i am tom keene. adam johnsonstina alesci with us. >> antigovernment protesters and national guard soldiers battled on the streets in venezuela. thousands of protesters marched peacefully and then groups began hurling rocks at security forces, churchgoing -- triggering the battles. violence between the two sides has rocked the country since february leaving 24 people that. property taxes rising at the fastest pace of the property market crash. nashville, san jose and houston are among the cities on pace to set records in revenue from real estate tax collections. i was in houston and are adding 1200 people to that city per week. roleec considering the that require brokers to tell investors where stocks -- stock trades will be executed. the proposal is aimed at giving investors more insight into whether they are getting the best price on trades. those of the top headlines. >> right to the single best chart this monday morning. home, atis no place at least according to american survey. single best chart highlights re

i'm tom keene. johnsonteel. -- the viceszag chairman of citigroup and a bloomberg view columnist. >> a summary looking for the --sing malaysia airlines jet the summary looking for the missing malaysia airline jet was in the ocean for six hours and did not spot any objects of interest. italy, he will serve one year of community service for his tax evasion. the former prime minister was assigned community service. a will be required to visit facility for the elderly at least once a week. back into the pool for michael phelps. he will swim competitively next week for the first time since retiring after the london olympics back in 2012. it may be the first app towards competing once again in the olympics. 30. washed up? forget about it. is guy?tall as th that.m span -- look at >> emily once got a big hug from michael phelps. >> you are with guys who are training harder and faster. >> my money stolen michael phelps. is still on michael phelps. >> we will continue the discussion on high-frequency trading. james w

i'm scarlet fu with tom keene and adam johnson.is aaron hurst, the author of the new book "the purpose economy." >> very good. just that simple. futures, negative eight. we start off a little rocky. we got an interesting topic. how about this quote -- focuses -- focusing is about state -- said no. that is according to the and john's. we begin the work we dreading the modern work we put it our digital exhaustion, but -- the path to sobriety may be saying no. i all accounts, arianna huffington is a success. she got there and here by saying no. she joins us in support of "thrive." congratulations in the book. you get peggy lee in the beginning of the book. nasim in as well./ when did your life change? >> my life changed actually seven years ago yesterday. >> i saw that on twitter. >> when i collapsed from exhaustion, burnout, and food deprivation. i hit my head on the desk on the way down, broke my cheekbone, got four stitches on my right eye. it started me on this journey of asking myself the question that good philosophers used to a

>> guest: i met tom johnson on the johnson administration in a copy boy in received and signed him to be a very engaging and an annotated find the same in me. years later i wrote a column. i wrote this book called the warning, censorship from the left. so i wrote a column about it and send them off to what i thought would be the least likely newspaper did not come at "the new york times" "new york times" annapurna. so appeared a historical document. i wrote another in the "washington post" for that that appeared in "the l.a. times," "usa today." so i contacted all the syndicates. my background was recasting the mail turned me down. thomas publisher of "the l.a. times" and i called him up and said i think there's a dearth of conservative commentary, particularly social issues that get attention even within economics. you may be right. let me know and i'll set you up with her syndicate people separate from us. they make the rounds. they miraculously i was offered me a chance to do two columns a week ending april will be 30 years and one time i don't know where it is now, but as a monk i

but i went down to tom johnson, and i said you were in the white house. you were with lyndon johnson. did you know this? you know? bill moyers was in that white house. i'm not talking about the devils out there. i'm not saying they all knew every detail. but going along to get along. not challenging it, not becoming a whistleblower when there had to be many people -- and i don't know whether those two that i mentioned, they really knew -- but there certainly were plenty of people. when i finally interviewed all these people, they scratched their head and said how'd you get that? well, the government released it. just came out. oh. i was thinking that myself. but they never told us. okay? so you raised the basic question is what is the meaning of this democratic experiment if you are, can be lied to with such impunity? and there's no restraint? it's not a marginal issue, it's the ball game. yeah. >> hi. thank you for this panel. it's really great. after 9/11 we basically went through a couple changes in my mind at least psychologically. there was this issue

