this week former new york mayor mike bloomberg's foundation commit $160 million to help stop the vaping epidemic. >> kids are dying, people are dying now and getting addicted. the timeline is yesterday, not tomorrow. >> the cdc says at least 450 possible cases of severe lung disease nationwide may have been caused by vaping. overnight we learned hawaii's investigating its first possible case. >>> breaking overnight, significant structural damage in sioux falls, south dakota, after a confirmed tornado hit. almost 20,000 customers in the dark right now. this used to be an auto parts store. one hospital is being evacuated. more than ten tornadoes were reported in the upper plains tuesday. the same system set to bring another round of severe weather today. >>> on this morning, 18 years ago, america endured its darkest day, planes crashing into the twin towers, the pentagon, and the field in shanksville, ohio. almost 3,000 people were killed. there will be a ceremony taking place at 8:40 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. at the world trade site in lower manhattan. a new tradition begins today in public sch

because i was working for bloomberg at the time which of course, mike bloomberg became the mayor of newf our staff were. i was in london that you and i remember interviewing you the next day. you didn't interview with us. that's right, i did. i still find it ha rd to that's right, i did. i still find it hard to hold back the tears, to be honest because i didn't know quite a number of people and you are never. . . number of people and you are never... not a day goes by i couldn't go to the charity this year, so went to grosvenor square to look at the 9/11 memorial, a beautiful array of these, 62 people who are english that died. a lovely wreath from boris johnson which who are english that died. a lovely wreath from borisjohnson which was very well received. thank you for being on the programme with us david, this is how long we've been chatting on the telly. i will see you again soon. thank you for your company, hello. just wanting to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. wednesday was a slow start across south

>> i don't think people tell mike bloomberg what to do.y: i'm just saying, he must -- >> no, no, that's what he's probably thinking. what i think, there are certain people urging him. he is spending a lot of his time on this climate issue, he wants to eradicate global warming. he's poised to spend $500 million. we should point out, if mike bloomberg wanted to run for president tomorrow, he would have something like $24 billion in cash. donald trump talks about how rich he is. this guy's bank account is bigger than -- i mean, his savings account. he's extremely rich. i'm sure there's people talking to him. but from what i understand, this is what's in his mind. ashley: how does he play around the country? we know him in new york. pretty successful mayor of new york. how does he play in the middle of the country? >> i think the reason why he has not -- he's currently not running, i think you could say right now he is not running but the door is not closed totally. this office is striking people i speak to very odd that it's not closed. some

is there any circumstance where mike bloomberg would consider being -- serving as the secretary of state? >> can't imagine anynyresident ted states asking someordy who's neverd for anybody for the lt 35 years to come in ando and be the messenger for a foreign policy that comes out of the white house and theitre tng in foggy boom, no, i wouldn't do it, and ntody would w me to do it. i've never had a discussion about that. i've heard rumors you want to be secretary of defense. i happen to be friends with jim mattis. but, nono that's not what i'm going to do. not n energy either? >> we know that you'lln campa and help expenditures with respect to guns in 2020. >> one of my issues, in fact the 24 people that we supported, # 1 have won i looked at theiroo positions on guns and the environment. u're never going to agree with every position everybody has. you have to check all the boxes, you're not goi to do that. those are two important issues, that's tor bhiis on we pick the 24 people to support and i certainly expecthem to ro what they said and they'll probably comed looking for money and it

rhetoric despite the claims of people like governor cuomo and those funded by mayor former mayor mike bloomberg throwing around hundreds of millions of dollars in trying to eliminate they being industry fruit and sweet flavors are the most popular flavors with adults not tobacco or mental and so we fear that this is going to send smokers back to our eczema years back to smoking and worse it's going to do nothing about what is actually causing these long illnesses in the united states it's not nicotine they being products it is a listen marijuana cartridges with contaminants in them that are country people's lungs and oils it's i'm not sure i've heard it and i've heard that agree i've heard that in the last couple of days but where is the where's the evidence of that and where are the where do we have the c.d.c. for example saying that that's why people are getting lung conditions and dying so the c.d.c. is playing politics they're just saying don't think what we can say is that the f.d.a. that actually regulates nicotine vapor products they released a specific and clear warning saying do not th

