our correspondent helen humphrey has been down at the venezuelan embassy there and sent us this the protests you can see here are pro one why don't protest as many venezuelans who live in and around washington d.c. who have come out today to say what is happening here at the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. which has been occupied for the coffee fifteen days by proma do it oh activists all those who say they're opposed to u.s. intervention is not right they say they have relatives at home in venezuela who are suffering under a difficult economic climate who are suffering from medicine and she wanted just who are suffering from food shortages people who have walked inside this embassy i spoke to one woman who has worked in this embassy for seventeen days and they are demanding that this embassy be handed over to the representatives of one why do we also heard today from that representative called us back here essentially the only boy who one guy do and he said this should be a clear message to the international community that this is not a minute sharee coup which is currently taking pla

over to our washington correspondent helen humphrey helen or i bet there's also going to be pressure on boeing over rather on u.s. aviation regulators because they were the last to ground this plane. absolutely and make no mistake the f.a.a. is in the hot seat at that meeting in texas today international regulators all 33 of them are there that meeting and they want answers we're also seeing ethiopia's regulator there and of course that was one of the countries where sadly this plane came down and we're not just talking about the safety of passengers in these jets we're also talking about the safety of people on the ground so you know the f.a.a. here in the united states used to be held up as the gold standard it had a strikingly slow response in the wake of these tragedies and some people say that it exposed a very close relationship between the trumpet ministration and boeing executives and boeing is certainly a law being powerhouse here in washington d.c. so helena how much is this about flight safety or the competition in the skies i think as a very good question and some people

we're joined by did any of correspondent helen humphrey who is standing by in washington so how can a walk us through why trump cut this meeting with a democrat short. sour on the surface the president said that he was furious that speaker of the house nancy pelosi accused him of being engaged in a cover up and indeed that is something that nancy pelosi said shortly after meeting with her caucus today and this frustrated his efforts to push back on subpoenas to resist testimony to exert executive privilege but rather than just counsel the meeting it to pair to be a choreographed move the fact that the president attended just for a few brief moments before appearing to storm out onto the rose garden lawn and speak to reporters there and say that he would no longer work with democrats at this stage so long as they continue to investigate him the question is why now because as we all know the democrats have long been investigating the president ever since they took control of the house following the midterm elections senate minority leader chuck schumer was one of those saying it was bec

that report head in a humphrey in washington here's a recap of the top story that we're following feel the united states is impose new talent of some billions of dollars a box of chinese goods the move comes as the two countries free to resolve the differences over trade managing says it for the retaliate talks are said to continue today. you're watching the w.'s coming to live from berlin up next a special program ahead of the european elections as far third with france twenty four to ask first time voters in all european union member states what they want from their representatives stay with us for that a c at the top of the elephant news about. europe began to. look what's become a fish i am i will it looks like tomorrow. camping for a better future isn't. requires our conscious of. the actions twenty nineteen may twenty sixth on.

all right elena humphrey on the story for us from washington d.c. thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world there was heavy security of the indonesian capital jakarta as thousands of supporters of the losing presidential candidate beyond joe rally to protest election results the results were released a day earlier than expected they handed incumbent joko widodo another term as president of the world's 3rd biggest democracy. austrian president alexander funder belen has sought to reassure citizens following a government crisis the junior coalition partner of the far right freedom party has quit the government of transport of the boston courts after its leader vice chancellor christian straka resigned in calling a corruption scandal. as police in russia have detained a key opposition figure volkova a close ally of top opposition leader alexina volley he was charged with helping organize a rally against a controversial pension reform last year and he faces up to 30 days in jail britain's prime minister has off

i'm desley humphrey. this is bloomberg. matt? matt:. thank you very much.e csi 300 down, at one point well over 6%. we have seen the biggest drops we've seen in three years. the you wan weakening against the dollar there. yuan today buy more than yesterday. the stoxx 600 in europe, those stocks that are open for the most part are down. the u.k. is closed for a bank holiday. across the continent, we've seen indexes falling and we expect a red day in the u.s., as well. nasdaq futures down 2%. we've seen commodities, including brent crude, getting crushed on concern the demand is just not going to be there if the economy is hurt by trade tensions. brent crude down 2%, as is nymex the vti. joining us is enda curran. enda, we've just heard some details from china out of a press conference. how likely are they to go to the u.s. and take part in these talks how likely is liu to join them? tone we have a considering -- conciliatory tone to the conference. the official said that the delegation is preparing to make their way across, but he stopped short of specifics