tom keene. from our washington news bureau. and with me, peter cook him our chief washington correspondent. scarlet fu and adam johnson in new york. it is time for our morning must listen with peter cook. here is a little bit of my conversation yesterday with christine lagarde of the imf. >> i would hope, tom, that before the end of the calendar year, we complete the reform of the imf, which means look that we make it more credible, better resourced, and capable of jumping on urgent issues, like ukraine, for instance, with adequate financing. >> and there is lagarde very much on top of her game. hugely popular worldwide and in washington. peter cook, if lagarde is so popular, why is the imf so unloved by republicans? >> because it is an international institution that at least in the view of a lot of people on capitol hill has taxpayer money at risk and eight at not want to risk a lot of taxpayer money right now. it is hard to win support for international institutions right now in this congress, from republicans in particular, no matter how successful madame lagarde is in no matter how much they might be helping ukrai

this guy met tom johnson when he was in the lyndon johnson did administration him as a copy boy at nbc. i found him to be an engaging young man and hope that he would find the same in me. years later i wrote a column as a lark. i'd written this book called burning about censorship from the left. i wrote a column and i sent it off to what i thought would be the least likely newspaper to print at "the new york times" and the printed it. it's framed on my wall as a historical document. i wrote another one of the "washington post" printed that. what's going on here? i contacted the syndicates and my background was broadcasting. they'll turn me down. tom was the publisher at the "l.a. times" and i called him up and i said tom i think there's a dearth of commentary particularly in the social and cultural issues to get peoples attention more than the economics. he said he may be right. the next time you come to l.a. but me know when that will set you up with their syndicate people. i went out and met with him and the more i could fulfill would say offered me a chance to two cones a week -- tw

i'm scarlet fu with tom keene and adam johnson.rd ravitch, author of "so much to do" and former lieutenant governor of new york and former head of the mta. at&t taking to the skies to providee gogo to internet service on airplanes. at&t hopes to start offering it by early next year. it plans to use four g lte technology. yahoo! ceo marissa mayer hoping, they will draw more viewers to his website. yahoo! will debut two new comedy show -- one about a pro basketball team and the other from the creator of "freaks and geeks." netflix agreeing to pay verizon for better access to the fios broadband network after striking a similar agreement to comcast. no word on the financial terms. netflix trying to make its programming as easy to access and watch as hbo. news from the files of "bloomberg west." of the came out depression. world war ii, korea, the optimism of the 1950's and early 1960's. america and new york city was ascendant. is concerned we have so much to do and quite possibly we will do it without paulikes of fdr, ike, and volcker

tom keene. scarlet fu and adam johnson. of blackrock. >> glaxosmithkline announced plans to sell a cancer product business while buying their vaccine division. a for $14.5 billion deal. i wanted to start with the fact shat thi transition has several parts. it is the biggest since he be came ceo. why make this transition now? >> what this transaction does is three things buried we acquired the vaccine business and we are assets toof of our them for $16 billion. thirdly, most poorly, we are bringing together our consumer health care companies to create what will be the world's largest over-the-counter medicine business with a revenue of at least 6.5 billion pounds annually. >> are these transactions meant in part to protect against the patent lifecycle? for gs k, we have made great progress on that front already through the reinvention and we haveent of our -- had more new products approved in the recent past than any of the company and the west last year alone, 19% of all fda approvals were from gs k. we have had seven major

. >> guest: i first met tom johnson and i was a copy boy, and found him to be very engauging and hoped he did the same -- find the same in me. years later i wrote a column as a lark. ite ripped this book bat ven soreship -- send shoreship from he letter and i wrote a column and i send it off to "the new york times" and they prisoned it. still frame on my wall as historical document, and then i root another one of in the "washington post" prisonedded the and then "los angeles times" and "usa today," and i contacted these cindy cats -- my background was broadcasting, not newspapers. they all turned me down. i. tom was the publisher of "the los angeles times" and i said, tom, i think this is a dearth of good conservative commentary, particularly on social and cultural issues that get people's attention. he said you may be right. next time you come to l.a. let me know and i will set up a meeting with cindy cat people. so i went out there comet with them and they miraculously offer met me the chance to do two columns a week, and in april it will be 30 years and it was among if not the top s

