sirius e. underwood when they ran the name, investigators found a son of a local preacher, who'd had some juvenile offenses but in the years since had redeemed himself. he graduated from zane state, got a good job with a local manufacturer and seemed to charm every woman he met. four days into their investigation, detective brady hittle found sirius at a girlfriend's place. >> i asked him if i could look at his cell phone. if i could take it back to the office, and download it. he agreed to let me do that. >> how'd he present himself? >> calm. >> he claimed he didn't know brandy was killed. just calm, cool, and collected. >> reporter: sirius came to the sheriff's office. >> we'll put it in airplane mode. >> reporter: while the squad's phone expert examined his cell, sirius explained how he knew brandy's husband josh. >> we went to zane state together. >> okay. >> i worked out with him and stuff like that. >> reporter: he said he hardly knew brandy. >> i didn't, like, meet her meet her, i seen h

you can also listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119. you can listen to us on radio on sirius xm channel 119, and on am 1130 in new york, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 fm in washington, d.c. and am 960 in the bay area. in london on dab digital and on the bloomberg app. it has been a decade since the crisis talk property speculators hard lessons and home prices have climbed back up, house flippers have crowded into the market. investors are now facing the first slow down and it is not pretty. a reporter told us more. of my storyhe theme is the hidden risk in the u.s. housing market and we are sort of getting a glance of it in the west coast. where markets have really slowed dramatically. they were red-hot a year ago, and especially in fourth-quarter they really stalled. flippers are right on the front lines so they felt it first. carol: funny you are talking about flippers. i thought we had learned our lessons but hellas about the people that were out there doing it and how they compare with the ones in the past and who is providing the funding?

you can also listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119. you can listen to us on radio on sirius xm channel 119, and on am 1130 in new york, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 fm in washington, d.c. and am 960 in the bay area. in london on dab digital and on the bloomberg app. it has been a decade since the crisis talk property speculators hard lessons and home prices have climbed back up, house flippers have crowded into the market. investors are now facing the first slow down and it is not pretty. a reporter told us more. >> i guess the theme of my story is the hidden risk in the u.s. housing market and we are sort of getting a glance of it in the west coast. where markets have really slowed dramatically. they were red-hot a year ago, and especially in fourth-quarter they really stalled. flippers are right on the front lines so they felt it first. carol: funny you are talking about flippers. i thought we had learned our lesson, but tell us about the people that were out there doing it and how they compare with the ones in the past and who is providing

. >> this is my favorite channel on sirius. >> reporter: over the past 13 years, the so-called shock jock has helped sirius xm satellite radio grow from a fledgeling experiment into a 33 million subscriber-- the evolution of 65-year-old stern himself. >> people assume they come here and it would be the launchiest show on the planet. >> right. that you go totally "x" rated. >> no, that's boring. >> ladies, what would your man say is your biggest turn-on? >> reporter: sure, there are still plenty of juvenile bits about sex and bathroom habits but there are also moments like this. actress charlize theron talking about how a hollywood producer hit on her. >> i knocked on the door and he opened up the door and he was in his pajamas. and then we sat down and started talking. he sat very close to me. that was strange. the drinking bothered me. i was like this doesn't feel right. >> reporter: time and time again when celebrities sit down in howard's studio, they reveal personal stories they maybe haven't shared with anyone else. >> you had it? >> i had prostate cancer a couple of years ago.

let me tell you that over the weekend one for sirius was transformed into a gigantic graveyard 15 bodies were found. the bodies were brought to the morgan last much chance for all those who have missing loved ones. to see those just enough follows up on the searching my thoughts regularly despite the fact that she has received many open threats. and because i don't know what i remember once there was a funeral wreath with my name on it in front of my door you don't forget something like that when it was a form of intimidation as if to say you find bodies you find dead people here you are at your funeral raef. the threat almost became reality about 10 years ago 10 members accused her of spying for another cartel or working for the government so the cartel abducted her i was going to be all my life was in danger i knew they'd have to kill me or let me go but i had already seen all the face and. get back to come so i thought they would kill me or know that yes yeah one of them said it was time and made this gesture. another one asked me if i had a last wish. they would be more than. i said

sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ carol: this is " best of bloomberg: technology." i am carol massar. boston is arguably the center of the biotech world, but amongst this competition, modernist stands out -- moderna stands out. cambridge, they are focused on creating therapies from infections to cardiovascular diseases. they went public last year in what turned out to be the biggest biotech ipo ever. i caught up with the ceo to talk about what has changed since the ipo. isthe big different for us we used to share data all the time. all the time with everybody. and tod to do science science, you need people understanding all the pieces. carol: so you are sharing more data? >> sharing less, because now we have to be careful. carol: because you are publicly held, that is interesting. what has changed in terms of the work you are doing and the perception with your partners? >> mostly the same. our first partnership with astrazeneca goes back to 2013. we have a of long-term investors like fidelity, l

listen every day on sirius xm channel 119. also 106.1 in boston. carol: and of course in the bay area in london. one of the first ceos we caught up with at milken was the ceo of clear. jason: it is a fascinating company and anybody going through a major airport in the united states has probably seen their kiosk. there envisions are grander. they want to take you faster, not just through airport seconds but to stadiums, restaurants, even to your doctor's office. every part that is in your while it could be replaced with your fingerprints, your faith, you're a i look at my wallet and myay why am i carrying business access card? why am i giving them my health care card? none of these things make sense in the day we lived in. biometric makes it savior -- safer and easier. about let's talk security. anybody watching this, that is going to be there big hangup presumably. how do you overcome that? what do you say to customers? bought this company to increase homeland security. i am a neurotic mother of three it -- three. also, integrity and trust. picture

on sirius xm -- app, and in the u.s. on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: qualcomm shares fell the most in two years after a judge ruled they have violated antitrust laws. a u.s. district court judge sided with the ftc, accusing the company of abusing its dominant addition to squeeze excessive licensing fees from phone -- position to squeeze excessive licensing fees from phone makers. the chipmaker says they disagree and will seek an immediate appeal. we spoke with an analyst about the ruling. >> this is not just a nice little sideline, we are talking billions of dollars of revenue that comes in every year. that money is used to fund an industry leading rmd asset. if you want to buy a 5g phone right now or for perhaps the rest of this year, you will be buying qualcomm. -- a qualcomm chip that is very important. >> let's get a market perspective. stacy, your perspective on the severity of the selloff. is it in line with the severity of risk to the business model? >> in theory, yes. i am surprised by the magnitude. wereld have th

quinn with me coming to hide me but i limp out of the book at all with all the things that see on the sirius had their way they claimed. it to be less and less calling in sick in my phone i said in that message that put in super meant to conduct album. they're not interested in knowing why there is a problem so just to be sure why there are certain medicines are not available they don't tell you for instance that although venezuela has the money to buy medicines and tries to buy these medicines often enough the countries either refuse to deal with venezuela or do not deliver. we had in the month of november the crisis. in the province. and. they couldn't get the malaria medicine from colombia they had to fly it in from india. has been flying in from god knows how many countries. there is a problem. insulin but that is because of the boycott i think put the blame where the blame belongs. we condemn the government of venezuela. when we ourselves are causing this car city. if you will not obey the voice of the lord your god will be careful to do all these months and. then all these curses shall

. >> rhea pearlman blasted her on sirius xm radio. >> it fell like she had a suppohutton on "watch what happens live." the distributor said she shouldn't. "poms" is out this weekend. in this movie one of the themes is doing that thing that maybe you wanted to do earlier in the life, you didn't have to guts to do. have you done most of the things you always wanted to do? >> oh no, no, no, not at all. i have a lot of projects and a lot of things i want to do. >> angelica is in the third "john wick" film. she's being praise by some for raising the questions about the roles that hollywood offers. >> i'm not a bucket list girl. i think there should be greater parts for grownup women. >>> now for more news, wendy williams sounds off. she kept mum about her personal drama today. yesterday, not so much. >> there are a lot of women with no respect for a marriage. >> during a discussion about steph and ayesha curry about overzealous fal shehe lonely gio in hell for you. filed for divo fired him and changed the pass code to the building. >> don't let no man punk you. >> kevin issued a apology and

