you can catch us on sirius xm channel 119. a.m.13:30 a.m. 960 in the bay area. the bloomberg radio plus atpp. >is are the legal ramifications of donald trump jr.'s meeting and emails between a russian lawyer. advertised to was donald trump jr. as one where he would encounter a kremlin connected lawyer who was ready to convey some kind of derogatory information about hillary clinton. that was coming from the russian government. all of this was part of a russian government effort to help donald trump. that is what we know so far. because we see that in these females. >> released by him because he he saw the new york times threatening to publish a story that would have included all of the information. it's not like he was doing this with a real sense of transparency. oliver: what does donald trump jr. or donald trump senior have --do -- worried about this have to worry about this? >> there are several problems here. you have a question of credibility. denyingps have been that they had any contact with the russians in connection with the campaign. now that looks lik

." ♪ oliver: you can catch us on the radio at sirius xm, 106.1 fm in boston, 99.1 and washington, d.cdon on mux-3, and in asia on the radio plus app. questions remain about the legal ramifications of donald trump jr.'s communications with a russian lawyer. paul barrett looks into the possibilities. paul: the meeting was advertised to trump jr. as one where he would encounter a kremlin connected lawyer who was ready to convey some kind of derogatory information about hillary clinton that was coming from the russian government, and all of this was part of a russian government effort to help donald trump. that is what we know so far. carol: we know that because we see that in these emails? paul: that is correct. released by donald trump jr. because he was under pressure with "the new york times" threatening to publish a story that would've included all the information. it was a like he actually did this out of a real sense of transparency. oliver: and his reasoning changed over the news breaking. what did donald trump jr. or donald trump senior, the president, have to worry about from th

you can listen to us on sirius xm. oliver: you can also listen to us on the radio plus at and asia.ffs sessions may not be involved in the russian investigation but he has been being himself busy trying to roll back a lot of obama era policies. >> it has been business as usual. times been using this where everybody is focused on the russian investigation to remake the justice department and move them in a direction that he wants them to move toward which is a focus on violent crime and a large part of this has been stripping back a lot of obama era initiatives and legal legacy. thealk to me about specifics of what he has been undoing in terms of the obama legacy. >> he has been rolling back charging policies, they have taken a softer approach to nonviolent drug offenders and ordering all prosecutors to penalty inharshest cases that they bring, this is a counter to the way prosecutions have been handled over time. he also has been taking a harder these settlements that we entered into with various cities over problematic police departments saying that he wanted to review all of those

you can also catch us on the radio at sirius xm. 99.1 fm in washington dc. x3 and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. oliver: in the pursuit section this week, the latest book by andrew mcafee. carol: it is called machine platform crowd and we caught up with them. >> technologies advanced faster than we expected. we thought we were pushing the envelope a little bit being optimistic. we lowballed it. the breakthroughs that have happened in terms of getting machines to not just make decisions but figure out answers on their own have been breathtaking. at the same time, we have been kind of disappointed with the ability of businesses, organizations, and the government to keep up with these changes, so we are glad we tried to write this book to close that gap. >> we wrote this book about how with the second machine age, everyone underestimates the scale and pace of tech growth. carol: why is that? >> we underestimated the scale and scope of progress. technology is just doing wonderful things. every once in a while there is a technology surge that we are not

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on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ alisa: alisa parenti in washington.e watching "bloomberg technology." president trump has fired reince priebus. he is out as white house chief of staff. priebus confirmed he resigned yesterday. the president replaced him with homeland security secretary john kelly. in his tweet, the president calls kelly a great american. communications director anthony scaramucci suggested priebus leaked information to the press. president trump was on long island unveiling the administration's plan to crack down on gang violence. president trump: we're going to destroy the vile criminal cartel ms-13 and many other gangs but ms-13 is particularly violent. >> the president touched on last night's failed effort to repeal the u.s. health law. he said he was right when he said recently to let obamacare implode. chuck schumer praised john mccain for voting against the g.o.p. health bill. senator schumer: i have not seen a senator who speaks truth to power as strongly, as well and as frequently as john mccain. the very same courage he showed