i am tom keene joined with scarlet fu and adam johnson. a busy morning. positive signals in europe. german factory orders rose. mercedes just had it's best month ever. tom, by notice three mercedes for the kids. dobbs day. economist predict unemployment will fall to the lowest level since october 2008. earnings, carmax and captain hit theatersl today. i never saw the first one, but i'm told i need to get caught up. number.some crazy >> all of the 10-year-old had to go see it. aren't you captain america? >> only because i have the "a." be entering the cinema this weekend? "captainttend america." it is a bull market. we will talk about that in a moment. the euro a little weaker off the druggie festivities yesterday. festivities yesterday. on to the next screen. that dow. it is two-line friday. here's the unemployment rate, the white line. better, better, better. we have the equity markets. i'm not suggesting a tight correlation, but notice where they cross. as thehe equities unemployment rate goes down. it may be a theme for the second quarter of 2014. our theme is there is no news. we

tom keene. joining me is scarlet fu at adam johnson. a busy day. here is adam johnson with our morning brief. >> overnight, german unemployment falls for a fifth month as the economy expands. good news. the bank of japan refrains from expanding stimulus as board members forecast that the pace of inflation will quake and in each of the next two financial years. they will ultimately reach 2%. a slew of economic data. >> a seattle slew! >> listen up. 7:00, mortgage applications. a: 15, adp employment, a: 30, personal consumption and gdp. 2:00 the fed pmi, rate decision. >> i was talking to michael mckee, the gdp report dovetailed with the fed. interesting as we get to the jobs report on friday. >> big economic day. earnings before the bell, time warner. after the bell we have yelped and carlyle. dothere's the brief, let me the data check before we get to a busy front page. features negative two, -- future nothing, nymex crude 100.34, douth. -- south. 1300, renminbi currency,er chinese exporting deflation out of china -- something to watch into may. an

i'm scarlet fu with tom keene and adam johnson. company news. we start with the head of the senate investigations subcommittee. caterpillar dodge billions of dollars in taxes. they avoided paying more than $2 billion in taxes by shifting profits to a subsidiary in switzerland. company executives will be on capitol hill today. telecom selling its ballon headquarters. the building went for $100 million. the company's new ceo has been selling assets. codes former ceo plans to write a book about the rise and fall of central banks. this according to a person familiar with the matter. book was a new york times bestseller. his resignation back in january triggered a leadership shakeup at the firm. that is today's company news. >> can't say enough about the book. when markets collide. outstanding. a real must-read. is 2014. it is a bull market. it is the second quarter of 2014. anthony dwyer is able. -- is a bull. it is the end of the bull market. in april. joke.april fools why will stocks drive higher? >> when are we going to buy? 5.5% fo

tom keene. with me, adam johnson and olivia sterns.livia has been looking at fortress mayer. >> yesterday after the bell yahoo! came out with earnings and revenue was in line with estimates. a few minutes later the company released alibaba's huge revenue growth, up 66%, and that is when the stock skyrocketed. i believe it is nine percent right now the premarket trading. yahoo!'s core business is still showing anemic growth, although we did see advertising growth slowed for the first time in five quarters. i guess the question is for nick thompson, how long can what is going on with alibaba mask with what marissa mayer is doing with the core strategy? >> then we get the cash and it is valued on its own and it is a big problem for marissa mayer because nothing is really going that well for yahoo!. she said all the right things. she so we are going to go mobile, do this, do that, content, tv, and what do you use ? you do not use the weather app anymore. >> this is a fancy bloomberg graphic. .66, that is the profit move for ali baba. , thi

tom keene in washington. scarlet fu and adam johnson in new york. of cheer washington correspondent, peter cook, is with us this morning as well. at 10:00 a.m. this morning, my conversation with christine lagarde, look for that. it's an important conversation on america's relationship with the i.m.f., this on the 70th anniversary of the international monetary fund. what a pleasure to be here in a georgeous washington this spring april morning. peter cook with us, and he has a morning must read. >> it is from jamie dimon. we're going to new york to get our morning must read this morning. i was intrigued by hi letter to shareholders. a more humble jamie dimon, he writes the most painful experience that i have ever dealt with policy professionally was trying to resolve the legal issues we had this past year to try to get many large and risky legal issues behind us. he goes on to basically admit that they had a tin ear when dealing with regulators. we thought we knew what we were doing, and we should have been listening better, the message from jamie di

