jonathan: coming up, lloyd blankfein.t 34 markets -- minutes time is the markets open. bear in mind that apple makes up about 4.5% of that index and apple is kicking higher in the premarket. ♪ ♪ jonathan: apple searches to a record. the forecast of better-than-expected revenue for the quarter. sets the dow up for another all-time high as the stock market continues to shakeup in an effective congress. -- currencymarket market flees the optimism over euro. the euro climbs to a new 2017 high against the u.s. dollar. from new york city, good morning. you are watching bloomberg tv. i'm jonathan ferro alongside david westin. alix steel is in baltimore. what is alix steel doing in baltimore? alix: i'm doing some pretty cool things in baltimore. i miss you, but i will be , theng to lloyd blankfein ceo of goldman sachs, as well as mike bloomberg. the reason why is small business. for the first time ever, bloomberg philanthropy and goldman sachs will donate $10 million to goldman sachs's small businesses. it will help set them up t

alix: and i ask lloyd blankfein how to fix its problem?> there are several reasons in retrospect that we can look at and say, gee, we may have messed up. alix: all of that ahead on "bloomberg best" ♪ ." ♪ alix: hello and welcome. i'm alix steel. this is "bloomberg best." your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis and interviews from bloomberg television around the world. the week again with a spotlight, once again, on the white house and a high-level shakeup in the trump administration. >> anthony scaramucci has been removed from his job as white house communications director just 10 days after he joined the team. president trump removed him from his post on the recommendation of his new chief of staff, john kelly. >> it is certainly high drama, but on general john kelly's first day on the job as chief of staff, he seems to have decided that a little bit of drama on the front end will save him a lot of drama on the backend. pretty swift and decisive decision, prompting the exit today at mr. scaramucci after an incredi

lloyd: well, we did not make as much money, so that was wrong.business group and everyone performed very well, so well that we actually did well as a firm. our return on equity has double-digit r.o.e. that said, we did not perform ic, it is a risk business. we do not always perform well. that being said, other people performing in the same environment did better than us. and so we are on the balls of our feet. we are concerned about it. in my 35 years of doing this, there have been periods, a lot longer than this one, where we have underperformed only to outperform. it has been newsworthy, not because we are a chronic underperformer, but a chronic outperformer. that being said, we know what we have to do and we are doing it. it is an execution matter for us and guess what? that is what we do. alix: so, execution seems to me like it is cyclical. there are many saying that there are structural problems in the commodity business. many other guys have dumped irs and you stood by yours. what do you think of the view? lloyd: well, we had to cut back a

and, i talked to lloyd blankfein this week about big picture topics.nto the details of goldman's trading troubles. >> the expectation is that we will do better, because historically, we have, and we really haven't. alix: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: this is bloomberg best, i'm alix steel. the dow keeps hitting new heights, breaking 22,000 for the first time on wednesday. but how long will double run bullll the wilbull run -- run continue? we talk to professor jeremy and billionaire investor howard marks. marks preached caution in a conversation with erik schatzker. >> the time to sound the warning is when everybody is making a lot of money, it means that the market is going up and enthusiasm is incorporated in pricing and behavior. you cannot sound a warning after the thing has turned over and died, so, i think that we see a market in which there are lots of uncertainties, prospective returns are low, asset prices are high and people are engaging in risky behavior. that is the kind of climate in which we should take a hard look at what we're doing, and

big stocks like anglo—american, lloyds and bt group 01’ anglo—american, lloyds and bt group orfallingdend. drinks bottler coca—cola hbc has jumped over 8% after a first half update, making it the ftse‘s top riser. the pound has touched a three—week low against a recovering dollar, after industrial production numbersjust dollar, after industrial production numbers just topped economists‘ forecasts. more business news available on our website. that is all from me for now. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news. you may remember that appeal by the police who were searching for a jogger in south—west london in putney who appeared to knock over a woman who is in his path, into the path of a bus on the road. they say they have arrested a 41—year—old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. you can see the very disturbing footage. police say they have received a lot of calls in relation to that case. they have been appealing and continued to appeal for witnesses and for information to tweet the metropolitan police. they have arrested a 41—year—old man on suspicion of causing

fine, -- lloyd lang lloyd blankfein, the worst of his reign.p with him and we will be catching up with the ceo of rio tinto, a decent performance for them and a buyback. the resilience of china the story of the last quarter, the steel mills in full turn helping out the profits and a big mine is on the planet. -- miners on the planet. delivered in air presser on monday on the impact of a hard brexit on the in the -- airline industry. they said the prospect of brexit disruption is more and more likely. guy johnson is there with the ceo. guy: michael, you met with the minister this morning. what can you tell us felt that meeting? michael: we stressed the need for an agreement. we have to have an agreement by september 2018, just 12 months away. he currently accepts if the u.k. leaves the european union we will leave opens guys, so the dutch open skies, so the -- open skies. we have french and german moving againstly an agreement or offering an agreement that is so undesirable it would break up the ownership rules. they are trying to disrupt flight

