juliette: it is all ahead on "bloomberg best." ♪ juliette: hello and welcome. i am juliette saly.s is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most important business, news, analysis, and headlines from -- and interviews it from bloomberg television around the world. u.s. markets were closed on monday but the week began with a startling corporate headline from the u.k. mark: the once mighty u.k. construction giant carillion has collapsed. carillion has $2 billion in debt. they failed to get a government bailout. share prices have collapsed in the last year. it is nice to -- it is not nice to play the blame game, but let's play at -- who is to blame? lionel: exactly right. the blame game is happening right now. i think you have both sides deserving blame, the government for presiding over a very competitive, too fragmented contracting and procurement market where price, the bottom line, is everything. not enough attention is given to the health of these companies and other blame will be carillion itself for to -- for too aggressively bidding for contracts with the incentive to g

let's get to juliette saly. she has everything else going on in your first word news. juliette.e: carillion has said it will take steps to enter liquidation. the company said its board has concluded it had no choice but to take steps with immediate effect. that decision came after talks with key financial and other stakeholders including the u.k. government. u.s. president donald trump is -- thornberry lashed out at trump during an interview with the bbc after he called off a visit next month to open the new u.s. timothy. -- embassy. >> he is an asteroid of awfulness that has fallen on the world. i think he is a danger, and i think he is a racist. i don't think you should have been given an invitation in the way that he was. i think it was wrong for theresa may to so prematurely give him -- i think it embarrasses the queen and it is humiliating for her. i think it is wrong to have brought her into this in this way. juliette: meanwhile, president trump has told reporters he is the "least racist" person. that is as fallout continues hem vulgar remarks reportedly said. been evacuat

with juliette saly.iette: in the u.s., the children of undocumented immigrants facing deportation from the country have won a court order temporarily blocking the trump administration's position of ending the dream program in march. i judge rejected the arguments that the courts don't have the authority to second-guess whether the president and properly decided to terminate the program started by barack obama. former white house chief strategist steve bannon has left his job as chief executive of breitbart news. he also will no longer host a radio show on sirius xm. lost his support of republican mega-donors and his closest patrons after trump spoke with them by phone. the european union risks opening the door to another global financial crisis if it refuses to give london's bankers a trade deal. article for a german newspaper, they said they want eu andooperation between u.k. regulators as part of an expensive trade deal. warning thates are price increases are ahead, according to a survey by the british

. >> i'm juliette saly.sia-pacific extending the 2018 strong start. the benchmark, the best month in almost two years. juliette: macau is one of the after sexualers harassment claims against the chairman. david: donald trump in davos says the u.s. is open for business. hong kong investors continue to buy property in london despite the growing gloom surrounding brexit. a very warmavid: welcome to all our viewers joining us. lots of things to talk about, lots of big corporate stories. roughly, in the asia-pacific. we are overall up on the benchmarks. a noticeable pickup in volume here in hong kong and south korea as well. theinutes from now, we get markets over in india rejoining the fray. aboutoliday, we closed at 11,000. we are up 2.5 on the 10 year, just shy of 2.69%. broadly speaking, that's what you see across the currency space. dollar-renminbi, slightly higher. juliette: we are also really watching these emerging-market indexes, up for a 12th straight session. such hyperbole when it comes to these marke

i'm juliette saly. the roundup of the top business stories with a focus on company news. general electric entered the new year with a new ceo and new hope for a turnaround, but this week was rough for ge. >> shares of general electric are falling today after the company said it would take a $6.2 billion charge in the fourth quarter because of lingering insurance problems. in a statement, the ceo said, " at a time when we are moving forward as a company, a charge of this magnitude from a legacy portfolio is deeply disappointing." >> there has been increasing concern among analysts about ge capital, because even after they significantly reduced, this is still a behemoth. one analyst puts it as a top 20 u.s. bank, with over $140 billion in assets. this is huge, and very opaque. we don't totally know everything in here, as evidenced by the extent of the charge, and there could still be more to come with different people in terms of liability. this is not john flannery's fault, obviously, he has only been in

