in an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissident alexander vonnie the alliance had held a special meeting to discuss the case of on the scene in investigating corruption in siberia shortly before he fell ill is in a coma in a hospital in the berlin eyes germany says it has evidence he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era as the. secretary general again started back called the case a serious breach of international law that demands an international response. made dollars a green house serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable i'm brought to justice thought we are joined on nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic not only what is their main response to russia well their heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russian governmen

response meanwhile russian vestments have been interviewing people who came into contact with alexander vonnie just before he fell sick police say they want to speak to 6 people and managed to reach 5 of them but the 6 apparently fled to job many an r.t. correspondent raised that issue at a government news conference in belin. not by any. the russian foreign ministry said the regarding the incident with novotny they were able to interview all the people accompany him except for one the 6th marine a pitcher who avoided giving evidence by flying to germany which she went on her own not with novell only does the federal government knows that marina is in germany and how do you view her decision to avoid being interviewed by the russian investigators. here in mind that it's i cannot tell you anything about this we must not forget that there was a murder attempt against mr nevada with the use of a poisonous substance but i can't tell you anything about the location of an individual the focus off of. the sex of the russian investigators did interview the people accompanying the son of only despite c

senior ally of russian opposition figure alexander vonnie says he believes only president vladimir putin could have authorized the suspected poisoning of the outspoken kremlin critic moscow has dismissed as untrue any suggestion putin was involved in the body falling ill the case is causing strains between russia and germany now where the van is being treated by german doctors it's the latest example of the sometimes difficult ties between the 2 countries it's german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vonnie is a serious matter. the services for it were fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for admission to russian shaft. but for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear deal so good for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than a bright lines the head of the bonus tax human rights committee called for european legislation sim

follows major protests and claims that the kremlin ordered the poisoning of the opposition leader alexander vonnie something the government has tonight and in baba has more on the story. if these elections are being watched more closely than ever it's because of a rising sense of discontent among parts of the public tens of millions of russians have been voting for local parliaments and regional governors weeks after the german government said opposition leader alexina valley had been poisoned. novelli still in hospital in berlin he fell seriously ill last month as he left siberia where he'd been campaigning germany says it was an attempted murder and his supporters claim it was ordered by president vladimir putin novell needs team is advocating smart voting in other words backing whoever is best positioned to defeat president putin's united russia party whether the candidates from the valley's own movement a nationalist or a communist here in tomsk in the valley highlighted local corruption in this campaign video he refers to blood sucking creatures. natural use it but i'm strongly if i've alread

news live from berlin nato wants answers from moscow over the poisoning of opposition leader alexander vonnie germany says it has proof enough and he was dosed with a deadly nerve agent the kremlin denies involvement now nato's called for an international investigation also coming up german prosecutors are preparing to charge a mother with murdering 5 of her children investigators believe she 1st person sedated and then suffocated but. also campaigning is ramping up ahead of the u.s. election democratic nominee joe biden is poised to slam president trump over his handling of the coronavirus spot can he keep hold of a slim lead in the polls. welcome to the program nato has called on moscow to cooperate fully in an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissident alexander boni the alliance had held a special meeting to discuss the case about the scene in here investigating corruption and siberia shortly before he fell ill is currently in a coma in a hospital here in berlin germany says it has evidence he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era. nato secretary genera

entire set of instruments it could use in taking action against moscow for the poisoning of alexander vonnie chancellor angela merkel's spokesman has underlined that she would not rule out consequences of the multi-billion euro north stream to pipeline project if moscow fails to authority investigate the case he also says the german leader is open to all sanction options. the north stream to pipeline through the baltic sea means a lot to both parties for russia it's a source of solid foreign currency to germany and other e.u. countries it's a major energy conduit befalling the poisoning of russian opposition figurehead alexina vonnie a crime blamed on moscow the german government has for the 1st time considered holding construction of north stream to it wouldn't be the 1st time the e.u. has levied sanctions against russia the number of cases in which countries impose sanctions on others is climbing accelerating rapidly from 2004 on besides russia the countries most often targeted are iran and north korea as well as some african countries. the main pretext for such sanctions are violations of

breaking news out of germany where it talks ecology tests on the russian dissident alexander alexander alexina vonnierather has found unequivocal evidence of a chemical agent being used on him that's according to a german government spokesman now vali fell ill on a flight from moscow last month and initially received treatment at a hospital in siberia before being flown to berlin he is now being treated at berlin's charity hospital let's bring in alexandra so janowicz gone from who joins joins us from moscow alexandra russian doctors had said now bonnie wasn't poisoned but now german. doctors said he was and the german government spokesman saying that he was poisoned with a nerve agent from the novacek group how is this going to go down in russia. well yes exactly as you said that the russian doctors said they tested and tested and they didn't find any poisons or toxins in his blood or urine samples and that's the russian authorities were saying that there is no basis for opening a criminal investigation and now we see that germany identity not only finds poison but actually identifies it as a group

vonnie: we look forward to more research from your team on this. dr. alexandere professor of epidemiology at the johns hopkins business school of public health. up, we are looking at the makings of a shale giant. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. treasury secretary steven mnuchin and house speaker nancy pelosi are set to speak today at 3:00 new york time to discuss the next step to reaching a fiscal stimulus deal. speaker pelosi has warned unless there are signs of progress from the white house by tomorrow there will not be a in agreement before election day. the white house as if speaker pelosi is reasonable, she will find president is reasonable, too. the supreme court has agreed to hear the border wall with mexico case. to lose wearing them blocking the president from using pentagon funds to build more than 100 miles of fencing. originallyllion was appropriated for other purposes. global central bankers under no illusion that they are through the fallout from the coronavirus. monetary chiefs from the euro area, japan