i wouldn't put it past mike bloomberg from tossing his hat into the ring. demographic we are talking about. wall street, kind of sort of centrist in orientation and a little bit perturbed and afraid of a comrade warren. david: i can see you nodding in agreement. >> the reason bloomberg didn't get in the race is because biden got in the race. i wouldn't count joe biden out. let's see how this plays out. david: he is tough. no doubt about it. david: his staff of six working for him in new york. he has kept it going. we'll see what happens. david, niger, thank you both. apparently impeaching our president just because you disagree with his policies something worth celebrating. rashida tlaib under fire for selling these t-shirts to raise campaign cash. former i.c.e. director tom homan in congress. >> do you want to know why this issue exists? you need to look in the mirror. david: a former cia analyst is speaking out saying president trump's call with ukraine wasn't near an intel matter. fred fleitz is here to speak out right after this. fact is, every insuranc

when i go to bloomberg's people, they're not saying never. you know what i'm saying? mayor mike guy but he's up there in years. i believe he's in his mid 70s. biden's age has been called into question because he's, what, he's 75 himself or 76. you know, so just remember, there's other issues. does he want to put himself through this. he obviously has the money to completely self-finance a run. he's worth many billions and what will be interesting about mike bloomberg, it's not an illiquid billion like maybe president trump. this guy's got treasury bonds laying around in the multiple billions. he's very successful, very wealthy. but his people are saying his head is not there right now. it will be interesting to see what happens inside the democratic party if elizabeth warren gets in the race. you know, elizabeth warren is running as a progressive now. she has not always been so progressive. who knows where she moderates herself. >> i think the question is let's assume for a minute that the bundlers really are nervous about biden. >> they are. they are. they are. >> what's the al

this week mike bloomberg's foundation donated $161 million to help stop the vaping epidemic. >> kidsying. people are dying now and getting addicted. the time line is yesterday, not tomorrow. >>> they say it may have been caused by vaping. overnight we learned hawaii is now investigating its first possible case. >>> 40 mips past the hour. on this morning 18 years ago america endured its darkest day, planes crashing into the twin towers, the pentagon, and a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. more than 3,000 were killed. there will be a ceremony taking place from 8:40 to 12:15. former president george w. bush and defense secretary mark ens per will lay a wreath. >> never forget. that includes the kids who never really knew what happened there. >>> ahead, the president denying temporary protective status for people seeking refuge from the destroyed bahamas. that puts them at odds with his top border chief. we trust usaa more than any other company out there. they give us excellent customer service, every time. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and get

. >> would you tell the mike bloombergs and the george soross and the tom steyers to stop spending allhave publicly funded, yeah. the do-gooders, you can't spend any money, and all the others who want to continue the framework can, that's absurd. >> what would you say to people that call you a minute accurate, i'm not going to accept pac money in my campaign but -- >> i think there should be campaign contribution limits. i don't believe money is speech which is why i fully believe in publicly funded elections and certainly as a step in the right direction, campaign limits on contributions. >> why did you agree to sit down and talk to us about this? >> because i think if we don't fix our broken campaign finance system, we're not going to address all the things that americans need us to address in this country. >> are you optimistic that it will ever get fixed? >> i'm optimistic about everything. but i think it would be hard to get this fixed with the current cast of characters in this place. there's a strong sense here that people don't want to unilaterally disarm the face of the money

dr mike bloomberg he was aloof. and the matter is currently under investigation by the authorities i will lack to mention that this is some notes and i was illiterates goose and that's union leaders that request to meet with me as well as that. to be leaving in. minutes of. relief. and fear also raise concerns about the role of the military and the police when it comes to dealing with anti government protests last year during post-election violence soldiers opened fire and killed at least 6 people people who were demonstrating over a disputed election result in january genius day away and security forces with a ploy to try and dispersed some people who were protesting on the street several people were killed no one was over a say in all the police finally broke off with demonstration organized by the main opposition party in d.c. several people were injured when the police and the top some people were calling for better living conditions more jobs and for the economy to improve he said he also made some n.g.o.s who

