we just simply don't know why schmidt is going. nobody has said out loud or even whose idea the whole trip is. as you point out, you do have this young leader in the peoples republic telegraphing wi ining willingness to open up the country. schmidt is going to north korea as a private individual and not as a representative of google so much that schmidt can be seen separate from google. google stocks this morning up ever so slightly. dow industrials down 42 points after a terrific day yesterday. back to you. >> what a way to start the new year. >> good rally. jump-start for us. thank you very much. 6:56. let's see what's jumping if our weather. christina loren, one final look. >> you may have so jump to stay warm out there and get that heart going this morning. it's frigid yet again. this is the last morning where we expect the 20s at this hour. we should be more in the 40s and upper 30s tomorrow morning. 27 degrees is very cold in fairfield and napa. same for santa rosa. 29 in gilroy. right here in beautiful san jose 34 degrees. 3

would a leerader of that countr meet with chairman schmidt? that's unknown. scott, i'm curious what your take is and what the point is of this trip in your purview. >> the number of computers in north korea must measure in the thousands. nobody really knows. there's no profit to be found in north korea. some analysts are talking about north korea may be interested in google services but that's probably even overthinking it. the fact is that no one said why schmidt is going or even whose idea this whole thing is. you do have this young, new leader in the people's republic and he's telegraphed willingness to open up the country. just yesterday talking about reunification with south korea. also, we should be clear as bob pointed out, schmidt is going to north korea as a private individual and not as the chairman of the board of google. as much as schmidt can be separated from that, we'll always associate this with google itself. this is fascinating. this is something we'll continue to watch. >> very much so. thank you very much, scott. >>> 5:33. breaking news in

of web giant google has set out his vision for the future of the internet in a gloomy forecast eric schmidt suggests people's online id could be taken hostage and an online form of kidnapping. has more. the image of a human future liberated by technology and to hunger teleportation and so on just got a reality those from a guy who knows eric schmidt who is worth one point five billion dollars and the chairman of google voiced his views on in the internet and the dangers that lurk within it warned that as technology becomes cheaper and easier to use cyber terrorists could use the web to run a drone war a century or nerd in california could fly a drone strike a target in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known as cyber terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorists states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing moreover a cyber identities that's your online avatar in social networks could be taken hostage for ransom actual

in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known as cyber terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorists states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing moreover a cyber identities that's your online avatar in social networks could be taken hostage for ransom actually there are already cases of hackers remotely blocking personal computers and demanding cash stolen or fifty cyber identities me soon also form a global black market where users will be able to buy an identity the always dreamed of in real life schmidt also pointed to the record so much of our lives is stored on servers now any past mistakes will be there for all the world to see typically at the worst possible moment when you're applying for that job mortgage making the marriage proposal or running to become president in fact the lives of everyone will be so public parents will have to teach children about cyber safety before safe sex well these are only predic

schmidt arrived yesterday along with former new mexico governor bill richardson. they say the trip is a private humanitarian mission, but it is raising the ire of the u.s. state department, which labels it "unhelpful." richardson has traveled to north korea several times and is reportedly working to free an imprisoned american citizen, but schmidt's role in the delegation and on the trip has not been made clear. one tech analyst questioned the role of the internet in north korea as a possible reason for the trip. "north korea is one of the most constrained countries when it comes to internet connectivity in the world, and clearly a country that could use some opening up, but certainly has resisted any movement on those lines so far." that was tech analyst rob enderle, who says schmidt has habored political ambitions for quite some time. lawmakers are kicking around new ways to tax motorists. as americans drive less and buy a record number of fuel-efficient vehicles, it's leaving states with fewer dollars from gas taxes to repair roads, bridges and highways. in was

namely the human resources director carol schmidt. and was told to handle it on her own. schmidt then testified she had not received any training on how to handle child sexual abuse in 17 years. but according to the district, schmidt is the title ix coordinator. >> in this instance, the information was conveyed to a title ix coordinator and the appropriate action was not taken. far from it. >> reporter: a title ix coordinator with no training and no knowledge of how to process these serious allegations. plus, her contact information wasn't published online. that is, until we told them about the requirements. the website is now updated to include contact information for a title ix coordinator. >> i think it's a colossal failure of evergreen not to conduct an investigation when it had complaints in its hands involving young children. >> reporter: she is with equal rights advocates. she has also filed a we quest for information from evergreen asking for proof it's following title ix. she is still wait for answers and so are we. for the past two months the district has dodged

