but some come to stay, like afia khalia and marcus taylor. >> 600 were male. the rest were female.eporter: 600 men and 400 0 won were confined here in cramped dungeons. some would become forced laborers, others would die. visitors lay wreaths of remembrance here. for many, it's a profoundly moving experience. marcus: i'm a history buff, and i know my history very well. but nothing about me knowingngr studying has prepared me for this experience. i'm just totally -- off. afia: this language wouldn't even sum it up for me to speak my mind, m my heart, w what i . reporter: marcus is from detroit, and wants to settle in ghana. he and afia met here, and now live together in the capitol, accra. he is still waiting for his belongings to arrive from the u.s. they have a bit of furniture, and phphotos of afia's relativ. family history is important to both of them. even when it's a painful history of humiliation and violence. marcus: when i was 12 years s o, my family was atattacked by pole officers. i watched my family members, every male in my family being beaten, everyone being beaten. my

by crossing the ocean to come to africa via cali and marcus taylor and making their own change. the largest coal producing region in the u.s. stretches from pennsylvania in the north to alabama and the south the heyday of the mining industry is long past though between 20082017 around half of all coal mines in the country shut down and over a 3rd of the jobs in the industry disappeared thousands of unemployed miners have been left behind many of them with major health problems in west virginia where coal was once king a busy insect is no bringing a ray of hope. for the keepers indeed b. is checking alvin farley's hives he's one of her proteges like many in this area from the used to work as a coal miner then he was diagnosed with black lung disease and could no longer work . for a long time beekeeping remained just a hobby it's nothing like one. of my listeners i enjoy there's. more than me by a bit more than martin. sometimes i work cold but we're 42 inches high. and you got to crawl around all day you can't straighten. up get a private place right now. the small compensation t

that was david marcus from facebook's calibra. taylor, back to you. that was bloomberg's kurt wagner. still ahead, companies are promising more opportunities for women. we find out if they are keeping their word, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: a top priority for many businesses is bringing more women into positions of power in corporate america. now, lean in and mckinsey are teaming up to find out if companies are keeping up with the diversity promises. joining me is lean in ceo rachel thomas and mckinsey inclusion officer lareina yee. rachel, what were your key takeaways? rachel: for years, we have been talking about the glass ceiling, the imaginary barrier -- the invisible barrier, not imaginary. in reality, women get tripped up at the first step up to manager. for every 100 men hired or promoted to manager, only 72 women are. that means at the manager level, two thirds of the managers are men and women effectively cannot catch up. taylor: how has this changed from previous years? as you look at this study, does 2019 bring anything new when it c

taylor: there was david marcus, facebook head of caliber.urrency revolution is in play this week as g7 release broad guidelines for regular in digital money. also up for discussion is whether central banks should be issuing their own. sweden and china are studying their topic and canada has launched a formal research project that has partnered with other monetary authorities. i got inside on wednesday from the president of peterson institute for international economics, adam posen. >> first, they have to regulate and keep away regulatory arbitrage that would exploit the average people are small businesses if you have private currencies that are not regulated. second, central banks should be involved because they can provide efficiencies and safety that make private currencies irrelevant. third, they should not be getting involved just because it is digital just as a people money. they should not be getting people involved to try to drive down negative rates. as governor brainard said at a speech earlier today, those are not motivations you w

taylor: that was ellen huet. coming up, we hear from facebook's head of libra david marcus. live streaming on technologyheck us out@ and follow our global breaking news network tictoc on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: welcome back to the best of bloomberg technology. i am taylor riggs. despite losing at least seven partners parts cryptocurrency project, facebook got the remaining 21 to sign on the dotted line monday. >> yesterday we had our inaugural council meeting in geneva and it was an awesome moment were 21 companies came and started working on not only establishing a governance model for the association but also distributed different roles. a board was elected. i was lucky enough to be elected to the board with four other amazing individuals that i am looking forward to working with. the big change is that fundamentally yesterday this project moved from being facebook led to being led by this association of which we are one of 21 members -- and in the future one of 100. really looking forward to the next stage is here and it was great to feel the passion and the

. >> william or bill taylor, marcus. i'll get to his bona fides in a minute.america's top diplomat to ukraine, technically not the ambassador, the senate hasn't confirmed him. as charge d'affaires he was in the middle of the talk withholding military aid in exchange for a ukrainian investigation that would benefit the trump campaign. something the acting chief of staff says happened. taylor testified behind closed doors on tuesday, but we've seen his opening statement, and in it, he says he was there when diplomats working for trump and working outside the usual channels set up a quid pro quo arrangement with the ukraines. you'll remember we're talking about text message exchange. taylor and other diplomat head "are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations?" and ambassador to the eu gordon sondland says "call me." thanks to the testimony, we now know what they said on the call. according to taylor, on the phone call, sondland said "everything" was dependent on such an announcement from the ukrainians they

