coming up, we speak to the axa ceo.is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: -- manus: good morning from bloomberg's middle east headquarters in dubai. i am manus cranny. nejra cehic alongside me in london. it is daybreak europe. of stimulus in the u.s. and the democrats say momentum is gathering. they want more concessions. the white house takes executive action if there is not a deal. we are half an hour away from the bank of -- we have a bank of england rate decision today and projections are expected to show recovery, looking less v-shaped than in may. we speak with the governor, mr. bailey. do not miss it. sick and results come fast. siemens operating profit rises. lufthansa steps up its measures to cut costs. up next, the axa ceo on the cost of the pandemic. to daybreakme europe. let's continue with earnings. we have numbers coming through from adidas. not that many at the moment but i will bring your what we have got. second quarter revenue at 3.5 8 billion euros. the estimate, 3.24. that second quarter revenue coming in stronger t

. >>> and axa with a 40% drop in income also scrapped earnings guidance after property and casualty businessa hit on rising claims >>> coming up, the death toll rises and anger mounts as they look to find the culprits leading to an explosion that left parts of the capitol in ruin hike! simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> the lebanese government has ordered several porto officials to be put on house arrest pending investigation into the blast that killed over 135 people >> new videos tonight show how the powerful blast changed the city in an instant a church service was under way when the roof begins caving in a bride posed for the wedding video. you can hear the first blast a reporter in the upper corner, doing a live interview she survived >> tonight, we learned one american is among the more than 100 people

alix: we talk a lot about the inequality of axa nation that we are going to have to deal with and thisr example. really great to get your perspective, very much appreciated. this is bloomberg. >> it's time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at some of the biggest stories in the news right now. the european union is launching an investigation into google's takeover of fitbit. there are concerns about how could increase google's data margin in online advertising. the european union was projecting a december 9 deadline to approve or veto that built. southwest airlines has scaled back cleaning operations with wiping down seatbelts after every flight. passengers can ask percent sizing whites if they want to do the cleaning themselves. -- passengers can ask for sanitizing wipes if they want to do the cleaning themselves. as many as 3000 wealth planners could be hired in china. that is your bloomberg business flash. alix: here is a weird story that caught my eye. france putting morgan stanley in the penalty box. the status of the primary dealer of french government bonds has actually be

have been protesting that agreement in occupied east jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the axamosque after friday prayers there they stepped on pictures of abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad and the amorality flag or thirty's in afghanistan have started releasing 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for long delayed talks with the armed group the release of the so-called hard core prisoners was approved last weekend by afghanistan's grand assembly or loya jirga new zealand has extended a lockdown in oakland for 12 days as health officials try to contain a new coronavirus outbreak there investigators are trying to find out how the virus reemerged after more than 3 months with no locally transmitted infections and indonesia has started to human trials of a chinese made vaccine if that vaccine prove safe and successful it secure the rights to produce at least $250000000.00 doses well those are the headlines i'll be back with more news after part 2 of data land stay with us. in the last 10 years we have developed an inseparable bond with our cell phones. smartphone capabili

think about the future and the futurea wiificial intelligence, given where we currently are today, axa seamlesslynterwoven with our lives. >> alexa, how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon? >> one tablespoon equals three teaspoons.>> h, okay. >> and the problem is that we forgethat it's there. >> alexa, lights on. >> okay. >> narrator: but alexa is also listening-- and she's learning. >> i'm answering questions and learning more. >> narrator: and that helps amazon in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. >> alexa... >> every time you ask alexa something, you're making the alexa algorithm better. it's one of the reasons why amazon, having had a head start, is able to kind of preserve that head start, because they've got the mo data of anyone. >> alexa is one more way for amazon to gather extremely valuable data. and this data collection is extremelimportant to thisss busiodel. it's extreme hard to do, and, you know, convincing people toy just depmething like this in their home is a brilliant trick. >> narrator: dave limp is amazon's head of devices. >> how is it that you convince