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they're growing faster independent sellers on amazon are growing faster than amazon's first party sales. we promote to all of our customers who consider amazon as a sales channel that supplements your branded web site. amazon cloud or aws is a great platform, too, but we chose google cloud a couple years ago. >> right, but, brent, amazon is a retailer as well as an e-platform that was a comment made yesterday. i wonder do you think that third-party sellers can go all in on am sfwlon azon or is thera reason for them to be a little bit wary >> most it not all can -- it may not be all of your inventory but there is a strategy for most companies. i spent many years at ebay before i ever came to bit commerce i would say the same thing, ebay and amazon are fantastic supplemental channels. it enables our companies to take the inventory from the branded store, cross list than amazon wish and other places. so it's really about figuring out which subset of your product line sells best and how to sell best through those marketplace channels if you're a business and you say, hey look, i don't want

have some more than 500000 farmers in the amazon area and some 5 percent of dinner about some 25000 farmers they work their fields with fire and that's why our that's a very. system to work the fields so we have to make them we stop this so debt. don't grow year to year the fact is these are the worst fires in a decade on day in september you know satellites recorded more than 32000 hotspots in the rain forest 61 percent rise over the same month last year and in both september and the oldest when you would tell the president was telling us there were no 5 the blaze matched or supposed last year is single months high so the science directive for your amazon environmental research institute said we have had 2 months with a lot of fun it's already worse than last year satellites can see it why do you deny it's worse than last year now we don't deny we don't deny any sync ok september of 20 has been a war since september last year but like i told you before some 70 percent of these fires are raging in the a.d.'s that have been over reddit deforested many many many years ago that are occ

more than 500000 farmers in the amazon area and some 5 percent of danno bout some 25000 farmers they work their fields with fire and that's why our that's a very. system to work the field so we have to make them we stop this so debt. don't grow year to year the fact is these are the worst 5 in a decade on day in september you know satellites recorded more than 32000 hotspots in the rain forest 61 percent rise over the same month last year and in both september and august when you would tell the president was telling us there were no fires the blaze matched all suppost last year's single month's high so the science director for your amazon environmental research institute said we have had 2 months with a lot of fun it's already worse than last year satellites can see it why do you deny it's worse than last year now we don't deny it we don't deny anything ok september of 20 has been a war since september last year but like i told you before some 70 percent of these fires are raging atheist that have been over read it before asked it many many many years ago that are occupied by farmers

amazon has not commented. we do know it's likely to be severe only because amazon's preference throughout the pandemic has been to keep facilities open essentially at any cost unless there is a state order, or in this case, the inability to manage the place because of the rising number of cases. but we don't have a first figure. it is not a place where thousands work, it is a degree smaller. vonnie: we have a number of 20,000 when it comes to amazon's covid places -- cases more broadly. sounds like a lot of people, but can you put into context of amazon's entire labor force and whether it is a lot? reporter: it is a little complicated by the fact that amazon over that period would describe the 20,000 or so cases they have, they employ 1.3 million people in the u.s. amazon says that is an infection rate below the wider communities where they operate. some people who study statistics say we need to know more. it is commensurate with their sizes as an employer. 20,000 seems like a lot. they definitely had their s

reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and fun as raging in the amazon rain forest i did so that's the 3rd highest figure in the world for covert 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president how will to lower our how did the government 'd let it all get so bad. vice president how milton moore our welcome to conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok an hour than is ration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not very straight for war war that i put it was a joke only a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had to health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency a justice minister resigned and education minister however is off to the us just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen i

but also we have needed amazon more than ever? do you expect the company will change its position at all, it raised wages after they have already done so question mark -- so? >> they are facing an unprecedented unit drive at one of their warehouses. they will want to be very circumspect about how they talk about their workers. we will hear the same page from them, which they think they offer a better deal than most workers can find in most jobs. emily: what is your outlook on the next couple of weeks as we push through the holidays and amazon is a critical part of that? >> amazon says they have enough opacity to get shoppers through get shoppers through the big holidays. with the weather throwing wildcards in there, t are questions about whether amazon and ups can pull that off, but for now they seem to say things are looking all right. emily: matt day who covers amazon, i urge you to read that story out today on bloomberg. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. i am emily chang in san francisco. "daybreak: asia" i

