let's go i -- right to julianna goldman in washington with more on this story.et's get to ukraine. how concerned is the white house with what is going on there? >> the commentary now from the president, it does seem like the white house is very concerned about what is going on. condemning the violence in the ukraine at the top of his meaning -- meeting. he went on to say the u.s. holds the ukrainian government primarily responsible making sure it is dealing with peaceful protesters in an appropriate way. the president said, as we work to the next several days in the ukraine, we will be watching it carefully and warning there will be concerts -- consequences if they step over the line. the president also said he thinks it is possible for there to be a peaceful transition in the ukraine but it will require the government to seek it. upknow the issue will come in the meeting that will happen after the president is finished speaking right now. the deputy national security advisor told reporters traveling to mesko that the u.s. is consulting with the eu on potential

chris flavelle and julianna goldman join me now. a terrible week in ukraine.hey came up with a deal towards the end of the week. what is the administration feeling? >> we are still in wait and see mode. sanctions will remain on the table just in case the deal falls apart. it needs to have by end from the street protesters and we need to make sure that the violence on the street is not continue. also, yanukovych is expected to figure ways to maintain power and keep his family's wealth. the eu boxed them out of signing the agreement. if russia pulls back aid, how will -- >> putin must have stuck it in their face so we have very little clout. >> jay carney said that. it's not in russia's interest for them to be engulfed in violence. you also saw how the president responded this week. they have learned when it comes to these uprising that there is a balancing act. when the president came out on wednesday and said responsibility lies with the ukrainian government that he might have gone too far. then he risks being criticized as too weak by republicans but if he co

velle, julianna goldman, thank you.oming up, david plus anouffe ad 2016.ununu on ♪ >> we have two of the premier minds in american politics, john sununu and david plouffe. looks like immigration will die in congress. wait until 2016? >> presidential elections are national elections. i don't think is that likely to be an issue in 2014. we have made a bill and made a calculation that they think they need to focus on obamacare, the economy, other issues that will drive the outcome in november. >> do you agree, david? >> they made the decision to .lay four corners the notion immigration will get done when all of the energy will be in the republican primary base as rand paul and marco rubio are running around new hampshire and south carolina is unlikely. immigration reform not cost for 2016 may be fatally damaged. it will be an issue in certain states and districts but the big impact will be in 2016. >> what about the affordable care act? that's the only thing they run on, the american people are getting tired of the debate.

julianna goldman did. look behind the scenes of the glala. ♪ >> the white house turned into party central last night as president obama threw a lavish state dinner for visiting french president francois hollande. got ana goldman exclusive invite and she joins me now to join -- talk about the evening and why she was rubbing international leaders, and while i went down the street having grown chicken. >> it was ok. no. [laughter] evening, veryiful glamorous, very special. there was a receiving line when they walked in. then you went into another receiving line where there were some hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and then you greeted the president and the french president as well. of their they had trolleys on the south lawn taking you around the driveway to this beautiful tent. don't talk over your cell, we see you walking in in the emerald gallon. very nice. >> i was teased for walking too quickly. i am not used to doing that kind of walk with the paparazzi. . it was interesting because given that president hollan

take a look at our own julianna goldman. she was rubbing elbows with top names from hollywood, wall street and the white house at last night's state dinner. she will be here to tell us all about it. >> i am stephanie ruhle freezing in new york city. julianna goldman ripping it up down in d.c. and erik schatzker and vail, colorado. scarlet fu is here holding down the fort early. >> getting to the newsfeed. the top business stories from around the world. starting with home depot planning to add 80,000 temporary workers. rising home prices the past few years have anchorage owners to bend on property. the senate will likely vote today on the debt limit measure passed by the house speaker john boehner. he joined the democrats in voting to suspend the debt ceiling for 13 months. ends three years of republicans using the threat of default to when concession from president obama. snow and ice storm hitting the south and will then head to the northeast. just two weeks after the storm or life atlanta, stranding drivers overnight. wash

