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are printing money every day and buying bonds and forcing bonds investors like us to sell the mark -- stephanie: are you worried about europe? >> i'm not worried about europe. the ecb is doing the right thing. there is structural reform going on across europe in places like spain. you will see somewhat of a recovery but it needs the help of central banks. what would worry me -- stephanie: the morphine drip. >> we saw corporations abused liquidity in the market and you began -- increasing leverage dramatically. you begin to see a tremendous amount of m&a and share buybacks. you are seeing some of it. given the level of yields and where they can borrow, you are seeing some share buybacks and dividend increases and m&a. you are not seeing the volume we saw in previous peaks in 2007. you are not seeing the issuance -- bill: we are seeing a lot of it. stephanie: not as much. it's different than it was in 2005. >> bonds are great because they are being issued by entities where the regulatory pressure is for them to increase capital and get out of risky businesses. as a lender of our clients money to

stephanie: thank you so much. bloomberg politics' markalperin and there will be much more on the new hampshire focus group coming up tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern. "market makers" will be back in a moment. stay here. ♪ stephanie: coming up, one lawyer says the real market madness is that players don't get paid. this guy is suing the ncaa. we will be asking the ceo of a luxury watchmaker what impact the strong greenback is having on his business. stay here. you are watching bloomberg tv. ♪ >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york this is "market makers" with erik schatzker stephanie ruhle. stephanie: welcome to "market makers." bill: don't mention duke losing. stephanie: don't mention the $20 i am about to discuss. key economic figures are out this morning and the conference board index of leading economic indicators rose 2/10 of a percent last month. index measures the outlook for the next 3-6 months. the philadelphia fed factory index came up short of estimates. the order shipments and employment fell. the weather may have had an i

this is "market makers," with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. -- this is mark halperin will mark halperin -- >> on the show tonight, jimmy come across couch, but first the granite state ouch. jed pushes here in new hampshire where i am, in the way house of integra biosciences where jed spoke this afternoon. were going to talk about that this afternoon today. his name is not universally liked in these parts. nevertheless, as they say here in new hampshire late or he or go home. this afternoon, i asked jed bush -- jeb bush on w and hw losing past primaries here. do you have any thoughts on why your brother and father both lost primaries here at least once? >> i'm not going to reminisce about that. i could reminisce about my part of that losing effort, i guess. i brought about 250 people from orlando, miami that are not used to that kind of weather. it was a blast watching people from miami get accustomed to -- at the time i think in manchester, it was, like, 20 degrees. we had to learn how to walk on ice, and we were passing out oranges door-to-door with people. it was a blast. it

a big question mark on that. stephanienk that they are doing a smart move by buying bonds ahead of time? jonathan: hard to say. you see an epic rally. the big question coming into this a little technical -- what is the appetite the ecb has with debt to negative yield? how far will you go? he answered that question. he said we will go as far as we have to. negative 12%. anything that is negative .2%, ecb will have an appetite for. i think that is a difference between the federal reserve and the ecb. when the federal reserve got going, treasury yields have been way more than that. what do they do when they buy and they push it? that is a debate happening in cyprus. erik: jonathan, if i may, let's go back to draghi's forecast. did he give you a sense of how he believes the economy will perform in terms of growth and inflation without quantitative easing? jonathan: no, this is very much about with quantitative easing. that is where these forecasts are coming from, which is why you saw the euro fire up and i know it is hard to

. >> reporter: stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. >> police chief mark magaw issued a statement saying they hold their officers to high standards on and internal investigation going on. the fraternity involved has not returned our request for comment. >>> we're tracking some showers across the metro area, first area of showers pushing through southern maryland, but a little heavier activity up in front county and into loudoun county -- montgomery county and into loudoun county. there is a heavy little downpour north of warrenton and up 270 past rockville, jermantown and clarksburg, heavy activity in yellow. this is a good little downpour between clarkbsurg and lay tonsburg, laytonsville and colesville at -- laytonsville and colesville it will cross over about 7:30. we've seen winds gusting to 43 miles per hour at 6:00 and now still gusting to 25 miles per hour in leesburg and 21 miles per hour in manassas. we'll come back, talk about the expanded wind advisory and when that expires and look ahead to the upcoming weekend. >>> still ahead on wusa9 news a political crisis has the governor of i

mark farrell and from his office is catherine stephanie. >> good afternoon. i am appearing on on behalf of supervisor farrell today. this was brought to our attention by the presidio trust who is here today and they were going to celebrate the inauguration of the san francisco children's outdoor bill of rights back in october in 2014. this resolution had been endorsed by the san francisco parks and rec commission and in 2007 the state of california adopted the nation's first state wide childrens' outdoor bill of rights to acknowledge the importance of nature to a child's physical and emotional well being. the presidio trust asked if supervisor farrell if he would put the same resolution in front of the board of supervisors it to recognize the initiative to promote these outdoor experiences listed for all san francisco children and commem rat this in october. this was a no brainer for supervisor farrell. as you know supervisor farrell is a former park director and is raising his kids here and understands that the children should be introduced to these areas an

