my eyes are on caroline marks.— in florida. my eyes are on caroline marks.ne marks. before we let you go. what _ caroline marks. before we let you go, what have _ caroline marks. before we let you go, what have you - caroline marks. before we let you go, what have you made| caroline marks. before we let i you go, what have you made of the format of surfing into the olympics. has it worked for you, what sort of improvements could they make?— could they make? yes, festival, there was _ could they make? yes, festival, there was a _ could they make? yes, festival, there was a lot _ could they make? yes, festival, there was a lot of _ could they make? yes, festival, there was a lot of discussion - there was a lot of discussion around whether they should run this event into the ocean or a wave pool. alternate we ended up wave pool. alternate we ended up in the ocean and it is good for a lot of reasons. as far as the actual form it goes, they started with 20 people which is not a common number in surfing. it meant that they had to create a totally different format

the two americans, carissa moore and caroline marks.p on the professional tour. caroline marks is interesting. she is only 19, i think. she became a professional and joined the world tour at 15, making her the youngest surfer, male orfemale, to qualify for the pro tour. she is a prodigy, clearly. she's got it in her bones. she is definitely one to watch. the brazilians are also looking good. the brazilians and the americans and australians generally, men's and women's, just dominatejust based on culturally and the way they have been surfing on the world tour. so those are the three big ones to watch, three big countries. i would say carissa moore and caroline marks are the two women to watch and i was watching before i came and on carissa moore is doing her heat at the moment, so that's exciting. i wanted to ask you about the waves we have seen. i know a couple of days ago, people were worried we may not have waves. there's this typhoon that is outside, out on the coast that may whip up those waves a little bit more. what have you made

it's made up of two men and two men, and remember that team, caroline marks, she's marking this day asote, stoked. >> we rely on mother nature, so i think it will will be interested in that, a lot of hurry up and waiting, but the coolest sport ever. >> you can watch everything from the summer games exclusively here on nbc bay area. >>> coming up next, we're going to have a look at the forecast with kari. yee-haw! go left! i'm gonna go were navigation says. ah! - turn left. thank you navigation. >>> right now at 5:00, more than a dozen people injured after illegal fireworks explode during a planned detonation in southern california. another sign of danger. crews making sure they are ready ahead of the fourth of july. >>> i hear those voices. i hear them. i know them. i think about them every single day, every night. >> president biden heads to south florida this deadly cond collapse. a new team of experts will try to untangle the mystery behind the collapse. "today in the bay" continues right now. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we are expecting

caroline: plenty of? 's. -- plenty of question marks.here has been an effect on future companies wanting to list in the u.s., right? sherry:, the spillover effect when it comes to chinese companies. we have seen a few investors really focused on what china will do from no one. right now bloomberg has learned beijing might closing that loophole when it comes to those ipo's overseas, especially in the u.s. what they were doing so far, these tech companies, including alibaba and tencent, we are talking of places like the cayman islands, they would transfer their profits to that offshore entity, and that those shares could be applied for by investors. now, beijing is looking to have that variable interest entity, they need to seek approval from beijing before they go about doing that. of course, that puts a lot of the highlight -- of the spotlight on these upcoming potential ipos, like one logistics and delivery firm for example. they had a public offering they found confidentially. . we are also watching what bytedance might do. caroline: a

caroline: we will speak with someone from bloomberg opinion about his latest column. this is bloomberg. ♪ markthe world health organization is urging caution as most regions around the world are seeing increasing covid-19 infections in the last week. more than two dozen countries have epidemic curves that are almost vertical. officials are acting -- are asking governments to be careful when it comes to reopening so we don't lose the progress we have made in the fight against the virus. a squad of gunmen assassinated the haitian president and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their homes. the prime minister said the police and military were in control of the security in haiti. haiti's ambassador to the united states had this reaction. >> we believe it is very important for this international manhunt. because those killers are on the loose. we believe their country will carry out. [indiscernible] but, the police is investigating. mark: the white house, president biden sent condolences on behalf of the american people to the people of haiti and he called the situation there worrisome. a we

caroline: previously at jackson hole we have had big pieces out there. i remember markarney talking early days about crypto in the space and that central bank policy. it was almost his farewell on his exit to the bank of england. he put some of those thoughts out there. do you think we will get further talk on that? cluadia: i don't know about jackson hole, but we are moving to a space where it isn't big picture ideas only, we are hitting nuts and bolts. financial services had a big good hearing yesterday on central bank currencies and the people that were there, people like julia coronado, they are getting down into the details of how we do this. that's what happens when we start moving towards this not being just a pipe dream. it might be something that we do. romaine: of course we talk about that overton window and append -- pandemic has provided a big opening for a lot of the experiments around monetary and fiscal policy, but with regards to like i guess what sort of gets us there, claudia, there is a sense that the moment has passed. that if we aren't in a crisis p