." >> you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119 and am 11 30, 106.1 in boston. >> am 960 in the bay area, in london on dab digital and through the bloomberg business app. india's elections are among the world's most corrupt and most expensive. fact, a reported $7 billion has been spent on this year's national races so far. >> that was more than what was spent in the 2016 presidential in the u.s. a plan to increase transparency into a river of anonymous donations may make things worse. >> we have those details from our reporter in mumbai. >> india's elections are one of the world's most expensive elections. they are estimated to spend about $7 billion usd in 2019. roughlyt into context, $6.5 billion usd was estimated to be spent on donald trump back in 2016. by some estimates, india's election is the world's most expensive. much of this money comes from a new funding instrument called the bond. critics of the bond say it legalizes what is called black money laundering. donations, unaccounted cash. critics say that all they really capitalistsrony launder black money in

. >> today on sirius xm paris said she regretted commenting at all and give lilo an apology. kind calling you beyond. i feel the shade. >>> let's talk big tv news. there's a lot of changes coming for our favoricome from the fab "american idol"? >> wowza. >> our special correspondent ben aaron found out. >> is the team coming back, you think? >> i hope so. >> here's what we know -- "idol" will be back next season, but no word if the judges will return. contract negotiations with luke bryan, lionel richie and katy perry are under way. >> the stakes are so high right now. >> but we're told producers want to lower the cost of the show. and katy's currently reported eye-popping salary of $25 million a season won't help with that. ryan seacrest is hopeful. >> i know they're working on it. they're so fantastic together. the chemistry is great. they did a tremendous job picking the right talent so we had a good top ten, so i hope it works out. >>> meantime, the "modern family" gang negotiated big raises to return. still season 11 will be the show's last, but the cast of "the conners"

you can also listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, and on a.m. 1130 in new york, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 f.m. in washington, d.c. taylor: a.m. 960 in the bay area, london on dab digital, and through the bloomberg business app. jason: over in the features section, a photo essay about a new effort to save a rainforest. >> guyana is a small country east of venezuela. it has 45 million acres of the amazon rain forest. that is about as big as washington state. they have argued to the world that force has value for it is -- forest has value for it is cut down. the trees in the forest take carbon dioxide out of the air, they store the carbon and release oxygen. in 2009, norway, a country that made its money from pumping oil out of the north sea, offered them $250 million, a lot of money that is a batch for a country that is 75,000 people, to limit its deforestation and to maintain one of the lowest deforestation rates. guyana has taken that model and ran with it and now it is at a crossroads. pretty soon, exxon will pump more oil off its shore than venezuela pumps. taylor: talk

listen to that every day on sirius xm channel 130. 99.1fm in washington d.c. >> and in london, on dab digital and on the bloomberg business app. one of the first c.e.o.'s we caught up with was beckman of clear. clear is an interesting company. jason: anybody who is going through the major airports in the united states right now has probably seen their kiosk. but their ambitions are much grander. they want to take you faster, not just through airport check-ins, but to stadiums, restaurants, even to your doctor's office. carol: get rid of your wallet. listen up. >> every card that is in your wallet should be replaced with your fingerprints, your iris, your face, your voice. i look at my wallet, say, why am i carrying around my building access card? why am i giving them my health care card? none of these things make sense in the day we live in today. biometrics makes it safer and easier. the security is important. jason: let's talk about the security. anybody watching or listening to this, that is going to be their big -- >> privacy. jason: hang-up presumably. what do you say to customer

remember, you can watch us on sirius xm channel 119, and new york. jason: and also through the bloomberg business cap. so over in the economics section, markets had priced in a short u.s.-china trade skirmish, war, whatever you want to call it, taylor. taylor: but now they are bracing , for a much longer, bruising, drawn out fight. jason: michael regan joins us. you have been following this closely. you have been talking to our colleagues on the desk and also talking to investors who got this wrong. michael: there's a consensus coming in to the equity market, ripping higher, and the consensus was that, ok, the trade conflict with china is nearing an end, they would reach a deal soon. obviously that got ripped up , when president trump tweeted earlier this month that he was going to increase tariffs on existing imports that are already being tariff, -- then, the threats of another set of tariffs on $300 billion more in chinese imports at 25%. like i said, it was a consensus, and whenever you hear that word, it should make people worry on wall street,