wrong reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and finds raging in the amazon rain forest i did so that's the 3rd highest figure in the world for cope with 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president. how did the government let it all gets so bad that. vice-president how milton were our welcome to conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok in our administration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not very straight for war a war that i put it was a joke on me a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had to health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency and justice minister resigned and education minister however is off to the us just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen in any govern

problem saying that our in society is in amazon problem. amazon is a symptom of our problem. inequityble level of in wealth and power between the ordinary people who work and the people who run the show. the level of inequality has been getting worse and worse for decades. if we don't like the way -- amazon is not the worst -- the way they are behaving, the thing to do is to change the balance of society using boring old politics. emily: it is exacerbated by the fact that amazon is run by jeff bezos, who happens to be the richest man in the world. what would you like to see him do differently? tim it is easy to snare at and cast him as a super villain with his new look. i don't see it that way. we don't need to be telling jeff to play nice. we need to be changing regulatory frameworks around labor and tax structures and compensation structures so the powerlessness does not go on. amazon is optimized for efficiency, and how can that be about thing? but there is no free lunch. somebody is paying the price. the ones paying the price are the ones who are powerless. we need to reb

reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and fog is raging in the amazon rain forest added to that the 3rd highest figure in the world for cope with 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president. how did the government let it all get so bad that. vice president hamilton moore our welcome to conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok in our administration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not very straight for war a war that i put it was a joke ali a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had to health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency a justice minister resigned and education minister however is off to the us just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen in any government ok

wrong reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and finds raging in the amazon rain forest added so that's the 3rd highest figure in the world for cope with 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president. how did the government let it all gets so bad that. vice president hamilton were out welcome to a conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok now or than is ration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not very straight for war war that i put it was a joke ali a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had to health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency and justice minister resigned and education minister however is off to the us just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen in any government

amazon at this moment, the amazon lawyers and union lawyers are arguing on the vote. it could drag on for more months but it's fair to say we could get a pretty unprecedented for amazon union vote next year sometime. vonnie: thank you so much for joining us and breaking those stories on amazon, consistently ad constantly a story today, plant in new jersey closing because of a spike in coronavirus cases. up, as we approach the end of 2020, longtime investor gives us his take on the winners and losers this year. we will also look into the crystal ball for 2021. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloombergis is technology. i'm vonnie in new york, and for emily chang. 2020 was on fire protect startups. they went public with skyhigh valuations. that investors are betting on a permanent shift in the structure of the labor force and the economy? gdv capital isf with us. you have had an amazing year. >> yes, it has been a fantastic year. i think it has been fantastic for technology in general. survivor's guilt were all the traditional businesses are floundering, people are losing their j

but also we have needed amazon more than ever? do you expect the company will change its position at all, it raised wages after they have already done so question mark -- so? >> they are facing an unprecedented unit drive at one of their warehouses. they will want to be very circumspect about how they talk about their workers. we will hear the same page from them, which they think they offer a better deal than most workers can find in most jobs. emily: what is your outlook on the next couple of weeks as we push through the holidays and amazon is a critical part of that? enoughon says they have opacity to get shoppers through the big holidays. with the weather throwing wildcards in their, there are questions about whether amazon and ups can pull that off, but for now they seem to say things are looking all right. day who covers amazon, i urge you to read that story out today on bloomberg. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. i am emily chang in san francisco. is coming upia" next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: str

on amazon and we're a key part of that working with amazon. as you mentioned, we're also available now on the amazon marketplace. because as amazon has the relationships with large enterprises, they're looking to build and choose technology that works with amazon and we're right there. >> certainly a valuable partnership. as you look at the customer growth you experience in the third quarter, you raise guidance for next year what is driving that continued growth especially as there is the sense that business is going to go back to some sort of new normal >> we're very fortunate as a world now. we're in this covid-19 crisis. and one of the inevitable things is it focuses on the organization and they have to be flexible in terms of working and we're doing this work. there are fire walls and are based on updated network models. they have to get closer to the customer if you can't go to the store, that store better have an online store. there are trends and we're hitting the fast forward button. and how people think about technology but it's not g

reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and far as raging in the amazon rain forest added to that the 3rd highest figure in the world for covert 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president. how did the government let it all get so bad. vice president hamilton moore our welcome to conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok in our administration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not a very straightforward war war that i put it was a joke only a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had 2 health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency and justice minister resigned and education minister hurries off to the u.s. just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen in any government ok the

