Enterprise and cloud business. Take a listen to his first public message. Software is still a very valuable, malleable research to create it as experiences and i think that is where we will be focused on. Think about how everything we do will be digitally mediated. That means that experiences such as online meetings or how i connect and communicate with my friends and family or how i view entertainment will all be changed by software. Those are the places where microsoft is squarely focused in bringing our innovation. In addition to nadella taking the top job, bill gates has stepped down. Gates will remain very involved as a technology advisor. We have a roundtable to discuss now. Michael pim joins us via skype from seattle. Joining us from l. A. And our editor at large, cory johnson joining me. What do you think about what you heard from Satya Nadella and that address . I think he is right. I think in a number of these markets. In a number of cases, i think microsoft is its own worst
Deficit sequestration, and of course, the fiscal cliff. Listening to breathless elected officials discuss the fiscal cliff can be terrifying. As the story goes, weve made some bad choices over the years. Weve tried to outrun it, but in the ends were trapped and it sounds like like our country is facing this. But lets just take a moment and breathe. Because fear is not going to help. And facts will. Here are some of the facts. If a new plan for the federal budget is not reached between congress and the white house by the end of the year, january 1, 2013 will be the first day that significant spending cuts and meaningful tax increases take effect. Adding up to about 500 billion in 2013 alone. Now, lets remember this cliff is manufactured. The result of lawmakers tying each others hands back during the 2011 debt ceiling debacle. First all of the bush era tax cuts would be eliminated. Bringing taxes on nearly every taxpayer and many businesses back to the preet2001 rates. The payroll tax c
A surge of local anger. Ukraines richest man instigates rallies against prorussian separatists and demands an end to the violence. Im at the Cannes Film Festival where theres no shortage of female actors but where are the female directors . Thats a bit of a sore subject. Find out why later in the program. So dozens of people have been killed after two bombs exploded in nigerian city of joss. The blasts went off in a busy intersection next to a popular market. No claim of responsibility, but boko haram is suspected given the Current Situation there. The latest is live from abuja. Tell us what you know. Reporter well, the blast happened near the main market at the busy intersection that was full of people at that point. One of the bombs were put on a minivan and another one on a truck. Police could be seen on pictures in social media putting in pickup bodies. The police have confirmed more than six people have died. The tensions are rising over the town with the armed forces and police o
Crossing the boar border into the u. S. Alone. The u. S. Military advisers have arrived in iraq. As Everybody Knows this is a very critical time for iraq as a whole, and the government more basic challenge, more central challenge that we face, a Security Cooperation between the forces here in the kurdish area is very critical to helping draw lines with respect to isil. That meeting took place as soldiers battled with Islamic State in iraq and the levant. Mike viqueira for us at the white house. What is next for the military advisers who are now on the grouped in iraq. Reporter theyre there to assess the cohesiveness of the iraqi army. And the iraqi armys image has suffered. In addition, 90 of the 300 that the president said he is sending there as special operators as the phrase goes are coming into country today. In addition to assessing the capability of the iraqi army, theyre also going to be helping the iraqi acquire targets of the isil where bombs should be dropped. We have more fr
The pentagon confirmed today that the first u. S. Military advisers are on the ground in iraq. This comes as secretary of state john kerry meets with nato Foreign Ministers to discuss the challenges facing that country. Kerry flew to brussels after meeting with kurdish leaders in northern iraq. As everybody knows, this is a very critical time for iraq as a whole. And the government formation challenge is the central challenge that we face in recent days the Security Cooperation between the forces here in the kurdish area have been really critical to helping to draw a line with respect to isil. That meeting took place as iraqi soldiers battled with fight presser Islamic State in the iraq, levant just west the baghdad. Mike, what is the mission for the military 5 advisers now on e ground in iraq. Reporter 40 of the threat hundred that the press spoke about when he deployed them last week have now arrived in country. And their mission to is hes the readiness and cohesiveness of the iraqi