vonnie: thank you for that reporting, doug alexander.40 4 million bringing the total since mid-march 238 million. that is a two-month total roughly equivalent to all of the initial claims filed during the great recession. ♪ atwith the unemployed rate 14.7% in two months, the u.s. economy has swapped from a 50-your unemployment low to job numbers not seen as the great depression. severely affected sectors include travel, entertainment, restaurants, childcare accounted for just 20% of payroll from february but more than half of the job losses in april. although the pace of layoffs appears to be slowing, many are expected to bring more bad news. consumer habits change, jobs related to online shopping may replace many retail positions, while demand for workers and health care sector will likely remain strong in the post-pandemic economy. bloomberg economics is tracking the downturn and the signs of a recovery. retail sales and consumer confidence continue to drop, signaling a slow recovery when a nation reopen, while mortgage applications an

are gathering again in balad after president alexander lukashenko is sworn in during an unannounced ceremony. poisoned russian opposition leader alexina vonnie is released from a german hospital and says there's a long and rehabilitation ahead. and a new power play in malaysia opposition leader ahmad abraham says he has the backing to topple the prime minister and form a new government. and i'm here to stand with the sports. discuss ways to host the game safely amid the coronavirus pandemic and in the n.b.a. playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the denver nuggets as they beat the los angeles lakers. 5 years after more than a 1000000 refugees arrived on the continent the head of the european commission has admitted its asylum policy isn't working on the land has told e.u. members they must all share the responsibility for refugees and take the pressure off mediterranean nations like malta italy and greece the u.n. says the use effort so far have often led to devastating human consequences. this package reflects of fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share

alexander lukashenko as disputed reelection crowd sang and danced in the center of the capital minsk earlier police arrested several protesters including members of the opposition coordination council. the doctors treating alexina vonnie say they have found evidence that the russian opposition leader was poisoned the valley collapsed on a plane on thursday after drinking tea but his team believes was laced with a toxin the kremlin critic is currently in a medically induced coma and in a berlin hospital german chancellor angela merkel has called on russia to conduct a full investigation ramping up security at the hospital in berlin and xtina valley is being treated here for what his supporters say was a case of poisoning. taken from the doctors treating putin's most prominent critics say he probably was poisoned. it said clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of colon oster is inhibitors. it's not clear exactly what the substance was some call and australia's inhibitors they used as a treatment for alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko moss are demanding an investigation in view of mist in the

vonnie: thank you for your contributions, josh wingrove. actually getting lamar alexander, the senator from tennessee, making an opening statement from his home, so let's listen in. sen. alexander: that is one of the best in the country. this impressive level of testing is sufficient, we believe, to begin phase one of going back to work, which, as i said last week, is not nearly enough to provide confidence to 31,000 students and faculty members that we hope will show up at the university of tennessee campus in august when school starts. last week i talked with ut about that.chairman what would persuade those 31,000 students, as well as the 50 million k-12 students in the inntry to go back to campus august? willis where dr. collins hear about it on thursday, i remarkable scientific exercise in what we call that competitive shark tank, to see if dr. collins and his associates can find if you new technologies to create millions of new tests that will scale up rapidly and make it more likely that students will go back to school in august. for example, the fda authorized last

alexander who goes unannounced inauguration. assumed his 6th consecutive term even though protesters and the opposition say the presidential election last month was raped. the. russian opposition leader alexina vonnie has been discharged from the hospital in berlin where he was being treated for poisoning with a nerve agent the kremlin a critic says he still faces a long a rehabilitation process of on he was airlifted to germany last month after becoming sick during a visit to siberia. france has again reported more than 13000 new coven 1000 infections in the space of 24 hours the french government is announcing sweeping new measures to stop the spike is the popular tourist destinations of brittany and normandy have been added to a list of high risk coronavirus zones by germany. new coronavirus infections are also on the rise and neighboring spain the capital madrid has become the epicenter of the outbreak there authorities have introduced a new restrictions to try and contain the spread of many residents aren't happy they say the new measures unfairly target the poor. madrid is now a city divided by invisible borders under does bridge police are checking cars driving. in and out of vijay because t

vonnie: we have to leave it there, but thank you. you will be back with you in two days no doubt. thank you to lewis alexander, chief u.s. economics -- economics that nomura securities international. coming up, the mortgage market at the heart of the last crisis finds itself in turmoil again. that's coming up and this is bloomberg. ♪ this is "bloomberg markets." i am vonnie. the u.s. mortgage market is experiencing its worst turmoil in more than a decade, setting off alarms and propping the federal reserve to intervene. tom merrick spoke exclusively with bloomberg yesterday and warned the u.s. commercial mortgage market may be on the brink of collapse. >> what we have right now is a liquidity crisis. it is a crisis different from 1989, from the long-term credit crisis. from 2008. it is a temporary impairment imposed on an intervening, unexpected event. vonnie: joining us by phone to discuss is bloomberg finance reporter -- is our bloomberg finance reporter. how widespread is this turmoil? >> let's start with the size of the market here. the market,ng about and back in the previous financial crisis, during the 2008 financ

called almost to cooperate fully in an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissidents alexander vonnie the alliance had held a special meeting to discuss the case of on its. investigating corruption in siberia shortly before he fell ill is in a coma in a hospital here in berlin germany says it has evidence he was poisoned with a nerve agent that dates from the soviet era with the. nato secretary general yet started back called the case a serious breach of international law that demands an international response. nato allies agree on the serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial international investigation. those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice thought we were joined by our nato correspondent teri schultz in brussels terry you followed the special meeting of nato allies in the poisoning of kremlin critic not only what is their main response to russia or heart nato isn't saying at this very early stage that russian officials or the russ