david: that was lloyd blankfein, the chairman and ceo of goldman sachs.xt, is there anyway tax reform could happen in this calendar year? i will ask senator tom carper, next. ♪ david: welcome back to bloomberg markets: the trump economy. i'm david gura. let's get to tax reform. mitch mcconnell addressed the issue on the senate floor saying the american people deserve a tax system that works for them. >> this won't be an easy process but the people we represent our depending on us for help. now's the time to deliver tax reform and i look forward to working with my colleagues. david: what is your sense of how singularly focused senate republicans are in particular on getting something done when it comes to tax reform? mitch mcconnell wants to make very clear that he's .ocused on a tax overhaul during his press conference yesterday he made it clear the senate would not be focused on health care vote before the august recess. the buzzword now is pivot. leadership want to make clear that the gop is singularly focused on the tax overhaul. david: what are his co

and lloyd...my partner for17 years. fair enough. hannah bardell, do you think that one day, we might have a gay prime minister in britain? i would like to think so. in britain? i would like to think so. there is no reason why lgbt people, women, people with disabilities, should not be in senior positions. we have to ask ourselves why they haven't been until now. in scotland, we are proportionally one of the guest column in the world and one of the most progressive countries in terms of lg bt most progressive countries in terms of lgbt rights. lgbt candidates have been better than their straight allies in the most recent general election am according to a study —— they did better in the most recent general election. it is a personal choice, but i certainly felt a personal responsibility. we are role models and we have a responsibility to the next generation to make it more equal. on that point, it is still not easy for young people to come out in some parts of the country, and you met a teenager in

lloyd blankfein tweeted he wished the moon wasn't the only thing casting a shadow across the country got through one we'll get through the other. the reaction is clear from the thought from other banks, it's a big surprise that lloyd blankfein is so clearly coming out. he's personal about his opinions and tweets it's not tweets about his company. there's about 20 they've bon >> each one has been personalized nothing to do with goldman sachs. >>> taylor swift ended her social media blackout and sent the internet in a frenzy, po posting a cryptic 10-second clip of a snake or rep pile moving back and forth this after swift wiped out her social media accounts on friday. they went to black, fueling speculation that she may be ready to release a new album one can only hope. i hope she comes back over to the country side >> there's something "game of thrones" about this. >> i thought maybe she would drop the album during the eclipse. to eclipse the eclipse >> that would be clever, but that would be hard to do >> nothing she does is losing. >> would have eclipsed my heart. >>> beyonce and ja

julia: lloyd blankfein earlier on bloomberg.loomberg business flash, companies reporting earnings after the bell. losing money, but was a smaller loss than anticipated. models s and x will rise, and expects to produce 1500 model threes. aig beat estimates, although commercial underwriting worsen. the new ceo said the company remains "vocus "focused." this is bloomberg. ♪ i willn't miss this boot be watching the boe tomorrow announcing its rate decision at 7:00 am eastern tomorrow with a press briefing to follow. is it super thursday tomorrow? julia: don't miss this. u.s. and german factory goods. joe: >> you are watching "bloomberg technology." president trump endorsed new legislation today that would reduce illegal immigration to the u.s. it would also evaluating fisa applications based on merit with a preference for people of higher education and job skills. would represent a dramatic overhaul of the u.s. immigration system. president trump has signed a russian sanctions bill that congress forwarded to him, but he added a stat

coming up, trumps america, lloyd lang find talking about life under the current administration.his is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ you are with bloomberg markets. in honghaad salamat kong. hsbc saying possibilities are endless in china as the government opens up the economy. speed bumps between beijing and washington, the bank says the potential for two-way trade and investment continues to expand. the banks u.s. boss saying china's transition to a consumption-based economy offers boundless opportunities. >> you have a tremendous amount of growth occurring in china itself, greg 6% to 7%, and the u.s. growing also, albeit slower . if you look at the amount of interest both countries have, that interest in the other's business is growing, strong, so from our client face, we see almost an unlimited amount of growth in the next few years. rishaad: for more on what is going on in the banking industry , lloyd blankfein brushing off fixed income business and not panicking because it is working on changing its mix of products and client base. >> we tend to be overly weighted to a client base, a terri

