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Dan joins us now with more. im sure it was quite a conversation, dan. >> reporter: good morning, michaela. were in the heart of silicon valley and that impressive looking structure behind me is a blimp hanger here at a research facility where nasa does a lot of work. this is where they held that star-studded event. we talked to mark zuckerberg about that. youll hear about that in a moment. we asked him about the big news in silicon valley, that the letter that he and other tech executives sent t...

-se going up to capitol hill. who wla is he doing now? >> there is an exam of how tech companies which used to stay out on the west coast now are becoming very involved if d.c. facebook now spends millions of dollars here and on thursday, tomorrow, he will be meeting with the top four leaders of the congress. joel cap lan, a top bush administration official will be showing him around. he will be talking about immigration, which is a big issue that he has been and other tech executives have been ...

Who is to say the f.b.i. doesnt want to do the same thing in your home? >> absolutely. right now we live in a world anytime there is technology that is incoming, it can be outgoing. they can turn on video to watch you at home or your phone. hackers have been doing this. they were accessing the bank accounts. we look at the private industry and how much information they have on you. google has much more information and can use it much more effectively than anything the government can do. we shoul...

Ethnicity, religion, personality type. >> reporter: before you end up here, you go through boot camp. >> reporter: okay, so remove the hoodie? >> take it off right now? >> did she outlaw from anything? any habits that died hard when you met amy? >> like being on time. geeks are notorious for being late. >> reporter: its been great. i met two people. one of them i was in a relationship with for a while. >> reporter: and amy boasts results. 45 couples in exclusive relationships and nearly 20 marri...

Same time it was disheartening to see my head placed on a males body. as if masculine features are synonymous with uber success. >> ive never been a male entrepreneur, so im not really sure what sort of challenges they may face versus my own. being an entrepreneur is hard, all around. it is not easy. >> reporter: she repeatedly says she doesnt focus on gender. still, the other top executives at taskrabbit are also women. she says they were just the most qualified. overall, she says the staff is ...

In 97, $215 now. >> why do we overlook this guy is this. >> overshadowed by steve jobs, number one. and number two and number three. so when you think about great tech executives you would always say steve jobs and never him. >> who else? >> the number two guy, coo we picked don thompson who is the number two guy of mcdonalds. he really was the architect of the success of this company over the past five or ten years. its actually unfair to call him a coo because he became a ceo on july 1st. >> t...

Taking a belated honeymoon. prince william and his bride are asked to have their privacy respected after their wedding was watched by 2 billion people. reports are the couple are on a private island in the seychelles. they are no strange others to it because they spent a week back there in august of 2007. best of look to them as well. >> best of luck to them. hope they have a great honeymoon and wonderful life. start phones track your every single move. tech executives are summoned to capitol ...

He could face continue years behind bars. the kardashians have taken their reality fame to a new level. wait until you hear stunning amount of money this family made. courtney hazlett has it in the scoop. first a lot going on today. facebook founder mark zuckerberg is known for his signature wardrobe that includes a hoody, t-shirt and jeans. though hes a billionaire. last night, when he met president obama at that gathering of tech executives in san francisco, he left his casual attire at ho...

As well as we get more information on whats happening in wisconsin. your political update and shannon travis joins me now from the cn political desk. the president has new friends now the. >> you might say president obama is friending the co-founder of facebook mark zuckerberg. hell be meeting with steve jobs, mark, eric schmidt of google and other tech executives in san francisco today to talk about jobs, about helping it america stay competitive and a few other things. moving on to donald trum...

Are trying to determine whether he is flip-flopping. he is stressing his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. this from somebody who was a republican, a democrat and now an independent again. he has to make a decision probably by june the reason being thats when the new season of "the apprentice" kicks off. he cant sort of star in that and deal with the equal time issues if hes running for president. i think he might want to run so he can say to president obama in a debate, youre fired....