i like mike bloomberg's statement to mr. e bloomberg global business forum. coming up, joseph maguire, director of national intelligence. right now, i want to go to the bloomberg global business forum on climate change. >> materially over the course of the last year or two. >> we do not have the right to exploit our earth. >> the time is running out for us to reduce climate change. >> i look at climate change is a hear cannot make issue. >> it is the carrot that has got the ability to get us there. >> to scale up what we are doing today, we should be working much more closely. the private sector and the public sector. ♪ ♪ this is bloomberg "surveillance." shares of abn amro plunged by the most in more than four years after dutch authorities opened a criminal investigation into the bank under anti-money laundering laws. the prosecutor accuses the bank of refuse to report -- refusing to report transactions. pearson says earnings will be at the low of their expected range for the third quarter. they point to weakness in sales to

our next summit will take place 12th and 13th, and will ick off with dan coats and our chairman mike bloomberg. this year's summit will also ffer an opportunity for attendees to preview our next special exhibition, documenting more than 10-year hunt for barack obama. if you're interested in or would the summit like to visit this exhibition at know.r time please let me standing here, sitting here, in heart ofn hall, at the ground zero, we're witness not only to the remnants of what was destroyed, but to the promise of a better future. the foundation at ground zero. from and build up create a safer world for our children and our grandchildren. thank you for being here today for your dedication and service to the singular critical goal. please be seated. >> this hearing on the senatety core.ttee, will come to i would like to start with a brief moment of silence to honor lost their lives on that terrible today and the tost responders who continue lose their lives in diseases they are contracting from untold acts of heroism. thank you. i would first like to thank alice greenwald and everyone involv

and 13th and will kick off with keynotes from former dni director dan coats and our chairman, mike bloomberg. this year's summit will also offer an opportunity for attendees to preview the next special exhibition documenting the more than ten years and for osama bin laden. if you're interested in attending the summit or would like to visit this exhibition at another time, please let me know. standing here, sitting here in foundation hall at the heart of ground 0, we are witness not only to the remnants of what was destroyed but to the promise of a better future. this is now the foundation at ground 0. a place to build up from and create a safer world for our children and our grandchildren. thank you for being here today and for your dedication and service to a singularly critical goal. >> please be seated. this hearing of the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs will come to order. i would like to start with a brief moment of silence to honor the memory of those who lost their lives on this terrible day, and the first responders who continue to lose their lives to dis

bloomberg. ♪ joe: treasury is extending the september tumble. with the benchmark 10 year yield surging the most since 2016 amid stronger-than-expected u.s. economic data. joining us for more economic analysis is mikean of bloomberg news. if you only follow the stock market headlines, no one would know what a crazy week this was. mike: absolutely, especially if you look at the indexes -- joe: you are just a guy who checks the dow. mike: right, right. what is fascinating to me about this whole week we talk about this factor rotation -- if you took a trader who are taking the last 20 years off and you asked what happened to this week, this vocabulary has taken over our lives. and old-timer would say people moved out of the fences in cyclicals. i hate to call real estate defensive, proxy stocks. the bond market is clearly just pushing and pulling the stock market in each direction. the class signal from that would be economically bullish. people are getting back into the cyclical stocks and value being the proxy for the cyclicals -- commodities, financial, that sort of thing -- and out of that defensive yield proxy stocks that had been the momentum trade in the vocabulary. wouldk the old-timers take t

