that's nothing new. >> that's not -- let me go to fernand. republicans are doing essentially. they're trying to say that things that aren't relevant to the actual evidence that was brought to the table by michael cohen, are what we need to talk about. something about boxes, whether or not he's going to write a book or wanted a job. is that relevant in your view, fernand, to what donald trump signed a check to pay off stormy daniels and to reimburse michael cohen for doing so while he was president? >> of course it's not relevant. i take exception with one of the things that my friend dr. metzler said. congressman gaetz and every member for the united states congress for that matter don't owe loyalty to their constituents in their district, they're there to represent them, they take an oath and they mental loyalty to the constitution of the united states. certainly not to a president or to a man. it is to the concepts which make america great and have always made america great. the united states constitution. when they go out and obscure the t

near is a group tony fernandes -- asia group ceo tony fernandes has quit a facebook livestream. he took to twitter to say facebook could have done more and he has been the victim of fake online stories. the new zealand by minister plans to address the issue of livestreaming with facebook directly. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ramy inocencio. this is bloomberg. shery: germany's biggest lender and one of its rivals confirmed talks on a merger. deutsche bank and commerzbank ended months of speculation. they are in contact but will only merge if a deal makes sense. let's get the details from our editor in washington. this coming after various totructuring attempts failed convince investors. have they run out of options? tony: partly they have and it is a whole slew of circumstances that have come together. low interest rates, deutsche bank has tried and still has the biggest investment inc. in europe. short,tried and come up trying to take on wall street. faced aliens in

but look, i totally agree with what fernand was saying and i also think we need to remember that billess of what can be made public in the report. and consult with rosenstein who has been overseeing this investigation. it's not just going to be -- it will be barr's ultimate decision, but he's not going to make it alone. he's going to continue to meet with mueller and ask him look, what parts of this, should we make it all public, things we need to protect like sources and methods we can't make public, how can we get around that kind of like how the intelligence community released an intelligence community assessment about russia's election interference that was public and another one that was classified. they were able to release both. is something similar going to happen here. there's going to be conversations about this. i think that the first step that we're going to see is barr is going to release the principle findings to congress to reporters who cover the justice department but that's not going to be the end of it. we may see a report that's completely declassified that covers

. >> that was juan fernandes reporting. woman was arrested on suspicion of dui. >>> well, the bay area is going to be well-represented on abc tomorrow night. a fremont singer could be the next "american idol." here is a sneak peek at what happens when ashley hess goes before the judges. >> hold on, everybody. can we take our chairs? >> oh, my gosh. >> let's move them by the piano. >> would you do that again for us, please. ♪ my heart is is is is is is iss >> ashley auditions in front of the all-star judging panel, luke bryan, katy perry and lionel richie. "american idol" airs tomorrow night here on abc 7 and followed by "shark tank" at 10:00. stay tuned for "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> no pressure with the three of them sitting there staring at you, right? as we head into the weekend we thought we would check out the coffee. >> it has been called san francisco's most famous drink. they serve close to 3,000 cups per day, but it is about more than just the world-famous recipe. >> what we're going to do is make ten irish coffees,

and like fernand marcos after decades of his brutal rule. he was light on cash, manafort turned to a russian oligarch for millions of dollars that manafort never repaid. later he built ties to close ties to the kremlin and attached the millions he earned from foreign bank accounts. as part of his illegal lobbying work, manafort pushed news reports presenting president obama as anti-semitic. for their part, records reached back nearly a decade of tax fraud. and defrauding banks leading to his eight convictions in virginia. even though the maximum that paul manafort could face when sentenced in d.c. is ten years. it will be more difficult for manafort and his legal team to make the argument that the judge should not give him this maximum sentence. and that's because, unlike virginia, he actually pleaded guilty to the charges he was facing in d.c. as part of that, he acknowledged a number of other crimes that he was never even charged with. he even signed a document that prosecutors have saying he deserved 17 to 22 years in prison. sara murray,

east coast and to california will sign finally settle in chicago where she marries a true partner, fernand barnett and gives birth to four children between 1896 and 1904. the letter was born when she was 42 years old. i was happy to be able to write about a good marriage, that was a good marriage. in chicago, ida b. wells now wells barnett, establishes the cities first black kindergarten. i think only black women liked lynching on monday and kindergarten tuesday. establishes a settlement house, becomes an advocate for black prison. she actually save the lives of the number of men bound for execution. she establishes both black and interracial women's civic organizations, forms the first black women's suffrage organization in chicago that is responsible for electing chicago's first black aldermen. she cofounded the naacp and the year before her death in 1931 she runs for a state senate seat as an independent. she had requested that at her funeral, the song be sung entitled, i have done my work. very apropos. if anybody -- you can listen to that. if you are not familiar with that, mahalia ja

tony fernandes has quit facebook after the site failed to prevent the livestreaming and repeated postingshooting. he said that facebook should have done more and he has been a victim of fake online stories. us and our during session plans says sheinda adern plans to address facebook directly. itsi arabia says opec and allies have a lot to do to rebalance the oil market but have said they will do whatever is necessary. the cartel and independent producers met, and the saudi energy manager said the group must continue to restrict output until at least this june. he said the job is nowhere near complete, and excessive u.s. inventories mean is a risk of short-term oversupply. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ramy inocencio. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. u.k. prime minister theresa may and chancellor phillip hallam are putting pressure on tory eurosceptics to back her twice defeated brexit bill, warning that failure to do so risks subjecting the country in a long delay leaving the european union. kathleen hays

francine: coming up, tony fernandes, air asia group chief executive at 4:30 p.m..m. in london. he will talk about his fleet, whether he will buy new aircraft in the price of oil. this is bloomberg. ♪ il. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get the bloomberg business flash. in japan, the new lawyer for carlos ghosn said his third request for bail may succeed. he has been jailed on allegations of financial misconduct. he has promised to accept camera surveillance to monitor his activities. iron orof the largest producer is stepping down. he promised there would never be a break on his watch. january, mored in than 180 people killed, 120 missing. way claims shee was illegally detained. she was arrested after a request from the u.s. government. canada has agreed to an extradition hearing. trump accuses her of violating sanctions against iran. cisco suggest government should not worry the chinese telecom will dominate the race to build five g network. wireless infrastructure will continue to be built by companies from the u.s., europe, and c

joining us now msnbc contributor jonathan capehart, his podcast premieres in tuesday and fer demand fernandont runner in every poll you see out there, the candidate, the candidate that is the sure thing for beating donald trump. what does this allegation in your mind potentially do to that? >> joy, it indeed is a serious allegation and it's the sort of thing that if it's not handled appropriately or properly by vice president biden could very well stop the joementum in its traction. there is no question that vice president biden is the front runner according to all the public opinion polls. what's driving that is the number one characteristic that democratic voters say is the be all, end all thing they are looking for in the nominee or prospective nominee, who is best positioned to defeat donald trump. the reason i think this becomes a problem is because it raises questions about the duality of the image that vice president biden wants to cast himself as an average voe versus what you can imagine team trump is thinking of in the nicknames of creepy uncle joe. if he doesn't address this quic