we talked with the ceo rob lloyd and he tells us the next step is commercial sglags and that means they could be breaking ground on a project in the u.s. as early as next year. they should have a shovel ready project approved in just a few months. the company leading the charge to deliver passengers from point a to point b says they have accomplished the goal in record time. >> we've proved the technology worked, that's a big deal. we've done that and we need to prove where it will work. we need to work with governments and states and federal regulators to actually regulate. >> reporter: the technology was created in the u.s. and has been manufactured here and now hyperloop one is deciding where to build it and lloyd says states like colorado, texas, florida and ohio are all on campaign to convince hyperloop one their state is the right fit. >> we are looking at all of those right now and beginning another level of discussion as to where we could build the financial case and where is the real right-of-way that makes sense and where could we build the first hyper loop in the united state

lloyd said they could have shovel ready project proved company leading the charge to deliver paerm if point a to bxingt at super speed says they accomplished goal in record time. >> we proved technology works that's a big deal. a lot of people said this would not happen. now that we've done that we need to prove where will it work and work with governments and states and federal regulators to actually regulate it. >> hyper loop technology was created in the u.s. and been manufactured here and now hyper loop one is deciding where to build it. lloyd says states like colorado, texas, florida and ohio are on on campaign to convince hyper loop one their state is right fit. >> we're looking at all of those right now and beginning another level of discussion a keep deeper discussion to where we build the financial case and where is the right-of-way to make sense wraen do we start building hyper loop in the united states. >> hyper loop can transport people or cargo. lloyd says the first big step is using hyper loop for freight first getting semis off the road and traffic. hyper loop says it's

lloyd blankfein telling bloomberg what changes the bank plans to make.ws, results at the road after the bell today. investors will be keeping and i on the revved up production schedule and we will bring you the numbers. with have got a check on markets with julie hyman. back. yes, i am all three major averages perk up a little bit. the s&p 500 down as was the nasdaq. both clawed their way back to dow holds above 22,000. the s&p 500 earlier today touched a record of closing basis. we will see what happens in the last hour or so of trading. we continue to see them push or pull and have a big effect. we have got apple of course, the biggest influence today. after the second quarter revenue forecast, sent shares higher, you have got the maker of gene sequencing equipment, alumina, saying in its earnings report that it shipped 80 of its flagship devices last quarter, 30 more than estimated. the company raised its forecast. on the foot side, you have got drug distribution company cardinal health short of estimates. continuing, other companies out with its numb

lloyd says the first big step could be using the hyper loop for freight first.per loop says it is the future of transportation but with the pod topping speeds of 700 miles per hour they will need to convince people, not just cargo, to go for a ride. >>> breaking news out of san francisco. three people were shot at dolores park this afternoon. all three have been taken to area hospitals. good evening. i'm alyana gomez in for julie. >> i'm frank somerville. there is a large police presence at dolores park right now. this is a live picture from skyfox. there is actually a big pool of blood and a crutch at the end of the pedestrian bridge that you see here that goes over the muni tracks. police are not saying a whole lot about the suspect in the case. this is where all of this is going on. here is our map for you. it is at the intersection of 19th and church. rob malcolm is at the scene. >> reporter: good afternoon, frank and alyana. as you saw from skyfox a large police presence here at dolores park. we are on the west side of dolores park at 19th and church street

mayor, you just heard what lloyd said. the dow yesterday rockets through 22,000. jones and the stock market is great. why do you think there is or do you think there is such a lack of faith among middle income americans in the economy today. their immediate future is paycheck to paycheck, month to month, why that lack of faith given all those numbers that lloyd just accurately pointed out? >> well, change is always difficult to deal with because it takes you into the unknown and it's much more comfortable to continue to do what you're doing. unfortunately, the world doesn't let you do that, you have to change. and i think what's happening is some industries are going away, some industries are coming back. what we need to do is to have more global trade because that creates jobs in america. unfortunately, some of the politicians try to convince the public the reverse, but it's just not true. we need to be able to export our products around the world. we need to be able to buy raw material its around the world, to build our products and retrain our people and start

and, i talked to lloyd blankfein picturek about big topics.ot into the details of goldman's trading troubles. >> the expectations is that we will do better, because historically we have, that we really haven't. >> this is bloomberg. ♪ who knew that phones would start doing everything? entertaining us, getting us back on track and finding us dates. phones really have changed. so why hasn't the way we pay for them? introducing xfinity mobile. you only pay for data and can easily switch between pay per gig and unlimited. no one else lets you do that. see how much you can save when you choose by the gig or unlimited. call or go to xfinitymobile.com. xfinity mobile. it's a new kind of network, designed to save you money. ♪ >> this is bloomberg best, i'm alix steel. the dow keeps hitting new heights, breaking 22,000 for the first time on wednesday. >> but how long will double run continue #we talked to professor jeremy siegel and bill or where -- billionaire investor howard marks. marx, reached caution in a conversation with erik schatzker. >> the t

