early google ears had. you are at google and in the earlier days, especially couple of years before that, you were at a given financial level than even someone who got a very nice package coming in a couple of years ago. and google is doing its best to try to retain people but the big difficulty really is and how much money you can give to someone. it really is a challenge. google selects people who are likely to get fed up with the bureaucracy, so the people, the exact kinds of people they look for are the kinds of people who when a company gets too big or a great opportunity to starting a start a new company comes up, says i am out of here. i can tell you how many people who leave google say it is a great company. has been a great experience. i love the company. see you later. >> and in the book you talk about a few key people who left who went on to found double foursquare because they couldn't get things done within the bureaucracy of google and that being a problem that doesn't affect how people are fe

>>> coming up, it's been quite the week for google. it reinvented the computer and fell victim to a facebook smear campaign. all the inside details, from author, steven levy, who spent two years behind the scenes at the search giant. >>> and, a preview of this year's maker fair, with tech pioneer and make magazine founder, dale doherty. >>> our reporters from "u.s.a. today," john schwartz, and joseph mend, of london's "financial times," this week on "press here." >>> good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew, in an age of is that correcty tech blogs and rumors of the moment, my first guest is a reminder that solid journalism is a lot of work. author steven levy spent two years inside google, conducting hundreds of interviews for his latest book "in the plex: how google thinks, works and shapes our lives." levy has also written about apple twice, once about the mac, once about the ipod. seven books overall. his first book is perhaps his most famous. while steven levy did not invent the word "hacker" he, more than any other person, is res

google had to de... decided not to implement one feature in a cool product they had where you could take a picture of something and it would be like a search query and that was capable of taking a picture of a person and it would have face recognition and they said "that's too creepy, people will be too upset about that. " so even though we can do it we're not going to do it. >> rose: the book is called "in the plex: how google thinks, works and shapes our lives." thank you. >> thank you. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

that's why we all use google including our 90 million users use google, too. what they come to us for, they just want to get an answer to a question, oftentimes right on the first page without having to click on a link, they ask a question and get an answer right there on the page. so it's a very different case, actually. >> this is very similar to what quora does which has become hip and popular. are you able to get that message out, ask is a q&a sort of site, too. >> we're focused on something a little different than cora is. cora is a live q&a site. while it's pretty good for doing what it does, it does a small thing which is answer questions about technology. product management. >> it has its niche. >> it's great in that niche and i'm a fan of it in that niche. we have, like i said, 90 million people asking us millions of questions every day. we have to answer questions about pipe fitting and about pregnancy and about all sorts of different things. and so we have a very different sort of goal which is to answer all the world's questions han n than not just

google. >> (cheering & applause) >>catherine: google will take on i tunes with the unveiling of its new streaming music service. - the news was announced during the keynote address today at the end will developers conference. will find out what this will do for and tried tablet smart phone users. >>gabe: kugels music data service will be an alternative to pipe tunes. it will work with pc computers and a mac computer. it will work at android based tablet and smartphones. using data will organize all the music on your computer, even transfer over music from nearby towns library. you can by songs and albums. you can great play list, it will be similar type tunes. the biggest difference it your musical live in the cloud. not on your computer's hard drive. who will store your music on their servers and dish it out to the one you want to hear it. if this offers a major advantage over i tenants. it be able to access to music from anywhere in the world on any computer or any device that is well conne

google finally took the wraps off google wallet. >> tom, the google effort put software on smart phones, it allows subscribers to use the device to pay for things. mobile payment services are widely used in japan and already there are other u.s. companies testing similar applications. >> tom: erika miller explains there are some obstacles to the success of the google wallet. >> reporter: it's a familiar routine. you go into a store, pick out the items you need and pay with cash or credit card. but if google and mastercard have their way, the experience will soon be much different. shoppers will get personalized coupons on their cell phones, pay with the phone and have receipts immediately emailed. mastercard's ed mclaughlin promises nothing short of life- changing technology. >> we think the experience is absolutely revolutionary. it's going to transform shopping. so, it's not simply the payment- - which you can use paypass and the trusted mastercard network for-- all that like you would have before. but now you can also get coupons, rewards, you can redeem the offers, you can have your

