francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it? if there would be something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. mr. starace, thank you. ♪ . ♪ rishaad: coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. historic handshakes and warm words as trump and kim met in singapore, but are good vibrations a step toward real results? >> they can't ignore the elephant in the room, denuclearization. >> on the question side, will kim honor the agreement? >> 400 words that don't spell out how denuclearization takes place. rishaad: a path for immediate megamerger. >> this is a stunning victory for at&t. >> a chinese tech company strule

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it? if there would be something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. mr. starace, thank you. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. david: fresh out of west point he led a platoon of 22 soldiers. now he leads 134,000 employees at a company worth over $350 billion, johnson & johnson. ceo alex gorsky took the helm when the name was a bit t

francesco: they will. francine: 10 years? francesco: maybe less., we are at the beginningsn next year we will all say how stupid we were. billions car manufacturers are throwing into electric vehicle development, you have no doub become a huge business. of course we like the word electric. there is a question whether electric or electric car will prevail. which of the two words are more portant? francine: think? francesco: we don't care as long as it is electric. francine: you could be talking to facebook or google. manufahat brings these? france no, but manufacturers have the know-how to mass produce things. the real advantage here is do you know how to mass produce millions and means of vehicles in the right way in the less expensive way, the most safe way? that is know how you build over decades, and they have that. francine: what is the number one questior your innovation hub, battery, storage? francesco: it is more about predictability and linkability. what can we do with the data we have come explain things, predict things looking at the data

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it?here's something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. percent, and activist investor, there is nothing wrong -- per -- if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. thank you. ♪ what's a gig of data? well, it's a whole day's worth of love songs. 300 minutes of baby videos. or, it's a million chat messages. a gig goes a long way. that's why xfinity mobile lets you pay for data one gig at a time. and with millions of wifi hotspots included, you'll pay less for data. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call or visit a store today. >> you're watching "the best of bloomberg daybreak: middle east." here is the major stories driving headlines this week. one year into the saudi led -- how is qatar coping? the white house asked saudi arabia and other

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it?here's something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank ymuch for joining that was the chief executive of enel. thank you. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. ♪ p.m. trudeau: i will stand up for canadian interests. we are now the only g7 country with a free-trade deal with every other g7 country. we continue to believe deeply that there is a win-win-win opportunity for canada, mexico, and the unite

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it?here's something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. thank you. ♪

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it?here's something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. thank you. ♪ what's a gig of data? well, it's a whole day's worth of love songs. 300 minutes of baby videos. or, it's a million chat messages. a gig goes a long way. that's why xfinity mobile lets you pay for data one gig at a time. and with millions of wifi hotspots included, you'll pay less for data. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call or visit a store today. ♪ >> coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. trade tensions, china's and america's allies battle the trump administration's isolationist policies. a week of actions and reactions on global trade. >> i regard this as much like a f

francesco: no. francine: why not? francesco: why should i worry about it? if there would be something i worry about, it's not the activist. it is that thing i should worry about. the activist is always after something wrong. if they are targeting a company, it means something in the company doesn't work. francine: francesco starace, thank you so much for joining us. that was the chief executive of enel. mr. starace, thank you. ♪ ♪ emily: they are brothers from rural ireland who came to america to pursue the entrepreneur dream. together, they created a company called stripe in 2010, making it debt simple for small, young companies to accept payments from all over the world. into a giant, valued at $9.2 billion. half of all americans who bought something online in the last year did so without knowing via stripe. the company now works with customers as big as lyft, facebook, and amazon, processing

won the the italian open on the european tour avoiding a playoff with this man, the home favourite francescoake it back to back wins after victory at wentworth in the bmw championship last week. despite hitting a bunker, olesen managed an up and down for his fifth european tour victory and first rolex series win. unbelievable. a bit of a tough time for me this year. to do what i have done is amazing, especially to come from behind. iron —— i am proud of that. jorge lorenzo won his first race with ducati at the italian grand prix in mugello. the 31 year old spaniard has struggled since leaving yamaha in 2016 and the three—time world champion doesn't have a contract for next year, but got a much needed win as questions have been asked about his future. his team—mate andrea dovizioso finished second, while yamaha's valentino rossi completed the podium. honda's marc marquez remains top of the standings despite an early crash seeing him finish with no points. poland's michal kwiatkowski won sunday's prologue of the criterium du dauphine. team sky's geraint thomas crashed after just a few kilometr