the amazon is the world's largest rain forest, and it's billions of trees. store immense amounts of carbon, which is needed to moderate global temperatures. and the sound has more from bogota and neighboring colombia. but we haven't heard from bears president yet on these numbers, but we heard from his vice president who presenting this numbers is try to spin them in its favor. essentially saying that the truth is that these numbers are not as bad as they could have been because the increase as been lower than the previous year when deforestation had risen, turkey 4 percent. and he said that this is the consequences of the fact that this isn't to send the military in to control deforestation in the amazon is starting to be approved. this decision came after international outcry on what was happening in the amazon coming in, particularly from the leaders of many european countries. and now environmentalist in brazil door saying that this is not true. and that what has happened in the last couple of years in the amazon is absolutely devastating. that has made

hacemos nuestra primera pausa, pero al volver amazon está bajo la mira del departamento de justicia de california. tenemos más información de una nueva red social que promete pagar a sus usuarios. ya verá cuál es. >> ♪ [música] >> es difícil tener una enfermedad invisible... como la depresión. nadie sabe que necesitas ayuda. por eso covered california quiere que nadie en california se sienta invisible por culpa de su enfermedad. con covered california podrás obtener seguro médico de compañías de renombre aunque tengas una condición preexistente. además te ofrecemos ayuda económica y cobertura integral que incluye salud mental, cuidado preventivo y más. covered california. tu seguro médico empieza aquí. inscríbete antes del 15 de diciembre. de energía solar y eólicavechar tu segurde california.za aquí. pero no está disponible todo el día. Úsala menos de 4 a 9 pm y protege california para las generaciones futuras. cada una evalúa diferentes criterios y diferentes niveles de efectividad. vamos con diana >> siempre tiene que ser un plan en mente. no tiene sentido

he says economic development in the amazon and conservation do not have to be in conflict. what works in brazil and has worked for awhile is that you have to develop the region and not only the amazon, but in a way that preserves it's major assets, rich environmental assets, and innovates. but this is a language that is the 42, mr. most are not of, he does not understand that you cannot allow unregulated exploration of this area. you know, he will have to because they somehow that brazil must in order to claim its sovereignty over them a zone over its territory. it must show today international community, obviously that it can handle it. still ahead on al jazeera, tough life lessons iraqi students back in the classroom. catching up to the pandemic is not the only challenge france's government promises to rewrite the controversial security bill after days of national outrage. hello, the sunny skies over china disappearing. i'm afraid as the season changes, the temperature has dropped and you might get a spot or 2 of light rain or even snow. and she and a general spread of cl

the forestation in result amazon region has surged to a 12 year high. the area of land destroyed has sharply increased since gaia bolsonaro came to power in 2018 and relaxed environmental regulations. the u.s. secretary of state has called the ethiopian prime minister to push for an end to fighting in the northern to gray region. federal forces are in full control of the capital. but the duration front says fighting is still going on. groups are concerned about the risk of civilian casualties. >> every target has been signed and approved. the house can see that. every missile launched his back by a signature of authority. 99% of them hit their targets and 99% did not have collateral. no country's army can show this kind of performance. our country's army is disciplined and victorious. they said you will destroy michele and so on. it was built with our own resources and we are not going to restrain -- not going to destroy it. not a single person was affected by the operation. anchor: we have more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. reporter: the governmen

amazon is a symptom of our problem. unacceptable level of inequity in wealth and power between the ordinary people who work and the people who run the show. the level of inequality has been getting worse and worse for decades. if we don't like the way -- amazon is not the worst -- the way they are behaving, the thing to do is to change the balance of society using boring old politics. emily: it is exacerbated by the fact that amazon is run by jeff bezos, who happens to be the richest man in the world. what would you like to see him do differently? tim: it is easy to sneer at him and cast him as a super villain with his new look. i don't see it that way. we don't need to be telling jeff to play nice. we need to be changing regulatory frameworks around labor and tax structures and compensation structures so the powerlessness does not go on. amazon is optimized for efficiency, and how can that be a bad thing? but there is no free lunch. somebody is paying the price. the ones paying the price are the ones who are powerless.