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google's eric schmidt has put forward a scary vision of what the internet could become in the future he says hackers could use the web to launch attacks with drones and that embarrassing information about you could be stored and used against you at any time or seize your corpus can also has more. the image of a human future liberated by technology and to hunger teleportation and so on just got a reality those from a guy who knows eric schmidt who is worth one point five billion dollars and the chairman of google voiced his views on in the internet and the dangers that lurk within it warned that as technology becomes cheaper and easier to use cyber terrorists could use the web to run a drone war essential nerd in california could fly a drone strike a target in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known as cyber terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorists states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing moreover a cyb

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schmidt visited pyongyang on tuesday. he traveled to north korea with former new mexico governor bill richardson and seven others. he spoke with students at a university computer lab. schmidt has emphasized that he is traveling as a private citizen and not representing google, but some analysts say the visit was motivated by business. north korea wants to promote its i.t. industry and google is believed to be considering doing business there. the group met with north korean officials. richardson suggested that they discuss the release of a u.s. citizen detained in the country since last year. >> it's a good productive but frank meeting. >> they'll discuss their visit to north korea after they arrive. >>> japanese prime minister abe and his government have confirmed the outline to revitalize the nation's sluggish economy. cabinet ministers took part in the first meeting of a new task force on tuesday. >> translator: japan has been tackling deflation for ten years. it's an effort over the course of human history. we must at

schmidt visited kim il sung university in pyongyang on tuesday. he traveled to north korea with former new mexico governor bill richardson and seven others. they spoke with students at a university computer lab. schmidt has emphasized that he's traveling as a private citizen and not representing google. some analysts say the visit was motivated by business. north korea wants to promote its i.t. industry, and google is believed to be considering doing business there. a group met with north korean officials. richardson suggested that they discussed the release of an american citizen detained in the country since last year. >> it's a good, productive, but frank meeting. >> the group is scheduled to travel to beijing on thursday. they'll discuss their visit to north korea after they arrive. >>> north kor 345rkd imarked itg leader's birthday on tuesday but no official ceremonies or events have been reported. kim jong un was born on january 8th. his exact age is not known, but he's thought to be around 30. the date is not designated a national holiday,

he said, richardson and schmidt arrive in north korea today. lenin used to call them useful idiots. i want to characterize that for a moment. lenin actually didn't. it's been mischaracterized. lenin is often quoted as having said that, but the library of congress can't find anywhere where lenin has a record of having said that, so it might be a mistake on his part but you know darn well what he meant and that is he felt you were being used as a tool for north korean propaganda. is he wrong? >> he is wrong. and that surprises me about john mccain. i've known him 82 -- since 1982, we were both elected to the congress together, and it's surprising me that he makes a comment like that that is personal. look, we weren't used. we sent valuable messages. are we used by being photographed by north korean students by advancing the internet by saying your nuclear development, your missile tests are not playing well, that you need to engage, that you need to be less isolated, that you need to talk to south korea, you need to talk to china? i don't believe that we were used. and the internet me

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. >>> eric schmidt has called on north korea to allow its citizens to use the internet and connect with the outside world. schmidt spoke to reporters in beijing on thursday after a four-day visit to pyongyang with bill richardson. he said their visit was private. but he pointed out that the internet access in the north is limited to government, military and university officials. >> the government has to do something. they have to make it possible for people to use the internet, which the government of north korea has not yet done. it's their choice now and time in my view it's time for them to start or they will remain behind. >> schmidt warned that in an increasingly connected world, north korea's decision to isolate itself would make it hard to compete economically. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is planng to get better acquainted with other leaders in his region. he's traveling to vietnam, thailand and indonesia next week. it will be his first trip abroad since taking office last month. chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga says the four-day tour to the members of the associ

eric schmidt said he would love to bring internet technology to the entire world. it's worth noting that google already has offices in china, in russia, in south korea. those are three countries that surround north korea. but north korea has a very strict penalty for anyone caught using the worldwide web. instead, the country offers their own train net which many experts have called propaganda tool. cell phone and computer use in north korea is growing. experts say google might be laying some groundwork. listen. from their why the not try it pry the door open just a little that would be an extraordinary achievement which would be a positive thing potentially for people but also be positive for google. >> google chief eric schmidt by the way reportedly will also give the north korean people a donation of some sort. shep. >> shepard: there is another matter here too, trace. governor richardson hoping to free an american who isliked up in north korea. >> yeah, the american's name is kenneth bay. he runs a travel agency that brings both tourists and potential investors

