martin betty: with five million and passengers, royal caribbean is the number two player. earning more than a billion players bring dollars in revenue last year. richard fain is determined to close the gap on the competition, and to do that, he would need a bigger boat. and it is called the quantum of the seas. richard: people wanted more choice. one they do not want a regimented vacation and want to have more choices to pick from. we wanted to provide something where the entertainment gave them a plethora of activities to do. with the food selection, where they can choose any kind of foods whenever they wanted it. will i would say that probably the biggest changes is the level of choice the ship offers. will we have this new dynamic dining -- betty: he took me on a tour. you will really a line at over in a 1000 feet long, with nearly male 5000 passengers, it's one of the largest cruise ships on book water. we are how many stories up? richard: almost 30 stories up. or not this is a perspective you a never get to see. whole betty: it does. this is amazing. at the very highe

betty: aston martin ceo joining us to talk about the new york international auto show. h a have. we will be back. ♪ betty: aston martin. ceo andy palmer would join market makers ahead of the new york city international auto show to discuss what the brand has in store this year in terms of electric cars, suvs, and perhaps even the next double a seven movie. -- the next 007 movie. i want to bring in matt miller who will sit down with andy palmer in the next hour. you got to see whether will display at the auto show. matt: a lot of people have seen pictures and read about it. they will show the vulcan, which is a new score that is for the -- a new car that is for the track only. it is a race car. i am excited to see that. betty: you test drove it? matt: know, i was driving the vanquish. you can see a picture of it here in the bloomberg courtyard. betty: is that you in the back? matt: that is my little brother. i am bringing it home where he lives so i guess he didn't need to come to bloomberg to check it out. i have driven every aston martin you can buy now. these lines are

betty: what about by industry? where are you seeing layoff by industry? martinthe strongest industry has been hell services -- health services and education. just recently, you are starting to see more leisure and discretionary services. a good sign that people have discretionary income to spend. betty: thank you for joining us. martin mucci the ceo of paychex . the stock up on the prospect of higher interest rates. we are getting jobless claims numbers, 280,000. scarlet fu at the breaking news desk. scarlet: evidence the job market is holding up because jobless claims falling to 282,000. the consensus was for jobless claims to hold steady at 290,000. consistent with strong hiring. in terms of its affect on the markets, stock in next futures -- index futures remain down with s&p and dow off by .7%. the dollar remains weaker up .6%. the two year yield has come off its lows at 60 basis points even. betty: we are closely watching the reaction in the market. the latest on the breaking news we are following this morning, revelations about the final moment aboard the