Pretty good ones. We had sarah battle earlier this year, john hodgman, last semester, these three great stuff planned for next semester already. Also, tonights forum is being filled by cspan so during the question part of the forum if you would go up to one of the microphones and also, hopefully state your name in your question another reason we ask you to state your name is because we then do a write up of all the forum afterward which you will be able to read a couple of days after the event on a website which is [inaudible] in the last announcement is that this event tonight is cosponsored by radius which is another group here at mit. I am thrilled to be able to introduce these three it is a different three than we initially thought would be here because just called me up a little past five because his daughter was puking as the father of gms kids myself i said stay home and fortunately chris couch who writes a lot about technology is a brilliant journalist in their own right and ha
Gentlemen. Welcome to barnes and noble tribeca appeared to not have the pleasure of introducing Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens as they join us to discuss their new book, geek girl rising inside the sisterhood shaping up tech. Heather cabot is a former abc news correspondent. Investor, adjunct professor and a woman at forbes contributed. Sam walravens is an editor, recognize speaker on women, contributed to women at the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens. You so much thank you [applause] we really appreciate coming out on a rating i like this. This is a super exciting moment for us because first of all we are in the same city. Which we really are because i live in new york and pam lives in San Francisco. This really is the evening before geek girl rising inside the sisterhood shaping up tech comes out. It is really a special moment for us and to kick things off, to give you a taste of what the book is about, will shave a
Well take you through live for her comments. She will be asked about some of the biggest issues facing business and tech and i imagine some politics, too. You would imagine so, yes. This is the final hour of trading for the month of may, so your last chance to sell in may if you were so inclined. The nasdaq, of course, has been the big out performer. Discuss whether it is time to sell some of the high flying tech names. Well see where the market on close number is. As we head into a traditional i dont like to talk about the traditional. Hasnt work that great. Well talk more about them, dont worry. Begin with netflix ceo making headlines at the conference a few hours ago. Our Julia Boorstin is on the scene with more. Julia. Reporter hey, kelly. Thats right. Netflix ceo reed hatings tells me he is scared of amazon, really scared as amazon ramps up its investment in original content. But he says he is going to broaden the library and grow the subscriber base. If we try to out amazon amazo
Something in there for everyone. Also tonights meeting a last second attempt to reinstate the kroted artery restraint which is applied to the kroted artery in the neck incapacitates a person but in the end the carotid restraint and the officers firing at moving cars are both banned. But maybe this is not the last word in this debate. The Police Officers association could sue to overturn the ban on shooting at moving vehicles. Much more to come on this one. Live in San Francisco, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. This should be Getting National attention as well. Thank you, terry. A taxi ride turned out to be a nightmare for a local woman. Cull ixi driver allegedly drove woman to his home and s and ly assaulted her. What uld be many more victim. Nbc bay areas ian joins us from downtown campbell this evening where the woman was picked up. Pen, as you know, this is a hot spot for bars and restaurants. What happened there . Reporter yeah, raj, police say the woman was out drinking with s
Where she just appeared about an hour ago this morning. You talked with salmans uncle. We heard a little of what he had to say. He said shes a victim in all of this . Reporter yeah, good morning to you, chris. Thats correct. It was a very passionate plea by the uncle. His name is al salman. He helped take care of her after her father passed away. Hes standing by her saying she is innocent through all of this. Well get to his sound in just a second. To describe exactly how noor salman looked inside the courtroom, were waiting to get the sketches since this is a federal court room were talking about. I can describe she looked very dejected. Wearing a yellow shirt, jogging pants, peeked over her shoulder as to what is going on. She saw the media circus behind her inside of that courtroom. Now, some prosecutors are claiming she aided and abetted omar mateen during that deadly night on june 12 during that night Club Shooting in orlando. Now, i told you we spoke to that uncle. He was leaving