monsanto refuses to do. monsanto said same rule that applies postconviction ought to applaud upon a finding of probable cause. >> probable cause to get assets are tainted. poppe will cause to believe that the drug might is not the defendants to spend. not, there's no probable cause as to these assets that ms. luis -- >> the problem is as a matter of economics and common sense, money is fungible. to say if the so-called tainted money has been spent and what's left is the untainted money come it doesn't make a difference which pop has been spent and which part hasn't been spent spill respectful it makes a major difference. our property laws, money is fungible and co-mingled, if they're a segregated property, when creditors try to lead against property that's not part of a secret interest, along treated very differently. >> there's all sorts of complicated rules in those areas. there's none of that necessarily apply to. suppose you have a situation where what's at stake is money that's going to be useful restit

you have monsanto, you combine monsanto with a simple factor of dollars in that money is fungible and it gets you to a judgment in this case. and that's a fair, strong argument. if one is comfortable with monsanto. so i think i would just ask you, suppose the court is just uncomfortable with the path we started down the road on a monsanto? you might be right that it just doesn't make sense to draw a line here, but it leaves you with a situation in which more and more and more we are depriving people of the ability to hire counsel of choice in complicated cases. so what should we do with that intuition that monsanto sent us down the wrong path? >> i would hope that the court sees that even if there are some unaccountable aspects of monsanto, it actually rests on a sound legal judgment. i realize i've said this, but i will keep coming back to this because i think it is a touchstone for monsanto. caplin & drysdale was a postjudgment case. it said once the funds are for affordable, the defendants, a is paying the lawyer with someone else's money, namely the cover. can the government do an

nevertheless, its stock is up in monsanto. among other things the stronger dollar and pricing pressures. shares down 5%. the dow is up 32 points, dave, back to you. >> yeah. herbicide, thank you. >>> let's now head to the bond pits. join rick santelli, good morning, rick. >> good morning, david. you know, let's start out looking at a four year charter adp. yet it beat today, there's several things about all the jobs numbers we get that's so much different than it used to be. the variance for example. we don't have those outlier numbers as often as we used to. there's a lot of compression going on. but, exhibit one, look at the last four years of adp. it's pretty much been yes, it oscillates a bit, but for last four years, it's kind of the same as you see on that pattern. the point of this is is that the dynamics of jobs, whether you believe them represented by the data or just rhyming with it, you can't argue that it hasn't changed much really since 2012, but, what really seems to be going on is how the fed will use that in it

this monsanto act. it's all right to slam it through with no committee consideration in the dark of night when the country's not paying attention because there's a big set of primaries tomorrow. i want to know where they stand. so i say to these candidates on the republican side, the democratic side, call us up. tell us where you stand. call my office, 202-224-3753. and let the rest of the senate know where you stand. we'll help make sure everyone knows where you, the presidential candidates, stand with the citizens of america and the right to know. or whether you stand with the powerful special interests that wants to strip states' rights to inform their citizens about information that they want. i want to know from the presidential candidates do you believe the federal government should strip states of the ability to label, even if their labels are all consistent with each other? do you think that's okay? or do you care about states' rights? do you see states as a laboratory where we can experiment wi

monsanto is unchanged in the premarket. big gainers. the dax swinging to positive territory. there are five or six deal today. et are in a deal valued at $13 billion. there is not much movement in the stock but to have the dealood deal and the ihs and wilbur ross. what am i missing? there is a ton of deal news today. i think there are six deals so far. david: sherwin-williams? yes, $11 billion. john: in china, the shanghai composite is running above 3000 points for the first time in three months after they loosened controls on margin lending. over the weekend, they are worried about corporate debt but they don't seem too worried about the margin. >> it's fun to watch people trade on margin. it makes it more exciting to lose money more quickly. we have had the market down and we have a rally back to the break down point. i like to say price makes news but not the other way around. we have a rally so we have news around it related to margin buying. years,over the last few i don't think that will add tremendously to aggregate demand for ch