julianna goldman discusses president obama's choice for his next top economic advisor. let's begin with phil mattingly. he has details on the senate cost offshore tax evasion hearing. what was the primary defense today? >> he was more than willing to acknowledge that a small number of credit suisse bankers went above and beyond to help u.s. citizens of the taxes. senior management was deeply regretful for those actions. they said that they were on a pathway to reforming themselves. they work to try to change that. that was not enough for the senate chairman. take a listen. >> you do not want to be in the purely business that dirty business of helping u.s. clients she on her taxes. it is important if you are really going to the a reform bank that you have got to acknowledge what is clear in our report, the wrongdoing went beyond these mulgrew of rogue bankers. iswhat you see right there the senator nailing the biggest difference. claims that this was just a small number of bankers who were involved. in a report released by the committee, it is a very large number of bank

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our julianna goldman at the state dinner for president all on. -- president hollande.ch more than colorado beef and -- >> and ribeye. >> your french is worse than mine. i don't think i would ever say that. -- not troubled nation, but the compex heritage coming out of world war ii, and the challenges as a major trading partner and a major force in europe. france and the next 10 years and the domestic politics that mr. hollande faces? >> especially complicated given that several of the largest banks in the world are in france. you think of germany, the u.s., you think of japan. but actually, france. >> you think of the challenges of the auto industry, steve miller. they are not clearing the market as you and others did in detroit. >> exactly right. they have a very high labor costs in france due to their labor laws and it has made it much more difficult for french producers to build up their capacity. >> it was interesting to see madame lagarde there last night. >> as we wrap things up and think about tomorrow, retail sales are coming out tomorrow. retail counts for abou

white house correspondent julianna goldman joins me.ind of pressure was the governor under here? brewer came to this decision after intense pressure from businesses and national political leaders, and to republican senators. mccainay and john cautioned her and urged her to veto the bill. she came out last night, she said liberty and nondiscrimination are core .alues are -- of her state >> i have not heard of how a onerous religious liberty was piloted. and bill is broadly worded could result in negative consequences. after weighing all of the arguments i have the code the bill. -- vetoed the bill. >> only was a discriminatory but it also threatened a number of businesses in the state. senate and political leaders said that it would be catastrophic for the state's economy. you saw a number of companies from apple to american airlines, intel and verizon threatened to pull business from arizona. steve case, the founder of aol who owns the largest spot in the u.s. tweeted and urged governor brewer to veto the bill. and last night after brew

washington isfrom our white house correspondent, julianna goldman.t are the changes being proposed? lex we get a glimpse of the new labels from the first lady. nutritional information is going to be bigger and bolder, particularly when it comes to the calorie count we all hate to look at all stop there is going to be an extra line for added sugars which is something that is ready controversial who -- three controversial. this is something experts say the added sugar that contribute to the obesity epidemic right now, one out of every three people suffers from obesity and since this is a show and tell, i brought something to take a closer look at what we might be seeing when you look at some ben & jerry's chocolate cookie dough ice cream. point is to make us more in line with what we are actually eating. at the pint of ice cream, serving sizes half cup. when i dig into a pint of ice cream, i certainly go for the full cup. that is going to be the new serving size. everything else is going to be doubled. , saturated fat, it now goes into a 90 day comment

julianna goldman makes an appearance. keep an eye out. >> this is amazing.oes to a state dinner, she is making an appearance on "house of cards." where did we go wrong? >> i don't know. she is the lead. one day, we hope to reach that level. usphil mattingly joining from the white house. he is either a macho man or it is not that cold, but he does not have a coat on. have a good weekend. time for the week ahead, we preview the economic data with joe brusuelas. he joins me on the phone to go through the charts. good to have you on. let's start with regional manufacturing. how much impact will the weather have on the empire report? >> investors should brace themselves for a larger than retailated declines in manufacturing, due to the incremental weather we have seen. what is interesting, as we saw the new order components pointing toward better production coming out of last year, that has changed so we will have to wait until spring time to get a sense of what is going on. of course we did see industrial production this morning, which youed weakness in areas wo