--at google. we choose not to try to be a gate keeper. that is striking a balance. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes each. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. speaker. one year after the deepwater horizon oil spill, americans are paying record gas prices. in northern virginia gas that used to cost $3 per gallon now costs $4. the gas price hike is a result of instability in the middle east and possible oil speculation and is a reminder of our dangerous d

were apple and google on the hot seat this week? >> they were on the hot seat, and there's reports about apple and them collecting location information, how the information was used and there's controversy in the house and senate and writing letters, and al franken, the new chairman of the new committee, so they had to answer questions what the practices are and what they do and don't do. >> host: who discovered the if anies were capable of doing this? >> guest: the company would say the discovery had occurred all along, but tracking goes on and the "wall street journal" wrote something about tracking and what location information is used for so members in congress until really a few weeks ago didn't have any acknowledge of this. the companies say, well, the information's used for a lot of services that consumers want. they want to be able to know where the nearest restaurant is or where their kids are when they have their phones, and the question is how is the information used and do consumers know it's being used? letters to congr

do whatever google wants to do. so is google protecting copyrights or school protecting its own interests what will happen if search engine start censoring whatever they feel like and where the government starts telling them what sites they want to shut down what a mess maybe some things are just better left alone as nishi told us on you tube with there are not search engines should censor sites specializing in piracy is a difficult question to answer because no matter what stand you take people will always find a way to pirate things if you have something to say let's hear it right here. thanks a tree so now here's our next topic of discussion for you at home what has caused the death of the impact of the killing of osama bin laden has had for people in the u.s. and around the world and president obama's line in today's news that justice has been served we want to know what you think so give us your thoughts do you think that justice has been served with the death of osama bin laden you can respond to us on faceboo

so only google can send you that invitation. if you get others, they're probably fake. >>> general motors says it will add about 4,000 jobs in the u.s. over the next year. that's a good sign the auto industry is recovering. for more on that and news before the bell, let's turn to chartia brantley at cnbc headquarters. >> reporter: good morning. futures are pointing to a flat market open after wall street put in a third day of gains yesterday. investors were optimistic microsoft's deal to buy skype may encourage more takeovers and china's trade surplus is calming fears about slowing growth. asian markets were mixed and europe is as well this morning. today we get trade deficit data and earnings from macy's. the dow gained 75 points to 12,760, the nasdaq adding 28 to 2871. >>> damage from the mississippi river flooding could hit $4 billion. although economists say it's still too early to tell. manufacturing could be hurt if shipping lanes are disrupted. oil prices are rising as flooding threatens 11 southern refineries. casinos lo

is it google? that's going to become quite competitive. >> i think it's possible. although with a car manufacturer, they want to have control over what's in their car. >> very early on in the process? >> they want to make sure that they're not having driver distraction. that they don't have the, the flat lent noise application on the system, et cetera. >> you must be worried that google is starting to breathe down your neck on this. if you look at driverless cars and you look at them doing what they're doing with ford.

. >> from google. the ultimate remote control. everything in your home at your finger tips. >> one inch device that turns create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> teachers held a series of grade ins to show how much work they do on their own free time. here teachers graded papers in shopping malls and police threatened to arrest the protestors for trespassing but the two sides worked out a deal. >> california lost 40,000 teacher jobs and that means some classrooms end up being overcrowded. >> middle school history class 48-1 and 220 students a day that the teacher will be seeing. i can't imagine what that does to the student let alone the safety issue. >> teachers and administrators protested in walnut creek and against lay offs and the mount diablo school board meets tonight. >>

i'm not concerned, let's put it this way. >> google, and also apple. and that is the sense that my apple iphone is already a computer that comes into the car. and you work, thank you for working so well with apple. with apple ipods, but there are lots of people who take their apple and stick it up on the windshield. i have apps, i have pandora, going bluetooth to my car stereo, et cetera. so your biggest sales barrier would be,i an iphone. >> absolutely. there are a lot of people that that's good enough. iphone is designed to be able to focus on and use and spend your time looking at. which is the exact opposite of what you want in a car. a lot of people say i already have it, i'll just use the nav, i'll ignore it when text messages come in. i have nieces, i know that's not true. >> steve bridgeland is with microsoft. we'll talk more when "press: here" comes right back. >>> we're talking with steven bridgeland about cars in computers, steven is with microsoft. microsoft would like to stand d standardize most things, but cars are not standardized. you s

