the president's animosity towards jeff bezos is well known. he frequently tweeted accusations that bezos used his power and influence for political gain. >> the washington post has broken significant stories about trump's relationship with russia, the workings of the trump administration and the white house, all of which trump would rather not see the light of day. >> adding to the injury, bezos's washington post employed jamal khassogi. >> i think the fact that the washington post aggressively pursued that story also didn't sit well with the saudis. so you have two powerful entities here who don't care for what jeff bezos is doing. >> the potential saudi link also extended to david pecker. >> in 2018 ami published 200,000 copies of this glossy magazine, glorified the saudi crown prince and stocked at chain stores all across the u.s. >> it wracked at walmart. come here for your vacation, walmart shoppers. >> so let's chart it out. president of the united states can't stand the washington post and its leader jeff bezos. saudi arabia can't stand

jeff bezos is my hero for doing that. he absolutely is my hero. >> when asked about the controversy, a white house spokesman responded as if the mere mention of the enquirer was below the dignity of the president. >> we're not going to get into a conversation between jeff bezos and a tabloid magazine. >> after fervently supporting donald trump, will the president's old ally, national enquirer be ultimately responsible for harming his legacy. inquiring minds want to know. >> we don't know yet if there were other women, other stories made to disappear by ami. were they doing that knowingly and helping trump to keep information from the voting public? >> if he was directly involved in payments to silence his accusers, we will look back at the history of the trump presidency and see the national enquirer as inadvertently one of the most influential media companies in the history of the united states of america. e united states of america xxxx >>> we tried to solve this murder. we were going to set a trap for three people and

nets go through jeff bezos' worth. you can see the function on the bloomberg, and you can see where he stands with his control of amazon, washington post, and so forth. what is this telling us about jeff bezos' control over amazon? the currentlot of generation of technology giants, jeff bezos did not exert exerting control over amazon, owns 62% of the company, but there are still questions when the company announced they were getting divorced, what would happen. would his wife push for a seat on the board, a greater seat on the board? retains full control of the stake that they own, and will keep ownership of three quarters of that. along with being a remarkably amicable thing for her to do, was there concern in the marketplace about some of that turmoil, does that take that off the table in a way that will be a relief to investors? not seem toock did react a ton to the news, to the divorce or this morning. there was some thought that because washington state is a property state, any assets acquired over the course of

jeff bezos more importantly will control in terms of voting all of his shares. so nothing changes for jeff bezos in term of the number of shares he votes even though he's giving up economic control of 25%. huge win for him and his attorneys because she could have gotten half. >> he has 12% control of the shares >> voting at 16% no one else in the company that's remotely close to that. so effectively he still has very much control of the stock. >> we've seen ex-spouses be involved after their divorce with the company obviously wynn comes to mind is this mckenzie bezos saying she doesn't want to be a part of it when it comes to the future of amazon the company. >> clearly many people thought once you gave her control of 50% or whatever ownershipship you had an elaine wynn situation shareholders were not that worried because shares didn't pop. they are down a bit. my guess is shareholders kind of knew they would come up with some kind of resolution that would be in the interest of jeff bezos. she still is doing very well with $36 billion clearly didn't want to take

. >> which jeff bezos owns "the washington post." >> exactly. the saudi regime quickly turned on bezos. you saw twitter accounts going after him, calling him every name in the book. now there's this, as you say, rather startling claim from his investigator. >> we have a portion of that. this is in the op-ed with gavin debecker, the head of his security team says, our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained private information. as of today it is unclear to what degree, if any, ami was aware of the details. here is ami's response. they known the "national enquirer." the fact of the matter is it was michael sanchez who tipped the "national enquirer" off to the affair on september 10, 2019 and over the course of four months provided all the materials for our investigation. there was no voemt by any third party whatsoever. so michael sanchez is the brother, now estranged as you can imagine of lauren sanchez, the girlfriend of jeff bezos. in other words, the "national enqui

brad, jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative right now? brad: the whole foods price lowering? that groceries remain a 10 year plus work in progress. they have been trying their own services, they have acquired whole foods. they do not have much to show for it. posted sales have been basically flat, a little down last year. they continue to try to try new things. innovate new kinds of store formats. and lowering the prices to try to choose that particular business segment. emily: brad stone and spencer soper, bring us more juicy details please. thank you. shares of roku jumped 7% in monday's trading session. the price target was saved to $76 from $63, which published a new report saying it is seeing positive momentum with the company's platform business. a trend that could lead to estimates being revised higher. keybank added that the engagement on the platform remains strong and they see minimal impact from apple's recently announced streaming service. 15 yea

