up next, theng state of u.s. housing.brothers says it is recovering, but not what it was a decade ago. we are not in a boom. we are in a strong, solid, improving market. mortgage money is not easy. builders are not building too much spec inventory. we don't have buyers coming in who are investors. right now this is a steady, solid market, but does not compare to the market of the mid to thousands. ♪ it is time for the bloomberg business flash. alkswagen has agreed to pay key supplier to in days six days standoff that halted production. below $66 is well million. the suppliers sought the money to cover factory alterations in preparation for a in order that gw canceled. has reached a deal for enhancing services for customers visiting cuba. sprint announced a roaming agreement last fall. more problems for louisiana, suffering from record flooding and the collapse of the oil market. the state may sell $500 million notes,nue anticipation the state no longer has the reserves to pay bills. that is the bloomberg business flash. s

study commissioned with some senior people to look at how vietnam has been addressing with thenge, dioxin united states at this time. that is a totally new opening that we have gotten in the past week. the u.s. could declassified the --declassify the records inside laos, and especially the agent orange or dioxin spraying use, because those are the spots we really need to investigate, whether there are residues and whether we need to provide humanitarian assistance. so one day i came out of my house and the girl was staying there temporarily because we were waiting the doctor, for the doctor to operate on her. rode in the dust of my something in lao. she now had one foot fixed she can stand on it. but she cannot quite walk because the other foot does not work right. it displays like a chicken leg. waiting for the doctor, maybe at the end of this year, maybe at the beginning of next year to come back again to operate. he is a british doctor who is going to try and help her. and we wouldy more like to help them. but we have got to have the data. you have got to stop the dioxin and hopefully raise this iss

theng out a path to support economy. >> here in europe, we saw a picture at the close. the dax and frankfurt ended up in the green .3 swrs. green across the board in the united states, nasdaq trading up .2% and the dow jones and s&p 500 are closer to the flat line. let's take a look at other stories we're following for you. at hsbcuarter profits plunged 45%. the u.k.'s largest bank is of highof a period uncertainty following the brexit vote. in at 3.61its came billion dollars, missing forecasts. last year hsbc announced a plan to slash jobs and shift focus to asia. taiwan,ted out of misrepresented themselves as an i.t. platform. market in 2013e angering domestic taxi drivers. time warner has picked up a to boost thehulu platform's visibility as to as anons itself alternative to cable television. networks, including cnn and cartoon network, will be part of hulu's online tv service. two days to go until the olympics kick off in brazil and game's merchandise has been flying off shelves. organizersearner for and retailers who have permission to make t-shirts and the olympic logo. authorities in brazil, however, have been cracking down on the products.unterfeit s see an

states. utah is a sticky things he can make a difference in. has 21%, theng he combined vote between gary johnson and jill stein in colorado. if you look at the breakdown in these states, can they make a difference between hillary clinton or donald trump losing or winning, based on the -- what they get in the overall vote? guest: i think it will be close. if you have a lot of people -- gary johnson is hustling. he is close to getting to the debate change, which would be a change for people seeing him is that -- as a viable third option. but it gives people the opportunity to say that this state is divided by a few thousand votes, it will make a huge difference. host: and gary johnson says if he is not in the debates, he will not win the election. said 15%. you look at him as a third-party contender. what does he need to do to get on the stage? guest: get 50%. host: how does he gather? guest: what has to happen, supporters -- mainly republicans who are not thrilled with the idea of voting for donald trump and will not vote for hillary clinton -- to basically s

states. utah is a sticky things he can make a difference in. has 21%, theng he combined vote between gary johnson and jill stein in colorado. if you look at the breakdown in these states, can they make a difference between hillary clinton or donald trump losing or winning, based on the -- what they get in the overall vote? guest: i think it will be close. if you have a lot of people -- gary johnson is hustling. he is close to getting to the debate change, which would be a change for people seeing him is that -- as a viable third option. but it gives people the opportunity to say that this state is divided by a few thousand votes, it will make a huge difference. host: and gary johnson says if he is not in the debates, he will not win the election. said 15%. you look at him as a third-party contender. what does he need to do to get on the stage? guest: get 50%. host: how does he gather? guest: what has to happen, supporters -- mainly republicans who are not thrilled with the idea of voting for donald trump and will not vote for hillary clinton -- to basically s

states. crises, i agree with most of what steve said. the most important thing for national security in the next term, both here and in europe, is economic growth. of, theng to the kinds voices steve was talking about here that are deeply concerned about stagnant wages and where families stand in future globalization. that is, it is a cliche, but it is true. there aren't a lot of iron loss in history, but this is one. ability to operate internationally depends on economic strength at home, and that needs to be the laser focus of the next administration. we have very modest growth prospects. we have a demand issue. we have a sense that we are not responding to the problems in the world. that's the most important national security thing to me. the second, i fully agree with thee, the next big crisis, crisis for the next president will be north korea, in my judgment. it is moving headlong with respect to development, not only of nuclear weapons but also the means of development. we saw a test the other day off japan. and this is moving towards a situation which is unacceptable to any president, to have north korea have nuclear weapons on top of a means to de