xm, i have to give them a plug sirius satellite [ applause ] which has been an unbelievable joy. jimmy, i couldn't have done this on regular radio, what i was managing to do there i have a format. nobody bothers me. it's the most perfect radio environment ever so when you're in a situation where you can do whatever you want, this is what i wanted to do >> jimmy: yeah >> and i thank those guys for allowing me to do it >> jimmy: why not give someone the opportunity who appreciates it and who works -- i know how hard you work. you take a stack of papers -- you take the whole week -- sunday it's gone because you're just researching your guests and who is coming on just for your show this week so you know everything about them. and you go, "let's just go." you don't even have notes. i have notes i talk to you for five minutes, you talk for an hour >> i do a ton of research and we do have notes but i can't -- i have this weird ability. i have somebody ready my notes to me before i interview someone like you and then i'm able to retain all of the information. i don't know how that works

on sirius xm we have 33 million subscribers. if hillary could have come in and maybe persuaded 70,000 people out of those millions of people that listen and come off in such a way, maybe we'd be looking at a different scenario. >> reporter: stern's platform is powerful. >> respect my total domination of the media. basically, humble yourselves before me. >> reporter: and he built it through controversy. >> we can laugh, we can play. we can do whatever the f we want. >> reporter: and at times indecency. >> i'll be the first to h herpes. >> that interests me zero. >> reporter: in his book he writes about regrets,self-abs. e he doesn't want people to read his other books, including the 1993 best-seller turned blockbuster "private parts." >> you're getting a look at the howard stern show. >> and you're licking whipped cream. >> it doesn't represent me anymore. it's hard for me to go back and look at it. those books could be hurtful. and they were a little too intense. at that point, my attitude was it was a scorched-earth policy. i'm

if you like us, you can check us out on the radio, the bloombergs app, on bloomberg.com, and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: for years, melinda gates has been working on global equality. through the gates foundation, she has fought to reduce poverty and increase access to health care and education. she wants to make sure women get their fair shot, investing in women investors and entrepreneurs and with her new book, "the moment of lift: how empowering women can change the world." i sat down to talk about where she is putting her money intact and why the moment was right for her to write this book. melinda: i have been traveling for over 20 years, and i heard these women's stories that called me to action. i felt like with the #metoo movement and so many women running in the elections, we have this opportunity to create equality, but that window could close. i want to make sure we really keep pushing and get equality for women. emily: you talk about your decision to stop working and stay home with the kids. you said bill did not understand. you also realized you could ha

let's say there's 66 million people, they tell me 60% of sirius' audience listening to me. out of that audience if hillary had come on in the same way that lady gaga came on or gwyneth paltrow or rosie o'donnell and guys call me afterward, man, i never liked lady gaga. but i just heard her talking, i'm going to her concert. these are hard-core dudes who don't get sometimes -- they're too caught up in she is a woman or i look like a wuss if i'm listening to this. if hillary could have come in and maybe persuaded 70,000 people out of those millions of people that listened and come off in such a way, maybe we would be looking at a different scenario. >> reporter: now stern and trump not as close as they used to be. >> the turning point in my relationship with donald was he did ask me to speak at the convention. and i had to say no. and -- >> were you tempted at all? >> well, since i was a hillary supporter, for a minute i thought, well, i'll go up and endorse hillary, which would have been a great moment. >> you wish you would have done that now? >> no, i wouldn't do that to d

just go to "today" show sirius radio, on sirius xm channel 108. mr. daly >> "today's consumer." consider consumers report, the average family could rack up more than $3,000 in fees just this year. the question, is there a way to cut into some of those costs our digital expert is here with us with hopefully strategies to help good morning to you. start with the bucket of areas where people are seeing hidden fees. >> everywhere in people's lives. we interviewed more than 2,000 people 85% say they were hit by some type of hidden fee in the past two years. so here's the big ones telecom, banking, credit cards and travel telecom topped the list. think cable bills, cellphone jargon at the end of the bill you don't look at adds up. you see one price when you think you're starting a transaction. get to the fine print, click through. it's all much, much higher. >> slide down on telecom a little more. >> sure. as we said, mostly talking about cable, internet and cellphone service. there are some ways to save here if you don't want to pay the hidden fees. you don't need a paid tv service.

