And he is our guest for this edition of the communicators. What happened 25 years ago and what happened and what was your role . Marc what happened was essentially the birth of Digital Television. More exactly of what that is, because it is a little confusing. But i was working for a Company Called general instrument based here in san diego. As it was known, was a Technology Conglomerate with headquarters in new york city. And one of the divisions was based here in san diego. And we were in the satellite and cable tv business. Thats what led to the convention of Digital Television. Of that was that our leaders were pioneers and pioneers in Digital Communications technology. The time wasat growing rapidly. We were encrypting the satellite tv signals of virtually all the u. S. Content providers in the United States, such as hbo and cnn and espn and so on. That was still in the age of analog tv. Note sincetant to its origins in world war i and world war ii last entry was based on analog t
President ial campaign. Weve got the numbers. Two Boston Police officers in Critical Condition this morning following a shooting in boston with the suspect wearing armor. We are following their condition. We will bring it to you. In business this morning wells fargo ceo is out and details on the exit and phoney account scandal coming up. Markets this morning looking low e. Lower. Thats due out later this morning. In europe stocks were lower across the board. That set the tone. The cac quarante down a quarter percent. Weakness also in london twothirds of one percent. In asia overnight, hang seng top loser. Other majors mostly lower with the exception of china. The 8carat blue diamond that could be yours. We will bring it to you and tell you about the gem. Those stories this morning. Joining me to break it down Dagen Mcdowell, steve hilton is with us and pollster lee carter. Big stories today, dagen. Dagen big stories. I was going through a lot of the headlines its like anticatholic, gro
People bringing more money in. At least, finally, they are getting a little inflation on abenomics. In the u. S. No eco data. What are you going to do . Go home. Take it easy. Not much on the economic front. We have something else, the president has signed two more pills. He did this last night. Vacation in hawaii. One is the budget deal crafted by senators paul ryan and patty murray. The other cracks down on Sexual Assault in the military. Joe biden leaves for vacation today. They stagger their vacations. Like we do here at bloomberg. They stagger the vacations so one is always on duty. Bermuda or the bahamas . No adults in charge. You could argue that is always the case in washington. Obama is in hawaii. Thank you, trish. A data check. Going on. E lot markets overseas have been quiet. The friday, next week there is a holiday, nobody is at work. Who told us that only the third level junior traders are at work. And us. Theery light volume in futures market. Futures down. Towards ae hea
Would you pay . Peter varney and company is about to begin. I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any irs rules or regulations and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. Stuart she says she didnt do anything wrong so why did lois lerner write this in an email to the division of taxexempt status in 2011 . Direct quote, the tea party matter, very dangerous. As you can see the tea party is named lose the political threat is mentioned this lois lerner refuse to answer questions. House will vote on contempt charges tomorrow. The attorney representing some of the targeted tea party organizations. That quote i just read, i know you have seen it. Is that a smoking gun . Yes. I think it is. Theres another aspect to it. The next couple sentences later talks about this is significant, we need to get chief counsels office involved in this investigation. Chief counsel is appointed by the president of the United S
Good morning, everyone. Its monday, february 27th. Im alex witt alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and alex burgdorf. We begin with the shocking hollywood ending everyone is talking about. The epic best picture blunder. Last Nights Academy awards, possibly the worst in oscar history, when someone gave warren beaty, the i dont thiwre for the biggest prize of the night. And the Academy Award for best picture come on. La la land. Right after announcing la la land when the camera goes to the audience, you can hear a confused Warren Beatty here say, it says emma stone. The accountant that certifies the oscar votes came running on stage. And thats when this happened. Im sorry, no, theres a mistake. Moonlight, you won best picture. This is not a joke. This is not a joke. Im afraid they read the wrong thing. This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture. Moonlight, best picture. I would like to see you get an oscar anyway. Why not hand out a bunch of them . I am very proud to give this to my frien