ian bremmer of the eurasia group.ave you with us. ♪ ♪ house republicans are mulling another minute health care. an eight-day slump. the world of finance repairs for a post-brexit london. jpmorgan in talks to acquire a dublin office with space to accommodate 1000 workers. plunging 20% ahead of the open. by the market is so sour. good morning. downward dog? alix: don't even. jon: 30 minutes away from the opening bell. down seven points on the dow. 0.03%. call it flat. a massive bid in treasuries over the last few weeks. 239 today. the euro weaker. in germany, much lower than anticipated. that they say euro down for the third straight session. 29 minutes and change away from the opening. alix: lululemon down over 20%. fourth-quarter earnings miss estimates by just a penny. revenue was better but the outlook was truly awful. first-quarter outlook at $.25 to $.27 per share. the ceos saying the new spring yoga pants the not pop online. they were too bland. a little bit of m&a and selling. we have conoco selling some of it o

we spoke with ian bremmer who said saudi arabia is key to any decision.r amount of compliance from a lot of opec members. more than what people were expecting. at the end of the day, it is a saudi initiative. they are needing to focus on growth. and on the budget. which means that it is hard to imagine that this deal is going on that much longer. ultimately, what the saudi's need is not an opec agreement. they need the 2020 plan. toy desperately need diversify their economy and to unlock the economic potential of which iseir population nowhere in there a economy right now, and of course i'm talking about women. while we do have in mohammed a who wants to make a difference and feels the urgency, a are starting late and there is a lot of conservative push back within their government. a risky proposition. deputymentioned the crown prince. he did fly to washington earlier this month. is that more about building a good relationship with the u.s. or is it about the lineup is a political profile in his own country? >> at the online same time thate king has been

ian bremmer love this guy and he's done better at jeopardy than i am. question, who is tom's worst nightmare. it's tom nichols and joins us w with allen ruskin of deutsch bank. way too early, short brief, gorgeous. how do we bluse our belief of experts like all the people we have on "surveillance. >> we didn't lose as much as we rejected it and decided as a society we didn't need it. tom: we don't need allen? >> we don't need our centers or doctors or diplomats or anybody who knows anything more than the average person because the average person thinks they know more than enough to manage all of those complicated questions. a inat make -- it's confusing to us. are we talking those that believe in expertise or those that have given up? tom n.: if you cut your leg you'll go to a doctor and if you get sued you'll go to a lawyer. the problem is taking the advice of experts beyond simply technical advice and what is dying. this notion somehow people who know things about a lot of issues as opposed to the average lay person, that's the thing. it's more like t

most interesting thing i heard was an afterthought by ian bremmer.big upset in france. people.earing from i don't know if her jumping through [indiscernible] shadows. there are so many undecided people that they vote blank so don't to the polls but vote for anyone. >> let's get over to first word news. taylor riggs is here. europe, a warning on brexit. he says the eu leaving may be confrontational. >> the u.k. has rejected the suggestion a paid $65 billion to leave. in return, he wants immunity. >> plan was forced out after misleading michael flynn about the russian ambassador. china has expressed optimism, but president trump is predicting it very difficult discussion. he is blame job losses on the chinese. momentumia, increase for the world's second-largest economy. factories have been rebounding since the middle of last year. >> let's get right to it. lots to talk about. oil with a liftoff. fix --the pleased on the the vix. the dollar mexico -- it went long peso. we are almost at the end of a quarter that was pretty good. this is what we are seein

coming up this week on bloomberg, tomorrow, we will speak with ian bremmer, eurasian group president.y, a guest to talk about the world of finance. you are watching bloomberg. ♪ emma: this is "bloomberg daybreak." to buy as agreed middle eastern company. earlier this your, amazon walked away from talks. the operator of dubai's biggest mall offered to buy the company. a 5% stake in an electric carmaker in china. it is tesla's fifth largest shareholder. deliveries may miss expectations. a $24 billion takeover, a dutch coatings company says it will intol a plan to break up two businesses. akzo says it will open up ways to improve profit margin. that is your business flash. of thishe focus of much week is on politics in washington but also the federal reserve. we hear this week for most of the members of the fomc in various interviews and speeches, mike mckee, yesterday, talked with the chicago fed president in madrid. evans gave his version of where the fed is headed. >> to the extent that i gain more confidence in the forecast i have, that would be a good indicator that i could perhaps