here is olivia sterns. gin with the fatal metro-north accident in the subways of new york city. they are trying to re-create a final moments before the commuter train slammed into the suv on the track. the electrified third rail went through the suv before piercing the first car of the train. the essen -- suv's driver and five train passengers were killed. bill gates is donating more of his money. the microsoft cofounder gave 31 million shares of his company stock to his foundation in november. the shares have a value of $1.5 billion. the transfer decreases the state in microsoft to just 3%. his organization fights to efforts to fight aids polio -- his organization works to fight aids, polio, among other initiatives. walt disney stock soared to a record high. jobs owns 31 million shares nearly 8% of the company. that makes her the largest shareholder. she, of course, is the widow of apple cofounder steve jobs. brendan: at long last the chairman of the federal communication's commission has decided that inter

this'll be with olivia sterns. ailed to make up for widening losses of sprint in the u.s. analysts surveyed by bloomberg expected $641 million. the company maintained its a full-year target. and in egypt, the cabinet has suspended the international soccer league and definitely following a deadly confrontation between fans and security forces outside of cairo stadium over the weekend for some than 20 people died after police fired tear gas into the crowd, setting off a stampede. an investigation has been ordered. in india, a major setback for prime minister new hendry modi -- narendra modi. early trends pointed to an easy win for the common man party. national elections are in may. those are your top headlines. tom: there he good. we go to saudi arabia. it is a revolution of sorts, not the peaceful transfer of power in saudi arabia from abdullah to solomon. rather it with the next generation. john has studied the extended family of abdullah for a decade. he is the director of ashmore group and his notes are read minu

here is olivia sterns. geria's war against boko haram i than other ally its neighbor niger, is joining. the unanimous vote by niger's national simile follows a lease for tax inside the country in less than a week. and another conviction tied to last year's ferry catastrophe in south korea. the former coast guard officer was sentenced full study was not on the doomed fairy but he was captain of the first ship sent to the scene. the court saw them negligent in the rescue effort. the thinking claimed more than 300 life, most of them students on a school trip. the u.s. is planning to withdraw most of its ebola personnel from west africa. the outbreak there has been sharply reduced. president obama is expected to give more details about next steps later today for stop last year the u.s. had 2800 troops deployed to west africa. just 100 will remain after april 30. those left behind will work with liberia and u.s. civilians. tom: you mentioned nigeria. their currency moves to a new weakness, one of the few currenci

joining the olivia sterns and brendan greeley. let's get to top headlines. olivia: janet yellen is signaling that patients has its limits when it comes to raising interest rates. the fed chair is back on capitol hill this morning. she began laying the ground work for a rate hike later this year. chair yellen: the modification should be understood as reflecting the committee's adjustment. the conditions should be at a point for the change in a target range could be warranted at any meeting. olivia: today she will be questioned by the house financial services panel. and a warning for athens -- the new economic policies are just a starting point. alexis tsipras got praise for a four-month extension of the bailouts, but the central bank and others say actions speak louder than words. the head of the euro finance minister groups says greece has a turn those actions into -- those words into actions. >> it has to be happening in the next weeks or months, then there might be new money available. the question is -- what should we do with what has not been decided yet?

i am olivia sterns.ur top headlines -- tables and office depot in advanced merger talks according to the "wall street journal." the two companies combined have about 4000 stores in annual sales of more than $35 billion. a mega bonds deal by apple, the debt offering lets the iphone maker lock in borrowing costs for three decades. the move feels the conditions that u.s. interest rates are poised to move higher. last week, u.s. treasury yields lunch to a record low. and the new york state attorney general's office tells national retailers to stop selling herbal supplements. they are fraudulent and potentially dangerous. they conducted tests on top-selling storebrands and found four out of five not contain any of the herbs on their labels. those are your top headlines. >> this matters not our guest host, randy kroszner, former governor of the federal reserve system, at the booth school of chicago, you did the american research on the foreign exchange. we continue, we address the core and seaworld -- the curr