caroline: kimberly byrum talking all things real estate. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ marki am mark crumpton with bloomberg's first word news. president biden fitted members of the democratic caucus. the get together was the president's first opportunity to make the case for his policy agenda to senate democrats as they work on a budget deal. mr. biden said "we are going to get this done." republicans are leading the fundraising race in their bid to take control of congress. the national republican congressional committee raised $45.5 million in the second quarter, topping the democrats by nearly $9 million. republicans need to flip five seats in the house and one in the senate to claim the majority. the white house says the united states is flipping more than 1.5 million doses of the moderna vaccine to sri lanka. they should arrive on friday. the shots are being sent through the global vaccine initiative for low and middle income nations. italy is banning large cruise ships from venice to protect the site from over there is. the culture minister says the band will take eff

mark. but 2015 by mid century elevators at the very point very well, i'm just saying whether caroline prizes increasing whatever 5 st also. and the debate is over. so the price is really good measure. but in reality, the politicians cannot make it really happen. and that's the main problem, was it, i think we need is a whole mix of matters that absolutely agree. but the moment most important thing is that they start to put into place measures. and it's not just about paris and atlanta goes any longer. it's not time to think that the engineer is absolutely right and we have the things we have the measures, the technology, we can go forward and shoot shot. so we really need to talk electron complaint about the chance as we have maybe been maybe put up for today's galore. we have learned we've been talking about the, the climate catastrophe, how to avoid and all the catastrophe that has already arrived. in a good mood were hopeful for the future. and we'd like you to join us again to the news the news, the news, the who's the the the, the everybody . nobody was times it always comes out the wro

caroline: congressman, we thank you for joining us today. now, let's get out to the first word news. here is mark upton. no, we are actually going to break. apologies. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton. president biden today delivered an emotional and combative speech in defense of broadening the right to vote. he called it a national imperative for congress to pass legislation that would counter new republican loss in several states that curb ballot access. pres. biden: who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all? it is about moving from independent election administrators who work for the people to polarized state legislatures and partisan actors who work for political parties. to be, this is very simple. this is election subversion. mark: the latest flashpoint in voting rights is in texas where most of the democratic representatives in the statehouse left monday for washington in order to prevent the republican majority from passing new voting curbs. the lawmakers will meet with democratic congressional leaders and vice president kamala harris this week, but they warne

caroline: paint the picture for us into thousand 20. if you are an e-commerce player who wants to make your mark, do you think you will still be using twittero a certain extent? is it more that you're going to be looking at instagram or tiktok? do you have to spread across all ? you can't have a winner takes all mentality? >> you do have to be spread across a lot of platforms, it's not winner take all. no one of these platforms has everyone in your target demographic, even facebook, the most widespread. you do have to look across more than one. you know, one thing i would mention, twitter mentioned today that they saw a strong resurgence of brand advertising. historically they have been stronger on the brand side as opposed to the direct response performance side and i know they have been putting a lot of work into those products to help grow them, but typically i do expect advertisers to continue to focus more on platforms like facebook, snap, amazon, or google search when it comes to their really lower funnel goals and looking perhaps more to twitter or youtube, ctv for the upper funnel brand awareness goals. romaine: nicole, great to hav

caroline: the global nature. returning to office. it is that looking the same? mark: it is the same globally.ber, september date, the timeframe, it is the deadline. it was when the last time you were able to come in to meet the requirements. their office is in asia. the asia-pacific area. those are already pretty much built up. it is silicon valley where you're seeing engineers concerned about returning. caroline: always scoop after scoop. we thank you. coming up, no royal treatment for netflix. the streaming giant forecasts sluggish growth. we will dive into the numbers after the break. >> we are here at the landing pad and this is the rocket that took jeff bezos to space and he hopes millions will follow him. caroline: we will head back to vanhorn for more about blue origin's successful space launch and what it means for the future of space tourism. this is bloomberg. ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds

caroline: thank you, spencer bogart of blockchain capital for your time and insight. coming up, making their mark effort to accelerate drug development. we meet the ceo next. and, regeneron, all of showing they gains. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> regarding what you have just mentioned about the united states and other western countries, i would like to say that russia did not participate in such an attack in russia did not stay behind. caroline: russia's ambassador to the u.s. there speaking with balance of power earlier. he intimated that russia was not involved in the hack last week or the fourth of july weekend or -- ransomware attack. the ability to measure protein is still lacking. this company is developing a next-generation platform biochemistry analysis. joining us now, the ceo. talk to us about this investigation of protein -- why has it lagged? why's it so important? >> we are building a new platform to comprehensively and quickly measure protein in a sample. proteins are important because all of yourselves and your body, 37 trillion roughly an average human, the cells are made of protein an