disappointed in the president's decision to take direction from anti-vaping activists like plate -- mike bloombergy attempting to ban the sale of nearly every vaping product on the market. a ban will remove life-changing options from the market that has been used by several million. -- several million american adults to quit smoking. in the history of the united states prohibition has not worked and a flavor ban will create another multibillion-dollar black market which will operate with zero safety controls. thinkt to know what you about president trump's proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes. parents and teachers, your , healths (202) 748-8000 care professionals your number is (202) 748-8001, e-cigarette users, your number is (202) 748-8002, everyone else, your opinion matters as well, you can call in at (202) 748-8003. norths calling in from carolina. good morning. good morning, thank you for c-span. definitely hope they will do a vapinge research on this , it's mainly geared toward children. that they get hooked on this, and we have already had children die from this horrible legal drug. we ho

mike bloomberg followed him.tion that they can -- all of the port authority personnel, so many things that happened here. this is a beautiful neighborhood once again. everything they have done here, they have done in a first class manner. and it is a great place to live. ainsley: sir, what does this day mean to you? >> well, this day, means a lot. i live here. i walk through the memorial with great frequency. every time i do that, you have to think of the, what is 2799 people who were killed here but also 241 members of the new york city police department who have lost their lives since then as a result of inguessing toxic materials and hundreds of firefighters and construction workers as well. these premature deaths unfortunately are going to continue. so the tragic part of this terrible event continues in thet attack is legendary, sending your men over to see the attacks overseas, to stop the next one that was colling our way. a lot of people are under the impression after 9/11 there were no more attempted atta

many years with mike bloomberg and we know where it is. pete: he is resting on the back of that.ot going to give a lecture on policing. you talk about quality of life policing. it started with rudy giuliani did. i think is he going to be on. steve: in one hour. pete: small incidents, when you police them up and address them, we saw it on the battlefield in sumar in the counter injure genesee and address certain issues early on and create the conditions where things can improve. quality of life policing sounds like some rapper he is putting on doing nothing and letting people get away with small things which has the opposite effect of creating an environment of lawlessness. ainsley: asked tucker why he drives an suv. >> he says i don't go that for a. he has a driver. brian: we see what happened in new york city and horrible situation where you see these officers trying to do their job and being hit by water and now we have some more video of police officers at a fire and look what happens. [screams] [boos] >> all these firefighters show up to fire. in bronx. steve: on tuesday, 5:0

taylor: that was atlassian co-ceo mike cannon-brookes speaking to bloomberg's ed hammond.cigarette company juul is cutting its workforce. the company plans to restructure jobs and eliminate some positions, according to a person familiar with the matter. the san francisco-based startup employs 3900 people after a rapid expansion. juul is currently under scrutiny by federal and state officials following reports of a mysterious illness related to vaping and a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes. still ahead, transforming b2b payments. a startup wants businesses to transact with each other without third-party risk. we will meet the ceo next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: b2b payments and credit platform fundbox has raised $176 million from global investors in a series of funding rounds. it secured a $150 million credit facility from institutional credit investors. the company is part of a growing theme of startups that want to lend to small business customers and it is banking on artificial intelligence to do that. san francisco-based fundbox has confirmed the latest round do

bloomberg. ♪ taylor: australian tech entrepreneur mike cannon-brooks is using his platform to fight climate changedown with bloomberg's ed hammond tuesday to discuss climate, tech, and why the future needs to be ready for more disruption. mike: we have a very complicated business sector when it comes to this. in finance and insurance and lots of other areas, australia is very progressive about this and worried about climate changing moving forward. even in the mining sector, i'm incredibly pro-mining. if you look at the opportunities for australia, in a green world, what do we make? panels, batteries, nickel, copper, we have a phenomenal amount of opportunity before you get to sun and wind. that doesn't mean the fossil fuel part of mining is incompatible with future climate. we don't have to trans and -- transition out of or put in plans to transition out of. ed: you talked about elon musk a couple of years ago where he said he could build a battery in 100 days and he did. he is the standard bearer of sorts for this push to be more green and more environmentally friendly for a long time. it's repr