jeff bezos is in the midst of an affair and we have text messages about them. bezos starts to investigate and that's when the weird blackmail thing goes down. call off your dogs or we're going to publish these photos of you. >> one of the new bits of information in his column that we didn't know previously was a few lines of text in a statement that ami wanted jeff bezos to put out in their names it essentially said that, you know, we affirm that ami did not use any material that was hacked or intercepted by any state actor in the course of reporting this out. >> huh. >> obviously they refused to put that in any sort of statement. >> they're ex-policely saying you got to take us off the hook for possibly being in cahoots with the state actor in your public statement as a condition of what appears to me like attempted blackmail. >> right. you can give them the benefit of the doubt and think that maybe they thought this theory would be floated at some point and they were trying to pre-empt it. obviously this was a theory that was on their minds. they were concern

plus after the biggest divorce in history, jeff bezos is still the richest man in the world with but his ex— wife is now one of the worlds richest women. and on the market, a muted day of trading gci’oss market, a muted day of trading across asia because hong kong and china were closed for a holiday. there is little change in the dollar. jobs report is coming up from the us a little later on. we started in washington regarding the trade talks with china. donald trump says the deal has a very good chance of happening and could happen within a few weeks. but he warned it would difficult to left —— allow china to continue trading with the us if issues remain. last year to president trump imposed taxes on $250 billion worth of imports from china because of what he says where unfair trade practices against the united states. china retaliated with ta riffs of united states. china retaliated with tariffs of $110 billion worth of goods that it purchases from america. it wants all tariffs removed as part of this deal. china sells far more into the us than the us itself to china and pr

soon after, the "national enquirer" published alleged photos and text messages between jeff bezos and former television news anchor lauren sanchez. the couple were together for 25 years and have four children. one amazon investor reportedly said the resolution removed some uncertainty around the stock.ny. ththutast.ea six inches of rains fallen in some areas, triggering flash flooding. hail. a new outbreak of storms, including tornadoes, threaten the southern plains this weekend. now our investigation into hidden health costs. in this case, the unexpected bills that sometimes come after a miscarriage. about 10% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. anna werner looks into the financial and emotional toll in our series "your money, your health." >> this is the ultrasound from when we saw his heartbeat. >> reporter: lauren dill lost her son, simon augustus, last year, four months before his due date. >> my midwife came in, and she said, "you know what we have here is a perfect little baby without a heartbeat." and those words are just etched in my memory. >> reporter: dill had what's

emily: jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative? >> the whole foods price lowering? groceries remain a 10-year plus work in progress. they've been trying their own services, they acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. whole foods sales have been flat, actually, down last year. they have been trying new things, innovate new store formats. now they are lowering prices to juice that business. emily: and that does it for this edition of "the best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. we are live streaming on twitter. be sure to follow our global breaking news network, tictoc, on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think i

-- jeff bezos? that's an interesting thing. if the saudi government had access to his phone, this is the best they could come up with? by the nature of what spin revealed so far, it looks like the person with access to the messages is someone close to lauren sanchez. great point. michael sanchez does not deny he provided some of the texts. the question is where did originate? he says the national inquirer already knew about it. becker,what gavin the it's almost coming off his juvenile. who started it? what is the point? who knows? million onds $1.6 his personal security. disclosures, it's kind of amazing that a lot of people paid their a well to executive,otect this they didn't do their jobs properly. emily: they say they are going to lower the price of goods at whole foods across the board. what do we know about this? >> we know that's a small fraction of their inventory. whole foods is a lot more expensive than most other places to buy groceries. jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the large

emily: brad, jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative right now? brad: the whole foods price-lowering? groceries remain a 10-year plus work in progress. you know, they have been trying their own services, they have acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. whole foods sales have been flat, actually, a little bit down last year. they have been trying new things, innovate new store formats. now they are lowering prices to tried to juice that particular business segment. bloomberg's redstone and spencer -- brad stone and spencer soper. that does it for this edition of "the best of bloomberg technology." we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. 5:00 p.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. we are live streaming on twitter. be sure to follow our global breaking news network, tictoc, on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: welcome to "daybreak australia." i am haidi lun in sydney. shery: i'm shery

