some dynamics in place but overall this is just the changing of the seasons out here in eastern asia. during the winter we have the siberian high. very cold high back here towards the north. as things start to warm up that weakens and movers off toward the north. you start to see our rainy season front up. down toward south we have the pacific high that sets in. you get too high, you'll get a low. that brings precipitation. as things continue to warm up, this builds toward the north. through the months, it continues to settle off there or even towards okkaido and far eastern russia with summer setting in down towards the south. i want to talk about the tropics. we have been talking about this storm system. one of the strongest on record here in the indian ocean since satellite observations began. this is still pushing hard down here towards the south through some vertical wind sheer. that's keeping it on weakening status. the biggest issue could still be coastal showers in the northern locations. we push over here toward the americas. houston, big topic all week. still looking at more

of course, much of eastern asia has this going for them.t weeks, you look at the rainfall, it's been up to 300 millimeters, over a foot of rainfall in the first ten days of this month in april. so again, soggy areas across much of this region. the five days ahead of us here, another quarter of a meter of rainfall expected to come down. the rainy season should start in may. it's starting much earlier year after year in east asia and a large area of harvesting for tea crops. i want to show you what's happening in the central united states. parts of oklahoma and arkansas, if you're watching us, about 2.5 million people dealing us intense weather. can't rule out a few tornadoes in this region and a lot of rainfall to go around. one to two inches, and spring is upon us. this weekend, temperatures soared 10 to 20 fahrenheit, above average. even from the midwest, temps in midwest climb out of the forts into the 70s fahrenheit. new york city in the 70s also. so spring looks like it will be here to stay. >> finally. >> it was raining in l.a. last we

huge capitalization of the market going on with money flowing in from latin america, from eastern europe, from asia. so there's a lot of marketing and investment going on. but the good side of that is it's allowing more artists than ever before to undertake really ambitious projects. and i'm sure that history will judge some of this as rubbish. but a lot of it i think is really interesting. and there's an audience for it. it's almost a sort of a new renaissance. >> rose: i was going to say you describe it as a renaissance. >> i think it's fascinating. and in a globalizing world. the art that's being produced now in beijing or seoul has an audience and a resonance on the other side of the world in a way it never would have done in the past. >> rose: and you demolished the lila archson wallace wing? >> no, we're look at how we might remodel it. >> rose: "remodel" is a better word than "demolish." >> we're looking at the options. it all depends on the cost and the expense. the current -- >> but what question brings you to that consideration? >> well, over the years and the met has been under construct

capitalization of the market going on, with money flowing in from latin america, from eastern europe, from russia, asiathere is a lot of marketing and investment going on. but the good side of that is, it it is allowing more artists than reallyfore to undertake ambitious project. i am sure that history will rubbish,e of this is but i think a lot of it is really interesting. there is an audience for it. it is almost a sort of, you know, a new renaissance. described it as a neo-renaissance. dr. campbell: the art that is per -- produce now in beijing or an audience and a resonance on the other side of the world in a way that it never would've done in the past. charlie: you demolished the lala acheson wing? dr. campbell: we are looking at how we might remodel it. charlie: remodel is a better word. dr. campbell: we are looking at all the options. it depends on the cost and expense. the current -- charlie: what question brings you to that consideration? years,pbell: over the and the met has been under construction almost continually since it was first put in central park in 1880. one 20th the size of the bui

whether israel or saudi arabia or egypt or many friends in europe particularly eastern europe, friends in asiaabout what an american commitment means. so there's been, i think, a big problem with the obama foreign policy and national security strategy. we need somebody in there who will reassure allies we will be there and yet talk in much more measured ways that's been the case to this point and i think john kasich is the guy to do that. >> i appreciate you joining me, congressman, for a spirited discussion. appreciate your time. just saw john kasich walk on to the stage. we'll take a break and bring our viewers his comments in just a moment. thank you, sir. >>> dog there every morning. let's go out, go run. knowing i was working with that teammate and not wanting to let her down. sounds kind of silly but gave me the emotional push to get me in control of my weight. >> let's get ready. i know the dogs are all ready to run. >> johnson lost more than 80 pounds and now races competitively every year in one o the country's largest races. skijoring. >> the beautiful thing about skyjor, the dogs re