she's one of the bravest women i know, and she and mark are making such a difference. [applause] so we have, as stephanie reminded us, a lot of work to do in the next 20 months. we need to listen to the voices of those who set us on our own life journey, and those who we when bill and i were at the hospital waiting for our granddaughter to make her grand entrance, one of the nurses said to me, thank you for fighting for paid leave. [applause] and i looked at her and thought here she is taking care of other people's babies and having to worry about what happens when her child gets sick. and how she makes all of that work. her words stayed with me. i remember being a young mother and having all of the balancing act

from bloomberg headquarters in new york this is "market makers" with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. matt: markmakes his pitch. he wants to strengthen ties to the developers that may be bringing the secret from our advertisers. olivia: will warren buffett worked up a merger. matt: pizza for the upper crust. california pizza kitchen attempts to go upscale. we will hear from the ceo. welcome to market makers. i matt miller. olivia: and i'm olivia sterns. let us start with the bulletin of top business stories. warren buffett causes this is type of transaction, putting together to world-class organizations. kraft foods will merge with heinz in a deal with together by buffett. craft shareholders will receive a combination of stock and cash. investigators hope a damaged black box can help solve the mystery of the german plane crash. french officials say the voice recorder is still usable. they hope it will help them learn why the german plane plunged 38,000 feet into the else. all 150 people on board were killed. the oil just it's getting bigger. after rising for the 11th week in a row the amount of

marked one year since she was last seen. today people came together to tell us where the investigation stands. stephanie ramirez joins us live now with more. sadly no new needs. >> that's the hard part. the chief said today there is no new information to tell us. that's why this one-year mark is so important. it's an opportunity to reacquaint everyone with this case. chief, the mayor members of her cabinet as well as members of the fbi met at that news conference today asking anyone who may have some information that maybe didn't report it to do so. they promise to investigate it. they are following leads still and i also went back to dv general the shelter where relisha rudd was last seen. i spoke with a family friend who said it's still painful but still thinks everyone should still be searching. >> i don't know what i would do if mine was missing. i don't know. it's so frustrating for somebody that you know that their kid is missing. they need to look even harder. >> and dc police and volunteers did just that today passing out flyers at different metro stops and important locations. police cannot emp

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stephanie stahl has more on how their birth dates are being remembered. >> reporter: love life, give life, the theme of the upcoming blood drive-in collindale, in memory of mark and mike. >> they were great kid, very proud of them, everybody loved them so we wanted to do something to celebrate that. >> reporter: mark mcneil michael will taylor were 15 year-old best friend, kind who finished each other sentences, teens loving and living life together every day until a december evening in 2011 walking home they were run over by a drunk driver fleeing police. guy who killed them is serving life sentence. >> i don't think they would have survived without each other. >> reporter: eileen's mike was kill instantly, mark was kept alive for 18 hours before he joined his best friend again on the final journey. >> for him to have michael to walk to and for michael to not walk through that tunnel by himself, they could walk together. >> reporter: they have special blankets and momentoes mark's first suit his hockey equipment. for eileen it is mike's favorite hat and his beloved legos. >> i put one in the boxes in his casket so he has legos to play with in heaven. >> repo

stephanie: you think an audit is a bad idea, dave. why? >> i agree with markhat congressional oversight hearings of the fed are a joke. members of congress seem to be interested in using it to score political points rather than asking probing questions. what the law does is say -- what the bill does it say that any restriction on gao review of monetary policy is repealed so it would be possible if we had a senate or house chairman who wanted to arrest the fed to order up these audits. we don't know if that would happen, but that is the problem. we have a very difficult thing here. we want the fed to be accountable to congress. i don't think a gao audit is the best way to do it. gao could play a role in helping congress as but a questions. erik: mark, let us talk about the whole oversight function. if you really do agree on the absurdity of some of the congressional testimony or the theater that it turns into when janet yellen and her predecessors have set before senators and congressmen in there twice annual testimony how would those people do a better job ove

she's one of the bravest women i know, and she and mark are making such a difference. [applause] so we have, as stephanie reminded us, a lot of work to do in the next 20 months. we need to listen to the voices of those who set us on our own life journey, and those who we when bill and i were at the hospital waiting for our granddaughter to make her grand entrance, one of the nurses said to me, thank you for fighting for paid leave. [applause] and i looked at her and thought here she is taking care of other people's babies and having to worry about what happens when her child gets sick. and how she makes all of that work. her words stayed with me. i remember being a young mother and having all of the balancing act that we all have to do. and i remember one morning, getting ready to go to court and my babysitter was sick, my daughter was sick. i was calling desperately to find somebody to come. finally found a friend who came and stayed, thankfully. but it just made me so sick inside because i had to leave my daughter. and i rushed home after i finished in court. chelsea was fine, sitting there with my fri

