Global economy. The rubeell steadied after his comments where he said this weeks emergency rise in Interest Rates is appropriate, but not going to spend all of their money on it. Is a merger coming between two of europes largest Networking Companies . A newspaper said there are talks to combine with nokia. It is flush with cash after selling the mobal phone business for 7 billion. Oracle, shares rose and the company saw a 4 gain. Oracle is making transition to the cloud with revenue from the Cloud Business up 45 from a year ago. And amazon has launched a new onehour Delivery Service available in certain areas of manhattan only, but amazon plans expansion soon and called prime now and deliver products to customers in less than one hour. Now to the lead, the u. S. Will officially blame north korea for the massive cyber attack against Sony Pictures entertainment. A person with knowledge of the investigation said u. S. Officials have enough evidence to determine that the north korean government is to blame. This news comes after sony scrapped a Christmas Day release of the interview and movie chains decided not to show the movie against threats of violence. The interview is about a couple of news guys who go off un. Ill kim jung we know this announcement is coming. What we are going to hear as soon as today from u. S. Officials ks investigators from the f. B. I. Have determined that they have been able to tie the government and north korea to this hack. There has been a big question. They are solid enough. It sounded awhile like a p. R. Stunt from sony and people found it hard to believe that they re capable of such hightech maneuvering. They are very capable on this front. There are couple of tracks and why they are doing it today, it is a public shaming mechanism. Most recently in may with chinese packers. So there will be the Law Enforcement side of things. The big question that is riling up the white house is what do you do to respond . Do you go back at them from cyber avenues, diplomatic streams. That is a big question. You are setting precedence with everything you do and how do you want to set them . We have seen an outpouring from the hollywood artists decrying this as a big fail and giving in to terrorist demands, this is not the way america is supposed to work. How do you hear the response coming out of washington . It is viewed on the administration side in terms of what sony chose to do. The company is in a very bad place right now. Justice Department Officials made clear throughout the course of the investigation sony has been very helpful and forthcoming. You heard the president last night in an interview with abc before sony pulled it saying americans should go to the movies. There is no indication that the threat of some type of terrorist attack was valid or real. They were wary of it. I think when it comes to negotiating with terrorists in this case, the administrations policies have been firm, dont do it. But sony is an independent company and can operate on their own grounds. Was there an official white house response to the discussion . There was. This came up in the next day. The White House Press secretary said to quote home, something that made everybody cringe. They werent going to weighing in on the executives but the white house has been confronted with these issues. But they try and spin this as a way to say this wasnt a good idea and this is recognition of something that needs to change. Try to turn it into a positive way. Thank you very much. Now, this is obviously a major victory for the north korean hackers. The first time that any hackers have successfully canceled the release of a major film. Sonys decision to pull the interview has the financial and creative consequences, losses north of 200 million and the Creative Community up in arms about the decision. What will sony do next . We have a security stratist and an entertainment expert. Katherine let me ask you, has the response been uniform. Is everyone booing sony for giving in to these terrorist demands . Everybody is up in arms. This is hitting us exactly where america stappeds from a cultural perspective, freedom of speech and creative expression is what were made of. The question is not only is this a horrific situation but how is it going to affect movies going forward, books, magazines, comedy and tv shows. Everybody is disturbed because we dont know where it will end. If the North Koreans can do this, anyone can. How, does it surprise you that they had these capabilities . Is it something widely known in the Security Community . Yeah. Thanks for having me. Its amazing, the last three, four years, almost every developed nation building this capability, capability on the defensive side but the cyber offense capability and training people and getting tools and we see it on full display in the sony hack. If all they have to do is call in a 911 threat to get a film canceled, can we expect every country around the world getting a film canceled . It is a doubleedged sword when you expose your capabilities. There is a lot of uncertainty still in the sony hack. Who was it really that launched the attack . Was it folks that were just sympathetic, was it folks from the government. There are a still of pieces of this that we will be finding out over the weeks and months. Katherine, obviously, now if iran doesnt like a move yes, they can hack a studio. The implications obviously, its a slippery slope. People in hollywood wished they would continue on with the release of the film, in the theaters or dvd or netflix or amazon and sony will have to work with their cybersecurity units and find a way to put up this is not my area, could work on how to get these movies out and not bow down to terrorism that could come from any country. These are people that are cultural fanatics and trying to censor the United States. Let me ask you about something in your area of expertise, how come we didnt see other studios rally around sony . Why didnt the Hollywood Community get behind this company and say, if you can shut at the