some very critical real estate, including some of the maritime check points in southeast asia and out into the eastern indian ocean, approach to southeast asia. here i think the sort of isr cooperation between australia and potentially india could be very important and some work together in anti-submarine warfare as well. >> thank you. you will find in the report on page 30 a very useful map that shows where some of the critical points are in maritime asia and how the geography bear on that. why don't we open it up. identify yourself and keep it short. >> i was with the state department primarily. the last 15 years, the policy of japan, australia, cooperation has made tremendous progress. mike was in the nsc. the policy level, the architecture, there seems to me we got to the point, particularly in terms of responding to china -- i don't mind using the containment word. i think that's what we are about. but put ing that aside, we got to the point where the rubber needs to meet the road now in terms of capabilities. i agree fully with your report. you have outlined exactly what needs to be done in term

some very critical real estate, including some of the maritime check points in southeast asia and out into the eastern indian ocean, approach to southeast asia. here i think the sort of isr cooperation between australia and potentially india could be very important and some work together in anti-submarine warfare as well. >> thank you. you will find in the report on page 30 a very useful map that shows where some of the critical points are in maritimes asia an how the geography bear on that. why don't we open it up. identify yourself and keep it short. >> the last 15 years, the policy of japan, australia, cooperation has made tremendous progress. mike was in the nsc. the policy level, the architecture, there seems to me we got to the point, particularly in terms of responding to china -- i don't mind the containment word myself, i think that's what we're all about, but putting that aside, we got to the point where the rubber needs to meet the road now in terms of capabilities. i agree fully with your report. you have outlined exactly what needs to be done in terms of the networking integration of capa

some very critical real state including some of the maritime checkpoints in southeast asia and out into the eastern indian ocean. and here, i think the corporation between australia and india could be very important, and some work together in anti-submarine warfare as well. >> you will find in the report on page 30 a very useful map that shows where some of these critical chokepoints are in maritime asia, and how the geography of japan and australia bear on that. why don't we open it up, identify yourself briefly, and keep it short. >> i am kevin. i was with the state department for many years, mostly in tokyo doing political military issues. the last 18 years, the policy of japan cooperation has made u.s. great progress. at the policy level, the architecture, it seems to me that we have gotten to the point now particularly in terms of responding to china, and i do not mind using the containment word myself. i think that is what we are all about. there comes a point where the rubber meets the road in terms of capabilities. i agree with your report, you have outlined what needs to be done in terms o

eastern europe. it has gone way beyond that now. we see groups in the united states, africa, asiaicipating in sophisticated cyber crimes. mpanieswhat are co telling you? >> they are being attacked. many companies are unsure what to do. they are pouring a lot of money at this issue. ath proper planning and device up front, they can manage and reduce risk. that is a positive thing. lessons have been learned that we can apply to managed risk. emily: what is your take on the panama papers? >> it shows a trend many of us already know, law firms, hedge funds, they are providing services where they hold valuable client data and they are increasingly targets. law firms cannot assume that because they are helping a client that they are not also a target. my interview with luke. that does it for this issue of "the best of bloomberg west." we will see preliminary bids coming in for yahoo!. eric will be joining us on monday to break it down. we will see you then. ♪ carol: welcome to bloomberg businessweek. stars of the annual design conference. how states are paying the price for allowing dis

some very critical real state including some of the maritime checkpoints in southeast asia and out into the eastern indian ocean. thehere, i think corporation between australia and india could be very important, and some work together in anti-submarine warfare as well. >> you will find in the report on page 30 a very useful map that shows where some of these critical chokepoints are in maritime asia, and how the geography of japan and australia bear on that. open it up, identify yourself briefly, and keep it short. kevin. i was with the state department for many years, mostly in tokyo doing political military issues. the last 18 years, the policy of japan cooperation has made u.s. progress -- great progress. level, thecy architecture, it seems to me that we have gotten to the point now particularly in terms of responding to china, and i do not mind using the containment word myself. i think that is all of -- that is what we are all about. there comes a point where the rubber meets the road in terms of capabilities. i agree with your report, you have outlined what needs to be done in terms of the ne

eastern on c-span. >> tonight a hearing on u.s. policy in the asia-pacific region and discussion on new fcc rules for consumer data and later a look at state of literary magazines in today's political climate. >>> deputy secretary of state antoni blinken testified about u.s. interest in the asia patie pacific region at a house foreign committee. they asked about aggression in the south china sea and sanctions against north korea and human rights issues in vietnam and burma. this is just under two hours.