monsanto alone spent $8 million of that $45 million. proponents spent about $7 million.so let's be clear. when people have a choice to vote an get the facts, they want their food labeled. this dark act does exactly the opposite. it's bad legislation. it does not empower consumers. it does not empower the american people. and, in fact, it does what the title of this bill says: keep them in the dark. that's not what the u.s. senate should be about. and we need to defeat this bill, whether it is through the cloture process or later on. this is bad, bad, bad policy. i yield my time to the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, would my colleague from montana yield to a question? mr. tester: yes, i will. mr. merkley: thank you. i appreciate your presentation. this monsanto dark act 2.0, this new version, it says to the states that they no longer have the right to respond to their consumers' interests in providing a consumer friendly label that alerts them to genetically engineered ingredients, but it does not replace that with a federal consumer friendly -- is it ri

maybe down the road, they can go after monsanto. smaller than dupont, so it's a more digestible bites, if you will. but basf is a pretty cautious company. they have not done any big deals. people know they have the money and they could do it, but they never stand up and make the bid. jeffreyok, bloomberg's mccracken. thank you so much. the luxury market -- is there more pain in store for global diamond sales? ♪ mark: now, we are going to talk about rare gems. mostan behind the expensive item of lingerie in the world says that the industry is in trouble. he created a diamond studded broth for victoria's secret. bloomberg in hong kong. -- he created a diamond-studded bra for victoria's secret. >> the diamond and jewelry industry goes through a lot of cycles and is very much impacted by the economy. the past few years have been difficult. this is the first time we are going through a global slowdown where there is not one market that is revising. reporter: how has china for also down affected the industry? guest: we see a lot more volu

a big drop therefore monsanto. -- there for monsanto. i want to look at zynga.l step down again as ceo. jeffries put out a note saying he is a natural fit to lead zynga, turning their focus to ward growing their mobile gaming service. stephanie: the company struggling -- back when farmville was the name of the game come it did well. he's making another move. gameshis company needs is to do more. jeffries and says the new ceo is a good fit and as a result, their shares are up 6.5%. this company had a miss, but a full year eps for the fiscal year 2017. 259-271, even the full-year view misses. of -- ross estimate stores skinning, boosting its dividend. ross stores and t.j. maxx, that shipped to the discounters is where we are seeing the consumers move -- that shift to the discounters is where we are seeing the customers move. >> that's right. ross stores has had six years in a row. underpromise come overdeliver, they've been consistently doing that. you know who else beat on come store sales was abercrombie and fitch. sales up 1% versus the estimate for a drop. ste

we saw them being right in monsanto in july of 2012.his was an unbelievable one that i completely got wrong. thank heavens for the chart. i didn't care for the stock at the time. i didn't like gmos, i was kind of biased. tim collins saw it another way. he set that line showed that el you have low lines, and then on heavy volume on the up days. that's a sure sign that more money was flowing in than out. collins noted such a consistent persistent accumulation or buying pattern versus the distribution or selling pattern convinced him that large funds were building positions to enon the stock long term. not to rent it for a quick move. it turns out that what i didn't see, what i was so confused about was that monsanto's stock had started to be correlated with the price of corn, which was going higher back then because of the newfound demand for ethanol. i was far too concerned about near-tern earnings armed worried about a shortfall and wasn't thinking big picture, but the chart showed you big picture. the work of collins showed you not to

monsanto blamed ongoing impacts from currency headwinds and lower commodity prices for the forecast which also included downbeat guidance for the current quarter. despite a challenging macro environment, company said it sees strong long-term growth opportunities, shares of monsanto fell nearly 8% to 8,530. >>> canadian specific railway reportedly explored a potential $20 billion merger with csx back in january even as it pursued its own solicited bid for norfolk southern. although csx rejected the deal, canadian pacific remains interested. shares of cp fell 2.5% to 199 .995, csx down a tick to 24 55. >>> abercrombie and fitch saw same-store sales rise for the first time in three years thanks in part to a strong performance at its holstlister brand. posted earnings e estimates, however, the y says it expects same-store sales for the year to be flat but just slightly positive. abercrombie was up over 4% to $30.41. >>> checkpoint systems surged after label and packaging maker ccl industries said it would buy the company for more than $400 million. checkpoint systems makes surveillance equipm