technology and to hunger teleportation and so on just got a reality those from a guy who knows eric schmidt who is worth one point five billion dollars and the chairman of google voiced his views on in the internet and the dangers that lurk within it warned that as technology becomes cheaper and easier to use cyber terrorists could use the web to run a drone war essential nerd in california could fly a drone strike a target in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known as cyber terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorists states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing moreover a cyber identities that's your online avatar in social networks could be taken hostage for ransom actually there are already cases of hackers remotely blocking personal computers and demanding cash colon or feek cyber identities me soon also form a global black market where users will be able to buy an identity the always dreamed of in real life als

richardson travels to north korea frequently but schmidt's participation is drawing speculation what he hopes to accomplish. richardson defends the trip as a "private humanitarian mission." >> schmidt is a friend of mine, he is interested in foreign policy, he is going as a private citizen. this is not a google trip. i am sure he is interested in some of the economic issues there. or the social media aspect. so, this is why we teamed up on this trip. >> schmidt and richardson are expected it high to negotiate the release of an american prisoner captured last month in the country while they are there over the next four days. >> thank you. our time now is 6:36. survivors and family members of victims of the colorado theater massacre are warned they may not want to be in court for the suspect's preliminary hearing. the prosecution is expecting an overflow crowd when they outline the case against james holmes accused of leaving 12 people dead at a showing of the latest batman movie in colorado in july. lawyers say they will will show gruesome evidence that has been withheld until now bec

hi sir thanks for being with us this visit by google boston eric schmidt headed by former new mexico governor bill richardson now richardson is a veteran of humanitarian journeys to north korea is this one going to be different from the usual kind of trip you think well it comes with a great incentive for north korea and that is a visit from one of the top corporations in the world and so i think that's one of the reasons why north korea was so enthusiastic about having them come in on this trip the u.s. state department's not enthusiastic there is a spokesperson there victoria nuland says the visit ill timed in light of washington's recent rocket launch schmidt though says he's not there on business so why do the u.s. officials care what the u.s. officials care because they're trying to tighten the screws on the sanction regime against north korea but to be honest there aren't a lot of sanctions they can levy against north korea at this point where most heavily sanction countries in the world so what they're looking for basically is more a kind of atmosphere of condemnation and for

. >> next, google executive chairman eric schmidt talks about the latest innovations. after that, a program on the role of capitalism. after that, a program on state and federal marijuana laws. >> recently "the economist" magazine held their 2013 festival, focusing on economics, technology, and media. at the event, the google executive chairman eric schmidt discussed the importance of mobile devices and technology on society. his remarks are about 35 minutes. >> an introduction to our conversation on technology, so please welcome eric schmidt, executive chairman of google. [applause] >> thank you. is very good to be here. >> i do want to thank you very much for stepping in on such short notice. >> i was coming anyway. >> coming and speaking in public are two very different things. i want to ask you -- we have a load of questions for you from the floor as well. a want to ask you how technology will change our lives in various different ways in 2013. what we might do is start and then panicked out and go bigger -- pan out and go bigger. there are a number of google initi

says he invited eric schmidt. google says this is a personal and private trip, has nothing to do with them. bill richardson has been to north korea half a dozen times in the past 20 years. he invited schmidt. it has nothing to do with a diplomatic mission from the united states. there were reporters in north korea on the ground, they must have been condoned by the dictatorship there which is secretive and nuclear ambitious, here's how they responded to the reporters who were there. >> no interviews. no interviews. >> this is a private humanitarian visit. we're here as individual american citizens looking at the humanitarian situation. we're going to ask about the american detainee who's here. we're interested in the economic and political situation. we are concerned about the missile launches and we're concerned about the importance of dialogue. >> the state department did not want them to take this trip. here's the statement from last week. they were not going to be accompanied by any u.s. officials. frankly we d