. >>> two-time olympic gold medalist carly lloyd wears number 10. lloyd was inspired by dutch. today we mourn the loss of a philadelphia icon. daulton died last night after a four-year battle with brain cancer. he spent nearly 14 seasons with the phils. during his careers he had nine surgeries on various injuries. curt schilling had this to say about his former teammate. heart and soul, those were the two words that define darren daulton as a human being and as a member of the phillies '93 team. in my years of baseball i have never been privileged enough to be around a man who led anywhere near as much as dutch did. god blessed me enough to be around a man and i'll be forever thankful. dutch was one of those men. lenny dykstra shared his feelings as well. i've played with several tough dudes in my career. dutch was the toughest. he was the unquestionable leader of our magical phillies team that went from last to first thereby energizing the city. another former teammate mitch williams there will always only be one dutch. now he watches toefr us from above. >>> switching gears t

carli lloyd wears number 10, why?hat is the number of her all time favorite player, darren daulton. like the phillies and fans all over the delaware valley, lloyd was inspired by dutch. today we mourn loss of a philadelphia icon, daulton died last night after a four year battle with brain cancer. he spent 14 seasons with the phillies. during his career he had nine surgeries on various injuries. ultimately though he led the phillies to a national league pennant in 1993. >> curt schilling had this to say about his former teammate, heart and soul, those are two word that define darren daulton as a human being and member of the phillies 1993 team n my 22 years of baseball i have never been privileged enough to be around a man who led anywhere near as well as dutch did, god blessed me enough to allow me to be around men who change my life, and i'll be forever thankful dutch was one of those men. 1993 short stop kevin stocker, says, i always respected darren for the fact that he never treated me like the rookie that i was i

coming up, the goldman sachs ceo lightbank fine -- lloyd blankfein thinks he has a fix. why he's not panicking yet. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." goldman sachs ceo lloyd blankfein says he's not worried about the banks trading roles, even after goldman posted its worst is cap since he took over. in an interview with bloomberg, blankfein discuss the future of the fixed income business and regulatory sentiments with alix steel in baltimore. it imposed aruled little bit of a state of mind test. , but theyke positions wanted to damp down speculation. but the line between speculation, which as a word seems easily we should back off of, and market making, i.e. facilitating other people's trading, taking the other side of what your client wants to do, is also a risk-taking principal activity, and the line between the two is very blurry and indistinct. but what the volcker rule says in effect, if you're taking positions, points of view, in anticipation or in connection with a specific client operation, that's good. if you're doing it away from that spe

hello, this is breakfast, withjohn maguire and sian lloyd.n 30 people are injured in violence at a white nationalist rally in the united states. a car is driven into a crowd of anti—fascist protestors, following a day of clashes in charlottesville, virginia. go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. good morning, it is sunday 13 august. also ahead: ecstasy and agony at the world athletics championships. great britain's men claim the ax100m relay gold, but usain bolt pulls up in his last race on the world stage.

our wales correspondent, sian lloyd reports.ock star and a hero to his fans across the world, but in private ian watkins was a paedophile, his behaviour was described as "having plumbed the depths of depravity." his sexual interest in children was reported by his former girlfriend. watkins had sent indecent images tojoanne mjadzelics‘ mobile phone, but when she took it to the police, her allegations were not followed up. the police watchdog, the independent police complaints commission, has found officers‘ bias against her meant watkins was able to carry on abusing children. joanne mjadzelics spoke today of the toll it's all taken. she said... "the ipcc report finally vindicates me and accepts that from the outset i was telling the truth and trying to bring a serious criminal sexual predator to justice." south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children. he was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here, in pontypridd. what they then found on

lloyd was inspired by dutch. today we mourn the loss of a philadelphia icon. daulton died last night after a four-year battle with brain cancer. he spent nearly 14 seasons with the phils. during his careers he had nine surgeries on various injuries. curt schilling had this to say about his former teammate. heart and soul, those were the two words that define darren daulton as a human being and as a member of the phillies '93 team. in my years of baseball i have never been privileged enough to be around a man who led anywhere near as much as dutch did. god blessed me enough to be around a man and i'll be forever thankful. dutch was one of those men. lenny dykstra shared his feelings as well. i've played with several tough dudes in my career. dutch was the toughest. he was the unquestionable leader of our magical phillies team that went from last to first thereby energizing the city. another former teammate mitch williams there will always only be one dutch. now he watches toefr us from above. >>> switching gears the eagles practiced today and they had to do it