home favourite francesco molinari, who's bidding for back—to—back tour wins after his victory in thewith a 5—under—par 66. he's in a group of players who are three shots off the lead. just time to tell you, there's also a three way tie of the lead at the us women's open golf. you can follow it on our website — bbc.com/sport. ariya jutanugarn, sarah jane smith and jeong yun lee six share the lead after carding a 5 under par round of 67. there's also much more build up to game one of the nba finals on the website too. from sport today, that's it, thanks for watching. goodbye. yesterday's thunderstorms took a while to get going but once they did they brought a lot of rain and lightning too. the storms initiated around sussex before spreading across central southern england, the south midlands and wales and the south—west. there were reports of flooding around the bristol area with the worst of it in west sussex. it was heath, here. the restjust was not cricket. where the boundary should be. and amber office weather warning, in force until 6am. we could have a couple of issues. the livel

francesco ramsey shares her experience in becoming a social justice activist in her book "that escalated quickly." and on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, duke university edwardsr laura examining westward expansion and the law's role in taking over native american lands. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1944 film "the memphis bell," which documents one of the first b-17 bombers to complete 25 missions in europe without being shot down. watch the c-span networks this weekend. now, fbi director christopher wray hold a news conference after the release of bureau'sreport on the handling of the hillary clinton a male investigation in the run-up to the 20 -- email investigation in the run-up to the 2016 election. "washington journal good morning -- mr. wray: good morning, everybody. thank you for being here on such short notice. the u.s. office of inspector general issued its report about fbi activity in the run up to the 2016 election. let me say up front that i appreciate the inspector general's work on this important review. thought i'd take a few minutes to talk

until the end of the year francesco how dangerous is this for the for the e.u. is that perhaps a view in brussels that that the period being governed by school dealing populist may ultimately lead to people coming back to the to the e.u. to getting to that being more support for the e.u. within italy not really i don't think that these are willing to break away from that you were going to destroy the system certainly there is a space for all european. great francisco but he thinks they were having some problems there. more jobs and cuts to food prices and major demands for antigovernment protesters in argentina and their fury at the government's latest appeal for help from the international monetary fund risible reports from one of us. thousands of people from all around the country went to the presidential palace to demand jobs and then emergency budget to help the poor he said. we've seen the situation deteriorate since machree took office we see it in the soup kitchens we walk the slums and there is need in the last month argentina's currency devaluated aroun

his austudy a francesco in modern italy is known for its unconventional takes on classic italian dishes and is regarded as one of the world's most creative chefs. such creations as a new consisting entirely of a cheese crust have not only won him praise in his own country. erotica it's ironic isn't it. ten years ago they wanted to crucify me on modern as main squares because i was ruining destroying the recipes of our grandmothers get all the novel but that's not what was happening to j. it wasn't like i was alone on. a little busy. second place i went to. get on the spain. in recent years the lock up brother's establishment has enjoyed great success in twenty thirteen and twenty fifteen they took the top spot on the list of the world's best restaurants. this restaurant to was known for its creative dishes. as well as it's a matching each of pastries and uncommon presentations. a moving bed makes this ice cream with fried leeches and cocoa pulp seem almost alive. third place went to the french restaurant and its kitchen lead by model. most of his ingredients come from the establishments

over the mountains is on his way to see a mural by the argentinian artist francesco buster lettie on the canadian artist yojanas. martens knows some street artist person who likes to observe how they work it's a very special extreme. since. i think people really. feel like a pioneer but like a chronicler not how i see you i have a database of many pictures and i've worked on them chronologically ordered a little of. this database recounts how murals appeared in the great landscape of west berlin nineteen eighties their message was often political . some of the works no longer exist like this one by blue she painted over in black and she has a fourteen in protest against gentrification. these works of street arts are also said to disappear soon. but the world tree will not disappear from berlin forever despite the new building going up in front of it. the tree will simply be uprooted and planted elsewhere in the city north of martin's is the lighted. it will be visible somewhere else but to the. every day new works appear in berlin so norbert martin's will always have plenty to photog

francesco: yes and no. -- cater toeate different geographies.gue is based in the north whereas five star gets their vote in the south. whether they stay together or not, it depends on very much on how the minister of finance sets the agenda. them to do the reforms in a balanced way and to find a nice way to sequence of the reforms. so that both the league and five star are comfortable. let me also bring in alberto gallo who has been following your situation closely. how do they finance these things they have promised, to fulfill the promises they have pledged during the campaign? and what needs to go up in italy? alberto: on paper, it looks relatively balanced. the government will find hurdles when it comes to implementing some of their plans. fundingcular, citizenship income and reducing taxes to a flat rate will mean hiking taxes elsewhere. we think that, eventually, if the numbers stay be same on flat taxes, you may have to do a wealth tax. you can in way vision this is to make a wealth transfer from the haves and old to the younger people. t