mike regan in new york and thanks to bloombergs kristine aquino in london. check where european stocks have settled. we have the indices all lower across europe. the worst performers are the cac 40 in france, down almost .5%, and the dax in germany, down .3%, .4%. the ftse 100 ended up just often slows, down .2%. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i am vonnie quinn. this is "the european close" on bloomberg markets. let's get the first word news with courtney donohoe. courtney: hurricane dorian is getting weaker. the storm is still bashing the bahamas. hurricane.egory 2 forecasters say the hurricane has begun inching toward the northwest and they say is likely to head up the u.s. east coast and could move dangerously close to the florida coastline. iranian oil tanker pursued by the u.s. has turned off its tractor near syria. that is leading to renewed speculation the vessel is headed to syria. the ship is carrying more than 2 million barrels of iranian crude worth $130 million. officials believe iran is trying to hide where it is delivering the

bloomberg. ♪ taylor: mike is using his platform to fight climate change.own with us tuesday to discuss climate and why the future needs to be ready for more disruption. >> we have a very complicated business sector when it comes to this. in finance and insurance and other areas, we are very worried about climate change going forward. even the mining sector, if you look at the opportunities for australia, in a green world, what do we make? we have a phenomenal amount of opportunity in mining. that doesn't mean the fossil fuel parts of mining are incompatible with the future climate. we can transition out of them. >> you talked about elon musk a couple of years ago, he said he could build a battery and 100 days and he did. he is the standard bearer of sorts for being more green and environmentally friendly. it's representative of a lot of people in the industry who are making claims about where we should be heading. is there a problem like mr. musk who is so aloof and otherworldly that it's hard for the average person to relate to them and say this is someth

bloomberg. joe: the u.s. presidential up.achment inquiry heating we're just learning in the last half-hour that president trump's has been awyer subpoenaed by house panels. we're learning the u.s. pompeo y of state mikeart of president trump's phone call with the ukraine president. it's at the center of the impeachment probe. pompeo has already been subpoenaed. more, let's welcome in bloomberg news congressional egerton.anna there are so many moving parts. dianne feinstein was a probe on ukraine call and getting a report out of the "new york imes" that there may have been pressure on the australian prime minister by president trump as well. start with giuliani, he is the focus here. what do we know specifically and what involvement the house is looking for? got a letter from three house committees subpoenaing documents, demanding rudy giuliani, text messages, communications or calls that he may have had with ukrainian discussing the investigation of joe biden and hunter biden. that house from the house ommittee has requested the deposition of three of giuliani's associates, so that follows the same pattern with pompeo's subpoena last week subpoena for ed a documents that and there were former and cur

bloomberg. bobby, good morning. mikeor a reported a meeting three days before the 9/11 anniversary is very significant. can you ix pannexpand on that ws that? >> you have two different pictures that could have emerged from such a meeting. one is a reminder of why the united states is in afghanistan. 9/11, 3,000 americans killed by al qaeda. sheltered by the taliban which at the time was running afghanistan. that's why the united states and its allies went to war in that country. but that was 18, coming on 19 years ago. it's one of those forever wars. president trump, we have to remind ourselves, during the election campaign constantly promised that he would bring american soldiers back and a signing ceremony or a photo-op in camp david would be, i think, the first step in his mind to fulfilling that promise. it would be a year ahead of his re-election campaign. it would remind his voters that he's a president trying to keep his word. those are the two conflicting narratives that might have emerged. but now will not. >> o

mike pompeo builds a case against tehran. ongoingdiscuss the tensions in the middle east. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's turn to saudi arabia.oke with the saudi finance minister and asked to the recent attacks have an impact on aramco numbers? >> we are back online. in terms of the economy and we use our reserves only for a couple of days before we are back online last night and today. >> meanwhile president trump says he wants tougher u.s. sanctions on iran. sanctions can we have? be much will it runs economy brought to its knees? >> it is hard to have a greater impact than what we have seen. the u.s. sanctions have severely limited iran's ability to sell oil on a legal market. on there companies tehran stock exchange can target. there are sections of the construction sector. there are additional sanctions you can put on iran's central bank that would make it very hard for them to even get humanitarian aid. this is an oil economy. i think about 80% of the economy depends on some level on oil. those sanctions are already there. certainly you can tighten the screws but this is going to be more of an impact on the margins at t