their ceo rob lloyd said this particular test is such a big deal. it proves the technology works.step is commercialization. they think they will have a shovel-ready plan approved next few months. this hyperloop technology created here in the u.s. it was manufactured here. hyperloop one is deciding where to build it. >> i'm not a betting man. i can tell you that the odds are, that something will emerge in the united states that really is the first hyperloop that will be built. reporter: lloyd says he is in deep discussions with states including colorado, texas, florida and ohio. he says they have to make a good case before hyperloop decides to build in their state. lloyd says they're keeping eye on regulations as department of transportation works out how to make sure this new tech is passenger ready. >> we proved we can build the tech in record time. we want to collaborate, new rules and advanced technologies an transportation in the digital era. we need to bring that to transportation. reporter: hyperloop i says the first operational pods will carry cargo, not passengers. replace

particularly in the case of rbs and lloyds, still paying for payment prosteks and libor.rities in its role in packaging up the loans for the us housing scandal. ten years on, the reckoning is still to come. how important to you is your work environment? very important actually. the reason i get up every morning! but we're talking about a service offered to office workers. is it service offered to office workers. isita service offered to office workers. is it a new version of regis? it is very trendy. it is very of the moment. all right. let's talk about what you think about this. conrad, "i love the modern glass offices like mine are so light." i can't say we have the same experience. another viewer says, "i hate people eating their smelly lunch at their desk. it's disgusting." have a really good. see you soon. bye—bye. hi there. good morning. fur‘ looking for some hot summery weather, then u nfortu nately for some hot summery weather, then unfortunately this forecast isn't going to give that to you because it will stay unsettled. there will be further rain at times and w

"lloyd's of london insurance" has not commented on the lawsuit.a) two boaters in maine helped save a bald eagle that was in distress. in the video, the eagle uses it's wing to swim through the water. but at one point, the water becomes rough for the bird and it starts to get too tired to keep going. that's when the two men made a makesheift raft and used rope to reel the eagle onto their boat. (darya) still ahead on the kron four morning news... new research says you should avoid alcohol if you don't want to get skin cancer. we'll explain. plus after the break... certain iphone cases could give you chemical burns. details on what you need to look out for. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (darya) a warning if you own a glittery i-phone case. certain brands are being recalled because they could cause chemical burns. (mark) nearly 275-thousand "mix-bin electronics" cases are affected. the cases are filled with liquid and glitter. there have been 24 report

sian lloyd, bbc news.ey have broken through the defences of so—called islamic state and reached the centre of the city of tal afar. close to the syrian border, the city is one of the jihadists' last remaining strongholds in iraq after they were driven out of the city of mosul. the iraqi offensive to liberate the city has been under way for six days. sarah corker reports. iraqi soldiers fire rockets at is positions in tal afar. so—called islamic state has held the city in northern iraq since 2014. the battle in alleys, streets, and houses is fierce. iraqi forces say they have now seized about three quarters of the city, breaking through is defences. translation: the units move towards the neighbourhood, which has only about 5% left to retake from islamic state. then we will announce the liberation of this area. what remains is one neighbourhood, the citadel known as the old city of tal afar. sitting on a main road between mosul and the syrian border, the city was once a main supply route for is, and is one

sian lloyd, bbc news. report accuses royal bank of scotland of the systematic abuse of its business customers. and coming up, i'm live in las vegas with the build—up to this weekend's mega fight between connor mcgregor and floyd mayweather. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: conor mcgregor and floyd maywetaher junior weigh—in this evening for the fight that's got everybody talking. the stage is set in las vegas for a record breaking bout. the great bank holiday getaway is on and there are more problems than usual. major engineering work on the railways is expected to add to the disruption. london's euston station — one of the main lines into and out of the capital — will be completely closed over the weekend. there's also disruption on routes serving london bridge, london liverpool street, cardiff and bristol. adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 motorway near knutsford. deli. well, you only have to look behind me to see just how busy it is here at euston station tonight. hun

lloyd says the first big step could be used it hyper rate for freight first.hyper link says it's the future of transportation, but with the pod s stopping speeds of 760 miles per hour they'll need to convince people not just cargo to go for a ride. in los angeles, hillary juan, fox news. >> the technology is very similar to when you go to the bank and you put your stuff in a tube and it sends it up. the it's almost like that. that's a little freaky. >> it . marijuana is becoming big business in states that have legalized it. there's just one problem here, people profiting off pot have nowhere to put all that cash. we'll explain the big problem coming up. p. during our made to move 2017 clearance event, you can do endless online research. or, you can take advantage of our best offer ever on an xt5. don't wait. our 2017 models will be moving fast. you can drive a car... or you can drive a cadillac. come in now before the end of our made to move 2017 clearance event and leave with the perfect cadillac xt5 for your next adventure. choose a low mileage lease on thi

