su keenan has details. sa capitolc, the insider trading trial, the jury has a verdict, an unusually quick return for a verdict. we are still waiting to hear what it is, the case of the legal trade tied to a drug study that was secret -- we do know the jury just yesterday asked to reread testimony from a medical professor who said that the tips allegedly received were similar to those that had been already released publicly. what is important about the testimony is that it was key to oma defense that there was no secret information. there are two prongs to any case . one is that they receive nonpublic information, and the second is they use the nonpublic information for any legal profit. legal himn -- and you illgal a -- should an profit. >> us and as we get that verdict, we will get to you in the sec case involving matthew martoma. we look at what will likely happen with the debt ceiling with dean baker. ,"at is next when "bottom line on bloomberg television, continues in just a moment. ♪ >> the suspension

sac and cohen are free of further robbins. >> su keenan joining us. stay with us.oming up. >> fast food chains like burger king and taco bell are focusing on breakfast menus in hopes of taking on the mcking of the morning meal. we break down my breakfast has become big business. >> rise and shine. it is time for your fast food breakfasts economics. fast food chains want your business before lunch. is a huge opportunity for them to ring up extra sales. their employees are already preparing lunch. case in point? mcdonald's. burger king has been trying to boost its breakfast sales and taco bell is rolling out a new breakfast menu with creative items like a waffle tocco. -- taco. it is not as easy as it looks. when you try and it did not go too well -- wendy's tried and it did not go too well. fast food restaurants are trying to get more customers through their doors. coffee. not just any copy, but good coffee. look at the recent success of starbucks and dunkin' donuts. coffee is a daily ritual. low prices. many people don't even eat breakfast. those who do you do not

a lot of traders are looking at a global situation for the economy as bullish. >> su keenan, thanks.an 100 french and his men are visiting iran this week. executives from france's biggest aviation and industrial companies are looking to explore deals with the country that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. the u.s. state department says such trade visits are "not helpful." , our bloomberg foreign policy correspondent in washington. --retary of state kerry for phoned the french prime minister to express concern. as we know, talking to iran is not a sanctionable activity, but actually going through with deals that are not permitted, that would be sanctionable. sanctions were enacted in the aftermath of the agreement in geneva, which just on january 20.t it would basically fix -- to iran from fixing it failing aviation fleet. when you have other companies coming in, like the former ,rench monopoly for natural gas and the third-largest european oil company, then you have concerns about a possible breaking of sanctions. that has not happened yet, but as we heard, a top u.s. o

let's go to headlines with loomer's su keenan. >> disney is said to be close to a program agreement with federal litigation over technology. disney could receive compensation for technology known as auto hop that lets dish -- skipers get commercials and broadcast shows that they recorded. finishing the day down four percent, blame it on barbie. mattel trailed estimates from analysts, while hot wheels declined eight percent. the company reported profits that missed analyst estimates for mastercard. >> i want to go to washington dc where there has been a lot of news today, and i want to bring in our white house correspondent phil mattingly. i want to start with the keystone pipeline, tell us exactly what came out today? what did we learn? >> this was the final report from the state department that everybody was looking to. the final report said what supporters of the keystone pipeline wanted it to, that there would be minimal environmental impact. a problem for environmentalists that are against this pipeline. listen to what transcanada ceo just said on a conference call. >> we know that o

thes time now for commodities report, su keenan joins the from the newsroom with details. >> just int few minutes, we saw crude oil teachers crossed the 100 mark for the first time since december 30. the lock buster storm has failed to materialize, but the oil markets being heated up by the weather because they are looking week data as an anomaly anomaly.ata as an one veteran says that prices could climb again on another snow dump. is winter effectively over? the worst of the cold and snow could be behind us, but supply could continue to squeeze prices higher. looking at the energy complex the given bc oil posting a big gain for the week. data is is that that being looked at as an anomaly, and we saw technical factors pushes above 100 as we went into the close. coffee futures, the biggest rally since 1997. sugar, orange juice, coffee, all pointing -- posting gains for the week. >> what is ahead for next week? >> a lot of concerns about power companies, new england power prices doubled last month was a lot of consumers will be getting a bit of sticker shock on their bills. believe the

