we saw the president in amsterdam on the way to the hague. to decide howrs they will approach ukraine and perhaps put tougher sanctions on russia. let's get to the morning brief. overnight, data out of china showed manufacturing weaker for a fifth straight month. -- preliminary pmi. also pmi data out of europe showing growth in manufacturing closed fastest pace since 2011. france improved and german manufacturing the highest in three years. >> a mixed picture but over the weekend very clearly we saw the idea of a tempered global economy and decidedly tempered russian economy. >> something we will be able to discuss with richard clarida, guest host for the hour as well. economic data in the u.s., not a lot to go on. chicago fed national activity index. that does not typically move the market a lot but market pmi numbers for the united states at 9:45 p.m. -- nine footie 5:00 a.m. toi know you want to get company news. herbalife to nominate three additional carl icahn designees to the board. of course, herbalife has been down i think 42ish recent

. >>> you have been listening to the president of the united states addressing reporters at the hague in the netherlands talking about three topics at length. ukraine, he talked about the mud slide in oso, washington, 14 dead now, more than 170 cases where penal are said to be missing. we always talked about the nsa, concerning ukraine saying that we are not recognizing, officially recognizing what happened in crimea, also saying that he does not believe that it is a done deal, and it is now up to russia he says to act responsibly, and concerning any indication that russia might go further, he said that article 5 provides protection for nato nations. he said the world has always been a messy place. we'll go live now to randall pinkston in washington. your thoughts on the president's comments today? >> i think the headlines in the lust be his response to the question about whether or not mitt romney was correct when romney said that russia was america's most important, most serious geopolitical foe. the president in his answer at the hague today stuck by his guns, saying that he did no

and to the hague and to the netherlands.so pleased that i've had a chance already to meet some wonderful students. i want to thank the mayor and the curator for their hospitality as well. i'm proud to be here with some of the dutch masters who i studied in school and to see just the extraordinary traditions of this great country. i would be remiss if i did not mention that i'm proud of both of our teams at the olympics, so in addition to painting, you really know how to speed skate. as the prime minister said, we just had an excellent opportunity to experience the museum and to see those documents, including the treaty of friendship that john adams negotiated more than 200 years ago. this was a reminder of the historic ties between our countries. and this is, of all the press conferences i've done, this is easily the most impressive backdrop i've had to a press conference. of course, we're here for the third nuclear securities summit. and i want to thank his majesty, king alexander, as well as the people of the netherlands f

it was made on the summit of hague, a meeting that excluded moscow's foreign minister. >> in crimea, every ukrainian military base is under russian control. many of the ukrainian soldiers without their uniforms are being pulled out of the region. oken resistance has ended. in moscow, in the parliament, flags of crimea were added to the flags of russia's regions. images intended to demonstrate from the russian perspective, crimea's future has been settled. in the netherland, president obama arrived for a summit on nuclear security but it was completely overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. the american president, who was shown a restored museum was determined to keep the pressure on russia and signal it could not expect a place at the world's top table for the time being. >> europe and america are united in our support of the ukrainian government and ukrainian people. imposing ed in owe -- a cost on russia for its action so far. >> as for motorcades swept into the hague, president putin's was not among them and the leaders of the world's more powerful economies of the g-8 were sent to

let's go to the hague with hans nichols. if there are boxes that have to be marked by the president on this tip -- trip, what are the most important ones? >> the most important is to listen. the president arrived facing three realities. russian troops are on the ground and they are amassing on the eastern border of ukraine. knowsird is that no one how far europeans want to push on sanctions. we have seen a piecemeal approach that has been incremental. for the morning and afternoon, president obama is a journalist who will listen and try to find how far he can go impressing some sort of unified sanctions. you want to preserve a united front in the west. that means that all countries should are one entity. that is the challenge going in. it is no small challenge because of the different economic relationships that the countries have with russia and their dependents on energy. he is mostly listening and has this emergency summit later on this evening. we suspect that we will get action coming out of this. >> i'm going to pick it

