is the president in favor of the merger of monsanto and bear? sarah: i haven't spoken with him about that. i'll have to get back to you. reporter: i understand that you guys have laid out new criteria for what you want in the deal. is the president saying that on march 5, if he doesn't get what he wants from the democrats in those area, that he will begin to deport the dreamers? sarah: we haven't determined that. we're hopeful that we don't have to do that and that we don't have to get there. we would like democrats to get serious about actually solving problems. they say they want to have this conversation, they say they want to negotiate. so much so that they were throg shut down the government -- they were willing to shut down the government. if they're willing to go that far, surely they'll be willing to come to the table and talk about real solutions and get something done. reporter: remove deportation protections from the dreamers? sarah: the president is the one that enforced the law, yes, he is. that is his job as commander in chief. he

monsanto >> i have not spoken to the president about that. i will have to get back to you. >> is the president saying that if he does not get what he wants, that he will begin to deport the dreamers? >> we are hopeful that we do not have to do that and we do not have to get there. -- we would like the democrats to become serious about solving these problems. if they are willing to shut down the government, surely they will be willing to come to the table and get something done. the president is the one that has enforce the law. it is his job as commander-in-chief. congresses --e of congress'failure to address the issue. the president gave a six-month timeframe in order for them to do that. all of america is counting on them to show up and make sure that happens. >> the president said that the shutdown was a good thing for us --. does the president agree with that? >> i have not spoken to him about those comments. [indiscernible] parksin, most of those they tried to maintain and keep those open. unlike in past shutdowns, they really try to min

reporter: my second question, sarah, on completely different subject, monsanto and bayer, two giants in the seed industry are prepared to merge their ceo's have met with the president. many fear this is going to lead to a monopoly for them. and raising prices which will hurt the farm community. is the president in favor of the merger of monsanto and bayer. >> i haven't spoken with him about that, john. i will have to get back to you. reporter: i understand that you nice have laid out your criteria for what you want in deal. is president saying on march fifth, he doesn't get what he wants from the democrats in other areas he will begin to deport the "dreamers"? >> we haven't determined that, we are hopeful we don't have to do that that we don't have to get there. we would like democrats getting serious about actually solving problems. they say they want to have this conversation. they say they want to negotiate, so much so they were willing to shut down the government. if they're that willing to go that far, surely they will come to the table to talk about real solutions to get someth

it's agreed to buy monsanto, a deal that will test buyers financial firepower.nto has dropped out of the bidding for a stake in one of the world's top lithium producers as it pursues other ways to capitalize on the electric car boom. according to people familiar with the matter, rio decided not afterceed with an offer information in a data room. ats worth about $5 billion current market prices. representatives for rio tinto and the others declined to comment. the biggest ever makeover of the diet coke brand for coca-cola. new versions include ginger lime and blood orange. diet coke was launched in 1982 and while it remains the third biggest selling carbonated soft drink in the united states, sales volume fell more than 4% last year. the original diet coke not be changed. that's your bloomberg business flash. anna: ending on the biggest story there. it wasn't the first time the central bank has done this, the announcement a guided speculation that officials are looking to relax the tenure bond till target this year. the back of this news we have seen the japanese

are for pass through companies less than seven percent of the farms that pass through is for the monsanto's for the very mega producers. there's a big problem here the future of american farming is like the past in small family farms that's the only way we're going to get the right connections from urban to rural and the other issue which i just want to bring out is everybody understands from the military to the cia that having food from nowhere from the largest mega producers is a huge national security risk because those monolithic lines of distribution are the easiest to disrupt therefore fostering family farms is not only a boon for national sovereignty and for food sovereignty but for national security and i think our president needs to look at that i could agree with you more on that and by i will by the way a little programming note tomorrow we're going to have somebody with us from the national farmers union to talk about average family farmers as opposed to the big corporate farms will have them on to some time anyway fred thank you for raising that fred kaufman author of bet the f