you can listen on the bloomberg radio app, bloomberg.com, and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. n's acquisition of will disrupt next. he thinks amazon can encourage tash encroach -- encroach on the territory of restaurants and the entire prepared food and delivery market, doubling up on the grocery opportunity. he discussed his outlook. >> there is no way my thinking in our thinking is in line with what jeff bezos is thinking. he is probably several steps ahead. in thinking about that, work in the opportunities be, and thinking about how they can leverage on the whole foods infrastructure today. here are a couple of things we know. the restaurant business is an $800 billion industry, which is bigger than the grocery market. digital penetration of digital food sales is over 20% in china versus 2% in the u.s. the margins are ripe for the taking. you put that together, we think we can be in a situation where amazon can leverage their data, their analytics, and predict the kind of preferences of each individual market, leverage the infrastructure of whole foods to act as a commissary

if you like bloomberg news, lancet -- listen on sirius xm. s bloomberg. ♪ alisa: i'm alisa parenti in washington, and you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of your first word news. president trump intensified the pressure on jeff sessions today, saying he wants the attorney general to be tougher on leaks. trump also said he's "very disappointed" in sessions. he added he would not have picked him if he knew you had recused himself. the u.s. and china are making progress on a new u.n. resolution that would impose additional sanctions against north korea. that is according to nikki haley, who says it is in retaliation to the icbm launch on july 4. the house has passed a measure that would prevent a measure that would prevent the president from acting unilaterally to remove certain sanctions on russia, as well as add sanctions against iran and north korea. the measure also would bar u.s. companies from investing in energy projects in which russian companies have at least a 33% stake. the saudi led era alliance archiving

you can catch the reports on sirius xm channel 150. to "the wall street journal" for a global look at the banking industry straight ahead here on "fbn:am." stay with us. cheryl: in your monday morning, take a look at dow futures. that is okay. strong performances by all the major indices. 20 for records in a row for a doll. dow higher by just a point. s&p down, nasdaq looking for a lot of earlier with anthony chan. a lot of numbers coming out. lea: yes, we sure will. another thing we've been talking about friday consumer prices unchanged in june. that is of course dampening expectations of economic growth in the second quarter. also things people can be looking at is whether the fed interest rate hike again for what will happen there. cheryl: also come earnings by delay from netflix today and also looking for all those banks. the all those things. that's bringing repo gold from "the wall street journal" london paris. good morning. >> good morning. another exciting week of tanker earnings ahead. cheryl: what are you watching right now?

on sirius xm. bloomberg. ♪ emily: an update on the story we told you about earlier in the week. the chinese government says it will not disrupt legitimate access to the global internet by businesses and general users. telecomd ordered carriers to bar individuals from using vpn services to circumvent its great firewall. -- ministry of information industry and information technology said in a statement, "trade or multinational enterprises if they require to access the internet abroad can turn to authorized telecommunications entities. music sting notice will not affect -- the existing notice will not affect normal operations. this marks" ntechntec -- this marks fi week in london. caroline hyde will be speaking with a special guest. caroline: this week is fintech week in london. the ecosystem is alive and well. a new funding round was announced today for resolute. it has $66 million to fund international expansion and a move to crypto currency. ceo of funding circle, the number one online lender, one o

on sirius xm.is bloomberg. ♪ alisa: i am alisa parenti in washington and you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of your first word news. we want to begin by taking a live back to hamburg where police have resorted to water cannons in an effort to contain protesters at the g 20 summit. nearly 200 police officers have been injured in clashes with thousands of protesters. world leaders gathered for the talks have condemned the violence. these are live pictures. we will keep you posted if there are further developments. hadidents trump and putin their first confirmed tweeting today in hamburg. trump confronted putin. russia's meddling in the election campaign which putin denied. russia's economy minister says putin also complained about economic sanctions. both leaders discussed how best to move forward. >> they had a robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. the president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian involvement. president putin denie

