taylor: i'm taylor riggs. this is "bloomberg markets."e: let's check in now on the bloomberg first word news. >> the pound is surging after the european union' chief brexit negotiators said a deal with the u.k. is realistic within eight weeks. he says there are still several issues to be dealt with. negotiations continue this week in brussels. president trump resumed his campaign against journalist bob woodward's new book. he called the book a joke. he said that he will write the real book about his administration. woodward's book describes a chaotic white house in which some former staffers actively deceive the president and undermine his orders. lawyers for maria butina have blasted the u.s. in a late-night court filing. they say prosecutors overstated a case by including false statements and earlier motions to give their client in jail before trial. to is accused of trying establish back channel connections between russia and conservative groups. there is a pretrial hearing in court today. billionaire jack ma's spent two decades turnin

taylor riggs. taylor: we thought the faang selloff was bad. relative to the chinese tech selloff we have had recently. i have normalized the faang going back a year. cap whilen in market the chinese tech stocks have lost about $7 million in market cap. aboutp hearing so much u.s. versus rest of the world and how the u.s. keeps doing so well and leaving everyone else behind. no better way to show this than here with the faang relative to the chinese tech stocks. you can find all of this on my terminal. vonnie: i really like that chart. cinderella, beat that. againstd time in a row the cohost. the odds are definitely stacked against me. this is a chart of china trade balance with the u.s. and china's export growth year over year. we wills points to, flip this into a currency story, is continued weakness for the offshore yuan. as china's trade balance continues to build against the united states we are more than likely to see a very aggressive trade response from the president. at the same time year-over-year exports are declining which also spel

taylor: i am taylor riggs. this is the european close.for your bloomberg business flash thomas some of the biggest stories in the news. the canadian marijuana company is soaring. the ceo touted their prospects in a tv interview. they rose 29% after announcing u.s. regulators had a plan to import regulated -- medical marijuana. they have risen more than 800% since their debut. the long battle for control of the uk's sky broadcaster may be settled. the bidders will be comcast and 21st century fox. disney has beaten out comcast by most of fox's entertainment aspects. ,f fox is the winning bidder disney would get control of sky. amazon's advertising business is rising faster than expected. they have raised an estimate from $2.9 billion to $4.6 billion. that is your bloomberg business flash. vonnie: let's take a look at where european markets are trading. less than four minutes to go, it is all good news for the ftse, the dax, and the cac. ♪ to rent a movie? showtime. or buy the hottest shows. even here? we've got you covered. now they are all

please come forward. >> my name is vanessa taylor, and i am demali taylor's sister. i feel what that distinguishes here is her character. my sister is one of the most generous people i know. when she first became an attorney and received her first year end bonus, she used that money to make me and my daughter to italy for my birthday. when i decided i wanted to become a paralegal, she gifted me money for my first semester's courses. she was no less generous prior to becoming an attorney when her income was modest, always opening her heart and pocketbook to help a family member in need. my sister is one of the most loyal person i know, probably the most loyal person i know. her diversion to me and my daughter, her family, and the community is undeniable. i can always count on her to show up. when i needed to have surgery, she dropped everything to be by my side, and when my daughter was having difficulty in college, and she worked tirelessly to helped find a solution. she's always positive and always able, somehow, to stay calm under pressure. my sister inspires me to

taylor: and i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg markets.onnie: now to a departure danske, one of the largest money laundering scandals ever. and it cost the ceo his job. we are joined from copenhagen. take us through what danske reports found? >> besides the ceo stepping down, we know about the funds klein from the estonia unit, mostly from russia, into western europe. one thing missing was the chunk that were the illicit funds, the dirty money, and many criminal complaints suggest that is about 9 million -- 9 billion u.s. dollars. the report did not say how much that would be, but they did say 200 billion u.s. dollars was the total flow of funds. chairman, hehe said the majority of the funds may need to be treated as suspicious transactions. when i spoke to him, we spoke about when they first acquired the bank and he said how they were red flags then. take a listen. >> when we acquired the bank, not acted some alarms upon, but there were already alarms. that have been some alarms are more serious than others, and of course, completely diff