rebels after a string of bombings killed seven police officers over the weekend the president on monsanto's has blamed for attacks on police stations and three cities the year long talks were aimed at ending nearly fifty years of violence. the reports from. three bombs attacks in less than twenty four hours was interpreted as a clear message from the u.n. about its faith in the peace process in colombia in the aftermath of the country's president juan manuel santos had his own party and my patience on the patience of the colombian people has its limits so i have taken the decision to suspend the start of the fifth cycle of negotiations which was shared world for the community days until we see coherence between the words and its actions. talks between the government and the the less active rebel group in colombia have been going for more than a year last october they agreed on a ceasefire but the rebels launched a new offensive when it expired earlier this month they targeted oil pipelines and security forces the bloodiest of the week in the attacks took place in the coastal city of. where

points the high of the morning right here, a third of a percent higher earnings hitting the tape monsantoisses expectations, with its fourth quarter numbers right now nasdaq meteorology up 20 points almost a third of a percent higher momentum also in europe, take a look at uruapan indices higher across the board cac quarante in paris up 1 and a third dax in germany up better than 1% ft 100 fractionally higher in asia overnight stocks mostly higher japan is now open, first open of 2018, after a holiday nikkei average opens up with a banning up 3 and a quarter percent in japan in u.s. a war of words blockbuster book liquidamage cl from steve bannon president trump sent a cease and desist letter to bannon. >> enormous design laws in intel under fire researchers find detects could impact hacking concerns the company scrambling to fix it. >> all stories this morning joining me to he can bra it down fox business network dagen mcdowell, former utah congressman hours oversite committee chairman jason chaffetz, lindsey bell. >> good morning it is cold. >> it is dark outside. >> dark. >> for new yo

shery ahn: time for a look at the biggest stories in the news right now at monsanto's of on artificialelligence to make seeds. their chief scientist says the key learning is to help refine, making the process faster and cheaper. it's a technology singer -- similar to face recognition would help identify plant and crop diseases. the gender pay gap in retail is widening. data shows workers at men's stores earned 56% more per hour than in women's apparel as of november. two years ago, the gap was 10%, -- theening partly in shift to high-end boutiques and personalized service. the institutional women's policy research found across retailers, women still learn earn about 74% of men's pay. is real estate market getting a boost from the rising stock market. , fourthg to reports quarter home sales jumped 34% from a year ago there were 756 homes from the market at the end of september down 43%. the drop is the biggest since the first quarter of 2008. that is your business flash update. >> still ahead, ge provides $15 billion shortfalls. we will bring you details on the genesis of the industrial

julia: there is a question about whether this reduces the power monsanto has in the agricultural sectorming industry. julia: also, if it's too expensive for smaller farmers, does all the power of a the larger farmers with this technology? >> that can be an important point. i raise that in this story. they are talking about a leasing structure about this technology. , thewon't sell them individual machines, they will lease it for periods of time during critical weed growth periods. and eventually, as this gets integrated into all aspects of harvesting and fertilizing, that may change. for now, they are leasing platform. they were vague about cost and i asked them, what does this mean and will this be available to little guys? one thing he was emphatic about, it will be easier to scale this and make it affordable for little guys. economies scale of john deere. this is one of the farmers in arkansas, where they were testing early prototypes of seed and spray. he spent $500,000 a year. he farmed 6500 acres of cotton and corn. he spends five at thousand dollars a year on herbicides. this is

justice apartment lawyers have sought -- have blocked a takeover of monsanto.three separate meetings said they were interviewed about concerns about the deal. buyers remain confident in closing the deal this year. haidi: that is almost it for "daybreak: australia," but next.eak: asia" is were looking at the global economic outlook for this year. yvonne: we certainly are. we will kickstart with the global china conference in shanghai with the global chief economist paul donovan. he says for 2018 his outlook is nothing will change yet everything will be different. the main engines for global growth we saw in 2017, that will start to sputter this year, in look at china.e slower infrastructure investment, slower and the property market. he thinks chinese growth is going to slow despite we have seen upgrades from the likes of citigroup last week for 2018. he said, developed markets are not going to pick up the slack, so the global trade picture could look much different. betty: we will continue this great, high-level conversations at those conference, this one with

government and rebels have been called all off to a series of bombings of the weekend president on monsanto's has blamed the boxes rebels for the attacks on police stations and three cities. the desire to have sons instead of doctors has created twenty mon million unwanted girls and india the government says more than sixty million women the missing from its population with many disappearing every kid abortions of female fetuses disease and adequate nutrition audience government has agreed to hold a referendum in may on liberalizing abortion laws it's a bad in all cases except where there's a specific threat to the mother's life just the pregnancy volkswagen has come under fire for pot funding tests in which monkeys and humans were exposed to toxic fumes the report says the german car maker ordered the studies in two thousand and fourteen along with daimler and b.m.w. the german government says the tests are unjustified. those are the headlines on al-jazeera stay with us al-jazeera world continues next. in two thousand israel withdrew from southern lebanon after eighteen years. the u.n. then