jeff bezos. two months ago, the amazon c.e.o. and shaved muppet revealed that his nude photos had been leaked to the "national enquirer." that's right. they somehow got pictures of his amazon package. ( laughter ) now the big surprise is how they may have gotten them. >> this morning, an explosive new claim that amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos was targeted in an alleged phone hacking scheme. bezos launched his private investigation to determine who leaked the intimate text messages and racy photos published in a bombshell "national enquirer" story about the billionaire's extra marital affair with girlfriend lauren sanchez. our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to bezos' phone and gained private information. >> trevor: i give up. if the world's biggest tech c.e.o. can get his phone hacked, the rest of us don't stand a chance. i'm serious. i'm going to send my dick picks to saudi arabia right now, save them the trouble. they're probably, like, no trouble, we don't want to see -- aa

jeff bezos will also keep all the voting rights. mckenzie bezos's stake in amazon is said to be worth roughly $35 billion making her one of the top five richest women in the world. 55-year-old jeff bezos retweeted mckenzie's message ading she has been an extraordinary partner, ally and mother. the couple first announced their plans to divorce back in january. at the time jeff bezos posted on twitter that "after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation we have decided to divorce." soon after the "national enquirer" published alleged photos and text messages between jeff bezos and former television news anchor lauren sanchez. the couple were together for 25 years and have four children. one amazon investor reportedly sa women are standing up for what they deserve in the office in the world and finally, in the bedroom our natural lubrication varies every day it's normal so it's normal to do something about it ky natural feeling the lubrication you want nothing you don't get what you want >> announcer: this is the "cbs o

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just jeff bezos his investigation team he explained very many letters to the story it is directly. linked to what happened was enough i should say as you can imagine jeff bezos is a man who owns the washington post but he's also a man who is a businessman who is doing a lot of business in saudi arabia planning to do even more but so it's also the angle of the saudis being not very disciplined about their use edge off of this kind of technology which is actually threatening it's not only threatening to you know it's basically really effectively it could start a cyber war where we're you know even companies and if this is legal then it is a big problem but also it's a problem i should mention for the technology companies that actually provide these kind of services such as n.s.o. and others and you might notice that for about a week now before i head off gavin de becker article in the daily beast in which he exposed this there had been there has been a number of reports which i can only explain in fact on a can only describe as p r it's like there are actually anticipating though the

the enquirer of course is under scrutiny for its scoop about jeff bezos's life life. federal prosecutors are looking into the amend kroeft's allegations that ami tried to blackmail and extort him. sarah fisher joins me now. what happened? the hedge fund owner of the enquirer you say became disgusted by the tabloid's tactics? hasn't the enquirerer been buying scoops for decades? >> it is important look at the time line. they discussed -- the board of ami first started talking about maybe doing something with the "national enquirer" in august. and that is when ami was talking about setting up this none prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors. >> they weren't going to prosecute. >> they were going the cohe operate. that is a moment when there is a lot of risk for the company. they are about to be indicted and they come up with this agreement. which is great. then not long afterwards they come out with the jeff bezos story which is blockbuster and everyone is reading it. except for the alleged extortion attempt then makes people who is in charge of chatham manageme

emily: jeff bezos still has a job. what do you make of this in the context of the larger amazon narrative? brad: the whole foods price lowering, you know that groceries remain a 10 year plus work in progress. they've been trying their own services, they acquired whole foods. they don't have much to show for it. sales have been basically flat and a little down last year, so they continue to try new things, innovate new kinds of store formats, and now lowering the prices to try to juice that are together business segment. brad stonemberg's and spencer's poker. that does it for this edition of the best of bloomberg technology. we will bring you the latest in technology throughout the week. you can tune in every day. we are live streaming on twitter. you can check us out at technology, and be sure to follow our breaking news network tick-tock on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ the biggest week in television is almost here. xfinity watchathon week. starting april 8th, enjoy free access to the best shows and movies from hbo,

they have preached that night and day, and here is jeff bezos openly challenging the rivals. caroline: and also throwing the challenge in a way weather -- rather more guardedly down to potential regulation coming his way. he seemed to respond in particular to elizabeth moran's perspective trying to show that amazon is helping third-party vendors. can you break down what he said? matt: he opened his shareholder letter, which is closely followed, with and explain should've the growth of amazon's third-party marketplace where retailers and independent sellers can essentially rent space on the company's website and sell their own goods. it has been growing steadily a mix of the company's sales. this is seen by folks as a response to the criticism that amazon is harming folks on its marketplace. it can compete against them and sell again for with white label goods or sort of forced them to take out ads to compete .ffectively it goes to the antitrust critique of amazon recently and jeff bezos came out swinging saying they are good for marketplace sellers. caroline: there was a grea