that support by hannah humphrey the internet is in mourning that's because the front that launched a 1000 marines has passed away internet sensation grumpy cat has died at the age of 7 the cat's famous cult caused by feline shelter to online fame and even trying to drum these illinois to pretend jobs to set up a company promoting stop pet who made numerous t.v. appearances and even starred in all christmas movie. but this culling cat managed to win over the hearts of millions to talk about this feline sensation i'm joined now by the social media editor donna vega hi donna 1st of all who was grumpy cat and why did she become so popular. well i can't believe i have to talk about her in past tense but grumpy cat was indeed an adorable feline 7 years old born in arizona united states in 2012 to her owner tabitha she was an adorable little cat who as you said because of dwarfism certain type of dwarfism she received this well how to say this very grumpy face she rose to fame when her owner's brother posted a picture of her on reddit in 2012 and ever since well the rest is history she was

s elena humphrey on the story for us from washington d.c. thank you very much. now to a story from france that has split a family and also the country 42 year old. was left in a persistent vegetative state after a motorcycle accident or than 10 years ago in recent years mr blair's wife has campaigned for him to be allowed to die but his parents ask and tested her decision through the courts and the latest legal battle is now coming to a head. as doctors at this french hospital began shutting down there's life support an injunction came from a paris court doctors must resume his treatment. the 42 year old had been hospitalized in the state of minimal consciousness since the 2008 motorcycle accident. his wife believes he has the right to die. it is his parents who have been fighting to keep him on life support. the lawyer representing their case called it a victory for justice sue is see the owners will do you every. disaster today is a victory for vance bear who will finally be accepted for who he is namely the disabled person because limits his weaknesses and we

dudley humphrey is in dubai. has your first word news headlines. >> china is reportedly considering trade talks after president trump threatened the country with steeper tariffs over the pace of trade talks. he says he will increase duties by friday and went up the level on $200 billion of chinese goods from 10% to 25%. a new law that guarantees there are no cross-border checks on goods. that is what theresa may's team is reportedly working on. the hope is this could break the deadlock that paralyzed the brexit process. the movie is an attempt to win support from opposition leader jeremy corbyn, but it may push the prime minister further away from his party. the u.s. says it is sending messages to iran, deploying an aircraft carrier to the middle east. is notlton says the u.s. looking for a war, but will respond to any attack. it is not clear what prom to the move or whether the deployment is actually new. north korea's recent weapons test may have included a ballistic missile. photos were released of kim jong-un

follow washington's lead or to trust huawei and anger the us government joining us now is helena humphrey our washington correspondent helena it's great to see you why has the us been intervening and who gets to build which part of other countries five hundred networks. two overarching reasons for you genelle and essentially we do have to acknowledge that the trumpet administration has been extremely hawkish on china in terms of its economic power or influence and reach that's one reason secondly of course that allegation from washington d.c. that hardware made by huawei will be used to spy on sensitive information now the argument from washington d.c. is it can ban the hardware being used at government agencies here and indeed it has done her for example when it comes to liaising with allies such as britain for example the connection may not then be secure with london for example in classified information which would be transmitted if for example the u.k. used that hardware from quote way a threat to intelligence sharing then but how effective has the u.s. been in its wake up in. i would

correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the out of our mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought that one in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like lori mullins who runs the cope pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bill itself she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has you know should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives . and say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is now we see it all the time if a child is being mole