. >> caller: i was wondering if you could give me your opinion on the potential monsanto merger >> it's in europe. i don't know the answer. to me caching when you have a winner like that. happy new year. 2018 is already anything but boring. will you wake up out there. it's in beast mode. "mad money" tonight 2017 in the books knowing what separated last year's winners from losers. i'm going to dig down domination of the dow. and what does the decline mean for the overall auto industry. and wall street kicked off new year on a high note. can the upward momentum continue stick with cramer. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >>> i love people who say the dow jones industrial i meaningless and then withi

. >> a delayed closer where the buyer of monsanto.hey put up stronger numbers i had a conversation about that this very morning. >> i don't listen to what you're doing. >> the implied multiple of that transaction is lower than it otherwise would have been at the beginning because montsanto has done well. it could go the other way. they are talking about closing the deal the end of this first quarter. >> say stocky like very much, cvs because of the acquisition coming is there any reason why that deal could be scotched cvs upset, walgreen not doing nothing since the deal was announced. >> to buy eigaetna. >> you're at the mercy of the death star decent forget about at&t time warner versus doj. we'll hear arguments in march and that's obviously very important for media but could have an impact on some of these others deals because of del rahim's aversion to multiple deals and aversion that comes along with them. >> the people i talk to in the justice department are adamant they have a very good case and i'm looking at it way too broadly

monsanto and bair were two giants in the seed industry, preparing to merge their ceos have met with the president. and many fear that this is going to lead to a monopoly for them in the seed industry and raising the prices, which will hurt the farm community is the president in favor of the merger of monsanto and behr? >> i haven't spoken to him about that i'll have to get back to you >> i understand that you guys have laid out your criteria for what you want in a deal, but is the president saying that on march 5th, if he doesn't get what he wants from the democrats and those other areas, that he will begin to deportment the d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> we haven't determined that. we're hopeful that we don't have to do that and that we don't have to get there. we would like democrats to get serious about actually solving problems they say they want to have this conversation they say they want to negotiate, so much so that they were willing to shut down the government if they're that willing to go that far, surely they'll be willing to come to it table and talk about real solutions and get somethin

. >> my other question, sara, is on a completely different subject monsanto and bayer, two giants in the industry are preparing to merge. their ceos have met with the president. many fear this is going to lead to a monopoly for them. in the industry and raise prices which will hurt the farm community. is the president in president of the merger? >> i haven't spoken to him about that, john. i will get back to you. >> i understand you have laid out your criteria on the deal. is he saying march fifth he doesn't get what he wants from the democrats he will begin to deport the dreamers. >> we haven't determined that. we are hopeful that we don't have to do that. that we don't have to get there. we would like democrats to get serious about actually solving problems. they say they want to have a con answer. they say they want to negotiate so much so they were willing to shut down the government. if they're willing to go that far surely they will come to the table for real solutions to get something done. >> -- deportation protection. >> the president enforced the law. yes, that's his job as

>> yes, we are we will consolidate most of our activities into the monsanto head quarters.nvest about $16 billion. >> $16 billion >> and 60 percent out of that in the u.s. >> thank you very much that's really great. thank you. >> hbc you know well. >> i do. >> in u.s. began in 1865 largest foreign bank in the u.s. we have business balance sheets of $2.6 trillion. >> that's right. >> we work in 70 countries and have a market cap around $250 billion. commitment to the u.s. we have a very strong business here. and a business that will continue to grow. >> and you founded one of the most successful businesses in china. that is a big statement. did you you did a great job. so honor to have you you did a fantastic job. i know everything about you. >> thank you, mr. president. >> few people have done what you've done. congratulations. >> thank you. >> chairman and ceo of an oil and gas company, fourth largest in the world we are in the u.s. 7,000 people we do almost everything in your country. we produce oil we export. we are making big discovery in the gulf of mexico produce gas

