then from rotterdam, we actually have some tobacco coming in to a person who owned one of the warehousesacturingn key west, so he is receiving a shipment of tobacco. that gives researchers a good idea of where tobacco was coming from, what it cost them, and the volume that was coming in. ruled that thess building that was standing where we currently are was too small for operations, so they decided they would put up a bid to construct the building we are in now. construction began soon after 1885, and it was ultimately completed in 1891. it is designed after the architectural style of henry richardson, who built a light of arches, columns, broad front porches, so our building a style that way. we were built to a federal government blueprint. it is similar to other buildings around the country. you can find a similar c ustom house in mississippi. key west is a wood-clad neighborhood. all the houses here are wooden tin roofs. there are short because of the hurricanes, so this building stands out. there are not many houses made of rec or other houses -- made of rick or other houses made of brick. t

the first train arrived rotterdam a week ago carrying 80 containers. my visit was to see the preparation in the ports in iran. i believe it is going to be big potential for the region. scarlet: thank you for joining us today. mark: still ahead on the "bloomberg market day," bill ackman and showing a big appetite for snacks. ♪ mark: welcome back to the "bloomberg market day." scarlet: let's take a look at the markets. energy stocks are defined by losses. reporter: looking at the s&p 500, the rest of the s&p is down. the s&p down by nearly 1%, the nasdaq is down by 1.7%. there is the silver lining to this in the past hour or so. we are seeing all of these major markets off of their lows. talking about stocks related to new energy, they are taking a little bit of a hit. pointing earnings, specifically for this stock right here, it's down by nearly 22%. this is the world's biggest renewable energy developer and recorded and 11 straight quarterly loss, this loss of $263 million. the company has been focused on some acquisitions to feed its solar and wind ne

he takes the train from rotterdam to the dutch border town of maastricht.t anyone to consult, he decides he needs to go confront these guys. the next day he gets a ride in a motorcar to the town where the train permits are being held up. he found someone who speaks english, dutch, and french because, he says, you need all to deal with a dutch official. he was not to kind thinking about dutch officials. he never liked dutch officials much at all. he convinces the train masters to send the train through, but he is not allowed to ride the train. you cannot find another motorcar right, and his suitcases too heavy to walk the 10 miles to walk to belgium, so he leaves it with the station master in hopes it will before it appeared so think about it come on that cold wednesday afternoon, december 9 1914, the sun is getting low in the sky, nelson without a suitcase and carrying only the clothes on his back, his wallet, id begins his lonely walk into german occupied belgium. he was probably wishing he had his indian motorcycle. i'm sure he did. the capital of flesh p

in 1850, in rotterdam, there was a brilliant plan by an architect and the used that as a reference.ighest real estate is where that was. and a 17th century in amsterdam they built a canal -- and in the 17th century in amsterdam, they build a canal and they saw that if you add water, you get money. right -- jeffery: right, you add water, you get money. and i say this as an outsider, but one of the things that you notice is that there is a very narrow piece of land surrounded i a very large river and a very large lake, but you can walk four blocks and blocks and blocks in the city and never see natural water. and i have a very simple question to ask you, which is when you are on canal street, there was supposed to be a canal on canal street. why isn't there a canal on canal street? why aren't there canals of this sort that you see in amsterdam and what would be the benefit of having them? david: well, i mean, this land is very weak. it is new land. it is only 100,000 years old, it is not like connecticut where it is built around rock. the leeway you can get a good taste of that is a m

dutchtalked about how the have saved amsterdam and rotterdam, and we have to save all of these american cities. when chicago burned we rebuilt it. i will say this. in 1995 or 1996, every year when i was there on may 1, there was a beginning of hurricane season topic. that included all of the american -- emergency management people, all of the fema people. ira for the first year i was in office i showed up at the hurricane table topic and people said, what you doing her? i said well i think ever hurricane happens i have to call the shots. so if i have to call the shots, i need to understand what is going on and not rely solely on what one or two people tell me in the heat of a crisis. one of theversation people who was presenting in 1995, climate change came up. this is what i believe the el niÑo effect was in place. i asked this guy, i said logically explain to me how negatively affect hurricanes. he goes through this little degree about how every that the temperature is higher has that much of an effect on sea level, and i got it. theas easy to understand way was explained, and i think

in 1850 in rotterdam, there was an architect that used it as a reference.st value real estate is still where that was. they built the canals. there's a pattern occurring in this, which is add water, get money. >> add water, get money. . [laughter] that strikes me -- i say this as an outsider. i come here fairly frequently. this is a very narrow piece of land surrounded by a large river and lake but you can walk for blocks and never see natural water. and, i mean, i have a very simple question to ask you, which is, you know, while on canal street, there was supposed to be a canal. on canal street, why isn't there a canal on canals? what would be the benefit of having them? david: this land is very weak. it's only a few thousands years old. it isn't like connecticut. it's basically paced, it's a mix of land and water. >> 45-story hotels on top of paste. >> it holds on and it doesn't get to bedrock. you weren't supposed to build on sand in the old testament or new testament. you have to take better care. 2 or 3% are built on this, we forgot that. we are strong

and although cutting a journey from rotterdam in the netherlands to yokohama in japan is 30% shorter.ame journey from robert m. to shanghai in china is only 8% shorter. when you use the suez canal. considering all the risk and everything associated with it, i think it's going to be a long time before companies and businesses start doing this as an option. and russia's the a lot to militarize the arctic. new arctic command structure, the russian northern fleet, the largest naval fleet and the russian navy. the commanders is the best paid and merle in the russian navy. out of the admiral papp could say he was the best the admiral when he was in the coast guard. the commander of a militant fleet actually earns more than the russian defense minister. there are more training exercise in the region. they are modernizing, updating or building dozens of new bases along the northern sea route. they are doing a lot in terms of militarization of the arctic. what to do inside the national borders is their prerogative, their business. but would you compare the progress doing another places, -- [in

the same journey from rotterdam to shanghai in china is only 8% shorter considering the suez canal.sidering all the risk in everything else associated with transiting the sievers there will be a long time before companies and businesses start viewing this as an option. russia is doing a lot to militarize the arctic. brigades, commit torture, the largest naval fleet in the russian navy. the best paid admiral. admiral pappas say he's the best paid admiral when he was in the coast guard. the commander of the northern fleet earns more than the defense minister. the fsb is to ignore the region. more training exercises. modernizing, updating our building debases said they are doing a lot in terms of militarization of the arctic. really what they do in national borders is their prerogative, therapist is that when you compare this to a russia's doing in other places, cozzi, thomas, crimea, trends in history, we start questioning what russia might do and what the true motives really are. a lot of the military equipment is dual use as they heard from previous speakers about the difficulties a

we talked about the dutch saving amsterdam and rotterdam.we've got to save all of these great american cities. when chicago burned, we rebuilt it. >> i want to say this. 1996, there was a beginning of hurricane season tabletop exercise that took place. that included all of the emergency management people, all of the fema people, it happened every year. the first year i was in office, i showed up at the hurricane tabletop exercise and people said, what are you doing here? i said, if i think it hurricane happens, i've got to call the shots. if i've got to call the shots, i need to know what is going on. , one of theersation people who was presenting the up.e, climate change came this is when i believe the el niÑo effect was in place. guy, how does climate change negatively affect a hurricane? formula through a little about how every degree the is higher as that much effect on the sea level and i got it. a more practical conversation about climate change. we try to explain to people, so they don't just think it is a scientific theory, so it is