nothing about monsanto, nothing but caplin & drysdale suggested that acid of which the government has no present property interest, no relation pac-3, no taint there to speak of can then take and sally's money or a client's pension funds for representation to use those assets to retain counsel. nothing in this court's acid in those cases just the. natural as a member of the defense bar we would welcome a revisiting of monsanto and caplin & drysdale because caplin & drysdale because the parade of horribles is here today. the government says there is a line. is defined as $1 million, the defendant has to ante up $1 million up front in or to exercise his right to counsel. the right to counsel of choice will have a price tag and it is whatever the government says the maximum fine is. whatever the maximum restitution is, that will be the price that the defendant must pay in advance. the defendant must be according to the government in over the table to exercise sixth amendment writes. we ask the court to reject such an interpretation. >> thank you counsel. the case is submitted. >> here's

kennedy: it's easy and cliche' to blame monsanto.ter the grass with gatorade. >> it's the nutrition rules they can't execute decent rules based on the rules because they have them bound. >> this is lobbied by monsanto. >> the yeelt rolls, i know you are gluten intolerant. but damned if they weren't the best things on planet earth. kennedy: the co-founder of napster, he's promoting an idea called the screening room where customers could forego theaters and pay for his service that would allow people to watch movies on opening day on their televisions. but there is a lot of resistance to it. >> part of me is we have to come together at a society and be friend. that would help with all the violence that happens in this country. but thin went to see the movie "the witch." there was a man behind me burping. i never had the experience before. so i think he has a good idea. >> pizza belch. kennedy: if you watch a movie in your house you can get any cocktail you want. sean tucker has billions of dollars. he has powerful ally. i would love to

it is the drag from monsanto which cut its forecast. it seeing lower prices for one of its herbicides and they pressure from the argentine peso falling. mark: what has been the theme on the dollar and treasuries? julie: that measure of employment coming in better than expected. the pound is rising versus the dollar but little changed versus the yen. more of a change in the treasury market where we see treasury yields go higher for the second straight day. this is aheadthat of friday's report from the government and there doesn't tend to be a lot of coordination between these two reports. spread a five-year between the two and as you can cap.there is a frequent it's not necessarily a good predictor on the payroll from the u.s. government and yet we can see some market reaction. vonnie: we still like to see income better than forecast. now on the first word news with courtney donohoe from the news desk. courtney: let's start with asia. the un security council approved the harshest sanctions on north korea in 20 years for its recent missil

so i encourage my colleagues simply say no to this monsanto, deny americans' right to know. simply say no. and stand up. have some respect for this institution. this is a bill that never went through committee, not a single phrase from this bill went through committee. this is a new creation put on the floor without consideration in committee. and then no open amendment process. how many colleagues across the aisle cried foul over the past years when democrats were in charge, they didn't allow an amendment process and they insisted they would never vote for cloture unless there was a full amendment process that honored the ideas presented by different senators. but no open amendment process here. so there we are, bad process, meeting ga influence by mon san -- mega influence by monsanto and friends, oppressing and stripping the freedom of american citizens. let's not let that happen. i have a host of letters i was planning to read but i see my colleague from ohio is wanting to speak to the issue and in fairness to all sides of this debate or ideas that he might want to prese

. >> what do you do about monsanto? spinnaker those were cases involving tainted funds, drug money. >> what is the logic that doesn't violate but it does if it is untainted? >> no one has a rightful claim. no one can claim a valid property right into drug proceeds. wanting to use assets that are for the lawful assets that are not connected in any at all. >> the one where a bank robber goes in and he has a pile of money now and monsanto says even though she wants to use the money to pay for an attorney, too bad. now a bank robber goes and has a pile of money and he puts it into a separate bank account and uses data bank accounts t accouy his rent and other expenses and he uses the money that would have gone from other expenses to pay a lawyer why should they be treated any differently for the sixth amendment purposes? >> because no amount of dissipation the government would suggest would negate the interest in the property she owns apart from any alleged criminal activity. >> and the substitution rule if you have $10 mil

