our very own matt miller joins us from berlin. well done, great reporting. me pretty strong words from chancellor angela merkel after what some would say is a challenging g-7. it must have been some very vexed and anxious moments behind closed doors. i think the animosity started even before the g-7 leaders rather in sicily. angela merkel met up with president obama on the day before he was to meet donald trump on his first foreign visit. president obama had some harsh words for the trump policy. also on the day before the g-7, donald trump said, in a closed meeting, that germany has been very bad on exports and complained the german auto imports to the u.s.. that was picked up by spiegel, which was picked up by every paper in germany and really aggressively. the meeting got off to a rough start to begin with and then adding to that the disagreement, strong disagreement on climate change, between donald trump, the u.s., and not only germany, but all six other g-7 members as merkel put it, seven if you include the eu because the eu has representation there as

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anna: for more, let us go to chad thomas, who joins us from berlin.ve you on the program. other elections taking place over the weekend, perhaps not getting the spotlight, with increasing significance as we go through the year. what significanc do we attach to thee win in this estate of action -- state election? chad: no doubt, this gives merkel and her christian democrats momentum as we head toward that national election. we are four-month out from the national vote. at the beginning of the year, the social democrats have been closing in on merkel -- being under pressure to be doing more. now, that gap is widening again. there is an eight percentage point gap. this election last night is only going to help the christian democrats as we head towards the national election. just one week from now, we have another state election in germany. a much bigger states, about 20% -- a much bigger states. about 20% of the german population was there. that will be a boost going into the city after that state vote as well. manus: going into one of the stories writt

he joins us from berlin. we are in recovery mode for british airways.iondamage mode. >> the cancellations that we saw today were a trickle compared to what we saw over the weekend. it was an epic computer system failure that led to hundreds of thousands of people being stranded. the scenes in heathrow that we have seen. ceos scratching their heads a little bit. alex cruz appeared in front of -- he said we think it is a local power failure. there have been a lot of accusations flying back and forth. costs then cut too aggressively? something that could have been avoided? he was sing we will have a robust analysis of what happened but a lot of questions remain unanswered at this point. mark: how much is the weekend breakdown going to cost? >> there are several numbers floating around out there. of numbers amount that passengers can claim. they might claim something like 300 pounds ahead my maybe north of that. that is a hefty price tag. you add three days of severe disruptions of lost business. some analysts say that is about 30 million pounds per day. th

campbell --that it benedict campbell joins us from berlin. give us the latest. >> hi, from berlin. latest is, the system appears to be more or less back to normal. a couple cancellations here and there, maybe about one dozen, but that is nothing compared to what we saw over the weekend, 300,000 passengers stranded. you all saw the pictures of heathrow airport, which looked terrible. we all saw the ceo speaking. he is that it was a horrible week and for everyone and i'm sure he is including himself in that. he is looking at a couple of horrible days, if not weeks, going forward, thinking about and trying to explain how this could have happened. we know that it was a power outage of sorts, but we do not know the details. there'll will be a lot of questions, how a power outage, as a simple as it sounds, could disrupt a company the size of b.a. nejra: talk through how disruptive they could before the company's reputation as well. >> yeah, there is obviously the financial fallout and the reputation fallout. alex cruz has had this job for about one year now. he came on board from the wel

joining us from berlin. up next, the happiest place on earth.als are upholding the disney studio asking for payment from the studio. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: you're watching "bloomberg surveillance" in london. >> easy jet had a record loss in the winter travel season as a weak pound and inflated expenses in europe and the country slashed fares to hang on to passengers amid a continent-wide price war. disney c.e.o. bob iger said hackers have a film and threaten to distribute it online. the alleged extortion attempt is part of a string of cybercrimes rattling the world after more than 200,000 computers were infected with so-called ransomware. ford is planning to cut 10% of staff woldewide as there is escalated pressure to boost lagging d a lacking -- stock price. the job cuts are expected to be outlined as early as this week. ford says it does not comment on speculation. that's the bloomberg business flash. francine? francine: now we have final thoughts from paul and stephen. you were akin to go back to germany with the entry by michael fuch