here's juliette saly.ple has said it will return hundreds of billions of overseas dollars to america. the iphone maker plans to pay $38 billion in taxes on the money and spend tens of billions on domestic jobs. the manufacturing and data centers in the coming years. according to people familiar, apple told employees it is issuing start -- stock-based bonuses with $2000 each. ad cutting senior staff as division overhaul. according to people familiar, the cuts will be evenly spaced. a bank official declined to comment. the world's largest asset manager blackrock's offering staff unlimited time off. the company wants to provide a benefit that is considered appealing to younger workers used more casual and flexible environments. the ceo is trying to transform it into a more technology focused firm. the head of hr said the latest move should help it compete against silicon valley rivals. that is your bloomberg business flash. any ideas about the holiday. let's talk about the federal reserve survey that showed a

juliette saly is standing by.8 with the latest iran from -- with the latest from iran. juliette: the death toll in the protests over the past five days has climbed. 20 people may have died. theesters clashed with islamic republic leaders. president rouhani has defended writes tong people's demonstrate as he tries to defuse the situation. vice president mike pence will visit israel and egypt. the confirmation came after an israeli spokesman said the visit is not included in the schedule of high dignitaries in january. pence had planned to meet with egypt's president and israel's prime minister in december. it was postponed until this month. prime minister wants to include the tax reform plan. speech, heyear's said tax cuts will make it more feasible to work, which will bring more people to the job market and ease the labor shortage. global news powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more you can findtries. more stories on the bloomberg at top . the first trading day of the year here in asia. the regional i

juliette saly has your first word news. juliette: u.s. donald denounced his former top strategist in a dramatic rake from the man considered an architect of his populist campaign. and a statement trump said "when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind." whereponse to a book annan criticizes him and his family. -- bannon criticizes him and his family. in the u.s. the worst storm of the winter season has been knocked out -- knocking out power to homes and businesses and canceled thousands of flights. it threatens to bring more snow, ice, and cold. the national weather service has warned that new york could get eight inches of snow today. a blizzard warning has been issued for boston which may get 13 inches of snow. china plans to limit power used by some bitcoin miners in a potential challenge to an industry whose energy intensive computer network enabled transactions in the cryptocurrency. familiar,to people the people's bank of china outlined the plank at a closed-door meeting. they did not detail how authorities plan to

juliette: the u.s.ederal reserve will need to pick up the pace of interest rate increases in response to the recently passed tax overhaul package, according to the white house chief economist. administration's computer modeling of the economic effects of the tax plan resulting in interest rates that "aren't inconsistent with the current guidance." germany's chancellor has said her country needs a stable government to tackle enormous paths ahead. the comments come as she began maker brick talks yesterday to renew an alliance with the social democrats and open the door to a fourth term. months ofthree postelection stagnation in europe's biggest economy, focusing minds. u.k. consumers curbed their spending for the first time in as surgingin 2017, inflation and falling real wages took their toll on high street retailers. the consumer index flipped over 2016, and fell an annual 1% in december. alsoredit card company says it is unlikely to recover this year. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by over 2700 j

here's juliette saly.take to 14.2% from 24.6% as part of its ongoing plan to focus on drugs and life sciences. due to strong interest the placement volume exceeded you citations amounting to 1.8 billion euros. it has been peering at stake in the formal division as it shifts away from industrial chemicals monsanto.eing to buy rio tinto has dropped out of the bidding for a stake in one of the world's top lithium producers as it pursues other ways to capitalize on the electric car boom. according to people familiar, rio decided not to proceed with stake infor the 32% sql after studying information in a data room. interest in sql is worth $5.5 billion. declined toves comment. that is your bloomberg business flash. much,thank you very juliette saly with the business flash. let's get to our conversation. we want to talk about electric vehicles. i wanted to start with gold. we have seen equity markets rise and we have seen gold rise. dubbedour colleagues this the just in case trade. what is keeping gold on the ri

here's juliette saly. juliette: as u.s. trump is set to arrive in demos, his advisers have signaled a toughening stance on trade. the dollar suffered its steepest slide since march after treasury secretary steve mnuchin said a weaker currency is good for u.s. trade. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross said that any protectionist agenda in america pales in comparison to china's. ross found himself defending the trump administration's america first mantra in a panel at the world economic forum yesterday as he faced a group of strong champions of globalization. the world's second richest person or that the campaign could damage u.s. influence around the world. said --g -- bill gates urged the president to do more to help the poor. that isnk you should, the area where i have chosen to take the wealth that was created through microsoft and that warren buffett has been so generous in providing. i understand that money can be very well spent. i am in there saying, come on, let's keep up the good work. juliette: that is your bloomb