francesco mancini is from the national university of singapore.that president trump agreed to lift sanctions. yes, i mean, iam not surprised there will be a bit of confusion about the content of the meeting. again, i think everybody will play the news on their advantage. this is the result of having a rather murky process. history has taught us that very personal summits are not successful. it doesn't surprise me. this will add to the overall confusion, which obviously doesn't work very well in this part of the world. our world affairs editor was saying today that it looks as though donald trump got thoroughly done over in singapore. he agreed to cancel the exercises, as north korea had been demanding, as china wanted. but kim jong—un has not agreed to halt testing permanently, nor to let inspectors back in, nor to destroy his icbm's or his nuclear programme. as you know, a dozen times before north korea has said either it would not pursue nukes and denuclearise, it hasn't done any of those things. correct. overall, the reaction to the summit is p

be far more than not the united states has said in public. joining me now live from singapore is francesco the national university of singapore's lee kuan yew school of public policy. your reaction to the breaking news that president trump has promised to get the sanctions lifted. this on top of the news that both leaders plan to visit each other, capitals and military exercises by the south and military exercises by the south and the us will apparently be suspended. yes, i mean, i am not surprised there will be a bit of confusion about the content of the meeting. again, ithink confusion about the content of the meeting. again, i think everybody will play the news on their advantage. this is the result of having a rather murky process. history has taught us that a summit would be successful because there is no detail. this will add to the overall confusion, which obviously doesn't work very well in this part of the world. our world affairs editor was saying today that it looks like donald trump got thoroughly done over in singapore. he agreed to cancel the exercises, as north korea had bee

lacey's the director general of the international organization for migration and from rome by skype is francesco galley at the head of the political risk consultancy policy sino thank you both very much for joining us mr lacy swig i'm going to start with you we've just heard from m.s.f. that the europe's policy at the moment of turning of refugees away is quote is causing avoidable suffering what are the european governments obligations towards rescued refugees and migrants and are they meeting them when they turn them away well quite clearly. the number one priority always has to be to save life. we lost five thousand people in the mediterranean in two thousand and sixteen thirty four hundred last year and we're approaching a thousand this year and about fifty thousand sets the earth year two thousand that those are the ones we know about there are many others lost in the sands of the saar are now in the bottom of the mediterranean will never be able to see or to count up so clearly we all have an obligation to save lives and in that regard you need a unified policy that will allow people at le

and reports say spain's new government plans to remove the remains of fascist dictator francesco. from a state funded melissa leo it wants the site to remember the civil war and not glorify the dictatorship reinterment would be the latest high profile measure by paper or sanchez's left wing government aimed at consolidating power. all germany's diesel gate scandal now has a major car executive behind bars it was quite a shock yesterday sort of came out of the blue really terry and after that shock a rest of the c.e.o. yesterday the german luxury car maker is set to announce his temporary replacement now the c.e.o. of course was a star player he was the first top executive to be arrested in germany in connection with a diesel gate scandal is accused of knowing about the emissions cheating in europe when the scandal broke in the u.s. but unlike in the u.s. he did not order a halt to production thousands of audi's with software issues has since made it onto the roads. has been at the helm of audi since two thousand and seven. so there's talk now about and into remote boss at audi for

also with us professor victoria di francesco soto of the lbj school of public affairs in el pa paso, texas. can you tell us what the previous policy was in cases of these infant babies that the new administration is now planning to create new facilities for? >> it certainly wasn't take them away from their mothers. this is shocking to me. border patrol and i.c.e. are proud law enforcement agencies that are good at getting bad guys. that's what the agents signed up for and this president has them ripping babies out of mother's arms. that doesn't make any sense to me. but our policy was keep families together. keep families together at almost all costs because once you separate those families you run the serious risk that they never see each other again. >> tell us about what is the likelihood of them seeing each other again and what happens, what are the stories in which they end up not seeing each other again? >> here's the fundamental problem. when the children are separated from their parents they're treated as unaccompanied minors. they go on a separate legal track than the parent