here is eric schmidt and bill richardson stepping off a plane. he has not said much about the reason for joining the trip but he is an advocate for all. something north korea does not support. he calls it a private humanitarian mission which includes a meeting with humanitarian leaders. >>> in san jose this friday airways are to start flying the boeing 747 dreamliner from tokyo. it is designed to make flights more comfortable and they will have a line of flights leaving each week from san jose. >>> a photographer came face to face with a polar bear and lived to tell about it. he sat in a pod as a pod tried to force her way inside. it was a special series on the bbc and buchanan said he spent a year with the most deadly creatures but this was the most scary experience ever. >>> and a new share lets you share pets. it is a non-profit organization where dog owners can trade walking feeding and dog sitting duties and it is a chance for people who don't have animals to share somebody else's. more than 480 people have signed up for the service in san f

to the end draw a plot for north korea itself as a country with developed i t sector so perhaps mr schmidt wants to explore other potential business fields for google within the korea there was a report in a german newspaper that pyongyang has invited german economists to prepare the country for foreign investment but that is unconfirmed at the moment if it's true however could it be seen perhaps that north korea's new leader is finally putting it on the path of change in behavior see even a part of openness well frankly this is old wine in old bottles old this has been around for many many years too in the whole of years ago the north koreans have announced that they are we wrapping laws and especially from the mix in the last on the north east in order to even improve conditions for investment and trade to how we wise that related laws also two years ago they have operated the joint venture and investment commission they have opened the pyongyang university of science and technology iran based on korean americans who teach the north koreans about all the technicalities of doubt so i don'

schmidt is the highest profile executive to visit north korea. he's spoken publicly around the world about the importance of providing technology to everyone. richardson is calling this a private humanitarian mission? we're interested in economic and political situations. we are concerned about missile launches and we're concerned about the importance of dialogue. >> the u.s. has been concerned about the launches saying they are in violation of united nations security council resolutions. the u.s. state department also says the timing of this trip is not helpful. now, coming up in our next hour of "mornings on 2," the new year speech that may have something to do with this visit to north korea. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook, let's go back to tori and dave. >>> new this morning, an oil- drilling ship that ran aground near a remote alaska island. what's being towed about 30 miles to a protected bay. a salvage crew is on the ship. along with the representative from royal dutch. the ship ran april ground new year's eve during a powerfu

schmidt and bill richardson showing students surfing the web and using goon. schmidt is a long time advocate of internet freedom but the access is rare and limited to nose only with gun permission. >> and leigh glaser is here with mike nicco. >> we have been in the fog today. i will show you the east bay right now from our high definition camera, looking on the valley there. the good news is a lost this is lifting. when it does the temperatures will warm up. we will look at the numbers coming up. >> plus wedding crashers of a different sort. we will show you -- yikes -- why >> abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> we have more on our top story involving the coast guard investigation into the oil tanker that crashed into the bay bridge at this time yesterday. >> abc7 fuzz reporter is like on treasure island. you go straight to the source for the latest information. >> the coast guard sent out people to speak to us and tell us new information about what went on here yesterday. this is lieutenant lambert. can you tell us where the coast guard inv

these welcome eric schmidt, executive chairman of google. [applause]>> thank you very much, good to see you. >> first of all, i do want to thank you very much for stepping in at such short notice. >> i was planning on coming anyway. >> humming and speaking in public are two slightly different things. thank you very much. we have a load of questions for you from the floor, but i want to ask you about how technology will change our lives in various different ways in 2013. what i thought is to start small and go bigger. in the publication, we mention a number of google initiatives that are fascinating in the way that they might change lives. one is google glass so the idea of wearable computing. is that going to be available next year and beyond that? >> if you look at google glass, it's sort of glasses that they don't put it right in your eye. they put it right above. they can show a video. we have been experimenting what this could be used for. there are obvious uses in your daily lives. we never had a device that records or could record what

schmidt tea schmidt's google employees gave 95% of their campaign contributions to the president in 2012, $700,000. it's safe to say that would be a sweep, 97%. that's a democratic company. there are even rumors that schmidt might join obama's cabinet as treasury secretary, which added to the commonly held belief that rich tech guys are all liberals. rich california guys, a bunch of liberals. but you know what, times appear to be a-changing. facebook founder mark zuckerberg is hosting his first political fund-raiser for -- [ drumroll ] -- republican new jersey governor, chris christie. i mean, look at that pair. made in heaven. buzz feed reporter broke the story and joe lockhart joins me, a former bush secretary and former vp of facebook, knows all sides of this. mckay, your reporting, what brought this marriage about? >> well, you know, they met in 2010, chris christie and mark zuckerberg, when zuckerberg donated $100 million to newark's school system. and they've kind of worked together on education reform since then. and that's kind of the issue that brought them together, but it's in