.-- anna: here's juliette saly.uliette: well brent crude has o $70 for the first time in three years. commodity rallies, supply cuts is running. downrgan editing a wind that will start from the middle of the year. russia's government will turn on the fiscal taps in the biggest spending spree since vladimir putin last ran for reelection in 2012. the kremlin is considering a , they will provide a boost to spending on health care and education. jinping told donald trump they should settle trade issues by opening markets. president xi made the comments during a phone conversation between the two leaders. china's central bank has boosted injections by open market for the most in two months. $42 billion on repurchase agreements on offset majorities. $93 billion is set to leave the financial system as quarterly tax payments. the eu looks to remove south korea and united arab emirates -- a code of conduct recommended moving the countries on a great list. -- grey list. eufinance ministers approved the recommendation at a mee

juliette saly standing by. juliette: u.s.resident donald trump is close to making a decision on his nominee to be vice-chairman of the fed. the number two position has been vacant since stanley fischer retired. the nomination will be a part of a wider leadership shakeup after trump picked jerome powell to yellen.janet robert mueller has raise the likelihood with donald trump's legal team that his office will take an interview with the president. according to the washington post, moeller brought up the issue of interviewing trump. the newspaper said the special counsel team could interview trump soon on some limited portion of questions possibly within the next several weeks. the u.k. prime ministers attempt to give her government every boost has been mired s senior administers refused to follow her orders. theresa may flagged -- things went off script. greeningnt and justine were locked into discussions with her after rejecting proposed moves. the u.k. is -- band on making takests with microbeads effect today in an effort to

let's get all your headlines with juliette saly.ofi has agreed to in a bid to add treatments for rare blood disorders to its portfolio. maker has aia drug premium over friday's closing price. richemont has paid it to buy out ynap. investors would receive a share. richemont already owns 25% of ynap. units havena group fallen after more of its subsidiaries dropped stocks pending a major announcement. hna has been facing increasing pressure with some banks after they missed payments after a debt fueled acquisition that left it with global assets ranging from hotels to refrigerated trucks. goldman sachs did a report last week and says they expect the conglomerate to fulfill those obligations. telekom's ceo says that wireless -- the company will be the 5g monetize platform. customers will benefit from revenue sharing agreements. he also mentioned the benefits of having a major presence in the united states and the impact of the tax overhaul. >> being in the u.s. is a great asset. it is a very liberal market. where the payback of your inv

juliette saly has your first word news. juliette: u.s.resident donald mayps new trade barriers put more pressure on the nafta talks. import taxes on solar panels will affect canada and mexico. trump has repeatedly threatened to dump nafta. we are working very hard to make sure that our neighbor to the south recognizes how good nafta is. it has benefited not just our economy, but his economy, and the world economy. we are very much open to more trade deals involving more people as long as it is in the best benefit of all of our citizens. hasette: chuck schumer withdrawn the offer that he made last week to give donald trump more than the initial $1.6 billion that he requested for a u.s.-mexico border wall. republicans called the move a step back in the continuing debate on immigration. trump sent out a tweet. he said that if there is no wall, there is no daca. the head of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau has pledged to tone down the agencies aggressive regulatory and enforcement stance. writing an op-ed, mick mulvaney said that

but, juliette, i can't let that go by where you said you are surprised he is not mentioned. why? >> look everyone we know of in this case has now touched mueller in a serious way. either been indicted, pled, or interviewed or being sought to be interviewed. and for the last couple of months -- i'm just assuming the reporting is accurate. and i'm assuming that we know everything that's going on in the investigation or a lot of what's going on in the investigation -- jared kushner, who is in every room, at the right time, is lead data guy in the campaign, is responsible by every account for pushing trump to fire comey, no where in any of these stories. so is it the dog that didn't bite? or maybe it's perfectly innocent. i just raise it as if you're him maybe you want to be called at this stage. >> interesting. garrett. we also learned today that mueller interviewed jeff sessions last week and former fbi come director comey. last year does he it seem he could be getting closer to trump? >> it certainly seems that way. as renato said, these are people you do not interview until you a

so, because he has hired a white collar attorney, juliette, does that give youny indication something is going on. >> certainly it's a hint. all these things are hints in terms of who is are the people surrounding themselves with. remember a couple months ago jared kushner hired a crisis communications team. suggesting he was nervous about something. i would make something of this. but we don't know where mueller's team is in terms of would they accept a plea? i have to say, though, if you are gates, woi wouldn't you at this stage? i mean, if you're not a family member of trumps or not a true believer and looking at serious time, even if it had -- even if the -- the indictment had nothing to do with the campaign, he was certainly very close to the campaign. he knew what was going on. he was close to manafort. stuck around after manafort is gone. if you're his parents, right, you're advising him take the deal. >> okay. so garrett, mueller played hard ball with paul manafort having his house raided in a predawn raid. supporters of the president are so upset about that. gates was his pro