matt miller joins us from berlin. the dates here.reone of josh -- helping to rally troops -- opec and non-opec this year. we focused on? >> oil. it continues its rally again. take a look, dlt out screen up which shows you a great overview of the different commodities. the tapestry nymex crude at tempos -- of a percent -- brent crude getting up 8/10 of a percent as well. are up thisils morning. that will push through some performance and indexes as well. take a look here at the wb ice cream -- you can see that the asian indexes here -- make a gaining of half a percent, hang seng gaining 1%. the games there at the bottom of your screen that you see are coming through because of gains in energy producers. if i click on the futures tab right here, you can see that we are looking at positive -- positive open here in europe, at least this prices of half a percent right now. the cac, deck look very little changed. let me quick over quickly to the wcrs screen. you can see currencies moving in relation to the dollar. you can see the most asia

here to help me put my questions tenether is carson joining us from berlin. think is a most important question to ask of the ecb right now? act -- will you be willing to change or lingwood at the june meeting? that would be the first question. matt: and do you think that they will -- that they will be ready, think it seems soon from this dovish president and counsel? >> i think they will be ready. i think the economy obviously is doing extremely well. i think it is time to call the balanced for the euro zone economy, but it is not the time to really go for tapering, because if you look at inflation or pressure, they're hardly is any inflationary pressure. to the contrary, we will either see due to the shopper exchange rate, that the inflation forecast might be revised downward at the staff in june.ns there is really no inflationary pressure, which means, prepare the markets for tapering, but do not announce it yet. guy: the ecb made a mistake in the pass by focusing too much on inflation. we have pmi's running at pretty spectacular levels at the moment. is th

for more, matt miller joins us from berlin. good morning to you. what came out of these meetings?a merkel is receiving her fourth french president. matt: a lot came out of this meeting last night. they got together at noon yesterday and did not hold their press conference until around 7 p.m. they spent a lot of time together and then went to dinner after that. i think one of the most interesting aspects of this was macron's denial that he ever backed euro bonds. one of the biggest issues for the french election was europe, la pen wanting to break up the eu, getting out of using the single currency as well. macron went the other direction and was very pro-europe for deepening ties and strengthening the union. so, a lot of people maybe assume he was for the use of euro bonds. collectivist european debt. he denied that and said he was never in favor but once the focus on strengthening and deepening ties for the future. the question now is how does he bond going forward. he has backed a single european finance minister. manus:he has backed a single eun finance minister. manus: the top

our europe editor katya adlerjoins us live from berlin.en these two leaders. this is a significant moment for europe, embodied in what you can see is moment for europe, embodied in what ou can see is our‘s moment for europe, embodied in what you can see is your‘s answer to the odd couple, perhaps. he is very young, never before elected to office before becoming president. she is a bit less young and looks likely to be re—elected this german chancellor for the fourth time this autumn. what they do have in common isa autumn. what they do have in common is a true belief in the european union. we have talked so often in the last couple of years of eu woes, the last couple of years of eu woes, the migration crisis, the eurozone crisis. now you have macron and angela merkel, dubbed by the german press as mercron who want to power the motor forward to a press as mercron who want to power the motorforward to a rosier future. possible bumps on the road... they don't always share the same vision for europe, especially when it comes to eurozone gover

let's speak to our correspondent damien mcguinness who joins us via webcam from berlin.looking for a new allegiances, david? it was quite a forthright message but to certain expense “— forthright message but to certain expense —— certain extent what she is doing is going back to that franco german alliance which order narrowly in the past the driving force behind eu integration. france has been struggling in the last few yea rs has been struggling in the last few years and that could now turn round with the new president emmanuel macron who is very much on the same line of thinking as angela merkel, both free trade and liberal values. she's hoping paris and berlin can work together to get the eu really going again. that is also in the face of definite challenges, including brexit, and the other being donald trump. that is a leader that european leaders find very difficult to deal with, much more difficult to deal with, much more difficult than president 0bama and thatis difficult than president 0bama and that is why today angela merkel was very forthright in saying even