have some more than 500000 farmers in the amazon area and some 5 percent of dinner about some 25000 farmers they work their fields with fire and that's why our that's a very. system to work the fields so we have to make them we stop this so debt. don't grow year to year the fact is these are the worst 5 in a decade on day in september you know satellites recorded more than 32000 hotspots in the rain forest 61 percent rise over the same month last year and in both september and august when you would tell the president was telling us there were no 5 the blaze matched all suppost last year's single month's high so the science director for your amazon environmental research institute said we have had 2 months with a lot of fun it's already worse than last year satellites can see it why do you deny it's worse than last year now we don't deny we don't deny anything ok september of 20 has been a war since september last year but like i told you before some 70 percent of these fires are raging atheist that have been over read it before asked and many many many years ago that are occupied by

wrong reasons allegations of high level corruption uncontrolled illegal logging and finds raging in the amazon rain forest i did so that's the highest figure in the world for cope with 19 infections my guest this week from brasilia is the country's vice president how will raul how did the government let it old get so bad. vice president how milton moore our welcome to conflict zone a few months ago you told journalists everything's under control we just don't know who's just how bad is the chaos in your administration. everything is ok in our administration that was a kind of a joke that i used to say ok it was not very straight for war a war that i put it was a joke on me a joke because here in brazil everything is ok. what sort of joke was it you had to health ministers who were gone in the space of a single month during a health emergency and justice minister resigned and education minister hurries off to the us just days after stepping down from the job saying i don't want to fight leave me alone don't provoke me isn't that enough chaos for you now it is not things that happen in any gover

amazon believed as did most of the world that amazon was the company that was going to receive this bid and the reason amazon believes that talk about corruption is because the request for proposal was actually written specifically for amazon there were certain terms that were written into this request for proposal this r.f.p. that would have made amazon really the only company that could have fulfilled it but because the pentagon under the truck administration said we're going with microsoft instead amazon is claiming oh it's because president trump doesn't like jeff bezos because he feels the washington post and the washington post is mean about trump therefore trying to use corrupt practices but the bottom line is this there the reality is the pentagon is not required to use anyone and the fact they didn't use amazon amazon thinks they're going to hold this thing up in court and prevent this cloud computing contract going forward based on what because they think they should have been awarded the contract they have no right to it but they seem to believe they do they're just upset the

amazon believed as did most of the world that amazon was the company that was going to receive this bid and the reason amazon believes that talk about corruption is because the request for proposal was actually written specifically for amazon there were certain terms that were written into this request for proposal this r.f.p. that would have made amazon really the only company that could have fulfilled it but because the pentagon under the trove of ministration said we're going with microsoft instead amazon is claiming oh it's because president trump doesn't like jeff bezos because he feels the washington post and the washington post is mean about trump therefore trying to use corrupt practices but the bottom line is this there the reality is the pentagon is not required to use anyone and the fact they didn't use amazon amazon things are going to hold this thing up in court and prevent this cloud computing contract going forward based on what because they think they should have been awarded the contract they have no right to it but they seem to believe they do they're just upset they d

>>and california's attorney general is taking legal action against amazon. why the state's department of justice is requesting details on the company's covid-19 prevention roles plus history was made today in southern california with 5 icu nurses receiving the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine when and where the bay area could see its first round. >>vaccinations. >>really this year the vaccine is here those were the words of a southern california supervisor. after intensive care unit nurse has received the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine today. those first shots were given a kaiser permanente los angeles county this afternoon though it's an exciting turn of events. >>as kron four's noelle bellow reports the fight isn't over. >>i meant to suck asian in the fight against covid-19. more than 30,000 doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine arrived in california monday. frontline health care workers like kaiser permanente emergency room nurse, kim taylor were among the first to receive the what i want you guys to know is that help is on the way today is

i'm not saying i don't love amazon. i love amazon. they're 40% of my business but i love a direct relationship even more. it sounds like a great idea. >> in 2019 shopify partners did $7 billion of revenue. that means that 87% of shopify merchants rely on apps to extend the functionality of their store. say one of the companies you invested in wants to do whole sale pricing or discount codes are e-mail marketing plug-in, they might use one of our apps to achieve that. >> andrew, you look at shopify, the chart is attractive, we're just coming off of doordash ipos that were largely successful. you're running up against these valuations. how do you deal with that? >> we sit on our hand and wait. when we raise money from bill and howard and ryan ourselves, we sat for the first year and did absolutely nothing. we looked at a lot of deals but at the end of the day we couldn't find a business that had the qualities we want at the price we felt was fair. so we're very comfortable waiting for opportunities if we have to. currently we've actuall

