haslinda amin is that the thai stock exchange in bangkok. where does this money come from? whole point is to position thailand's economy for the future. we are talking about not just upgrading come but a third international airport, and a port that will be one of the top 10 in the world. we got some perspective from thailand's energy minister who joins us this morning. good to have you with us. huge and perhaps a very ambitious roger goodell it be a game changer and why? that is our expectation. the eastern economic corridor is a flagship project of this government. basically we have designed it so as ant can serve investment-led transformation tool for thailand. a majorndertaking wide-ranging reform, economic as well as social. represents a carrier where thailand has made good progress in terms of industrialization. weay, it is the time that again make major investments, major transformation in that area, so it will be a game changer. haslinda: what will it translate to in terms of growth? 7% growth, for instance? >> that is not our goal. our goal is to be able to achieve

haslinda amin is in bangkok.d a great interview with the president of the stock exchange. rishaad: we have got the thai industry minister, talking to him about their infrastructure push. they have airports equipped to take 35 million visitors per year. they want to get that up to 90 million, so that will cost a lot of money. we will ask how they do it. we do have haslinda doing that. we will be taking a closer look at corporate governance in china. offformer boss being carted or having tea, i don't know. what is going on with on bank and corporate china. betty: always a hot topic. thank you so much. we will see you in a few moments. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: what propelled you to one want to join this company? brian: i always wanted to work for my dad. david: did he say you could start at the bottom and work your way up, or did he say you could start at number two? brian: that is what i wanted to happen. david: did anybody say is he ready to be president? -- n: david: have you ever had problems with your cabl

dropping to 24 through the sterling post-brexit fault makes london 132 on the list, now cheaper than bangkok rio. well, disney's virtual-reality startup is teaming with xiaomi and building a studio and beijing. we are building a technology-based company in to focus onanghai, developing and creating some of the most amazing vr content for the global audience. in addition, we are building a studio in beijing where we are bringing in a creative team to produce some amazing vr content. >> what are the hurdles you need to get over to get vr to the level where any shopper, any consumer, can go out and get involved. hardware, itthe doesn't give you the freedom. you have a cord around your head. if you are using a phone-based system, it is not a comfortable headset. it does not give you 360 degree motion or interactivity. what google has done with daydream and what microsoft is coming out is a step in the right direction. the other part is the content. now, the average link is five minutes muscle how do make it longer and make the experience is more compelling so people look at the are as a new medi

we were in bangkok and i was running. i was in the middle of a race and my ankle started to rl t the left and my left leg. so that had never happened before. i knew about lou gehrig and i knew what als was and the tests were pretty conclusive. i went from the fast emotional to the practical and what do i do to live with this, what do i do to try to further research and help the science and -- >> to help the science ed asked the team at emery about the stem cell clinical trials. he heard the same speech you saw from 2010. this might not help you, the doctors told him. in fact, it could kill you. fearless as he'd been his whole life, ed was ready to take his chances. >> what are my options? it's 100% fatal disease so i could, you know, get my affairs in order which used to be what doctors would tell you with this diagnosis or i could take a shot at something. >> in 2011 ed had a stem cell transplant. 1.5 million cells injected directly into his spinal cord. the operation was successful with minimal side effects. >> there ar

. >> reporter: this is what severe turbulence did to a moscow to bangkok flight earlier this spring. there was no warning on the plane. 25 people were injured. here in the u.s., the federal aviation administration says 44 people were injured last year on flights due to turbulence when they encountered unfriendly skies. ann thompson, nbc news. >>> turning overseas where for a third straight day, europe is jarred amid a rash of assaults and terror attacks. in brussels this evening an explosion rattled the city's central train station where soldiers shot an apparent bomber. no civilian injuries or deaths reported but this follows attacks in paris and london in recent days. nbc's keir simmons with date he tadetails now. >> reporter: captured on camera, what appears a burst of flames many feet high inside brussel's central station. explosion and gunfire, a possible suicide bomber shot. neutralized the local prosecutor says. witnesses describing a man with a bag in a car and fire and screens. he was screaming all sorts of things this man says. at one point he screamed out god is great. the

the test was carried out in bangkok.e equator would make it a highly suitable launch point. police in london are still questioning a man on suspicion of terrorism after a van was driven into a crowd of worshippers near a mosque in north london. 11 people were injured, and one man died, although it's not clear if his death was linked to the alleged attack. a 47—year—old man from cardiff, named as darren osborne, has been detained. daniel sandford reports. it was just after midnight in london and the third attack using a vehicle injust three months. this time the muslim community was the target. basically, he drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims and as he is coming to them, he hit all of them. yelling after the van had crashed through worshippers marking the holy month of ramadan leaving nine badly injured, men who had been to late night prayers found themselves wrestling the suspected van driver to the road. when he was on the ground i asked him why did he do that, why? you know, innocent people.

