emily: that was michael wolff with activate. coming up, the once-in-a-lifetime out of this world event that unfolded right before our very eyes. we explain how tech played a role in the first total eclipse across the u.s. in 99 years. and if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio pair you can listen on the bloomberg radio app, on bloomberg.com, and a sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: well, the total solar eclipse has come and gone this week, and it put the u.s. power grid to the test. utility owners and link electricity generators braced for more than 12,000 megawatts of solar power possibly going off-line. sunrun is the largest independent solar developer in the u.s. >> i think the best part about the sun is that it is a -- it is so reliable. when these eclipses happen, which happens once a generation as you mentioned, we have a lot of advance notice. we were working with grid operators and they were able to procure power to meet the needs during the eclipse. it is important to put it into context, when y

vonnie: michael wolff, ceo of tech consulting firm, activate. thank you. much more on has luck, i had. we will head to the west coast to get an idea of what investors are watching for. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. we will havel, another marquee earnings report for the second quarter and that is tesla. shares were down more than 1%. care to discuss what this report may bring is our abigail doolittle. we were talking about how june quarterly results would not matter too much for apple. what about has luck? abigail: it is a great -- what about tesla? abigail: what a great comparison. delivered 22,000 vehicles, less than what investors were looking or. they said this has to do with demand and our bloomberg intelligence analyst said relatively to -- relative to the second quarter, it has everything to do with numbers being pushed down. if we take a look at the -- eeg function, this is what second-quarter earnings estimates have been doing and you can see the are clearly going in the wrong direction. on anmakes the point that annual

emily: michael wolff of activate, you are sticking with me. thank you, eric newcomer, for stopping by. coming up, the solar eclipse got everyone's attention today. even president trump donned glasses and didn't for a portion of the eclipse. we will talk about the excitement, coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ 11:29 a.m. in singapore, 11: 20 9 p.m. in washington, d.c. president has announced an open ended commitment to afghanistan that will quit as many as 4000 troops into the nation's longest conflict and keep american forces there and tell the taliban agrees to negotiate. the president warned pakistan it has much to lose by harboring said thes, but mistakes of iraq would not be repeated. north korea says the and and and states will face revenge for holding military exercises with the south. the state media says the presence of american officials there means the preparation for war and the drills were called saber rattling the could lead to hostilities. the north launched a missile from underwater and put the army on highest alert during the ex

emily: that was michael wolff with activate. coming up, the once in a lifetime out of this world event that unfolded before our eyes. we explain horadio.you can lien, on bloomberg.com, and a sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the total solar eclipse has come and gone this weekend and put the u.s. power grid to the test. utility owners and link electricity generators braced for more than 12,000 megawatts of solar power possibly going off-line. sunlight is the largest independent solar company in the u.s. the best part about the sun is that it is so reliable. when these happen, once a generation as you mentioned, we have a lot of notice. with gridrking operators and ey were able to procure power to meet the needs during the eclipse. it is important to put it into context, when you look at the overall traditional power sources, they go off-line all the time and without notic annually, they will go out toths reliable and we are asking our customers to turn their power down and enjoy it. is this testing how you react in an e