julia: there is a question about whether this reduces the power the likes of monsanto have in the agriculturale farming industry. julia: yes, and also, if it's too expensive for smaller farmers, does all the power of a larger farmers that afford this technology, versus the smaller farmers who can't. amanda: that is a big and important i raise that in this point. story. right now they are talking about a leasing structure about this technology, and they won't sell them the individual machines that a farmer will loan. -- will own. they will only lease it for critical periods of time during critical weed growth periods. and eventually, as this gets integrated into all aspects of harvesting and fertilizing and so on, and that may change. but for now, they are thinking about a leasing platform. they were pretty vague about the cost, and i asked them, what does this mean and will this be available to the little guys? and one thing he was emphatic about, it will be easier to scale this and make it affordable for the little guys, the economies of the scale of john deere. this is one of the farmers in

m monsanto and behr are preparing to merge. their ceos met with the president. fear this is going to lead to a monopoly for them and in the seed industry and raising the prices hurting the farm community. is the president in favor of the merger? >> i'll have to get back to you. i haven't spoken to him about that. >> i understand you guys laid out your criteria for what you want in a deal. is the president saying on march 5 he doesn't get what he wants from the democrats in those other areas he will begin to deport d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> we haven't determined that. we are hopeful we don't have to do that and we don't have to get there. we would like democrats to get serious about solving problems. they say they want to have the conversation, negotiate, so much so they were willing to shut down the government. if they are that willing to go that far surely they'll come to the table and talk about real solutions and get something done. the president enforced the law. that's his job as commander in chief. he did that. >> one other question -- >> let's be clear. that's be

peering at stake in the form a division as it shifts from industrial chemicals after agreeing to buy monsantoe italian maker of the tele--- business. acquiring a an agreement could be signed as early as sunday. the business which includes the butterfinger mbb with rand -- and baby ruth brand said business is declining. bitcoin dropped below $13,000 earlier this morning after south korea's justice ministry said it is preparing a bill that would shut down digital currency exchanges. an earlier report cited the ministry expressing concern about serious risks associated with those changes. withare investors thinking the latest development question mark we have seen governments clamp down like china and the digital currency has been resilient. >> the treating we are seeing is a sign that in the short-term, investors are pulling out from cryptocurrencies. bitcoin is down, some of its rivals are down. ethereum hasn and dropped. it looks like a bit of selloff. investors i talked to in the industry think this does not necessarily harmed the long-term prospects for cryptocurrencies and bitcoin because

the defense industry.the american farm bureau federation is the biggest servicing company after monsantofolks have very organized operations. you see single commodities like sugar in their government program spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lobbying and that is because of the importance of the federal government. these guys know where the checks get written and they write checks too. scarlet: you're a fountain of knowledge -- julia: you're a fountain of knowledge. i love that. scarlet: president trump is giving them what they want to hear, as well. thank you. coming up next, apple addiction. some major shareholders are pushing the tech giants to investigate if their products are causing a public health crisis that could threaten children and apple's bottom line. this is bloomberg. ♪ g. ♪ julia: apple addiction to large shareholders are cae voicing their concern that it could be fostering a public health crisis that would hurt children and the investors' bottom line. can't help feeling like this is a high-class problem. people of our products too much. to what extent do you th

monsanto ranks as one of the top holdings.have lacked since 2013, although it has made up a lot of ground in the past years, returning 50%. volumeiquid with good and is reasonably priced at 54 basis points. i picked that because of the ticker. >> it is basically number one. this had a good run five or six years ago. it was a couple billion dollars. this is the kind of product you see assets go with performance. it is not something you allocate to for the long run. it is underperforming now, but you should see some assets come back in and try to play that rebound. scarlet: some momentum helping it as well. our thanks to eric balchunas, sure to join us every wednesday for bloomberg etf iq. catch it every wednesday at 12:30, right here on bloomberg. coming up next, great expectations. china has an upbeat note on the economy. gdp data the latest fourth-quarter numbers confirm or debunk? this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. rea