let me tell you that over the weekend crime for sirius was transformed into a gigantic graveyard 15 bodies were found. dead bodies were brought to the morgue in lost much chance for all those who have missing loved ones. but i see those just enough follows up on the searching my thoughts regularly despite the fact that she has received many open threats. because i don't know when i remember once there was a funeral wreath with my name on it in front of my door you don't forget something like that because when it was a form of intimidation as if to say you find bodies you find dead people here you are at your funeral raef. the threat almost became reality about 10 years ago 10 members accused her of spying for another cartel or working for the government so the cartel abducted her. the rent is going to be oh my life was in danger i knew they'd either kill me or let me go but i had already seen all the faces. get back they come so i thought they would kill me i don't know that you know one of them said it was time and made this gesture. another one asked me if i had a last wish. they would b

on sirius xm. if you like bloombergthis is bl. ♪ carol: this is "bloomberg boston at," live from the annual chamber of commerce meeting. let's turn to earnings. alibaba and tencent both reported results. estimatesp estimates, rose consumer spending. tencent sales fell flat even boosted by gains on investment. for more, let's bring in kevin carter, joining us from san francisco. nice to have you here with us. alibaba and tencent among your top holdings. both seem to be struggling a little bit it seems with the slowdown in the chinese economy. how do you see it? kevin: if 51% growth, which is what alibaba reported, is a slowdown, then i think it is fine. the chinese economy is slowing down. it has been slowing down for a long time, but that is not really news. i think alibaba's report is fantastic. i think what joe said about the tariffs benefiting alibaba is true. tencent has its own idiosyncratic issues with the gaming regulations. the commerce business was up about 54%, cloud revenue surging 76%

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: ever since facebook acquired whatsapp in 2014, the question is been, how do you monetize it? turnay is by trying to into a mobile payments platform. we now know they are trying to use london to drive the global expansion of whatsapp for mobile payments. facebook has designs on using whatsapp to transfer its very own cryptocurrency. here to talk all about it, our fin tech reporter julian new york and here in studio, kurt wagoner. what is facebook doing here exactly? kurt: this is kind of an office expansion. they are going to add 100 employees in london, working on whatsapp, on payments, security features. whatsapp is a global platform, huge in india, europe. they think this is maybe a better recruiting ground for them to launch this payments initiative. emily: how does it work? kurt: right now it is being tested, and only in india. imagine you are sending money to friends, family. you want to do that anyway that is secure but also convenient. you're proba

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the latest twist in the u.s.-china trade. could beijing use its stocks of rare earths to hit back. china supplies about 80% of u.s. imports of rare-earths, used from smartphones to electric cars to wind turbines. we are joined by gina vasquez and also bloomberg trade reporter sarah mcgregor. what signals has china given thus far that this is a lever they might pull? been leveraging quite a bit in-state india. when he visited -- a visit by chinese president xi jinping and history negotiated facility, saying they will use any leverage they having dominance in rare-earth try to gain leverage in the trade talks. it is no surprise that china will look at everything and has available that the u.s. really wants and try to hold that over the as they try to reach -- over them as they try to reach a trade deal. emily: talk about what rare-earth's are and how important they are to u.s. business and technology and particular -- in particular? likeey are minerals used led screens on your smartphone, electric vehicles, wind turbines. sort