>> juliette this may come as a shock to you but the president tweeted something a moment ago. saying where are the 50,000 important text messages between fbi lovers lisa page and peter

juliette: manus, thank you.ese will use its own capital to reimburse customers rift.st money in their at awill pay the users rate of 82 for each of the 523 million points that were stolen. it shocked legislators, who introduced legislation to prevent such disasters. shares of steve wenn' operations of following the most in almost a month after allegations that the chairman sexually harassed women. morgan stanley downgraded their rating after "the wall street journal" reported he pressured massage therapists and a former resort manicurist to perform sex acts. they were denied. shares in the company's u.s. parent fell 10%,. of the most in 13 months. his company grew out of a boyhood business selling yo utensils and seeds. they revolutionized the way furniture could be stored and shipped before being sold at home. the bloomberg billionaires index estimated his worth that $58 billion. that is your bloomberg business/. >> thank you. juliet sally in hong kong. the ecb has ended the program as soon as possible accordin

juliette: another shutdown showdown gripped washington as budget deadlines loom.ata from china. >> it feels like they have the economy on president trump. juliette: apple prepares to bring home overseas cash and announces plans to spread it around.

juliette: u.s.ederal reserve insider john volumes has been interviewed by the white house for the post of vice-chairman of the central banks. was not viewed as being on the shortlist for the job. williams is currently president of the fed's regional bank in san francisco, where he took the reins in 2011 from janet yellen. as a seniored economist in president bill clinton's council of economic advisers. europe, economists have brought forward their estimate of when the ecb will fed an end date for its bond buying program , and made signs more optimistic views on inflation might be gaining sway among policymakers. while no action is expected at the meeting next thursday, almost half of respondents in a survey predicted central bank will announce a definite and date for asset person -- asset purchases by june. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . we are on track for a six weekly

let's get a bloomberg first word news update with juliette saly.uliette: theresa may is fighting on multiple fronts today as critics insider governing conservative party end plans forp brexit and premiership. fire philipd to hammond, who they believe is plotting to deny them the clean, quick break they want. even donald trump has been critical of the handling of brexit, saying he would have taken a "tougher stance with the eu." meanwhile, the leader of the opposition party has raise the issue of a another vote on brexit. >> what we asked for and parliament --ink it has been a meaningful vote in parliament by the end of this. what happens with this bill? we're not asking for a second referendum. b governinghe ec council member says the bank must end qe as long as possible. the program has done what was anticipated and there's not a single reason for continuing with it. draghi saidrio there were rises in inflation. write off this federal reserve meeting as a nonevent. they expect a slightly hawkish upgrade of the language. this will be janet yellen's

kpix5's juliette goodrich is live in santa rosa in the fountain grove neighborhood. >> reporter: veronica, yes, we are in one of the burn zones tonight. it's been raining steadily all day coming down this evening in the santa rosa area and the concern as paul was mentioning is that unstable ground we've been walking around in all day today. you can see our fogged up lens from all the rain today, but that unstable ground could lead to mudslides. of santa rosa has o alert residents and ta it was three months ago when fire swept through ward page's santa rosa home, a home of 17 years. now this first big rainstorm and mother nature's force delivers yet another dark cloud. today he was covering valuables with tarps to preserve what he has. >> it was just burning constantly. >> reporter: this santa rosa couple's home was spared in the fire, but now they have a new worry.

