[applause] good afternoon, everyone. As we settle in i often pick a word for the day. A kind of how i govern myself often times and my frame of mind. But today im going to take an image of the day if you look at your screen, one of our commissioners shared with me this image and i think it sets the tone and stage and underscores the importance of why we are here. This is a chinese book for kindergartners and even if you dont speak chinese, circled r. Two letters, ai. Kindergarten textbook. The senator talked about us getting ready from grade school to graduate school. Now we are talking about kindergarten or even pre k. If we are going to keep ahead and stay number one when it comes to ai so i just want to start with this image because again it really for me underscores the urgency of why this commission was formed and why its so important as we are here today. We have a broa had a broad mandh concrete steps the government should take to build and maintain a Machine Learning work force
Officials reveal the deadliest agent ever created was used on the halfbrother of kim jongun. How did it not affect the attackers. The 89th Academy Awards just two days away. Is it a lock for la la land . Its hollywoods biggest night. We have your guide to it. Today, friday, february 24th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Im matt lauer, with carson daly, wrapping up buddy week. Savannah has one more week of Maternity Leave. Are you with the oscars are for march madness and the final four . I do. I have la la land. Well see if carsons predictions have much more early on. Lets start with the top story. President trump taking the stage at the largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists. His speech comes a day after members of his administration addressed the gathering, including controversial strategist steve bannon. We have comple
23time nhl allstar and is considered one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Gordie howe was 88 years old. Louisville, kentucky is saying a final goodbye to his favorite son today. The world watched the body of boxing legend muhammad ali carry through the roads of his hometown in a funeral service. The private Graveside Service was held later for the heavyweight champion. An Interfaith Memorial Service took place at a sports arena packed with celebrities, comedians, athletes, politicians, and fans of the man simply known as the greatest. He was 74 years old. Global news 24 hours a day powered by 2400 journalists in , more than 150 news bureaus around the world. Bloomberg west is next. Emily i am emily chang. This is bloomberg west. Coming up, the power shift. Apple puts qualcomm chips on hold for intel. We will discuss what it means for the three tech titans. Gawker tagged out. The website has enforced into has been forced into bankruptcy, it appears. We will have full details.
, and fans of the man simply known as the greatest. He was a muddy four years old or global news 24 hours a day he was 74 2400 years old. Bloomberg west is next. Emily chang. Apple puts qualcomm chips on hold for intel p or we will discuss what it means for the three tech titans. Gawker tagged out. The website has enforced into bankruptcy, it appears. Tech forecaster says a car will soon be the smartest thing you own. We will reimagine the future of your commute later this hour. Days before apples annual Developers Conference, the iphone maker announces a major change a month suppliers. Amongst suppliers. The next iphones will use modems from intel, replacing qualcomm chips. Qualcomm closed down 2 . They will be used on at t u. S. Network and some other version of the smartphone for overseas markets. Iphones on the Verizon Network will stick with qualcomm cards. This is three days before the developer conference. What upgrades and announcements can we expect, and will they reinvigorate
A week. This morning, stock futures in this country pointing towards a big selloff here when the markets open. Chinas 7 selloff wiped off value in just 15 minutes. Analysts say investors are reacting to the Chinese Government devaluing the un and what it signals that the economy may be doing worse than expected. Chinese markets have lost nearly a quarter of their value. More from beijing. The new year really has got off to a bang on chinas jittery stock markets. Trading was halted twice on monday. On thursday, the same thing happened again. The first session lasted just 12 minutes before the index dropped by 5 . That was enough to halt trading for 15 minutes. Trading then resumed. The market then dropped by 7 after just three minutes. So on thursday, just 15 minutes of trading was possible. Why is this happening . China, currency, the yuon is continuing to weaken. Thats further confirmation the worlds second largest economy is continuing to slow. Also on thursday came reports that the