bequelin, east asia director for rights campaign group amnesty international spoke to me earlierfrom bangkokficking is a long—standing issue in china. both trafficking from people into china, from vietnam, from lagos, from burma. labourers coming from north korea, working in very difficult conditions. as well as trafficking of wives, trafficking of babies, so china is a very serious offender in respect to human trafficking. why the us is deciding now to downgrade china and put it on the list of the worst offenders, alongside with countries like iran and north korea, is consistent with a strategy by the us to show that china is vulnerable on the human rights fronts and that the us will use this to gain leverage on other issues. but we have just heard of the chinese government, they have reacted angrily to these accusations and they are saying that they are fighting human trafficking? china is fighting human trafficking but it is not fighting it vigorously enough. it is not fighting it in a transparent manner. and it is not fighting it by allowing ngos and civil societies and international org

a couple years in bangkok, several years in cairo. 20 years overseas, not one problem. and i retire to my peaceful hometown. >> while byron's voice broke a few times during his account, the sergeant was surprised how calm and matter of fact he was for most of the interview. >> you would think after such a horrific event, shooting and killing two people that broke into your house that you would be very emotional, maybe crying at times. i didn't notice any of that from byron smith. he just maintained his composure, which was rather odd. >> much stranger still is byron's account of what happened a few minutes after he shot nick. haile entered the house and byron fired again. >> it jammed. the trigger clicked and she laughed at me. i just pulled out the .22 and shot her. if you try to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again. >> was haile really laughing? as he shot her? to the sergeant, it seemed like a bizarre detail. then byron told them this. >> i thought she was dead and it turned out she wasn't. so i did a good, clean finishing shot. >> he shot haile six tim

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>> we're taking dance lessons in bangkok right now. >> how do you forget someone like that?l's angels climbs everett and what he's done with the veterans. >> i went down to the hospital and i was there with kirsty's mom and said are you ready to climb a money than? >> you have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and you have to suffer well. >> we're going to get the hard stuff out of the way. just drop off that 100-foot cliff. >> why did you want to become a marine? >> i needed to figure out what i was going to do to serve of people. 17 years old, i remember looking around. my chemistry lab, no, this is not where i need to be right now and i walked straight out and went to the recruiter's office and convinced my parents to sign the paperwork. >> see you guys below. >> to take somebody who just lost a couple of limbs i don't really feel like going fishing is really going to get them back to being that soldier, that marine that they were. we have to put them back in harm's way to really truly heal them. >> christ, what am i getting myself into? >> don't worry here. i'v

. >> and just weeks ago severe turbulence striking this flight to bangkok. out of nowhere, carts crashing and people thrown to the ground and a nightmare for fearful fliers and what can you do so your nears don't keep you grounded? >> you come here to air hollywood. this is a state of the art facility where they say they can cure your fear of flying and they take nervous flyers through the whole experience in the waiting area where they get near vows all the way to the airplane and let's be honest. what are most people worried about, turbulence? so they have a huge real life turbulence simulator. they can shake, rattle and roll this airplane to mimic light turbulence, moderate turbulence and even severe turbulence and they bring of the nervous flyers like this on to the plane and as you can see this looks like a real airplane and we'll try it out with my real life nervous flyer to see if we can cure you and flying with her on all of our stories, it's pretty much a nightmare so we're going to do this. this is captain ron nielsen, a 40-year veteran in the indu

>> we're taking dance lessons in bangkok right now. >> how do you forget someone like that? climbs everest and then what he's done with these veterans. >> went down the hospital and she was with her mom and said hey, you ready to climb a mountain? and she's like absolutely. >> you have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable and you have to be able to suffer well. >> we're going to get the hard stuff out of the way. drop off the 100-foot cliff. >> why did you want to become a marine? >> i needed to figure out what i was going to do to serve people. 17 years old, i remember looking around my chemistry lab. no, this is not where i need to be right now. i walked out and went to the recruiters office and convinced my parents to sign the paperwork. >> to take somebody who's just lost a couple limbs, i don't feel going fishing is really going to get them back to being that soldier, that marine that they were. we have to put them back in harm's way to really truly heal them. >> christ, what am i getting myself into? >> don't worry, i got you. good bounce, good bounce. let it go

