british prime minister barres johnson is coming to berlin to try and persuade america to reopen brags that negotiations johnson is demanding the removal of the so-called backstop the fantasy previously agreed to by the u.k. and the e.u. to ensure they'll be no hard border on the island of ireland johnson claims the backstop would violate british softened. the existing or just doesn't work for the u.k. parliament started out 3 times we can have this backstop so i'm going to go to see our friends in. germany and then to france and then see the g 7 appearance and i'm going to make the point that the buck stops going to come out. but even he does have already rejected johnson's demands to reopen the majority agreement germany's angela merkel said so far no one had come up with an alternative to the backstop as a way of preserving the northern ireland peace accord known as the good friday agreement the moment if we get a practical arrangement on how to preserve the good friday agreement while still defining the borders of the european single market we would no longer need the backstop this

prime minister barres johnson has begun a week of crucial matings on bret's and here in berlin with chancellor angela merkel johnson is trying to renegotiate london steel with the e.u. back to the 31st when it will crash out of the bloc merkel expressed optimism about the chances of that happening but pointed out that what to do about the future irish border the not the kingdom still isn't resolved. brazil's president of ignited a firestorm of criticism after blaming non-god.

british prime minister barr is johnson has been told by french president emmanuel. that the break sit back stop is indispensable to any deal between the e.u. and the u.k. regulating britain's exit from the block. but johnson says they will be no deal unless the backstop the insurance policy to prevent a hard border with the republic of ireland is removed from the deal. brazil's president jacob also nardo 1st retracted then repeated his accusation that the blaze is sweeping the amazon was started by environmental organizations here tonight a firestorm of criticism after blaming non-governmental organizations for the fires jabbers the now did not support his claims with proof he made the statement as new figures showed that there had been a record number of fires there this year. thousands of high school students in hong kong turned out in the city center to rally for political reforms student leaders announced a 2 week boycott of classes hong kong has been gripped by more than 2 months of sometimes violent protests led by young people demanding more democracy. but sy

in a letter to william barr, ron johnson and chuck grassley, full transparency is new details raise questionspparent suicide. the washington post reporting epstein broke a bone that most often associated with homicide. chief medical officer says she needs more information before determining a cause of death. that may include surveillance video from the jail, different surveillance video than what we were told about. this is going to be disturbing news to a lot of folks, nascar legend dale earnhardt junior is out of the hospital hours after his plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames. aishah hasnie how the whole family made it out including their pet dog. >> reporter: dale earnhardt junior has survived many racing crashes but walking away from that rate there some are calling it remarkable. look at the video of the nascar legend's private plane crashing on a tennessee highway and bursting into flames yesterday. thick black smoke billowing up, witnesses capturing this video said a baby and the dog are being pulled out of the plane, the baby is dale's one-year-old daughter. dale's sis

in a letter to william barr, ron johnson and chuck grassley called for full transparency is new detailst his apparent suicide. the washington post reporting epstein, a break mostly associated with homicide. the chief medical examiner says she needs more information before determining a cause of death that may include surveillance video from the jail. tension higher ahead of dueling rallies between antifa and far right protesters in portland, the mayor and police chief morning they will use the full force of the law against anyone who in ages and violent activity. a former antifa member told "fox and friends first" the city is taking things seriously. >> every time you don't hold antifa accountable it will get worse and hopefully it will be a peaceful rally but i would not be surprised if something tragic were to happen. jillian: a conservative journalist was attacked when a rally in portland turned violent. todd: and illegal immigrant charged with murdering molly tibbetts as his rights were violated by police. last summer he month-long search led to police finding tibbetts's body in iow

attorney william barr says the death raises serious questions. prime minister boris johnsonash spending promises. institute for fiscal studies said it is a little reckless to commit to big funding increases. they say the combination of those things and brexit could turn to a big increase in borrowing. this is bloomberg. matt: thank you very much. boyng up, italy's beach launches his bid to be the country's next prime minister from the seaside. we will be hearing exclusively from the leader on his election plans. this is bloomberg. ♪ we are 44 minutes away from the cash equity market here in europe. matt: let's check in at the markets right now. as we approach the open. fixing.l about the yeuuan at ahinese fix the yuan slightly lower level. showing that they are being conservative. the u.s. dollar shows that investors are seeking safe haven. ajra: that is after we saw weekly loss for u.s. and european equities. billw the 10 year treasury drop. it continues to drop today. have data out of china this week to look forward to. today we are asking the question, how do assets react