this is "bloomberg." ♪ taylor: this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm taylor riggs.h. the largest privately held technology company is taking a step towards an ipo. plans to interview banks of this week for underwriting roles in a traditional public offering. that is a backup to a plan that has met resistance which is a jpmorgan iss stock carrying out a plan to expand its consumer bank and more than a dozen new markets. the u.s. largest tank by assets branches in the philadelphia area and increase small-business lending. it is its first retail presence in pennsylvania and delaware. the european central bank is starting to prime investors for the first rate hikes since 2011. mario draghi' as lieutenant want to communicate more on the face of increases to avoid stirring up markets. that is your business flash. francine: thank you. staying with central banks and the fed announces its latest policy decision on monday. the market expects a hike. participants will give their expectations for growth. brian levitt of oppenheimer funds is with us. if you look at the fed, ecb,

now, your monday briefing, here is taylor riggs. taylor: it is the end of an era at alibaba.to hand his title over to daniel zhang who spent three years as ceo and presided over an ambitious expansion. mom will leave a year from now. the cofounder plans to focus on philanthropy and education. longtime cbs president les moonves is stepping down after new allegations of sexual harassment. moonves called the claims untrue and said he is saddened to be leaving the company after two decades. chief operating officer, joseph ianniello, will be his interim successor. cbs has ended a legal fight with its largest shareholder, redstone amusements. six board members will step down. the former head of china's central bank is warning of the market impact of a trade war. zhou xiaochuan tells bloomberg new tariffs could have a huge impact on sentiment in china. >> people may become nervous because nobody knows, suddenly, there is a trade war and they may change their mind in terms of stock market investment. taylor: president trump says he is willing to tax all chinese imports at short notic

here is taylor riggs.t is the end of an era of mercedes-benz parent. replaced next year by the first non-german ever to lead daimler. he previously ran development for the company. the billionaire cofounder of salesforce.com says he could not be more excited about his latest purchase, time magazine. magazine frome meredith. >> it's amazing what time magazine represents. the opportunity to acquire the company and help be the stewards for the future, was something we could not pass up. i help it will continue to be a positive global impact opportunity the way that it has been for the last century. taylor: that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: thank you so much. news flow today is absolutely extraordinary. it is very important to stay focused on the federal reserve. michael is with us. we will get to him later in the hour on the state of wall street, bonuses and the ability to catch up. julia, nelson schwartz goes to the heart of the matter, forget about this day, forget about the next three rate increa

i'm taylor riggs.loomberg. francine: thank you so much, taylor. all week, we have been covering the collapse of lehman brothers 10 years along. lehman at the time and walks us through what he remembers from september 2008. i'm a macro strategist at bloomberg. 10 years ago, i was an em trader at lehman brothers in london. by late 2007, it became clear we were heading towards some sort of financial crisis. i was naive enough to think that lehman brothers was the safest bank. i think i was brainwashed a little bit, my first full-time job out of university, and i really enjoyed it. the atmosphere was really good. in the summer of 2008, they became this idea that the reality was different to a management or possibly presenting to us. the situation was much more dire. 12th, i was flying to budapest for a work conference. there were other junior salespeople and traders there from lehman brothers. i remember assuring them on saturday night, it is fine. the worst-case scenario is that we get taken over by bank

i'm a partner of demali taylor's. i'm also a former president of the bar association of san francisco. i've known her for ten years and i'm here to tell you she would make an excellent addition to the police commission. demali is without a doubt at the very top. she is truly an exceptional person and a force of nature. she is everything you would expect. she's smart, hard working, she has great judgment, she's honest, ethical, and she's fair. she's also a true joy to work with. there's literally no one at the office who doesn't get along with her. she treats everyone with the same respect and good cheer, whether that's the senior partner or the administrative staff, so i would like to add my voice to those who would say she would make a great addition to the san francisco police commission. thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i'm a san francisco resident, and i've known demali taylor for about ten years. we've been friends, and she is honorable, self-less, and thoughtful