mark --? we can report levels of happiness and distraction. stephanieat investment bankers who work 80 or 90 hours a week, do you believe if they cut back the amount of hours they were working and devoted time to mindfulness and meditation and yoga, they would improve their productiveness and be happier at work? >> without question. if everyone should do half an hour of some of these actresses. in the financial services you should do it for one hour. there are a lot of googlers who run classes as well. erik schatzker: how often does eric schmidt come to your class russian mark --? >> they have not come to my class. erik schatzker: perhaps they should. >> my practice started when i was a school kid in india. that is -- that is one of the reasons why i am here to receive an honor from a wonderful organization. they are bringing yoga to public schools. we have introduced yoga to 15,000 kids in public schools in new york. stephanie ruhle: thank you so much. i have not change their behavior yet. they really like doing it. >> keep them at it. erik schatzker:

stephanie: are you not excited about china at all but you think about the consumer buying power western mark when we start to look at alibaba, there are so many people in china there is great investment that has not been tapped. guest: you by european companies that export to a growing middle class. more broadly, i think the oil question has to be addressed in the emerging markets. for exporters, it is tough. for exporters like southeast asia and korea, it's not such an issue. valuations have come down a lot here it --. guest: do you have questions on result where there were huge protests? the data looks terrible. stephanie: unemployment, custom living area and -- cost-of-living. they've got great weather and great-looking women. guest: the question is timing. you need some time to get in. stephanie: what are you most worried about right now? you have any seat. you are running a new firm, what are you worried about? guest: you wake up everyday day and you look at the world is throwing at you. people declare that active measurement is dead. i am more about that. i think it's wrong. guest: wha

stephanie chuang is live. you can actually still see the water marks there. >> you can. good morning scott and kris. we're at one of four areas in question here at st. mary's on the main entrance. you can see that there's some dampness here moisture as well as it looks like moss growing here. this area here is where people reportedly, come and sleep, maybe to seek shelter. but you see that direct lyly above on the overhang, there appears to be a sprinkler from which water is coming out to soak people to get them to leave. we're talking about 30 feet high up there. we're also told the archdiocese of san francisco will release a statement at 1:00 this afternoon to address these reports of the sprinklers turning on periodically at li once every hour soaking those who may be seeking shelter underneath the overhang. for those who have no place to sleep, it's surprising and disheartening. >> it's unbelievable. you know what i'm saying? the church welcomes all with open hands because it's funded through god. >> we spoke with the coalition on homelessness in san francisco, which called this cruel, if true.

crimea, marks the one year anniversary of f being annexed by russia. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, israeli artifacts smuggled into america. >> and typhoon pam in vanuatu. >> trying to strike a deal before the summit of the americas in panama next month. normalizing relations with cuba for the first time in 50 years. >>> outrage following the rape of a nun. broke into a confit in west bengal. protestors l took to the street calling for justice. india has a weak history of prosecuting sex crimes. >> the united nations is opening an investigation into a plane crash from 1961 that killed a then u.n. secretary general. the pleanlthe plane went down eight miles from an airport. set to begin work on march 30th. >> syrian president bashar al-assad is calling for peace negotiations, wants to restart diplomacy four years after the war began. rosalyn jordan has the story. >> the u.s. is clear, bashar al-assad has to go if there is to be peace. but now secretary of state john kerry appears to be changing the obama

stephanie: what are the cto's and cios most concerned about? markat they know with their current situation is from a threat perspective and making sure that they can stand in front of their boards and their customers and say, we are doing everything reasonably possible to stop this. all of those companies are example of folks are used to run things differently and they had to think about it as a strategic change. erik: you say people are not so reactive to the kinds of hacks we have seen at many major american corporations but how willing are they to spend the kind of money? is there still a reluctance to spend on the kinds of equipment that your company provides or do you find that those wallets are opening up faster? how hard of a cell is it? mark: sure. security is a very important part of an i.t. budget and it is growing over time, but it is not doubling. it shows the thoughtfulness aspect of how you are going to spend those budgets. they're in board rooms and they are talking about this in every board meeting and a lot of boards say, if i doubl