i mentioned monsanto earlier.he feed producer cutting its forecast, blaming in part the argentine peso, in part falling prices for herbicide. some otherng agricultural related stocks. fertilizer also under pressure. thank you very much, julie hyman. the encryption battle between fti and apple is intensifying. -- fbi and apple is intensifying. emily chang spoke with apple's lawyer, ted olson, a former u.s. solicitor general. job.ngress should do its to consider the various different alternatives and the impact on citizens, balance the concerns of law enforcement, which we respect. apple has cooperated in every possible way with the government except for throwing out the design of the iphone and redesigning it. needs to consider what technological resources exist. what can be done by the government without scripting private to change the product that they make. things like that. there should be hearings. there should be expert testimony. i have the most -- the most enormous respect for that tremendous public citizen

. >> reporter: monsanto say they've carried out more than 800 tests proving their weed killer is safe it has been used in 40 years no 160 countries with little concern. many nations have already banned it. france, netherlands and other european countries could be next. sloks there is skwlikting scientist-- as long as there is conflicting results, countries are prepared to take the risk >>> the world health organisation says that sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than thought. w.h.o. also se said there's increasing evidence that a spike in birth defects was caused by zika. most cases have been reported in south america. pregnant women have been told to avoid the affected areas. the former head of the world anti-doping agency has called maria sharapova reckless beyond description. she is facing an uncertain future after being found to have-- after to have failed a drug test. >> reporter: she has been in the highest athlete earning family ath let on the planet. nike, tag-heuer and porsche have cut ties with her >> i think that is sensible because these stories have a h

monsanto and the others refusing to comment.sum bond market seeing a revival. sales of offshore debt surged to $4 billion, more than double january and fabric combined. sentiment in the market is slowly turning, helped by the yuan erasing losses and the pboj campaign to restore confidence in the currency. new -- therst major first major new fifa sponsor, the first to do so since sepp blatter was ousted. has been investing since china made it a top national priority. those of the headlines around the region. angie: christine lagarde says vietnam will be vulnerable to external shocks if it does not push the reforms to its banking system and restructure state owned enterprises. the imf managing director currently touring asia right now. bureau our own annoyed chief speaking exclusively with christine lagarde, asking about the effectiveness of negative interest rates. >> if we had not had those negative rates, we would be in a much worse place today. startsee whether it kick the process of fueling credit to the economy, changing the

vonnie: monsanto is exploring possible deals with the fire of germany. in the battle with top chemical maker sent into. they will be change of the top of france's largest insurance company. -- will be replaced by his deputy. staynally, he planned to until 2018, no reason has been given for the change. a deal that creates -- german williams has agreed -- represents a 35% -- the deals expected to help german williams expand overseas and that is the bloomberg business flash. tom: this is really quite a day. it is stunning, the images of the president in havana. the one volume primer on this. if you want to get smarter and the president has been handed the book, julius walkup the council on foreign relations owns the one volume primer landscape for cuba. i cannot say enough about this book. it is one that ian bremmer is familiar with. he gets way out in front of the president in search of tough-minded diplomacy. in 1961. what kind of diplomacy do we need now? win.for cuba this is a this should have been done years ago. cuban-americans are no longer concerns

. -- psf has been boosted by a report that monsanto has looked at personal deals with them. european close is just a matter of minutes way. ♪ mark b.: by from london and new york, you are watching european close. i am mark barton. in europesing the day today. let's take you through the final numbers. tthe chief executive is resigning after failing to satisfy the biggest investor. we do not know as of yet who will take over. shares are up i percent. investors are obviously pleased at that news. casino has been a french supermarket operator, and shares are out. he contends casino is using financial engineering to mask a sharply deteriorating core business. projects that claim. calm before the storm? i will be asking matthew beasley all about this. june is of course when the referendum takes place. maturing inoptions three months have reached a three-year high relative to the cost of a one-month contract. yes, volatility dropped, but it is falling twice as fast. is there a bit of a storm but beneath the calm? something we will be focusing on with our next guest. alix: so much d