here is taylor riggs.ay north carolina has not seen a hurricane like this in 64 years. wins with up to 140 miles per hour. it should come to shore late thursday or early friday. the storm is expected to stall once it makes landfall. people fleeing the hurricane have left store shelves there. trade association is joining forces to oppose president trump's tariffs. the group represents farmers, retailers, and manufactures. it is called americans for free trade. the coalition plans to highlight stories of business, farm, and consumers who have been hurt by the trade war. --e conservative economists claim that a corporate tax cut has already paid for itself. house is trying to strengthen the president's claim that economic growth is due to his policy. and indeed asia, the finance minister once exporters to keep their earnings in the country. she spoke to bloomberg. >> the flow is not -- i just met the fund manager. the amendment is different. we adapt very quickly. taylor: global news, 24 hours a day, on air a

taylor: the u.k.romising fresh plant to break the brexit stalemate after eu leaders rejected theresa may's blueprint. leaders in austria piled more pressure on the british prime minister to shift her stance. novembera special summit will only go ahead if the u.k. makes more concessions next month. may also reiterated she is already readying to crash out after the block. in any doubt be that we are preparing for no deal, so that if we get to the position where it is not possible to reach a deal, the british people can be confident we will have done what is necessary to ensure we made a successful lead in the european union. hasor: donald trump continued to hit out at china days after announcing another round of tariffs, signaling the trade war won't end anytime soon. he made the comments to fox news. >> it is time to take a stand on china. we have no choice. it has been a long time. they have been hurting us. our farmers have been starting to do very well again, but we are putting very happy sanctions

i'm taylor riggs.ht of the ,outheastern united states joining us is stewart wallace. nots another hurricane, but hurricane. the arrow points to the huge body of commodity shipping, doesn't it? stewart: also huge amount of agriculture on land. is the biggest turkey producing state in the u.s.. aparts unusual about this from the strength which is now a category five, moving towards a ategory five is that it is direct hit. normally with hurricanes, you get it as it goes up the coast but this is going straight at the coast. speedg out for the wind and total chaos after. learned. have we are we getting any better at watching hurricanes in the business community? we are definitely getting better, not only in terms of predict to get and thinking about how it will hit and our response, but also in terms of local businesses. this does not have been very often. or three days before it hits the coast and many things could change. it is a very difficult question to answer. it is very unpredictable and will be very

this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am taylor riggs.berg business flash. the european union has let mcdonald's off the hook. the eu ended the three-year investigation by ruling that the fast food giant does not get unlawful state aid. it's a rare reprieve. been forced to repay the eu nations that taxes considered unfair assistance. mastercard is investing in competitive video gaming. the credit card company will become the first global sponsor of the league of legends. themulti year deal paris card with the game that has become the most popular eastport. gamers will get rewards for in game purchases with mastercard. the uk's competition regulators agreed to backtrack its review of the $9.6 billion takeover of walmarts opt out. the competition of markets authority has 32 weeks to decide on the deal. it says that the two grocery chains overlaps and hundreds of local areas and it could lead to higher prices. that's your bloomberg business flash. tom: thank you so much. we have tried to inform over the last number of leaks on where we are -

my family owns a property at taylor and jefferson. i've worked on that corner for 45 years and i've seen a lot of changes and this is something we really need. i think we're not up to the rest of the waterfront in our appearance. and this would really help. and my family many years ago tried to get a public park of some sort at taylor and jefferson and we never got that. i feel that we're not able to get the customers at pier 39 because it's a self-contained attraction and are part of fishermen's wharf has lagged behind. i really think this project is necessary and i agree with everything that's been said today. thank you. >> president brandon: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? >> commissioner gilman: i just want to thank staff and d.p.w. for the update. as i stated at last commission meeting about the fishermen's wharf development plan, i'm real really excited about this, since i live a stone's throw from jefferson and powell. i've seen the improvement in phase one, so thank yo

taylor: no. reporter: minor injuries are par for the course. maddie paid for her own plane ticket, but other costs are covered. maddie: i have the opportunity right now in my life to be able to help other people, so it's a nice thing to be able to do, to know that i'm spending my time doing something like building a school that's going to have a lasting impact on this village. reporter: alison john lives next door. unexpectedly, she's become the cook for the hungry crew. alison: you must put some extra love into it. that's why it's so tasty. reporter: alison learned how to cook from her aunt, who's also helping out. they're doing their best for the group. alison: volunteering is something that you do out of your heart. you do not have to do it, but they chose to come and help my community. if they did not come, this school would not be built as yet, you know? reporter: the rains are starting, and this year's hurricane season is fast approaching. zahra warner is another volunteer. the psychologist from jamaica is spending her three weeks of holi