ask for debt forgiveness earlier, we spoke to former ecb director general for market operations francesco papadita. he said the ecb is not playing games with italy. >> i would be very, very surprised if they would be playing games, as you say. i think they're just following their capital key. and of course, there may be small changes now because of past purchases and things like that, but i would exclude on the basis of my prior knowledge that they would be doing something like that. >> italy's new government will face the thirst of this week's parliamentary confident votes. a confirmation between the parties is widely expected to back the government in the senate later today let's go to willem for more in rome markets are closed, watching any nuance around this story in us what we should be watching "todatoday. >> reporter: seems like the italian market as you mentioned doing relatively well so far today, karen in about an hour and a half's time, guiseppe conte, the new italian prime minister, will be hoping for a vote of approval to start off the senate. he'll be talking to senators her

paper days than he can now at eleven under par over zero that's one show ahead of local favorite francesco molinari who won last week's p.g.a. championship that's a play in english. and games cricketers are taking revenge on pakistan off to the embarrassing first test of faith the hosts were beaten by nine wickets last week but this time though well and truly in control of the fed contest in leeds pakistan won the toss chose to bat all out for one hundred seventy four england had reached one hundred six for two by the close of play. and by the us both when i was back to sue in london. santa ana don't forget you can always look at our website dot com for plenty more especially on what has started me saying at the white house today that is it from a search for this new sound i want to back in a moment with much from today still. in. singapore is being accused of expanding its coast and illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally vanished it's a big business smuggling you say and when they will take to sit there until the stand is are fair you see this be

lacy sway the director general of the international organization for migration and from by skype as francesco gandhi at the head of the. a little risk consultancy policy sino thank you both very much for joining us and mr lacy swig i'm going to start with you we just heard from m.s.f. that the europe's policy at the moment of turning of refugees away is quote is causing avoidable suffering what is the european governments obligations towards rescued refugees and migrants and are they meeting them when they turn them away well quite clearly. the number one priority always has to be to save life. we lost five thousand people in the mediterranean in two thousand and sixteen thirty four hundred last year and we're approaching a thousand this year and about fifty thousand sets the earth year two thousand that those are the ones we know about there are many others lost in the sands of this are now in the bottom of the mediterranean will never be able to see or to count so clearly we all have an obligation to save lives and in that regard you need a unified policy that will allow people at least to

included i had these and he's now eleven under par overall that's one shot ahead of local favorite francesco molinari he won last week's p.g.a. championship. and ends cricket as a taking revenge in pakistan off to the embarrassing first test of faith the hosts were beaten by nine wickets last week but this time though well and truly in control of the second test in leeds pakistan won the toss chose to bat all out for one hundred seventy four england had reached one hundred six for two by the close of play and that is all of this ball for now more later thanks to test the other of course if not all of the stories we're covering by looking at all website i'll just have adopt copy about the bodies on the other side of the break you'd be watching the news out of the whole robert. it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on qatar by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's geopolitical landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant . but what caused the rifts between the g.c.c. countries is there and insights and can the gulf ever be the same a

are now known to have died and many others remain unaccounted for. 0n the line from guatemala is francesco federation of red cross and red crescent societies. thank you for being with others. what is the situation there right now? you can imagine it is very difficult. many are living in temporary shelters but in this very moment ourfocus is temporary shelters but in this very moment our focus is on the support for hundreds of people who are asking for this. there are a few missing and so we're working around the clock to work with the forensic tea m the clock to work with the forensic team which is making the analysis because it is very difficult to identify the bodies. it is very difficult for the families. can you tell us how many people you believe have died and how many have been injured in this disaster? at the moment, the news is that 100 died but there are still many missing, we don't want to give an official number because it is not up to was but according to the numbers of people that are coming to our reception centre where our volu nteers reception centre where our volunteers ar

francesco ramsey shares her experience in becoming a social justice activist in her book "that escalated quickly." and on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, duke university edwardsr laura examining westward expansion and the law's role in taking over native american lands. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1944 film "the memphis bell," which documents one of the first b-17 bombers to complete 25 missions in europe without being shot down.

on sunday, mtv's decode host francesco ramsay shares her experience in becoming a social justice activistn her book "well that escalated quickly. " and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, duke university professor laura edwards on public lands and the , examining westward expansion and the law's role in taking over native american at 4:00 p.m.day eastern on real america, the 1944 film "the memphis belle, a story of a flying fortress which documents one of the first b-17 bombers to complete 25 missions in europe without being shot down. watch the c-span networks, this weekend. sunday on q&a, filmmakers discuss their documentary hit and stay: a history of resistance, about the actions of the catonsville nine and other catholic activist that protested the vietnam war. >> the vietnam -- the antiwar movement was thought of as a scruffy, college-age protesters. here were middle-aged clergy. this made public think well, maybe i should reconsider this myself, and it was a turning point for the antiwar movement. >> their action did not end the vietnam war, but i cannot argue -- i