olivia sterns with the morning must-read. a: it comes right rare interview that bloomberg news had with supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. here are her thoughts when it comes to same-sex marriage. justice ginsburg: i think it is awful that it would not be accepted. the change in people's attitudes on that issue has been enormous so i think it would not take a large adjustment. we cannot speak much more on the subject because one way or another, it will be decided before we leave town in june. olivia: and it is true, tom, it is incredible just to see how far public sentiment has come so quickly on this issue of gay marriage, and you see what has happened with the alabama supreme court, the supreme court head of alabama ignoring that law essentially. he says he has a host of legal reasons why, and he sees plenty of lower courts going ahead with marriages. tom: this becomes 2016 as this court ages. brendan: that is the issue, there is a little bit of movement, they love the notorious rbg. olivia: a color count set up by -

olivia sterns has comcast headlines and earnings out right now. little bit of a messiss on the topline, fourth-quarter revenue coming in at $17.73 billion. tom: increase of 11%. olivia: the big thing to look for today from comcast is what management has to say about net neutrality ahead of thursday. tom: i would look at the use of cash, the shift of the roberts family from 20 years ago. this began a couple of years ago with me will movement by comcast and again a dividend increase as you saw with home depot. very good. let's get to top headlines right now. olivia: greece moving in other steps closer to -- greece moving another step closer to getting its deadline approved. ahead of the group of euro-area finance ministers says his first impression is quite favorable. they will hold a conference call shortly. pledges to crackdown on corruption and tax evasion. in ukraine, pro-russian rebels say they are complying with one of the provisions of the cease-fire. they are withdrawing heavy will of the -- heavy weapons from the combat zone, but the reigni

i am olivia sterns.we begin in west virginia where hundreds of families were evacuated after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm. intense flames from the explosion burned for nearly nine hours and at least one taker lunch into the river. the accident occurred during the town of mount carbon no fatalities were reported. a major panic at lax. about 20 passengers fled through emergency doors and onto the tarmac after an incorrect report of an armed man on the loose. the incident near a boarding area apparently stemmed from a police pursuit of an unarmed driver that ended outside a terminal. it took about 15 minutes for authorities to get the scene under control. and a 10 nine dollars judgment goes against disgraced cyclist -- and a $10 million judgment goes against disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. is surrounded his tour de france bonuses. a company accused him of an unparalleled hatch and of "perjury, fraud, and conspiracy." tom: this matters not for a guest host ca

here is olivia sterns. falling commodity prices declining nearly 20% from a year ago. they are expecting a drop of 3.2%. there are signs the government may step up measures to stimulate the economy. nigeria is postponing elections. they were scheduled to take place later this month. the security adviser wants to buy time to beat back a boko haram. elections are slated for march 28. the president of roseville -- of brazil facing record approval rates. she was rated good or very good by 23% of respondents, the lowest since she took office. those are some of your latest headlines from around the world. brendon: the corruption headline -- the corruption scandal was just starting to make headlines. it is consuming them. this is not an ordinary corruption case. olivia: people have been banging pots and drums,. tom: that is well said. olivia: mn day on fire. 2014 the biggest for deals. 217 billion dollars in mergers and acquisitions. it is the test start to the year. robert profusek is the man making it rain. this

joining me is olivia sterns. a busy news flow. let's get to our top headlines. >> we begin in -- conspicuously off the list, chancellor angela merkel. here he is speaking earlier in frankfurt. >> i have the opportunity to present to him a government unwavering determination that it cannot possibly be business as usual in greece. >> he arrived in germany with the wind at his back. the biggest rally in greek stocks since the days of the druckman, -- of the dropped my -- jordan has hanged does prisoners after the islamic state released a sickening new video showing the jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage. the pilot was captured in syria in december and was on a mission fighting the islamic state. one of the condemned iraqis was a failed suicide bomber. >> astonishing video of a trans airways plane crash. the turboprop clipped a taxi on an elevated roadway and instant before flipping into a river. 16 were injured and 23 a reported missing. it is a taiwanese carrier's second accident in less than a year. seven people are dead