i'm taylor riggs.s is bloomberg. nejra: thank you so much. not to emerging markets and as world leaders gather in new york for the u.s. general assembly, -- u.n. general assembly, bloomberg spoke with south america's two biggest economies. there is no chance. the level of support that we are receiving from the countries, especially from the usa, and the level of commitment of my government, with this new exchange rate, argentina has a very competitive exchange rate. balancing our foreign accounts. exports are growing at the speed of 18%-20%. that shows that the numbers are starting to work very well. fortunately, the weather forecast shows that we are not footings. -- floodings. the most important production, the grains, are going to rocket to a new record of production. argentinianwas the president speaking exclusively with bloomberg. now to brazil and the president told bloomberg that he can't see a ripple effect for other emerging markets impacting his nation's economy. although he has a very approp

here's taylor riggs.nt trump got some last-minute pressure not to impose tariffs on $200 billion of chinese products. some of america's most prominent tech companies and retailers are urging the president to hold up. members of the public had until yesterday to comment. the president could announce tariffs as soon as today and china has vowed to retaliate. it is unlikely there will be a deal on nafta this week. that is according to a canadian government official. canada's foreign minister has pushed back against questions of any deadline. the trump administration has warned it is willing to sign a trade deal that only includes mexico. in brazil, the leading candidate in the presidential race is in stable condition after a near fatal stabbing. right-wing lawmaker jair bolsonaro was attacked during a street rally. the attacker told them he has been sent by god. brazil's elections are next month. global news 24 hours a day and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more

taylor is in raleigh.s been downgraded to a tropical storm, depression, but we have seen several people dead, one million people without power. how bad is the situation? taylor: you just to the rain for us -- cued the rain for us. we are in raleigh because duke energy headquarters even though -- headquarters are here. it is an hour inland on the coast but duke energy supplies most of the power to the region and the carolinas. one million people are without power. we spoke with david fountain, the north carolina president of duke energy. he talked about how 45% are without power. they have restored 800,000 of those very there is still 400,000 that remain without power. listen to what he had to say. >> over 48 hours since hurricane florence made landfall here, and we had 1.3 million who lost power. that is out of 4 million homes and businesses we serve in north and south carolina. is we have news restored power already to over 800-7000 customers. -- 807,000 customers. taylor: to put things in perspective for

this allows for us to have a wider range of impacts. >> taylor suffered two concussions. the first one was mild. but the second was life altering. >> i was knocked off for 15 minutes unconscious. when i woke up, i was being strapped on to a backboard and x-rays. i'm like confused. i don't know what's going on. and then they told me helicopter is on the way. >> taylor tufrd a severe concussion, missed weeks of school and was told she could never play the game or any other physical sport again. >> it really affected my focus, i feel like. my grades before were like straight as and then after the concussion, i can't learn the way i used to anymore. and so my grades did go down a lot. just the pain. it was like a daily thing for me. >> stories like taylor's kept the team at hummingbird racing to get a helmet on the market. with unique features like a ponytail strap, use of goggles, multiple sizes and colors and team customization, they did have one competitor. the well established men's helmet brand cascade that quickly put out a simple one size fits most models. the men's la

in new york. ♪ taylor: this is bloomberg surveillance, i'm taylor riggs.buyers who have expressed interest in the indian finance conglomerate -- total of $3 billion. it is backed by -- boeing has won it's their defense contract in months. the deal worth as much as $9.2 billion. to build the next generation of share -- of training jets. shrinking for most of the past decade. meta's on-demand services one almost doubles in the first half of the year. the company backed by tencent holdings -- expanding into businesses from bike rentals the online travel. a posted a whopping $1.2 billion loss. last week, they completed the largest tech ipo in hong kong. we are just getting breaking news out of italy. italian assets overall tumbled after the government set the deficit target wider than th envisaged. -- widening, having an impact on the banks because italian banks traditionally owned so much of the debt. they were halted down and it is impacting the euro. i don't know if we talk about contagions, but we need to look at the ripple effect. even the 2% is the thres

