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Case, it was a very elaborate ruse, it seems like. and thats slightly different, but in general startups are, you know -- theyre risky. >> is it going to be over and done with here, or are we going to look closer at the board, their involvement? i mean, theranos -- >> i always think the boards are culpable. another secret, which you know, covering business. these boards are mostly out to lunch, as far as i can tell. ive covered so many boards over the years. the yahoo! board, over the years ther...

Thats something thats also, again, you know, not the best example to set when youre running the most important office in the land. >> fair point, fair point, ron insana. were going to leave it there. up next, this story blows my little mind. a massive medical start-up, i cant even believe we call it a start-up, once dubbed the future of health care. elizabeth holm, who many said was the new steve jobs, now in the cross hairs of the sec. a massive fraud suit. you will not believe some of the very...

On -- >> we saw ryan zinke say this is innuendo, this is untrue. in the case of ben carson, the hud official claims after she raised a red flag about carsons spending, she was demoted. if that proves to be true, does that not have to be damning for ben cars and his wife? >> it should be. in fact, why does he need -- you can talk about refurbishing your offices in government because some are old, but spending $31,000 on a dining room table is certainly most families dont do that, if -- unless the...

Investors, raising more than $700 million bucks by exaggerating and even straight-up lying about the companys blood testing technology. now, neither theranos nor have denied any wrongdoing. i want to bring in a woman who certainly knows this space, kara swisher, executive editor at recode. take us back. because elizabeth holmes was this 34-year-old silicon valley wonder kid, on the cover, "fortune," "forbes," next steve jobs. the world wanted her to be the next big thing. >> lets be honest, we d...

Security exposures and paying good hackers for those. a company employs hackers, people on the good side who are going to do this. we see companies trying to make a proactive approach. you have to disclose it. we do need new regulations on these companies that dont expose when consumer information is stolen. its not their information. its ours. its not theirs. >> thats why when people are mad at equifax. its not just because it was stolen. just do the right thing. its 2017. we dont want you to l...