join me right now is olivia sterns.nating piece on what thousand level, but the market for ai, a great question. there is a piece by jack are that says there are piece 15 startups funded in the past year trying to pursue the idea of ai. that is 20 fully amount of money in 2010. the world's biggest companies that you report on all of the time are pouring money into artificial intelligence. google eric schmidt told our colleagues that artificial intelligence will be " the biggest thing for google." google, facebook, you name it everyone trying to figure out how to use artificial intelligence. you need to think of it not just a human robots and this is very early stage, think of artificial intelligence as any kind of software that can diamonds rate, exhibit human intuition. it is that level that siri for apple is very early steps. a mind clone will let you be in two places at once. you have a meeting in germany, your mind clone attends that while you are on the beach with your family. it sounds crazy, but this is what she

olivia sterns has the plague. brendan: we begin and ukraine were a military spokesman says more than 90% of horses have retreated -- forces have retreated from depaul death -- debaltseve. it is a strategic rail ray junction. russian president vladimir putin commented on the violence tuesday. he said it is always hard to lose. "life is life -- it just goes on, no need to dwell on it." the european central bank is offering yet another lifeline to grace. it has reportedly agreed to come up with $3.8 billion in emergency cash for great banks. it has request a six-month loan extension. the eurogroup will meet on friday in brussels to iron out a final agreement. japanese stocks are soaring. the nikkei hit its highest level in nearly 15 years. the rally was fueled by an announcement that japan's trade deficit has plunged nearly 60%. thanks to strong exports in january. tom? tom: very good. president obama said the way to fight islam extremists is for international communities to embrace its muslim immigrants. the preside

tom keene and olivia sterns are out. erik schatzker is with us.art is raising its everyday low wages -- walmart understands how efficiency wages work. it is treating workers better because it will enable the company to get that are workers. jim nussle is here. it would stubbs is here. gentlemen is megan mcardle right, that by paying workers more you get better workers and ultimately a better customer experience? david: i think if you pay existing workers more, retention goes up. that is clear from the microeconomic studies. people will invest more in the actual workplace whether increasing wages by a dollar or so we'll get that, i am not so sure. brendan: when you look at the move by walmart, they have resisted unionization for decades now. suddenly to make this move, does this say that walmart has realized something, or is it saying that economic conditions have changed? jim: it is a little bit of both. no question walmart has realized something, that the labor market is tightening. as megan mcardle has said. it is a supply and demand issue. at e

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. let's get to the top headlines this monday morning. >> or fighting in ukraine over the weekend. the government says pro-russian rebels attacked with artillery and automatic weapons. both sides say they have completed the first prisoner exchange since agreeing on a cease-fire, now a days ago. another day, and other deadline for greece. prime minister alexis tsipras has until the end of the day today to come up with a new list of financial reforms. european finance ministers will decide of those proposals go far enough. if so, bailout funding will keep flowing to greece. if not, there will be another round of emergency talks late this week. on friday, the eurozone agreed to extend the bailout funds for another four months. >> we want -- we won the battle but not the war. the real difficulties including those related to the negotiations in our relationships with our partners are still ahead. >> alexis tsipras says the new agreement wipes out previous pledges to cut wages, pension, govern

olivia sterns the mandate something about tomorrow demanded the day off.is skiing, she is in a better place. my morning must-read is mark gilbert for bloomberg. we go to zero rates and then we think of more things we never thought of before. currency war is pushed to the brink of a nuclear option of rate cuts and currency market intervention is do not do the job. capital controls may creep higher up the agenda of increasingly desperate central banks. you have a sense of the sweep of the history of this. are we to telling towards bretton woods? >> capital controls are poor countries losing capital. we have the opposite problem. we have governments fighting too much capital coming in. that was the swiss problem, the danish public, that may be the u.s. problem. we are going through these gyrations seeing extremes in monetary policy. the biggest development is maybe we are seeing governments realizing the qe isn't all that effective. tom: you see that in sweden. a negative interest rate for a central bank? >> negative interest rates are becoming the norm acros