adamscarlet fu, with johnson and tom keene.big chunk of its operations from southern california to texas. toyota has been trying to reduce costs in its u.s. sales unit. rick perry has been trying to lure business away from southern california. the big general motors recall over a faulty ignition switch may doom the antiquated car key. the company may make the pushbutton start standard in all its vehicles. now an option and almost three fourths of all cars and trucks in the u.s.. and a sonic, advertising profits below estimates, japanese consumers are not expected to buy as many panasonic itronix devices because of the sales hike up that went into effect in april. >> very good, scarlet. of course, the president is on asia,fth tour of announcing this morning that the united states will impose new sanctions on people, companies, plus vladimir putin. phil mattingly is traveling with the president and joins us from manila. the president will fly back. is he going to fly back and look at this as a successful trip? >> the way they are

i am scarlet fu with tom keene and adam johnson.the u.k. -- are starting with chrysler. they are recalling jeeps. they are recalling almost 900,000 jeep grand cherokee's and dodge durangos because of a defect.fect -- brake they are aware of one accident, but no injuries due to this. has aome -- volkswagen plan to set up a plant in thailand. account fromkers us 90% of sales in thailand. with charges. prosecutors charge that the company knowingly broke safety rules. it is charged with 12 felony violations of pipeline safety laws. that is today's "company news." >> with the explosion that happened in harlem, it is difficult. you know all of the ads that we see for oil, it is just that her. -- it is just better. stuff.ll volatile >> there is some volatility going on in the media industry as well. airey deller sat down with erik schatzker last night in an exclusive interview to discuss television venture called aereo. whether it is game over for aereo, if the supreme court rules that cannot sell broadcast programming online. >> i believe

i went to tom johnson, a marvelous guy, i have great respect for him. he was our publisher.i went to him, and i said, you were in the white house. you were with lyndon johnson. did you know this? bill moyers was in this white house. i'm not talking about the devil's out there. i am not saying they knew every detail. but going along to get along, not challenging, not becoming a whistleblower, when there had to be many people -- those two that i mentioned, they really knew. -- i don't know that they really knew. but there were plenty of people. when i finally interviewed about it, they said, how did you get that? well, the government released it. it just came out. i was thinking that myself, but they never told us. your basic question is, what is the meaning of this democratic experiment if you can be lied to with such impunity? there is no restraint. it is not a marginal issue. it is the ballgame. >> thank you for this panel. it is really great. after 9/11, we went through a couple changes psychologically. there was this issue of following orders. technologically, with the in

i went to tom johnson, a marvelous guy, i have great respect for him.i went to him, and i said, you were in the white house. did you know this? he was in this white house. we are talking about the doubles out there. i am not saying they knew every detail. but going along to get along, not challenging, not becoming a whistleblower, when there had to be many people -- those two that i mentioned, they really knew. there were plenty of people. when i finally interviewed about it, they said, how did you get that? well, the government released it. it just came out. i was thinking that myself, but they never told us. your basic question is, what is the meaning of this democratic experiment if you can be lied to with such impunity? there is no restraint. it is not a marginal issue. it is the ballgame. i thank you for this panel. it is really great. after 9/11, we went through a couple changes psychologically. there was this issue of following orders. technologically, with the internet and smartphones, espionage change. the nature of espionage also change bureau

tom keene. adamng me, scarlet fu and johnson. our guest host for the hour, the kahlÚa.of -- red-p it will not play him in the moving. -- in the movie. >> china announced a new $24 billion railroad extension aimed at creating jobs and get the gdp back up to 8%. they are doing better. europe, service sector productivity holds near a three-year high, and the ecb will announce its rates decision. conference,ress ecb, the european central bank. pimco -- investors withdraw more money from the flagship bond fund, a total of $15 billion now. splitting two for one, starts trading at the lowered price today. as far as it go data goes, at 8:30.bless claims >> at big economic day. i will speak to fill gross tomorrow on bloomberg radio. looking forward to that on the jobs report, the challenges of market at pimco. >> we start with banks, credit suisse restating its fourth-quarter loss. it has posted a 530 $4 million deficit, the larger loss coming after the swiss bank set aside or money for u.s. tax disputes. the justice department is waiting to see if it helps u.s. clients evade ta

things in the ground the department of public works and mayor's office on disability and carmen johnson and tom from our building inspector we're working he together to put this stuff in the ground and that finally at the sfmta we're led had by a board of directors they've identified safety as the number one priority so i want to acknowledge sheryl bringing man here strongest voice advocating for bicycle and pedestrian safety and all the road users with all the folks standing behind me and all the staff work and everybody in san francisco a taking on the challenge and responsibility to slow down and be aware and get around the city safer we can make this a great place so thanks to the folks behind me >> all of you looking forward to marking this a safer city. thank welcome to let san franco planning commission regular hearing for thursday, april 3, 2014. started please silence any mobile device and speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to take roll. commissioner president wu. commissioner fong. commissioner antonini pr commissioner hillis. c