. >> from the hague to brussels with a morning stop in the fields of flanders.ident obama continues the european tour. our international correspondent joins us from brussels. what is next for obama? the takeaway was no new sanctions. unless there is a further incursion. you did have some fresh rhetoric. but great britain was acting out of weakness, not strength. they're preparing the of sanctions a fresh enter into more ukrainian territory. >> it has also been the european councils suggestion that should , sectoralfurther sanctions should be appropriate. it would be like energy or finance or arms sales. or trade that exists between europe and the united states and russia. >> it was not lost on any european leaders at the g-seven. economic sanctions could mean economic pain in home. i spoke to the danish prime minister he said it is the job for local leaders to prepare their people for potential economic pain. >> it is not my assessment. >> it would have an impact and it is my belief as politicians .e have to go to our voters we want to adhere to basic principles

at the hague on monday, the u.s. and other world powers decided to suspend russia's participation in the group of leading industrialized nations. the move follows moscow's annexation of crimea and the current buildup of russian troops on the ukrainian/russian border. >>> the murder trial of oscar pistorius resumes later this hour. a police cell phone expert will return to the stand. on monday he read allowed text messages between pistorius and reeva steenkamp. in one message steenkamp told pistorius she was afraid of him at times. she called him jealous and possessive and said she was tired of him picking on her. >> time for a short break. when we come back, at first the search zones for malaysia airlines flight 370 were huge but they've gradually been narrowed down. >> and one satellite company was able to decode data to reach a conclusion no one wanted to hear. that is coming up next. >>> and later, families of the passengers reacting with a range of emotions, some of them want a direct -- want to directly confront

well, the white house certainly hopes so and the president will continue for another day here in the hagueas more bilaterals planned with japan and south korea tomorrow and go on to an eu summit on brussels on wednesday and another crucial gathering and the issue of course is can the united states and eu come to some sort of agreement on sanctions, sanctions that will be seen is much more than a slap on the wrist to a handful of russians and sanctions that could take a serious bite out of russia economy and very sensitive here in europe and so much dependence on natural resources and trade going back $300 billion a year. so that is the key question. can they come away with an agreement and something that will defer fuhrer aggression by putin in russia. >> mike in the netherlands and thank you and world leaders are discussing the crisis in ukraine the president ordered the troops out of crimea and more signs of russia's tight grip on the region and jennifer glasse is in sevastopol and jennifer it appears the russians are taking over base by base. >> reporter: that's right, del. we saw anoth

we will bring you that exclusive conversation from the hague later on in "the pulse".the meantime, you can follow me on twitter. i will be back in a couple of minutes with andrew goldberg. we will be talking china. he is bearish on the country. ♪ welcome back to "on the move." i'm francine lacqua here at bloomberg's headquarters in london. let's see how things are shaping up. i love these european stocks are actually rising. this is after their biggest drop in more than two weeks yesterday. are waiting for a lot of data out of the u.s.. homes.lly in terms of it will allow them to gauge whether the world's largest economy has rebound from this harsh winter. we will have a conversation about how this foreign exchange currency thing is having an influence. these are the bloomberg top headlines. europe lawmakers are said to have reached deals to end the nsa's phone records program. a bill will be presented today that will stop the nsa from retaining phone data. instead it requires specific directives to obtain records from phone carriers. g7 leaders officially canceled the

the flight were chinese. >>> russian prime minister sergey lavrov meeting with his counterpart at the hague. >>> authorities in north washington state say they have received 108 reports of people missing since that massive landslide on saturday. as many as eight people are confirmed dead. the search for survivors continue. >>> chicago's blue line commuter train went off the tracks, piled across a platform and then went up the escalator. there are reports that any injuries were minor. >>> it was 25 years ago today, the oil tanker exxon valdez hit a reef in alaska. credit are al jazeera's daniel lack has more. about the impact on the residents that still live there about. >> they didn't have this 25 years ago, a computer simulator. the decks appear to heave. there is no better way to practice steering and oil tanker. >> about as real as it gets without being in danger. although it's hard to convince yourself that you're not in danger. it's totally totally real. it is virtually real. >> reporter: when exxon valdez hit bligh reef, hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude hit the shore line. qu

>> randall thank you very much. >>> and again, we are watching the events unfold right now at the haguen the netherlands. that is dutch prime minister speaking right now. when the president speaks we'll bring you his address live. >>> meanwhile the president also expected to call for legislation that would end part of the nsa surveillance program. the "new york times" reporting that the white house will proposal an overall reorganization of the program. >>> the affordable care act facing yet another challenge. the issue at this hour? whether private businesses can cite religious objectives in providing contraceptives. >> this is the most closely watched challenge to the affordable care act this year. we're talking about a for-profit company, not a church or religious affiliated non-profit. hobby lobby is family-run business. it's owners say it is based on biblical principals founded 38 years ago. >> our faith was very important in starting this company, because we had a real sense, barbara and i that god had this purpose in our life. >> reporter: said the arts and crafts chain con tends