this custody after a judge ordered johnson & johnson to pay a record $572 million for their role in the opioid abuse crisis. >>> attorney william barr has rented president trump's hotel r a $30,000 holiday party. this raises questions. the department of justice official says that he chose that only after other dc hotels were booked. this is not the only incident with in which the president has profited from his administrations business. he said that he we'll have the g7 summit at his resort in e th getting dumped in the bay. >>> the chicken words are heating up. some customers disappointing. >>> have you ever set off your home alarm? ♪ >>> i am ken bastida at the live news desk. right now there is a town hall on gun violence underway in san francisco. speaker nancy pelosi, house democrat are taking place in this one. let's listen in. [ applause ] >> to lincoln high, to the extinguished distinguished principal. welcome to each and everyone if you foafternoohonored to be her represent san francisco and the congress of the ed states. jackie spear. [ applause ] with the surgeon general, and the new title to match her extraordinary talen

senators chuck grassley of iowa and ron johnson of wisconsin writing attorney general william barr aboutwe await the official autopsy report on the q sex trafficking. investigators ruled his death and apparent suicide, but the washing there was a broken bone in his neck more common people who have been strangled to death. of course this would be made public, chris stirewalt. >> chris: who's against the transparency? who is in the anti-transparency? "no, we should cover up the things around jeffrey epstein. nobody needs to know about the semi-billionaire, semipedophile." >> katie: up at some of the people he associated with her happy to have it covered up. >> chris: donald trump a new jeffrey epstein but he knows the media world. he is the master media maestro. so he sees this conspiracy theory c, and those. confusing theories like, "hey, we are asking questions. what about jeffrey epstein?" "boss, you are in charge of federal prisons." "oh, my gosh, get barr on the phone! we need to fix this and do with it!" so it's an urgent matter to clean this up. has to be debt with because it falls

senators chuck grassley and ron johnson absent the letter to attorney general william barr to make sure investigations are made public. melissa? >> melissa: bryan llenas, thank you. that's why i will never give up my description to the "post." they always get it. >> freedom does not belong to one political party. patriotism does not belong to one political party. as everybody here knows, god does not belong to a political party in this country. [applause] it is flat out false that christian faith or any faith compares us to support or condone what is going on in this white house today. >> melissa: that is mayor pete in atlanta today. 1 of 3 presidential candidates speaking at the black church presidential candidate conversation series. as some 2020 democrats have started to reach out to religious voters on the campaign trail. but 80% of evangelicals supported president trump in 2016. joining us now is michael ware, former faith advisor to president obama. thank you so much for joining u us. >> hey, great to be with you. >> melissa: what you think about this outreach? what you think demo

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attorney general william barr says the death raises serious questions. boris johnson is being accused of spending promises. time he promises to cut taxes. the combination could lead to a big increase in borrowing. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. francine: we are getting some breaking news out of hong kong. the hong kong airport says the emergency has been even -- has been activated. china says hong kong shows signs of terrorism. so far we have very few cancellations in the last three or four weeks. things are ratcheting up now they are starting to cancel flights is a big deal. if you need to travel from hong kong, just check with your travel agency or your airline before you do go to the airport. we will continue watching that briefing from hong kong. president trump isn't the only one worrying about the dollar's rise. worried the ascent could be a catalyst for recession. president trump has said the planned trade talks with china could be held off. joining us now

barr. if we had chris wray in charge and despite numerous letters from senators grassley and johnson, the justice department has yet to respond to let us know even after the fact, they went to look at this evidence the fbi agents themselves said was important for them to see. >> sean: the attorney general was asked by senator grassley and you point this out in your confirmation hearing whether or not he would give a written report, where does that stand? >> there's been no response, crickets and the senate. the american public are left in the dark and it creates that perception as you rightfully mentioned. >> sean: explain the nature of this evidence they have right at their fingertips. they didn't allow investigators to see. >> we can only get a little glimpse of it from the descriptions and correspondence that i was able to look at. it appears to be highly classified information, or people who looked at them, other evidence of communication around her email server, it is highly classified. so classified some members of congress even though they have high levels of classification couldn't see it

barr. we will be speaking to see bosnia tomorrow. -- steve wozniak tomorrow. johnsonohnson jumped after hours after a company ordered them to pay far less than what had been expected. the oklahoma court said they had created a public nuisance by duping doctors into overprescribing medications and ordered it to pay $500 million to the state. appeal the would ruling. tsmc is being sued by a semiconductor rival, global foundries. it wants u.s. regulators to impose an important ban. it accuses him of using technology to get tens of billions of dollars of sales. it has developed all the technology in-house. shery: the trade work is accelerating teslas planned price hikes in china. there are concerns over higher import tariffs. it has no local production in china yet. last week, beijing said it may increase duties on u.s. made autos to 50% in retaliation to president trump latest tariffs. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ from the 5am wakers, to the 6am sleepers. everyone uses their phone differently and in different places. that's why xfinity mobile created a wireless network that au