we also have james davis with us, following this from berlin. s the pleasure of being with us. james, i was asking you earlier what you thought a successful trip would be like for donald trump, on this, his first overseas trip as president. >> if the president is able to come back to the united states and demonstrate he can hold his own on the red carpet of international diplomacy. if he's able to come back to the united states and say, we've successfully reassured the sunni-arab allies of the united states. if he comes back after a trip to israel and says, i see some movement on the peace process, maybe gets a commitment of the arabs and the israelis to reengage in a more substantial way than they have been in the last few years, that would be seen as a success. also, the question is whether that's going to be enough to change the dynamics of this presidency. i'm struck by the presidents go abroad to escape the log jams of washington, in the last years of administrations, when they're lame ducks. this president is going abroad in the first six m

david: joining us from berlin is tony teach cap, bloomberg-germany bloomberg -- editor. you must a sense from germany. are we overreacting in the united states because we will go to news that germany is thinking maybe to have to go their own way? tony: it depends on what you mean with going their own way. strengths isy's its global trade relationships and that was sort of the context andthis statement by merkel i think there was an important clarification which owners -- which is in the clip we saw, she talked about the current situations. to my mind, she is not saying we need to throw out the transatlantic ties, but we do need to look, in so many words, at the person who is currently in the white house. david: as far as we know, what gave rise to this? was it the thing that specifically happened at the g7 or the nato meetings or was it president trump's remarks that were quite separate from that? tony: i think it was a buildup of things that came to a head at last week's nato and group of seven summits. it has been building for a while and i think it is fair to say ther

david: joining us from berlin is ughton.ller and keith no matt, let's start with you. is coming in at why? matt: jim hackett is coming in. he is the head of their mobility solutions unit. that doesn't tell the whole story. he has lived in detroit his entire life. he has worked at an office furniture manufacturing company for decades and turned that around because he saw the coming of open office layouts rather than the cubicles of the 1980's and 1990's. he was the athletic director briefly at the university of michigan, helping that football around to a comeback. they still haven't been ohio state -- beaten ohio state. jonathan: that is going to be lost on everybody. david: i am glad you pointed that out. keith, as we played in the introduction, mark fields already have been moving in this direction. he was making substantial investments in mobility. he was cutting costs. was it too little, too late? >> there is the view that investments in the future he did a little more clarity, particularly in electric. approach was as little scattershot. gm seems to be getting ahea

we're very pleased to welcome tony gardner who joins us from berlin.r, thank you for joining us today. i would like to hear your view on the announcement that former fbi director robert mueller was been named special counsel on this fbi-russia probe. will this calm what has been a very turbulent week so far in washington? very turbulenta week and i think his appointment has been greeted by both sides of the political aisle very positively. and i hope you can move ahead and get to the bottom of the questions that have arisen about the role of russia in our elections. it is important to get to the bottom of this. mark: how has the relationship between the e.u., which you know very well, and the u.s., which you also know, very well, been influenced, affected and not just from the beginning of the trump presidency but in recent days? earlier this week we also had reports that president trump revealed certain bits of classified information to senior russian diplomats. how has this affected the relationship between a e.u. and the u.s.? investor garden: - amb

. >> sreenivasan: all right, eric auchard of reuters joining us live via skype from berlin. thank you very much. >> certainly. >> sreenivasan: the associated press and "washington post" reported today the trump transition team had warned michael flynn about his contacts with the russian ambassador to the u.s. before flynn became president trump's national security adviser. the reports say transition officials told flynn last november that his meetings and calls with ambassador sergey kislyak were monitored by u.s. intelligence agencies. in december, flynn talked with kislyak about the sanctions against russia imposed by the obama administration for hacking hillary clinton's emails and meddling in the election. flynn resigned in february after his misleading statements about those communications were exposed. a white, suburban dallas police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager last saturday night has been released on $300,000 bail. 37-year-old roy oliver, who was also fired this week by the police department in balch springs, texas, a

he joins us from washington and from our berlin bureau is reporter patrick donahoe. ore about angela merkel's stance regarding all of this, from the closed-door caucus meeting. can you bring us up-to-date? >> merkel has been addressing us a week. she was at a beer tent at a campaign rally where she raised the issue of reliability and the issue of relations between germany and europe and the united states. she hasn't back down. -- hasn't backed down. she spoke today at a press conference with the indian prime minister and called india a reliable partner. she addressed this once again, saying this transatlantic relation is important but there are other relations too. vonnie: kevin cirilli, where does this go? odd days left30 and she started tweeting up about other things. vonnie: that is on the paris accord. trump has tweeted he is going to make that decision sometime later this week. let's take a step back with a relationship with the german chancellor. we are never on the campaign trail, they had a war of words but we also remember when chancellor merkel visited the w