leaders gathered in the hague today to discuss this. 's far right made historic gains in the elections on sunday. the national party won their first male role seat since 1995. the results were by the left and right. chinese manufacturing data weekend for the fifth straight month after a preliminary reading in march. the reading fell and missed estimates. estimates above 50 signal expansion. there is a taste of how manufacturing is this morning. is better than expected. germany is worse than expected. >> that is right. i think the standout is the french numbers. they were good when you compare them to what is going on. they are showing the manufacturing and services for more than five months. when the numbers shoot up words, that is really something. that is a 31 month high. the services are 51.4. it is quite extraordinary. the market puts the numbers out and the expansion is broad-based. it has been underpinned in the french sector. the gain is for 34 months. name.ennedy has a great he is the chief economist and he says that if activity

the government filed for arbitration and hearings began last year in the hague. the chinese government has refused to participate in the hearings. it says the philippines complaint cannot be decided by a court judgment. vietnam and malaysia also have territorial disputes with china but the philippines is the first country to seek a judgment over the issue at an international tribunal. the u.s. state department's deputy spokesperson marie harf weighed in by issuing a statement on sunday. it says the united states supports the exercise of peaceful means to resolve maritime disputes without the fear of any form of retaliation, including intimidation and coercion. >>> a german magazine has reported that a u.s. court allowed the national security agency to spy on 11 countries, including japan and germany. der spiegel allegedly obtained the classified information from former nsa contractor edward snowden. the weekly magazine says the nsa obtained court orders for many of these operations. it says the court granted agents permission to monitor germany in march of last ye

the right-hand man to x president -- was at the international criminal court in the hague. counts of facing four crimes against amenity linked to the postelection violence for years ago. in the man thought to be the world's longest-serving inmate a death row is granted retrial in japan over multiple murders committed nearly 50 years ago. you're watching "france 24." let's start in rome where barack obama is due to make pope francis. he just arrived there not long ago. that first meeting ever between the two leaders will focus on narrowing the gap between rich and poor. u.s. president also hoping that meeting will help most his support with catholics back at home. we will get a bit more analysis on the u.s. president's visit with pope francis. i want to bring in douglas herb. likes it looks like they want to start with the catholic issue, getting the support of catholics by cohost up let's just remember barack obama did get his reelection with rather heavy support from u.s. catholics or american catholics. especially from hispanic catholics. that was a big demographic in his

the deal was announced as the nuclear security summit opened at the hague. white house said it has reached similar agreements with italy and belgium. we'll talk to an expert in nuclear proliferation, later in the program. china demanded an explanation today after reports that u.s. intelligence has hacked e- mail servers for a major chinese tech company, huawei. the reports say the national security agency targeted senior chinese officials and government institutions, going back to 2009. in beijing, a foreign affairs ministry spokesman had this to say. >> ( translated ): we are gravely concerned at the reports. over a period of time, there has been a lot of global media coverage regarding the us wiretapping, monitoring and stealing confidential information from countries including china. china has made many representations to the u.s. we urge the u.s. to give a clear account and stop similar acts. >> ifill: president obama and chinese president xi jinping met today at that nuclear security summit. the white house said they discussed cyber-security, among other

michelle kosinski for us at the hague. thanks so much. >>> meantime, president obama is calling for an overhaul of the controversial nsa program that collects bulk phone data. it's according to "the new york times." currently, the nsa collects massive amounts of data, stores it for five years. the newly unveiled proposal would keep the data in the hands of carriers. the nsa would then need a judge to authorize access to those records. the changes require congressional approval. >>> and breaking overnight, two people found dead after a late-night shooting at naval station norfolk in virginia. base officials say the incident took place at a pier just before midnight. the victims are described as a male sailor and a male civilian. the facility was placed on lockdown as a precaution, but that's been lifted now. an investigation is ongoing. we'll bring you the very latest developments throughout the morning. >>> asleep at the controls. a chicago union official now says the operator whose train crashed monday morning, injuring 32