kpix5's juliette goodrich on how trying to do the right thing got him fired. juliette? >> reporter: that employee tried to chase out a shoplifter inside this lucky's supermarket when it all went down. the employee was fired. he's at home now without a job. he didn't want to talk on camera today. he didn't think it was in his best interests, but i'll have to tell you a lot of customers and community members are rallying on his behalf. >> and his reward is getting fired from his job. >> i thought it was appalling. >> reporter: when montclair residents found out a beloved lucky's employee of 17 years was fired for stopping a late night shoplifter, they were outraged. they all know him by his first name, tang. >> he followed the man out of the store and was spit on. >> reporter: spit on by the shoplifter and then fired by his company. lucky's told me it is corporate policy employees don't physically engage with customers. >> two guys came in, grabbed her computer. >> reporter: but in a community worried about crime -- >> in the village itself there have been laptops stolen,

let's get to juliette saly.te: over performing plans to sell his stake in the right having -- right hailing company. kallick.bank and he has never sold any shares in the company he cofounded. apple said all mac computers and i was devices like iphones and ipads are affected by chip security flaws. recent software updates mitigate one of the vulnerabilities known as meltdown. the apple watch, which is a derivative, is not affected. hna groups walked away from negotiations to buy a stake in valley partners. to funded out of talks it from its founders. the move is said to come after a final agreement was expected to be signed. that is your bloomberg business flash. anna: thank you very much. cusp ofcks are on the their best week in six months. investors have been piling into equities and made robust economic data from europe to china. manus: jim is with us. let's talk about japan. .t's been a great run abenomics has been vindicated, this fungus growth since 2001, but the starting line you say is that japan is a bal

juliette? re swept sa. an >> reporter: ken, it certainly is and it's been raining consistently all day today here in the north bay and we're in the fountain grove neighborhood. you can see one of the homes here and what's left of it. in fact, one of the homeowners just showed up. he's going to be bringing tarps to cover some of the areas, some of the valuables, still left behind. the fire burned much of the brush on the hillsides of santa rosa making the ground unstable. that's leaving the serious threats of mudslides. it was just three months ago fire swept through santa rosa and while people in this town proved resilient, today it is now the first big rainstorm and mother nature's forces that deliver another dark cloud. >> we knew we'll have a challenge ahead of us, especially in these hillside communities where we're anticipating the potential for a wet winter and knowing when we lack the vegetation because it's burned off, that there's potential for erosion, mudslides, debris flows. >> reporter: this sa

here is juliette saly in singapore.e: facebook is making major changes to its flagship social network. mark zuckerberg set the back has shown public content has been crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other. he said the transition will likely make people spend less time on the site. the company said its act -- it's -- under the terms of the agreement, kering will retain about 60% of puma's outstanding shares. drag down by pay-tv costs, sales decreased by 5%. at the same time adjusted earnings before taxes climbed ,0% to 25% dropbox has said the file confidentially for an ipo. jp morgan will lead the potential listing. the company valued at $10 billion is a closely watched private tech company. drop box will come to market claiming sales of more than $1 billion. up --e is catching creating a new threat for the swedish retailer. retailing shares were higher in tokyo trade on the news. that is your bloomberg business flash. manus: donald trump triggered fresh accusations of racism afte

let's bring in national security analyst juliette kayyem and legal analyst. robert mueller's former special assist at the justice department. boy, do we have lots to talk about this hour high pressure let's get going. hello everyone. michael, a lot of breakdown from president trump wide ranging interview with reporters. s in an clip of him speaking with the possibility of sitting down with the special counsel. >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> you want to. >> just so you understand. there has been no collusion what so far. there is no obstruction what so far. and i'm looking forward to it. i do worry when i look at all of the things that you people don't report about with what's happening if you take a look at you know the five months worth of missing texts. that's a lot of missing texts. and as i said yesterday, that's primetime. so you do sort of look at that and say what's going on. you do look at certain texts where they talk about insurance policies or insurance, where they say the kind of things they're saying. you have to be concerned backup bu

it >> reporter: allen, juliette, check it out. it looks like a postcard.e start the year with the biggest, brightest view of the moon that we will see all year, this super moon, and this is actually one of the best times of the evening to catch it. ears. even more unusual: the and our calend it looks similar to this moon from last month. the new year's moon is only 221,000 miles away. the assistant planetarium director at cal academy of sciences. >> this is the closest full moon of the year, which is about 30,000 miles closer than when it's at its farthest point. >> reporter: nasa said the so- called super moon can appear as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than when a full moon is farthest from the earth. >> it's kind of like comparing a dime and nickel. >> reporter: if you miss it, there's another super moon january 31st. because it's the second full moon in a month, it's called a blue moon that occurs once every two to three years of even more unusual? the way the lunar cycle and our calendar line up this year creates a rare scenario. >> two double f