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vonnie: matt miller joins us now from our bureau in berlin. this is not only important for angela merkel but for mr. scholz. what this he now do? matt: her challenger has a lot of problems now. this is the that most populous state in germany, also an industrial heartland. wins that.lz party this is only the second time to have lost that state in 50 years, and they had their lowest showing since world war ii. so the spd, the center-left party in germany, is really showing some weakness. three losses in a row in state elections, and many onlookers say that this could put the pdu, angela merkel's party, ahead for the national elections, although they have four months to go until those elections. this effectively give angela merkel carte blanche when it comes to negotiating brexit, in the next six to 12 months? matt: it gives her a stronger voice. just a few months ago, talk was of martin schulz's soaring popularity, a real challenge to angela merkel in her fourth run for chancellor, but that has all died away now. emmanuel mack ron, the new presi

berlin if he's putting up a wall? will he risk a war with us? no. the wall saves us fromconflict. >> after the berlin crisis, khrushchev tests the largest nuclear device ever. he basically is going to say to the americans, you can't scare me. i'm going to scare you. >> the west has nuclear jitters. people worry about fallout, about war. khrushchev has turned testing into a weapon of terror. >> there was tremendous anxiety and fear that if you got into a nuclear war it was going to mean the devastation of civilization. it was the apocalypse. >> let us face without panic the reality of our times. the fact that atom bombs may some day be dropped on our cities and let us prepare for survival by understanding the weapon that threatens us. >> the threat of nuclear war was the center of many of our lives. >> the fallout shelter could save your life in a nuclear war. >> the family room of tomorrow. it's a truly shipshape room only 8 1/2 by 12 feet in size but with an amazing amount of storage space. >> just seems unless we can control the use of such a thing as that that all the

us. brent: welcome back with "dw news" life from berlin.s being reported that two brothers and the father of the suspected manchester suicide bomber had been arrested. when brother was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in the limiting -- libyan capital tripoli. authorities also confirmed they are investigating a network that supported the manchester attack. u.k. has raised its terror threat level to critical. u.s. president donald trump and the first lady have landed in brussels after meeting with pope francis at the vatican. the two men had traded birds during trump's show campaign last year but at this meeting they exchanged gifts. the president is on the nine-day overseas trip. javier is here now with the business news. reporter: it's a story that is just starting to develop. we have to keep in eye on that. despite efforts by the white house, voices saying donald trump is hiding something regarding his ties to russia are still very loud. house democrats are now asking germany's deutsche bank to provide information on credits given to

joining us as well from berlin, erik nielsen of unicredit. one of the great optimist on europe.u have always been optimistic on europe. we get better gdp data. is mr. draghi behind the curve? too early to say that, tom. the economy is looking pretty good. we're running now for six months, running about 2% annualized growth, which is above tranquil. inflation is behind the target. i don't think he is behind the curve yet. tom: what do you need to see from mario draghi in the coming weeks? guy johnson was talking earlier about what their balance sheet will do, this, that, and the other thing. what does he need to do in the coming weeks? >> i think he really needs to keep the ship rolling exactly as he has been doing. the communication is pretty clear. the thing i think most people worry about is whether they prematurely start to tighten because of the german election coming up in september. if i had the opportunity to advise draghi in the ecb would be to keep rolling along until we get through the political stuff and then have a look at whether we need to taper some next year. pol

