companies that supply cosco are rising.epsico, procter & gamble, coca-cola, cosco and more importantly kroger talking this morning about increased input costs. these companies perhaps charging more. a medical deal with the vertical integration continuing in the industry, express scripts being acquired by cigna. value, $67 billion including debt. chatter about who else is in the industry. one of the drug distribution companies, had been talked about as a potential acquirer, trading lower. 10-year note in the u.s., three basis point decline in the wake of mario draghi's press conference and the action we have seen in the euro and various european bond markets as well. this has been translating to stocks in a classic interest rate sensitive trade with financials down, real estate utilities up. mark: thanks a lot. the ecb holding rates steady, changing key language, mario draghi speaking earlier, said the economic turnaround, gave the central bank the confidence to tone down the pledge on bond buying. protectionism, rising trad

would cosco consider buying more u.s.ral, food or other products, as a way of redressing that imbalance? >> i think cosco has been trying very hard to serve that purpose. if you recall, in november last year, president xi and president trump, the signing ceremony of a trade memorandum between cosco and adm, to buy u.s. soybeans. >> is that something you are counseling the chinese government against, using the soybean trade as one of these tensions? >> i don't think president trump and the u.s. administration will do anything ridiculous you know, to really make the homework very complicated. for china, right now, i think china government steel is very much encouraging the commercials to buy u.s. soybeans. i don't see anything that china would do to affect normal u.s. and china agricultural trade. david: blackstone group chairman and ceo steve schwarzman understands both sides of the u.s.-china relationship as the international investor, and, as an advisor to president trump. in an exclusive interview with bloomberg's betty

. >>> a half-million dollar fine has been issued against the sacramento area coffee company in cosco what prosecutors say was misleading labels. the da's office says it's ordering san francisco bay gourmet coffee and cosco to pay this fine because labels claim the coffee pods are almost completely composed the bowl. the d.a. says the pods don't meet the standards of being compostable. >>> the famous flintstone house in hillsboro has a new look. but it's not losing that prehistoric time. one of the most noticeable changes is a group of 50 foot tall metal dinosaurs that now sit on the hillside surrounding this very unique home. retired mogul florence flying has made improvements since buying that home last year fort $2.8 million. she says she loved her -- loves her quirky new home and she's happy with the upgrades. >>> still ahead, patrolling for problems. a new effort in south lake tahoe to crackdown on tourists who behave badly. we will tell you about the finds they could be facing. >>> central -- several san francisco businesses fire -- face fire and water damage. what the money wil

. >> cosco is coming up after the close. scarlet: america's profitability improving. we have the charts that show just that. scarlet: what you miss? based on thethis is the reprise. the red arrows, the exception being 2016. this does not mean growth is slowing. data is missing economist estimates. we have seen the first quarter weakness consistently. this here, no exception. bottom indoes tend to june. it is a self correcting indicator. because this is something that we will see in the coming days with focus on data with the federal reserve coming up, the credit goes to -- julia: speaking of no surprises, mind the gap as far as the trade deficit is concerned. the widest since 2008. core of thate cometh concern over the deficit with china. president donald trump tweeting this. our relationship with china has been a good one. we look forward to see what ideas they come back with. $1 billion. have a look at my next chart. double give us a sense that how big the trade deficit is. take a look on the right-hand side. billion for january. if you are asking the chinese to red

cosco i'm given not to do any about. that. but. the club no one has fifteen goals even during training they will have to win a job the only allowance is a made for little ones. the club has been threatened with closure because many believe that bulk singh is not a proper oaky a patient for girls but the coach continues to defend it. which in this industry but all of a deal. with it as you. will and is going to stop at a thing get up you but you've got a year a year wait that he got in the a year with the status if it will be cheryl give it up now but you will be told that it just out. of bed and into that he might. stop replacing the cologne model and do it well i get a new coming about but i've got a lot of one to. one to. be siding with it's an old model big model big i decided without telling. even though many of been forced to leave the club new girls do often join but no one knows how long they'll be allowed to continue. as mean there is one of the best she's been training for six months. at a different speed date being done o

it was an interesting moment to been in have never cosco in the meat department and seen this stuff that he was there, what was left of him, a human being at one point but what are you seeing now? where are you? party where you thought you would be? he did not answer back. he only had half of a face but it was interesting to be that close to the evil and how willing he was to die. >> the retired lieutenant colonel will be joined by victor blue whose work focuses on the legacy of armed conflicts, human rights, and the protection of civilians. can watch the discussion tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or visit on the free radio -- listen on the free radio app. next from washington journal, segment about the ebola epidemic and international response. the u.s. agency for international development wrote about how he completed most projects since 2014. >> we're back at our desk. it is often to talk about electoral politics. ebola.c, >> do is talk about how government is broken and how things do not work and how things should be a lot better.

