nra president david keene. that happened during a visit when david keene and other officials traveled to moscow to attend a conference by a group called the right to bare arms. it's a group founded by putin's political party called united russia. they don't actually support gun rights in russia. so why did they create this group that purports to promote that? a deputy governor of the russian central bank, a close ally of vladimir putin, a ranking member of his party, started this gun rights group in russia. they didn't actually do much to promote gun rights in russia, at all. they also named themselves the right to bear arms, which has a lot more resonance in the english language than they did in russian, they started making lots and lots of connections to the american nra. alexander, w torshin started cultivating ties with russia and attending nra yearly conferences in the u.s., they met can top u.s. officials, cultivated friendships, they sought out republican party introductions whenever they could and they

nra president david keene. during a visit when david keene and other nra officials traveled to moscow to attend a conference by a group called the right to bear arms. the right to bear arms is reportedly a gun rights group founded by a senior member of putin's political party called united russia. what is funny is vladimir putin and his party, united russia, they don't actually support gun rights in russia. so why did they create this group? a deputy governor of the russian central bank, a former senior member of the russian parliament, a close ally, a ranking member of his party started this gun rights group. they didn't do much to promote gun rights. they also named themselves the right to bear arms, which has a lot more resonance in the english language than in russian, what they did do is started making lots and lots of connections to the american nra alexander torsion started cultivating ties, and became an nra member. he and a charismatic female protege, they started attending the yearly conferences in th

torshin's relationship with the nra against years ago through david keene, now an nra board member. in 2015, keene took nra backers to moscow hosted by maria batina. she had attracted attention for starting a gun rights group in russia. the nra group went sightseeing and toured a gun manufacturer. by 2016 sources say torshin and batina had become fixtures at the nra's high-dollar events. the nra said torshin hasn't made any donations aside from membership dues and said it hasn't found any foreign donations related to the u.s. election. russian experts say torshin's close ties to putin and division around guns in america mean his coziness with the nra looks like a classic russian influence operation. >> vladimir putin is using these issues to divide us, to split and make weaker the united states. that's something that i believe all of americans ought to be concerned about. >> reporter: the white house, the donald trump campaign, and the nra did not comment for the story. when i spoke with david keene he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 trip to moscow, but he did say he was

said he didn't recall discussion the upcoming election with tor shin and now david keene an nra board member and in 2015 he took nra backers to moscow, hosted by maria battina, attracting attention for starting a gun rights group in russia. a country known for the strict firearms laws and the nra group went sightseeing. by 2016 they had become fixtures at the nra high dollar donor events and the nra said tor shin hasn't made any donations aside from membership dues. but russia experts say the close ties to putin and division around guns in america mean his coziness with the nra looks like a classic russian influence operation. >> vladimir putin is using these issues to divide us and split and make weaker the united states and that is something i believe all of americans ought to be concerned about. >> reporter: now the white house and the trump campaign and the nra did not want to comment. david keene did not want to comment on the trip to moscow but did s-- did say he was not aware of any donations from alexander tor shin. >> and there are may be other very manies. thank you. >>> a r

a terrorist organization when we asked the israeli prime minister's foreign media spokesperson david keene is whether the i.d.f. response was proportionate. large stone thrown at someone's head can kill them as has happened in the past but there is no reason for someone to be twenty meters away from the fence and if you look at the pictures you see directly or trying to infiltrate a peaceful protest this is not we know what peaceful protest looks like and they don't involve people taking guns and shooting at the other side namely israelis this can stop this can stop this very second all it requires is for hamas to say don't approach the fence and don't try to storm into israel by the thousands and start shooting missiles and gunfire at israelis the moment that is all of this goes away. american diplomatic staff have been leaving the u.s. consulate in st petersburg ahead of its official closure on sunday this comes after moscow's announcement on thursday to expel sixty u.s. envoys and shut down the diplomatic compound it's a reciprocal response to washington's decision to deport the same nu

david keen, now an nra board member. kean took to moscow.n for its strict firearms laws. nra group went sight-seeing and toured a gun manufacturer. by 2016, torshin and batina had become fixtures at high-dollar donation events. it hasn't found any foreign donations related to the u.s. election, but russia experts say torshin's close ties to putin means his coziness to the nra looks like a classic russian. >> i think that's something that all americans should be concerned about. >> the white house, trump campaign and nra did not comment for the story. i spoke with david keene, he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 trip to moscow but did say he was not aware of any donations from alex torshin, sara murray, washington. >>> ethics reviews in addition to the ones already under way, in a letter to democratic members of congress, epa inspector general detailed a list of possible reviews, look at his travel expenses, security team and raises for staff members. >>> his voice is familiar to so many americans. really is one of the most trusted