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us make violece against children disappear. >> welcome back. you are with dw news live from berlin. donald trump is in brussels for his first nato summit. he blasted nato allies telling leaders they have to step up financial commitment to the alliance. he made no longer be president barack obama is as popular as ever in germany. he has been in berlin to take part in celebrations marking 500 years since the protestant reformation, an opportunity to catch up with the german chancellor and reflect on the current political climate. >> armed guards and security checks didn't enter thousands who traveled to be here. many came to see a man who was still treated to a rockstar welcome. in that time brock obama's high regard hasn't changed. >> first of all it is good to see all of you. it is good to be back in berlin. i have to say first of all that not only do i love this city but one of my favorite partners throughout my presidency is sitting next to me today, chancellor merkel and her outstanding work. not just in germany but around the world. like smalltalk gave way to serious reflection.

berlin! >> freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to pre vent them from leaving us they may live, are citizens of berlin. >> the lateader of the free wor, john f.

security to maintain european wide security to keep us all safe from the terrorists abroad and that being nurtured our country. the bbc‘sjenny hill is in berlinys no matter what angela merkel says or thinks, germany needs britain and the united states. on the face of it, angela merkel has had enough with brexit britain and with donald trump and his refusal to cooperate with the rest of the g—7 on climate change and migration. this is angela merkel‘s strongest language to date. particularly when it comes to donald trump. angela merkel against trump said one newspaper headline here this morning. but do not be fooled that this is a complete reset of the relationship. angela merkel in the same speech said it was important to keep the relationship going. this is election year for angela merkel and donald trump is widely reviled in germany, the electorate do not like his rhetoric and his politics. they wa nt to his rhetoric and his politics. they want to see the chancellor standing up want to see the chancellor standing up to donald trump. there mind that the transatlantic relationship really matters here when it comes to the economy and trade, as

berlin! >> freedom has many difficulties, and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to pre vent them from leaving us. >> all free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of berlin. >> the lateader of the free wor, john f. kennedy, speaking to the people of berlin in 1963 when the city was on the front line of the cold war. yesterday marked 100 years since kennedy's birth, he was the first of his generation to become president and upheld the bipartisan tradition of stand up for western ideals on the world's stage, a stark contrast to president trump who came home last week from his foreign trip with at least two key european allies wondering if the days of american leadership are over. who will offer america's strategic vision now is the question we're all asking this morning. good morning. it's tuesday, may 30th. with us, newly minted national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc news, john heilemann. author of the book "a world this disarray," richard haass. andrea mitchell will be joining us shortly. >> as we heard over the weekend, so many people across this country, across washington, new yo

us. we will get more reactions from marshall's in the press conference that will happen 9:30 at 10:30 berlinn time. stay tuned for that. still with us, scott thiel, deputy a fixed income, cio at black rock. scott, what do you make of the elections here? the weekend or late last week, i spoke with a number of people at the g7 meeting in bari, italy, and the idea was inst it doesn't matter who w here. but is it better off for europe to be in the hands of angela merkel, who has run this country for 12 years? scott: i think there is something very positive about the overall outcome we are witnessing. it is important that his visit to germany happens so quickly enjoyed assumes power when we were in paris, prior to the french elections, it was very clear that the le pen camp was going to go to germany right after the elections. a very different message, right? what this does is very pro-european outcome, particularly given that the french election outcome -- it shows a solidity around europe, around the eurozone, and this talk about european breakup is fading dramatically into the background. but

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and, you know, they may have some advantage to us as allies, but you trace the roots back of all these attacks from 9/11, you know, boston, orlando, berlin, paris, again and again, london, sidney, australia, it all goes back to the wahhabi palace my which they are still pushing. isis has its roots in salafism, so what i'd say simply is this: stop supporting the crazies. stop supporting and making excuses for radicals. support the decent muslims, and there are plenty of decent muslims. trish: aolutely. colonel peters, ron, thank you. tough story, a right. investigating whether the suicide bomber acted alone in the manchester attack or is part of a wider network, president trump is calling for nations to form a coalition to, quote, stamp out this extremism. it's gotta happen. they've gotta do it. they need to be on board. so what is it going to look like? i'm going to be asking former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., ambassador john bolton who has had enough with all of this. he joins me right now. these days families want to be connected 24/7. that's why at comcast, we're always working to make our services more reliable. with technology that