asia to reanalyze how the u.s. deals with those countries. how with the middle eastern, he would want to reanalyze the agreements there between how the u.s. provides security. he's looking of america first. it sounds like a sound bite, but he's looking for ways to totally rethink american foreign policy. a remarkable thing. >> america first is a decades old with charles lindbergh with american isolationism. not sure it is intentional use of it. on the democratic side, bernie sanders cutting staff. hundreds of campaign workers laid off. they say it is the natural progression in the campaign. zach, it comes at a time when he is losing ground to hillary clinton in the delegate race. >> it is. you know, they can call it a natural progression. i'm not sure it is for a campaign looking toward november. he obviously had a difficult night on tuesday. he could have some more lucky think later in the calendar. they're focusing there. they don't need as many people or different people out in california. the west coast states they hope to do better. you know, the layoffs and gettin

the international director for europe and central asia, he says that it puts the legality of that deal into question. >> what we have domed in the eastern provinces in turkey last week were a series of incidents, groups of 100, 200 syrian refugees being rounded up, collected, sent back in buses across the border, back to the conflict that they're fleeing. combining this with numerous sources in the region, aid workers, and lawyers and other refugees, for who a near daily practice of return of this kind is an open secret in the region, and it really points to a deeply problematic practice that has fundamental significant consequences for the legality and the humanity of it. most are handed back across the border to the local militias. and there they end up being in camps. some we spoke to, the conditions are notoriously bad and deteriorating, with growing allegations of abduction, and really sent back to extremely poor conditions, and growing numbers of people gathering in those camps, fighting elsewhere in syria. so the risks are very real for them there. >> an israeli military court has ruled that an israeli soldier accused of killing

asia. we are excited about the asian emerging markets. we don't have a awful lot of business in easternurope, in russia. but of course russia is a case of its own. our issue is almost entirely latin america. which is slow. we worry about brazil. in our business venezuela basically went away in the course of '15. so there are certainly some worrying signals out of latin america that we have booked in our projections for business. but we have also booked that it goes better in asia. >> thank you so much for talking to us this morning. getting your perspective on the outlook for the business. ceo of novozymes. >>> languaos angeleang lang gav performance. cnbc was there and speak exclusively to the star himself. >> i'm here are lang lang who's just played a concert and master class for over 5,000 mostly children featuring his two proteges from the foundation. lang lang thank you so much for joining me today. >> thank you so much. such a pleasure. >> we all thought the concert was incredible. mostly children out there. was it difficult to play to such an audience. >> today our aim is to insp

eastern coast and failed according to south korean leaders. u.s. satellites spotted signs that the country was going to fire a mobile ballistic missile that could be capable of reaching far off military bases in asia. >>> a bird strike forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing in west virginia. this is video of the cracked windshield after the midair collision. the delta flight was en route from nashville to laguardia with 57 passengers on board. the aircraft touched down safely at yeager airport nobody was hurt. >>> nba is expected to address team owners on the controversy surrounding the all star game in charlotte they will meet to discuss the hb2 it limits the protection of lgbt individuals. losing the all star game would be a blow to charlotte. >>> the city of philadelphia held it's first of five public forums on the future of the boulevard. people gathered to offer suggestions from staff members to benefit to the to city and septa on what they would like done to improve the boulevard. in the past five years there were 3,000 reported crashes with over 50 fatalities, 20 of which were pedestrians. >>> i would like to see pedestrian options, around my neighborhood the sidewalks are not

eastern. this week's special guest, bear stearns former executive, kyle bass. talking about credit bubble in asiached atrophy level and how it will impact the u.s. markets. listen. >> whether that cause as brief minor recession, i think it is 40, 50% chance in the next year personally. liz: 40 to 50% chance of a brief recession? let's bring in jeff reeves, investorplace.com. doagree with that? >> not at all. if i had to put a number i would say zero. the problem with comparisons to china, china doesn't buy anything from us. no reason to need china's economy booming to ship goods and services. donald trump talks about a trade deficit. we send a heck of a lot of stuff over there. i'm not that concerned. china's credit bubble is risk for investors sentimentwise but economically speaking it will not be a gigantic drag of gdp to see china go through further pain. liz: you say it is okay, be calm, pick great stocks in what do you think is great stock right now? >> i think are opportunity of good growth plays. i'm looking hedge against u.s. dollar. i like retailer macy's as turn around play. it bounce a

studies hosts a discussion tomorrow on cooperation in the asia-pacific between the u.s., australia, and japan. that is live at 10 of 5 a.m. easternhere on c-span. later in the day, authors john mealer and mark stuart discuss their book, which looks at the counterterrorism strategies used by the fbi, the nsa, and the homeland security department since 9/11. that is from the cato institute. we will have that at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. >> monday night on c-span, the supreme court cases that shaped our history come to life with the c-span series "landmark cases." explores realies stories and constitutional drama behind some of the most significant decisions in american history. >> it is a case about and it puts power before the court central themes that might not be presley stated in the constitution. rehnquist saide the case has come to be accepted by the culture. how many cases can we say about that? u.s. as oneed the of only four nations of 195 across the globe that allow abortion for any reason. yet it has not settled the issue at all. continuesrk cases" monday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> next, a