juliette? >> reporter: ken, ryan is in the icu. his family says he's coherent. he even has a sense of humor. the athletic director here at the high school said the family is preparing for the long haul. on the school's web page it says everyone's friend. they're talking about 16-year- old college park high school sophomore ryan joseph. ryan suffered a c4 spinal cord injury in a jv wrestling match last week. the high school's athletic coach jim keck spoke on behalf of the family today. >> this is the only time i've ever seen something like this happen. it was not an illegal move. it wasn't a move that was done with any type of malice. it wasn't something i think when most people in the stands saw it happen didn't think much of it. >> reporter: ryan competed in wrestling and lacrosse at the high school. he was wrestling in the 160- pound weight class when he suffered the spinal cord injury. ryan, the son of former de la salle football and wrestling hall of famer tom joseph, is now at the trauma have at john muir in walnut creek. >> first thing that tom said when i

here's juliette saly.u.s., the in the house of representatives committee has sought clearance from the white house. it alleges bias and abusive government surveillance of people surrounding president trump. conservative congressional republicans say the fbi and justice department pursued the investigation of possible kremlin ties to the trump administration under false pretenses. we have crossed a deeply regrettable mine in this in thise -- line committee where there was a vote to politicize the declassification of intelligence and potentially compromise sources and methods. juliette: they u.s. treasury has released a list of oligarchs with regard to putin. 96 oligarchs. while those names will not automatically face any putative measures such as an asset mayze, their inclusion prevent banks from doing business with them. washington says it's pushing for a breakthrough on its catchiest proposals within a month, underscoring the fragility of the new mood of optimism an aftr canada and mexico came forward. re

juliette: the u.s.reasury has released a russian oligarch with ties to vladimir putin. 100 14 senior political figures and 96 oligarchs in including several key figures. while those named won't face punitive measures, the inclusion may dissuade banks and other institutions in the u.s. and europe from doing business with them. washington is pushing for a breakthrough on its catchiest nafta proposals within a month of the newragility mood of optimism after canada and mexico came forward with fresh ideas. trade representative of the u.s. told reporters he is hoping to make progress before the next round of negotiations. the three parties are due to meet in mexico later this month. oppositionhe u.k. labor party has told a handful of business executives he would rule nothing out on brexit accept a second referendum. jeremy corbyn held a private meeting that lasted around an hour at his offices yesterday evening. five people from the biggest lobbies were there. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than

juliette saly in singapore.re francineos is standing by. >> i am pleased to be joined by our guest. here means that he remains the german. -- he remains the chairman. the u.s., positive or negative? we have seen tax reform, animal spirits come back. >> positive, mainly positive, because you have the tax reform, which has changed dramatically the state of mind of the ceos. their reaction of jamie dimon and a lot of ceos saying it is great. it is bringing back a lot of money to the u.s., and they are going to invest massively in their own country. it is something that is positive. we see a lot of strength in many areas. believe 2018 will be a great year. francine: will that investment ?oing to advertising i wish they had already prepared to sell. being, the mood is positive. they will take advantage of the growth, and the best way to do that is to invest. they have to invest in advertising, marketing, digital, and also in transformation. things are going well. mood, and there is a feeling, which is extremely posit

anna: juliette saly with your update on the markets.epublican lawmakers are pushing for another short-term funding measure to avoid a u.s. government shutdown. today we assess the president's accomplishments and shortfalls in global trade. let's bring in jamie schneider, who has been tracking the presidency. let's start with the impending shutdown. let's get the news out of the way and then we can talk about the bigger picture. will congress be able to pull a deal out of the hat at the last minute? do.hat is what they want to this is the funding for the government that has already been since thehree times new fiscal year began in the u.s. this would be a forced extension. republicans are hoping to get a deal to extend it through by doing things like adding money to a children's fund. democrats want to add an immigration measure that would deal with the dreamers that were brought to the u.s. as children. republicanrump and lawmakers have been trying to paint them as obstructionist for doing that. they have said that if they try to add th