of lloyd's of london and rupert harrison of black rock strategies stays with us.t the silicon valley warriors and how players in nba are taking on big stakes in tech. that's bloomberg. i think you should pick up this issue. in europe and asia we look at the survival of global democracy. so visit businessweek.com and subscribe to the analysis to stay ahead of the competition. up next we talk brexit. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg "surveillance" with david and francine from london and new york. the u.k. spent a summer publishing an avalanche of documents on brexit but stayed silent on the topic to derail the deal and that's how much money they'll pay the european union. despite some confessions in position papers, sterling fell to the weakest against the euro on monday. negotiations resume next week. let's go back to lloyd's of london inga beale and set to open a office in brussels and with us rupert harrison from black rock, asset strategies and is a former chief of staff of george osborne of nine years. thank you both for staying with us. rupert,

1841 he spoke out against slavery at in anti-slavery meeting in nantucket, massachusetts, and william lloyd garrison was in attendance. garrison signed him up on the spot as an anti-slavery speaker with a good salary. and douglass with the help of garrison moved his family to a home in massachusetts. over the next several years, he emerged as an electrifying speaker for garrison's massachusetts anti-slavery society. responding to skepticism that someone as eloquent as douglass couldn't possibly have been a slave, douglass published what remains his most famous work, his narrative of the life for frederick douglass, an american slave. made him sography famous in his own time that he had to flee to great britain or otherwise risk eating captured as a fugitive slave. while in england, ireland, and scotland up to 1840 seven he became an international celebrity as an anti-slavery speaker. british supporters bought him out of slavery in 1846 and in 1847, now a free man, returned to the united states. he decided to go to rochester, new york instead of active massachusetts because his supporters ha

lloyd blankfein also tweeting. business leaders coming up with reaction.e did get the president saying that racism is evil and those that cause violence in its name including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists. will we hear from leaders of those groups, those from the so-called alt-right today? they had applauded the president for not condemning them until now. over the weekend, i had conversations with republican aides and officials kevin: over the weekend, i had conversations with republicans. the alt-right feels -- they have tried to distance themselves from these alt-right groups. that is one of the many reasons this was so problematic for the president to wait so long to denounce these hate groups. of course, his supporters will try to make the case that this is something he said in his original comments. quite frankly, republicans within his own party, upper echelon republicans and conservatives, denouncing his response or lack thereof to charlottesville. this is a candidate who ran on the notion that he would unite country,ry, heal the and quite

sian lloyd, bbc news, monmouthshire.eat — fewer than 7% of patients make it beyond five years after diagnosis. nowa team based in birmingham believe that moving to surgery earlier than is currently the case could improve success rates. over 9,500 people are diagnosed with the cancer each year in the uk. in a pilot scheme involving 32 patients, the average waiting time from diagnosis to surgery was cut from two months to two weeks. in the vast majority of those cases — 31 patients — tumours were successfully removed. doctors say it will be two years before they can be really sure if operating earlier does extend life chances. there's been a second day of trouble at a prison in hertfordshire where armed inmates have taken over a wing and smashed windows. riot—trained teams were sent to hmp the mount in bovingdon village. the ministry ofjustice says the disturbance is now under control. yesterday at least 50 cells were thought to have been damaged in two wings at the jail. no—one was said to have been injured in that initia

hello, this is breakfast, withjohn maguire and sian lloyd. a woman has killed and more than 30 people are injured in violence at a white nationalist rally in the united states. a car is driven into a crowd of anti—fascist protestors, following a day of clashes in charlottesville, virginia. go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. good morning, it is sunday 13 august. also ahead: ecstasy and agony at the world athletics championships. great britain's men claim the axioom relay gold, but usain bolt pulls up in his last race on the world stage. it didn't go to plan for sir mo farah, either, here at the london stadium. in his last major race on the track, he is beaten into second place in the final of the 5,000m. we will be speaking to him later. learner drivers will be allowed to have lessons on motorways from next year. and it has been clear enough for many to be able to see the perseid meteor shower lighting up the sky overnight. philip can tell us if it is going to stay clear on sunday. hello, very good morning to

that was lloyd blankfein. that was back in june. well, back in june his firm, went basically propped up nicolas maduro's regime in venezuela going out there and buying all this debt. steve cortes, bgc partner. he said at the time, it was wrong and they shouldn't do it. i'm here with adam johnson, who is the founder and author of bullseye brief. he agreed they shouldn't have done it. well now, there will be sanctions on venezuela, steve cortes, i guess goldman sachs and others will not be able to do this again? >> look, i really agree with you. i've been very critical of goldman and lloyd blankfein for them being so critical of the president. tweeting the other day allusion to the eclipse there is shadow over america regarding donald trump. venezuela, we have to recognize this absolute human tragedy happening to once proud and wealthy country. i would warn american liberals who want to creep towards socialism, that is the end unfor unfortunately, the road it perdition what we're seeing in venezuela. goldman needs venezuela to recover