the hague. ukraine proposes a draft resolution to the united nations general assembly. the cleric time he had reported referendum. cctv news and it looked in beijing thank you for joining us. we begin this hour with the leaders in the search for all the missing malaysia airlines flight three seventy after the announcement late on monday that the flight in eighteen seventy with down somewhere in the southern indian ocean. malaysian authorities are once again briefing the media in total import of bowel. the latest on what happened to that carolina and the fatigue in our lives to follow pool. i won't. bbc middle east. if using. does he base the announcement. last night jess and lisa. my face minogue was. for many the receiving approval from the investigating authorities arrange them with the main street. it is. it is so huge and we will continue to support the one leading the investigation. all the australian defence minister has thanked the countries that joined in the search operation in the south

the crisis in ukraine looks set to dominate today's nuclear summit in the hague. as nato's top military commander warns a sizable portion troop buildup on the border of ukraine. and ships and planes from several nations are combing a loan corner in the southern indian ocean. mounting evidence of floating debris could bring a breakthrough in the search for the missing

meantime, president obama is headed for the hague. he boarded air force one earlier this evening. world leaders are gathering for a two-day nuclear summit. the meeting will likely be dominated by crimea. the dutch prime minister urged the focus remain on securing nuclear weapons. >> it's not nearly enough. in 2013, 146 incidents involving nuclear and radioactive material were reported to the iaea. most of these related to material that had temporarily gone missing. >> many eyes will be on china this sunday. it will be the chinese president's first appearance there. and that summit hopes to convince countries to give up nuclear weapons as simon gregor-wood reports, progress has been made, but many challenges remain. >> the summit is president obama's big idea. back in 2009, he called the dangerposed by the world's huge stocks of nuclear materials the most immediate and extreme threat to global security. not all of it is well guarded, leaving some to warn the world is closer than ever to nuclear terrorism. >> the biggest problem, i would say, is the shear amount of fisile usable mate

addition the two leaders exchanged views on the results of the recent nuclear security summit in the hague. so i'm acting like they're putting note to complete me to understanding in all areas of bilateral cooperation. it is the largest it just doesn't stand in the southern city should be as developed as the captaincy to rest on the president of the magnitude of anything social and economic development of the international airport in global financial centers ranks of watches the fifty eight fifty and warsaw copenhagen madrid and pride fifty thousand jobs and creating the market last year cr economic industrial zones and tourism are indicated as the drivers of development allowed to host the immediacy and in two thousand seventeen it says he also submitted a bid to host the winter and

germany france and belgium and the president will be attending the third new cuban security summit at the hague on monday and tuesday. i want to chop has more. she seemed to be in the first chinese presents even though the netherlands since the two countries established diplomatic relations in nineteen seventy two the chinese president's travel and it was a spy a toliet. they were welcomed by dutch kinnock whitlam alexandre and clean next either. in a meeting soon after their ride to the chinese president spoke highly of china and other land relations. he said he helps to visit what helps strengthen the intro trust promote practical cooperation and deepened our friend chad statistics show that neverland has been china's second biggest eu trading partner for eleven years china has been a neverland second biggest trading partner for full years that the teen said he helps those countries can strengthen cultural and people to people exchanges something he said will be greatly helped by discrepancies visits the dutch team leader and former queen bee of tricks later hosted a welcoming state banquets

and others meet in the hague. reducing the bets rising crude prices for the most in nine months. u.s.d a good number with inventory last month. there is more concern having the sanctions. ulysse of all of that, crude down. >> thank you very much. a look at the top corporate stories. caroline hyde is here. watch out of british utilities. >> yes, look out. british gas among the big players in the u.k. that have a big fix here. it is estimated they control more than 90% of the gas and electricity market and now the regulates are tacking in on these companies. we realize the preliminary review might be released, the outcome as soon as this thursday. the electricity watchdog in the energy market here and other regulators. the authority has been analyzing. consumers and federation of small businesses. they are investigating the energy companies saying they have too much dominance and are taking too much profit overall. authoritiesed, new begging them to look into it. there is a concern we could see utilities divided up.