with zika virus there was the gm mosquito and the monsanto and all kinds of theories about why this is happening. >> hi, i am studying public health at george washington university. i am taking a class called the social deterrents of health. and my question is how would we work toward creating policy that is affecting environmental issues but perhaps getting at the root cause of social issues. >> how people experience disease and what interventions make since is a huge thing. this is a huge issue of malaria where we were hatching plans in countries that didn't match up with priorities. bed nets were a good example. we created insecticide-treated bed nets. it was cheap, easy, don't need refrigeration or roads or anything. they can be in the most poor, deprescri deprescrid deprived settings and we can give them this and save them. we did that, spread the nets around, and it was a huge effort with a lot of good intepgntion d money and resources. and only 20% were being used. they sent people in to look at what is happening and people don't consider malaria a killer disease but a normal pr

they could do maybe a bigger deal with monsanto. is consolidating in the chemical space. stephanie: is the story that this is a real threat to the dow dupont deal or that basf has shown up to the table -- jeff: they are exploring the deal and the market would be interested to see if it will go ahead and make an offer. i think it is less likely that they will make an offer. what is interesting is that they were nervous, too late on syngenta and too late on dupont. david: what is the next thing if they can't do the deal? or weprobably monsanto will see with doubt and dupont, they're supposed to do the deal and break apart. maybe some of the parts that break off could be appealing to basf. stephanie: that would make sense for them to show up now, not step in the middle but suddenly, their name is in play as that merger goes through an user to see things spin off. basf is the one. jeff: feel chemical space is consolidating. david: they may just be trying to get into the mix so that as dow and dupont think about how they breakup, they co

dupont, monsanto, gaining. dupont a name that we are watching after its bid, even though it and dow chemical had already agreed to merge. meanwhileean -- joe: interest rates and bonds continuing to yield across the curve. obviously these are still really low numbers, off their highs from earlier. we are starting to see a with -- a little more expectation on higher rates with inflation growth. is really been climbing over the last couple of days. currencies, the euro, down for the first time in four days since the polity -- since the policy decision on thursday. the euro has turned around, the loony in its third day, the aussie on a six today. commodity -- commodity currencies getting a boost. commodities, we have to talk about this, and iron ore. a 19% surge. you don't see this in a commodity. theoretically there is excitement about china. massive move today. amidsttting clobbered the china downturn. just an incredible move. scarlet: alix steel is kicking herself for missing this right now. joe: just unbelievab

falling, but i did want to point out there were -- the worst performers in the s&p 500 were those like monsantobrown-forman cutting its forecast. dollar tree, which was out with its earnings and actually rose following those numbers, but analysts are weighing in and saying they were not that great and downgraded to neutral. there is a little bit of company news moving things around. mark: of looking at -- are we looking at a poor day after a giant game? -- gain? julie: we are still lower by about 70 points, but we have had this and norm is ounce from the lows of the year. one of the other charts we have been looking at if you take a look at the terminal is the number of stocks in the s&p 500 trading above their 200 day average. as you can see, it has come way down. are trading above that level, so less than 50%, but we had this big bounce in the number of stocks. to measure this movement upward that we have seen. oil prices are part of the equation as well. aey are taking a pause about 30% rally from the lows of the year. this was after and in the -- industry report. we get the governing -- gov

monsanto reportedly approaching bayer about the purchase. also affymetrix rejecting a bid standing by a $1.4 billion merger deal with thermofisher. and barrons saying that fedex shares could rise by another 20% over the next year. this after the firm soared 12% on thursday in the wake of earnings. so fedex shares just down by .5%. an interesting story from barrons over the weekend. >>> also keep your eye on apple, today say big day where apple will be holding its first event of 2016. landon dowdy joins us with three things to watch. good morning. >>> head lining the led us leap you event. the smaller four-inch iphone s sa e. it's about bigger, being better. but today is about going smaller. besides the phone, the smaller 9.7-inch ipad pro. the company could also reveal a new mac book. apple watch updates, the firm isn't expected to launch a new watch but new bands. of and apple has been working on software updates it's likely we'll see upgrades. i was just getting used to a larger screen now they're switching up on me. >> they're they're try