is it regulation like lloyd blankfein was talking about? is a growth?antage point as a small business owner who survived the recession and still kept it all together, as an trumpeters we tend to be -- entrepreneurs we tend to be really scrappy. we always seem to find a way to make things work for us. i keep my eyes on regulations like the african growth opportunity act that was put in place by president bush about 10 years ago. how that impacts my business is that because i import shea butter which i sourced from women around co-ops in ghana and nigeria, it allows me to bring in my raw materials without tariffs. i'm hoping that washington keeps that mandate in place because it helps small businesses like mine. >> another thing we talk about is how tight is the labor market and what's going on with unit labor costs and businesses. from your perspective on the labor costs is like? >> attracting the right talent is always a challenge. one of the takeaways from this program is creating a vision statement for my company that actually draws people to my busin

the lloyds bank research says this could help fuel the current debate around inequality in britain.le figaro reports on french president emanuel macron who is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of "first lady" for his wife brigitte. critics feel such a move, at a time of public spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. the telegraph leads with comments made by a former head of a uk government electronic spy agency who said british children should be encouraged to spend more time online to improve their digital skills. robert hannigan said it is a "patriotic duty" for the next generation to improve their cyber skills to help protect the country. the times looks at plans by the uk home office to scrap landing cards for millions of travellers from outside europe. some have questioned the move as it could threaten to undermine border security. and finally, according to research, p i lot— less planes could save airlines around $35 billion a year. supporters say current fly—by—wire rem

i also want to thank lloyd gardner, who is sitting here, because it was lloyd gardner who in his essay in "architects of illusion" i think was the first person to really challenge kennan's view of himself as this -- the all rationale, all objective interpreter of american foreign policy. lloyd guardardner point you had kennan's ambition, and that's a word we need to stress with regard to kennan, kennan's ambition is influential. it is in the origins of the long telegram and throughout his career. after being, as my wife knows too well, immersed in the papers and thoughts of george kennan over the last decade or so, you know, what afroism is, kennan was a person of actually enormous talent. it seemed greater than his talent was his ambition. that's the first point of thanks. second i want to underscore something ara said, beneath the history of this essay we have to -- it was written in 1994 and '95, revised in '96, and it was in the midst of the culture wars. this was a time when humanities departments, english in particular but also humanities departments around the country, many were

what was talked with who were loop one ceo rob lloyd.lls me the next step is commercialization. that means they could be breaking ground in the u.s. as earlies next year, they could a few months. the company leading charge at super speeds said they've accomplished goal that record time. >> we proved the technology. works. that's a big deal. we need to prove where will it work and work with governments and states and federal regularity >> it was created in the u.s. and manufactured here and now hyper loop one is deciding where to build, colorado, texas, florida and ohio are on a campaign to convince them they're state is the right fit >> we're developing a deeper discussion as to where we could build where is the real right-of-way that makes sense and where could we start building the first hyper loop in the united states >> it can transport people or cargo lloyd says the first big step to could be using the like that r hyper first, it's the amount of money of transportation, but with pods topping speeds of 760 miles an hour, they will ne

nikki lloyd had their best chance. they'll play england in their final group game on tuesday.ird and final day of golf‘s solheim cup in iowa. after a dominant first two days, the usa need just three and a half points from the singles to retain the trophy. but they're not having things all their own way. anna nordqvist set the tone for europe, in the first match of the day she is one hole up on lexi thompson. the german caroline masson is also looking impressive with a commanding lead over michelle wie. but the usa are currently up in four matches. ronnie 0'sullivan has been knocked out of the china championship — suffering a surprise quarter final defeat by belgian youngster luca brecel. after mark williams‘ defeat too — it leaves shaun murphy as the only former world champion left in the draw. he rattled in a break of 126 to wrap up a 5—2 win over home hope zhou yuelong. he'll play ali carter in the semi finals. there were two matches today in rugby league's super 8's qualifiers hull krjoin warrington wolves on six points at the top after victory over london bronco's by 35 po

mark: the goldman sachs chief executive lloyd blankfein there.topic of regulation in the banks, uncertainty is something standard chartered cited as a recent not to reinstate -- reason not to reinstate dividends today. catch my ex interview on the european close, 11:00 a.m. new york time. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it's noon in new york, five clock p.m. in london and midnight in hong kong. welcome to "bloomberg markets." i'm vonnie quinn. from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here's a top stories on the bloomberg and around the world that we are following. today's apple surge recently took the dow past 22,000 for the first time. we take a deeper look at the sector trends fueling that milestone. the goldman sachs ceo has told bloomberg he knows how to fix the company's fixed income business. more on why he's not panicking this hour. plus, president trump commenting this morning hundred reducing unskilled immigrants coming into the u.s. we will have the latest, including insight from senator marco rubio on why he has received for a harde