ellen humphrey is standing by for us in our washington studios following this story helena how's the pressure from china being such a huge market scene there way you up. i think the reality of the situation ben is that the f.a.a. and boeing might not like it but that is the reality of the situation china is the walls largest aviation market despite the fact that at the moment it's not building its own plane so boeing really does need to get a handle on this because china is looking to make its own airplanes in the future so if it doesn't of course then it will really risk missing out as china tries to wean itself off the likes of boeing as it tries to wean itself off the likes of us as well and of course not only have these chinese carry is sort compensation they also want compensation for the missed a livery all of these jets remember that the max jets in china comprise around a quarter of boeing's delivery wild white and also don't forget the chinese aviation authority was one of the 1st to ground this model of plane so it could be in the future that people look to china's aviation

d w salim humphrey is following the story from washington i asked her if this latest war of words was likely to escalate into a military conflict. well i certainly have been a lot of angry tweets of course fail and this is not the 1st time that the u.s. president has been involved in a war of words of course on twitter but i think certainly there is some international consternation that this could spark an international situation i think that was summed up well by the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt speaking at the united nations in geneva who said let us not see this rhetoric round part and then you don't see 2 countries full into an accidental conflict was essentially he's a warning but i think this war of words is certainly symptomatic of trump's foreign policy stance a mix of flattery and then battery battery with that tweet but let us not forget that also speaking on fox news last night we saw the u.s. president say i don't want to go to war with iran war colonies before swiftly adding that it also kills people as well but then disheartened rhetoric that we saw on twitter r

this week with worldwide protests over unfair wages and working conditions our correspondent allan humphrey followed one driver on his route. after gnome flight there's no shortage of weary travelers eager to jump in and in fact here at washington's ronald reagan airport right hailing services have never been more in demand but drivers say they're not seeing the benefits of choice been in driver for 3 years and the time rival service lift is come on the scene meaning greater competition a few a customer as it used to be relatively easy to just go online you know turn the app on go online and know that you would make decent money and now it's having to be more strategic with it in terms of where and when i drive strategy is key for troy he doesn't benefit from employee protections like health insurance a pension plan paid leave or a guaranteed minimum wage or recently cut his pay these days he earns $0.60 a mile and about $13.00 an hour around hoffa what he used to make now he watches every cent to stay profitable off the car expenses it's definitely affected how much i drive because when th

date of washington correspondent helen humphrey met one driver who like many of his colleagues is struggling to make ends meet she reports some analysts all saying that his business model is not sustainable because it relies on cussing pay even mall for the drivers. off your gnome flight business shortage of weary travelers eager to jump in here at washington's one hundred reagan airport right hailing services have never been more in demand but drivers say they're not seeing the benefits of choice been an eva driver for three years in that time rival service lift he's come on the scene meaning greater competition a few a customer as it used to be relatively easy to just go online you know turn the up on and go online and know that you would make decent money and now it's having to be more strategic with it in terms of where and when i drive. these days troy has more downtime per shift than he used to and on wednesday he went on strike in solidarity with other drivers around the world who are also frustrated by wages and working conditions as the company prepares to go public i know that wilb

deriving these people as a trinity who comprise the teen be in foreign affairs our very own helen humphrey in washington thank you very much. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world venezuelan president nicolas maduro has called for early elections of the country's opposition controlled national assembly a drone made the call in a speech to celebrate the 1st anniversary of his disputed reelection which he described as a victory for venezuela's oil rich nation is in the midst of a growing humanitarian and political crisis. just after former comedian a lot of years events he was sworn in as president of ukraine he's announced he will dissolve parliament and hold new elections in 2 months he says his 1st challenge is to end the conflict with russia in eastern ukraine. with just days to go before european elections austria is in the midst of a political crisis the country's junior coalition partner the far right freedom party party has announced that all of its remaining ministers will step down from their government posts this comes as chancellor sebast

they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey travel to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the on about misstate capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought they had won in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like the lori mullins who runs the co pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bill itself she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. in say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is now w

they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the on about mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought that one in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like the lori mullins who runs the copd pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bit so she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that. at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. and say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is now we see

they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide. the out of our mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought they had won in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor kay ivy signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents lightly lori mullins who runs the co pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bill itself she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has no should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. and say except yours yours is not now in the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the