as deforestation of the amazon ra i nfo rest as deforestation of the amazon ra i nforest in as deforestation of the amazon rainforest in brazil reaches its highest level in a decade, scientific analysis agree the paris climate agreement girls are within reach. and, why covid—19lockdown measures have seen a surge in tv watching and online streaming around the world. 0h, oh, my lord, everything has changed. the first of all, we have to be tested every single day. the governor of california, gavin newsom, has said he may impose tougher coronavirus restrictions in the next two days, including a possible stay at home order to counter a surge in cases in the state. the most populous county in the us, los angeles county, which has over ten million people living there has already taken such a step which will last for three weeks. mr newsom said projections show intensive care unit admissions are on track to exceed state—wide capacity by mid december unless people change their habits. let's head to la now and speak with our north america correspondent peter bowes. it is really a dire situation gc

how do you discern this is a home run for amazon already. there is some questions about this strategy. what advertise doing with whole foods that perhaps it hasn't seen the same kind of gains as other grocers this year. i is also another area that it's going into, health care. in my view, neither of these are home runs yet. and it's not like everything amazon does is successful in so what you are looking at in terms of those two businesses? >> grocery and consumables are huge areas it's a $1.3 trillion retail market from the data that we have, that we're tracking, online grocery users doubled this year with the pandemic and we think it will be a huge driver for e- commerce growth in the coming years amazon was really the key beneficiary. we think they'll invest further in grocery and then on the pharmacy side, like i said, 77 million prime subs our data suggests 60% would try the am doesn't pharmacy. so we'll be tracking that. i agree with you it is early on the pharmacy side but that prime fly wheel enables the company really to be able to

you look at how amazon has grown. the advertising revenue, it does so by knowing what users are looking at or what they're buying they get better service as well. the more users tra transact, the better it is. >> a scary bottom line they'll find different ways to get our user data. want to thank you both for being with us this morning thank you. >> thank you >> and the ftc's top antitrust enforcer joins us at the bottom of the hour as big tech's regulatory risks ramp up it's a beg show of "squawk alley. it's going to continue right after this break erybody's probl. and that's why we created rapunzl. the rapunzl app was designed for high school and college students to simulate stock portfolios. they're able to buy and sell stocks in real time. thanks to nasdaq's cloud data solution. if somebody tells you just download this app and you could potentially win a scholarship, and you're learning, it's like, yeah. information is key. having access to information at your fingertips on your mobile phone, on your desktop, or he

purchase >> an unauthorized purchase of $749 is being ordered from your amazon account. press 1 to connect with our customer support team >> reporter: scammers told retired police sergeant ron croll he had a $800 charge what did you think what was your first thought? >> it just seemed a little bit legitimat at first with the way they presented it. and everything like that >> reporter: but he quickly realized it was a scam and hung up when scammers sent this fake amazon email to wanda lee with a $6,000 charge, she called to give them a piece of her mind. >> you guys ought to be ashamed of yourself scamming people with this time of year with a pandemic going on. people losing their jobs and he hung up on me >> reporter: the advice from the ftc, don't press 1 to speak to a live person don't call any number a robocall provides. don't give out personal information the ftc, amazon and apple say if you suspect a problem with your account call them directly on a number you know is legit. tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> up next, the power of music bob dylan's mega deal. >>

recovery even though out and congress continues to debate and stimulus and california going up for amazon in the company from ground 0 but. for employees as the company continues to grow thanks to online shopping we have a lot to get it started. in a new confrontation with 2 trading partners on wednesday the u.s. treasury labeled vietnam and switzerland as currency manipulators treasury secretary stephen newton called the decision a step to safeguard economic growth treasury will follow up on its findings with respect to vietnam and switzerland to work toward a limiting practices that create unfair advantages for foreign competitors well this latest move comes months after the trumpet ministration opened the investigation into vietnam's trade practices the report actually dates back to prepare times and covers activity from july of 200-1002 june of 2020 the swiss national bank denied the allegation and said its monetary policy would be unchanged and that it remains willing to intervene more strongly in the foreign exchange market vietnam has not yet responded. on wednesday the last federa

