For. And i think a fundamental reason for that is because of the way our personal data translates into dollar signs. So it took an executive at a Company Called nuance, which is a Voice Recognition company, to put it succinctly for me, this particular attitude. He said that privacy was an economic consideration. Now, this executive was helping nuance which does the Voice Recognition technology for the iphone siri to create a personal assistant technology separate to that, that could go beyond siri ins could referencing all the data between the different apps on our phones. Kind of like a butler that has the keys to all the doors in your house and all the cup boards and every safe, just to make them that little bit better at what they do. I asked him about, wouldnt consumers find that a little bit odd, to have their privacy unfringed like that . And he said, just again, i feel like this illustrates the attitudes in Silicon Valley, when do people feel their privacy has been breached . An
Brazilians like to point out even border on france. Complicated diplomatic dance and is made more complicated by the relationships and the trade challenges that brazil faces with argentina because they tend to overload some of the circuits in the structures that they have. But the resilience work very hard at this. Brazilians work very hard at this. The efforts from our point of view are positive, whether it is in Central America or the caribbean community. These are all efforts that facilitate dialogue and for thes that broader hemisphere. To ahe biggest impediment brazil that dominates south america is largely its inability to open its markets. If brazil could open its markets, the andean countries never would have done freetrade agreements with the United States, or least not with the speed that they did them. They would have done agreements with brazil. When the mexicans realize they have been organized of latin america and they were not part andhe caribbean community, they launch
We take you through the details and impact of that announcement. We are asking our viewers what you think Ben Bernankes legacy will be when he steps down from the fed. Give us a call. Epublicans, 202 5853881 democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Outside the u. S. , 202 5853883. You can also catch up with us on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good thursday morning to you. Ofwant to begin with some the front pages about that ben bernanke press conference. Here is the financial times. A picture of ben bernanke. A historic end to the tenure. Over to the front page of usa today money section. A bit from the front page of the wall street journal. That is the lead to that story on the front page of the wall street journal. Here he is announcing the decision to taper monthly asset buying. [video clip] let me just say that one of the things i am proud of and i have tried to accomplish over the past eight years is to increase the transparency of the fed and to increase the ac
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from san francisco. Good evening. From the air, an iconic view of one of the countrys great cities. As were back on the road, tonight in the embarcadero in san francisco. But we start in the northeast where fighter jets were scrambled after a army blimp broke loose and drifted in civilian air space. Trailing its mile long steel tether, the unmanned blimp left a trail of damage across parts of pennsylvania and knocked out power to thousands before it was brought to the ground. Nbcs tom costello followed the drama and has full details for us. Reporter in the sky over bloomsberg, pennsylvania, this afternoon a top secret runaway military balloon known as an arrow stat. After a hot pursuit involving fighter jets and state police and citizens who called in updates. Zachary boyd watched it drift by his classroom at school. I look out the window and this big white things goes over the field. On the ground behind the balloo
Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Democrats from capitol hill to the campaign trail are urging a quick replacement, but Senate Republicans are vowing to block any nomination president obama puts forward. They argue a lame duck president with less than an year of office should not be able to tip the balance especially in the middle of a heated election cycle. The president can nominate whoever he wants but the senate wont act. Scalias body was escorted from the west texas ranch where his body was found. He was found dead saturday morning. He died of natural causes. Scalias doctor actually reported a texas judge that Justice Scalia had been suffering from main another ailments but thats all the doctor would say. He was 79 years old. Heather . Kristin fisher live for us. Thank you, kristin. New overnight. Dozens of people r