bloomberg markets. >> here are the top stories we are following. president trump ordering new sanctions on iran following the attack over the weekend on saudi oil facilities. mike pompeo is now on the ground. expectations, 25 basis point cut is seen as a done deal and is something investors are watching with jay powell said to andront donald trump ineffective monetary policies. of a $576 billion bond market is at risk. we will take what credit cards have to do with it. >> let's look at the major averages. ahead of the anticipated cut from the fed, the s&p 500 is in the tightest range and about six months. we have utilities moving higher. everything else is weak. energy is leading us lower. we are seeing financials right behind it. techs are providing much support and that is as we are seeing bonds rally globally. for the u.s. 10 year which we have been following, there is huge volatility and the jump in the yield last week, we're getting back half of the increase. that a look at this, we have been talking about technical difficulties in the retail market. the fed has intervened. we expect to hear more about this from the fed today. the effective rate is above t

mike: no. greg: no. jonathan: that's the important one next week. thank you very much. does it from new york city. we will see you same time and same place. this was bloombergld." ♪ ♪ taylor: i'm taylor riggs in for emily chang. this is the "best of bloomberg technology." coming up, the tit-for-tat continues in china and the u.s.. they announced face-to-face negotiations scheduled for october. this is after a new batch of tariffs imposed by the u.s.. what it all means for apple. google will pay $170 million as part of an ftc agreement for violating children's privacy on youtube.

no brexit exit could be vice president mike pence meeting with prime minister today. bloombergorting company restructuring advisers to limit legal liabilities and even considering bankruptcy, one of many drug makers facing lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, take a look at this because shares are down 34% right here in the premarket, the company losing more than 90% of the its value in the last year. and some good news for you, nba hall of famer received the presidential medal of freedom, played for the lakers for 14 years, that was followed by 3 years of coaching, president trump tweeting receiving the nation's highest civilian honor for outstanding career both on and off the court. maria. maria: lauren, thank you, short break, when we come back, battle of the border, crossings are down after stepped up efforts by mÉxico, we will tell you exactly what is going on there, text troubles, twitter taking disability to text. we will be right back. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. al

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coming up, talking to mike brown about the economy of indiana and whether it can withstand geopolitics of trade. from new york, this is bloombergvid: you are watching "bloomberg markets: balance of power." saudi arabia produces oil, not natural gas, but the market reacted to the news of the airstrikes on saudi oil facilities nevertheless. pray take on what this means for the gas market, we welcome now karen harbored, coming to us from washington. it is really good to have the with us. give us a sense of why the gas market reacted the way it did, given the fact that it really does not produce much gas, saudi arabia. >> like oil, we are not completely inoculated from disruptions like those happening in the middle east, but the volatility in the market so much less today than the last time we had a disruption in the gas market back in 2005 with major hurricanes here in the gulf of mexico, which brought down our supply and transportation network my back then we will reliant on anybody who would sell it, and today we are reliant on ourselves. we are not completely inoculated, but we are paying only two dollars, rather than $14 in 20

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bloomberg. rishaad: along with the political drama, trade is back as a major market risk. chip stocks are under pressure. we've got mike giving a disappointing profit forecast and warning that trade tensions may prolong an industry slump. adding to the worries is that the united states won't renew a waiver that a let's -- let's american companies do business with huawei ahead of negotiations next month. yet ftsebit of a blow, brussels taking a part, saying it won't add sovereign debt to its world government bond index. the move could bend china's efforts to bring more foreign investments into its capital markets. let's find out what this means with our china effects and rates reporter in shanghai. mark renfield in singapore. let's start with you, something of a surprise. what was the rationale for keeping china of their index? well, they said there were funds about the liquidity china bonds and also the ease of the currency usage. we also heard this from global fund managers, who told us there -- they are cautious on china bonds despite the inclusion news because of the lack of hedging tools, which makes it difficult f