this is for apple and google. you both have requirements for people who supply apps for your systems. how do you enforce the requirements you place on them specifically? how do you know they are keeping their word? how do you know they are not using data differently than agreed to? how do you know? >> yes, senator. so, apple cureuates the apps in the store. they are in the apple app store. as i mentioned, we have requirements for the app developers. what we do is we look -- we examine apps, look at them, not the source code, but run them, try them out, we examine them before we even put them into the app store. if they don't meet our requirements, that's -- >> i understand that, but once they are in the app -- >> once they're in the app store, we actually do random audits on applications. we have 350,000 apps, we don't audit every single one like the federal government doesn't audit every tax return, but we do do random audits and examine the network traffic produced by that application to see if it's properly res

. >> suzanne: paypal sued google less than 24 hours after the web giant launched "google wallet." that technology turns your smartphone into a virtual wallet. the company claims osama bedier, a former paypal executive, now at google, stole secrets related to paypal's mobile payment technology. the suit also claims google violated employment contracts by recruting bedier and former paypal exec stephanie tilenius. both were at yesterday's google wallet news conference. in response, google said quote, "silicon valley was built on the ability of individuals to use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities." google also said the company will defend itself against the action. >> tom: while its u.s. network has already been restored, sony plans to re-start its playstation video game network in japan and other parts of asia this weekend. it's been more than a month since the network went down following what's believed to be the world's largest hacker attacks. 100 million users were exposed to identity theft. sony says it's making consumer data protection a full

google could be for google docs. a mobile app provider is an rcs or ecs or neither one. it depends on the nature of the particular service. >> does that mean we have a gap in ecpa and should address it in new legislation? >> i think as all of the companies expand the range of services they provide, there's gaps. there's companies where newer companies provide services that don't fall in one of the two categories. i don't have a particular proposal, but we're happy to work with you to explore where the gaps are and where they should be filled. >> it's an area i suggested and something like law enforcement gets all the information without a search warrant? without going through a court? >> well, if a company is not covered by ecpa, we can get store data using a subpoena or another legal process. a search warrant is not required in most instances. >> you mentioned ecpa and sony, and the degree as i read more and more about it is more and more frightening what's there. now, on three occasions the judiciary committee favorably supported my data security and privacy bill and a

the company says as for google, ken, no comment. a lot of people talking about all this in silicon valley. the experts though say probably a small thing that will die out shortly but certainly is interesting. a battle of the titans. >> always something going on between these kind of companies. mark sayre in palo alto. thank you. >>> a landmark study could change the way hiv patients receive treatment around the world. the research spans nine countries. investigators discovered giving drugs to patients early cut their risk of spreading the infection by more than 95%. >> treating individuals who are hiv infected sooner rather than later has a major impact on not having those individuals infect their uninfected sexual partners. >> doctors believe people will seek to start treatment earlier. the results were so significant that the trial was cut short. all hiv infected people were offered immediate treatment with the drug cocktail. >>> tonight the san jose sharks are one step closer to their first stanley cup final appearance. >> we jus

down on google than the neighborhood pharmacy. lighter's pharmacy in san jose garden district. google is hoping to settle the investigation in on line ad that is run for companies that is skirting the u.s. law such as dispensing the drugs without a prescription. >> you don't know the manufacturing process or where the medications is coming from. it is a huge hit and they have to look and evaluate how they are buying on line. >> lower prices are a draw to buy drugs on line from inunregulated government sources. >> i know it is cheaper. but what are you getting? you save pennies. i always buy u.s.. >> google will not talk about the case because it is a pending legal matter. it laid out its plans in a filing with the u.s. securitis and exchange commission. they would reduce first quarter profits. aaron galdman said the 500 million dollar figure is a clue of how much money google is making from the ads. >> there are only a limited number of categories where google makes that much money. so this is obviously an important revenue line f

as for google they've had no comment on this controversy today. certainly a battle of the titans here in silicon veil. >> mark sawyer, thank you. >>> if you notice a lot more people walking around with sharks gear on tomorrow, this is why. erence finals. nex [ cheering and applause ] >> we just won the stanley cup. >>> a thrilling game 7, the sharks beat the detroit red wings to advance to the conference finals, next they'll take on the vancouver canucks for a seven-game series starting sunday in vancouver. chopper 5 is over the shark tank now. dennis o'donnell is on the ground and will have game highlights coming up a little later in sports. >> other bay area headlines. police believe a domestic dispute led to a fatal shooting at a parking garage. 54-year-old napoleon caligui ran and her friend. both were honor students and just weeks away from graduating. the man then shot himself. >>> the city of brentwood is using talking cameras to cut down on after-hour loitering and vandalism at a local park. the $6,000 device warns you and then it snaps yo