then they started attacking jeff bezos and jeff bezos' most personal details wind up in a "national enquirer" story. >> so he owns -- >> yes, bezos owns "the washington post." we know who owns the national enquirer. so. so the investigation has been done and the results, pretty shocking. according to this investigation, it seems that the saudis actually had hacked into jeff bezos's phone because he is an enemy of but because hewe're going to go inside the panel when "american joe" returns. thl when "american joe" returns. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org ♪ -it's all about the big picture. with miguel, our certified financial planner™ professional, we looked at business insurance, our mortgage, even our plans to adopt. -it's not about this fund or that fund -- it's about us. -welcome to our complete freedom plan. -it's all pos

amazon chief jeff bezos gets a bargain divorce of a lifetime as jeff bezos keeps control of amazon as expected but how much did his wife get? you won't believe the estimates we're looking at numbers showing he is still the richest man in the world we've got the details on that. to the beginning of the rise to the democrat moderates we have the names of 17 democrats that are running, and this as three more women accuse joe biden of improper contact, after biden's non-apology yesterday to do better but the democrats behind the scenes they are nervous about losing 2020 due to the hard left radical shift. that's what we're hearing we've got that word tonight i'm elizabeth macdonald, the evening edit starts right now. thank you for joining us you're watching the fox business network. we have you covered on all the angles we got edward lawrence in washington, casey stege el on the ground at the border in texas let's get right to edward at the white house with the details on that trade deal with china. edward? >> yeah, liz we're inching closer to that trade deal president donald trump has sp

looking at a list of harvard business review looking for jeff bezos. i was looking, looking, at number 68. the bragging rights jeff bezos has for the harvard business review he has been the only ceo made this list each and every year since his company went public. now le's look at the readers choice. this is more academic. when it comes to actual day-to-day readers and viewers who do they consider to be the best ceo picks? not a surprise, some of the names always in the media. jeff bezos comes out on top, warren buffett number two, tim cook, jamie dimon and elon musk. what about growth ceos and growth stocks? there are a lot of ways you can measure a successful ceo. baron's did the same when it comes to growth companies and people that generated a lot of value for shareholders. bob iger is number one, james gorman. the rest that you see. satya nadella doesn't do badly, you guys, would you say? >> the list in general, he is doing all right for himself. the list in general is interesting. first list is a lot of people never heard of. melissa: right. conn

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. >>> the divorce has been finalized between jeff bezos. the agreement makes her one of the richest women in the world. on thursday she tweeted she would be keeping 25% of the couple's amazon stock, giving her a 4% stake in the company. based on amazon's current value, that stock is worth about $35 billion. jeff bezos retains voting control over all of her shares. he'll also maintain his interest in the "washington post" and blue origin, a private space company. >> they tweeted they are looking forward to the future. they announced plans to separate in january, ending a 25-year marriage. it quickly morphed into a media frenzy with reporting bezos infidelity. his net worth is estimated at $150 billion. the $35 billion settlement for mckenzie bezos makes her the fourth richest woman in the world behind betancourt myers, allison walton, and jacqueline mars. >>> ohio congressman is joining the party that he has decided to jump in in the crowded field for democratic candidates. he entered the ring on thursday, touting his working class roots and

. >> i did get a response. >> somebody that works for jeff bezos. they explained it comes from a loib rare that stored the knowledge of the ancient world. while they pass along the couple's suggestions, amazon has no plans on changing the famous name any time soon. >> just this society where these machines are being treated very similarly to the way t wek to each other. and therefore, our kid is being sort of put in that. >> news4. >> she's gotd to get u to it. >> she doesn't look like she minds too much. give her some m & ms,he'll be fine. >> did you know you can change the name? you can change it to echo or computer. like star trek. you cannot change to it something like that. unfortunately. >> that's some helpful informatuln. somebody s tell that family that. >> you don't want to name a daughter echo. >> or computer. so anyway, a little change overnight? or just a little. i still think tw will be a beautiful day. i mean a beautiful day. >> when you consider the average high is 64. >> two days in a row at 80. the first w timeve mit since october 1