eastern europe. the russians were particularly strong in cybercrime. it has gone way beyond that now. we see groups in the united states, africa, asiaicipating in sophisticated cyber crimes. emily: what are companies telling you? are they being attacked by nationstates? what are they seeing? >> >> they are being attacked. they do not know if it is a cyber criminal or a nationstate. many companies are unsure what to do. they are pouring a lot of money at this issue. with proper planning and a target device up front, they can manage and reduce risk. that is a positive thing. lessons have been learned that we can apply to manage risk. emily: what is your take on the panama papers? >> it shows a trend many of us , who have been in the cyber security area for a while already know, law firms, hedge , funds, they are providing services where they hold valuable client data, and they are increasingly becoming targets. law firms cannot assume that, because they are helping a client, that they are not also a target. emily: my interview with luke. -- luke donboski. that does it for this issue of "the best of bloomberg west." we will see prelimi

eastern time. >> europe in the green to the tune of about .4% for germany. similar gains for ftsi 100. italy up, france up just slightly. asiaerformance. the shanghai up the hang seng as well. the nikkei suffering slightly. >> and the broader market picture. oil prices after 2.5% decline yesterday we are seeing rebound in today's trading detection. wti up a percent. brent, the international benchmark, marching towards $45. continued strength in the price of oil. as for the u.s. dollar wilfred mentioned strength in the japanese yen ahead of the boj, the euro is stronger though and that weaker u.s. dollar has been helpful --. with a forecast like dupont coming up in a moment. the polls indicate britain and the eu doing better after president obama visited and strongly advocated for britain remaining in the eu. and we've been watching gold and silver. gold coming off about .3%. speaking of commodities. bp posting results this morning. quarterly profits did drop 80% but that topped expectations but now the company says it could cut capital spending further. they do expect crude oil prices to recover as producers stop work on fie

its distinct language and people, georgian territory forms a vital land bridge between eastern europe and west asia, that is nestled on the black sea. with the exception of its neighbor, armenia, much of her history has been fighting for survival against her neighbors, wanting to force her into russian, turkish or persian domination. since georgia's reassertion of independence from her russian masters in 1991, her struggle has not been easy. balance between a crumbling soviet union and internal unrest, georgia emerged from several years of civil strife to defend her independence. georgia saw her first president ousted by russian-backed leaders such as -- leaders. during attempts to restore elected government, the president later would lose his life in still mysterious circumstances. after a period of domination by russian-backed forces and political leaders, the republic of georgia stroveg for great reforms -- strove for great reforms in the rose revolution of 2003, finally breaking her chains and setting a path toward self-determination. the united states and the international community embraced t

eastern europe. particularlywere strong in cyber crime areas. it has gone way beyond. we see groups in the united states, parts of africa, the middle east, and asiang in sophisticated cyber crimes. emily: what are companies telling you? are they being attacked by nationstates? what are they seeing? guest: they are certainly being attacked. they may not know whether it is a cyber criminal or nationstate. many companies are unsure what to do, pouring a lot of money in the issue. i think, with some proper adviceg and a targeted up front, they can manage and reduce risk. that is the positive thing. lessons have been learned that are applied going forward. emily: what is your take on the panama papers and the mega- leak ? it shows a trend that many of us in the cyber security area already know. law firms, perhaps hedge funds and others, are providing services to clients where they sold valuable client data. they are increasingly targets. law firms and others cannot assume just by helping a client they are not also a target. sky, thank youmob so much for joining us. fascinating and difficult work. bt going on the offensive to tackle cybercrime. the tel

and bank of america have alluded to the fact that asia was a bright spot as things started to improve in march. citigroup hits the tape at 8:00 a.m. eastern time today. we'll be watching that. right now, u.s. futures pointing slightly lower after a bit of a gain yesterday, taking the dow to its highest close of the year. louisa? >> thank you very much. have a fantastic weekend. whatever you get up to. >> you too. >> fun and games. let's move on. the show is coming to an end. the st. louis federal reserve president says it's, quote, prudent to press ahead with rate hikes this year. in his bank's annual report, he said that the central bank would stay exceptionally accommodative, but he hopes that hikes this year will be the first of many. speaking to cnbc at the imf meeting in washington, the imf chief, christine lagarde, seemed to welcome the prospect of turning up the rate hike cycle. >> being data dependent, being gradual and well communicated, we're more likely to have an interest rate race rather than a move into negative territory. it could probably mean a move in 2016. let's hope so because it would mean that the u.s. economy is far