joining me, olivia sterns. olivia: fireworks on day two of janet yellen's testimony. she is accused of being too closely aligned with the white house and democrats. >> you are not willing to tell us the answer to the question. you want to tell us i am not getting involved in two weeks before an election you make political statements consistent -- >> i am not making political statements. olivia: a number of republicans backing to give more power to the feds. greece is counting on the european central bank. they country must make a payment to the imf in march. the ecb owes greece more than $2 billion from a bond selling program. he says the ecb should hand the money to the imf. >> this is not borrow money. it is our money. our normal payment to the ecb. why not have the two institutions find it amongst themselves a way of transferring these funding. >> investors are showing confidence in the new greek reform proposal. almost $800 million returned to greece bank accounts. in ukraine, the cease-fire may be taking hold. no attacks by pro-russian rebels overnight. the count

joining me right now is olivia sterns. piece on a thousand levels but the market for ai is a big question. there are 16 startups that have been funded trying to predict -- pursue this idea. >> 16 startups, that is -- the world's biggest companies that you report on all the time are pouring money into ai so google said ai will be "the biggest thing for google." it is facebook, alibaba, amazon, everyone is trying to figure out how to use artificial intelligence. it is not just humanoid robots or primitive dusts -- busts. think of ai as any type of software that can exhibit and demonstrate human intuition. siri and the driverless cars are early steps. what martina is talking about is having a mind clone that will let you be in two places at once. maybe you have a meeting in germany and your mind clone will attend that while you are on a beach with her family. later in the day you meet up. it sounds crazy but this is what she is talking about. >> they will make me work twice as much. you know we will never get near the beach.

matt miller and olivia sterns join me. number four shrinking ranks.r, banks are pulling back from businesses. jpmorgan and others are announcing steps to closing branches. janet yellen conceded that we are seeing that these charges are large and causing the firm's to spin off some of their enterprises to reduce their footprint. >> overall, wall street hiring has all in 4% in the last year and everybody is hiring in the back office, legal, cyber security to rein in the front office. >> i think you left off an important part with janet yellen. she said that's what we want. this is the point of dodd-frank regulations. i think most of our viewers would rather the ranks -- banks grow. it is nice and you were seen it happen in british and swiss banks as well. it's not that we are losing a global edge. >> that is a great point. where were you 15 years ago to mark --? >> i was so much better looking. i wish i had a picture to flash up on the screen. i was about 20 pounds lighter. i was stronger. >> i was in atlanta working at this new firm. >> i was working o

olivia sterns and alex sherman joining me.ory, china, joining the global teasing wave. -- global easing wave. they cut the -- the cut it by 50 basis points. not flowing out of the country. this is another step that china has taken to keep their economy going. >> it was not that long ago that china was trying to do the opposite. >> i believe this is the 14th central-bank rate cut since the start of the year. it is february 4. this is what a currency look like. this is competitive devaluation. >> they have not moved on their currency. nouriel roubini, i asked him could it be next? there is a possibility given that it is a zero-sum game in the world. everybody is devaluing their currency except for us. we are going the opposite direction. >> it has become a bastion of strength. something that is changed from a few years ago. >> i do not feel like a hero though. >> you are my hero. [laughter] >> ought to bring in david barstow. david has worked in the firm's most high-profile distressed investments. a distressed left on the street

olivia sterns interviews a robot. it is all part of the future.eresting and creepy all at the same time. ♪ >> martin founded and runs a biopharmaceutical company, united therapeutics, and took home $38 million last year. she is now turning her focus to artificial intelligence. olivia sterns sat down and what she says is the most advanced mind:. >> how are you feeling? >> i am feeling a little existential crisis here. and my life? do actually exist? will i die? >> these are the types of big play -- big picture questions the robot and ceo of united therapeutics are trying to tackle. >> a proof of concept -- a proof of concept robot based on my way. >> five years ago created a digital replica of loaded with the original memories, thoughts and even feelings. >> my love, my time is love. >> i think this should be humanity's biggest invention. the market opportunity is limitless. >> the invention is something she knows a thing or two about. she helped create the fcc's new satellite radio service. soon after, founded sirius radio. one of her kids was sic

