they only sent him back to moskow this past spring. and one of the details is they fed them documents that had bugs in them, that had listening devices. so the spy ring's operating in new york city, these russian guys are trying to cultivate american assets who will give them sensitive or secret or stolen information that they will then convey home to moskow. this is pure spying stuff. well, the fbi caught them in what they were doing and tracked them basically. they arranged to give these guys documents that seemed awesome, that seemed like juicy stuff. but the fbi gave them these documents in binders and the fbi had put little microphones inside the binders. so these russian guys from the spy ring, they brought this booty, this loot, this info they thought they had extracted from their american assets. they didn't know it had come from the fbi and had listening devices into it, they brought it into the russian government's facilities in new york so they could convey at home through secure channels to moskow. but even though they were

he's more than willing to remind us there was no collusion with moskow. >>> president trump says it's time to revisit libel laws, that despite his own rocky relationship with the truth. >> president trump says it's time for talks with north korea, what would those circumstances be? search and rescues will be beginning very soon because of those mud slides. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >>> we start with the president suddenly refusing to say whether he'd meet with the russia special counsel. a potential meeting with robert mueller hanging over the president. but asked at a white house news conference if he would sit with bob mueller, the president was noncommittal. what he is committed to is repeating this claim about collusion. >> there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians or trump and russians, no collusion. bottom line they all say there's no collusion, and there is no collusion. i can only say this, there was absolutely no collusion. but it has been determined there is no collusion. when they have no collusion and nobody's found any collu

in moskow we found an agency openly advertising american citizenship. it's called miami mama. they estimate they bring around 100 rugs here every year. do you require the parents to be completely transparent when a visa comes? >> absolutely. >> reporter: to say i'm pregnant? there are some americans who think that it's not right for russians to come america, have their babies and have the babies become american. >> i understand that. but i'm not going to take something from america. if i can spend my money, why not? >> reporter: there is no indication that president trump or the trump organization directly profits from this birth tourism. we've called both the company and the white house to ask more questions about that but have not heard back yet. >> you just told me in the break how much this business is up in florida alone. >> it's fascinating. over the last decade, brian, there's been a 90% increase in foreign births in florida. many of those russian. they don't keep those statist statistics, but we've called a number of hospitals. and yeah, a lot of them are russian. >> a

he's more than willing to remind us there was no collusion with moskow. >>> president trump says it'se to

i wasn't talking to people in moskow. i was talking to people in north carolina and michigan. there was no reason to have gone anywhere outside of hillary clinton and how unattractive her policies were, how lacking in vision and connective tissue with the forgotten man and forgotten woman she was. we beat her fairly and squarely in this country through this democratic elective process. so many people still can't get over the election, and your network called wrongly again and again -- >> says my friend who can't keep hillary clinton's name out of her mouth. >> hold on. you can't -- excuse me, i'll make you a deal chris, i'll never talk about her again but you can't talk about the 2016 election. >> i haven't mentioned the election once. >> the only reason they're talking about it -- >> i haven't mentioned the election once. and the only i do, is because russian interference matters and it doesn't delegitimize the president's victory. you guys are frozen in that moment. that's why you bring up hillary clinton -- >> that's not true. nobody here talks about her. >> you just brough

. >> and the other who was with me in moskow back in the early era of the putin tenure, so she spent a lot of time covering russia as well. and the story found that the investigation got underway because george papadopoulos was bragging at a drinking session with a foreign diplomat on the fact that he knew russians had dirt on hillary clinton. and once those e-mails were leaked last year, that australian diplomat, obviously his government then contacted the american authorities and let them know about this. that's what seemed to have triggered the initial interest on the part of the fbi long before this dossier was assembled or part of the equation. >> eli stokels, let me bring you in on the second point that peter raises, and that's another piece from the op-ed tonight written by the founders of fusion gps, the firm that commissioned the trump/russia dossier. they write, quote, we suggested investigates look into the bank records of deutsche bank and others that were funding mr. trump's businesses. congress appears uninterested in that tip. reportedly ours are the only bank records

[laughter] tom: it's from her mood, karen moskow, the morning brief, captive in your car.n of uber radio. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg: surveillance." i'm taylor riggs. let's get the bloomberg is this flash. a chip security problem, which will slow down computers. company has released test results, saying more than 10% won't be affected. as more information that is promised about this. xerox has hired market trainings, saying companies -- have major deals with japan's film. according to the wall street journal, the two are discussing various possibilities, but xerox is not one of them. needy andnhattan, friends were down 2.7%. landlords have been making big big price cuts. businessur bloomberg flash. ,rancine: there's a benchmark and barrel comes as global stockpiles dwindle into bullish traditions. we welcome komal sri-kumar and risk restaurant -- and rusk koesterich.uss when it comes to oil, how do you look at it? is a geopolitics in the middle inflation, org on doesn't just show that there is strong demand globally for oil, therefore t

