steve wieting is with us. stay with us. ♪ >> good wednesday morning. question of the day. were you stunned after the team's stunning loss? will the world cup still be a success for brazil? for those watching and listening this morning in brazil, we really appreciate your special response. there is absolutely no charge for our work twitter question of the day. after their team setting loss, will the world cup still be a success for brazil? adam johnson is with us as well as stephanie rule in first prelate who. adam has our top headlines this morning. >> there is a new development today raising tensions between president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. allegation investigated involving the u.s.. an operative has already admitted he spied upon germany for the u.s. israeli attacks are causing heavy damage in the gaza strip. plaintiff more than 130 targets today. palestinians said the of strikes -- the airstrikes killed eight people. cabinet okayed the mobilization of 40,000 troops for a possible invasion. any jury's decision in an insider tradin

steve wieting kicking off our earnings season. >> our guest host for the hour, dean maki, chief economistompany news from the files of "bloomberg west." mark zuckerberg urging the closure of a digital device. the facebook founder called for universal internet access. zuckerberg knows that two thirds of the world us on mine and the future of the global economy depends on getting them connected. oculus says it's apple and google can do it, they can, too. the virtual reality company says they will hold their conference next fall full sub engineers and designers will be invited to discuss the latest future will -- virtual technology. and a mobile payment technology -- isis. the company says it will change its name soon to distance itself from the sunni militants who have been using that acronym, i.s.i.s.. this morning's company news from the files of "bloomberg west." really interesting. >> isis no more. it is an opportunity. >> yeah. ukraine,e again, not not iraq -- israel steps up a new gaza offensive, striking 50 targets in the hamas-controlled region by air and sea. this occurred overnigh