the lloyds bank research says this could help fuel the current debate around inequality in britain.nt emanuel macron who is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of "first lady" for his wife brigitte. critics feel such a move, at a time of public spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. the telegraph leads with comments made by a former head of a uk government electronic spy agency who said british children should be encouraged to spend more time online to improve their digital skills.

. >> he is suing subsidiaries of lloyds of london for $10 million. riled up, and admitted to a facility for a little bit. lawsuit claims insurance company failed to pay up even though, his doctor has given a sworn testimony he suffered a debilitating medical condition and that is yes cancelled the tour. >> it was a mental condition. >> yes. >> it was a depression issue and all that, wouldn't that be covered. >> he had a break down. >> lloyds of london has always done the odd, they ensure odd things. >> legs. >> maryhart of entertainment tonight and somebody's legs before that. >> well before her. >> they wanted to ensure one of my body parts. >> you had to deny them. >> that would be odd. >> yes. >> they were willing to ensure that area, i think it was, no, it was a $1.75. i i said well, keep the tip. >> anyway. lets get back to this. people are, in tears apparently over matt, the o possum. >> yes. >> all right. just one more good bye. i will take the next two days off, all right, thank you. you try to have a good day. >> i won't. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

. >> this week, i had the opportunity to sit down with goldman sachs chairman and ceo lloyd blankfeinman's lackluster performance lately has worried investors over the last couple of quarters. i asked him to address those oncerns. >> how can something not be wrong with it after the last two quarters? >> well, we did not make as much money, so that was wrong, that first of all, we are diversified business group, and everyone performed so well that we actually did well as a firm. our return on equity has doubled, six months had double-digit r.o.e., that being said, we did not perform very well. sik is a risk business, that we don't always perform well n. that being said, some people performing in the same environment are better than us, and we are on the balls of our feet, and we are concerned about it. in my 35 years of doing this, there have been periods, a lot longer than this one, where we underperformed only to outperform. it has been very news worthy, not because we have been a chronic underperformer. we have been a chronic out-performer. we know what we have to do and we are doin

sian lloyd, bbc news.afeez is wanted in america for importing heroin and meth—amphetamine. known as the sultan — he's thought to run a global drug production and distribution network. a court has found two white south african farmers guilty of attempted murder after they forced a black man into a coffin and threatened to burn him alive. the judge said it was clear willem oosthuizen and theo jackson had intended to kill victor mlots hwa. the two farmers were arrested after a video of the attack was posted on social media. the bbc‘s nomsa maseko was in court. the video of the assault caused outrage here in south africa. it once again highlighted racial tensions in farming communities. two white farmers shoving a black man in a coffin, threatening to bury him alive. they accused him of trespassing on their farm. alive. they accused him of trespassing on theirfarm. the alive. they accused him of trespassing on their farm. the two men were arrested after the video of the attack was widely circulated on social m

we talked with hyper- lube one ceo rob lloyd and he tells me the next step is commercialization.y could be breaking ground on a project in the us as early as next year. lloyd says they could have a shuttle ready project approved in just a few months in the company leading the charge to deliver passengers from point a to point b at superspeed says they've accomplished their goal in record time. >> we approve the technology works. that is a big deal. a lot of people said this would happen. now that we've done that we need to prove where will it work. we need to work with governments and work with states and federal regulators to actually regulated. >> it was created in the us and manufactured here in happily one is deciding where to build it. lloyd says states like colorado, texas, florida and ohio are all on a campaign to convince hyper- lube one their state is the right fit. >> we are looking at all of those right now and beginning another level of discussion, a deeper discussion, as to where we could build the financial case and where is there a real right-of-way that make sense

you know what and lloyd's is already talking in ways that we tend to mediate these things.e like to resolve and other insurance companies have paid out here so i would expect that there would be a settlement. but that's clearly what lloyd's is pushing for in delaying this payout. >> okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. robin. >> all right, george, thank you. >>> coming up on our big board how hollywood is trying to get you into theaters and stop rotten tomatoes' ratings from spoiling their success. come on back. we are not victims. we are survivors. we are survivors. we are survivors. and now we take brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. we take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred milligrams... ...as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study brilinta worked better than plavix®. brilinta reduced the chance of another heart attack. or dying from one. don't stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor,... ...since stopping it too soon incr