. ♪ ♪ caroline: richard branson's trip to the edge of space this weekend won't be only a personal milestone, it will also markor the masses. it is not just billionaires, one company is working toward sending people skyward in space balloons. >> looking for a vacation and have 100 when he $5,000 laying around? -- do you have $125,000 laying around? this company is changing the space travel game looking to use giant space balloons to take people high up for esther not style views of the earth. tickets went on sale in june and they are slated for takeoff in 2024. according to the company, they have already sold the 200 tickets. the cofounders met while taking place in -- taking part in biosphere two. since then, the pair has served as technical advisors to elon musk on human spaceflight, built i've support systems for space exploration, and helped set records for the highest space balloon flight ever recorded. when their vessel gets its finishing touches likely in late 2023, it will join the space tourism industry that is finally during fruit after years of hype. virgin galactic got the green light to fly to spa

caroline hawley, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: we report on the rush to source the minerals needed to make batteries for electric cars. china marked a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president jiang zemin said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit _ at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. i cheering and applause challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 34 years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news. iam i am lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: the un security council has been told that a famine in the ethiopian region of tigray is now affecting more than 400,000 people, and that the situation could rapidly deteriorate. brazil's prosecutor ge

caroline davies, bbc news. we have just had the latest on restrictions in wales announced by the first minister there, mark drakeford i has he said? well, we have 'ust had the announcement from i has he said? well, we have just had the announcement from the - has he said? well, we have just had the announcement from the welsh | the announcement from the welsh government, mark drakeford himself will be laying out the details of the latest easing of restrictions at the latest easing of restrictions at the senate this afternoon but quite a significant announcement has come through from the welsh government subject to heavy caveat. they say if covid roads —— covid rates are low, by august to seven, most restrictions would go, not all. they will be no legal limits on the number of people who can meet, night clubs will reopen, social distancing would be replaced by risk assessment but crucially, facemasks would still be compulsory in most indoor places accept hospitality, such as pubs, for instance. that is subject to approval. from saturday, it has been approved that the rule of six will be allowed in private homes and a

caroline: it almost felt like apple stores were at one point the arbiter of where we were in the covid journey. apple's decision-making on opening. where are we on store opening? marke is often a barometer both in stocks and -- based on that logic i've got bad news. after about a month, apple is having masks back on as a requirement for retail store employees. half the stores across the u.s. are going to require employees to wear masks once again after dropping that requirement in mid june. in addition, they are urging the mass requirement for the rest of the retail staff globally. required in some states, strongly recommended elsewhere. caroline: also, the return to office, is that --? >> apple's plan is the same globally. the october-september timeframe was a deadline. that was the last time you were able to meet the requirements. there are already many apple employees back. there are offices in asia, europe, those are already pretty much still -- it is in silicon valley you are seeing some engineers really concerned about returning. caroline: scoop after scoop, thank you. coming up, no royal treatment for netflix. the streaming giant product -- projects sluggish

caroline davies, bbc news. the first minister of wales mark drakeford has announced most coronavirus restrictions will be scrappedails of the latest easing of restrictions at the senned this afternoon. but quite a significant announcement has just come through from the welsh government, subject to a heavy caveat. they say if covid rates are low from august the 7th, then most restrictions will go, not all, but most. there would be no legal limits on the number of people who could meet, night clubs could reopen, social distancing would be replaced by risk assessments. crucially, though, facemasks would still be compulsory in most indoor public places, except hospitality such as pubs, for instance. that is subject to approval. from saturday, it has been approved that the rule of six would be allowed in private homes and accommodation. ice rinks could be reopened, and there is no need for social distancing outdoors. quite a significant announcement, certainly for august the 7th, but it is subject to plenty of ifs and buts and the odd maybe. just to explain in fact that we are expecting, anyway, a formal statement fro

caroline shively fox news remains of four more people were recovered today in the rubble of the collapse, condominium building and surfside, florida. death toll now stands at 64 76 are unaccounted for today marks two weeks since the condo suddenly gave way yesterday, emergency workers said there was no longer any hope of finding anyone alive and they're not focused on finding the remains of those who died, and officials say detectives are working to verify that those listed as missing were in fact in the building when it collapsed. waiting and trying to is there hope will we be able to have a miracle? i think i know it's wait a lot of the family just wait on the whole community. i know its weight on all of us. a memorial wall near the condo side is growing. it's covered in flowers, photos of victims and thank you notes to first responders. coming up. dozens of people gathered to mourn a man shot and killed in oakland, but the vigil ended in gunfire, the latest on the investigation fighter looking to get approval for a booster shot at 6 30, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, including the rising number of cases and hospitalizations here in california, also ahead for the first time in more

mark held by legend eddy merckx, of 34 wins on thursday. defending champion taday pogarcher retained his overall lead. incredible achievement from him. i'll be all singing sweet carolinebley stadium. notjust football is coming home and all of that. the music of these games is really important and sets the tone and it can literally lift the atmosphere in a moment. we can speak now to wembley stadium's dj tony perry. a big day for everybody excited about watching england tonight. tell me what is on your playlist. goad me what is on your playlist. good mornin: , me what is on your playlist. good morning. sally- _ me what is on your playlist. good morning, sally. i— me what is on your playlist. good morning, sally. i certainly - me what is on your playlist. (13mm morning, sally. i certainly hope we will be able to do sweet caroline again but of course we got to pay the greatest song ever, three lions, first. let's get that straight. i5 first. let's get that straight. is that definitely the greatest? first. let's get that straight. is i that definitely the greatest? i'm auoin to that definitely the greatest? i'm going to go _ that definitely the greatest? i“n going to go a