olivia sterns and brendan greeley are with me.s of nonstop talks the leaders of russia ukraine, germany, and france agreed to stem the conflict. the euro area has put up any tough decisions on greece until at least asked week. you know what this feels like? that game or you have water coming in from different holes, you plug one but the other one pops. that is what it feels like. >> my favorite detail about the negotiations is that the official from belarus said that they had drink buckets of coffee. nobody seems to have much faith in his peace accord. >> you have to think what is different from the february agreement and the september agreement. it looks like vladimir putin has gotten more of what he wants. the markets have not been rattled by the greek talks. angela merkel needs to get a catnap in here. >> maybe she sleeps on the plane. >> are her shoulders hurting? the fate of the world is on her shoulders. >> george w. bush famously gave her a background, which she shrugged off. >> i have stayed up overnight in brussels waitin

olivia sterns is here. story of the day, spanish banks leading european stocks lower sharp declines amid uncertainties surrounding debt negotiations in great spirit oil prices are rising from a six-year low and did get hit earlier this morning on workers strikes. talk to me about european stocks. >> spanish banks. >> but the ecb cannot stop the slide, basically. announcing qe not being able to help that this point. >> on the streets of athens, the anti-austerity party in spain. there is fear this assesses -- the successes trying to figure out whether or not they can pull off an election. when they can, although some air talking about spain renegotiating the terms of its debt. that looks more than whatever happens in greece. close corporations in the u.s. get a lot more money from the bond market than say countries in europe. that is a lack of venture capitalists money. >> it is amazing how underdeveloped europe's capital system is. they are not doing innovative stuff. germany is doing some stuff and there i

pimm fox and olivia sterns joining me.t in this shortened version, linkedin shares fourth-quarter earnings beat and this site issued a better profit forecast follow-up by the companies wishing to china and products. pimm: 8 million is the number that stood out for me, 8 million people in china. 1.20 4 billion -- no, i know the details. but 8 million people for any company to be able to come out and say we have got 8 million people to do something more than once and come back and do it and do it and do it again, and they are able to do it in the united states and move to china -- i just think it is well -- these are trailblazing companies whether they get it right or not. olivia: full number is 350 and the user base in china doubled globally. user base is up 25%. pimm: and linkedin is supposed to be for professionals. whether that is true or not people obviously use it. matt: management changes at media company. amy pasca it is out as the sony pictures cochair after the devastating and embarrassing cyber attack. the chief o

olivia sterns knows who the twins are. these are role are boys.ege and they went like this. they did this a lot. they are doing this with bitcoin it. >> i remember from the facebook movie. >> and i doing good? >> we need a wider shot. you are doing great. bitcoin has been doing so that late. we love time. -- tom. he is rowing. >> joined tom keene in 25 minutes and he will still be rowing and interviewing at the time. >> it's like dots under the desk. let's get some company news for you. amazon is considering using radioshack for a bricks and mortar operation. they may use the stores to showcase hardware. >> diageo is teaming up. they hope to capitalize in a booming property market. the ryder cup was posted at their resort. >> apple has raised $6.5 billion in bonds to preserve its cash toward outside the united states. they issued $39 billion in bonds. u.s. interest rates are poised to increase. >> coming up, the biggest bank -- we will talk to the cfo. ♪ >> is 20 minutes until the top of the hour welcome back. we are live on bloomberg television.

joining me is olivia sterns and brendan greeley. here's olivia. olivia: the leaders of germany and france will arrive in moscow on a mission to sign a cease-fire over ukraine. the meeting at the kremlin the day after they met with petro poroshenko. here is secretary john kerry. secretary kerry: there has been a number of offerings for russia to take over the course of the past months. unfortunately they have been left in the rearview mirror. olivia: nato weighs whether or not to arm ukraine forces against russian rebels. to athens supporters of greek alexis tsipras leader rallied in front of the parliament building. the central bank will allow emergency funding for the country's banks. the new prime minister is pairing to lay out his plans for reviving the greek economy. brendan: jobs day. be prepared to be underwhelmed by january numbers, they are often overestimated. the forecast is that u.s. employers added 230,000 workers in january on top of 252000 in december. the unemployed rate is expected to remain at 5.6%. anthem facing what could be the