well, google it! the online firm is rolling out a new service that will let you store 20,000 songs on its servers. you can play them back on a cell phone, tablet, or computer. the service is called music beta by google, and is by invitation only. for now, it's free. this space is getting crowded-- amazon has a similar cloud-based music service, and reports say apple is planning one as well. meanwhile, sony says its online playstation network is going to stay offline for a few more days. the system was the target of hackers who nabbed the personal data of more than 100 million users. it's been shut down since april 19, when sony realized something was wrong. the company doesn't know exactly when the service will be back up and running again. >> susie: deficit reduction is topic "a" in washington, and one place lawmakers are looking to cut is charitable tax breaks. tonight's commentator thinks that's a bad idea. he's todd buchholz, author of "rush: why you need and love the rat race". >> giving to chari

were apple and google on the hot seat? >> they were. particularly apple. there has been a lot of controversy. a lot of members of the house and senate spoke. they were on the hot season. senator al franken, the new chairman of this new committee -- they had to answer questions about what their practices are and what they do and what they don't do. >> who discovered that the smart phones were capable of doing this? >> the companies would say the discovery was something that occurred along, but research recently realized that tracking goes on. there are stories about tracking and what location information is used for. members of congress had been told as early as a few weeks ago. the company said, well, the information is used for services consumers want. they want to know where the nearest mcdonald's is. they want to know where their kids are. the question is, how is the information used? do consumers know it is being used? one of the things that this hearing shows, a lot of players are in the ecosystem and not all of them fall under particular laws. there

she came to google. we she staye with me in my home so we had time to debrief at night, also experience different social aspects and really just talk about so of our challenges and me of the opportunities. >> rose: what have you learned from her. >> i have learned so much. i think that there are things i have learned about how leadership challenges are the same as cross cultures, as cross-countries can, as cross industries. you know, how do u hire. how do you motivate a team. how do you decide when to scale your business. all of those, all of those types of things are very much the same. and some challenge that are really different. so im working right now on local and maps. so we were talking a lot about how should google maps rk in tanzania. how n we map different businesses from tanzania and get every business there on-line. and there are all kinds of interesting challenges and proble to work on. so some things are very much thsame and some very different. >> rose: how did you get to know about the pr

google jesse ventura. i invite all true hearts to attend and support the general strike which will also be supporting law enforcement. no matter what they're told in the orders. and i trust that the people that i'm addressing now will do the right thing and not be backing up the corporate store. we are in a place and time that the almighty lord has us and time to shut down the untoward because we've had enough. i'm going to read one poem about casey sheehan. if i may. casey sheehan, the almighty power love in our hearts be calling. for casey sheehan -- and 4,000 fallen. president mazzucco: thank you. >> you wouldn't grant this on behalf of cindy sheehan who has been nixed by the entire media? president mazzucco: next speaker. relevant to the police department. >> totally relevant. the strike started right here, sir. president mazzucco: next speaker. >> general strike, maybe 9, sacramento, thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, chief, director. my nflpa is ann grogan. -- my name is ann grogan. a trouble

>> well, rconversation.com or google my name, rebecca mackinnon, and you will get my google feed and everything else. >> thank you. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tamara, a political editor and the founder and editor -- editor anda political rol a founder of think

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ai >>> most people here in the bay area are familiar with google map, google earth, and even google doodle. but get ready for google wallet. the tech giant is working with mastercard and citibank to turn the smartphone into a virtual purse. it would contain your coupons, your receipts, loyalty cards, and even your credit card. it launches apparently this summer if all goes well but only in san francisco and in new york. expansion will be slow because at first the google wallet will work on only one kind of phone. and you can take a guess. the google nexus. >> of course. >>> well, this stoirks it gets frustrating. if you ever want to cash in on your frequent flyer miles only to be denied, try southwest airlines. a new study shows that southwest leads the way for frequent flyers who successfully redeem their miles. the study, done by consulting firm ideaworks, shows southwest had frequent flyer available seats 99% of the time. jetblue is second with seats available to frequent flyers 79% of the time. the worst on the list, well, united comes in at 11thith wit 71%. but they're not the worst.