an monsanto is the biggest lager. and the leader of the dow at this hour, jp morgan.oday's sector is energy. going along with that oil. >> yeah, oil has reversed. when we come back, box ceo aaron levey one of the tech ceos speaking out in support of apple. plus the latest on apple's case against the federal government. what comes next after yesterday's hearing? and satellite television going online. more from at&t and directv when squawk alley continues in a moment. ♪ ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that is why you invest. the best returns aren't just measured in dollars. td ameritrade. >> this comes after apple and the fbi testified about the case on capitol hill. josh is live in san francisco with more. josh. >> well, john, this was a technical procedure that am says was meant to preserve it's rights. what is important here is that this objection filed last night will not change the schedule or proceedings before this judge. what is clear however is that neither side is willing to give an inch in this figh

what is sustainable is the only ones benefiting are the monsanto executives getting fatter bonus checks. so what is happening it's equivalent to plowing the ocean. you can't do. it's costly happening climate change is happening. the environment is changing. i'm asking you do that you consider using precautionary principle requiring you to consider the review available science to select alternatives present police potential threat to human health. that's absolutely necessary to stop poisoning the earth. please invoke the cautionary principle. furthermore, we also call here that i pesticide is reviewed within 6 months include a plan for the elimination of-from the san francisco dept. of environment list of pesticides. >> president omotalade thank you. next speaker, please. [calling names] >> testifier: i want to talk to how much the public seems to be interested in this issue. i've been connecting the data on pesticide use by parks and recreation and i've not got into dpw worthy airport but what i do is every month as such on the documents for the previous month and i usually get it withi

. >> reporter: monsanto say they carried out more than 800 tests, proving their weed killer is safe.been used for 40 years in 160 countries with little concern, but several latin america nations have already banned it. france, the netherland and other european countries could be next. as long as there is conflicting scientific evidence, many countries aren't willing to take a risk with public health. neave barker, al jazeera, england. >>> prosecutors in venezuela are trying to find out what happened to 28 gold miners who have been missing since friday. family members say the miners were killed by a gang. but the government says so far there is no evidence anyone was killed there. the opposition says it is all a cover up. >>> three years ago al jazeera filmed children working in coal mines in an an indeeian state. now we have returned to see if a ban from the government has had any effect. >> reporter: this is a minor turned farmer. when the indian government banned coal mining here, he and many others switched to tumeric farming. he makesless money, but he is is happiers. but surroun

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. >> she was attacked really viciously by monsanto, and she was condemned pretty regularly as a spinstermmunist. >> she got called into this battle at a time when she was already in a fairly advanced stage of cancer. >> the u.s. government went into a review of all of her data and months later came out with a report basically backing rachel carson. she dies in 1964 just shortly after with cancer. but if you have to make a hall of fame of people in the environmental movement, rachel carson is the game-changer. she's number one. >> by closing loopholes which permitted pesticides to be sold before they were fully tested, this bill safeguards the health of all americans. i'm sorry the voice of rachel carson is still today. she would have been proud of this bill and this moment. >> there were all of these things that were beginning to affect human health. we had cities in america increasingly having to call smog alerts. we had rivers catching on fire. in the santa barbara oil spill, it became clear that even the very richest cities were going to be exposed to massive environmental threats. >>

within days of the zika virus there is the monsanto, all kinds of theories about why this is happening. >> i'm studying public health at george washington university and environmental health and policy. i'm taking a a class called the social determinants of health and my question is how would we work toward creating policy that would be effective in investing addressing environmental issues and social issues as you mentioned earlier? >> that's a huge issue. how do people experience disease and what does that mean about what kind of intervention is going to make sense in their lives. this is a huge issue in malaria which was the topic of my last book where we are hatching a lot to plans to help people in countries that did not necessarily match up with their own priority. bed nets were a good example of that where we created insecticide treated bed nets it was a great idea because it was cheap, easy, no, no refrigeration, no hospitals, no roads, no anything. these people can be in a poor, deprived setting and we can give them this intervention and it will save them from malaria. well, o