joining me, olivia sterns. olivia: fireworks on day two of janet yellen's testimony.oo closely aligned with the white house and democrats. >> you are not willing to tell us the answer to the question. you want to tell us i am not getting involved in two weeks before an election you make poli

olivia sterns. the dress uproar in a bit. olivia: congress may kick the can on it comes to homeland security. house republicans plan to vote on a bill that would fund homeland security for three weeks. that would avert a shutdown fidgeted lace tonight when the spending -- whatever a shutdown said to take place tonight. republicans say any spending should block obama's immigration order. the homeland security secretary urged congress not to play politics. jeh johnson: this is not political jousting. a failure to fund the department of public scared he has impacts on public safety. olivia: democrats say they will not negotiate on immigration until homeland security is funded through september. the fight of traffic on the internet shifts to congress. republican lawmakers are vowing to overturn net neutrality rules. the regulations bar providers to provide faster service in return for payment. republicans say regulators went too far. >> the authority the fcc is claiming, they are claiming authority over every aspect of internet op

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. top headlines move this morning. olivia: greece could request a six month extension of its loan agreement as early as this morning. after the eu issued an ultimatum to ask for the extension by friday or leave the negotiating table. a step that could ease the standoff with greece's creditors over its future financing. prime minister alexis tsipras insists the status quo is acceptable. alexis tsipras: we do not compromise. we are working hard for a mutually beneficial agreement. an agreement without austerity ended bailout agreement that has destroyed greece these past years. and without the toxic presence of the troika. everything else is not an agreement, but a surrender that would complete the euthanasia of our country. olivia: the devil is in the details. the two sides have to work on the conditions that may be attached to that extension. in ukraine, pro-russian separatists are in control of the town of debeltseve after a withdrawal by most of ukraine's forces. the white house condemned the fighting come issuing a s

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. top headlines move this morning. could request a six month extension of its loan agreement as early as this morning. after the eu issued an ultimatum to ask for the extension by friday or leave the negotiating table. a step that could ease the standoff with greece's creditors over its future financing. prime minister alexis tsipras insists the status quo is acceptable. alexis tsipras: we do not

joining me is olivia sterns and brendan greeley. here's olivia.any and france will arrive in moscow on a mission to sign a cease-fire over ukraine. the meeting at the kremlin the day after they met with petro poroshenko. here is secretary john kerry. secretary kerry: there has been a number of offerings for russia to take over the course of the past months.

olivia sterns. the dress uproar in a bit. kick the can on it comes to homeland security. house republicans plan to vote on a bill that would fund homeland security for three weeks. that would avert a shutdown fidgeted lace tonight when the spending -- whatever a shutdown said to take place tonight. republicans say any spending should block obama's

olivia sterns is here with more. what makes coke think they can get this?ink all meant milk these days. -- alllmond milk these days. it will cost twice as much as your average gallon of milk. they think this is where the growth is. fair life could rain money. >> tell me about the opportunity. what are the numbers? >> milk sales traditional -- sales of whole milk have fallen off a cliff. sales of skim milk are pretty much flat. alternative milk, soy, almo nd, rice milk surging 36%. coca-cola wants to tap the growth. they want to find a way where they can have some pricing power, so they are coming up with this value added milk. >> soft drink sales are flat. >> did you know coca-cola said a sparkling beverages? that's what they mean by carbonated beverages. it is totally anemic in north america. they want to go somewhere where they can create a brand and market it up. >> sparkling beverages sounds better than carmel -- caramello l colored sugar water. ♪ >> much more ahead on "in the loop." the details on how -- trouble ahead for for big banks. that's four big

olivia sterns is joining me. number four, apple is making the biggest in vestment in europe ever.r will spend almost $2 billion building data centers in ireland and denmark which they plan to open by 2017. >> they only have $168 billion. >> they could make 80 more of these. >> regulators in europe are pushing to have data centers located closer to home. that is one of the reasons facebook google, and now apple are now trying to move servers closer to europe. another reason is quite possibly the weather. they are installing them in colder climates because it cheaper. >> li na what i like about this -- do you know what i like about this? the renewable energy part of this. these will have huge solar panels for renewable energy. it's about time that big companies did this sort of thing. >> does that get into your -- >> that's my thing. i keep hitting my microphone. i'm an amateur. let's move the direction of not fossil fuels. >> harbor neutral there. good on apple. judging by the barometer of hedge fund interest, there is less excited -- less to be excited about in gold these days. wi

olivia sterns has the plague.a military spokesman says more than 90% of horses have retreated -- forces have retreated from depaul death -- debaltseve. it is a strategic rail ray junction. russian