a judge ordered pharmaceutical giant johnson & johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the state's opioid crisis. >>> the attorney general, bill barr, is planning a holiday party for 200 people in december. guess where he booked it -- the president, the president's washington, d.c., hotel, fueling more questions about his independence. the "washington post" obtained the party contract barr signed. he will pay for the gathering himself. eventually writing a check to the hotel for more than $30,000 for his party. according to the justice department, the attorney general chose the president's hotel because other hotels were booked. a doj official says ethics officials were consulted. they looked over this. the purpose of the party is not to curry favor with the boss. that's the finding of the doj. >>> sources tell cnn a bitter disagreement broke out between president trump and several g7 leaders over whether to allow russia back into the group. two diplomatic officials tell us the leaders were discussing issues like iran and the amazon rain forest fires when president trump interjected asking why russia was not included in the talks.

johnson has said the u.k. will leave the block on october 31 if necessary without a deal. u.s. attorney general william barr says the federal prison where jeffrey epstein died had "serious irregularities." speaking in new orleans today, the attorney general promised to pursue justice for epstein's victims. he said we will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability. lawyers will be in court today trying to get his sexual assault conviction overturned. the comedian is serving a three to 10 year prison term in pennsylvania. cosby claims a 2004 encounter with a young woman at his home was conventual -- consensual. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. it is 1:00 in new york, 6:00 in london, and 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i'm vonnie quinn. welcome to "bloomberg markets." from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world we are following. argentina's president mauricio macri losing a primary vote by a

johnson has said the u.k. will leave the block on october 31 if necessary without a deal. u.s. attorney general william barr where jeffrey epstein died had "serious irregularities." speaking in new orleans today, the attorney general promised to pursue justice for epstein's victims. he said we will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability. bill cosby's

barr is paying. the justest apartment officials as ethics rules do not prohibit the arrangement. yesterday's landmark ruling by an oklahoma judge found johnson johnson more than a half billion dollars could set the template for hundreds of other similar suits already in motion. corresponded casey stegall tells us what's at stake tonight. >> today, purdue pharma says it will defend itself vigorously in the opioid litigation but sees little good coming from years of litigation and appeals. the drugmaker is reportedly in talks to spend 10 to $12 billion to settle lawsuits out of court brought by 48 states and some 2,000 local and tribal governments for its alleged role in the nation's opioid crisis. purdue already settled with the state of oklahoma which is why they never went to trial. johnson & johnson decided to fight it and lost, so they are appealing. >> we showed the court inarguably that johnson & johnson was responsible, part of the cause for the epidemic. >> the decision violates constitutional principles including due process of law. >> some analysts worry it could set dangerous precedent because others are to blame too. >> people use

my question is may 8, chairman johnson and i sent you and doctor ray and attorney general barr request for information about your department use for federal resources to detect and to prevent domestic terrorism, we wrote you during the time of disturbing increases in white supremacist violence including the murder of white nationalists and neo-nazis and charlottesville, the tree of life synagogue attack in pennsylvania and the church in charleston, oak creek wisconsin and many, many more attacks that you are aware of. are you concerned about the rise of white supremacy violence and does the dhs have the flexibility in your authorities to respond to the evolving threat? >> first we are very concerned about it and this is going to be a priority over targeted violence prevention office which we just created and rotted their mandate. in the last six weeks at dhs. white supremacist extremist violence is a huge issue and one that we need a whole community effort for, it is been ideology that is motivated a number of the faith-based attacks we've been talking about and will be a focus of the

talk about mr bob barr's john snow but i think this and the fact that the d u p does hold the balance of power in westminster was an issue that the reason may face as well but both johnson is the one that says that you know the u.k. is going to leave the e.u. no matter what on uk you know of our 31st which of course raises all sorts of issues with ireland and the backstop and already we hear shane fein saying that they've that happens if you get a hard back said then what they want is a referendum on irish unity how much closer do you think boris johnson as prime minister and the hard break said presumably october 31st takes us to a scenario of a possible referendum. oh it definitely takes us closer to a referendum just as the practice strategy of mr johnson's government and this is maybe for i'm mistaken scott that crucial p.r. effort undermine independence and scotland and northern ireland both voted to stay within the european union of their votes where she walked back huge majority are leaving and anger so already people in northern ireland and in scotland ceded sort of that they are being marginalised this into scotland goes and that's very possible and northern ir