berlin. more moderate showers that it's tracking to start with. the rain will be with us for most of the morning. we'll get some breaks in the rain. that's when the temperatures warm from the 50s this morning into the 60s later today. 60s not happening right now. penns ford closer at 56 degrees. i'll show when you to expect heavy downpours and the potential for strong storms with the future cast when i'm back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're starting off on the blue route. at the germantown pike. everything looks good. clearly wet roads to battle this morning. getting on and off-ramps we're watching for a little bit of slower speeds, the drive times seem to be doing okay. if you're in old city watch for the water main break. 3rd street blocked between walnut and chestnut streets. watching out in bedford township for this crash on northbound side of route 55 around exit 56a. traffic is getting by the scene. 55 is still okay as a route for you today to take. heading to that northbound side before we get to that heavily congested area. right now it looks okay but watch for that accident scene. overturned vehicle they have ther

from injuring or killing more people. >> we enjoyed an increase in terrorist attacks where vehicles are used as a weapon, so when a situation like berlin or nice or stock holm where we see a deliberate attack, it creates an awareness for our own safety. >> reporter: they weigh between 30 up to 300 pounds and the heavy steel cylinders can stop a truck weighing as much as 15,000 pounds, and terror attacks being a big concern now, the company said that the barriers protect against the much more likely every day accidents caused by distracted or drunk drivers. and interesting to note, frank and julie, the ones in times square were shallow because the subway system goes under times square so they only have 2 feet of roots. >> are they the kind to raise and lower them? or in some cases, are they always raised? >> reporter: some are stationary and some are raised up and down. not sure what at&t park has but they are out there, and we found out, they work. >> made a difference. frank, thank you. >> you bet. >> you guys? you guys? you guys? >> this is private property. >> you guys? you guys? >>> caught on camera, a confrontation between a secur

use the latest patch up technology. later we will be hearing from a cybersecurity experts. some of the days other news — emmanuel macron has had talks with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin for germany, he appointed a centre—right republican party prime minister. after his talk with angela merkel, he said they would work on a wright towards changes in the european union and eurozone. translation: i happy that together we will be able to work for projects over the medium term and have a common roadmap for the european union and eurozone. these are important subjects as we have seen in the last few years. in that reforms are required and require action and my desire is that over the coming weeks, we can contribute and have a franco german roadmap with which will allow us to progress over the next year years on the subjects. also making news, the outgoing government in south korea has left them with no information at all. they claimed the outgoing administration of the impeached park geun—hye handed over a ten page of those in similar to the 100 page dossier which will stay sealed for 30 years. president donald trump has stepped up the search for a new fbi director. officia

us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg andeillance" with francine tom from berlin and new york today.lowing the attacks in manchester, saying many children are amongst the dead in manchester. she says the attack targeted children and families and said this is among the worst terrorist incidents we have experienced in the u.k. she will chair a segment cobra emergency meeting -- she will chair a second cobra emergency meeting, and then she will travel to manchester herself. let's bring in gunther verheugen, a former european union vice president. this is a reminder that intelligence sharing is extremely important when it comes to brexit negotiations. guenther: it is a terrible even for terrorist parameters, is exceptionally evil. belonginga feeling of to one community and family. it strengthens the argument that we need close corporation -- cooperation in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. terrorism is probably the worst challenge we have to deal with, and it requires a strong ability mutualerate, based on trust and confidence. i am confident we can prove this that it --

from berlin. still to come, a proposed ban on laptops for flights to europe from the united states. to the security -- from year to the odysseys. -- from europe to the united states. say with us♪ brent: welcome back here with "dw news." our top story, u.s. lawmakers say they have invited former fbi director james comey to testify before congress over allegations that he was pressured by president donald trump to drop an investigation into former trump advisor michael flynn. some democrats say if the allegations are true, they amount to structure of justice, which is an impeachable offense. recently, the german military has been rocked by a major scandal after arrests were made over a suspected far right terror plot. today, the country's defense minister shared the findings of an investigation into right-wing extremism in the military. two soldiers are in custody, suspected of planning attacks. searches were conducted at army barracks across the country. the scandal has sparked a national debate over how germany's military should deal with its history. reporter: a room full of memorabilia as the german army was known during the third reich. it suspected terrorist made no secre