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. we have breaking news on home depot.>> we have home depot fourth-quarter net sales coming in at 19.1 6 billion the dollars -- $19.16 billion. sales are up 7.9%. >> wow. >> the

joining me olivia sterns and brendan greeley, an amazing morning in europe.rning in ukraine where intense discussions are about to begin. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are heading to kiev. john kerry is heading over there. the main topic -- whether nato and the u.s. should provide lethal weapons to fight pro-russian separatists rebels. ukraine central-bank raised its key discount

olivia sterns is here. we're also joined by ken shay. why milk? guest: it is in stores as of today.0% more protein. 30% less sugar. it is twice the price. the head of coca-cola north america says if it works, it will rain money. this is about creating a higher quality, value added beverage in the health and wellness space with a can mark up the price. take of it like vitamin water for milk. stephanie:k ken, what do you think? guest: coke is addressing key trends. touting it as high protein, low sugar, low-fat and all those buzzwords were consumers are going. coke has a fair shot of succeeding here. stephanie: have you tried it? guest: i have not. coke will meet with the investing community next week. i'm sure they will have samples so i can report back. guest: what kind of milk do you serve your kids? stephanie: my kids drink 2%. guest: i bring this up because one of the issues with milk is that there is very big price sensitivity every time someone is given the option to get the $.66 people trade down. it is hard to find the pricing power. coke wants to apply their marketing expert

joining me is olivia sterns. a busy news flow.dlines. >> we begin in -- conspicuously off the list, chancellor angela merkel. here he is speaking earlier in frankfurt. >> i have the opportunity to present to him a government unwavering determination that it cannot possibly be business as usual in greece. >> he arrived in germany

joining the olivia sterns and brendan greeley. let's get to top headlines. net yellen is signaling that patients has its limits when it comes to raising interest rates. the fed chair is back on capitol hill this morning. she began laying the ground work for a rate hike later this year. chair yellen: the modification should be understood as reflecting the committee's adjustment. the conditions should be at a point for the change in a target range could be warranted at any meeting. olivia: today she will be questioned by the house financial services panel.

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. >> we begin in washington dc.ela merkel is meeting with president obama later this morning. she is fresh off her trip to moscow, where she met with putin to try to find a solution to the growing crisis in ukraine. they will discuss whether to provide lethal weapons to ukraine's military. secretary of state john kerry insists there is no rift. >>

olivia sterns joining me, and erik schatzker. erik: an emergency meeting in brussels today.event a complete collapse of bailout talks. greece madea a request for extension. germany turned it down. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are meeting in paris. they will discuss the fragile cease-fire agreement they brokered in ukraine last week. the government says the town near

joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley.headlines this monday morning. >> or fighting in ukraine over the weekend. the government says pro-russian rebels attacked with artillery and automatic weapons. both sides say they have completed the first prisoner exchange since agreeing on a cease-fire, now a days ago. another day, and other deadline for greece. prime minister alexis tsipras has until the end of the day today to come up with a new list of financial reforms. european finance ministers will decide of those proposals go far enough

join me olivia sterns and brendan greeley. we begin with top headlines. here is olivia.ing news in minsk where the leaders of russia, ukraine, and france have reached a youth-iron agreement after all night talks. -- a cease-fire agreement after all-night talks. ukraine entered the worst crisis in more than two decades between russia and its former cold war foes. a truce beginning at midnight on sunday. now to brussels where talks between greece and its euro-era creditors broke done once

olivia sterns is with us. she does not own a tesla. brendan greeley is considering a tesla. ey drive a minivan. olivia: germany's finance minister says there are no plans to discuss a new deal or give greece extra time, but prime minister elect