i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: thank you so much, taylor.rging markets have seen the longest rout since the 2008 financial crisis. investors are now waiting to see if the u.s. pulls the trigger on tariffs on china. jpmorgan and blackrock have warned of contagion. joining us now is bloomberg's executive editor for economics, along with our emerging markets reporter. let me just start with you. when you look at some of the indicators on the markets, are we expecting more contagion and things to get worse? >> yes, of course. if this is all about turkey and argentina, once these countries take fiscal measures the selloff should go away, but that is not the case here. the trade war risk and the underlined strengthen the dollar strengthen the dollar is causing people to question the fundamentals in the market. francine: there is a great story which i know we are pushing out on social media, which is basically titled the u.s. of oasis of prosperity is becoming an emerging market single. is now going to be tested by weather emerging markets and that

taylor: u.s.ntative robert lighthizer and canada educate foreign minister met twice yesterday and plan another meeting today. a trade deal was probably needed within days to meet a deadline that would allow it to be signed by mexico's outgoing president. said his plan to build one million jobs in the u.s. is a victim of the u.s.-china trade war. he said his plan is no longer feasible because of the unstable trade situation. ma met with the president last year to discuss adding u.s. businesses to alibaba's platform. a lawyer for the woman who accuses supreme court nominee brad brett kavanaugh of sexual assault says senate republicans are acting unfairly. judiciary committee chair chuck grassley says -- plans to hold a hearing on monday. oil production in russia has set a new record for the post-soviet era. output is about 11.3 million barrels a day. that beats the previous record that just about two years ago -- oil producers meet this weekend to discuss plans for more cooperation. in june, the agr

first word news, here is taylor riggs.th africa's government is coming out with a stimulus and reform package to revive an economy that has gone into recession. details will come out next week. this caught south african officials by surprise. >> it is different than we expected. we think we will slide into another -- warning itada is will dig in on key issues when nafta talks resume in washington today. prime minister justin trudeau says he would rather see the current deal killed them except that agreement. he said it must include anti-dumping kills currently in the treaty. president trump and his allies are annou -- denouncing a new book by bob woodward. his book portrays the president as mercurial, untruthful. his staff is seen as disdainful of the president. pompeo says pakistan must do more to fight terrorism if it wants u.s. security assistance to resume. he spoke to reporters on his plane. he will speak with top leaders. economists are predicting that argentina is likely to go deeper into recession. they told the ce

here is taylor riggs.ol hill there will be high drama on the high court. a woman who is accusing brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her will testify before the senate judiciary committee. , shehristine blasey ford said she was too ashamed to tell anyone. , and thiswill testify week other accusers have come forward. kavanaugh has denied the allegations. international monetary fund has expanded its bailout for argentina. the countries credit line -- the imf will develop -- deliver more of that money up front. the idea is to pull the economy out of a recession. in italy, negotiations have been hit by last-minute demands for extra spending from the populist coalition deputy prime minister and luigi di maio. says there is no point being in government if you cannot deliver on your promises. president marcon will welcome back the u.k. if voters decide to stay in the eu. macron spoke to our editor at the bloomberg global business forum in new york. >> if the british vote to remain, would you have a spec? -- wo

and this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am taylor.erlo, cvs health president and ceo. david: one year ago today hurricane maria may landfall in puerto rico, bringing devastation. estimated death toll is 2975, 90 hunt -- billions of dollars in damage. the longest power outage in his -- u.s. history could tim o'brien is a bloomberg opinion columnists. in new york with us is david investmentan capital president. he is looking for investment opportunities. an update on where puerto rico stands today compared to a year ago. certainly in san juan, it is much better than it was when i was down here a year ago. lights are working. banks are open. businesses are operating again. tourism has come back a little bit. but when you get outside of san juan, there are still problems with roadways and still a lot of ,owns with devastating housing and the electricity grid here did not get fully restored until about a month ago. on the other hand, for our bloomberg viewers, the government has made some the last month and restructuring or attempting to r