amazon's ceo jeff bezos and now ex-wife mckenzie announcing they billions. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: jeff and mckenzie bezos were the world's richest couple married 25 years, parent and partners in business. >> even she could say what's the internet, she said great, let's go. >> reporter: today they finalized their divorce making mckenzie the fourth richest woman in the world. she's walking away with 25% of the amazon stock valued nearly $36 billion. >> by far it's the biggest divorce settlement in history. she was eligible by law to get somewhere between $75 and $80 billion. >> reporter: still, mckenzie says she's happy to be giving jeff 75% of their company shares, along with her interest in the "washington post" and blue origin. the aero space company planning to take people to space. i'm grateful for her support and kindness writes jeff. grateful for the past as i look forward to what comes next says with a lucrative future. for jeff, even with a $35 billion loss, he remains the est main the wod. news. >>> when we come back, we're going to ra

bezos is blasting the retail competition over the wages jeff bezos is doing this well it's just months after boosting his company's own and when it comes to retail stores could there still be horror on the horizon for the historic sector daniel shea of simpler trading cards us through all the concerns for consumers and retail responses in the stock market and as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell. us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the search for answers officers we're going to destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort for easiness for. joining me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or

what is this telling us about jeff bezos' control over amazon? the biggest company in the world right now. >> unlike a lot of the current generation of technology giants, jeff bezos did not exert voting control over amazon. he owns 16% of the company and there were questions when they announced they would get divorced over what would happen. would his wife push for a seat on the board? and this answers that, jeff bezos has full voting control over the 16% stake in the couple jointly owns and he will keep ownership of three quarters. ♪ whis, that is the whispered anger. add your voice to the debate. you can message your comments to the tv team. >> there are about 30,000 functions on the bloomberg and we always enjoy showing you our favorites on bloomberg television. maybe they will become your favorites. let's wrap up this edition with a closer look at the malaysia scandal as the former prime minister facing 42 criminal charges related to his role in the 1mdb affair and his trial began this week. perhaps the first of many around the world. here

and turning now to the retail sector amazon's jeff bezos. as fired get another shot in the ever growing wage wars by calling out his competitors to raise their wages he says in an annual letter to shareholders seemingly excitedly claim this quote today i challenge our top retail competitors you know who you are to match our employee benefits and our fifteen dollar minimum wage do it better yet go to sixteen dollars and throw the gauntlet back at us it's a kind of competition that will benefit everyone. following amazon's decision to raise their minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour other retailers have been racing to boost their minimum wages as well currently amazon and costco both pay their workers a minimum wage of fifteen dollars an hour target currently sits at thirteen dollars an hour but is said to boost pay to fifteen an hour by the end of two thousand and twenty bringing up the rear is wal-mart whose current minimum wage is only eleven dollars an hour with very low unemployment numbers employers are now more pressed to attract and

. >>> and a bizarre story, saudi arabia accused of hacking jeff bezos's phone. it may be april fools' day but this story is no joke. elon musk just dropping a new rap song about a dead gorilla. it is monday, april 1st, and "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >> good morning, good afternoon, or good evening from wherever in the world that you may be watching welcome, i am brian sullivan thanks for joining us on a very busy monday and happy april 1st. stocks in rally mode green on the screen everywhere dow futures indicates a jump of 200 points at the open the s&p and the nasdaq higher as well this coming off the best first quarter in a decade. we've got more staggering stats coming your way soon asia is the focus of the news this morning following some strong manufacturing data out of china. manufacturing activity expanding at its fastest pace in eight months in march. that sent china and japan higher the shanghai comp up 2 1/2 percent. the only thing down are u.s. treasury bonds yields are backing up a bit but still at a very low 2.44%. we'll talk more ab

bezos is blasting the retail competition over the wages jeff bezos is doing this well it's just months after boosting his company's own and when it comes to retail stores could there soon be horror on the horizon for the historic sector daniel shea of simpler trading cards us through all the concern for consumers and retail responses in the stock market and as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell. you know world of big partisan movies lotteries and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling says some protect themselves. with the famous merry go round the sun be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. and welcome back there was another step forward in the us china trade talks today china and the uni

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within two week and jeff bezos' divorce is finalized. officially his ex-wife tweeting that he will keep 75% of amazon stock. we'll talk about all of that but first joining us is stephanie link, portfolio manager. and mike, another strong day of gains puts us not too far away from record highs. what is driving the momentum >> there is a steady kind of quiet underlying bid i wouldn't say it is outright strength buying frenzy literally this is the is second day in the row the s&p is up exactly 2.1%, day before that, almost perfect 34ri flat so you ha so almost a three day win streak and when the market has been a little overbought and getting a little stretched and it doesn't really pull back, on a net basis you'd have to give the benefit of the doubt and say is that positive within the market, today you had a lot of the really super hot software stocks driving the nasdaq, they backed off and older economy stocks picked up so it seemed like internal rotation that neithered out to a very slightly positive index day. >> dow was flattened by a