you can listen to us on radio on sirius xm, 106.1 fm, a.m. 1330 in boston. and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. u.s. lawmakers have record deal making in the chip industry. >> unprecedented. nothing like this has happened in the 40 or 50 years of the chip industry. getting together at a rapid pace and consolidating into a few concentrated companies that are responsible for the majority of production. >> the cost of production is helping fuel the m&a pace we see in the semiconductor space. when it comes to chinese companies that want to be in that consolidation wave they are being left out. how come? >> there is a geopolitical aspect to this. the semiconductor industry is primarily a u.s. industry. china is the biggest market for chips. 59% i believe of the overall market is actually sold into china. it is really a u.s. industry. the fastest way to get expertise, the fastest way to get market share is to go out and buy it. buy companies, and the u.s. government does not want that to happen. oliver: let's talk about one specific person in the story. it'

on sirius xm.s is bloomberg. ♪ tesla is ramping up production of the model 3 after the first car rolled off the line last week. the automaker already has happened billion dollars in deposits for the $35,000 electric car. if tesla achieves elon musk's targets, it will build more battery-powered cars next year than all the carmakers combined in 2016. i spoke with caroline hyde out of london and started by asking about the outlook for tesla filling all the orders. take a listen. caroline: key question. half a billion means everyone pay $1000. car is do not about this the ramp up is enormous. carr, elon musk has his that rolled off this weekend. huge --edition is ambition is huge. they have to deliver 30 in july for a special party on july 28. they want to be hitting numbers such as $20,000 -- 20,000 cars by december. the amount of cars they want to make an 2018 will be more than were made in terms of electric vehicles worldwide by any automaker in 2016. the key is, can they deliver? because there cert

you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm radio, a.m. 300 in boston, 91 fm in boston -- in washingtonc. oliver: in asia on the bloomberg radio plus that -- app. carol: jeff sessions may not be involved in the russian investigation. oliver: he has been keeping himself busy trying to roll back obama era policies. for the attorney general, it's been business as usual. thiss been able to use time when everybody is focused on the russian investigation to really kind of remake the justice department's and move them in the direction that he wants them to move towards, which is a focus on violent crime and a large part of this has been stripping back a lot of obama era initiatives and legal legacy. talking about the specifics of what he has been a doing, in terms of the obama legacy. >> he's been rolling back charging policies that have taken a softer approach to nonviolent drug offenders and essentially ordering all prosecutors to charge the harshest -- go for the harshest penalties in cases that they bring. this is kind of a bit counter to the way prosecutions have been handled over time. a

you can check us out on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 11:29 a.m. kong and 12:29 p.m. in tokyo. a bloomberg survey says stable inflation of 2% is unattainable in japan and the for seeable future. more than 60% of economists we spoke to held that view. almost no one thought to percent would be reachable in the boj's timeframe. they expect inflation to reach the target sometime in the fiscal year of april 2018. headedeel making stocks for the best we can for months after president trump repeated his promises to crack down on dumping by foreign competitors. he said he may impose tariffs or quotas or both. countries including canada had in china have been bracing. tillerson has dampened speculation his week of diplomacy in the gulf -- he went to qatar, kuwait, and saudi arabia, reducing ideas that could be a basis for the solution to the diplomatic crisis. however, he said the two sides refused to speak face-to-face. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am sophie

carol: you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, 99.1 fm in washington, d.c., and amthe bay area. oliver: and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus at. carol: president trump is entirely debt is anti-nafta rhetoric. oliver: the white house now thinks tuneup might be the next move. >> it turns out his plan for nafta is much more moderate than you might expect given what he was saying on the campaign trail, the worst deal ever. oliver: many, many times. >> it is not like this is something he threw out once. he kept hammering on the campaign trail. even after he became president he came within a hair's breadth of just pulling out. he was persuaded not to. that was a positive sign for people who believe free trade with canada and mexico. the next stage was just this past week when the office of the u.s. trade representative came out with an objective the u.s. will have in talks on renegotiating the pact. they had to get congress 30 days notice before they began in mid-august. the plan is kind of modernizing nafta, not gutting it. carol: what happened between the campaign tr