. >> reporter: david keen threads the projector. >> this is way they've done it since the 1890s really reporter: he restores the films. the edison theater is a gem in and of itself. this premier is of a film nearly lost to history. >> this is the missing film. it's been missing for over a hundred years. we now about its existence but until now known where it was. >> reporter: the miles brothers shot film in days before the san francisco earthquake and fire. >> they shot almost two hours of film and very little of it survives. i think this is one of the longest surviving pieces. >> reporter: the lost foot aage was discovered last year and in fragile condition. >> i set up a digital camera that would take a single frame for each frame of the film. 8,655 frames of film later i was able to put it on the computer. >> reporter: they are seeing its public debut. >> it's blowing my mind. this whole bart of my family history that i grew up not knowing about. >> it's like a bookends to the trip down market street. >> reporter: the footage will be converted back to film so it will last another 10

when i spoke with david keen he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 tripp to moscow but saidnot aware of any donations from torshin. >> the leaders are north and south korea ended with lofty goals, will they stick by their words? we'll stus when we come back. >>> plus the u.s. president's attorney n personal attorney gets a re-brief. we'll explain. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. that's it? everybody two seconds! "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd be downloading in seconds, what used to take... minutes. that guests would compliment our wifi. that we could video conference... and do it like that. (snaps) if you'd have told me that i could afford... a gig-speed. a gig-speed network. it's like 20 times faster than what most people have. i'd of

. >> reporter: david keen threads the projector. >> this is the way they done it since the 1890s really. >> reporter: he restores the films. the edison theater in niles is a historic gem, built in 1913. charlie chaplin used to watch movies here. this premiere is of a film nearly lost to history. >> this is, he know, the missing niles brother's film. it's been missing for 100 years. until now, we've not known where it is. >> the niles brother shot trip down market street in the nights before the earthquake and fire. >> they shot almost two hours of film after the earthquake and very little of it survives. this is one of the longest surviving pieces. >> reporter: the lost footage was discovered last year at the alameda flea market in fragile condition. >> i set up a digital camera that would take a single frame for each frame of the film. so 8,655 frames of film later, i was able to put it on the computer. >> descendants of the brothers are seeing a public debut. >> it's blowing my mind. this whole part of my family history that i grew up not knowing about. >> it's like a book end to the

. >> reporter: david keen threads the projector. >> this is the way they done it since the 1890s really>> reporter: he restores the films. the edison theater in niles is a historic gem in and of itself. built in 1913. charlie chaplin used to watch movies here. this premiere is of a film nearly lost to history. >> this is, he know, the missing niles brother's film. it's been missing for 100 years. until now, we've not known where >> the niles brother shot trip down market street in the days before the earthquake and fire. >> they shot almost two hours of film after the earthquake and very little of it survives. this is one of the longest surviving pieces. >> reporter: the lost footage was discovered last year at the alameda flea market in fragile condition. >> i set up a digital camera that would take a single frame for each frame of the film. so 8,655 frames of film later, i was able to put it on the computer. >> descendants of the brothers are seeing a public debut. >> it's blowing my mind. this whole part of my family history that i grew up not knowing about. >> it's like a book end t

torsion's relationship with the nra began years ago through david keen, now an nra board member.n 2015, keen took nra backers to moscow hosted by maria batina. she had attracted attention for starting a gun rights group in russia, a country known for its strict firearms laws. the nra group went sightseeing and toured a gun manufacturer. by 2016, sources say torsion and batina had become fixtures at the high-dollar donor events. the nra says torsion hasn't made any donations aside from membership dues and says it hasn't found any foreign donations related to the u.s. election. russia, say experts, say his close ties to putin means his coziness with the nra looks like a classic influence operation. >> if putin is using these issues to divide us and make weaker the united states, that's something i believe all of americans ought to be concerned about. >> reporter: now, the white house, the trump campaign and the nra did not comment for the story. when i spoke with david keane, he said he did not want to talk about his 2015 trip to moscow but he did say he was not aware of any donati