live on military installations we get supplies from all over the world in 2011 the area north of bangkok a great industrial power manufacturing parts and systems being used we discovered later in the united states that is under water for just-in-time manufacturing we have to be aware of that. last year there was flooding in north and south carolina interstate 95 for a shutdown for about one week you cannot move large amounts of material when the roads are under water. military installations have ties to the neighboring communities are they all working together for when the time comes to have a major event? you have seen 1,000 year floods and the disastrous storms that is what the military is trying to do to look ahead and can we be ready for the future? and do that in coordination with our neighbors? we found there interesting challenges because now we have military personnel off post and those that man the installation that need to get to the post we need them to support what we're doing as to deal with climate change. rigo for natural systems and new ways to do it the military is at th

in 2011, the area north of bangkok, thailand, an area of great industrial power where they were manufacturing sorts of systems being used, we discovered later, if that area is under water, we cannot get the supplies for just in time manufacturing. we have to be aware of those things. you may recall was flooding in south carolina. interstate 95 was shut down for a week for about 30 miles. you can't move large amounts of material when the roads are underwater. are we prepared for that? our military installations have ties to the communities, whether it's the power, the water or the roads. are they working together to get us to the right approach when the time comes that we have one of these major events? you have seen the thousand year floods and disastrous storms we have on our coasts. we have to be ready for those in that is what the military is trying to do, to look ahead to see what we are dealing with and can we be ready for the future? can we, in our installations, do it in coordination with our civilian neighbors? in our gulf and east coast communities, we found there are interesting cha

it is cheaper than bangkok, as well as rio de janeiro.l news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am a ramy inocencio, this is bloomberg. yvonne: not a good label to have. what we should be watching is trading gets underway in asia. adam haigh joining us live from sydney. adam, is this the con before the storm? big surprises that might come from the ecb or britain? good morning. the pound trading reasonable as we get into this election. the market is expecting a majority for theresa may. that is how we are looking going into this. there is still a potential for a surprise. surprisest downside were we can see a big slump in sterling would be if we do not get one of the two parties, some kind of hung parliament situation. that is not the best case scenario which markets have been pricing as of late. the pound, pretty steady. enjoying a good run up as we get into the election today. it will keep a close eye on that as the pound dollar crosses. note the prize expected at this point.

you can recall in 2011, when the area north bangkok, thailand, an area of great industrial power where they were manufacturing parts and also subsystems that were being used we discovered later in systems in the us. if that area is underwater we can't get the supplies for just-in-time manufacturing. we have to be aware of those things. last year, you may recall there was flooding in south and north carolina interstate 95 was shut down for a week from about 30 miles. you can't move large amounts of material when you need to when the roads are underwater. now, we are prepared for that. our military installations have ties to the neighboring communities whether it's the power, water or the roads, are they working together to guess to the right approach when the time comes that we have one of these major events. you have seen the quote thousand year floods, the disastrous storms we have on our coast and we have to be ready for those. that's what the military is trying to do, to look ahead and see what is it we are dealing with and can we in fact be ready for the future. also, can we enter

employees of the thai carrier "nok air" recorded this clip, in honor of spears' recent performances in bangkoka few weeks ago, el-al flight attendants welcomed spears to israel with a video of their own... and in march, an air-asia air steward went viral with his britney tribute. as the song says, "there's no escape." in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (james) still ahead on the kron four morning news. a bay area father loses his life to save his daughter. we'll explain what happened. and later... a southern calfornia father is behind bars and accused of killing his son. the new information on the case we're getting this morning. and after the break. millions of americans can be without health insurance in just a few years... we'll break down the impact of the proposed health plan. and here's a we're coming up on 4-30... here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning... police are continuing to look for bob tang after human remains were found at a warehouse in hayward on saturday. tang worked at that warehouse for more than 20 years. police believe the remains may be linked to pis

we've seen it in the philippines come up we've seen islamic state bombings in indonesia and bangkok.oncern that these countries will be infected by these returning fighters. there is also extreme concern in local groups, which are becoming radicalized and even more about these lone wolf killers. these individuals have become radicalized and carry out their operations. it is a huge problem, which is being recognized here in asia, southeast asia and particular. you see these countries are actually doing an unprecedented joint effort to step this out. they realize they cannot do it on their own. rishaad: thank you very much. looking at what we have on the ands and our interview with him a little later on. haidi: next, the movie industry in china. robert simmons joins us in beijing. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ rishaad: let's take a look at the latest business flash headlines. that as it looks to increase its share of the payments market. it is any for fifth of india's estimated $6 billion smart cities payment market by the end of next year. blackrock is set to offer support at around $1 billi

