

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

the heaviest amount off to the west. that will change over to sleet and freezing rain, and we could have upwards of a quarter of accumulated freezing rain on telephone poles, cars, and roadways as we move through the late afternoon and evening hours tomorrow. coming up, the rest of the timeline and what to expect the next seven days. it will get mighty cold out there, kendys. >> you should be prepared to see hundreds of snow plows and other trucks on the roads tomorrow to clear the wintry mix. earlier today, crews with vdot, the maryland state highway administration were treating the streets. robert lyall continues team coverage from alexandria. >> this has been a massive effort, and for good reason. there have been lots of power toldes in texas, so we are the road crews, about 1000 strong, started early today retreating the roadways and many of the trucks are still here at this hour. right now they are loading up on salt, preparing to head back out. we are told this is all in an effort to avert what has artie plagued th

it that is next on bloomberg west. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west" and i am emily chang. it is been a decade since guitar hero exploded on the gaming scene. and the creators behind the popular game have taken their talents to karaoke. they're using some of the most advanced vocal technology available. this karaoke machine can turn your voice into three-part harmony and strip away the vocals of your favorite song, letting you sing alone. cory johnson spoke with cofounders. he began by asking why they wanted to create a new karaoke machine. >> it is a last frontier in music gaming. it hasn't changed that much as he came out. both of us can't sing very well so we discovered this technology doing singing live. we just knew that this was the future. >> how does it work? >> it is live vocal processing technology that the professionals use. we adapted to consumer use. the technology is very complex. even if you can't sing well, it makes you sound good. >> in terms of inventing this thing, what is the real innovation? what is the thing that's new? >> the thing that is new is that

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

that is next on bloomberg west. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg west" and i am emily chang. it is been a decade since guitar hero exploded on the gaming scene. and the creators behind the popular game have taken their talents to karaoke. they're using some of the most advanced vocal technology available. this karaoke machine can turn your voice into three-part harmony and strip away the vocals of your favorite song, letting you sing alone. cory johnson spoke with cofounders. he began by asking why they wanted to create a new karaoke machine. >> it is a last frontier in music gaming. it hasn't changed that much as it came out. both of us can't sing very well so we discovered this technology doing singing live. we just knew that this was the future. >> how does it work? >> it is live vocal processing technology that the professionals use. we adapted to consumer use. the technology is very complex. even if you can't sing well, it makes you sound good. >> in terms of inventing this thing, what is the real innovation? what is the thing that's new? >> the thing that is new is that

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

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 in the go shiori sions 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 the 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 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 expansioni

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. we are all hoping we are going to hear using today. >> that's sweet to hope that. >> i know you like to sing. >> the karaoke machine has studio quality vocal effects to sing along. i saw it happen on the early edition of "bloomberg west." i asked the cofounders why they wanted to created new karaoke machine. >> karaoke was like the last 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 effects live. this analogy 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