and you can throw paypal in there, the company put in money matters. a lot of people use paypal and it changed the way we do business in this country. he had millions in silicon valley with a couple internet startups. he is worth $13 billion these days. that the estimate but not really money that drives this guy. it sounds a little crazy to people. its ultimate goal in life is to make man a multi planetary > species and get us to mars. the driving force with companies like tesla and solar city where he is the chairman you seem focused on global warming and changing our energy equation. john: the hyper loop. they re going to build a test track in california. what is the hyper loop and how
anticipated vote on the president s plan to take control of the internet. ash sree webster from our sister network fox business is here to explain how it could impact you. ashley? heather and ainsley your eyes may start to glaze over a little bit when you look at the fcc s 332 page plan on net neutrality. it means internet service provider should not demand a company like netflix to pay more to get their contact delivered to consumers faster. what does it mean to you, the consumer. here are some of the arguments. a key issue is the cost. they claim if the fcc treats broadband like a utility it could raise fees which in time will be passed on to consumers. the fcc says it won t happen. critics say that could change. it would help maintain a level playing field for future internet startups who could otherwise be priced out. net true trality would ensure
new york times received a letter, cnn has not yet, from sony from the attorney for sony warning media outlets telling them, jamie, they should not report on some of this private information that has been leaked saying it is stolen information. again, cnn has not received that letter yet. are you surprised by that? no, not really. i mean, although i think it s an impossible request. once this information is out, even if mainstream organizations at the beginning of the report, it goes out on twitter, it goes out on facebook pages, then some of the new internet startups start reporting it and eventually the rest of the media have to follow. so i think sony should have been better guarding their secrets rather than making requests now for information not to be shared. bob, when you talk about information such as celebrity phone numbers, e-mails, et cetera, exposed, private embarrassing e-mails, this breach forces change, but this
these young folks that they have an ambition to start their own business and say, i think i m going to do something on my own here. yes, absolutely. there has been so many internet startups and those folks, generally speaking, are absolutely not slackers. well, we have america s job hunt. check out time.com and powered by cnn, power driven by you. top of the hour, i m
assaulting a hotel house maid. she can t go back to work. she has no idea what her future is going to be in any respect. so aside from what took place in the hotel room, the trauma what has taken place in her life is extraordinary. the mississippi river is heading for historic crest at vicksberg over the next 24 hours. it is expected to peak a foot above the 1927 record across mississippi and louisiana. and 9,000 people have had to abandon their homes already. but this man plans to to stay put. do you have a plan b y i mean, if for some reason, the levees broke, what would you do? hook my gps up and leave out on the levee, that s it. well, it s very peaceful. yeah, very quiet. that s why i m getting a vacation right now, really. syrian newspaper reports the country s president admits that security forces have made mistakes in response to anti-government demonstrations. bashir al assad did not specify what those mistakes were, but the president is facing internati