them down, you can shut us down, too . Thats a good question. We are in unchartered territory, people didnt want to make the first move because it sets a dangerous precedent. The other studios are rallying around saying we support your creative expression but i dont think anybody wanted to make the first move and god forbid something happened, they would be part of the liability as well. Everyone is watching closely. How, what if a studio said, look we had these threats of violence but going to go ahead and put this film out because thats what we do in this country . How do you prepare for that sort of thing . Its challenging. We have already seen on display that capabilities this group has, but you can achieve some level of security and recovery. U go back in and do a full forensic investigation, how did they get in, what kinds of tools did they use and its a wakeup call for a bunch of Different Industries that havent historically focused on security to say that those industries are potentially at risk. There is a lot we can learn from this attack and certainly there is great cybersecurity capabilities out there in the marketplace. Its a call to the companies to bring those inhouse. How do you see those cybersecurity threats cross over into real physical violence . I read a couple around the silk road case and i was surprised to see it come from the internet to a gun shop. If you think whats happening online now outside of the sony of we are connecting all these devices now to a Network Connection and have moving parts that can do things. Its becoming a very serious issue of how do we get those things, those devices, these Companies Secure online. And i think we are making a lot of progress, but with this attack and several others over the last year, to be quite frank, have shown us we have a lot of work to do. Thanks for joining us. How and katherine, we appreciate you joining us. Couple of headlines, White House Press person is saying the hack is still under investigation. He is saying the white house is holding a daily meeting and this meeting is being treated as a National Security matter. The white house taking fairly seriously and we will bring you headlines. More questions about the way uber screens its drivers. One driver is accused of raping a woman. You can watch us streaming on ur tablet, phone or at bloomberg. Com. We are all over the place. A boston man who works as an uber driver is charged with taking a passenger to a secluded area and raping her. They say, quote, this is a diss pass cabble crime and our thoughts and prayers are with the victim. They have been working closely with Law Enforcement and will do everything they can to assist in the investigation. It comes as they say will do more background checks on their drivers. The former chairman of the new York City Taxi and limo commission. Matt, thanks for joining us. We were talking about i was asking, uber drivers here in new york are vetted by the t. L. C. , right . When i was working for the mayor, we put in great reforms in the 1980s, where you get thin 2448 hours, a criminal history which is better and more ack rate than the others they are doing in cities and states. Which is just a name check. Uber has different regulations for its drivers in different cities around the world. The chairman of the Public Utilities commission in california just resigned. He and the commission were responsible for allowing this thing called ride sharing. This is hitch hiking. My parents said you shouldnt do it, its dangerous. You are using an app. What they are doing and i encourage all the legislators, whether new jersey, illinois, california, they are starting to revisit these laws in colorado, too. They have been lobbying and spending millions of dollars to have less background checks to do it themselves when every other taxi and limo is going through a fingerprint, which is more accurate and will catch fraud that is occurring with fake names and i had tepts. Its good that uber timely acknowledged uber has announced, even before todays case came to light, they are going to do more background checks. Deeper background checks, but also kind of weird things like a lie detector test, right . The expense they will go through on their own to do this is crazy. The government can do it. It doesnt go far enough. The government needs to do it. They are trying to have a special exemption in the different states to do it themselves. For costs about 50 to 70 the drivers to be vetted. Our hearts go out to these people. To be clear, even a yellow cab driver could commit and have committed horrible crimes. People from all walks of life, regardless of any background check, sometimes do commit horrible crimes. Its not just an uber driver and there was a ridesharing attack this weekend that may have been a different company. Consumers need to know there is a greater risk with uber because they are doing checks that are not as accurate. The u. S. Attorney general years ago did a study that looked at florida employees as well as licensed applicants and over 10 them, name check versus biometrics, you arent going to catch everybody. People have right to rehabilitation, but d. U. I. , rape, murder, they should not be behind the wheel. I call it control, alternate delete. We have control over our destiny. Other legal licensed aps that do government background checks and we have the option to delete this app and also the cybersecurity issues, we talked about sony. Senator franken is really questioning what the alleged, not just the alleged rapes and stuff, but the alleged spying and tracking and use of data by uber. I dont know whats going on there. Hopefully we will know in the future what the deal is. When i put the g. P. S. In the new york city yellow cabs years ago under mayor bloomberg, we cut a deal with the new York Civil Liberties Union where we said that we, by law, have to have security provisions of that data and any cab driver will not know and any owner where you are going in a new york city cab right now. Do they have the ability to . We