Topped 2700, including over 1000 palestinian children. Over one million residents of gaza have been displaced. We will talk to omar shakir of Human Rights Watch in the israel i historian raz segal who said israels assault on gaza is a a textbook case of genocide. Were seeing a genocide unfolding today, which is quite exceptional in its character. As a jewish holocaust studies scholar, this is an urgent concern for me. There may be time to stop this unfolding attack, but we need to recognize it for what it is. Amy over the past 10 days, at least 12 journalists, mostly palestinians, have been killed. We will speak to the journalist lama alarian. Her close friend, the reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, was killed in an israeli artillery strike in southern lebanon. Officials from many different Political Parties and many journalist friends of his. He was buried with his press jacket and on his grave was cameras. Amy she joins us from beirut. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra
Topped 2700, including over 1000 palestinian children. Over one million residents of gaza have been displaced. We will talk to omar shakir of Human Rights Watch in the israel i historian raz segal who said israels assault on gaza is a a textbook case of genocide. Were seeing a genocide unfolding today, which is quite exceptional in its character. As a jewish holocaust studies scholar, this is an urgent concern for me. There may be time to stop this unfolding attack, but we need to recognize it for what it is. Amy over the past 10 days, at least 12 journalists, mostly palestinians, have been killed. We will speak to the journalist lama alarian. Her close friend, the reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, was killed in an israeli artillery strike in southern lebanon. Officials from many different Political Parties and many journalist friends of his. He was buried with his press jacket and on his grave was cameras. Amy she joins us from beirut. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra
Want to use momentum from their tax bill victory to take on welfare. Paul ryan says 2018 is a chance as a chance to reshape the safety net for the poor and disabled. He also wants to change food stamps and medicaid programs. In Southern California firefighters doused hotspots. ,winds increased that could whip up embers and flareups. A huge fire still smoldering northwest of los angeles. Officials say the blazes 60 contained and now the second largest in california history. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti, this is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology with emily chang is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up, we take a look at a big year in consumer tech, from google to amazon to apple. What worked, what did not and what is worth your money . Plus, we discussed facebooks role on the platform for political propaganda. Is the social network overstepping by helping usero
Emily but first to our lead and a bloomberg scoop. Uber has a new number two. The worlds most valuable startup has named Barney Harford its chief operating officer. Hartford is the former ceo of the Online Travel site orbitz. He is the secondprofile hire by the uber ceo. He has worked for and competed with khosrowshahi in the Online Travel sector. And it is an interesting move considering the other uber news out wednesday, the european top court has officially rolled the service should be regulated as a Transportation Company rather than a digital company. The ruling is aimed at uberpop which allows people to pick up passengers, the equivalent of uberx. We spoke with the capital managing partner from london along with Bloomberg Technology partner eric newcomer. Eric he has a long history with khosrowshahi. I think that is definitely helpful. This is sort of a loyalist you can bring in, a trusted hand. So i think that is part of it. Barney did a really good job at orbitz. It was a debt
Bitcoin. Emily but first to our lead and a bloomberg scoop. Uber has a new number two. The worlds most valuable startup has named Barney Harford its chief operating officer. Hartford is the former ceo of the Online Travel site orbitz. The second high profile hire by the uber ceo. He has worked for and competed with khosrowshahi in the Online Travel sector. And it is an interesting move considering the other uber news out wednesday, the european top court has officially rolled the service should be regulated as a Transportation Company rather than a digital company. The ruling is aimed at uberpop which allows people to pick up passengers, the equivalent of uberx. We spoke with the capital managing partner from london along with Bloomberg Technology s eric newcomer. Eric he has a long history with khosrowshahi. I think that is definitely helpful. This is sort of a loyalist you can bring in, a trusted hand. So i think that is part of it. Barney did a really good job at orbitz. It was a de