he began attending nra conventions back in 2011, befriended david keene and succeeded in opening up thenduit to reach out to republican politicians, to top-ranking social movement conservatives. and ultimately to try and broker a meeting between candidate trump and vladimir putin in the run-up to the 2016 election. >> i want to ask you about the significance of the russian group right to bear arms and their founder, marina butina. >> aleksander torshin hired marina butina, who won a political contest put on by the kremlin. she comes from a hunting background, very comfortable with guns. she won a regional political competition, sort of caught the eye of aleksander torshin. she founded the group right to bear arms which turned into a russian clone in moscow of the nra, so promoting a sort of second amendment in russia, all kinds of advances in gun rights, which they've had very sort of modest success. but this effort was part of the -- you know, influence operation, essentially, to capture the attention of the nra. and this interchange between her group, and she and torshin and the nra s

david, i am keen to see what you have to say about this stuff...by what we've found here. we have shown the documents to several experts on money laundering. we have found out that an infamous criminal gang were able to use the british offshore system to bring millions of pounds‘ worth of money here and buy assets. how significant is that? it's very significant because it shows an example perhaps for the first time i have seen such detail, ofjust how simple this cycle works. what would you do with this as an investigator? what can you say about to what extent this evidence suggests money laundering? i am hugely suspicious. to me it fits all the hallmarks of money laundering. 0ur documents show how the gangsters used a london accountant. alexander popivker. his firm set up and ran offshore companies with appleby‘s help. it was his responsibility to conduct crucial money laundering checks. checks designed to keep dirty money out. he is what's called an eligible introducer. because he had passed certain exams, he was a member of a particular professio

welcome to "bloomberg markets," i'm david westin here with alix steel. alix: tom keenend comes back and get sick. david: but he enjoys it. ushy, s&pity market, m futures down three points. euro-dollar flat. dollar mixed on the day. yen weaker on the dollar. mushy on currency. 33 basis points, the spread after touching 29 yesterday. europeanbd selloff in bond market. selloff in beefy european bond markets. outperformance continues. $70, calls for $3000 aluminum, what does that mean for global growth and inflation? conversations through the next hour. today, the:30 a.m. jobless claims. it is thursday. a.m.tine lagarde at 8:45 holding a conference in washington as part of the imf-world bank meetings. we hear from various members of the federal reserve including randy quarles. let's get an update on headlines outside the business world. we turn to kailey leinz. kailey: the trump administration pulling out another argument to support mike pompeo's nomination as secretary of state. senate democrats who failed to back him could undercut the proposed summit with north korea. mi

let's go back to washington where tom keene is joint by david lipton. ,: thank you so much.f our most important interviews now is the spring meeting of the international monetary fund. he is the american representative. he has four titles. he is the important number two. he is from another time and place, serving in the senate. it's wonderful to see you. what do you do every day? was the real job? >> to manage the staff and the work of the staff and make sure everybody is doing with it got to be doing it, thinking about policy and strategy. tom: give us the stereotype of us an example of who that is. >> we get people from all around the world. they are very well-educated economists. we are clinical economists. you have to practice what you preach. it has to work in practice. these are people who have been doing this around the world in situations, dealing with the actual problems and the leaders who have to bring about the changes. the zeitgeist is one or two days. >> we have to be agile. veryeveryone is saying is much the same, things are good, but they are getting risky. w

david: that was bill gross talking with tom keene and jonathan ferro. the ceo of a job matching startup. it he's coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kaylee: the coming up in the next hour, 30 kudlow, the national economic council director. now to your business flash, the privacy crisis is starting to head facebook's revenue. chief operating officer sheryl sandberg said some advertisers have curtailed spending. they are trying to reassure customers about building privacy into the system. japan is concentrated a deal for a british drugmaker. not an obstacle. as $50d be worth as much billion. the pentagon has told like he's market of find ways to reduce the estimate to own and operate the jet. that's according to the defense department. bloomberg reported the air force may have to cut its purchases by one third of it cannot reduce support costs by 38%. that is your bloomberg business flash. david: u.s. employers added 103,000 jobs in march. earnings came in at 2.7% in the jobless rate held at 4.1%. it was a disappointment. editor andnow is the michael mck