juliette: u.s.ump has slacked tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, angering trade earners . he made his first protectionist move a year into his first term. imported washing machines will see tariffs as high as 50%. china and south korea condemned the steps. they call them a misuse of trade missions. donald trump signed a government spending bill that ends a shutdown. the democrats accepted a deal that will fund the government through february 8. in exchange, mcconnell agreed to address democratic demands the congress restore protections for young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. the bank of japan has maintained its stimulus program and kept its forecast unchanged. it said inflation expectations have stopped falling. the yen strengthened on the announcement. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . manus: thank you. blackrock has surpassed $6 tril

kpix 5's juliette goodrich is in the newsroom with an update: juliette? thanks dennis. tonight..: "pain and confusion" caused by a terrifying false alarm. a text alert sen t out this morning read: "ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii. seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill." but 38 minutes later... a second alert said it was a false alarm... and no missile was incoming. hawaii's governor says: someone pushed the wrong button. he promised a full system evaluation... to make sure the mistake would never happen again. meanwhile... more fallout over president trump's vulgar attack on immigration. a number of lawmakers are now demanding the president apologize... for apparently calling haiti and african nations an explicit name during a daca meeting. "so outrageous, that i will be joining our congressional black cacus in their motion to censure and ask for an apology from the president." president trump tweeted that he did not use that kind of language... but he did use so-called "tough language" in the daca meeting. and in santa barbara county... rescue crews are still lo

juliette: apple prepares to bring home overseas cash and announces plans to spread it around. >> thist is quite good news from a political perspective.

for that we go to hong kong and juliette saly.uliette: donald trump has delivered his first state of the union speech, telling congress and the rest of the world that "new americane, moment." he promised to unify the country and hailed the tax cuts as helping the u.s. compete globally. president trump: we slashed the business tax rate all the way that american companies can compete and win against anywhere else anywhere in the world. theresa may has landed in china with a message to rebels back home that want to oust her. she will not quit. she is leading a delegation on a three-day trip. asked if she would fight any challenge to her leadership, she dismissed the idea as a hypothetical situation. china's factory gauge has missed estimates. 51.3.pped to that is as efforts to rein in debt and reduce pollution dragged on activity. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . anna: coming up, new american moment, donal

juliette: south korea has proposed dialogue with the north in over two years. they want to jointly enter the winter olympics in pyeongchang. pop to renewing the goat -- path to renewing negotiations. our source also says -- the pentagon says there is no --ication that the fed spacex says only that the falcon nine booster rocket performed phenomenally. the second stage of the rocket failed and the satellite was lost. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. .et's take a look at the market australia closing out tuesday's session at a fresh decade high. india looking quite good as well. not as many gains on the shanghai, about .1%. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, gopro takes a dive. we speak with ceo nick woodman after the company cuts its forecast and slashes jobs. cryptocurrencies opsware rocky start in 2018. bitcoin slumping as much as 27%, helping drag down smaller rivals. tech firms are dissenting on las vegas for the

here is juliette saly.tte: samsung electronics has missed fourth-quarter profits estimates on memory chips and the strengthening won. operating income rose during the three-month end of december compared with the analyst estimate of 15.1 billion. a 7% surge in the korean currency came as prices for benchmark memory chips leveled off after a year of gains. altice let's patrick drahi maintain control of both companies as he pursues a turnaround plan for the debt laden european operation. will the -- be distributed to shareholders in the second quarter. his holding company will be 51% of the voting power of the u.s. company after the transaction. aston martin is targeting a valuation of as much as $6.8 billion in a potential ipo. familiar,to people the company has held preliminary talks with advisers about a valuation that would put it on fox -- par with ferrari. investor interest in an ipo this year could be bolstered by the planned expansion into the sport-utility market, starting in 2019. top fives' net wor

juliette saly. juliette: ubs announced a share buyback of up to 2 billion swiss francs, which will include 550 million this year starting in march. the bank said it will combine its wealth management business is to create a global division taking effect from the start of next month. they have been appointed copresidents of the new unit. bring you our conversation with ubs ceo sergio ermotti. reaffirmedssia have they will persevere with oil production cuts until the end of global glutclear a and signal their readiness to cooperate beyond that. in an exclusive joint interview, alexander novak told bloomberg russia is prepared to continue cooperating with opec even after the fire. we have seen cooperation between our countries is long-term. regardless of whether it is in ,erms of the markets stabilization, or other areas, our cooperation is based on the agreements we find in china in 2016 in september, and over the past 1.5 years, that will be and limiting this, it has shown a lot of success. we had a