believed as did most of the world that amazon was the company that was going to receive this bid and the reason amazon believes that talk about corruption is because the request for proposal was actually written specifically for amazon there were certain terms that were written into this request for proposal this r.f.p. that would have made amazon really the only company that could have fulfilled it but because the pentagon under the truck was going to stretch and said we're going with microsoft instead amazon is claiming oh it's because president trump doesn't like jeff bezos because he owns the washington post and the washington post as me. about trump therefore trying to use corrupt practices but the bottom line is this there the reality is the pentagon is not required to use anyone and the fact they didn't use amazon amazon thinks they're going to hold this thing up in court and prevent this cloud computing going forward based on what because they think they should have been awarded the contract they have no right to it but they seem to believe they do they're just upset they did

so on the one hand we hear these programs that amazon is investing in. on the other hand we hear stories from workers. and then again, taking this step back, for us as an investor, what we want to know is, are these investments that this company make actually have an impact? are these workers safe? vonnie: where do you go to get that information? if you ask amazon, as we have, and they'll give you the statement at the end, they say everything is fine, we're doing all in our power to be extraordinarily humane and a fantastic employer. you have seen data to that affect and if it doesn't please you, would you actually withdraw or cut down massively your investments? >> well, indeed. what we are looking for is indeed what measures does this company take? but again, we want to see the outcomes. how effective are these health and safety measures? in other words, what is the return on investments of these billions that this company is investing in? and what we are asking amazon is to report on the adequacy of these programs. we are pleased to see that over the

the pandemic amazon has revealed that nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive for covid-19. >>up next how governor gavin newsome could face a possible recall. >>plus the coronavirus pandemic is putting a strain on local food banks learn how you can help kron 4 donate 1 million need meals to those in need and presidentelect joe biden addresses the nation as california cast the decisive electoral votes. >>that clinches victory right here from politica >>for anyone to know before they know now. but beach deep in the hearts of the american people is this democracy. >>president elect joe biden tonight addressing the country after the electoral college officially certified biden as the winner of the election biden addressed the nation about 2 hours ago calling for president trump to formally accept those results. >>joining us now live is san jose state university lecture. donna crane weighing in on tonight's address and today's electoral college vote. donna, thanks so much for joining us tonight. the electoral college is come out and said that the president elect joe biden now has

just as news emerges that deforestation of the amazon ra i nfo rest deforestation of the amazon ra i nforest in deforestation of the amazon rainforest in brazil has reached its highest level in more than a decade, according to satellite data recorded by the country public space agency, more than 11,000 square kilometres were destroyed in the year to july. kilometres were destroyed in the year tojuly. the area is seen as the year tojuly. the area is seen as crucial to slowing climate change because of the huge amounts of carbon dioxide it absorbs. let's speak to research fellow at melbourne university's climate and it does make climate and energy college. so much grim news for so college. so much grim news for so long. do you believe these more optimistic projections? yes, i think that to have some more optimistic news is very good but we need to remember that what this new report is telling us is with the potential pledge from a new ride and administration for net zero by 2050 and up to a 54% emission reduction target, we could be in line for meeting 2.1 degrees by the end of the cen

yes, we've been working with amazon. took us two years could we started the program two years devastating a little piece of technology at that time, obviously not as elaborate as today. we had a vision of building a data analytics platform from o z for the application provider, for consumers to be able to tap into a secure and seamless manner. that is what it does for the and thend for customers blackberry data business, and i have long wanted a recurring data business so this promises to be a good one down the road. up qnx to mealked o years ago. here is how critical a role you play asblackberry will a result of the work you have done. john: could you repeat the last part? i'm having trouble hearing well. qnx years talked up ago when this was a nascent technology, and believed back then that blackberry play a huge role in cars. what is the technology that you have that amazon wants and needs? secureell, qnx is a operating system, which has achieved the highest level of safety certifications. i think that is very importa

you mentioned the valuation of other companies like amazon. looking at te tesla, trading at 180 times forward earnings, are we missing something or is this overvalued >> tesla is not a stock that we own in the portfolio and part of that is because it has always been expensive amazon for example has always been expensive on a pe basis and we own amazon. we prefer to look at it on a free cash flow basis and sales basis. so maybe some are looking at tesla through lens we are not so i don't have a real strong opinion on where tesla's stock goes obviously if we were bullish, we would have it in the portfolio i think that their totalab addressable market, they are dominant in electric vehicles. and that is exciting i understand why investors are putting that valuation on the stock given that they are obviously a big player in the solar industry with the purchase of solar city battery technology will be a huge business over the next decade so investors are pricing in a lot of growth over tesla and so it won't probably trip up the stock, but ultimatel