will gather in the hague. you have china, japan, european partners who will be there and map a way forward. >> we have some sanctions you have said that are being billionairesussian and the inner circle of vladimir putin, the russian resident. is it too early to suggest that they are working in any way? once they have had a limited impact and it is important to note that these are individual sanctions. are a billionaire or connected to vladimir putin in statesy that the united does not like, you could be subject to a visa ban and you will not be trading -- traveling to the head states. some billionaires, including rosenberg, a big name there. aids,ir putin's . and visa andians havingard holders are issues using visa and mastercard's. the russian government has complained about this. the european union is limited in what they can do. impact embargo would things and you have a banking curve that could hit london. >> indeed. there are a number of russian billionaires that have property and accounts there. >> certa

two major events have kicked off in the hague the g. seven gathering is focusing on the ukrainian crisis well a key security summit as a mean to world's nuclear weapon supplies ukraine's interim prime minister was expected at both events but decided against going in order to meet bankers from the international monetary fund that as more and more politicians in kiev are openly calling for ukraine to go nuclear artes you go to peace cannot explains. this is a massive first summit we're talking about senior politicians and chief diplomats from over fifty countries which have all gathered here in the hague in the netherlands to discuss nuclear security but the summit is already underway but who's not here is ukraine's new prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk he decided not to come to the netherlands saying that they need to continue negotiations with the i.m.f. on financial aid but this has a reason why browse the many analysts saying it may have been a good idea for a key of to come here to the hague and explain all the statements that have be

ed henry is traveling with the president and reports tonight from the hague. >> the crisis in ukraine got personal today as president obama was asked at a news conference whether he has misread vladimir putin and fired back he's never been under any illusion about the russian president's motives and now troops are massing along the border. >> we're also concerned about further encroachment by russia entoukraine. >> then, asked about whether his influence in the world is declining and whether romney had a point when he called russia our number one geopolitical foe, mr. obama took a swipe at putin. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> republicans like john mccain wonder how the president is claim russia is a shell of the other soviet superpower when all of the west leaders here could muster is kicking russia out of the g-8. >> i'm sure that has reduced vladimir to tears, that he's not able to be in the g-8. take over part of a country and you don't get to go to the next meeting in some wonderful e

he joins us now live from the hague. e g7, russia kicked out and just a short while ago, the white house releasing a statement with strong language for russia. what do we know about that? >> it's ironic, all the way you frozed that, because there are vestiges of the cold war that this summit is designed to deal with, loose nukes. they've come a long way has the international community has the summit because of loose nukes out in the world. it is an echo of the cold war, east-west tension that dominated the proceedings here. you are correct, yesterday, the president here in the hague in the netherlands calling a meeting of the g7, russia was excluded, they came out with a statement promising to impose very difficult sanctions not just on a fuel garbages close to vladimir putin, but across broad sections of the russian economy if -- if russia continues to escalate. you can read into that eastern and southern ukraine very concerned about what vladimir putin's designs are outside of crimea. the president's been up and early t

hans nichols is at the hague. caroline hyde is in london. e is in moscow. >> what we have is a symbolic in sochi.ncel the g-8 instead, there will be a g-7 in brussels. in terms of new sanctions, they are targeting energy, arms, and financials but only if there is additional action from russia. most of the officials we have been talking to say that means an incursion into the used in .kraine, but a new incursion that would trigger new sanctions. >> we will cross live to hans throughout the morning. let's go straight to moscow. ryan, you are covering the story from that end. >> we are going inside russian business to understand how the sanctions or the threat of sanctions is affecting things. we have the ceo of megaphone, the third-largest mobile operator in london -- in russia. we will talk to him in a few minutes. >> i am looking forward to the interview.

secretary of state john kerry and live to the hague and simon is covering this for us. to report as far as the ukraine side of the conference goes if i can say that? >> no new lines emerging so far but we understand of course the principal focus of the day now is very clearly on the crisis in ukraine and president obama's decision to convene a g 7, a very clear snub to the russians who makeup g 8 and the leaders will have a meeting at 6:30 this evening at the dutch prime minister residence and discussing what to do next with response to g 722 and actions in ukraine is top of the agenda with a temporary ejection of russia from the g 8 and a particular blow to president putin because he at the moment shares the presidency of g 8 and looks forward in june to hosting the g 8 summit in soshy and that summit is under threat as well and an opportunity for president obama to pool ideas with other leaders on the fridges of this meeting to see how far he can bring them in terms of tough response imposing punishment and sanctions. he mentioned that earlier today when you met with

. >> world leaders are gathering in the hague. it is likely to beovershadowed by the crisis in ukraine. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov arrived for the talk. russian troops have surrounded one of the last ukrainian marine paces in crimea. russia is taking over military control of the peninsula, base by base. in kiev, thousands gathered for a rally, calling for ukrainian unity. it is supported by the west, including the u.s. and europe. >> there are growing fears that other parts of ukraine will breakaway following the annexation of crimea. two pro-russian groups fought in donetsk in the east. it happened during a rally. n.a.t.o. alliance is concerned about a threat to mald owa, the nearest allied to ukraine. there's fears that others may want to join the russian federation. n.a.t.o.'s top commander is warning about a build-up of russian troops on the eastern border. >> if russia is worried about a country moving to the west, a way to solve that is an unkurtion, a frozen conflict and no one wants to bring that nation into n.