monsanto said to be exploring possible deals with basf in the battle for's agenda.its crop sciences business as well as 14 partnerships. the talks about the be the asset purchases of joint ventures. all refused to comment. ♪ rishaad: a look at some of our top stories. it's taking chinese companies twice as long as there peers to get paid by customers. firm has to wait 83 days to collect cash. the accounts receivables have risen by almost 25% to nearly $600 billion, cash shortages are threatening china's vast supply chain. starwood hotels planning to accept a $13.2 billion takeover insurance's anbang group. share, aying $78 a , givenrth $69 a share until march 28 and renegotiate. foxconn takeover of sharp at risk of collapsing as delay in financing goes on. reports, foxconn seeking to pay 20% less for 4.4 billionthe dollars initially agreed over concerns about liabilities and future earnings. it has been 25 days since the board voted in favor of a bailout. bit of a turnaround taking place when it comes to asian equities, the first trading session and shanghai and hon

assetompany are about purchases or joint ventures after monsanto and china joined together.t is left to flurry a potential takeover between the likes of these three companies. insurer,biggest leaving earlier than expected. his role will be split and thomas will become the chief executive. longestickly, the winning stretch since october is falling today. that is after a member of the government resigned on friday all ahead of the important referendum on june 1, 23rd. pushing sterling lower, still three months ago before the referendum. the decision to leave was not about the referendum. it was about last week's budget. thanks so much. let's check in with the news now. matt miller has more from the news desk. matt: he is the first american president in 88 years to visit cuba. president obama meets with raul castro. he plans to push castro to improve human rights and economic access. he's ok exclusively with abc news. president obama: the time is right. obviously, the intention has always been to get the ball rolling, knowing that change was not going to happen overnight. reope

what is sustainable is the only ones benefiting are the monsanto executives getting fatter bonus checks. so what is happening it's equivalent to plowing the ocean. you can't do. it's costly happening climate change is happening. the environment is changing. i'm asking you do that you consider using precautionary principle requiring you to consider the review available science to select alternatives present police potential threat to human health. that's absolutely necessary to stop poisoning the earth. please invoke the cautionary principle. furthermore, we also call here that i pesticide is reviewed within 6 months include a plan for the elimination of-from the san francisco dept. of environment list of pesticides. >> president omotalade thank you. next speaker, please. [calling names] >> testifier: i want to talk to how much the public seems to be interested in this issue. i've been connecting the data on pesticide use by parks and recreation and i've not got into dpw worthy airport but what i do is every month as such on the documents for the previous month and i usually get it withi

the s&p is also gone into negative territory and when you see the names there, monsanto, chemical companiest of industrials. seem to be what's dragging down the bigger average, the s&p 500. brian, over to you. >> thank you. >>> time for "street talk." the daily dive into the calls and recommendations we think you need to hear about every single day. the first stock, just mentioned, square. btig's advising clients not to buy the stock saying that the money has been made. cut it is rating from buy to neutral. he still likes the company. he says, but while we continue to believe square is well positioned to enjoy sustained growth, its sharyls appear more fairly valued. they remove the price target because the stock hit it. a good call by mark palmer and said the money is med. >> this is interesting. interviewing the ceo he intimated the fact to communicate better to shareholders what the company does and not just payments. they own caviar and they have square capital which makes loans to small butzs that use the services so they have a lot of different businesses, not clear where they fit toge

steelmakers like n nk cor, monsanto, fmc corps, cf industries all down a percent or so in the early tradesector was one of last year's underperformers but is holding up so far in 2016 year to date, up 3% on that market. so simon, materials a focus for investors in early trading. >> counting down to the end of the quarter, don. thank you. let's send it out to rick santelli in chicago. good morning, rick. >> good morning, simon. of course, the chicago purchasing managers survey, let's open up the board. good number, better than expected, but still didn't take out the lofty $55 and change from january. let's go through it. the headline was up six, $53.6, obviously, since january. color? >> yeah, rick, this is a good report. the barometer held up by new product demand, seasonal product demand, warmer weather and also the release of some monies for capital expenditures and special projects, but i'll caveat that last one, was on the miner side. you have ordering components up, that's good news, fueling your production and also -- >> the biggest ups were production and employment, 9.7, 7.6, 53 a