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. >>> welcome back details of the divorce settlement with jeff and mackenzie bezos. robert is here to break it down for us. >> bezos keeps 45% of the shares and then mackenzie 25% largest shareholder. will own 12% of the total company. mackenzie has 4% she's now the third largest shareholder of amazon. more importantly, and this is the big part, he will retain voting rights over all shares including those by mackenzie and keep blue origin and the "washington post" and nothing changes for those two assets mackenzie in first communication of the divorce tweettweeting, grateful to finish the fourth richest woman in the world with $4.62 billion, not too shabby but not the $80 billion some people said could happen since technically, legally, she could have had half of the shares. not 25%. >> a lot of questions. you know we do stay with us bring in deirdre bosa with some takes on how this sort of eliminates the uncertainty and the worst case scenario would have been to divide those voting rights, right deirdre? >> reporter: that's right. i think the important thing through

>> i would say the defaults matter and that what -- if i was jeff bezos right now i would default all alexas to have this feature off, the training data feature off and then i would allow people to opt in to it and give them something in exchange for opting in for training it. we're all being opted in to a great security and privacy experiment but we didn't actually sign up for it explicitly. it's buried some where in the terms of service. you'd have to be pretty naive to think that this couldn't be hacked or it hasn't been hacked and, you know, the more important you are and the more important the information you have, whether you're a celebrity or a politician or a ceo or an investor, you know, the more of a target you are and it sounds crazy to think that, you know, investors or ceos might be targeted or celebrities, but look, everybody's iphones got hacked and corporate espionage is just at an all-time high and the chinese and the russians, they have real reasons to get into this data and -- i know i sound like a ludite, the idea of having everything you say always recorded is pro

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money that was he has been refusing to pay. >>> the divorce is finalized with jeff bezos. she is walking way the third richest woman in the world. she kept a quarter of the couples stock with amazon worth the cole was togr for 25 yearteceo leust goa bit of a break in court today. the s.e.c. wanted a federal judge to find him in contempt of court over a tweet. the judge gave both sides two weeks to work it out. >>> shares of tesla plunged more than 8% over concerns the automaker is losing momentum. tesla announced its deliveries of electric vehicles in the first quarter of this year fell 30%. >>> a wildlife warning tonight in the south bay. >> reporter: i am in santa clara county. this is video of all kinds of animal and it's popping up at all comes of homes. coyotes, bobcats and mountain lions are coming out of the woods the cause they are hungry. >> the animals are now coming out and searching for food. searching for mates. the whole spring cycle starts over. >> reporter: officals say, get used to it. and get rid of standing water and pet food from around your home.e forn

jeff bezos retains voting control over all of the shares, so she gave him the voting control. he will also maintain his interest in the "washington post" and blue origin. that's a private space company. >> the couple announced plans to separate in january, ending a 25 year marriage. the separation morphed into a media frenzy with a report on bezos infidelity. bezos published a tell all blog post accusing the "national enquirer" of trying to blackmail him. the $35 billion settlement for mackenzie bezos makes her the fourth richest woman in the world. >> that's l'oreal, walmart and the candy company. and amazon. >> some lovely ladies there. >> >>> hopes raised, then shattered for the family of timmothy pitzen. dna tests reveal the person who claimed to have been released by kidnappers is not. the news a blow for the family of the boy who vanished in 2011 at age 6. >> it's devastating. it's like reliving that day all over again. and timmothy's father is devastating once again. >> he's a wonderful little boy, and i hope he has strength of personality to do whatever he needs to do

. >>> the big announcent from the world's richest man, amazon ceo jeff bezos and his ex-wife, the multi billion settlement to finalize the divorce. what it means for control of the tech giant. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. there has been a major development in the ma child kidnap de told you about last night that had authorities holding their breath hoping an eight-year long mystery has been solved. late tod the fbi said dna test results show a person found in kentucky yesterday ino timmothy pitzen, a boy that vanished from aurora, illinois in 2011 but is instead this grown man so tonight, heartbreak and a new mystery. ron mo has the latest. >> repor4 hours after getting word timmothy pitzen who has been missing for eeearly eight years may havefound, heartbreaking news for his family. >> it's devastating. it's le reliving that day all over again. >> reporter: the fbi says a dt proved the person who showed up in a kentucky neighborhood is not timmothy. authorities say 's -year-old brian michael rini and has a criminal record includ