lone star state and has one of the busiest shipping channels shut down and president obama spoke at the haguend international summit happening there but ukraine is topping the agree do for commander and chief and leaders around the world. a crew of malaysia flight 270 and what they think they spotted. ♪ welcome to al jazeera america, live from new york i'm stephanie sy and it's 3:00 a.m. in washington state where crews have been searching through the night for people missing the after a massive landslide, on saturday a wall of debris went through the town of oso, 50 miles north of seattle and a state of emergency has been declared in the area and covers a square mile. at least 8 people are known dead and more than a dozen unaccounted for after the rain-soaked mountain side came sliding down blanketing the town and destroying 30 homes and we have more on the rescue effort. >> nothing like they have ever seen is what many here in the community north of seattle are saying about the mudslide that devastated the region. >> it's slid a couple times in my life and but never nothing like this. >> it

live to the hague. neve barker is following the case.hen are we likely to get a verdict and give us some background. >> we are expecting a verdict in 15-20 minutes time. it was delayed because a key judge had been sick. it had been pushed back for a week, raising all the more interest and intrigue surrounding the verdict. it will be a major test of how capable the i.c.c. is of actually delivering any kind of verdict. this only two years after a codefendant in the case and accused warlords was acquitted on similar evidence of that of katanga. the verdict, though, it's unclear. it's not seen anyway as a done deal because of that earlier acquittal of the co-defended. still, this is incredibly important, an important case bringing justice to those who involved the victims of ongoing violence in the d.r.c. katanga is accused of using child soldiers. children under the age of 15. accused of using sexual violence and rape and accused of killing up to 200 people in the eastern city - village, rather of vergola. as yet, a series of cases of - hav

the crisis in ukraine looks set to dominate today's nuclear summit in the hague. this as nato's top military commander warns a sizable portion troop buildup on the border of ukraine. and ships and planes from several nations are combing a loan corner in the southern indian ocean. mounting evidence of floating debris could bring a breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysian assets are plain but so far no debris has been found. you are watching "france 24." historic night for the far right national front here in france. the anti-immigrant party took a record number of votes in sunday's local elections, even winning the mayor role race and a former socialist bastion out right. our reporter takes a look at the rise of the far right in france. of --the stronghold the far right party swept to an out right every. the major returns after only one round of voting in the former mining town. the leader of the front national marine le pen says it shows a significant change of director of the french political landscape. >> this is the end of the constant to and the rig

two major events have kicked off in the hague the g seven gathering is focusing on ukrainian crisis won a key security summit is aiming to reduce the welcome to weapons supplies. the current interim prime minister was expected of life events. decided against going in order to read font is from the international money tree fungus that causes mortal politicians in kiev. i can eat corn for ukraine to go you can tease the gop's cannot explain this. this is a massive facade were talking about senior politicians and diplomats for over fifty countries of people gathered here in the hague in the netherlands to discuss the nuclear security. but to end the summit is already underway but still was not here is the ukraine's new prime minister wants to be seen if he decided not to come to the metal and saying that the need to continue negotiations with the imf on financial aid to watch this has raised some eyebrows with the media analysts saying it needed a good idea for cute kids that they can explain it all the statements that have been coming out of ukraine is home on four different officials say

hans nichols at the hague today. markets like what they see. sian ruble. 36 level and australian dollar get the business warning on commodity news. >> we want to thank our guest host for the hour, michael chase and. coming up in the next hour, we will speak with ian bremmer on russia and ukraine on the eurasia group. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." russia is tossed out of the g8. the ruble strengthens. those the g7 agree to disagree on sanctions? the nsa will stop widespread collection of phone data. if they will continue to search for terrorist. mainstream tv, a very big deal. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." we are live from world headquarters in new york. it is tuesday, march 25. i'm tom keene. joining me, scarlet fu. adam johnson decided to return from aspen. my guest host, gary shapiro, president and ceo of the consumer electronics association associated with the most i enormous las vegas convention ever. have you been to what? let's know, but i think we should lobby to do the show from their next year. is what wehis learned. the p