you can also catch us on the radio on sirius xm, and also in new york, am 1330 in boston, 99.1 fm in m 960 in the bay area. in london and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. multinational companies like coke and pepsi are finding a curious way to tap into the massive under 30 population of pakistan through raves. we talked to cristina lindblad. cristina: a lot of brands are using techno music and house music and sponsoring raves to grab this consumer market which is two thirds of pakistan under 30 which is mind-boggling. this is how they are trying to reach them. carol: you have big brands getting in on this. cristina: coca-cola is doing a lot of marketing around music. in the raves, we found cellular carriers are big sponsors. pepsico is in the game too. cristina: coca-cola is doing a oliver: how do the big corporations go from their main products to then thinking about putting on events in places like this? ,s you point out in the story it has also taken on elsewhere. what is the corporate strategy? cristina: i think if you are talking about a market in which gdp per capita is

you can listen on the bloomberg radio app and on sirius xm. bloomberg. ♪ alisa: i am alisa parenti in washington and you are watching "bloomberg technology." let's start with a check of your first word news. president trump plans to put ty cobb in charge of overseeing the white house's legal and media response to investigations into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. according to people familiar with the decision, he is intended to be the enforcer of discipline, public spokesman, and the point person or questions from congressional panels and justice department special counsel robert mueller. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's latest health care draft almost certainly is heading to rewrite again to find a way to appease both sides of the republican party. the bill already has drawn two firm no's leaving mcconnell unable to lose any more support to get the 50 votes he needs. the chairman of the freedom caucus spoke with bloomberg today and said he thinks the senate bill could make it through the house. >> i think it has a real chance

if you like bloomberg news, listen on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is a 11:20 9 a.m.ore and 12:29 p.m. in tokyo. here is the first word news. the pboc scares. the bank will have a coordinated that fell to the china banking regulatory commission. the news confirms what bloomberg reported earlier this month. the bank said it would pursue prudent and monetary policy and keep supply growing at an appropriate pace. u.s. regulatorsthe bank said itf the hottest new areas of finance, initial offerings of digital currencies. the fcc said users must register deals through the government. and those that raise money through digital must register. they have raised money this year in additional coin offerings or ico's. australia rejecting criticism from the regulator, who said that they misled customers. it accc has reopened cars hades about -- undergone multiple repairs that did not fix faults. for denied the allegations and said it would challenge them. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >>

make sure to catch jerrod maxey run fox news headlines on sirius xm channel 115.ome back, japan's nikkei a big deal because it is the first down month since the month of march. a live report from london in just a bit. you're watching "fbn:am." you're watching "fbn:am." ♪♪ sweet emotionro ♪ generations. this is an opportunity to right that wrong. the idea was to bring capital into the affordable housing space in south africa, with a fund that offers families of modest income safe and good accommodation. citi® got involved very early on, and showed an enormous commitment. and that gave other investors confidence. citi's really unique, because they bring deep understanding of what's happening in africa. i really believe we only live once, and so you need to take an idea that you have and go for it. you have the opportunity to say, "i've been part of the creation of over 27,000 units of housing," and to replicate this across the entire african continent. lauren: investors wrapping up the month of july. the spring in reno called to talk about it. good to see you. happy

on sirius xm.loomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: tesla is ramping up production of the model three, this after the first car rolled off the line last week. the automaker already has half $1 billion in deposits for the $35,000 electric car. if tesla achieves elon musk's targets, it will build more battery-powered cars next year than all of the worlds carmakers combined in 2016. earlier, i spoke with caroline hyde out of london and started by asking about the outlook for tesla filling all the orders. take a listen. caroline: key question. and half a billion means everyone paying about $1000. that is 500,000 people who have lined up for this particular model three. what we do not about this car is the ramp up is enormous. so far, elon musk has his car . that rolled off this weekend. now the ambition is huge. they have to deliver 30 in july for a special party on july 28. then they want to be hitting numbers such as 20,000 cars by december. they want a fourfold increase by next year, notably amount of cars they want