have laws that say its illegal for the new York City Taxi cab developedors that run the system to know where you are going. Its illegal and do the same thing for uber and the ride shares. Maybe they will call you up and ask for your advice. I want to read a statement from uber. They say in november, ubers safety team began a Global Review to assess the areas where greatest investment is required. As we look at 2015, we will build new safety programs and intensify others. If they call me, i will talk to them. Hopefully 2015 is a better year. Matt, thanks for joining us, talking about uber. A venture up, capitalist thinks he can live to the ripe old age of 120. Find out how, coming up next. 4 peter teal is known for building paypal and outside investor of facebook. He is hoping to live to the age of 120. Emily sat down with him. I know you thought a lot about the extension of human life. You think you may live to 120. I certainly hope to, yes. What are you doing differently, taking immortality pills . Im investing in a lot of exps. On the nutrition side, there are some basic things that can be done. Should not eat sugar. Do you not eat sugar . Some. But not as much as i used to. What do you eat more of . A paleotype diet. You will need new technology and new innovation to have longer and healthier lives. Like what . Cures for cancer and alzheimers and restore organs when theyre falling apart, go all the different ways that peoples bodies break down. Growth hormone on a daily basis. What of the benefit is that supposed to be . It helps maintain muscle mass. So you are much less likely to get like bone injuries, arthritis as you get older. And there is an increased cancer risk. Youre not concerned about that . Im hopeful that well get cancer cured in the next decade. Nutrition thing that is happening is the biome, where you have about as many bacteria inside of you as you have cells. And so i think one of the things thats going to happen in the next few years is people figure out ways to reset your ecosystem. You figure out what healthy oples ecosystem and replace yours with theirs. You are watching bloomberg west where we focus on innovation, technology, and the future of business. I matt miller, and for emily chang. Hampton creek is hoping to change the future of food and now it has more money to do so. The Company Behind egg free mayonnaise has just raised 90 million in series c funding. Andfacebook cofounder horizon ventures have hitched in. Cory johnson, before he lost his voice, set down with hampden creek ceo to talk about the companys plans will stop it all starts with the basic premise that about 99 of what we eat is not any good at all. How can we use a different approach . We want to be able to put out product where we have the ability to make it better. In the case of mayonnaise, how do we make something that is more helpful. Same deal with cookie dough . Inlike making products that a quick people emotionally. Mayonnaise you put on everything, cookie dough theres a natural authenticity to it. We will be coming out with pasta next toward the end of next year. Conflicted about your business. It sounds like frankenfood. The way you talk about it, its quite the opposite in terms of natural ingredients. It is ink about what there are 400,000 plant species. The world has only searched through about 4 of them. What we do is search through the the best of them and then use the best of them to make food better. Cookie dough. It is certified by the nongml project. Were not doing any synthetic or chemical engineering. We using plants that grow in open field as a way to make food better. Best chemistry has to offer if you are going to use the test that mass has to offer . Part of it is perception. Its important we connect deeply with everyone. We dont want to get political and the second as we dont need to. We can use plans and without synthetically engineering them, that enables us to do what we need to do. Next so it is a marketing decision . I would say it is a bit perception and if we can do it without doing it, its probably better to do that as well. The thing that is most intriguing is in the products themselves but the idea you are using some notions of how to develop a product from the technology and math world. Choice of codify that how you run your business . Our approach is lets use data science. Our vp of data was formally the head of google maps and youtube. We screen the plants, we have all of the data from these plants and we have computational biologists and hopefully food scientists that take their relationships from the data and try to bring it together to make better food. The reason we take that approach tried aginally different approach and it ran out of money. Lets order lots of commercially available ingredients out there. Lets see if we can make mayonnaise with it or cookie dough. Aboutnowhere and earned 130,000. This was my dream to start this company and we didnt get anywhere. Sciencewe bring in data we with each subsequent one brought in, we got a little better. Its almost as if we didnt know any better. Do you have a similarly revolutionary product on the roadmap to get onto shelves . Next we are not really in the business of paying fees for our project. They are excited enough about it will stop we are the number one selling mayonnaise there. Whole foods was the First Company to introduce the mayo. We are in walmart. Our most Important Partnership is not in retail, its with compass group, the largest Food Service Company in the world. They serve 4 billion meals a year. To your point about margins, its not just about creating something that tastes better. We want a cost structure that enables us to sell these things at a price that is more affordable. One of the secrets of general mills, unilever and the companies that have all these rent customers identify with is a bye forever. They hook them when they are young. Budweiser, i will throw in philip morris. Do you have a similar approach to get consumers when they are somewhat new to the markets to identify with