taylor: people behind me have been working throughout the weekend.o makeg plantsntainment areas in can sustain flooding given that the storm seemed to be happening more frequently. vonnie: taylor riggs and rally. thank you for that -- in raleigh . thank you for that. focus this is bloomberg. ♪ . . this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. julie: i'm julie hyman. this is "bloomberg markets." futures in focus, dollar and base metals thinking as the u.s. is set to impose more tariffs on the chinese. at the cme.scott we have had a long back and forth already on trade. what is the traitor assessment of the latest waiting for details and looking like talks will not go anywhere in the short term. scott: that has been the biggest thing, this is due to headline risk and trump risk. chinese trade war talks are not going to materialize too much in the next few weeks. it is definitely being attempted to the new tariffs. if you look at what is being proposed and implemented, the scale is from extreme to extreme. with new tariffs, 10% vers

i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg.k you. european pmi indicated continuing softening in european growth comes in manufacturing. we welcome portugal's economy minister, manuel caldeira cabral. manuel: good morning. david: do you look at your and see a trailing of growth and how much is because of exports and trade issues? manuel: we are seeing some signs in terms of european growth of smoothing of the growth as we were seeing in the beginning of the year and last year. i think it is too early to be very pessimistic about it. we just had an upward revision of growth last year. the prospect this year is to grow at about the european average. our prospects are positive as we focus on the growth of investment, which is quite sustainable. david: how much of your growth is dependent upon exports, and where are the exports to? are they within your or more abroad -- your or more abroad -- abroad?r more manuel: what we have done in the last five years is continue to gain market share in the european market. brazil, south america

for first word news, we go to taylor riggs. taylor: the u.k. union -- that you union -- according to eu diplomats, officials are starting to -- startinghe iraq border.ft on the irish the eu team indicated it is ready to do so once the conservative party conference is out of the way. toricane florence is set park itself off the coast of the carolinas, threatening a huge swath of the coastline before making landfall. the u.s. national hurricane center says the category 3 storm is forecasted to deliver three inches of rain and trigger catastrophic flooding. a stormpected to drive surge to resort tyrone's -- resort has a have been evacuated. the typhoon is expected to make landfall in the philippines saturday. 17 areas are on alert. it is forecast to lose sans power in the coming days before heading to hong kong and south china. has showntest iphone how even the world's largest company has to surrender to the dictates of a crucial chinese market. the new model supports two cellular services and easier switching between carriers. but that technology

alix: thank you to bloomberg's taylor riggs.'s get into the ring, it is the big trade of the week. oil. reports indicate saudi arabia is comfortable with brent over $80. president trump, not so much. he tweeted this, "we protect the countries of the middle east, they would not be safe very long without us and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices. we will remember. the opec monopoly must get prices down now." ashley peterson is here. ashley: oil definitely has upside price risk for the next six months. we could see it hitting as high as $85 after the november sanctions come into effect. alix: are we in a threat of more tweets coming in? what is the downside? ashley: there is one spr release planned, and it will not be enough to make a dent. we are going to hit 100 million barrels a day of demand in the next few weeks. we have iran coming off, venezuela collapsing. how much can saudi and russia really bring to market quickly? that's the problem, so tweets or not, prices are rising. alix: that's the problem go

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ed sheeran and post malone have six nominations along with taylor swift. >> taylor and ed sheeran apparentlyet their rivalry aside as they enjoyed a bit of nature. >> taylor, the ama nominations just came out. it's me, you and drake. you're going to win. >> you're going to win. drake's going to win. >> drake's going to win. >> that's so true. >> it's nice to see them together like that just kind of being normal. >> you forget how strong his accent is. it's awesome. taylor swift couldn't resist throwing a bit of fitness shade at her friend as he apparently struggled to keep up behind her. >> you okay, bro. this is called exercise, have you ever done cardio? >> every now and then. >> strumming guitar doesn't count. >> she's trash talking there. i could listen to these songs all day. >>> coming up next, an ingenuous way to get a hollywood a-lister to visit your coffee shop. >> so follow us along. last month, grinder coffee of colorado kicked off a ten-day campaign to entice ryan gosling in for a cup of joe while he was in town for the toronto international film festival. >> they did it by posti

