She has been called the most powerful woman in startups. I sit down with the top vc. First, to our lead. An explosive day for tech stocks. Amazon, google, and microsoft adding nearly 100 billion in combined market value. Amazon surprise profit promise for the highly seated boosted the stock 6 . s, givingd up bezos him the title of third richest in the united states. Rounding out the search, microsoft. Shares reaching a 15 year high. The cloud is getting crowded and competition amongst the biggest players is fierce. Earlier today the former microsoft ceo compared microsofts business with amazon and it got personal. Steve ballmer theres intense competition between microsoft and amazon is also intense competition just in the city of seattle over talent. I think they are a place that people dont want to work. Anybody who ever left microsoft can count on them coming back within a year or two because its not a great place to work to do innovative stuff as an engineer. Emily fighting words th
Put families up in public housing. So theyre working on that now trying to figure out where to put people. People appreciate all of the support. These are donations. They have a pantry here working at this corner here in kensington. A lot of people got the message but none want the message about homelessness and the discussion to end here. Live in kensington, tim furlong, nbc 10. Weve been waiting for months and months. Now the number of days until the popes visit is down to just ten. Officials are urging people to get ready and get excited. Today city leaders laid out details reminding residents trash collection friday 25th and monday the 28th is canceled city wide. However, all city rec centers, parks outside the festival ground will be open during normal hours. Law enforcement is preparing for 12hour shifts beginning midnight on the 25th and additional medical units on duty. If you drive near the parkway you noticed a lot of changes over the last few days. We spotted these crews set
Good morning, im tai hernandez. And im t. J. Holmes. Later and im t. J. Holmes. Later today, we expect to hear from the family of peter kassig. The third american beheaded by islamic militants. Isis released the video with the same man from the other videos. The 26yearold former army ranger taken captive in syria more than a year ago. Tahman bradley with more. Reporter t. J. And tai, good morning. President obama offered prayers and condolences to the family of this american aid worker. In a statement, the president called this an act of pure evil. In that hospital, i was able to share a little bit of hope and comfort with some people. Reporter american aid worker peter kassig came to syria to help. After he was captured last year, he converted to islam. But yis yi showed him no mercy. The terror Group Released a gruesome video of the 26yearolds execution. A masked man appears with a knife and with kassigs severed head at his feet. The man refers to kassig as a former u. S. Army soldie
Thats enough. I will not sit in silence any longer. Feed the world banding together. Some of the biggest stars in music from bono to one direction unite to remake a legendary song. And take on a new fight for a new generation. And good morning, america. 30 years on, band aid is back. Look at all those big names there. Bono, one direction, ellie goulding, cant wait to hear more of that. Its a timeless song. A lot to get to, including a big headline overnight. Pope francis announcing he plans to visit the u. S. Next year. This will be his first trip here as pope. When we were at the vatican the end of last year, there were indications that he would be making that trip. Very exciting. Lets get to the reported tornadoes in the south. Doing damage overnight as so much of the country, dont have to tell you, in a deep freeze. Ginger has the latest. Robin, a dangerous morning this morning in the panhandle of florida, this, happening. Look at that, this is near a correctal facility. At least tw
Construction in process of be pick up through berkeley with headlights in the westbound direction at university avenue. We have work being done but it is all starting to wrap up. We have a brand new accident westbound 580 the drive over the Altamont Pass is packed. 35 Miles Per Hour is the top sped. Now the news, we are following breaks news in San Francisco where this has been a Fatal Shooting in the triangle area. Amy hollyfield is on the scene. Amy . It is quiet. But violence woke up people in the neighborhood. We have video of the investigators on the scene at henry at 12 30 shots rang up and one heard gunshots, heard someone yelling for help but he was too scare to come out and see what was happening and too afraid to talk on camera. Police confirm confirmed the victim was taken to the hospital where he died. We have not heard of arrests or what the motive could have been behind this shooting just that there was a murder here overnight and they are investigating. Developing news a