didn't have store here we also know that things have changed a lot here neiman marcus opened its first store. lord and taylorip operation as well analysts have been impressed here bow tt botox, hair blow outs and tanning. there's pop up areas where you can display your merchandise there's broader concern about what's going on in the department store sector as some analysts report some sluggish trends in the third quarter. >> looks pretty busy >> i will say i think that store will do well it will improve their online business it will do lots of business that is ideally located near columbus circle it's better than 34th street it's better than where we were, lord and taylor. >> you had lord and taylor close in manhattan that has become tied into wework >> sole it for $850 million. >> shot -- not too shabby. they opened in the area. >> every time i was in there it was empty. >> they had to make a big investment why is this one going to be different? >> this will be fine do we need more department stores in america, absolutely not. do we need more malls? absolutely not will this store in han mat tan do fine, yes

taylor. good morning. he was the highest ranking american diplomat in ukraine, marcus, when the trump administration startednvestigations in exchange for the military funding that our congress had promised, plus a meeting with the white house. taylor is the one who had raised alarms in the group text messages. taylor says "are we now saying that security assistance and white house meetings are conditioned on the investigations?" ambassador to eu gordon sondland says "call me." the democrats now talking about slowing down the impeachment process to make sure the american people understand what it's about. trump can be impeached but there are not enough votes in the senate to impeach him. >> i think they're lousy politicians, but two things they have, they're vicious, and they stick together. they don't have mitt romney in their midst. >> mitt romney of course is the senator from utah, the republicans most recent candidate for president before donald trump. romney has said publicly he supports the impeachment ininquiry. romney is getting huge pushback from fellow republicans but his seat is safe. utah is firm

taylor: is it notable it is zuckerberg and not david marcus? kurt: i think it is notable.stand why the committee would want to bring it mark zuckerberg at this point. they already had david marcus back in july. they have spent numerous hours already asking him questions. now, they want to hear from his boss. i think it signals that facebook is taking this seriously. there was a lot of talk in the last week as a lot of these partners from facebook started to leave the libra association, maybe this whole thing would come crumbling down. i think the fact mark zuckerberg himself is showing up in d.c. and willing to take questions is a sign that they see something as it will sustain and they will continue to put resources into moving forward. taylor: libra's arrival feel dead on arrival to you? kurt: i don't think so. mostly because the whole thing has just been a concept up until now anyway, so it is not as if they launched something and no one is using it which i think would be much worse situation than what we are in now, which is they have an idea for something and people h

taylor: one individual who has an opinion on that is david marcus, who heads up facebook's libra cryptocurrencypoke with him yesterday. he did say that government is sort of holding back regulation. take a listen. >> for these types of letters to be circulated for anything that is an idea, a project, and telling people you should not explore innovation in a project, at a time when not only here in this country but around the world the core of our financial system has not evolved much in the last 15 years and consumers around the world are paying the price for it. i think we should ask ourselves whether this is the right approach if we want to lower costs and lower the barriers of access for financial services for all the people who deserve so much better in the world. taylor: what do you make of those comments? >> somebody is talking their book. it is very nice to make an appeal to lowering costs and financial inclusion. financial inclusion can be much better served by various legal changes. for example, we have treasury direct, we have direct deposit for government payments, a number of ways w

high end retail, especially in new york, has changed dramatically neiman marcus opened its first store at hudson yards. lord and taylorey's filed for bankruptcy. saks undergoing a billion dollars of renovation but closing its downtown women's store after two years. analysts are impressed with what they've seen here at this store, particularly the services it offers like 24/7 pick-up, even beauty service like botox, facials and tanning. but in general there is concern about the department store sector more broadly and observed sluggish trends so far in the third quarter. nordstrom does say that new york is a $700 million addressable market it was already its number one online market before it had a store here and it says in general when it opens a new store in a new market, it sees an online sales lift of 20 to 25%. so the plan is for this to really be an anchor of an ecosystem in new york. you know there are already recently opened two new local service locations as well as two rack locations and the men's store across the street which opened 18 months ago all of that together is supposed to basically do fulfillment f

marcus, thanks to all of you for starting us off here. >>> meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo is refusing to talk with kansas reporters about former ambassador to ukraine bill taylorthis happened on thursday. >> bill taylor told congress this week that he sent you a cable on august 29th expressing his misgives about the delay of military aid to ukraine. what do you do with that cable? >> i'm not going to talk ukraine this morning. >> did you relay his concerns to the president? >> i came here today to talk about workforce development. >> this as "the washington post" reports that the white house pressured ukraine -- the pressure on ukraine, rather, went well beyond withholding military aid. it turns out in late august white house trade representative robert lighthizer recommended to restore some of ukraine's trade privileges after then national security adviser john bolton warned him the president would probably oppose anything that would help the government of kiev. joining me now is stephen piper, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, currently with stanford university. thank you for being with us. let me ask you about william taylor because you worked with him. he