this game to the man who saved and kept saving it and gave two of the charter of life, sign gigi taylor. roosevelt, the green light letter, made the bond between baseball and america personal. and official. a special relationship, unique among american sports. yet his absence from the hall almost surely reflects the clash between the hall of fame old-timers committee on one hand, fdr on the other. by world war ii, almost a quarter century in office had swelled the commissioners power. like most of baseball's front office, including the halls full-time committee. he was, as noted, deeply conservative. jackie robinson cracked the color line, only after landis' death in 1944. some blame the delay on the judge. the men of that time are dead, many records are lost or gone. the search however tells me and the lack of any other reason confirms that the hall of fame committee's refusal to admit franklin delano roosevelt stem from political and personal revulsion. political and ideological is against his liberal policies and persona. thanks role is telling. he was as conservative as landis, but

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is -2.5.n yield here is taylor riggs.will be dominated by trade disputes with canada and china. he is trying to force chat -- candidate to sign a new nafta on his terms. there is, as -- opposition in congress. they will roll out new tariffs on chinese goods. that could happen after a public on thursday.ends the president is angry at jeff sessions. the president blamed the justice department indictment on to republican congressman for endangering their seats in the november election. he wrote good job, jeff. everything from mommies and dinosaurs were destroyed in a historical treasure. authorities in rio say the 20 million items in the museum were destroyed. hydrants ande fire extinguishers and not work properly. predict aters hurricane over the gulf of mexico, the city of new orleans has declared a state of emergency and some oil companies have started evacuating crews from offshore rigs. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. i am taylo

for the whole pier, pier 49, along taylor street. that was my big project about in 2011-2012. >> and just to clarify, we evaluate the prime contractor. but they, of course, assemble the team that has the relative expertise. so there is a lot of sub contracting work here with experience with sewer repair and we collected them on the low bid and years of experience including a lot of city projects. >> i guess what my question was -- because this is very specific work -- i'm trying to understand since it's a general contractor subbing out, which has -- and we're also very focused on our l.b.e., etc., but do we evaluate the subs, too, to know that they have the expertise we need? >> yes. >> that's what i wanted to be sure. >> to answer your question, this subcontractor's california-specific, yeah. they are one of the sub contractors working on the taylor street. >> okay. so you know them. okay. >> commissioner makras: does the subcontractor meet the qualifications as the contractor? >> yes. and it is -- >> commissioner makras: same quali

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taylor riggs is with us now from the duke energy center in raleigh.ell us the latest from the epa please. taylor: it was really interesting because we just had crossing -- headline that the epa said a second breach had occurred at the north carolina coal ash site. fortunately we are here at the command centers and i ran over to the spokeswoman and she gave a statement to clarify some of the headlines that we are getting here. she did say they are burned to the same of that, so this is not failure. they were seeing some small water and asked that had washed off into in and did -- adjacent industrial site. they noticed in a visual inspection, a 100 foot area where material has settled. reiterating that this is not a second failure of the same erosion event we saw on sunday. fountain, theavid north carolina president of duke energy. i asked him about that first erosion we started to see. here is what he told me. >> it is not hazardous. we believe most of the material was obtained -- maintained on site. there is noidence impact to the environment or publi

taylor: a lot of it was fishing. some of the mercury has some of the environmentalists concerned.ho knew there were 2100 hog in north carolina, they are the second-biggest producer. 5500 are dead, 3.4 million chicken and turkey's are also dead. as we go on the list, they are also one of the world's largest tobacco producers. overall, the agricultural industry getting a $100 billion hit, in terms of damages. alix: thank you to bloomberg's taylor riggs. let's get into the ring, it is the big headline, oil. reports indicate saudi arabia is comfortable with brent over $80. president trump, not so much. we protectthis, " the countries of the middle east , and yet --. the opec monopoly must get prices down now." ashley peterson, lead oil is here. >> oil definitely has upside price risk for the next six months. we could see it hitting as high as $85 after the november sanctions come into effect. alix: are we in a threat of more tweets coming in? what is the downside? >> there is one spr release planned, and it will not be enough to make a dent. we are going to hit 100 million barrels a d