justice will talk about the whael hunt is breaking international law and this is proceedings in the hagued judge delivering the ruling which he has been reading for almost an hour and a half now. the case was brought by australia against japan to try and stop hunting in the southern ocean and japan says it is scientific reasons and says the hague-based court doesn't have the jurisdiction to decide what is or what isn't scientific waleing. the group is fighting for a separate region in the northern states and we report. >> reporter: these are the victims of the violence wedged by the nigerian group. they have crossed the border to nigeria and hoping for refuge and they found relief from the violence but little else and thousands of their country men living rough under the trees. >> translator: every time there is an attack many people die. and he is killing people and that is why we escaped and came here. >> translator: our homes were burned with our property and he just keeps on killing people. we need urgent help from the government. >> reporter: the government has granted them refugee s

they were in the hague over the weekend. in amsterdam as well. found -- one of them at least was unconscious after a heavy night of drinking. three of them have been sent home according to reports. obviously a total violation of secret service policy. the secret service has taken big steps since then to make sure that you're not supposed to be drinking on the job at least ten hours before you begin. this appears to be a clear violation of that. >> do you think it's an isolated case, or do they have a systematic problem there? >> there have been reports ever since that situation that suggests that this behavior has been a little more widespread. clearly this is one case and i suspect as the sun comes up at least in this part of the world we may learn about some others today or later in the week. >> interesting enough. okay. ed, thank you for your insight today. we appreciate it. >>> coming up, bill will be here for the first buzz, and we'll tell you about today. [announcer] who could resist the call... ...of america's number-one puppy food brand..

it is expected to begin any minute from the hague in the netherlands. as we see the president walk out. a lot of questions about the top i can that is will be covered and a lot of concern what might be said about the crisis in ukraine. we'll listen to the opening remarks and questions will follow. >> -- by preventing nuclear terrorism that was president obama's goal when he made nuclear security an international priority in 2009. we have taken a big step in that direction here in the hague. i'm proud to present our hague nuclear summit communique to you today, building on progress we made earlier in washington and seoul, this communique sets the bar even higher. we have taken major steps towards meeting all three main objectives of the nss process. i will say a few words about each of them. the first objective is to reduce the amount of dangerous nuclear material in the world. the less dangerous nuclear material there is, and the better the nuclear security, the smaller the chance that terrorists will be able to get hold of it, it is that simple. that i

he spoke at the end of a summit at the hague which ended up being dominated by ukraine. he reiterated the international community is ready to impose order sanctions on moscow if they come with economic cost. here is our report. to talk nuclear security, but ukraine dominated the discussion. convicted president putin from the table in an attempt to isolate russia and reduce its global influence. >> russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, out of weakness. >> there were warnings of more sanctions if russia encroached upon ukraine's sovereignty. >> if the ukrainian people are allowed to make their own decisions, their decision will be they want to have a relationship with europe and with russia. this is not a zero-sum game. encouraginge some signs behind the scenes, the foreign minister that his ukrainian counterpart for the first time since the annexation of crimea. after two days of intense negotiations in the hague, president obama is traveling to belgium holding further talks in brussels and once again the issue

he covered president fox keynote address at the nuclear security summit in the hague. as well as the self korean leader's first meeting with japanese prime minister seemed to love a trilateral talks between south korea the united states and japan. plus he also covered present box re unification addressed in dresden germany. the box visits were centered on unification and the economy and we were able to get a firm grasp of the south korean leaders achievements and filter for physics and science reports. i prepared our critique that didn't turn up for the concert. wait for two months. the pop concert organized by cutting ntp was held on march when thinking in shanghai china. to a report by adding mtv's upi it was clear to see how popular he is in china. a total of twelve artists including big benz g dragon and the un report and build up the eighteen thousand seat stadium. it was impressive to see them all singing along to keep updates. the concert will be broadcast on and on tv to over one hundred million helpful around the world on the problem was that any tea. for years

the cold war thats that everybody concerned that it's going to dominate the proceedings here in the hagueherlands and president obama got off the plane this morning and netherlands time and met with the prime minister here, prime minister root and went to the rembrant museum in amsterdam and in front of the most famous painting where they said they are united in imposing a cost on russia. the president then went on to a bilateral meeting with the chinese leader p ishing and tal about other things also and the president meeting with 52 heads of state in the hague. but after perhaps the marquis event as far as europe and the united states and the crisis in ukraine are concerned, the president hosting a meeting of the g 7, note the g 7, not the g 8, russia for all intents and purposes kicked out of g 8 and this meeting with the powers of the world to try to figure out a way to come up with a unified, coherent and cohesive response to what has gone on here. >> reporter: thank you very much, coming up, on al jazeera, troops ordered out of crimea and new questions about the crimea economy that