is very keen on trying to retain their loyalty and to persuade them to continue to practice theirfaith, and to persuade them to continue to practice their faith, the faith of their parents. davidscenes live from the vatican city. here, theresa may has used her easter message to praise the character of those affected by last year's terror attacks in the uk and the grenfell tower fire. the prime minister said she'd seen for herself how they'd drawn strength from those around them. over the last year, britain has faced some dark moments. from the terrorist attacks at westminster bridge and london bridge. at manchester arena, at finsbury park and parson's green. and the fire at grenfell tower. i know from speaking to the victims and survivors of these terrible events how vital the love and support they have received from their friends, support they have received from theirfriends, family support they have received from their friends, family and support they have received from theirfriends, family and neighbours has been to them as they begin to rebuild their lives. in the bravery of those facing adversity, the dedication of our emergency services and the generosity of local commun

david: thanks to all of you. we look at greenlight capital's worst slump in history. you can hurt on the radio and listen to our colleagues tom keenero from 7:00 to 9:00. "bloomberg surveillance" can be heard in new york, boston, the bay area, washington, d.c., and london. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> first word is brought to you by athene. we have seen you going places you've only dreamed of. we are athene, and we see you doing more. ♪ kailey: coming up in the next --r, the former fdic chair volckerhe alliance founder and former fdic chair. apple said to be working on touchless iphone controls. softbank is in preliminary talks re-stake.take in boeing wants to capitalize on the new demand for air freight caused by the boom in e-commerce. the company is considering whether to convert used 777 passenger jets into freighters. that could hurt sales of brand-new jets come sell for more than double the price of used ones. jets,s your -- brand-new which sell for double the price of used ones. david: sir martin sorrell is being investigated on allegations of personal misconduct. and balance, reports are coming in on differences in pay between m

keene in new york. carl weinberg of high frequency economics is with us. also with us is davids in honor of all epoch over the years who say religion is free cash flow. you know the chart. the dow going back 120 years. it is a classic chart. why do people doubt the religion of free cash flow? it has proven from the lower left to the upper right. it works. yes.: it is the result of economic growth resulting in profit growth. profit is how you grow your business. return on investment and equity are the measures of how well you did taking your dollar of profit, which is the shareholders, and getting a high return. part of the religion is capital expenditures. are they different now because of technology? and carl weinberg's world, the technology is changing everything and economics. does technology change how you study capital expenditures? david: it means companies will be more profitable because it takes less dollars of profit for capital expenditures. you can have the clout to your computing, outsourced to other countries. technology makes you more productive. there is no real

david: francisco blanch and jeanna smialek, thank you for being with us. coming up, part of my can'tsation -- if you watch tv, turn on the radio and listen to tom keene and jonathan. "bloomberg surveillance" can be heard on sirius xm radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is "bloomberg daybreak." the lit packard enterprise green room. coming up later today, alan greenspan, former federal reserve chairman. -- i am in the enterprise theard -- i'm in hewlett-packard enterprise green room. coming up later today, alan greenspan, former federal reserve chairman. david took that and went broader with it about the various giants of industry has been able to work with. i think about my last 30 years in the business and it sort of is like what you want for your children. you are who you hang out with. and it really helps define you. the narratives you here and the questions you here. i look back over the last 30 years and 15 years and listening to why jack didn't want to do an acquisition or what we need to do with cable. bob wright, one of the most successful guys running nbc, the newhouse family, bob miron, a genius. and john malone. when i think about where people sho

david: fingers crossed. coming up, the sprint to finish the deal. t-mobile and sprint in the final stages of their merger. you can turn your radio and listen to our colleagues tom keenen ferro from 9:00 until 10:00. all caps united states on sirius xm. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this is bloomberg daybreak. i am taylor riggs. coming up today, mark august -- the president and ceo of expedia. let's get your bloomberg business flash. a sign that royal bank of scotland is well in a position to restore dividends once it puts its legal problems behind it. it higher earnings in the first quarter. mortgage securities investigation, their estimated deal to cost the bank about $9 billion. convicted inson that global crackdown on occurred in -- on currency rigging is now in jail. he was sentenced to two years and ordered he be taken into custody immediately. johnson was convicted of front three and a0 -- half billion dollar. microsoft is riding the wave of demand for its cloud computing service. revenue almost doubled and microsoft is trying to move customers to its internet based versions of its software. that is your bloomberg business flash. julia: thank yo

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