the threat of amazon and cosco down 2%. they actually beat gap earnings estimates.tore sell numbers were impressive, investors not liking that. intraday chart of the bloomberg dollar index, a tiny boost from the rhetoric out of the ecb. three tens of 1%, higher right now. it will be interesting to see what inflows that has on stocks in the u.s. and the commodity complex. ecb, all abouty, it in just a second. stocks rising, fourth day of gains, this four-day gain is the we fell forg after four consecutive days. that is the stock market, letters -- let us look at what is happening to the euro. qepping pledge to expand initially the euro rose against the dollar. down a half of 1%. mario draghion is, downplayed the changes to the language. interesting today, the ecb or the euro was unchanged since the last meeting on january 25. .losing at 125.10 on the first the median, most bullish, 132. most bearish, 115. final shot, german ten-year, close to .5%, the day before the last ecb meeting. initially on the dropping of the ecb, we saw the yield rise. now lower, by the most

though, paul, not too long ago in cities like new york city were blocking so-called big box stores like coscort and the rest of them because they. >> going to take over jobs. now the threat is that amazon is taking retail away from them. bare -- bear in mind, amazon is platform for tens of thousands of private vendors selling tens of thousands of differentiated products, it's simply a different delivery system. if we want to talk about people who were left behind, certainly we should have that conversation , but mr. trump himself other than throwing on the table has not pushed it far forward at all. paul: all right, still ahead north korean dictator kim jong un paying a surprise visit to china this week so does the mood strengthen his hand in planned talks with president trump, we will ask paul next. that'll crack this case wide open! turns out the prints at the crime scene- awwwww...did mcgruffy wuffy get a tippy wippy? i'm serious! we gotta move fast before- who's a good boy? is him a good boy? erg...i'm just gonna go. oh, you wanna go outside? you gotta go tinky poo-poo? i already went, ok

.>> reporter: the silver car ended up behind a cosco. three men were arrested.led in the at large. police spent much of the day looking for the suspects. they say are from north carolina and sacramento. last month a man was killed during a similar invasion robbery in santa rosa. the suspects were from virginia and new york. criminals from the east coast are finding california a very attractive target. now that recreational marijuana is legal.>>> the prices have come down and it is easier to get. a lot of people are seeing it from out of state. they are coming in and robbing and victimizing residents.>> reporter: the homes near petaluma not even have marijuana inside. the suspects did not do their homework.>>> you probably had bad or old intelligence. it might have been someone cultivating marijuana in that neighborhood. some time ago. >> reporter: the search and shelter in place ended before 1 pm this afternoon. they hope to find the other suspects with the help of those in custody. >>> ordinary packages filled with explosives. a live report on the search for a

. >>> half-million dollar fine was issued against a sacramento area coffee company and against cosco.cue just say there was misleading labels. the alameda county da's office says it's ordering san francisco bay gourmet coffee and costco to pay the fine because the labels claim the coffee pods were almost completely compostable. the pods don't meet the standard of being compostable and also contain plastic despite claims that they are quote 97% biodegradable. >>> let's look at what's coming up in the next hour of mornings on 2. >> very busy morning. in washington, first lady melania trump is holding her first public event on cyber bullying since she said she wanted to tackle the issue of internet safety. she's meeting with them. >>> researchers say they're close to making a medical breakthrough when it comes to oral contraceptives for men. we will talk life with a medical court respondent -- correspondent on how the male pill would work. >> we will see you in a few. >>> the tv series cops begins filming in sonoma county today. >> producers will ride along with sheriff deputies. the she

all that stuff in the pipeline in the keystone pipeline, think about the jobs and what is the latest cosco is giving people money now because of the tax is it costco or there's another company? other companies are giving employees a thousand dollars according to the woman in california. steve: this is something so snooty and elitist. that will haunt nancy pelosi and rightly so, don't you think? ann: yes, i think it should but trump should be focused like a laser beam. he has done these things and not say he didn't do somethings but there is, for example, the opioid crisis that is a huge and there's a simple solution where we don't need these commissions we don't need melania trump working on it or jared just build the wall. 90%, as we know from the great sam, la times reporter if you read it dreamland the opioid crisis is one 100% a problem of us not having a wall on the border. steve: that's exactly what the president said when campaigning in new hampshire pretty me that point powerfully. they do have announcement on opioid tomorrow and i see. [inaudible conversations] steve: we will talk

cosco leaving that industry decline as industries digest implications of the trade deal.inter-korean ties may generate business for builders. elevator rising and declining from --declining from other stocks that are associated with china. rishaad: having a look at more details and confirmation of that mysterious visit to beijing. with that story in the rest of the first word news. paul: chinese state media confirms north korean leader kim jong-il was in beijing. -- jong-un was in beijing and wants to-based communications with china on denuclearization of the korean peninsula. facebook fell heavily as mark zuckerberg was expected to testify on capitol hill with a time and date under discussion. he is been the subject of withering criticism from lawmakers over the mishandled data scandal. zuckerberg is expected to address congress. he has anointed the house of commons by declining to appear in person in london -- annoyed the house of commons by declining to appear in person in london. china's government debt campaign boosts lending margins. icbc saw a rise in net income and