that you break your own laptop, or google breaks google? google has thousands of engineers to fix their end of it. it's more than likely that you're safer going with google. >> right. and no insult for asking that question to the big wheels at google this morning. >> one of the two. yeah. >> there you go. you're my i.t. guy. thanks so much. good to know. >>> well, we're out here live at justin herman plaza. beautiful san francisco morning out here. we've got a lot more on two big events in the city this weekend. stick around. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. ♪ that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious ta cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. >>> good morning to you. 20 cities in 20 days. our tour across the bay area continues this morning waking up in beautiful san franci

that is small compared to google. google pushes 30% of traffic to the news sites. facebook could begin to eating into google's dominance. >>> still ahead, an arrest and apology. a councilman says he made a huge mistake. plus, why pg&e is telling residents in mountain view and antioch not to panic as they smell natural gas this morning. >> i'm terry mcsweeney at san francisco international airport where an investigation is under way into an incident aboard an aircraft last night. was it terrorism? a man pounding on the cockpit door screaming. details coming up in a live report. >> all is quiet at major airports right now. you see the yellow from denver and chicago and st. louis. an area of possible severe weather. if any delays develop we'll have them at never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something b

hundreds of people waiting for their free google powered android tablet. entertained by a small android and did i mention that they came from all over the world? >> this is where the late ef technologies are happening, this is where the future of mobile connected devices will be. especially in this area as well, google's the forefront of it. >> reporter: is this the pad you'd use over anything else on the market? >> this is the pad i've got to use, it doesn't matter what else is on the market. i'm not a rich man, so i'll just enjoy this one. >> reporter: google's annual io developer conference is where the latest technology gets shown off from apps to keep you walking to apps that give you something to listen to when you're walking. >> walking down the street, whether by new york city or in moscow or wherever you might be you hear the stories that are around you, there's a virtual layer of stories around you and stream into your headphones based on your location. >> reporter: google also got into the act rolling out a new cloudbased music service that lets

we report on what it means to you, to google and to your local drug stores. no one happier to see a federal crack down on google than the neighborhood pharmacy. like this pharmacy in san jose rose garden district. google says setting aside 500 million dollars hoping to settle an investigation into on line ads that has run for companies that may be skirting u.s. law. such as dispensing drugs without a prescription. >> manufacturing procession. don't know where the medications are coming from. so big huge hit i think consumer really should look at and really alua when buyin medication on line. >>reporter: lower prices, 20 to 30 percent lower are a big draw to buy drugs on line from unregulated foreign sources. >> i know it is cheap tore go abroad but do you know what you are getting. so you save a few penny but what are you going to do to your health? i always buy u.s. >>reporter: google won't talk about the case because it's a pending legal matter. it laid out the plans to pay out 500 million dollars in a filing with the u.s. security and exchange commission.

google. facebook today said it contracted a top public relations firm to pitch negative stories about google to newspapers and journalists across the country. facebook says it wanted to show that the world's largest search engine has questionable policies over user privacy. the social networking site denies it was a smear campaign. no comment tonight from google. >>> so what's going on? is it a case of the pot and kettle calling each other the same thing. we are joined by brian cooley. i son like a "saturday night live" show. when they complain about a lack of privacy on the part of the other. >> google has half a leg and facebook doesn't have any. facebook exposes all this personal information that we volunteer by using the system. that's how it works. it is not a fault but the way that they have made it so complicated to control it is ironic for them to be going this direction. >> so what exactly is facebook complaining about here? >> they say google is scraping in the business. they are go

we have heard users as describe what apple and google are doing as creepy. apple and google executives will be in the hot seat today in the nation's capital answering tough questions from congress about why smart phones and other devices are tracking users' every move. but both companies are expected to defend themselves by saying that they are not spying on their customers, they're helping them by finding coffee shops and gas stations that are nearby. apple made headlines last month when researchers discovered the iphone and ipad stored up it a -- stored up to a year's worth of data about users' locations. apple went into damage control mode admitting they do store wi- fi locations that they were developing upcoming services but they blame the large data collection on a software bug. last week apple released an update that limits the amount of data their devices store. >> i don't 100% agree with it. >> we have privacy laws for telephone communications. we have privacy laws for electronic mail messages. but we really don't have modern privacy laws to address