tom. joining me adam johnson. olivia sterns event for scarlet fu this morning. very important, incredibly busy day. let's get right to the brave. >> the brief is brief because overnight we learn that japan's consumer confidence joined to drops to the lowest level. that is your only economic number overnight, but that is plenty inave america. 9:45, homework consumer comfort index, 10:00 the philadelphia fed business outlook. all that is coming up today. and we have a ton of earnings, morgan stanley, goldman sachs, pepsico, and the ge. >> let's do a data check. we look at stocks, bonds, currencies, a lot of these. 2.63,s -5, 10-year yield, euro does nothing, $1.3860. 2.mex, nothing, down to $103.9 there is the data check. let's go right to front page. it is an incredibly busy morning. we can go five hours for you this morning. here is olivia sterns. >> first base torry, talks and at solving the crisis in ukraine getting underway in geneva. diplomats will all be there. the state department saying that geneva will test whether or not russia is serious about a diplom

tom keene. scarlet fu and adam johnson with me as well.m has a busy morning. >> china's manufacturing segment struggling. factory activity increased just slightly. indicating contraction. different story in the euro where manufacturing and services expanded faster than forecast. almost a4 in april, full point better than estimates and close to a three-year high. any time you see the number of 50, that is expansion and below 50 is contraction. any faction and services in germany showed growth. manufacturing and services in germany showed growth. ols becomes the 26 major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. the washingtonites stood up and gave him a chair. it was classy. >> earlier in the game, pujols hit 499. use the third youngest player to reach the 500 milestone. >> "60 minutes" did a story on his great charitable efforts. >> did you see what happened last night at fenway? "yanksdline is great, edition torment." they all did very well. >> i will start sweating may 1. >> tom friedman writing today in "the new york times" -- in other words, we kn

things in the ground the department of public works and mayor's office on disability and carmen johnson and tom from our building inspector we're working he together to put this stuff in the ground and that finally at the sfmta we're led had by a board of directors they've identified safety as the number one priority so i want to acknowledge sheryl bringing man here strongest voice advocating for bicycle and pedestrian safety and all the road users with all the folks standing behind me and all the staff work and everybody in san francisco a taking on the challenge and responsibility to slow down and be aware and get around the city safer we can make this a great place so thanks to the folks behind me >> all of you looking forward to marking this a safer city. thank >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an

tom keene. with me, scarlet fu and adam johnson.he president speaking in seoul, korea. >> we're keeping an eye on amazon this morning. the shares are down 1.5%. the theme seems to be spent and you shall receive. nothing to become a's business model. sales rose 20% but their expenses increased by even more, limiting earnings per share to about half of what it was a year before. anthony joins us now by phone, and victor, there seems to be this idea that amazon is spending money as fast as they can make it. shipping cost grew 31%, which was faster than what revenue increase, how much longer can amazon keep us going before investors throw their hands up and say enough? >> you had accelerated revenue growth, which topped our expectations you had gross margins, which expanded for the 10th consecutive quarter, however, as you noted, this was a heavy investment quarter. they called on china specifically. seeuge opportunity -- they huge opportunity there. they are also investing heavily in cloud services business, so as a result, the margin

tom keene. joining me is adam johnson and alex steele.n does better than good at our morning break. what we have today? >> ecb president mario draghi says that the strengthening of the exchange rate requires further monetary stimulus. saturday marked the strongest statement by draghi. it is getting too expensive. they want to make their products cheaper. that is why they want to stimulate. sales.m., retail that is the big when i am watching. business inventories. 8:00, citigroup, that is the big one. oats are prizewinners will be announced at columbia today at 3:00 p.m. >> we will start with citigroup. they will cut as many as 300 jobs at the bank. this according to a person familiar with the matter. the job reduction is an effort to trim costs amid a slum at the unit -- a slump at the unit. have a screend that displays what appears to be three-dimensional images. the user could see them without using special glasses. peugeot rolls out its recovery a bid to return to profitability. their new ceo says he wants to end the practice of sellin

