Billion in damages. The other two bailout architects . Former fed chief ben bernanke and with the gardener are also scheduled to testify Timothy Geithner are also scheduled to testify this week. The nba steals a page from the nfl playbook cashing in big time to broadcast games. Espnew contracts will give and tnt rights to nba games through 2025. It only cost them 24 billion. Espn skipper told us the price tag is worth it. We have that for a long time on live sports. It has done nothing but appreciate in value. There is no reason to think that is going to change. The nba regular season begins october 28 on tnt. Tonight, my guest is singersongwriter, and musical megastar Melissa Etheridge. What did we ever know at 23 . About what we really wanted. Has been putting out hits since 1988. Only now does she feel she is in control of her music. This is my brandnew, me in charge of him i am putting out album i am putting out. I begin with Health Threats to the united states, particularly the vulnerability to viruses. President obama addressed the situation today. I consider this a Top National Security priority. This is not just a matter of charity. Ebola is not the only threat to the u. S. Health system. Enterovirus d68 has hospitalized hundreds of children in almost every state. It has also been linked to at least four deaths. Here to tell us more is Shannon Pettypiece and joining us from dallas is dr. Greenberg, and meteorologist a neurologist. Dr. Greenberg is working with researchers to find a connection between d68 and the paralysis connected with the virus. Doctor, lets begin with you. Describe the value in trying to find a connection between d68 and the paralysis some young patients have experienced. It is important to determine whether there is a connection between this virus and the paralysis we are seeing in children because if this fires is causing it the u. S. And world would have to look at developing treatments and perhaps vaccinations similar to what happened in the years of polio, we would want to ensure this did not become more widespread or do more damage to more of our children. Shannon, describe what is going on in the country and the kind of risks parents with Young Children may face. This virus is very widespread at this point. In most cases, it is causing a common cold. But for hundreds, possibly thousands of kids, they are being hospitalized with severe respiratory issues. Inability to breathe, lips turning blue, parents are having to rush their children to the e. R. They are being put in the intensive care unit. It is very scary. There is now a possibility, as weve seen the infections rise, we are seeing infections in these poliolike paralysis cases which dr. Greenberg has been looking into. Research has found a connection between this fires and paralysis. Now there is not only a fear of the respiratory distress the virus can cause but also that it will leave longlasting paralysis affects where kids cannot use an arm or are unable to breathe or speak. You have a personal connection to this. Tell us what happened. Last week, i found myself at the emergency room with my young son who is nine months old who was wheezing. I woke up that morning and he was breathing very heavy, unable to catch his breath. I took him to the pediatrician. We were there for hours and could not get it under control. Went to the emergency room. Into having to be hospitalized. He did test positive for an enterovirus. We are not sure it was this strain. I met so many parents going through the same thing at the emergency room, in the hospital, of their children struggling to breathe because of a respiratory virus. Dr. Greenberg, what kind of guidance would you give to parents of children who have these kinds of symptoms . What questions should they be asking of their Health Supervisors . The first thing to recognize is enterovirus is are incredibly common. There are probably 2 million children a year to get upper respiratory infections. The common cold from enteroviruses and they do just fine. This year, we have seen a spike in children getting quite ill. In general, there is no specific treatment for the virus. It is supportive care. If your child is having problems breathing, please get them to the physician or the emergency room for evaluation. The most important thing is to stop the spread of the virus. As the Public Health departments and cdc have been urging, frequent handwashing, using antibacterial soaps and lotions in schools and at home is the key to preventing the infection to begin with. If your child does become ill, i can reassure you think fully thankfully the neurological competitions complications are exceedingly rare. Even in the sickest children, this scary competition is seen in only a handful so far. Thank you, dr. Benjamin greenberg. He joins us from university of texas southwestern medical center. My thanks also to Shannon Pettypiece a bloomberg news. Coming up, Melissa Etheridge is a songwriter, singer, cancer survivor, and she is going solo with her music. Youll learn about her break from a longtime label and management arrangement and find out what she sees for the music business next. Have a good heart this is with all due respect quote taking stock on bloomberg. I am pimm fox. She is a survivor, the driver, musical mesmerize