but google? google made more than $8 billion just in the last three months. more google news. "forbes" says the company might start renting laptops to students for $20 a month. the big google io conference continues today in san francisco. google announcing it was unable to reach a deal with record makers over its new music project so the plan is smaller than we hoped but it also announced it was going to allow outside developers to access what it calls its prediction engine, kind of an electronic crystal ball, that would help app writers predict what people were going to do. so you could tap into google's knowledge to figure out what movies people would like. it's a big deal in the app world and now it's available to anyone. >> all right, sounds cool. thank you very much, scott. >>> we'll have a lot more to come on "today in the bay" this morning, including a look at one organization that is going high tech to help some of its low income residents. >>> and we're live out here at arden wood farms in fremont this morning. that's certainly not a tractor. no, we've got more comin

paypal is suing google. they claim two of their executives stole confidencal information about how paypal works. paypal and google had been in negotiations for two yes to provide the payment system for google till google built its own system. >>> new diet for mark zuckerberg, he can only eat the meat of the animals he kills. this diet is the latest goal. last year he learned chinese. >>> the arnold sports fest villwill keep its name for now. bearing the name of arnold schwarzenegger. invitationerize being mailed out for the new festival for march of next year. >>> send a message to buster posey. the giants posted a get well card online. you can post get well messages to buster posey. to make it easy, go to www.ktvu.com, click on web links and we will send you to the card. >> this picture says it all. you can see buster posey on crutches with a cast, he fractured a bone in his left leg durings a collision at home plate. >>> a fair well for two members of the san francisco police force. hunter and hawk were gi

one involving its competition with google. the social networking site admitted hiring a pr firm to try to plant stories harshly critical of google's privacy practices. the plan backfired when someone they approached went public. facebook says it wasn't a smear campaign, but admits it violated its own internal policies. >>> mortgage rates have hit new lows for the year, and could go even lower. according to freddie mac the average for a 30-year fixed loan has dipped to 4.63%. the record low is 4.17% hit last november. but it still is not easy to get a loan. job concerns and strict lending standards are keeping many would-be buyers on the sidelines. >>> and finally, if you've got your eye on a new prius, well, don't hold your breath. toyota announced today that buyers may have to wait until next year to get one of the new roomier prius models. the so-called prius alpha was supposed to launch last month but a battery shortage and production problems following japan's quake and tsunami set the automaker back. betty, i'm sure we'll

he's a new google exec. yesterday he showed off google's new phone payment system. it's a pay pal killer. well, pay pal is saying, hey, wait a minute. that guy used to work for us and he knows all our secrets. pay pal is suing google in san jose court claiming google has misappropriated trade secrets. >>> and can i leave you with a little plug? this sunday, famed skeptic michael shermer, we're going to talk religion, conspiracy theories and the debunked link between autism and vaccinations right here before "meet the press" sunday morning. back to you. >> the season of the cougar is he. we will explain next. b >>> prepare for cougar sightings in south city this weekend, but we're not talking mountain lions. the california cougar convention is in town. these cats are all older women who like cubs, which are the younger men. every year a queen is crowned, this year the featured speaker is amy luna mandarino of berkeley, honored miss cougar international 2011. the event is being held at intermurals restaurant on saturday night. >> interesting. don't look at me. >> than

google that. i'll wait. all right. let's move on. perhaps the most well known candidate was 12th term texas congressman ron paul the only participant currently holding office. >> we do not need secret prisons nor do we need the torture that goes on in the secret military prisons. maybe we can take care of some people back here at home if we weren't spending $1.5 trillion a year on our mill tarism. >> jon: what are you doing? this is a weak republican field. all you have to do is compromise your libertarian principles a little bit, feed these people christian conservative red meat like the three most important people in the world are reagan, jesus and reagan again. gays can get marriage licenses when they pry them from my cold dead hands. (beep) come on. give it to them. >> congressman paul, you say the federal government should stay out of people's personal habits. marijuana, cocaine, even heroin should be legal if states want to permit it. you feel the same about prostitution and gay marriage. >> jon: here's your chance. www-jmd, wh

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