after this term, two more populists from west of the mississippi river, tom harkin and tim johnson willlso ride off into the sunset. but the ideology can still be a path to victory. the elections of heidi hidecamp and george tester prove that. popularity has big guy in big sky company. just ask john shuster. he spoke at the dnc in 2008 and again in 2012 when some would say he used what some called his folksy brand of politics to slam mitt romney. >> here's the one that got the burr under my saddle. he quadrupled the fee for a gun license. well, now maybe -- just maybe that's okay for a guy who hunts varmins, but for the rest of us, that dog don't hunt! >> right now montana senator, john walsh, the man appointed to finish max baucus' term is coming up against republican steve dans. he's already got the job but it's tough to tell from his ad since he hasn't rolled out a new one since a week after being appointed. >> washington is broken. too many put themselves, their party, the special interests ahead of us. but i understand what courage really is. it's going to take a lot more than smea

tom keene. joining me scarlet fu and adam johnson, who bought apple shares at $1.06 20 years ago. he has our morning review. mom bought you apple shares? >> don't own them anymore. >> what a day. in the years of my career come i've never seen this. absolutely amazing. >> you, tom keene, maybe the best comment i have heard about apple. what is in call -- context for us again. billion in 19 months, they delivered a ford motor company back to shareholders. >> incredible. they took the entire market cap before the year -- >> returned the cash. let's get to a morning break. busy day. >> overnight, german business confidence unexpectedly rose in april signaling optimism. spanish growth, imagine that. spain and growth in the same sentence. accelerating in the first quarter. the prime minister called the ecb to report a recovery. back in the u.s., 8:30, we will get durable goods orders and initial jobless claims. 9:45 we get the bloomberg consumer comfort index. 11:00, kansas city fed manufacturing index. a lot of data and a lot of earnings today. a total of 86 companies report today. eli

tom keene. joining me from our world headquarters. scarlet fu and adam johnsonhe morning brief in new york city. here's adam johnson. adam? >> tom, overnight, here's what happened. china trade falls unexpectedly. imports were down 11.3%. the government says it will initiate more growth policies. meanwhile, in europe, the bank of england expected to keep rates at a record low, half a percent. we're going to get the official announcement in about an hour, 7:00 this morning. and here in the u.s., we're going to get weekly jobless claims, as well as import prices, both at 8:30. we've got earnings before the bell. family dollar and rite aid, allied financial, the former gmac, begins trading today.

tom. joining me adam johnson. olivia sterns event for scarlet fu this morning.bly busy day. let's get right to the brave. >> the brief is brief because overnight we learn that japan's consumer confidence joined to drops to the lowest level. that is your only economic number overnight, but that is plenty inave america. 9:45, homework consumer comfort index, 1

tom keene. joining me is scarlet fu and adam johnson. >> japanese retail sales are up 6.3%. that is. they are up in the tax rate to pay down the deficit. people were doing some buying before they had to pay higher taxes. in the u.s., we have some economic data. we have home sales at 10:00. we had a weaker home sales data last week.

iowa's tom harken, also leaving. south dakota's tim johnsonputting down the banking committee's powerful gavel. georgia's chambliss is also stepping down. with three members resigning the seats already and the death of new jersey's frank lautenberg, means the senate is experiencing its largest turnover in 40 years. only 28 members of the current senate were in office before 2000, and that includes dan coates who served in the '80s and '90s, and then returned to the senate after the 2010 elections. next year, after levin, harkin, rockefeller leave, the number will be down to 24. the last members of what is a steadily shrinking old guard. and again, the idea of having a committy gavel anymore not the same motivation, because guess what, leadership runs everything, and these committee chairs have never felt more powerless. that's the real story of these retirements. >>> up next, the tdr exclusive on the hobby lobby boss' chat with the pope. by the way, this is your last chance to vote who will go to the sweet 16 in our tdr bracket challenge. it's

i am tom keene joined with scarlet fu and adam johnson. a busy morning. positive signals in europe. mercedes just had it's best month ever. tom, by notice three mercedes for the kids. dobbs day. economist predict unemployment will fall to the lowest level since october 2008. earnings, carmax and captain hit theatersl today. i never saw the first one, but i'm told i need to get caught up. numade some crazy