we have to remember terrorist attacks have also happened in france, bangkok, mumbai, the u.s. in many markets, including australia, not too long ago. these things, as tragic as they often massively affect business sentiment. it could impact tourist numbers to some small degree over the coming two or three months. often these things rebound quite quickly. really, really tragic events. but in the long term for u.k.-china relations, it should not have too much impact. manus: nicholas, the one thing we are debating here is markets, sterling, and the inward investment impact into the u.k. if a hard brexit, which is our -- many do not know what a theresa may assumption is. but if we are talking a less aggressive exit, a form of relationship with europe in terms of the eea, does that shift the dial on the conversation in terms of london, destination number one, number two after new york or hong kong? i think the outcome of the brexit negotiations are going to have an impact on certain industries. certainly banking and finance, passporting rights of investment banks. beckett have an i

it was bangkok, beijing and new york we were helped by the people at the rhodes scholarship and we usee have five or six interviewers interview one student. they are there for most of the day. we do other types of things with them lunches and get to know the students and you know the talent that these people have, it makes me feel like, you know, on a scale of one to ten i'm a solid seven. and, you know, they are nine and a half to tens these are remarkable students. >> what's your goal? why are you doing? >> i'm doing this because starting around 2010, '11 i identified populism as one of the driving forces in the country. and i could see that with populism, no matter who you attack your own circumstance doesn't really change. so you keep looking for new targets. my instinct was at some point different countries in the world were going to find china why? because china was growing much faster it was creating a lot of jobs. it was in, effect, growing at three to four times the rate of the united states, and that creates anger and frustration and anxiety and my concern was that this would

. >> reporter: just weeks ago severe turbulence striking this flight to bangkok.crashing, people thrown to the ground, a nightmare for fearful flyers. so what can you do so your fears don't keep you grounded? come here to air hollywood. they have a state-ofhe facility. they take flyers from the waiting area where they get nervous all the way to the airport. what are most people nervous about? turbulence. so they have th huge real-life turbulence simulator. they can shake, rattle and ro turbulence, moderate turbulence, even severe turbulence. so they bring nervous flyers on to the plane and as you can see this looks like a real airplane. we're going to try this out with my producer giovanna, my real life predeuc fece flyi w her is pretty much a nightmare. this is captain ron nelson. a veteran pilot. you can cure her? >> absolutely. >> and the people at home, too? >> absolutely. >> reporter: give a shot. first up, takeoff and the engines rev. >> normally i would tell you to breathe but i want you to try something different. i want you to tighten everything up just l

in bangkok we're going the scenes and off scene we're having a nice dinner at a restaurant.erine heigl and seth rogen's baby. it's been ten years since that movie came out. what do you remember most about your first day onset? >> i remember everything of being -- that was my fir n vee that- vith i was in. i just quit my day job. i auditioned for that movie. i remember being in the movie with seth rogen and katherine heigl. i didn't have any lines in the script. they came and said you're going to improvise for ten minutes and jus i didn't know what to do. this was supposed to be a scene where camera was just going to show us together. we did a ten minute improve. i was doing a history and physical, asking questions like do you smoke? do you smoke cigarettes in that came out of improve. that's how it works. it was just magic. >> that's a high bar to start with. >> yeah. the highest bar to start with. >> absolutely. i owe my whole career to judd. >> do you still pay him off? >> yeah. in popcorn. >> one more. >> okay. this is you guest starred on "glee". yes, i did. what's your

. >> is this bangkok monkey?ng monkey. okay? >> wow. just before they shut us down here. >> forever. >> so, "nashville." >> there's nothing about an actor knowing when it's time to exit and your character -- i'm going to get calls from people that haven't seen the ending. >> well, i mean, they probably heard. if they're fans and committed to the show, they have a sense. >> why did you decide it was time to go? >> there were different reasons. some were creative. and some were personal. but for me, what was really important was doing it in conjunction with the writers. doing it in a space and time that felt right and appropriate for the show. we spent a lot of time figuring out how that's going to work. it was hard and sad for everybody. but the people who are fans of the show, love the show so much. they love the characters so much. and "nashville" is a rich world. it can go on indefinitely. >> i love that. connie, thank you so much. >> thank you. what was that? >> your one thought. >> i thought the ending was be

. >> reporter: and just weeks ago severe turbulence striking this flight to bangkok.shing, people thrown to the ground. a nightmare for fearful fliers. so what can you do so your fears don't keep you grounded? you come here to air hollywood. this is a state of the art facility where they say they can cure your fear of flying. they take nervous fliers through the whole experience from the waiting area where they get nervous all the way to the airplane. let's be honest, what are most people nervous about? turbulence. they have this real life turbulence simmialator. so, they bring the nervous fliers like this on to the plane and as you can see, this looks like a real airplane. we're going to try this out today with my producer, jovana. our real-life nervous flier to see if we can cure her. flying with her on all our stories is pretty much a nightmare. this is captain ron nielson a 40-year veteran. you can cure her with simple tips and the people at home. >> absolutely. >> let's give it a shot. first up. take off and those engines revving. >> normally i would tell you to