bloomberg. ♪ ♪ is balance of power and i am david westin. we go now to mark crumpton. mark: secretary of state mikesays the united states is working with international allies on a coalition to deter iran. the secretary speaking on a plane before arriving in arabia moments ago. this comes as president trump says he plans on ramping up sanctions against iran. on twitter, the president said he has instructed secretary mnuchin to quote, "substantially increase sanctions." that follows weekend attacks on saudi arabia's biggest oil installation. iran has denied any role in the incident, although saudi has said that iran wasn't questionably behind the attacks. boris johnson's governments back in supreme court for day two of hearings. johnson's lawyer promises that the government will file a statement overnight if losing the landmark case over the suspension of parliament. a third and final day of hearings will be held tomorrow. they will hear from leading northern island and welsh lawyers and john major. spain's acting prime minister asking voters for an even bigger victory for his socialist party after t

mike speaking with ed hammond. coming up dropbox is dropping , details on its new services. we will hear from the ceo next. this is bloombergdropbox is going way beyond filesharing. the san francisco-based company announced new services wednesday, including a new desktop app that functions as a digital hub to let workers collaborate on projects with their colleagues. we found out all about dropbox spaces. : it's one of the biggest changes we've ever made. it's our first step toward the smart workspace, a kolmar and almer, and more focused working environment. it changes this from being a folder full of isles to an intelligent team workspace for all of your cloud content. dropbox is becoming this new app that brings these other apps together. it cuts down on the noise and almer.it smarter and combe taylor: how are you building on current customers? drew: we have built our entire business on collaborating on files, but with the smart workspace, we are going beyond that on a bunch of dimensions. first is supporting every kind of cloud content. you can still have your powerpoint in dropbox, you can use others in one place. seco

mike mckee. last night was the big debate down in houston among democrats running for president. bloomberg's kevin cirilli was there for all of it. it was clear they all went after vice president biden, as predicted. how did he do? kevin: i think he came away our julie unchanging -- came away largely unchanging. former vice president joe biden taking it to senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, and asking, how are you going to pay for this plan? the warren campaign is going to have to answer that question in particular of whether or not taxes would be increased for the middle class. at one point during a fire exchange -- during a fire exchange, he directly called senator sanders a "socialist," but sanders and warren were also able to not get into too much of a heated political exchange, and not largely change the trajectory of the race. in london or beijing or even in america trying to price what last night's debate means for u.s. policy abroad, tariffs potentially could be here to stay. all of the top-tier candidates saying tariffs might be part of how they would negotiate with other

bloomberg. ♪ guy: welcome back. foras been a rough week cryptocurrencies. bitcoin down around 21% over the last five days. some have at your do this to mikeuckerberg hinting the launch of the company's libracoin may be delayed. joining us from geneva is libra association coo and managing director. ae first question is straightforward one -- are we going to see a delay? bertrand: what is our situation right now is we are engaged with a discussion with regulators on both sides of the atlantic. those discussions are important. that is the reason we have taken so much time early before launching anything, because we knew we would have questions from regulators from different parts of the world. right now, our discussions with regulators is for us to prove that we will provide proper solutions and proper answers to their questions and concerns, where one it turns out to counter financing of terrorism. the launch date will depend on how those discussions go and how -- get approval from regulators. guy: the pushback from regulators has been fairly fierce. do you think you will be able to bonds -- launch in the first half of 2020? for now, we are

bloomberg first word news. here's president donahoe. courtney: president trump ordered tougher sanctions on iran days after a strike on saudi arabia's biggest oil facility. secretary of state mikepeo blamed the strike on iran. 2015 nuclear the agreement, the u.s. imposed sweeping sanctions on much of iran's economy. theident trump has chosen state department hostage envoy to be his new national security advisor. robert o'brien would replace john bolton, who was fired last week. u.s. home construction surged in august at the fastest pace since 2007. residential starts climbed to an annual rate of almost 1.4 million. a proxy for future construction, housing permits also rose to a high. boris johnson's government is back in the spring court for day to of hearings -- day two of hearings. 's lawyers are defending his decision to suspend parliament. judges are asking for a written statement on what he would do if he lost the hearing. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. on courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg -- i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. still with u