. >> matt powell calls david shepard to the witness stand.him up to go down and paid him to kill sonnier. >> shepard not only had to face the jury, but he had to face the victim's family, and his three daughters, rachel, abigail, and haley. they weren't there to support their father. >> you were in that courtroom to get closure? >> we were there more in support of the sonnier family. >> right. >> our heart was broken for them. >> and do you think that mike dixon paid your father to kill dr. sonnier? >> yes. >> there wasn't a single seat in the courtroom. >> it was the moment many had been waiting for. >> once dave shepard got in that chair and started speaking, he made jaws drop in that courtroom. >> this bombshell drops. shepard takes the stand and says, "no, i did it at my own choosing. i'm the one who decided to go kill dr. sonnier." it just flipped the whole trial on its head. >> this is the kind of moment that you typically see in a movie where the star witness suddenly decides i'm not going to testify against him. that stuff doesn't typ

and more importantly, a key source of growth now women's sport footwear grew 9% according to matt powell women was 20% of nike's business versus men at 17 listen to this nike increased women's business 40% in the last five years versus men's, up 22% thanks to an analyst at nomora they're trying to play reputation, credibility in the women's audience because they're both such big companies, that any growth, especially in women's, is key. >> you think of footwear as a basketball, sneaker a guy will buy, you talk to any apparel ceo, they call the customer she, they never use the word he. >> it is changing for sports look what under armour did they have a girls section for sneakers until a young fan wrote in to steph curry. that's a source of growth and not just a political statement the companies are making but it is a business decision you remember, nike had its own internal cultural scandal last year part of that was the culture they were building inside for women. clearly a big focus. they have work to do >> fascinating to watch. big afternoon, you finish the week in style. >> absolutely

matt everitt, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell ina in a moment we will be joined by peopless wet and windy weather, our prospects are looking considerably calmer. much lighter winds and wednesday and thursday, some very springlike temperatures for the south. satellite from sunday, heavy rain and strong winds pulling across scandinavia, still breezy behind low, still some shower showing up on the satellite picture, a few more to come across england and wales and then the skies clear as he moved to the small hours of monday, light winds and spread frost across the northern half of the uk in england and scotland, rural areas perhaps down to “11, milder to the west and also

matt: thanks very much. up, trump flexes his muscles in front of a home audience and blames jay powell for hick ups the u.s. economy. more from his to our speech at the cpac conference next. bloomberg radio is live on your mobile device or on dab digital in the london area. go ahead and tune in to markus karlsson. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open. 17 minutes to go until the start of the trading day in europe. the asian session marked by triumph over vertigo. there becrossover will into europe? futures suggesting we will be modestly higher. matt: let's give you what you should be watching this week. a little agenda this morning. tuesday, china's annual national people's congress opens in beijing. we just heard about that. the nation's economic growth target will be announced. the ecb rate decision thursday. i will be there. the economic forecast could be revised lower and officials may discuss long-term loans. friday we have the granddaddy of all economic statistics. jobs day in the u.s.. hiring may have moderated in february. estimates say payrolls may have increased by 185,000.

powell referenced few global concerns. up, china skills as president xi, this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to the european open.inutes away from cash equity trading. kind of a mixed market. we see euro 50 stocks and dax futures down. other futures up slightly. the fed rate hold came with a surprisingly dovish pivot, but the policy risks are not over yet. central banks throughout asia and europe are due to report today. markets are waiting to see if they follow the federal reserve's lead. dani burger has the details. dani: traders are anticipating more policy patients today -- patience today. the bank of switzerland announces their decision shortly. these policymakers will wait for the frank did to be she ate before they start the process of tightening. at the bank of england -- before they start the markets do not expect a rate hike until 2020. ,efore the boe announcement norway is likely to raise rates to the highest level in almost four years. thinka, all economists they will leave benchmark rates steady this morning. investors are dying up expectations for lower borrowing costs. moments ago we heard from ind

matt: thank you. let's talk a little bit about the fed. jay powell knows how to stay on message. chair repeated his mantra of patience and says the u.s. economy was in a good place. outlining longer-term threats such as labor force and productivity growth, how will place solutions to the problems -- powell plays solutions to the problems. but bill gross says the dovetailing of monetary and saysl policies borrowers will be able to bar a more. -- borrow more. bill: if monetary and fiscal policy are together, why can't the government have a $2 trillion deficit the fed is simply going to buy it, like in japan? they would say it would be inflationary, but it has not been because of the deflationary forces. yeah, i would say trump or the next president could go to $2 trillion. james bevan is still with us. i want tol interest ask you about, i am following , and a lot of people are saying the fed is enabling donald trump as the biggest mmt president. what do you think about deficits don't matter and the u.s. government spending more? >> it is absolutely correct. deficits do not matter m

and central bankers -- stocks rise as jay powell says there is no rush to hike rates and pb -- and the pboc governor says china will not weaponize the yuan. mattorning. check out my terminal. i have the csi 300 so we can see what happened in the broader chinese index overnight. it has risen by 2% into the close. if you had questions about the progress that has been made so far on the china-u.s. trade deal, equity traders believe that it is not completely scuttled now by the negative comments out of beijing. take a look if futures this morning. we also have a positive trade in european equity index futures with the dax up one third of a percent. gaining 0.6%. same in germany and paris. u.s. futures taking a hit on the boeing news. anna: seeing a bit of the ivergence.- td the boeing story -- we will talk a lot about that this morning. let us look at the gmm functions. equity and fx -- on this side, equities and china making up ground. a substantial part of the ground that it lost in friday's session. futures look like they will pick up on positive trade trends. what have we learned around the trade story from the chinese people's congress over t

powell on sunday say u.s. growth is good but he's concerned about china, the euro and brexit. drag onextent is that a global growth? mattof investors we speak with is more on china and europe more broadly. tople are focusing on brexit the extent that it matters -- if there is this extension, that extends the uncertainty. focus in thehe macro investor community continues to be on china and how europe responds to any stimulus in china. alix: we did wind up getting better industrial output in europe. what is the strategy for european bonds? it's from our perspective, a bit too risky to be an outright short. the way we are recommending investors play this dynamic is to be underweight duration in .urope and then the overweight duration in the united states. that spread is likely to compress and 2019 -- in 2019. alix: because the 10-year will come down? matt: initially, we thought u.s. interest rates would range trade somewhere around 275. then we have interest rates outside the u.s. move higher. the dynamic has shifted slightly. now, there's a bit of price action on both sides. forecast is 50 basis points for the german bund

matt:" -- this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." china's pmi data surprises on the upside as u.s. officials are said to prepare a trade deal that could be signed in weeks. jay powell and richard clarida stick with the message of a patient approach on rates. grossr from retiring bill on the role of the central bank today. >> if this battle between central banks and the continues,y forces the question becomes can central banks inflate? nejra: double-edged sword. elon musk delivers on the promise of a new model three, but tesla shares dip as he warns of a loss in the fourth quarter. welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: europe." six a clock a.m. in london, two hours from the start of cash trading in europe. in equities yesterday. some concerns around geopolitical risks and trade. they seem to have gone away today in the asian session and u.s. session, up 4% on s&p. the 10 year yield has risen seven basis points in the past two days. the u.s. gdp print for the fourth quarter yesterday. a slowdown from the previous quarter, but not as much as expected. 2.6%, the 10 year yield holds handle --on a 272 2.72 handle. dollar-yen, 111.72. the dollar is heading for its first monthly