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: it has been a wild week for tesla. shares are at their lowest level in two years on renewed concerns voiced by analysts, but rallied today after an optimistic email from ceo elon musk. the company is still down 12%. an ives says tesla faces kilimanjaro-like climb to profitability goals. ives,t to bring in dan wedbush managing director in new york. so, this tesla slump, you're the one who called it a code red, and elon musk has sent in emailed to employees saying tesla has a "good chance" of exceeding record deliveries in the fourth quarter, 97,000 cars, saying it would be the most deliveries in tesla history. what is your take? does that change your mind at all? dan: no. ultimately, given what you are seeing, the level of panic on the street, i continue to view that there's better chances of me playing in the nba than them hitting those numbers this quarter. [laughter] fundamentally, the problem goes down to what we see in the u.s. in terms of demand, and especially in europe and china. take away the china piece, and t

several years ago gregorios to sirius took over as the hotel's manager before that his parents had managed the facility. the family is invested a lot of money and proving the accommodations. for sis as president of the car could equal hotel association and the national hotel arrows federation. says he believes that turns them in greece has a bright future either napoleon mailable had what it is dangerous to demand the exploitation of the underground treasures in our region but we should focus instead on the potential of the tourism industry. including the development of alternative tourism i can trails and golf courses. but we also need major infrastructure improvements myke roads and projects that add value to the tourism sector. and of course we'd like to have a round line that links the bestseller to calcutta dicky in a felony to boston held in. thomas as leaders serves on the board of the coca dk hotel association but spends a lot of time lobbying local and national politicians for improvements in the regional tourism industry. i'm not going to ask for 2 months and that's the basics ro

bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, listen on the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com and in america on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: china has vowed to riyadh -- retaliate after the u.s. went ahead with a new round of tariff hikes. the hike to 25% has a slew of tech products. telecom italia, computer circuit boards, processing units. delegations wrapped up high-level trade talks on friday, with no deal. there was not a complete breakdown in negotiations. investors waited throughout the day. is gettingde war more serious. >> it is not good for global growth. >> it is a process ongoing. good.will not be >> i would be happy they will continue talking and working. >> it would create some ongoing business uncertainty. >> they are finding some common ground. >> a deal will get done. >> we should not be moving in some exuberance to a panic mode. >> it is probably time for repository a >> the next stage gets more painful. emily: to discuss, we have sarah mcgregor and here in the studio 's isaac stonefaced. good to see you in person. we just got some new comments from the vice premier. were

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ fell athares of lyft the start of a crucial week. drivers are threatening and massive strike in the next few days. the company reports quarterly results on tuesday. the mostr is no doubt anticipated tech ipo to happen in years. while goldman sachs mixed out -- missed out on leading the company to the public market, only year after uber has started offering rides, goldman's bankers made a wager using the firm's own money that could have a potential $6 billion windfall. a top of the range of stock price for uber. if that happens, goldman stands to reap a staggering 12,000% return. the ridesharing company is expected to price on thursday afternoon and start trading on friday. the cofounder of the venture rivall firm in uber's lyft. what is it like being on the others, analyzing other companies rather than running and worrying about your own? >> it is a different job but it is fun. is veryt in -- different scale from the kind of public company but it is such a for tile ecosystem right now. ipo's,ar, so many whether it is uber, airbnb, ly

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: big tex platforms like google and facebook are facing the prospect of more relation -- regulation of its accusation of spreading fake news, hate, misinformation, and allowing themselves to be weaponize device treatments. we spoke to a senator from tennessee about the intersection of tech and politics. >> when you are getting right is that they provide a service people enjoy. they have changed the way we conduct our lot of our transactional life. many people will say that is for the better. theirr, when you look at lack of privacy enforcement, people are forgetting -- are beginning to figure out they are data mining me i'm attracting, following -- mining me, tracking, following. they are big ad companies and i don't like that, i want them to only access information that i give them to explicit permission to see. , don't want them following me and how is it they can monetize my information? , said it to their address, and sell that information. some people

listen on the bloomberg application and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: hpe is pushing into high-end computing. their deal with cray is valued at about $1.3 billion. the acquisition is hpe's largest and four years to strengthen their position against ibm. joining us on the phone to discuss hpe is the ceo, antonio neri. thank you so much for calling in. what was the driving force and how does it add to what you are trying to do at hpe? >> super excited about the announcement today. the main reason why we decided to pursue this acquisition is because the sector is exploding. the data has value and it is pushing us to go. the need for high performance computing is one element. the combination of great technologies with hewlett-packard enterprise portfolio, it gives us a unique set of capabilities with that data. machine learning, ai, etc. emily: is there anything in particular that is attractive about the government contracts? >> the government side, the commercial side, one third from the government said. the government has