we begin with julianna goldman and a preview of president obama's manufacturing initiative. >> good afternoonthat's right. later this afternoon, president obama is going to be unveiling two new manufacturing hub scum also fulfilling a promise from his 2013 state of the union. these manufacturing hub's will be led by the pentagon and are being built just outside of detroit and also in the presence hometown of chicago, will annoy come of partnering with a number of companies. 41 to be exact. including boeing, lockheed martin, honeywell, general electric and caterpillar. it has also been a busy day at the white house. earlier today, president obama met for the first time since the end of 2012 with house speaker john boehner. a pretty broad and somewhat vague -- they met for an hour in ae oval office and covered range of issues coming clean manufacturing, trade promotion authority, and here to discuss with us that meeting, we can see if we can get any more details of it yet we have national economic council director james sperling who is -- director gene sperling who is joining us. us.k you for j

julianna goldman. the honorable stephanie blake, mayor of baltimore and mr. kent blake. ms.tacey mills. ms. alexandra stanton and ms. donna stanton. [speaking french] >> we are really excited. my first state dinner for my wife and i. i can remember. thank you. honorable paul ryan and mrs. ryan. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense and daug hter ms. hagel. mr. dan barber and brother mr. david barber. ms. mindy kaling and guest. >> what is your french connection? >> what is my connection? >> the honorable nancy pelosi and her daughter. >> this is my daughter jacqueline, she is from texas. she is studying france. >> attorney general eric holder and mrs. holder. >> we hope this relationship will be made better by the dinner. thank you. >> mr. and mrs. peter per bershar. mr. and mrs. james roosevelt, jr. the honorable karen bass and ms. barbara jordan. >> i love paris and i am very honored to be here today. >> dr. jeffrey randall. >> i was responsible for europe in the first term. >> ms. mary j. blige. >> what am i performing tonight? that is a surprise. my last name i

julianna goldman has a role in it. on,g to keep an some bloomberg cameos later on in the season. >> i want to wait for yours -- for your cameo. >> i'm not that big time yet. >> nick has been listening. are you a fan? >> i kind of like house of cards. i just which -- just wish representatives would get together and pass bills as opposed to kill each other. >> you can always have wishes. side, this is a really big deal for netflix. it has been transformative in several ways. it totally turned the story about netflix. six months after netflix has their quick stir disaster. it has created a new way for netflix to make money. that is very important as we think about the world that is fewer and fewer providing broadband access. >> they don't make as much money on this at the cbs does. >> not even close. comcast charges you on remote per month. cardscast made house of they would charge you $700 per month. >> you never know. ray to see you. have a great weekend. gps has become a staple in our lives. the navigation system could

thank you so much, julianna goldman, white house correspondent.ing back to tech, facebook's $19 billion purchase of whatsapp, we are still talking about it because it is fantastic for its founders and might be good for mark zuckerberg. but it is bad news for the economy and maybe for your own future. michael mckee has a reality check on this. you say, look, the high price of this isn't going to create jobs. maybe another reason we will see income inequality grow even bigger. >> julianna was just talking about the whatsapp generation. that is what we are seeing across the board in tech. small tech startup firms get a lot of publicity and make a lot of money for a very few people. but as robert rice, former labor secretary, points of this week, they are not doing a lot for the overall economy. facebook shows up in the middle of the s&p 500 with a huge market cap now. look at the difference between them and the other companies around the entrance of the number of employees could only 6000 employees. there is not wealth there to spread. facebook is th

the entire season, keep an eye out, my colleague white house cheaper sponsor extraordinaire julianna goldmanakes an appearance, according to sources familiar with the show. >> phil mattingly, thank you so much pretty important bloomberg television information. you love it. >> that content chief guy over at netflix says the show has international appeal. not just in washington. greed and corruption, of course, that is a very global theme. >> you know what it is? these people are just so manipulative, and you see celebrate -- you celebrate them, right? they do the nastiest up and you love them. >> and you get -- they get things done, not like in washington. on the cover of the next "bloomberg businessweek" we talk about the new minimum wage -- the fight over the new minimum wage. this is "bloomberg surveillance" on bloomberg television, on your tablet, smartphone, and bloomberg.com. ♪ >> it is lantern festival in asia, the end of the celebrant -- new year celebration. a live shot out of taipei with the taiwanese president leading the lantern festival. a lot of revenue there. we're not when rea