and man, my father-in-law bill quinn, he was a bar tender on rifleman. so i'm playing right field and i don't want to embarrass him. i'm playing right field. i'm very happy nothing was hit. the it started tailing off. coming to right field. so i'm running like hell and i see it. and i dive. like this. and i stop. the ball landed about there. i'm looking at the ball. now i'm pitching. they let me pitch. which is a thrill. i never thought i would be on a major league mound. 15,000 people there. there's a dodger game afterwards. but people would show up. so i'm there and i'm on the mound. it's hard ball. you have to throw it. not softball. so i throw. okay. i'm going to give them the heat. i started off with the heat. my fastball. my fastballs are around 46, 47 miles an hour. had sometimes 48. 46, 47. i started out, the only pitch i had was a change-up. and they said, you have to give another pitch. otherwise you can't have the change-up. i said, okay, i'll learn how to pitch. so then i throw it like that. that's my best pitch. that's about 22, 23 miles an

bill, and more as the reality of brexit starts to kick in. what are the applications? -- implications? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in york. i am vonnie quinna: live from london i am nejra cehic. 15 minutes away from the european close. all-out pre-brexit rearing its head, the u.k. prime minister looking to fill the "large holes that brexit will leave in business regulations." records of many top global bank from jpmorgan to lloyd's of london, the insurance market moving -- looking to move personnel. warning us is simon kennedy. -- joining us is simon kennedy. some key dates we want to look at. is the ball in the eu's court in terms of timing? >> absolutely, time for the europeans to bring together their response to the letter theresa may sent yesterday. the first item on the agenda tomorrow. the eu council president will official meeting throughout the with hishe capitals draft guidelines for negotiations. and then, at the end of the month, the leaders will gather in brussels to ratify the guidelines, which will go to the eu negotiator. those will be the parameters in which he can conduct the negotiations. nejra: we have seen where the bat

quinn. mark: i am mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." gold in during a rocky week. prospect of multiple rate hikes this year. joining us, chief market futuresst for today's in focus. billthank you for joining us. they move down in gold futures has been multi-day in length. where are we as we wait for the fed's big move next year? >> gold finds itself at the psychological 1200 level. wasjobs number this morning not amazing, but it was good. it was solid, enough to assure or nearly usher a fed hike next week -- assure a fed hike next week. gold has been down for six straight sessions, bounced up a little and in the green right now. eyeing the fed hike next week, you are to look closer to 1180. gold can see a little bit of a knee-jerk treasure after a fed hike. i think there will be a lot of support at 1180. we have had a really good economic growth so far this first quarter. i still doubt at some point here in the next 60 to 90 days, we will see a little bit of a slump. that could really align us with the french election and uncertainty in europe. you want to look for gold at 1180. that would be supportive to the market. this 1200 level is attractive. mark: let's talk ab

bill went nowhere, will president trump change course to get tax reform done? we'll discuss our thoughts, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from london and new york, i'm mark barton. vonnie: and i'm vonnie quinnallout from the republican failure to replace and replace obamacare, up next, according to president trump, tax reform. and speaker paul ryan says the failure will not impact the republicans' next battle. >> yes, this does make tax reform more difficult, but it does not in any way make it impossible. we will proceed with tax reform. we will continue with tax reform. vonnie: joining us now is our reporter from capitol hill who covers taxes and policy and everything that's going on on the capitol right now. as much as healthcare was a bill failure, left, right, and for the whole administration, tax reform might be a different matter. there is potential for a middle ground here, after all, all republicans, no matter what strand of republicanism they adhere to, enjoy tax cuts. >> vonnie, you're absolutely right. tax cuts have been the organizing principle of the republican party for decades now. but remember, there are a lot of similarities, too, with healthcare. firstly, republicans also

bill bradley in the hill. david: we need to come back to you often. what is: vonnie quinn, coming up on the program?ing with the ceo of pimco which just merged. the $34ask her why billion fund company is now a massive one behind blackstone in the field. and it is international women's day so we will throw in a question about girls who invest. she sits on the board about that. and later we will talk about the .ond moves as you mentioned, international women's day. the march on washington, they launched a campaign for women to stay home from work today, urging women to avoid shopping today unless business is owned by women or minorities. and the world's third-largest asset manager has constructed an opposite for wall street's infamous bronze bowl. state street global advisors is installing a statue of a defined the bullfront of overnight. putting more women on their boards. it will sit around in manhattan for the next month. that is according to spokesperson of the company. very cool. today?n't i stay home it would have been a game changer. s&p, you have bank of america and citigroup, one of the top p