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amazon's -- everybody's estimates on the street for amazon have gone up materially since the beginning of the year because revenue growth accelerated, they were big winners off of advertising. and the cloud computing business, all three of their engines of growth have benefited from covid. so i think there's less risk in a good, solid name like that. and my guess is you'll see kind of a recovery back or return by investors back to kind of the standard bearers of tech. especially those that benefited but also came up with new investment initiatives during the course of the year again. amazon's the poster child here. they're increasing their distribution capacity by 50% this year. they really leaned in to covid and i think what's going to come out of that for them is accelerated market share gains. so i think investors can still stick with that name and will continue to outperform for them, despite already outperforming this year. emily: great expectations for a ot of these companies. mark, always appreciate you telling us whether they can live up. coming up, russian hackers arement ised

any response so far from amazon, brian? >> nothing so far. they've been very, very quiet and that's not too much of a surprise they like to do things behind the scenes regarding lobbying as do many of the other big tech companies, facebook, google but you know, that's interesting in itself i think you're going to see two different themes here. one, amazon, facebook, google and other big tech groups hiring similar lobbyists, and then you're going to see also lobbyists like jeff rechetti, before the end of this election and as we got into the time where we are now having president-elect joe biden, jeff rechetti didn't have big clients. we a few here and thereslo ly gained more and more at the tail end of the election and president-elect biden beating president trump. one other key interesting thing here as well lobbyists gaining new businesses and amazon and big tech pushing back as well >> fascinating story and a great scoop. brian, thank you brian schwartz of cnbc.com check out the full story online right now. >>> back to the market, a record

for more specifics to date amazon has failed to adequately with our waffle requests for information into the company's coronavirus cause and the status of over 90 uses of bama zone facilities across the state but there was office disclosed the investigation in a court filing in late july were an employee accuse the company of not doing enough to safeguard staff well safety protocols are being looked into in california the nation's biggest city is seeing a drastic reduction in residents and revenue. as a result of the krona virus a new study conducted by unicast unveils roughly $70000.00 new york residents have left the city during the pandemic this is led to a loss in $34000000000.00 or berger new for the big apple the study shows that 3570000 have actually left the new york city area but another 3500000 immigrated leaving a net loss of 70000 but it's not just the number of people according to the study demographics are making a big impact those who left reportedly made an average of $140000.00 annually the new influx of residents are making closer to 82000 a year now this all comes

will it remain a part of amazon? could it go public? it is an interesting question because it is a nascent technology and not yet deployed, but in 10 years' time, we could see zoox in all cities of the world. >> we are proud to be a part of amazon, a global company. never say never about what the future holds. we are focused on delivering this to customers. that is where we are. >> what is the biggest challenge you are having to overcome, now you have designed and started to build this vehicle? >> i would say completing the technology, with an eye on afety. safety is our most important parameter. until i am willing to put my 16-year-old and a 13-year-old in the vehicle by themselves to go to a piano lesson, achieving that is where we are focused, and doing it in a quantifiable way. emily: that was zoox ceo aicha evans. that does it for "bloomberg technology." i am emily chang in san francisco. bloomberg daybreak: asia is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: this is "bloomberg daybreak: middle east". our top stories this morning. joe bide

have been working with amazon. took us two years could we started the program two years ago at ces, devastating a little piece of technology at that time, obviously not as elaborate as today. at that time, we already had the vision of building a data analytics platform from a to z end for the application provider, for consumers to be able to tap into a secure and seamless manner. that is what it does for the market and for customers and the blackberry data business, and i have long wanted a recurring data business so this promises to be a good one down the road. emily: you talked up qnx to me years ago. i am curious how critical a role you believe blackberry will play in cars as a result of the work you have done. john: could you repeat the last part? i'm having trouble hearing well. emily: you talked up qnx years ago when this was a nascent technology and believed back then that blackberry play a huge role in cars. what is the technology that you have that amazon wants and needs? john: well, qnx is a secure safety

you have amazon coming in. is this deal reportedly worth about $300 million amazon doesn't really do a lot of big deals like these. so you can imagine that it's going to make a significant push forward. it is owned by amazon in this too but also had some exclusive podcast. but this is kind of how amazon experiments and the acquisition. it's an offering that goes away. and they come out with even more this will be really interesting to watch if it becomes a big player it's no the necessarily a home run because it's amazon, too we should remember >> coming up, we'll talk more tesla. when are we not tainlkg tesla? will it continue the incredible run into 2021, we'll debate that next don't go away. >>> here's your cnbc update at this hour. ai wisconsin health care worker has been fired for destroying more than 500 doses of the moderna covid-19 vaccine it happened over the weekend it was initially reported as an accident the worker later admitted to intentionally taking the vaccine out of a refrigerator to spoil we