carol: you can listen to us on radio on sirius xm 119, 1330 and 106.1 fm in boston, am 960 in the bayliver: and in london and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. and the finance section wall , street's top bosses have been pledging to bring diversity to the workplace. carol: the opposite is happening. here are reporters max and jordan. max, jordan, tell me in terms of diversity on wall street, what is at the backdrop here? some firms have been working to have a more diverse workforce. men, women, minorities. what is going on? max: a really simple way to describe what we found is things are not looking good at some of the biggest banks in the u.s. when it comes to black diversity. i tried to write about this a couple of years ago. i might have even talked to you about it. our editor and i have this idea about writing a feature story about black diversity racial , diversity on wall street, or the lack of it. but we never really ended up , finding the perfect story. i ended up with five main characters. it is really hard to tell such a complicated narrative through one person. we pu

listen to us on radio on sirius xm channel 119, a.m. 1200 and boston, 91 fm in washington, d.c. on the bloomberg radio plus app. carol: jeff sessions may not be involved in the russian investigation. oliver: he has been trying to roll back a lot of obama era policies. >> for the attorney general, it has been business as usual. he has been able to use this time everyone is focused on the russia investigation to kind of remake the justice department and move them in a direction that he wants them to move towards, which is a focus on violent crime. a large part of this has been stripping back a lot of obama era initiatives and legal legacy. carol: talk about the specifics of what he has been undoing in terms of the obama legacy. >> he has been rolling back, charging policies that have sort of taken a softer approach to nonviolent drug offenders and ordering all prosecutors to charge the harshest -- go for the harshest penalties in cases they bring. way is a big counter to the prosecution seven handled over time. -- have been handled over time. he has been taking a harder stand and l

on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: amazon wants you spending.launched amazon spark. amazon users are able to post stories, ideas and images of popular products. the goal is to have product inspiration translated purchases with a click of a button. amazon spark is currently only available on the company's mobile app. meantime, instagram, one mobile platform that has been dominating the digital ad space. we spoke with marne levine. we spoke about how they are reaching their 700 million users. in five mobile minutes is spent on instagram and facebook combined. there are two billion people using facebook and 700 million using instagram. businesses need to be on both. what is interesting about the instagram community is this. that is that people in the community really want to hear from businesses. about half of our community, 80% of our community, nearly half of our community connects with a business voluntarily. they want to hear from businesses. we have been focused on helping businesses big and small advertise on instagram, and -- we instagram st

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that's that's actor ryan phillippe on the sirius xm radio show.owed off that skill to reese witherspoon, while they are married, but we know how the family feels about dad because he was just asked. >> have your kids felt embarrassed by their parents or do you get the ultimate cool card? >> i don't think any parent get s the ultimate cool card. for instance, right now i'm shirtless on the cover of a magazine. i'm sure that's not my daughter's favorite thing in the world. >> it is fun for you to read the comments about how much they look like you and reese? >> it's weird because isn't that obvious? >> you're the parents. >> who else are they going to look like? >> the 42-year-old, who is dad toye 17-ar-old ava and 13-year-old deacon is playing dad once again. >> here it is. >> yay! >> this time, starring opposite joey king in the film, "wish upon". >> i'm so sorry you had to see that. >> did you pull from the relationship with ava? >> of course. there are a lot of similarities. they're both highly intelligent, super funny, and it made that much mor