i'm juliette goodrich. >> and i'm brian hackney. kpix 5's jackie ward is in downtown san francisco right now. how did the march compare with last year's? >> last year this walk for life was on the same day as the women's march. so both sides of the issue felt that they were overshadowed a bit. this year thousands of supporters from all over the country came to march here today. >> reporter: a few hundred pro choice supporters weren't intimidated by the estimated 70,000 pro life advocates in san francisco for the walk for life. before the march, those in favor of what they call reproductive justice held a rally of their own. >> abortion access is plummeting around the country. some women and people have to drive hours, take days off work, pay incredible expenses out of pocket, and it's becoming more and more extreme. >> reporter: that plummeting access is viewed as a success for the people who rallied at civic center plaza and they're encouraged by the growing momentum they feel their cause has. and the grassroots efforts all the way

juliette, thank you.mists have brought forward their estimates of when europe's central bank will set an end date for bond buying. action is expected that the next meeting thursday, the first change in forward guidance is foreseen for march. still with us, steven major, global head of fixed-income research at hsbc. ts for theave do ecb, per se, but we have almost every governing member on record with the exception of draghi, saying there should be an end date communicated. the you expect that anytime soon? somen: you can infer dot plot, because the rate we will end up with in a few years time is traded. if you went five years forward, it sits below 1%, which seems about right to me. in the u.s., it is above two, called at 2.25. there is some measure for what they will get to. in thing that is out there contention is the speed with theh you get the move to first rate hike and the magnitude of each rate hike when it comes. that is where we are now. we are left with passing the the kremlin. like everyone is

let's bring in matt lewis, and sin national security analyst juliette kayyem.his is breaking news. matt i'm starting with you, the firing of james comey led to the appointment of the special counsel robert mueller in the first place. and you look at tonight's news, did president trump -- did he learn anything from that? did it matter? did he care? >> no, i don't think so. this also goes back to jeff sessions, the attorney general who recused himself which led to this. so in donald trump's mind, he has not been well served by his team, people who should be loyal to him. this got out of hand. he needs to try to fix it. donald trump, one thing about him, and in some way republicans love this, i should say, you know, you go to somebody and say mr. president, or you just can't do that. this is a bad idea. and for donald trump those rules don't always apply. sometimes they do. but he breaks norms. i think that any normal sane republican right now would think don't go there. this is not ending well with donald trump he goes there. >> well, it seems though -- if you li

kpix5's juliette goodrich is in oakland with the new video. juliette? >> reporter: well, ken, the past couple days we've shown you some pretty crazy video, some calling it disturbing, but, you know, sideshow organizers who used to organize sanctioned side shows say this isn't how it used to be. we first showed you this video of a sideshow bystander standing too close. he gets hit, flips over, nearly losing his pants. and now this. more video emerging from a recent sideshow. participants say it was in east oakland only this time a sideshow bystander is firing off a fully automatic handgun with a high capacity magazine. when we slow down the video, you can see him holding up his phone inone hand and firing a handgun in the other. how have things changed? >> years ago we've always been advocating for safe and sanctioned events. i seen it happen. >> reporter: back in 2005 this man organized sanctioned sideshow events. that's not how your sideshows used to start, correct? >> absolutely not. a sideshow at its core is a social interaction. it was about men and

juliette: y manipulaciÓn.mente se me mejora de inmediato, me acaba de pasar y me pasÓ por vago. unos siguen la rutina, usualmente pido los mÍos por internet y no lo habÍa hecho. los cambiÉ y fuera. quÉ mÁs? la mÁscara. miren lo que sucede. cuando esto tiene demasiado tiempo, lo que sucede es que baterÍas, gÉrmenes se van a acumular allÍ. usted se pasa eso en la cara. cuando usted se pasa esto en la cara, los gÉrmenes le pueden dar un infecciÓn en los ojos que es algo tan delicado. tenga cuidado, cambielas con frecuencia para que no tenga este problema. vamos a botarlos. esto usted no se imagina. las superficies que tenemos de plÁstico para cortar alimentos. miren bien. esta superficie de plÁstico, miren lo que voy a hacer? a la basura. cuando siguen cortando allÍ, se va formando como unas grietas. en esas grietas, se van a meter gÉrmenes, los cuales van a pasar a los alimentos que usted luego se va a comer. una recomendaciÓn es que lo haga con superficies de manera para que no suceda eso. quÉ mÁs? seguimos con