tom keene. joining me is adam johnson and scarlet fu. >> china announced a new 24 billion dollar railroad expansionin europe, the service sector productivity holds near a three-year high. the ecb will announce a rate at 7:45. at7:4 pimco investors withdrew more money from the flagship on fund. total up the $2 million has come out year to date. weekly jobless claims. u.s. trade flows

tom keene. joining me, scarlet fu and adam johnson on a busy day after a trillion dollars of deals.ef. in the u.k., economic growth accelerating in the first quarter. signs the recovery is broadening. 0.8% -- i know it does not sound like a lot. but if you deal in europe. at 9:00, the case schiller home price index. our home prices moving up? 10:00, we get consumer confidence. how do we feel about things? earnings before the bell -- we've got a bunch. coach, forest labs, merck, twitter, ebay. at 2:00

tom with the work in our community. a sad note after 33 years with the health care elizabeth johnson is retiring and during her 10 years she dedicated herself and as you know holly hammer will be taking her place we look forward to haley's directorship. i'll leave it there for commissioners questions >> commissioners any questions. >> through the chair did you mention it was in the report the fact it d h had a perfect score in mitigation. >> i mentioned it her but there was a are you surveyor from the california public health department that came here to tube the mitigation program and on the exit he reported no deficiency in the error reduction plan. this was the first medication error plan that we know of were there were no finding congratulations to san francisco general >> i think that's a significant note rewarding regarding how the fact of medication has paragraphed who've be spent time looking at units it was define at the ramming random and established by the program we wanted to acknowledge that and i'm glad the director brought this up. >> item 4 is public comment i've not received any requests. >> any public

tom keene. joining me scarlet fu and adam johnson, who bought apple shares at $1.06 20 years ago.iew. mom bought you apple shares? >> don't own them anymore. >> what a day. in the years of my career come i've never seen this. absolutely amazing. >> you, tom keene, maybe the best comment i have heard about apple. what is in call -- context for us again. billion in 19 months, they delivered a ford motor company back to shareholders. >> incredible. they

tom keene. joining me, scarlet fu. and adam johnson joins us as well. with news out of ukraine. let's get right to the briefs. >> i want to tell you about u.k. retail sales, unexpectedly rise march. we've got the market u.s. and then at 9:35 come at university of michigan confidence numbers. we have colgate, a mullet, ford, and burger king. >> let me do a data checking. we have news out of ukraine.

tom keene. joining me, as always, scarlet fu is with us. she survived game of thrones. adam johnsonth us. i, too, survived the game of thrones. here we are, overnight we have the german industrial production rising for a fourth month in a row. this is a sign that growth in europe's largest economy is continuing to accelerate. we'll see what the imf has to say about that later this week. economic data in the u.s., we have consumer credit, that is it . first-quarter earnings kickoff tomorrow. we have jpmorgan later in the week. what everyone is talking about, ncaa finals.

tom keene. joining me is scarlet fu at adam johnson. a busy day.th our morning brief. >> overnight, german unemployment falls for a fifth month as the economy expands. good news. the bank of japan refrains from expanding stimulus as board members forecast that the pace of inflation will quake and in each of the next two financial years. they will ultimately reach 2%. a slew of economic data. >> a seattle slew! >> listen up. 7:00, mortgage applications. a: 15, adp employment, a: 30, personal consumption and gdp. 9:45, chicago pmi,

tom keene. joining me is the well-dressed scarlet fu and adam johnson joins us as well.our birthday? >> i did. we were out incredibly late last night, 9:15. for those of us that get up early, that is late. >> it's not like you can get up at 10:00 and wander in at noon. here we go. a mixed picture of economic data. signalingi was 48.3, economic weakness persists. it helped set the yeuan

tom, thanks. >>> today, president obama paid tribute to the legacy of one of his predecessors saying he himself lived out the promise of the civil rights act passed by lyndon johnson half a century ago. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd was there at the lbj presidential library in texas. >> reporter: he came to power in the wake of a tragedy, and three days after becoming president, lyndon johnson made a promise about civil rights in a phone call to martin luther king. >> i think one of the great tributes that we can pay in memory of president kennedy is to try to enact some of the great progress sieve policies that he sought to initiate. >> well, i'm going to support them all and you can count on that and i'm going to do my best to get other men to do likewise and have your help. >> reporter: a half century later, a celebration to a promise kept. >> he understood what it meant to be on the outside, and he believed that theirs was his, too. >> reporter: with the presidential legacy haunted by vietnam, it eyed the civil rights act as an opportunity to paint a picture. daughter, linda johnson rob. >> he would be proud of what we've done and say we have