what is sustainable is the only ones benefiting are the monsanto executives getting fatter bonus checks what is happening it's equivalent to plowing the ocean. you can't do. it's costly happening climate change is happening. the environment is changing. i'm asking you do that you consider using precautionary principle requiring you to consider the review available science to select alternatives present police potential threat to human health. that's absolutely necessary to stop poisoning the earth. please invoke the cautionary principle. furthermore, we also call here that i pesticide is reviewed within 6 months include a plan for the elimination of-from the san francisco dept. of environment list of pesticides. >> president omotalade thank you. next speaker, please. [calling names] >> testifier: i want to talk to how much the public seems to be interested in this issue. i've been connecting the data on pesticide use by parks and recreation and i've not got into dpw worthy airport but what i do is every month as such on the documents for the previous month and i usually get it within th

confirman que uno de los fabricantes era atacante de las bombas de parÍs el noviembre, pasado, pablo monsantodos, los supuestos presuntos terroristas que lograron escapar despuÉs de la masacre del Último martes, el segundo en este caso serÍa una persona que habrÍa ayudado el suicida que se inmolÓ en la estación del metro causando un gran nÚmero de vÍctimas, el primero era la persona que en la fotografÍa que difundieron las autoridades se encuentra la derecha con una chaqueta blanca y un sombrero quien habrÍa trasladado una valija con explosivos que no llegaron a detonar en el aeropuerto internacional de esta ciudad, para esto los investigadores llevan a cabo una serie de allanamientos y la preocupaciÓn principal es que estos dos prÓfugos puedan estar planeando nuevos atentados en las prÓximas horas por lo cual el nivel de alerta continÚan en su nivel mÁs alto, las autoridades decretaron dÍas de duelo nacional, las personas siguen mostrando sus condolencias y su preocupaciÓn y acercando flores, velas, rindiendo tributo a los mÁs de 30 muertos y 300 heridos que dejÓ el atentado terrorista en el

marÍa antonieta: primero veamos el reportaje que pablo monsanto preparÓ antes de partir hacia bruselas le quedÓ un vacÍo, nadie recibe la catedral de buenos aires, en cada pascua, con tanto amor, sus huevos, por eso decidiÓ mandar uno hasta el vaticano. >> una vecina fue a italia y como ahora, le hice un huevo veloz y se lo mande al papa, el Último juego fue el aÑo pasado que se lo mandÉ, no sé si le llegÓ. pablo: asegura que francisco tiene una debilidad por produce a pesar de las recomendaciones de los mÉdicos. >> le gustan mucho las cosas dulces pero se tiene que cuidar tambiÉn, no puede comer tanto. pablo: por eso se le ocurriÓ mandarle a travÉs de las cÁmaras de "despierta amÉrica" un nuevo huevo para la pascua especial del jubileo. >> dios quiera que le llegue, si pasÓ esto por algo es, ojalÁ jorge, este aÑo cumplo 50, ojalÁ me haga un regalo cuando venga a argentina para poder verlo. pablo: se deshace en elogios para el lÍder de mÁs de 1000 millones de catÓlicos. >> una persona humilde, desprendida, es Él, y tenÍa que ser el papa Él. pablo: marcela cuarta como un tesoro la bibli

within days of the zika virus there is the monsanto, all kinds of theories about why this is happening. >> i'm studying public health at george washington university and environmental health and policy. i'm taking a a class called the social determinants of health and my question is how would we work toward creating policy that would be effective in investing addressing environmental issues and social issues as you mentioned earlier? >> that's a huge issue. how do people experience disease and what does that mean about what kind of intervention is going to make sense in their lives. this is a huge issue in malaria which was the topic of my last book where we are hatching a lot to plans to help people in countries that did not necessarily match up with their own priority. bed nets were a good example of that where we created insecticide treated bed nets it was a great idea because it was cheap, easy, no, no refrigeration, no hospitals, no roads, no anything. these people can be in a poor, deprived setting and we can give them this intervention and it will save them from malaria. well, o