marks four years of war in syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke of possible negotiations with syria's president drawing strong reactions from protesters outside the white house. stephanie ramirez takes us inside that protest. >> reporter: outside the white house dozens of protesters called for the u.s. and international community to end the civil war in syria that has ill canned more than 2 -- that has killed more than 200,000 people and forced millions more to flee according to the united nations and other groups. >> stop the killing! stop the hate! >> reporter: these protesters want syria's president out saying he's the reason for isis' growth in what many call mass genocide. >> to sit and watch and precontinued there's nothing happening is beyond me. >> reporter: basil asad came from virginia to protest. he and many openers have family in syria. >> when -- others have family in syria. >> when we call, we hear the shootings and bombardments. >> reporter: on face the nation today secretary of state john kerry talked of possible negotiations with assad. >> why? because everybody agrees there is no military solution. there is only a political solution. >> reporter: a mo

mark your calendar. >>> a group of military widows providing an outlet and resources for others who whose loved ones have died in service to our country. stephanien her husband was killed in iraq. and danielle's husband was killed in afghanistan. both women joining us from seattle. thank you both. good to have you with us today. >> thank you for having us. >> now, those of us who haven't been in your shoes we can never possibly imagine what you and your children have gone through, and stephanie you found this to be an experience where there was so much red tape, boy bureaucracy. talk about your story and how you turned that into trying to help others. >> well, my story i had to struggle. i really had to navigate the system all on my own. during that time frame, in '08 when hi husband passed away, there was a lot of issues. there was the drawing down of the war and i really felt disconnected that no one was there to help me ahead. to learn to navigate the system on my own, and i really felt that i -- i don't want anyone else to go through that to experience that. >> part of the reason why we started this organization. you have. >> you have had su

stephanie chuang is live in palo alto. steph, police are still on the scene, now it's been like 16 hours. >> reporter: we're approaching that mark, laura. good morning to you. at least three officers still here, one telling me this morning that he understands there's still a lot of work to be done here inside where closer to the crime scene the first floor office is blocked off. that's actually where one man in his 70s was found dead, shot mull multiple times 3:30 afternoon police found him there after firefighters discovered a man in his 60s in the elevator across the lobby, who was also dead and appeared to have shot himself. palo alto police say this is the second homicide of the year right next door the busy family jewish center where parents trying to pick up their kids were met with crime scene tape and police everywhere. >> we arrived here and we couldn't get in so we're very terrified and they wouldn't actually tell us what was happening. >> reporter: very chaotic scene. police covered up the license plate of this white older model toyota camry and towed it away. the coroner will have to first contact the families of the

stephanie chuang nbc bay area news. >>> new legislation formerly introduced today could mean no more tobacco products at stadiums, sports arenas or playing fields. mark ferrell is sponsoring the legislation, which is largely targeting pro baseball players who choose smokeless tobacco. the proposal would apply to games at all levels from the pros all the way down to little league. that would mean the parents, hopefully. if passed san francisco would be the first city in the nation to ban all tobacco products in sports stadiums. >>> the santa clara valley water district is going to take its first look at a water rate hike today. the district wants to raise rates by as much as a third. here's the irony. it's not because of the lack of water. it's from the lack of water use. district officials say people conserving more during this drought has caused them to sell more water and they're losing out on millions. the east bay murm utility dwirkt talking about similar rate hikes. now, east bay mud is also talking about going after meter cheaters and people who steal water. the agency has never fined people who get water without paying for it but with the drou

stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, not doing enough to help syrian refugees escape the plight of their country. first convene elizabeth joint british veterans to mark the end of combat operations in afghanistan. united kingdom was part of a coalition that fought the taliban after the september 11th11th attacks. the combat ended in december. a new look at osama bashar bin laden's life. they were taken in 1996 when bin laden was living in his tora bora hideout in afghanistan. >> the state department announced the u.s. will send another $70 million in nonlethal assistance to moderate syrian opposition groups. 25 million will be used for defensive purposes, 30 million will be given to local authorities in rebel held areas. the rest will be used for training. the u.s. has provided syrian opposition groups with nearly $400 million since 2011. >>> i.s.i.l.'s rise to power has complicated the landscape. stopping i.s.i.l. has become the priority. that means making some unlikely allies. zeina khodr reports. >> these are kurdish forces in syria. the people's protection units or the ypg. they have been on the front line in the war against the islamic state of

stephanie ruhle. walk me through the drama here. >> if not bill ackman, dan loeb. he got his which, he got three board seats. bill won't leave until they find a replacement. markital was knocking at their door, i would say in a more friendly activist position, asking the cfo to step down. do activist investors really work? >> dan just got in the building. rupert was asked to step down not long ago. it's going to take some time. if you ever read download's letters, he wants this company to fundamentally change the way he does business. it is going to take some time. >> isn't it unusual -- >> mark otto has been there before loeb was. it seems they may not be working together but they are on the same page. if you look at the way these companies run many people say they needed to change the way they fundamentally to business. >> is a ceo really going to be able to make that kind of difference? >> we are not going to see it happen in six months or nine months or a year. dan is looking to fundamentally change the way they do their business. >> they have a great digital platform as well. something that has not been able to capture. >> they are living in the dark ages