karen moskow, bloomberg "daybreak," bloomberg radio coast-to-coast and london as well.g "surveillance," i am taylor riggs. rupert murdoch's british universe -- british newspaper unit has settled four hacking scandals. no word on how much they will pay. celebritiesmber of sued over voicemails. saudi aramco is ready for its ipo in the second half of this year, according to the ceo. he says the state owned oil giant is looking at the possibility of listing tiers locally and having an international ipo. they have not decided whether to list shares overseas and what could be the biggest equity offering ever -- f or. -- offering ever. francine: breaking news out of opec. opec does this almost on a monthly basis, a monthly report where they look at their demand and supply and rivals. opec today boosting the supply outlook. this is almost mechanical, and we knew this would happen for some of the shale producers are -- as soon as the prices hit $68. i want to show you a really good chart that one of our viewers sent. tom: we have viewers? francine: looking at rigged pound and --

begin your day with robert moon and karen moskow. do that with bloomberg radio.ondon. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's talk about brexit. eu ministers meet in brussels this afternoon to discuss their position. foresa may could face biggest challenges on the home front. the pound has weakened against the dollar as critics inside her own party are calling for her to show more leadership. this comes as donald trump offered a critical assessment of the handling of brexit, saying he would have taken a proper stand with the eu. joining us now is tim ross, the author of betting the house, the inside story of the 2016 election. antonio pascual of barclays. mostsked one of the prominent pro-brexit ministers whether this is the right time to challenge theresa may leadership. he said definitely no. >> he said no. foolishcritics would be if they chose this moment to get rid of the prime minister or destabilize the government in any way. this is on the backdrop of reports that a number of conservatives are trying

you see the data checks on bloomberg radio worldwide, she is internationally famous, karen moskow withhecks. she does a complete job. , newberg daybreak: europe york, boston, san francisco, washington, good morning, radio london, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: i am nejra cehic in london with tom keene in new york. facebook has announced it is making changes to its flagship social network by shifting newsfeeds to posts from friends and families and away from businesses and media outlets as lawmakers berated facebook, google, and twitter for failing to prevent russia manipulation on their platform during the election. joining us is our europe tech editor and john bilton from jpmorgan. facebook,ard from this transition is likely to mean people spend less time on the site, are they taking the long view? >> yes, mark zuckerberg has been clear this is a risk to short-term user engagement. the idea is that it will give people a better experience on facebook. rather than people coming on and spending time on their watching videos and media companies have tolished, they will come interact more w

karen moskow and bob moon, bloomberg daybreak on radio. look for that.♪ is "bloomberg surveillance." tom keene in new york and francine lacqua in london. let's talk about the future of europe and the turkish president. he is in paris today for an efficient -- an official visit to discuss bilateral relations with emmanuel macron. the elections in italy in the lack of progress in forming german government are potential risks for the euro zone. rupert harrison, black rock multi-asset strategies portfolio manager. when you look at europe politically, is this macron's big year or is there a danger he focuses too much on international politics where he needs to reform ekholm? -- back home? his secondch -- approach was about european reform on the latter he is not going to be disappointed by the germans not simply because there is no conceptual agreement how to reform, but because of the political impasse in berlin. i think it impacts the timetable in terms of agenda the results and how likely. that's a problem for him and his narrative. we will see how he addr

the state of the union -- karen moskow, bob, coast-to-coast. moon, coast-to-coast.rg. ♪ ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." tom and francine from london and new york. let's get our briefing on china. h&a told creditors it faces a potential shortfall of $2.4 billion in repaying debt during the first quarter. the funding gap was among financial details that hna governorsovincial about during a meeting. hna investors did not respond to a request for comment. dealsout to our bloomberg reporter -- how much do we understand who is behind hna and who they have been involved with? to the value of hna go from 100 to 3 very fast? >> their overall debt we have heard is about one trillion yuan. so this shortfall is just a small factoid off that. one of the things as people were talking about how opaque their holdings structure is. have of times, when they done funding deals with a big investment banks, they have done these margin loans where you do not really know the details, at what level it was pledged, and what comes out next. hna is talking about asset sales. the

for your friday briefing coast-to-coast, trapped in your car, bob moon, karen moskow, bloomberg radio london. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get the bloomberg business flash. investors are taking money out of u.s. junk bond funds. about the poor $1 billion was pulled out of speculated debt etf's. outflows hit a two month high, while the yield on two-year -- 10 year treasuries rose. award ports are getting expensive for american express. the cost of paying out rewards rose 12% in the fourth quarter. the company had in spending more to sign co. brand deals after parting ways with costco and jetblue. warren buffett's top deputies build a $1.9 million stake in berkshire hathaway. it -- that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: thanks so much. with us today, themos fiotakis of ubs. this is the bloomberg dollar index did we have zoomed in to a short-term deal. i will tweet it out for bloomberg radio in a bit. we get the september lows, then up we go. as you mentioned at the beginning of the hour, we have some acceleration. mma, gamma, plunging down. why do