Services. Uber reduced fares for its Uberx Service by 20 in the big apple. Uber will keep its regular commission for each ride and drivers will make less per trip so the Company Claims drivers should see more riders each day. Wellknown Venture Capitalist, tim draper, is now almost 30,000 bitcoins richer. Draper was the highest bidder for a large amount of the bitcoin currency at an auction. Bitcoins are part of a larger pool that was seized from a website. He will join us later. Now, to our lead story box has raised 150 million in funding at a valuation of 2. 4 billion. This according to people with knowledge of the situation. It gives box more to time to wait for favorable conditions before going public. The Cloud Storage provider had planned to go public last march but it delayed its ipo because of shaky Market Conditions. Sources say tpg capital will get a seat on boxs board. How much more time will the funding really buy box . We are joined by leslie picker in new york. What exactl
They have a swiss watchmaker to help lead the watch release coming at the same time samsung begins shipping its own version of the smart watch called big lxe gear. Tim draper is now almost 30,000 bitcoins richer. He won them at an auction held by the u. S. Marshals Service Recently when they pulled off access from a website shut down by the fbi last year when the marketplace was found a forum to buy and sell illicit wares. He will join us later to discuss his plans for his bitcoins will stop apple has posted a Senior Executive from a swiss watchmaker. The former Vice President of sales at the watch company has been selected. Hes not the First Executive from the luxury sector to join apple. If former were buried ceo started as apples head of retail in may. Applesng points to growing interest in the wearable sector and could point to the launch of a smart watch later this year. The Samsung Galaxy gear smart watch started shipping today. Be inccessful will apple wearables and is there roo
Good evening. The white house tonight is presenting new evidence that sarin gas was used in a chemical attack in syria, as it tries to convince congress to authorize a military strike there. Its unclear if lawmakers will approve the request when they return next week from recess, but already, the decision to ask for support has had ripple effects both here and around the world. We have complete coverage tonight, and we begin with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. Kristen, good evening. Reporter carl, good evening to you. The decision to give congress a vote is a political gamble by president obama. One white house official tells me the strategy moving forward will be to flood the zone and that effort started today with the chief of staff, Vice President and president making a flurry of phone calls to lawmakers and other top officials, holding a rare holiday briefing today on capitol hill. With the president s credibility on the line, secretary of state john kerry fanned out on th
Buyers, greater power to seize guns from the mentally ill and tighter age limits for buying rifles like the one used in the shooting at a high school in parkland florida. The nras top lobbyist pushed back on some of those proposals thursday night following a meeting with the president and Vice President , tweeting, quote, we all want safe schools, Mental Health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. Potus and vpotus support the 2nd amendment, support strong due process and dont want gun control. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist kim strassel and bill mcgurn. Bill, is the president finally breaking what he calls the gridlock on gun control . Well, it depends on which President Trump you mean. The President Trump that sort of said we could do away with due process and do a lot of things grab the guns first . Right, or the president after he met with the nra lobbyists and seemed to walk back some of his thi
Buyers, greater power to seize guns from the mentally ill and tighter age limits for buying rifles like the one used in the shooting at a high school in parkland florida. The nras top lobbyist pushed back on some of those proposals thursday night following a meeting with the president and Vice President , tweeting, quote, we all want safe schools, Mental Health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. Potus and vpotus support the 2nd amendment, support strong due process and dont want gun control. Joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor Dan Henninger and columnist kim strassel and bill mcgurn. Bill, is the president finally breaking what he calls the gridlock on gun control . Well, it depends on which President Trump you mean. The President Trump that sort of said we could do away with due process and do a lot of things grab the guns first . Right, or the president after he met with the nra lobbyists and seemed to walk back some of his thi