the chairman of humphreys reelection campaign sole trustee , of hubert humphrey's trust. sole trustee of hubert humphrey's blind trust. huge democrat, playing both sides because he thinks nixon is going to win, $25,000 left in his miami condominium. before april 7 -- april 7 is the day the campaign finance logo is in effect. after april 7, you have to disclose the donor. before april 7, you don't have to disclose the donor. if you want to be unannounced, get your money in early. creep has raised $10 million before april 7. lots of people want to give, but not be publicized. ken dahlberg, who is head of midwest fundraising, goes down to the andreas apartment. i am on number three. he takes the $25,000 in cash. and he doesn't want to be wandering around with that much cash, so he buys a cashier's check in his own name. he gives the cashiers check to maury stans. now stans has four cashiers checks from a mexican lawyer, and one from a bundler that works for the committee to reelect. they're worried because they and come to stans after april 7. money has been left before, but

let's get a bloomberg first word news update with desley humphrey in dubai.oding in trade talks. the deadlock over how and when to remove existing american tariffs. u.s. officials are convinced chinese hardliners are winning the internal debate beijing while larry kudlow says he expects retaliation. >> the expected countermeasures have not yet materialized. we may note today or tomorrow. we'll see what they come up with. hasbelle: president -- succeeded in guiding the anc to a sixth straight victory in a sixth straight victory in africa. but the party is facing the worst national result since our apartheid. now he faces the challenge of picking a cabinet. now he revives a flagging economy. and it manchester city has won the english premier league. the victory came after a 4-1 win. they clinched the title after a closely run race in liverpool. it was the highest tally for any team that finished second in history. the have the highest combined points total ever. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2,700 journalists

they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide. the out of our mistake capitol has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought that won in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor kay ivy signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like the lori mullins who runs the co pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortion.

busily humphrey -- desley humphrey in dubai. ,he fed may have overdone it that is the opinion of the president. he has consistently been one of the most dovish members of the fomc. he has told bloomberg it will be sometime before tariffs impact fed thinking. communities are very concerned about the trade war and the soybean issue. exports are down a lot if you look at the charts. of course, the government is trying to come back and offer some payments. those are usually considered barely enough or not enough. overall, u.s. agriculture is not one of the stronger sectors of the economy. we have got other parts of doing well, but not the agricultural sector. is that something you think will be reflected across the board? because it is such a headline grabbing thing, how much do you think about the trade war as a fed body? >> well, it is an important issue. policy, to affect fed the tariffs would have to stay on for quite a while, something like six months. , ifhe end of six months there was still no prospect of resolution, that is the point it eigh ontart to way -- w fed policy. but we

i'm desley humphrey. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much. desley humphrey in dubai. edging higher this week and in spite of president trump's tariff threat. heightened tensions with iran are overshadowing them you -- downward price pressures such as ballooning u.s. stockpiles. rose after washington said it was sending a carrier to the middle east which could threaten to block a key supply route in the strait of hormuz. you -- hownt to important is the oil price to european equities? joerg: it is part of the discussion. price is a sign -- it is more the question about the future oil price. that the oilelieve price lowers and will be on that level a little higher. a really good view about oil .rice anna: let us know if you find the right crystal ball for that task. goldman sachs, gazing into their crystal ball, suggesting brand is too low right now given the tight fundamentals and growing supply risks. you can look at venezuela, parts of north africa, and various other places, and iran -- and talk about supply concerns. to those concerns about supply in general take pr

the chairman of humphreys reelection campaign. sole trustee of hubert humphrey's trust. democrat,t, -- huge playing both sides. cash left in his miami condominium. april 7 is the day the campaign finance logo is in effect. after april 7, you have to disclose the donor. before, you don't. if you want to be unannounced, get your money in early. he raised $10 million before april 7. lots of people want to give, but not be publicized. ken dahlberg, head of midwest fundraising, goes down to the andreas apartment. he takes the $25,000 in cash. he doesn't want to be wandering around with that much cash, so check in hishiers own name. begins the check to stans. checksas four cashiers from a mexican lawyer one from somebody who works for the committee to reelect. they're worried because they come to stans after april 7. buty has been left before, received by the committee after. they call him a genius lawyer. what are we going to do? gordon says don't worry about a thing. just in case, i'm going to take the check to miami and launder them. he goes down to his newfound best friend

