here's olivia stearns. hillary clinton is off and running and beginning her second campaign to the white house with a trip to iowa that started today. mrs. clinton ended the suspense whether she would try to become the first female president. the former secretary of state used a web video to announce she's running and will campaign tomorrow and wednesday in iowa, site of course of the first party caucuses, president obama spoke about the woman she defeated in the 2008 campaign over the weekend. president obama: she was a formidable candidate in 2008. she was a great supporter of mine in the general election. she was an outstanding secretary of state. she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. olivia: president obama was speaking in panama after a historic meeting with the president with cuba raul castro. members of congress are skeptical with the nuclear deal in iran. this week the obama administration will try to change their mind. john kerry and other cabinet members will hold a closed

olivia stearns is out today. it is a big week for google. it will focus more on mobile.oes that, a bunch other companies freak out. we will get to that story in just a second. first, it's a pivotal week for the merger of comcast and time warner cable. comcast be meet with officials to discuss their plan. alex sherman will not be in the room but he is with us now. the justice department is making some noises recently that it is not feeling this merger. what's going wrong? alex: the first leak in this whole process which started february of last year we heard that anti-trust lawyers were leaning towards recommending blocking the deal. that was going to be the recommendation they gave to the d.o.j. which is the first time that we've really heard any sort of negative sentiment out of the d.o.j. tom: and this is the story that wee seen before. brendan: one of the things that's changed is the department of justice has changed. when the at&t feel apart, we first heard from justice. alex: two things can happen where this deal falls apart. one can be that the d.o.j. blocks the de

joining me, olivia stearns has another job to do. tom keene is on a beach. he is on a beach. let's get the top headlines. francine: it -- president obama is and panama. he will have his first opportunity to meet with cuba's president. in jamaica, president obama said the u.s. has not backed off its position that cuba must include human rights. president obama: we are committed to human rights around the world. engagement is a more powerful force than isolation. this will be good for the united states and the entire hemisphere. john kerry met with the foreign minister. it was the highest -- between those whotwo countries and half a century. an announcement will come on sunday. hillary clinton signed a lease in brooklyn. that started a 15 day window. a tornado slammed into a small town overnight. more than a dozen buildings were destroyed. fair dale does not have --. brendan: the settlement with u.s. and british regulators may be finalize this month. general electric about to sell off a real estate portfolio worth $30 billion. a deal would continue the goal of shrinking ge capi

joining me, olivia stearns has another job to do. tom keene is on a beach. he is on a beach.ines. francine: it -- president obama is and panama. he will have his first opportunity to meet with cuba's president. in jamaica, president obama

olivia: tom, when was the last time you pay for your own hockey tickets? tom: oh! brendan: morning break -- stearns for the win. boeing and coca-cola -- tom: nobody cares. actually, they do. brendan: nobody breathing cares. at 7:58, earnings from mcdonald's. tom: three big blue chips the stocks. scarlet fu giving us wisdom through the day on bloomberg television on earnings. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. i almost canceled this today. that is how dead it is out there. socgen knows this morning it is quiet, quiet, we meandered down seven points. go onto the next screen. we will short because we do what we do here at "surveillance." there is the crude pair -- nymex crude in america $56.23. will we really get back below $40 a barrel? dollar canada doing well, $1.28 to $1.22. stronger loonie. we go big, we go wide we go transatlantic, brendan. the u.s. unemployment rate cyclical. the eu started in 1999. everybody is miserable and 2009 and i do not realize this, this device says it all. america getting it done right and explain to me why this sector in europe is so ugly. brendan: i have to sa