kevin carter joining me. tencent is about 8% of that etf. vin, you can practice because -- what is tencent thinking at only a 5% stake? guest: they look for the fastest-growing companies and make an investment. they have a far ranging portfolio. they have invested in lyft and ai companies. they are charting their plan to take advantage of this connected, electric vehicles in the future. baidu and alibaba have been investing heavily. are slated to have a connected car in the near future. it doesn't come at all that much of a surprise. cory: these are financial investments. maybe not partnerships but a place at the table. guest: it's unclear at this point. sources are telling me they would not be surprised if there were partnerships. you can seewechat integration, great for tesla to have their feet and. let me ask you the same question. has $18 billion on the balance sheet. a $2 billion investment matters. it is a legitimate investment. what do you think they want out of this? has made 150t investments in both the book and private companies of

kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: okay. coming up next at 5:00 -- >> i'm mike carter-conneen outside the a.t.f. headquartereds in washington. they unveiled a one of a kind mobile unit to help coming up, alison: they were in and out in 80 seconds. thieves escaping with 3 is guns from the rockville gun store this month. so far, there are no arrests in that case. but it's one of several burglaries and other crimes that police fear will add more illegal guns to the streets. but as mike carter-conneen reports when the guns are used in a crime, the a.t.f. has a new tool to fight back. >> the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives unveiled the first mobile crime lab. >> it's the national integrated ballistic information network. >> d.c. police, montgomery and prince george's county have the program in a network of 137 sites nationwide. now they can travel the country in the new fully equipped van to help the law enforcement agencies process crime scene. after mass shooting in spikes in gun violence or some part of the country ballistic technology is not easily accessible. >> these are uni

kevin with the story. >> reporter: a takeout order unlike any other. a boxed chicken dinner with side order of compassion and a biscuit. don carterte dinner last friday night. >> i see her and she's visibly exhausted. just feeling that myself, i decided to say hey, long day or something like that. do you remember what i said? >> you said it's almost over. >> reporter: but something was just beginning. 28-year-old mays works at a kansas city popeyes but her dream is to some day be a nurse. in passing, she told don that coming up with tuition is a constant struggle. >> it's not easy doing it on your own. >> reporter: carter is a former cop providing for his own wife and kids. >> as i was driving away, i was thinking what i could do to help what she was doing. >> reporter: when he got home, don put the word out and started a go fund me page. who wanted to help send this young woman to school? >> if i got 300 of them to put $5 up, which i figured they would be willing to do, no problem. >> reporter: it didn't even take 24 hours. the $1500 was raised. >> something we want you to be able to do without having to worry about it. is that

kevin the testimony of both richard and rob carter coming today.et me preface this by saying that i have respect for them to fight for change. justhey are simply carrying out instructions from their sport bosses who are not here unfortunately. positionsard to their , we agree with most of it. that is why anti-doping agencies have implemented many of the same strategies years ago. but unfortunately, their voices are silent on the real issue which is to remote the fox from guarding the hen house. we hear that term a lot -- fox in the henhouse. be advocatingmay and educatethe fox the fox and equipped the fox with the appropriate resourcing -- it is still a conflict of interest in clean athletes around the world are still being let down by sports control these critical functions. is the also frustrating solutions are relatively easy, but the determination to implement them is lacking. remain optimistic. anti-doping agencies have come together to put forth a declaration that removes sports controls of anti-doping. number two, strengthen wada from increa

carter. >> quite a burger. >> 9,000 dollars -- no more than 9,000. >> burgers. >> 10 grand intoxicated. >> perhaps. >> cheryl this hour -- coming up talking with texas congressman house ways and means committee chairman kevinnd items on agenda form defense economic minutes german chaunz legislator angela merkel, kt guten bering here don't miss a home stay with us right now we kick off president donald trump to meet with angela merkel lay blake burman at white house has details, blake, good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you as well it is a midday news conference, with president trump, and angela merkel that will be the one to watch here,t. these two will be meeting with each other for several hours, throughout the day this will be a, would go lunch bilateral meeting as well administration officials say issues like trade, and how to deal with vladimir putin are likely to come up throughout the day, so too is the topic of immigration as you know president trump has been highly critical of merkel and her immigration policies take a listen what he told times of london just days before his inauguration. >> i think it was a mistake. i will see her i will meet her i respect her, and i like her but i th

carter mack, great to have you with us, of jmp. big 24 hours in d.c., what is coming up the rest of the day? isid: one of the highlights a 11:00, kevineans committee. he will have a news conference to talk of this obamacare proposal, which is the talk of the town. jonathan: take a look at pharma stocks quickly. the president tweeted about drug stocks this morning. .fizer down by .7% 26 minutes into the opening session. .quities marginal moved to the downside in the united states. softer session emerging. .2% lower on the dow. if you switch up the boards, treasuries are largely unmoved ahead of a load of auctions. you are watching bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: from new york, i vonnie quinn. mark: i am mark barton. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ vonnie: we are going to take you from new york to london in the next hour with stories from washington to geneva to south africa. here's what we're following from bloomberg and around the world. after years of talks, republicans have unveiled a a plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act, but you is coming under fire from conservative critics. mark: the market in danger of extending its losing