is the president in favor of e merger of monsanto and behr. >> i haven't spoken with him about that. >> i have laid out your criteria for what you want in a deal, but are you saying that if it is not in those areas, that he will begin to deport the dreamers? >> we are hopeful we don't have to get there. we would democrats to get serious about actually solving problems. they say they want to have this conversation. they say they want to negotiate, so much so they were willing to shut down the government. if they are willing to go that far, surely they will be willing to come to the table for discussions to get something done. the president is the one that enforced the law. that is his job as commander in chief. he did that, absolutely. >> one other question. >> thabeet is because of congress' failure to actually address the issue. they are the ones that pass and make those laws. the president gave a six-month time frame in order for them to do. that i think all of america is counting on them to show up and make sure that happens. some have said that the shut-down was a good thing, mea

justice department lawyers have sought out farmers, a vote that is a $66 billion takeover of monsantoywhere in the global feed and crop chemicals industry. farmers who attended three separate meetings were interviewed about concerns over the deal. the buyers say they are confident in closing the deal this year. yvonne: tencent has held talks of getting a myanmar-based social group in london about commercial partnerships as investment. it cites unidentified asia-based bankers, saying tencent has not been able to formal bid. it has received an approach to another organization which may or may not lead to a takeover offer. betty: bloomberg has been told that the chinese group has been approaching sales about the canary wharf financial district deathdon as it seems to 62 shed assets. hna missed payments from several banks, talking three lenders to freeze some of the unused credit lines. we are just about to wrap things up on daybreak asia. we will have markets in the asian trading taking off monday morning. we are seeing the kospi pretty much flat at the moment, but we have seen tensions

the audience today ranges from fortune 500 companies like dow, dupont, monsanto, to family farms, andthey're all hoping that the president will state a commitment to nafta after his official position in recent months has just been we'll see one group, the farmers for free trade, in the audience today, was wearing buttons that said, "i support nafta" but it's unclear what, if any, answers they will get. none of the excerpts provided by the white house about the president's speech today included any references to trade. they were all about tax reform, and deregulation and when i asked a white house official about the president's position on nafta, whether he'd talk about it today, he said the president supports fairer deals, regardless of what strategy he employs to get there that would seem to leave the door open to a whole host of options that would not sit well with this particular group of exporters and here's why if the u.s. chooses to withdraw from nafta, that means that mexico, for one, could immediately reinstate tariffs that it charges to other countries and charged the u.s. fo

justice department lawyers have sorted out the takeover of monsanto, creating a stumbling block for theartners who attended meetings said they were interviewed about their concerns over the deal. bayer says it is confident it will close the deal later this year. mahathir mohamad another run for the top job. that is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. mahathir mohamad has been named the malaysian opposition's candidate. the 92-year-old will be up against his own hand-picked heir . lumpur hasr in kuala more on this. ve the tables turned? has beenir mohamad campaigning for two years. he has been making accusations najib is corrupt and lost billion of ring it's -- malaysian ringgit's. ringgits.an haidi: out of all the options, why pick this 92 your own candidate to be the next prime minister? -- 92 your own candidate to be the next prime minister? even after the opposition coalition would need to request a pardon for him to be prime minister. the best choice was mahathir mohamad. choi

show me some individual stocks, i will start with monsanto, reported better profits earlier this morning at 118 as we speak. taco bell taking on mcdonalds, the dollar menu rolling out nacho fries, taco will begin selling the fries for a limited time on january 25th for one dollar. yum brands, parent company, mcdonalds is up, 172 mcdonalds. the amazon story of the day, amazon grabbed 4% of all u.s. retail sales last year and get this, it grabbed 44% of e-commerce sales. ashley: still room to grow, there's more to grab. >> 100 million people live in the cold zone, stuck at home, will they be shopping on amazon? when you look at what's going on with amazon, the business model is stunning, if they grab more millennials, millennials buy houses and more stuff. in you you lock in millennials which seems to be the business modeling you have good earnings. >> they buy echo dot, we need -- >> unbelievable. ashley: number one area, best-selling area for amazon was electronics and that was driven to liz's point by echo and amazon echo devices. impressive. stuart: $110 per share on amazon right now.