her, singer, songwriter, and activist. Listen Melissa Etheridge is the supervisor and owner of her new music. It is the home of her 13th album and it is called this is me. If i sit downnd next to you . Tell me about your new music. This is m. E. This is the result of a big change i made in my life last year. I saw that my career which had peaked in the 1990s along with a lot of music. The Music Industry was having a boom in the 90s. I saw it plateau and level out. Everybody stumbles last year, i clean house. I got new management and representation. I said, lets put our heads together. What does Melissa Etheridge need to do as a brand 2014 and beyond . How do i monetize that which i know is out in the world, a good feeling about myself and my music, how can i make that work for me . I got off the record labor i ha record label i had been on for 25 years. Label. Ed my own record this is my brand new, me in charge, me is the entrepreneur album i am putting out. Explain for people who may not be familiar with the record industry, the music business, what was it like in 1993 . Compare it to what is going on now. The record business industry, the recording industry, was built on the model of they would find an artist from the 1950s to the 1980s. What happened in the 1980s as they would find an artist, sign them. You would be bound to them. Your voice belonged to the record company. You could not sing on anyone elses song without their permission. You could not do anything with your voice. They owned your voice. It started to fall in on itself with digital. If you want the song come to my you would call Island Records and pay them because they own that recording. I dont own it. I dont really make any money on that recording. Tell us about the latest musical endeavor because that also brings together a lot of different people. The new model is i dont have this Million Dollar budget upfront. I used to write the songs. I would go in with a producer. I would pay him some money. I would pay the bandit some money. Two weeks in the studio and you would make a record. Now because i dont have the upfront money, i go to the producer who has a smaller studio because of technology. It can all be done much more economically. You can make a record in your bedroom now basically. Describe as the music, how that is infused with your own personal life over the last decade or so. You had to face some Significant Health issues with cancer. How does that come out in the music . I tell you, i learned a long time ago that the songs that come from my experience, that come from myself, what i know, those are the songs that touch people. The more personal i would get, the more universal it would be. You have not only been open about your cancer. You have also been a very open about your own personal life and getting married. Congratulations. You got married this year. Speak about that and one of the trends you hope is no longer a trend but just an everyday situation in the united states, samesex marriage. Samesex marriage is something 20 years ago was a dream. It was a strange dream. We were not ever going to get married. We were alternative. The familiesgot, we started creating, the children we had, we realized as a community we do need the same rights, the same protections that our amazing country affords us. There is the possibility of something on broadway . Yes. That is a dream of mine. A couple of years ago, i did a broadway. I love broadway. It is a special place. Wife whoting with my is an amazing writer. You can say her name. Lena wallum. The creator of nurse jackie, very Popular Television program. She has done a lot. Ar and i are creating broadway musical. It is in the back seat to her three shows she is working on and my album, so it has been sitting there and it might be a couple more years before it comes about. But it is in the pipeline and i look forward to it. One thing in the piper line pipeline literally and figuratively, you fill in the blanks for everybody. This came about because of the chemotherapy you were experiencing when you were fighting cancer. I had a choice at a time. I was in california, a medical marijuana state. I had a choice of the pharmaceuticals i could have taken for pain and depression and all these things which had side effects and more pills, or i had the choice of using the herb cannabis for pain relief, my appetite, for everything. It kept me very healthy during chemotherapy. I would highly recommend anyone undergoing this to look into the metals medical side of this. I believe this is a huge opportunity, huge business and market. You are going to see my name with a lot of these things. I have a wine coming out. It is a cannabis infused wine which tastes amazing. We are working on that. There is a lot of legal stuff that is amazing. Once that settles down, i really look forward to bringing this to. He world in a not scary way not an outlaw way. This is an american business. Cannabis infused wine. I wonder whether you should serve that chilled. My thanks to Melissa Etheridge. M. E. Islbum this is out now. When i asked her about her inspiration and where it comes from, she said it is all about the boss. As in bruce springsteen. One of the other questions are asked was what she spent her first big paycheck on. She remembers. It was 275,000. It was