is amazon following the state coronavirus guidelines to protect its warehouse workers? california attorney general xavier becerra says he doesn't know because amazon is not handing over information that could answer that question. so today the attorney general filed a petition asking a judge to order amazon to comply with the state's ongoing investigation. becerra says the slow drip of information from the retailing giant is insufficient. >> if amazon can't next day deliver an 80-inch tv, it should be able to deliver to the department of justice the straightforward information we officially requested of them nearly four months ago. >> the ag wants to know which amazon facilities have the highest covid rates and if amazon has applied to any other investigations or lawsuits. we'll keep an eye on this and report back. >> all right. thank you, michael. >>> now, take a look at all the smoke from the fourth floor of a high-rise apartment building in oakland. this is on 7th and add line not far from the west oakland a b.a.r.t. station. the fire department says lights on a chri

"business insider" reporting that amazon is looking to expand its virtual care platform that they did for their own employees about a year ago, they started they've expanded it statewide in washington state but according to "business insider", they've been looking to try to sell it to other employers, like zillow that's one of the ones that did confirm that amazon had approached them. it's still in the early stages, but it's something that they do want to offer. that today is pressuring deladoc and good rx announcing today that it was expanding its services to provide discounts to its members to also include telehealth visits as well. this is an area that has really taken off this year in the midst of the covid pandemic. a lot more acceptance by a lot of patients and also by a lot of facilities and a lot of these players are looking to try to do some sort of primary care virtually and expand in that field so they don't just have that one hit from patients who use them amazon, we have seen, has ambitions in health care, but i would note it took them three years to build a pharmacy and

there was a scam with amazon and apple customers. tom costello investigates. >> reporter: the warning, beware of robocall scams suggesting that your apple icloud account has been hacked or trying to trace a suspect amazon purchase. >> an unauthorized purchase of $749 is being ordered from your amazon account press 1 to connect with our customer support team. >> reporter: scammers said they've had an $800 charge he quickly realized it was a scam and hung up. when scammer sent this fake email to wanda lee with a $6,000 charge, she called them to give them a piece of her mind. >> you guys ought to be ashamed of yourself at this time of year with the pandemic going on he hung up on me >> reporter: the advice from the ftc, don't press 1 to speak to a live person. don't call any number a robocall provides don't give out personal information. the ftc, amazon, and apple say if you suspect a problem with your account, call them directly on a number you know is legit. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> good advice there. >>> when we come b

amazon, kate rooney >> thousands are close to holding a vote whether or not to unionize amazon workers agreed on the size of the bargaining group the group could include seasonal i am employees this sets the stage amazon workers had an opportunity to vote on unionizing last came six years ago at adel ware warehouse which did not passed amazon added 1400 employees per day. the safety and pay of those amazon workers at the fulfillment center as and groce stores are now front and center. it is expected in mid january but amazon and the union stale disagree on whether the vote should happen by mail or at the facility >> kate, thank you, the latest on amazon unionization threat. i say threat because this could mean increase costs for labor, amazon and in terms of benefits and wages and etcetera, what do you tell phil in new jersey about amazon >> the concern is margins would contract, that's the big i am puts there in terms of the stock. when i tell phil, go back to september 1st, the stock went from 35 to 50 and 29 to 50 a straight line of the two-week period we are in the middle of that n

over the amazon condemning the people on the ground for what they're doing. these are desperately poor people. i live in communities of former slaves or i'm sorry, the children offormer slaves . the descendents of former slaves in brazil . i point out that yes, there's certainly we would all like, all of the people we would like the amazon forest to be intact. all else being equal i don't want any temperature change on earth, we've adapted to the temperatures but all is not equal. there's two oh 2 billion poor people so that's the first thing inthe second thing is it so important . i had my main character in the amazon who now regrets having spoken to me because he spoke so freely and i know you know him well to. he spoke so freely with me cause it was upset as i was by the media coverage saying that but he revealed this important thing which is that in demanding small is beautiful conference conservation measures, greenpeace forced the fragmentation of part of the amazon forest that should never have occurred so what we know is if you want to produce more fo