eastern time. i began by asking robin mcdowell how she discovered this slave island. >> i have been living in southeast asiaor nearly two decades together with a colleague. we had been hearing for years him as many had, about the use of forced labor on fishing travelers in the thai fleets. it was something that was reported largely, that point, for people who have been either rescued or had run away off of shifts. no one had actually spoken to men who were on votes or captive on islands as we had found. the goal from the beginning was to find a way to find people who were actually captive slaves, to trace that fish back to the american dinner table, and most important, to name names. amy: how did you do it? >> it took about a year of networking, scrolling the internet, going through documents. it really was -- every place we went, people told us basically, yes, others have tried this, it is daily a possible. documents are regularly falsified, people live. trans-shoulds, in other words, clean fish, fish that is caught legally, is mixed with slave caught fish. fish is applied by companies that don't know, tha

asia-pacific. later, the cato institute takes a look at u.s. counterterrorism efforts. that is live at noon eastern today's washington journal, we will take a look at the congressional agenda over the next several months with paul kane of the washington post and kristina peterson of the wall street journal. then, christina peterson of the wall street journal. talks aboutonzales which states are least and most dependent on federal assistance. and later, create gilbert gives us a preview of wisconsin's presidential primary. ♪ host: good morning on capitol hill, the senate returns to work this week. the president's nominee for supreme court justice will meet with 11 senators. also on the senate agenda, a bill allowing civil litigation if international trade secrets are stolen at a bill that would provide additional funding for tighter security along the perimeter of airports. the house returns next week. it is mond

asia. you can see the trend. the stock market will face the first big hurdle later this morning. the monthly jobs report at 8:30 a.m. easternime. economists expect 199,000 jobs created in march. new this morning, california and new york will become the first states in the country to have a $15 minimum wage. workers at large companies in new york city will see the $15 minimum by the start of 2019. small businesses in the city will hit that mark one year later. three counties around new york city follow in 2021. update rural areas will get there, but they are on a more flexible schedule of increases. lawmakers in california passed a bill to gradually increase the lowest wages to $15 an hour by the year 2022. the bill gives small businesses an extra year to i amemplement increases. in new york, it is 2.3 million people to see a wage increase. more big companies joining fight against north carolina's new law that critics say discriminates against the lgbt community. starbucks and e-bay and hilton. that brings the tally to 100 companies signed by the human rights campaign and equality. it will be delivered to the governor by the

eastern on c-span. >> tonight a hearing on u.s. policy in the asia-pacific region and discussion on new fcc rules for consumer data and later a look at state of literary magazines in today's political climate. >>> deputy secretary of state antoni blinken testified about u.s. interest in the asia patie pacific region at a house foreign committee. they asked about aggression in the south china sea and sanctions against north korea and human rights issues in vietnam and burma. this is just under two hours. >>> some of the world's most danger flash points are inash as our closest alleal. we are welcome mr. blinken to the committee. america is a pacific power and we must act like one. we've had a role in shaping policy toward asia and we took the lead imposing sufficient sanctions on north korea, on highlighting hume ran rights in southeast asia and strengthening our alliance in the nation. since the north korea january nuea fourth, kim jong-un belligerence has only increased. this rogue regime poses a direct threat to the united states. and last weekend

asia. it was magnitude 6.9. they felt it in parts of eastern india and bangladesh hundreds of miles away.ospital. he says that building shook for a minute. people including doctors and patients rushed out in panic, but we haven't heard yet about any specific damage or injuries. the quake did hit in a sparsely populated area of myanmar. >>> time is 8:46. well, texting and driving, you know it's against the law, but people do it all the time. well, there is a new device called a textalyzer. it could tell the police whether or not you have been texting behind the wheel. claudine wong back in the studio now. is this an invasion of privacy? >> reporter: that's the debate. and new york is trying to figure out if this is is going to go forward. this textalyzer works like a breathalyzer. it can be used on the spot to see what a driver has been doing. textalyzer tell you if the driver has been texting behind the wheel. it is sometimes difficult to figure that out in the case of an accident. ben and debbie lieberman's 19- year-old son was killed five years ago and they say the driver who caused tha