the imports of soybeans and sorghum from the u.s., but when reporter sat down with the president of coscoe it clear that so far, there has been no notice from the chinese government for his company, the largest food company in china, to restrict their imports of u.s. soybeans. take a listen. >> for china right now, i think the china government very much buyurages commercials to u.s. soybeans. i don't see that they do normalg to affect the u.s. and china agricultural trade. u.s. soybeans are seen as a potential pressure point that china can use against ffe u.s. in this trade ti should they choose to. it is a $14 billion or your business, and china imports the vast majority of soybeans exported from the u.s., and it could affect those midwestern states and have an impact on midterm elections in 2018. there is a flipside to that, which is if china starts to reduce those imports of soybeans, it does not have many other supplies. it has been picking up supplies from brazil, but there are difficulties. as patrick was saying, both sides likely to get hurt should that measure be taken. patrick sa

cosco, a bright spot amongst steelmakers in asia.ding support as it is expanding its steel business, like its battery business. chinese steel players continue to fall, but credit suisse says u.s. steel tariffs will barely heard chinese exporters. the last word on kobe steel, sliding 5%, falling to a december low after the steelmaker said more cases of misconduct were found. haidi: thank you for that. more of a mixed session as we get into the trading day. let's get to first word news with paul allen. >> the dovish fed governor library and it says confidence on inflation hitting 2% has improved. she said financial conditions are supporting growth, although wage gains still fall short of pre-crisis levels. while asset fight is remain elevated come overall risk is moderate. >> in many respects the macro environment today is the mirror image of the environment we confronted a couple of years ago. strong headwinds sap the momentum of the recovery and weighed down on policy. today, the reverse could be true. >> president trump's top econom

when i go to cosco my children require me to buy berries all winter long. there are strawberries and raspberries in my house all winter long. that's an interesting shift in how what consumers expectations are for the food that they purchase. and by setting standards it's an important step towards letting the marketplace drive what product gets produced by the big retailers. we put up with the scorecard is and consumers and producers get to make determinations about what products they buy. so this is important work that the agency is doing. we were asked often about these modernization and were looking to move forward in a similar way as we've done with poultry and swine. we do not have a pilot project for beef but i think you can expect in the coming months we will be talking about what new technologies will go out in the federal register notice looking for new technologies that the beef industry has, and interest that beef industry has been modernizing as it relates to their technologies in order that we can look to how we modernize inspection. so that's a

the number zero how much military families will have to pay to get into a special shopping event at coscoipate in military hour for active duty members and veterans on saturday, march 24th. they're just going to open one hour early with snacks and samples. pretty cool initiative. good on costco. ainsley, down to you. ainsley: thanks so much. a convicted cop killer will soon be a free man. there is his picture, her man bell granted parole after serving 45 years behind bars for the murders of not one but two nypd officers back in 1971. in a new op-ed, the widow of nypd officer joseph writes the worst thing about it is that it is setting a precedent. new york city police officers and officers all around this country walking with a bulls eye on their back. joining me now is diane piagentini. this happened in 1971. did you get a call or knock on your door. >> knock on the door. ainsley: worse day of your life. >> worse day in my life. ainsley: had you two little ones at home how old were your daughters. >> 15 months and 3 years. ainsley: what did this man rob your girls and you of. >> robbed u

cosco selling doomsday proper food kids. nicole, how much do they cost and how are they doing it?between one and $6000 for your dues -- jennifer for people. if you're on a 1200 calories a day you get 1000. if you have a 2000 calories come a better fork it over for the $6000 kit. they send it to you in very discrete packages so your neighbors don't know you're worried about the apocalypse. people may want to get this with fruits, vegetables, proteins, greens and the shelflife up to 30 years. stuart: by the way, the picture on the screen there didn't look like much. that was a picture of the package and its contents. thank you very much indeed. don't worry about your neighbors. they are worried about you. the volkswagen beetles they are numbered. >> translator: are always loved sure. is stuart: the diesels days are numbered. they are not going to replace it. stuart: the president tariffs on steel and aluminum could cost the state $9 billion. the foundation president did those numbers. they came up with $9 billion. that presupposes that if those terrorists are applied, the cost of pr

mcmaster, the latest as sarah sanders says there are no changes, and thanking our heros, cosco set to offer military hour to honor those who serve and let's talk about a second coming, a babe ji jesus statute is returned to a church after going missing for about a century. we will channel on that story straight ahead. all of that and so much much more, libbed say bell, ramsey solution financial expert and author of retired chris hogan, king's college and business economic professor brian brendberg is back as well, good to see all of you. >> good morning. dagen: you're here for three hours. >> i know, i'm so excited. dagen: i woke up thinking about one thing, approach of investing and how overall sends the message that discipline equals freedom and i got that from form other navy seal, the title of his book but that applies to financial freedom, spiritual freedom and life. >> you're absolutely right. discipline will take you to new places. dagen: i make my bet every morning. [laughter] dagen: you will come home and that bed will be made. exactly. we will talk about that. chris, great t