human resources department at the international monetary fund a washington correspondent haven't humphreysat down to talk with her. everywhere you look all of the time people are trying to make more of it i'm talking about money profit while leaders want to boast about economic growth but it turns out quite a lot of countries are missing a trick on that you into a secret when it comes to economic growth empowering women to do the jobs they want to do in society means you'll make a far lot more cash far quicker and you just have to take my word for it that is the assessment of the international monetary fund here in washington d.c. i'm here to meet kalponik culture she is leading the push for gender and diversity here to find out what country should be doing to capitalize on a sure fire way to grow capital. when we talk about women's empowerment in the workforce of course we're talking about equal opportunities we're talking about let's face it human rights but to a certain extent all we're just talking about money this is about growth too isn't it we believe that talent is distributed equ

they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide. the out of our mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought they had won in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents lightly lori mullins who runs the co pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bill itself she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has no should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. and say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is

carl: helena humphrey can tell us more on that. welcome. u.s.arships are on their way to the region. this is clearly much more than an exchange of angry tweets, right? helena: right. that is certainly the concern. it is not the first time the u.s. p president has waged a war of words. it is fair to say that there is concern in the international community that this tactic could one day go too far. that was the warning from the british foreman -- foreign secretary, saying, let us not see these two countries trip into warfare. iran is bringing its own provocation. earlier today, it announced it has up its e enrichment of eithr -- uranium. it remains within the parameters of the 2015 nuclear deal. what we are seeing overall is trump's particular brand of foreign policy, flattery and then, battery, battery with that harsh rhetoric on those tweets. yesterday, remember, we saw the president appeared on fox news, saying i don't want to go to war with iran and wars hurt economies before adding, it also leads to loss of life. confused rhetoric, leading ma

steps to prevent damage from his pocket and from his country and he should be saluted but also mr humphreys statement from high percentage spirit spent certain copious amounts by pretty woman in a secluded holiday resort that is never a recipe for a good outcome it's a pretty important party in the country it got 20 percent of the last vote the freedom party and also across europe to the forefront of anti establishment populist at politics you don't see a way i repel i wave here coming up on people think well ok if this is happening in this country what are politicians like this doing in other countries. no i don't i don't believe so honestly i don't i will of course it will have some effect and probably the freedom party will lose. some points when it comes to polling day on sunday but it won't have the big effect that some others hoped it would have all of the policies on the right spectrum of the politico agenda no i don't think so because this after all is a singular incident it's 2 years ago and many people see that this is. an assault on mr strong on his party and on his position in e

sharing economy or what is said to make its stock market debut today washington correspondent helen humphrey met one driver who like many office colleagues is struggling to make ends meet. after a long flight there's no shortage of weary travelers eager to jump in the back here at washington's one hundred reagan airport right hailing services have never been more in demand but drivers say they're not seeing the benefits of choice been an uber driver for three years in that time rival service lift his come on the scene meaning greater competition a few a customer as it used to be relatively easy to just go online you know turn the up on and go online and know that you would make decent money and now it's having to be more strategic with it in terms of where and when i tried strategy is key for troy he doesn't benefit from employee protections like health insurance a pension plan paid leave or a guaranteed minimum wage or recently cut his pay these days he earns sixty cents a mile and about thirteen dollars an hour around hoff and what he used to make now he watches every cent to stay profitab

world wide walkout to protest about wages and working conditions are washington correspondent helena humphrey met one driver who like many of his colleagues is struggling to make ends meet. after a gnome flight there's no shortage of weary travelers eager to jump in here at washington's one hundred reagan airport right hating services have never been more in demand that drive this state than not seeing the benefits of choice been in for three years and that time rivals of his knee has come on the scene meaning greater competition and fewer cost him as it used to be relatively easy to just go online you know turn the up on go online and know that you would make decent money and now it's having to be more. strategic with that in terms of where and when i drive. these days tori has more down time than he used to wednesday he went on strike in solidarity with other drivers around the world who are also frustrated by wages and working conditions as the company protests to go public i know the labor is said in their initial public offering prospectus did they expect to reduce drivers compensation m