berlin. more moderate showers that it's tracking to start with. the rain will be with us for most of the morning. we'll get some breaks in the rain. that's when the temperatures warm from the 50s this morning into the 60s later today. 60s not happening right now. penns ford closer at 56 degrees. i'll show when you to expect heavy downpours and the potential for strong storms with the future cast when i'm back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're starting off on

german cars from being sold in the us, germany needs to find new people to sell its cars to and india, china both booming markets in both markets it would like to make more inroads into but berlinn leaders are slightly careful though because they still have lots of reservations about transparency in china, competition, so it's a warm reception but a cautious one. joe mellor speaking. malaysia airline says flight mh 128 had to turn back to the australian city of melbourne after a passenger said he had a bomb and tried to enter the cockpit. the man was arrested by airport security and malaysia said the disruptive passenger was a sri lankan and the bomb was in fact a battery. a correspondent for a radio station melbourne was at the airport to describe the pastors told him. melbourne was at the airport to describe the pastors told himlj have spoken to a passenger on board who said he stood up with a strange device, a little black thing which had some antennas coming out of it, he said he threatened to enter the cockpit and at that point the pilots advise an air hostess to tackle the man and passengers have managed detained him whilst the pilot turned around and got back to melbourn

us bring you up to date with some other news: the new french president, emmanuel macron, has had talks with the german chancellor in berlin. before leaving for germany, mr macron appointed edouard philippe from as his prime minister. after his talks with angela merkel, mr macron said they would work on a roadmap towards changes to the european union and the eurozone. translation: i am also happy that together we will be able to work for projects over the medium term and have a common roadmap for the european union and the eurozone. these are very important subjects that we have seen over the last two yea rs. that we have seen over the last two years. —— as we have seen. they have an impact on citizens. they require joint action and my desire that in the coming weeks, we can contribute and have a roadmap which will allow us and have a roadmap which will allow us to progress over the next few yea rs on us to progress over the next few years on the subject. —— the subjects. also making news, south korea's governing democratic party claims the outgoing government has left them with virtually no information at all. it claims the outgoing administration of the impeached park geun—hye handed over a

he urged that an great int cities like washington or new york or berlin or paris or small city versions of this that many of us come from and may have a degree of homogeneity. but in all of them, there is an architecture of second city. you will come across people of different ages, different skin colors, different backgrounds, different tragedies, joy aspirations, different failures, and you will see them in the course of a week. they will enlarge you, they will disturb you, they may change your day, and possibly your life. what shakeups was -- jacob was urging was the beauty of it is the opposite of the facebook vision of the architecture of control. it's something that is full of unanticipated, unplanned, unchosen encounters that turned out to be in her view at the lifeblood of freedom of a democratic society. the last bit is from the forerunner john stuart mill with liberty and self-government who urged it is hardly possible to overwrite the value in the present human improvement of placing human beings in contact with persons similar to themselves with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are fa

activity accelerated from a six-month low and the prime minister will kickoff a trip to europe with berlin. let's get more from eric nielsen of unicredit. thank you for joining us pmi not bad. how do you rate overall growth in china? this is basically pmi manufacturing in china in blue. we are also monitoring things from space. these are pretty much in line and we can believe in these figures. >> the map of figures have been more convincing than before and the government needs to know what's going on. the markets a little misguided. trying to coolis off what they think is a slightly overheated economy from the stimulus of last year and these are good messieurs. -- these are good measures. these are different cycles and i do not think we should over interpret it as a dramatic slowdown for any real fundamental reasons. francine: there's one question that keeps on coming up when i speak with experts. do china and the west have similar interests? when you are managing an economy, do you know how much china wants to really transform the economy? keyu: china is in transition right now. aside from the political reasons that there is a lot of vested interest in the can