this was launched in 2010 in the hague, and it's only now, monday, that we'll get a result. it may come down to a fila soficcal question of what is science and can the program be described as science and does the court have the authority to decide what is science. a lot of background and history boiling down to the central question. >> we'll get an answer within the next couple of hours. thank you very much indeed for thax. >> within the hour. >> within the hour. >> andrew thomas in sydney. >> now, thousands of soldiers in venezuela have removed barricades in the western city of san cristobel. now the army has taken control of neighbourhoods. we have this report. >> taking back san cristobel the center of unrest. the national guard regained control of the barricades with bulldozers and armed vehicles. they met no opposition in a city that had been blockaded for over a month and a half. >> translation: we recovered the area under threat. often by armed thugs that kidnapped people. we did it under the mandate of president nicolas maduro. we came to bring back peace, and did it

japan and south korea finally agreed to talk on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in the hague. president obama had pushed both leaders to mend their strained relations before his official visit to the asian region in april. >> this is the first time that the three of us have had an opportunity to meet together and discuss some of the serious challenges that we all face. obviously japan and the republic of korea are two of our closest allies in the world. >> reporter: president park agreed that it was a significant opportunity for the three to sit down together. >> translator: i believe this is a meaningful chance to have dialogue with president obama and prime minister abe. >> reporter: prime minister abe thanked president obama and greeted president park in the korean language. >> translator: i want to sincerely thank president obama. i am happy to meet president park. very happy to meet you, president. >> reporter: their 50-minute meeting focused mainly on the common security threat in the region, north korea. they discussed the unpredictability of leader kim jong-un, and th

the right-hand man to x president -- was at the international criminal court in the hague. nts of facing four crimes against amenity linked to the postelection violence for years ago. in the man thought to be the world's longest-serving inmate

talks on ukraine in brussels our correspondent boss and hardy was covering the stalks for a stake in the hague he joins us from the end of boston for soft. president obama says russia's annexation of crimea is not a done deal. is this wishful thinking. well politically and militarily speaking yes jaime as for me in the hands of russia. it's being controlled by russian troops and russ has also started full political control over the peninsula now i'm speaking in legal terms that's a very different story because the us and its allies have staff have said that they do not recognize you go status quo because as saying that russia has breached international law by annex in crimea know what happens tomorrow in brussels where there will be more talks on crimea can respect the decisions there probably note no for the decision states that said each year that bad that they would impose further sanctions on the if there were further escalation of the crisis but doesn't obama with is that nato headquarters tomorrow and there is likely to emphasize again as he also did today that made sense firmly behind i

when he arrives in the hague on monday, in effect, the president will be attending two major ent did,he nuclear summit and on the sidelines, he will meet with the seven leaders of the world's industrialized nations, save one, that being the g8 president, vladimir putin. of course the obama administration is looking over the take over of the belbek air base and some troops along the ukrainian border. yesterday, in advance of the european trip, national advisor susan rice was asked what russia's move signals. >> it's not clear what that signals. the russians have stated that they are intending military exercises, obviously given their past practice and the gaps between what they have said and what they have done, we are watching it with skepticism. >> while the president is in europe, he will also be meeting with members of the european union as well as nato. one the top priorities is to get america's european allies to agree on a unified stringent approach. >> that's no easy task because europe's ties to russia are much stronger than the u.s. ties and the blowback from any stringent sa

all eyes are now being focused on the netherlands or specifically the hague where wolves politicians and diplomats have been gathering to take part in two major events the unofficial meeting of the g seven without russia and the west accusing moscow. and a major nuclear safety summit with moscow taking for all happening in the same town and pretty much with the same politicians involved what's interesting is that despite the overwhelming western support of the new authorities in kiev ukraine prime minister has announced that he's not of wanted to come to the netherlands explaining that they need to finalize the negotiations with the i.m.f. on a financial aid package but frankly the announcement has puzzled many analysts who say that it may have been a good idea for him to join and take part in the nuclear safety summit especially some statements coming from some of the new right wing politicians there in ukraine who've been saying that the country rebuild its nuclear arsenal in the near future . but he realized that. someone protects nato the united states or some other big state. the