top news headlines 24 sevenths on the sirius xm channel 115. cheryl: welcome to working with me.s going with jimmy choo. live for full report coming next. cheryl: michael cores dying jimmy choo for more than a billion dollars. joining us now with overseas reaction. good morning. >> good morning. you are seeing a pretty big reaction in jimmy choo shoes this morning. the stock opened up 17% in an all-time high. not necessarily clear what it's going to mean for michael cores, but investors seemed it's looking pretty good for being on the market this april. lauren: michael cores himself could use some help right now. >> yeah, it's been struggling with a couple things you people want deep discounts at department stores. also suffering from a bit of a slowdown in luxury handbags. the market has seen sales growth really come to a halt. it's really looking to benefit with the acquisition of jimmy choo sim better kind of brand power in the u.k., china, japan and maybe diversification of its product line. cheryl: certainly will be a stock to watch in the u.s. that's what i'm asking for. >>

you can catch us on the radio at sirius xm channel 119 and on 30 in newa.m. 11 york.area. >> on businessweek.com, here is the iphone prototype. tony fidel is one of the most important and hard-working designers today. he worked at apple and was a key then on on the ipod and the iphone, he built early prototypes, both devices and then he started nest which is this smart thermostat. really, nest pioneered the idea for smart home devices. he left last year and is taking a bit of a rest. he is working on something when he wants say what it is. >> basically, this is a guy that we should listen to when we assess where technological trends are going. >> yes, that is why i wanted to talk to him. we had a nice conversation about the iphone celebrating its 10th anniversary right now. it came out june 29 of 2007. what the next iphone is going to look like, will it be a phone? no, he thingss that these connected devices are going to be the future of the way that we get information. he told me that in his house on sundays they don't use screens, his vision of the future -- no one

. >> and if you're heading out, listen out for "today" show radio on sirius-xm 108. >>> now, more of tive that can stop excessive force. >> maria shriver joins us with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. it is no secret that police officers face extreme stress and trauma off and on a daily basis. and no more evident last summer in dallas, when a gunman opened fire during a protest, killing five officers. in response to that tragedy, the dallas p.d. has launched a groundbreaking new program, designed to heal and protect the brains of our men and women in blue. july 7th, 2016. chaos and carnage in dallas. >> shots fired. assist officer. >> reporter: in the middle of a peaceful protest, military vet micah johnson opened fire on police. the single deadliest incident on police law enforcement since september 11th. >> i remember him firing his weapon. >> reporter: paul younger was there. his fellow officers were gunned town and killed. >> after that day, the emotions i experienced was everything from anger to rage to guilt. it makes you think that could h

you can listen to us on the radio and sirius xm. so, in london and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus at. the top buses in wall street have been pledging to bring diversity to the workplace. >> the opposite is happening. max, jordan, tell me in terms of diversity, what is the backdrop? a more looking to have diverse workforce, men, women, minorities, what is going on? >> things are not looking good at some of the biggest banks in the u.s.. of the matter is that i tried to write about this a couple years ago. i may have even talked to you about it. i had this idea that writing a feature story about black diver sity, racial diversity on wall street -- the lack of it. we never found the perfect story. it is a complicated narrative through one person. we put it on hold for a while. toeditor asked me recently update the numbers that i collected. i was surprised when i took a look at the most recent numbers for all of the banks. the numbers for diversity were not good to begin with, they were bound at some of the biggest banks in the u.s.

. >>> and if you're heading out, remember to find us on sirius xm channel 108, which i think is the homesheeran's third album "divide" debuted and hasn't left the top ten since its release in march. with that success as well as his world tour selling out within minutes, i'm guessing you're having a pretty good summer. good to have you here. >> having a good summer. >> things going well. let me read you a couple of billboard charts, number one in 102 countries. i didn't know 102 countries. >> i definitely couldn't name them. >> name them all. go ahead. set a record breaking 375 million streams over the first week of its release. rolling stones called it one of the great albums of 2017. >> that's nice. >> did you have that kind of expectation going into releasing the album? >> no. i wanted the record over time to be considered better than the first two. yeah, for that amount to happen all at once was pretty -- we're all very shocked. >> it took a year kind of out of the spotlight. it's not like you were doing nothing, working on your music and chilling a little, as my son would say. what w