. >> guy johnson has warned you, right here on "the pulse." is up next with tomm. >> you can follow us on twitter. day.a great rest of the we will see you on wednesday. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." orchestrating detainees protested eastern ukraine, according to kiev. the imf and brussels watch from a distance. earnings season begins with alcoa. tobias love goodrich -- tobias levkovitch joins us. connecticut holds off kentucky. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." live the from world headquarters in new york, it is tuesday, april 8. i'm tom keene. joining me, scarlet fu. he darkens the door -- way too early for erik schatzker. he joins us this morning. i stayed up and i watched a little bit of basketball. >> four games, three games left in the nfl -- nhl season. of canada's seven nhl teams made the playoffs. the worst in 41 years. >> because of that, we have bkovitch. >>

magic johnson vowing to never attend another clippers game as long as sterling is the owner. tomnd joins me now. good morning, tom. >> good morning. >> i know you can't tell me where you got the tape and i won't ask you because you want to protect your sources but how much more is out there? >> i don't think anybody really knows. i think there was rumor this morning that there's over an hour of audio so there could be more coming out but i don't think anybody really knows the extent of this tape. >> can you tell where these conversations took place? >> no. it sounds like it was in a house but i don't think anyone knows for sure where or when this occurred. >> no one in the basketball world is particularly surprised by these comments from mr. sterling. >> yeah. i think that people have been paying attention for a while and known that he's been like this. he's been sued multiple times to discriminatory practices in his real estate businesses and there have been stories in the past that sort of lay this all out there, this being an audiotape and just sort of in people's faces is kin

tom mcmillan. he played in the nba. he was tall. and as he passed on the sidewalk he stopped and he said magic has aids. it was a stunning announcement that magic johnson had been diagnosed with aids. the reality is that's 23 years ago. at the time, we felt that this was a death verdict. there was no way to escape it. last month, american researchers revealed that a second american baby born with h.i.v. has apparently been cured of the virus with drugs delivered just minutes after birth. how far we've come in 23 years, from an aids diagnosis meaning certain death to being able to cure for the second time a baby born with h.i.v. with drugs delivered minutes after birth. these babies were treated as part of a research program at the national institutes of health. their apparent cures offer real hope for a quarter million babies born into the world this year with h.i.v. many of them in desperately poor nations. and it isn't the only thing that's happening when it comes to medical research by a longshot. in my home state of illinois, dr. jose oberholtzer are among researchers on an n.i.h.-sponsored project to find a cure for type one diabetes. disowp know

johnson, new head of the department of homeland security has been talking to everybody. law enforcement, immigrant thoroughoups to do a review of the approach towards enforcement tom and we are doing that in consultation with democrats and republicans and with any interested party. i do think that the system we have right now is open. i am not alone in that opinion. the only way to truly fix it is through congressional action. we have artie tried to take as many administrative step as we could. tried to already take as many administrative steps as we could to make it more consistent with common sense and more consistent with attitudecan people's which we should not be in the business of tearing families apart that are otherwise law-abiding. i will not get into timing right now, because mr. johnson will go ahead and do that review. >> so regarding the affordable care act -- >> let's talk about that. [laughter] >> i think everyone agrees it , but democrats have been reluctant in congress to reopen the conversation, and republicans have been more than happy to reopen conversations in a different way. now that you say it is here to stay in so many people have signed up, in t

certainly norman, a calvin, lenox, lloyd tom tom, jane, raymond, steve, c harles, art, and others like florence who at the time was married to jack. >> james johnson. >> i'm sorry. of course. i am sure i the us to other people out >> of course, i have a statement his malice said being a up in buffalo he did not know anything about black writers until he got to new york and joined us. i am from new orleans and a growing up in d.c. and in the south with those black professors so you'd never think of booker t. washington or anything else. of the most wonderful thing i remember i went to booker t. washington high school for the first time. and all the young people in my class loved this english teacher than i could find out why they were crazy about him. he had memorized every single poem by cinnabar -- sinbad. and then that i had the pleasure of communicating but to get in touch with the writing we just write a letter so i sent a letter since i always publish but then he jumped ship from the country and went to paris but when i got ready to sit on my but to compose it is solid reference to what he was doing with the domestic tales of paul wind back i