an advance and she used it to buy her first home. Coming up on taking stock, the app that helps you uncover last Minute Travel deals that could save you a bundle. We will learn how it works next on taking stock. Departures, the magazine. Luxury andbout published exclusively for American Express platinum and centurion members. The magazine celebrated its 25th anniversary. I met with the Senior Vice President and publisher to learn about the growth in luxury travel. Lets take a listen. The business is on fire now. It is one of the bright spots in the Luxury Retail space. Place, we are the only that those brands can come and reach the right consumer. Someone older, more sophisticated, and very affluent to be buying suits that are 5,000 or go to paul stewart on madison avenue and drop 10,000. Nowhere else are you going to reach that level of customer except in departures magazine. It about fashion, but it is about going places. The most recent issue focuses on miami and how it has become the city of the future. Tell us about this issue. Departures is a luxury lifestyle. Part of that is not just luxury goods, but travel is a really important part of the lifestyle. Our readers on average travel 11 times a year. They travel internationally. They have this global perspective. Right now, miami is the city of the future because even though it is in the u. S. Of a it is the most International City right now. You have a lot of russian influences. South america and north america. The cross current of sports, art, commerce all coming together. It is becoming the new capital of the western hemisphere. I noticed in your magazine not only do you focus on the more Traditional Hotel locations in miami, but you seem to go out of your way to find indigenous craftsmen, people who do oneofakind thanks. Is that on purpose . Access is what people are looking for today. Especially with the luxury customer where everyone is traveling to the same locations and carrying an Hermes Birken bag. How do you stand out . It is about finding the outoftheway places that give this consumer a new status symbol, which is knowledge. What are some of the other luxury hotspots now . Our readers want something exotic. In the september issue, our 25th anniversary, we did a whole piece on top 10 things to do in kyoto, japan. We are also seeing they have a love affair with places like rome and will go back to it over and over again. We can write about it over and over again because we are always finding something new in a city you know. Sometimes they want to know what is under the nose. We did a great piece on the culinary scene in richmond, virginia, which will make you salivate. Withe eternal city departures magazine. Lets move from luxury to last Minute Travel. Thatt tonight is an app might be your destination. Joining us is the cheap Data Scientist for the Online Travel company. Patrick, thanks for being here. What is flight tonight . It is about figuring out the destination you can fly to for cheap money at the last minute. It used to be could show up at the airport with your bags and go somewhere fun. The airlines are doing a great job of pricing the lastminute tickets way up there. There still are bargains. Youade this app to say if are in new york and want to take off tonight, we will help you find a cheap place to go. You aggregate the data from across the Different Airlines . We watch billions of prices everyday day and crunch those numbers so we can bring transparency to how the prices work. Onthe process, we find deals lastminute destinations in realtime. The deals include trinidad, honolulu, aruba. All these places are relatively inexpensive. Exactly. You can get to hawaii last minute for 700. There are amazing sales. If you want to wait longer, you can get there for 570 from new york. Trinidad 265. Are there restrictions associated . Theo, these are just seats airlines have not been able to yield to the high price at the last minute. Onis a different destination every day from any airport, but we will help you find them where they are. Lets say you are planning a thanksgiving holiday, maybe even your christmas break. What are some things we ought to know . The interesting thing we found with thanksgiving travel is the airlines know you have no flexibility. Youve got to get your inlaws on that particular day. Flat, start high but stay so you dont have to book that much in advance. You can wait until 10 days before and youre still getting pretty much the same price. What about winter holidays, christmas . People have more flexibility. Around christmas, you have to book before halloween to get in before the prices start to ramp up. You have to get in before trickortreating to go skiing. Exactly. Is about,at hopper helping you find the bargains. You find your trip and we tell you how much people are paying for it. Patrick sawyer is the cheap Data Scientist for the Online Travel company hopper. Thanks for taking stock. I am pimm fox. Good night. Live from pier 3 in san francisco, welcome to bloomberg west, where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. Im emily chang. Here is a check of your Bloomberg Top headlines. The company was dealt a blow after the new iphones did not ,se the sapphire screen although two versions of the apple watch will have them. Verebay has started a