from london. i'm anna edwards. matt: and i'm matt miller in berlin. anna, take us through the breaking news. anna: let's get straight to the top story, the last in manchester. at least 19 people were killed in a suspected terror attack. the greater manchester city police are treating this as a suspected terrorist attack. it took place at a pop concert in manchester in the northwest of england. it if confirmed as a terrorist incident, it's the worst incident since the london bombings that took place there. 50 people are injured, according to the greater manchester police. you saw the city police chief giving that televised statement, fairly short, no questions were taken. the incident happened monday night outside the 21,000 seat manchester arena at a pop concert of arrietiana grande, unhurt in the blast as she tweeted her sympathy to those who have been affected. we heard from theresa may, the prime minister, who says they are working to establish the full details. this is being treated by police as an appalling terrorist attack. the prime minister says all thoughts are with the victims and

us today. the chairman of ubs. handing it back to you in london. where will have plenty throughout the day from berlin.: thank you. axel weber making comments to the effect we will see a big market reaction. i expect that is what we are pricing and at the moment. the market increasingly looks through such incidents. let me update you on what is happening in the u.k. the bbc is reporting that the victorious aspect torilla coach station has been evacuated as the result of a suspect package. that is all the detail we have. that will be a story that may affect transportation around the british capital and around the country. the other thing to say is the president of the u.s. on the trip francine was mentioning. he will comment on the attack later this morning. this ahead of him journeying to europe. coming up, it is the market open. we will talk about what we are seeing her. the pound is weaker this morning as a result of which you are likely to see the london market outperform just a touch. european futures are down by .2, .3 of 1%. you are unlikely to see a substantial move to the downside today when it

us. p next, as angela merkel indicates a pivot away from the u.s., the chinese premiere is hours away from a date with the chancellor in berlinoomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. the european open. i'm matt miller here in london for the week. take a look at what markets are doing. 52 minutes into the session. i have a breakdown. you can see the big red is in basic resources and oil and gas as well as banks and retail. that's why we're pretty much down across the board. we do have gains here in london it is a ftse is weaker. here is the m.o.b. screen. you can see the big losers. socgen. the rest of them are you know, o, glencore, b.h.p. billiton and total and royal dutch shell there as well as some of the ther banks, b.n.p. paribas and u.b.s.. you look at the gainers, you see nestle, roche. not really gaining quite enough to bring the stocks 600 up which is currently down about .06. 2/3 of 1%. let's talk a little geopolitical action here. meet premier li will with angela merkel this afternoon as she continues her pivot away from the u.s. and towards asia after yesterday's meeting with modi. li meet with may nee

from the u.s. transportation safety administration direct response to the use of big commercial vehicles to commit deadly acts of terrorism overseas. >> like the attacks in stockholm berlin and last year's attack that killed more than 80 people in nice france. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has this story. >> reporter: truck drivers have a secure place to park, but outside on the streets there is a lack, a shortage of safe spaces for them to park here in the bay area. they say that makes them more vulnerable to attack. it's a warning to american truck and bus drivers in the wake of recent events in europe including last month's high jacking of a beer truck in stockholm used to mow down people on a busy street, killing four. >> it puts us on alert. >> reporter: bill runs a support a security committee at the port of oakland. >> we're always on alert. driving a truck is a tough job and we've always had to protect our loads and we have certain things that we have to pay attention to. >> reporter: the tsa report cites 17 truck ramming attacks worldwide since 2014, the vast majority in europe. it reads, commercial vehicles distinguished by their large size, weight and carry

use londonnies may because it is great for financial services, enterprise company and a great talent hub. we see berlin and amsterdam's as great destinations and paris as well. a great: i;'ve got question fromd they are asking about valuations. looking at technology valuations on the s&p 500 being at elevated levels, the highest in, since 2008. earnings.times the does that mean is it a great time to start an ipo? ilya: we are pretty bullish on this window. if you look at the recent outcomes, whether it is snap we just talked about, you see huge -- pops after these companies went public. that is a lot of pent-up consumer demand and demand for tech. tech's never been stronger and will continue to increase. we are quite bullish on encouraging our companies to go out. . they have everything it takes having a presence in europe is a big part of that. caroline: we wish you well with all of that. get them ipo'ing here as well. thank you very much for joining us. he world'some, t leading maker of drones is out with a new device that will take off from the palm of your hand. the dji spark next. this is bloomberg. ♪ now surveymonkey has just added a major -0- serena williams will join the board of th