. ♪ ♪ this is sophia, she's receiving treatment at a pediatric oncology ward in sao paulo.'s getting her on performance, the kind that's got her hips moving. playing that ukulele is not a musician is dr. martin. what happened, he was in the ward to play songs for teenagers receiving treatment. he quickly realized he had a little sophia shadow wherever he went. she was just loving music. it got to the point where it was like, you know what, i'll just play "her" own song. can you see how sweet it is because she loves it. >> con. so sweet. for that moment, you better believe she's forgetting about the treatment. she may be feeling sick. but it's nice to see she's super happy. >> the doctor seems to see the power of music. at the end, music more than a therapeutic tool because as a compliment to the soul, in of the individual. ♪ ♪ >>> a really beautiful day in portugal turned very quickly for this cyclist. he's on his way to meet his buddies who have organized a ride. watch what happens right about here when the cyclist approaches that bus. there is a man that runs out from in

here‘s daniel gallas in sao paulo with the details.in brazil for almost eight years. back then it was a completely different country, the b in brics, one of the fastest—growing countries in the world. now it is mired in corruption scandals and facing one of its worst recessions in history. so there is this drop in interest rates, does that mean brazil is back on track and back to the good old days? the answer is probably not, at least not so fast. the interest rates drop is partly because brazilians are unemployed and they have no purchasing power left, so prices are falling, and that means that interest rates can drop as well. the fundamentals of the brazilian economy are in bad shape. growth is supposed to be very modest this year, also the government has high levels of debt. so economists are watching whether the country will keep cutting it interest rates in the next coming months. that could maybe signal that the country is back on track to a very slow recovery. joining us is lawrence gosling who is editor in chief of investment w

from sao paulo, here's daniel gallas. brazil once again in a state of chaos.in and the clashes intensified. —— we all did she knew. this came at the end of the first general strike in 20 years. —— rio. the government says people must work longer before retiring in order to face the country's deep economic troubles. but the trade unions that have organiser strikes say it is the workers who will pay the price. our struggle is to open the path of the cassation is because were not going to accept this dictatorial aspect of government which does not speak or talk. today is an historical day for the people. we think that if the young people on the side of the workers we will succeed in stopping this reform from the government and we will also succeed in overthrowing this government. others agree but are not impressed by their break of violence. at 85 years of age i have to go through this? we're going to fight but who will fight the right way. the strike was weak and people that understand that. the strike does not make sense and the fall to happen. the president be

from sao paulo, here is daniel gallas. brazil once again in the state of chaos.terity demonstrations in rio quickly turned violent. police were called in, and the clashes intensified. the violent erupted at the end of the country's first general strike in more than 20 yea rs, called by first general strike in more than 20 years, called by unions in protest at president michelle temer‘s proposed pension reforms. the government says people must work longer before retiring, in order to fix brazil's deep economic troubles. trade unions that organised the strike say the country's poor are the ones who would pay the price for reform. translation: our struggle is to open a path of negotiations, because we are not going to accept this dictatorial attitude for the government, which does not respect its people, which does not talk with its people, which does not talk with its people. today is a historical date of paralyse action for the people. we think that if the young people. we think that if the young people are on the workers' side, we will succeed in stopping this re

. >> anthony: so how different is salvador from rio and sao paulo? modern, you know? um. the music here, the kind of life, the attitude. this area is amazing. >> anthony: it is. >> claudio: it's amazing. come here for eat, drink, history, memory, anything. >> anthony: pelourinho, pelo for short, was salvador during the portuguese colonial period. it's almost always a party. a series of parties, actually. but tonight is special. >> claudio: oh, look at this smell, man. >> anthony: it smells good. >> claudio: yes. >> anthony: oh, that's good. >> marilia: isn't it good? >> anthony: so where to next? >> marilia: go to the stairs. >> anthony: yep. >> claudio: i like to bring you here today because coming here, people everywhere, it is a free party, you can dance, you can drink your beer everywhere, let's go see the show inside. it's amazing. woo! >> claudio: you'll try that! >> anthony: what is it? >> claudio: it's a -- clove with a mix of, uh, honey, lemon. >> anthony: alcohol? >> claudio: yes. >> anthony: alcohol of unknown origin dispensed from atop th

today, bill gates could have started his company in sÃo paulo.t really matter because you are distributing globally. i think there's something to keep in mind. the entrepreneurials are very mobile. they can do anything anywhere. that might hurt. the u.s. needs to create an attractive environment for startups no matter where the people are from. caroline: are you starting to i spoke with the adobe executive and he said we will go where the talent is. will we see apple and microsoft with more satellites in countries like india and china to harness the right tech talent? >> they are doing that already. adobe has a few thousand employees. microsoft has upwards of 10,000 employees. ibm has more employees in india than anywhere else except the u.s. i think it is the right thing for companies to do. think the u.s. will stay the technology leader because there's financing here, there is a culture here, that can promote technology in a big way. the worlde the lead, is going to be a loser. it is incumbent on us to keep the u.s. on top. caroline: we have se

it is opening in sao paulo and here. e shouting at indications and it will open in sao paolo. 20.06 to 22.06 are the indication. we'll be talking to some of the people involved in that jetblue founder david neeleman very much in all of this. i said two months ago, finally right on this one, there will be a week we get seven or eight ipos, this is likely it. we had five last week. we'll get a coal company believe it or not scheduled to come, metcoal, producer of m mettalurgical coal. we're down 16 points. david back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> shares of qualcomm trading down about almost 3%, about five bucks above the company's 52, the stock's 52-week low after late yesterday the company responding to the lawsuit it received in late january from one of its largest customers, that being apple and this is not an unimportant dispute for qualcomm. in fact, you could argue this is the center of its universe, in terms of its business model of both selling chips that act as modems in many ways for wireless phones, but also col