i'm greg bonnell.elcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller. we welcome our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. no rush on rates but tapering focus. we break down the slew of fed commentary out of jackson hole but former fed economist claudia sahm. in my exclusive conversation with german carmaker audi, about its plans to go public. and pellet gun plunging after reporting earnings. what is behind the disappointing sales outlook. greg: let's check in on the markets. jerome powell is the most anticipated investor event of the week, said all the right things in terms of the investor perspective. look at the rally we have in equities on both sides of the border, touching new highs. i don't think the s&p 500 has ever closed above 4500. we are seeing yields pushed lower. so what were the magic words that we were waiting for all week? we heard chair powell say that the central bank could begin using those asset purchases this

i'm matt miller with greg bonnell. the legacy miami world center is underway, according to documents filed. the 50-story tower is planned to rise 681 feet above ground, 691 feet above sea level, making it the second tallest at the world center. the developer said it is also the world's first pandemic ready, all in one residential, hotel, skyscraper. we welcome miami mayor francis suarez, and daniel kodsi, royal palm companies ceo. thank you for joining us. is this a 55-story tower or is that the one coming next? >> 55 stories. matt: even bigger than i imagined. what is a covid-conscious ready tower? >> when we were designing this project, as we were designing, we got hit by covid. part of this project was designed on the future. the components of this project were built on futures. we will be dealing with pandemics in the future. how do you make this more pandemic ready in case you have pandemics in the world again? we looked at different systems, we looked at different components of the building, antimicrobial materia

i'm greg bonnell. a check on the markets. we are one day i from hearing from jerome powell, we have had some hawkish commentary from the fed, and we have this tragic situation in kabul. taking a look at the markets, they are under pressure. we are seeing an uptick in the yield as well. perhaps a haven play out there considering the geopolitical strife. the u.s. dollar moving higher against a basket of international currencies. the vix jumping higher as well. catching the attention of the global community. let's get more on what is happening, go to the white house with our white house correspondent annmarie hordern. what is the latest? >> the latest statement from the pentagon that a number of servicemen and marines were killed due to these two explosions, one outside the abby gate of the kabul airport, another just about one mile away at a hotel, the baron hotel. we are still waiting for the pentagon to give us an exact number about who was killed, the casualties in terms of who was injured and fatally