Hillary clinton and previous secretary of state for poorly managed email practices and systemic weaknesses related to communications that started before her tenure as secretary of state. But her failures were singled out as more serious. An aide to donald trump says theres a call to break a weeks long impasse over an endorsement from the speaker, which trump aides believe is imminent. A jailed Ukrainian Pilot has been released and sent home from russia. She was exchanged for two russian serviceman being held by ukraine. Global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. I am mark crumpton. Bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Microsoft has the tech giant , waved the white flag in the smartphone wars . At t makes its move on yahoo after holding back in the bidding war, they are now all in. We will tell you what the power play means for verizon. Peter thiel strikes back. How hes been secretly fund
Have lifted sanctions linked to Irans Nuclear program. The European Commission says it is working constructively with turkey on visafree travel after turkeys foreign minister said if the eu does not make good on its promise to let turks visit europe without visas, turkey will not help the block with refugees. Bloomberg west is next. Emily this is bloomberg west. Coming up, the Stanford University president stepped down this summer, but his legacy lives on. I will speak with one of the tech communitys most influential pioneers. Plus, with 150 million active users and counting, turning attention to avenue. And a oneonone with the motor city matriarch. We catch up with general motor ceo for an exclusive interview how she is attracting top tech talent from Silicon Valley. First, to our lead. John hennessy will step down as president of Stanford University this august. He has reigned over the university for 15 years after raising more money than any university in a decade and attracting mor
Acknowledging that the American People are better off than we were seven years ago. Even he understands we made important progress. Connell the Senate Majority leader is here, Mitch Mcconnell is here to talk about his book called the long game. Should have a nice long talk about that. Interesting to hear the white house 8 you as almost a source. Dont know where they got that. I have been saying the opposite. The middleclass is shrinking, the worst recovery after a deep recession since world war ii. The number of people on food stamps is at a record level. The Labor Participation rate is where it was under the carter administration. I dont recall saying anything optimistic. Connell maybe we are better than we were at the depth of the recession. It was convenient for the white house. Another way of looking at it is how does this compare to other deep recessions . The worst recovery after a deep recession, the pattern frequently always has been the deeper the recession the quicker the dow
Thousand candles unattended before going asleep on east 52nd avenue. They are part of the new years celebration. Just before two a. M. The fire broke out destroying the temple and damaging homes and cars. Two monks taken to the hospital. Neighbors cambodian understand the religious significance. One man was nervous when he saw them lit up monday night. Okay, i saw that and i said this is a bad idea. It will be a fire. But did not tell me not to do that. Agents with the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and fire arms are working with investigators because a house of worship burned down but so far no signs of arson. Monks tell us that they are counting their blessings and will rebuild. If this is an annual tradition and do this as part of a celebration, do you know what what wrong this year. Neighbors have seen these candles in recent years and last year by the grace of god that no fire occurred last year but they will be keeping a close eye if they rebuild. Henry lee, thank you very mu
Is not the answer on discrimination. If my colleagues insist on more lawsuits, perhaps they should start their own background. According to 2014 opm study, the federal government has a substantial pay gap. The average woman along the gs makes 89 cents for every dollar earned by the average man and this gender gap can even be seen in the pay for staff working in the white house, which only pays women 87 , cents on every dollar owner earned by a man. The fact is women are smart. Women know what is best for them and their family. Many women want work balance in their life. They seek out careers that provide them opportunities. We should look at other ways we can help women besides this litigation piece. For example the working families stability act 2013 bill that would give flexibility for women to use their personal time in liue of overtime pay. Women tell us one of the things they need is more time rather than necessarily more money. Also, repealing the 30hour workweek for health care