su keenan is standing by in the newsroom with the details. inback to explosive gains natural gas.e futures have jumped more than 35% since november a windows two together have put commodities to a six-week high today before they gave back some gains. meanwhile, call in the janet yellen effect. gold rising to a three-month high today on the fence outlook. one strategist says you have janet yellen and james bullard picking it clear that the fed is hurry to endin a stimulus. silver in its longest run of gains since 2011. natural gas was in rally mode again today, rallying the past but getting back those gains right before the close. as one trader said, the market is finally finding the big supply picture. some predict more volatility, like what we saw at the close today. ahead of this latest storm which is set to hit the northeast are warninglities of power outages. we are seeing electricity prices jumping as cold weather protection the man boasts. oil prices the highest in four months on bottlenecks in supplies. gas futures jumped on refinery issues. forecastnment's latest shows gas

we're going to go to su keenan for the headlines.portedors fourth-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates. fourth-quarter profits fell to one point zero $4 billion. over $1 billion. fox will be increasing its stakes in the yes network to about 80% and will be getting results from new york area sports when the deal closes. and earnings are out with a surprise in january with the month rising one percent for cap. -- gap. shares -- earnings beat analyst estimates. click the apollo theater in harlem, new york is celebrating its 80th birthday. the legendary peter has hosted such megastars as ray charles and james brown. jonelle.e here is the theater itself is owned by of york state, the people new york state, but it is managed and organized and kept alive by a foundation. tell us more about it. andit is a not-for-profit has been since 1991. a lot of people don't know that because it is 80 years old and the brand is so recognized around the year -- around the world, actually. the apollo theater foundation and the foundations charged w

su keenan is in the news and for the details. >> good afternoon. this is driving across the board. sending natural gas on another ride. oil is back above 100. 11 times sincehe february 7. they talked it up to a one-two punch. the stock market charging higher, all of this is providing this out. check the hits keep on coming. we saw wide swings in both to wretch in spirit it is up 10%. we are down now. the polar vortex causing hedge funds to piland. they are pushing this 15% higher. bullish that are up for a fifth time in six weeks. the big oak as traders say is the end of the supply. a hot summer. something to think about. already it is summer in brazil which had the highest or driest january in six decades. chart.ut the highest in a year and a half. more rallies absolutely weather driven. would you believe gold is up roughly 11% since the end of december? february is on track for a second month of the gains. it is boosting safe haven demand. >> winky. john dingell is announcing his retirement today. it is the longest-serving member of congress in american history. he has served in

su keenan joins us with the details. >> we are seeing a shift away from weather to political climatee key driver. we saw the price of oil fell and the difference between brent crude and west texas intermediate also narrowed. unrest in the ukraine is having an impact on the futures. one strategist says giving the it is havingation, an impact on wti. energy futures are on track to post gains for the month due in part to the weather and huge spike in heating oil and natural gas. toc crude production dropped the lowest level in more than two years in february. look at today's prices as we head to the close -- lower across the board with gasoline futures falling on speculation that above average supplies will keep prices in check. natural gas futures rebounded from a five-week low. one-week dropis a of almost 26%. that's the biggest one-week truck we've seen in roughly a decade. those comments are impacting gold today. >> part of what we are looking at is the fact that the ukraine situation and yellen's comment pricesortiva of higher that create a demand for a safe haven. we are seeing a

su keenan is in the newsroom with details. >> two big movers in commodities, energy with the latest roundstorms bringing more activity in gas and oil. and gold and silver are heading toward their longest rally since august. when you are looking for a break in the winter weather ahead, which is warmer, that is causing a break in the rallying gas. normal.s will be above you see that drop. given that wild ride for natural gas, it is at nine percent year to date thanks to the frigid weather. pimco's deputy chief investment officer told bloomberg he sees opportunities in that asked market and plans to exploit the differences between high winter prices where demand is clearly strong and the summer contracts where demand is much lower. he also sees opportunity in gold, which is staging its longest rally since august. >> i think the emerging market demand will come back. it is there. the chinese have been buying a lot of gold. indians bought a little less gold because it is not very pensive for them -- expensive for them because the market demand has gone down. what has changed is the u.s. financ