tom keene: this is a critical question. you remember when the montreal canadiens won the stanley cup. is this going to be another yields higher, rice is lower, stocks get hammered market? >> we don't think so. what you are talking about is an environment you have a combination of yields moving higher because the economy is getting stronger and earnings are the most critical dynamic. the earnings estimates have come down over the past six months. a lot of that is energy. maybe five points is coming off. people are watching the currency. you start to get a loss. tom keene: you see the wall street journal. its use of cash like apple. or like gm, driving the mood of the moment. olivia: this is one of the criticisms of altra low rates. -- ultralow rates. this makes gm do buybacks and borrow to do it. >> this is at the expense of something else. capital spending -- it hasn't. that is the point. has been hitting records the past several years. buybacks in 2007. most people don't seem to get that. olivia: what is the most important

tom tom keene is going to buy the $700,000 one. e. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. neidich"bloomberg surveillance" from new york city. let's go to the bloomberg terminal. chris grisanti of croissant to capital management with me. i know abenomics, i know japan is light on its back. we are now down to .270 just breaking through to new draghi weakness here. on prices of the german 10-year, the u.s.-year-old is way up here, but we understand japan is a basket case. germany is not a basket case, is it? christopher: no but japan is enough of a basket case that people are starting to get worried that there might finally be nothing behind the curtain and at the yields may budge. i think that is why you are starting to see much more based red than you ever thought before. tom: what is the exhaustion a shock you worry about with all of the fancy talk? mo: is by definition, if i knew it -- tom: i totally agree with that statement. christopher: it could be ukraine, it could be saudi ratcheting -- tom: francisco gaza rally at goldman sachs is ad

olivia: do you love velveeta cheese as much as tom keene? can 3g turn around kraft foods? rning, everyone. good morning, worldwide. one big churn to the markets this morning. let's get to the top headlines. olivia: we begin with a major food deal in the works. 3g is acquiring cap -- kraft foods along with warren buffett. craft -- kraft foods shareholders will get 49% of the buyout and an additional percentage. crews are working at the remote site for the german airliner crash. they have found the cockpit voice recorder from the germanwing a320 but they are still looking for the flight data recorder. it killed all 150 on board. a cash bounty is being offered for the capture of the countries president in yemen. he fled his palace earlier today. the rebels also arrested his defense minister. they have seized and hair base used by u.s. advisors in yemen's fight against al qaeda. -- an air base used by u.s. advisors in yemen's fight against al qaeda. iraqis are trying to retake a town that was taken over by islamic state. it is the first direct involvement by coalition forces. o

i'm tom keen. joining me, olivia stearns and we welcome back from a long sabbatical one bee greeley as well. how was brazil? >> from a week's vacation. i'm tanned neither rested nor ready. tom: let's get to our top headlines. here's olivia stearns. olivia: john kerry is hinting they are ready to walk away from talking from the iran nuclear program. kerry is there to resume negotiations and warned the clock is ticking to a deadline the end of march. kerry appeared on cbs' "face the nation" and repeated his criticism of republican senators who sent a controversial letter to iran's leader. >> what i do know is this letter was absolutely calculated directly to interfere with these negotiations p. it specifically inserts itself correctly -- directly to the lead are of the country saying don't negotiate with these guys because we're going to change this. olivia: it has been predicted he will make a bad deal with iran. crude fell today to its lowest price in six years. trading below $ 4 a barrel before reb

i am tom keene. with the olivia sterns and brendan greeley.er to switzerland where our international correspondent on ankles is that the eight event geneva international motor show with a lamborghini super and a very special guest. hans, we pass it over to you. hans: olivia, thank you very much. i am joined by stefon vin kleman. thank you for joining us. tell us about this car. >> [indiscernible] it stands for superfast. we were concentrating on three items, weight ratio increasing horsepower from 700 to 750 reducing the weight, we have a perfect weight ratio, we improve the ergonomics, so it is increased by 170%. it is in the big ring, and then the drivability, so make the drivability better by shorter suspension, magna ride. hans: not on selling the u.s. what do they sell for in europe? stephan: around 20% from the coupe. hans: tom keene my host, he goodbye to it that price. stephan: he is a good boy. hans: i think lamborghini, i think low to the ground, yet there is some talk -- you had a concept talk about an suv. what is your thought? i k

olivia: tom keene is in the top five on the bloomberg bracket. tom: we still need an adjustment and see where we are. shot of tequila, i'll take that when. enough on basketball. commodities are the backdrop. stanley fischer is speaking at the economic club of new york today. the economic world will hang on each and every word. the euro is stronger. on to the next screen, it's a complacent data check. the vix. the east german from east german yields. these are the leaders of greece and germany this morning. this is singapore. the collapse of the british empire the separation is over here and then up we go. this is a different vector. it slowed down a little bit. brendan: i see this more simply. all you see is unstoppable growth. that is the success story that singapore has provided for the rest of the world. what do other countries see when they look at this? they see what they want to see. tom: what's amazing here, they were more harmed by the latest financial crisis than they were by the asian crisis in the 90's. i did not know that. there is sco

as tom keene might put it, what is the sweat factor today?> there is definitely a sweat factor because they were the closest to minimums in last weeks test. there's a big debate going on right now about what it means if you are -- your internal tests differ from the fed. goldman says we will be fine 12% ratio. the fed said it is more like 6%. a huge gap. the question is, are the banks supposed to end up with numbers that are close to the fed or does the fed just want to see a reasonable process that goes through and even if they disagree, it is ok? that will be the question whether the fed will qualitatively fail people who ended up with different -- tom: they may not lose their job. the distinction today is, this is about dividend growth. is janet yellen to manage the dividend growth of jpmorgan? >> the fed is managing growth of all of the banks. they are so focused on the capital ratios that they want them to hold as much capital as possible and banks are trying to push back a little bit -- tom: jamie dimon made $32 million in operating inc

congratulations to tom keene. you are doing better in the bracket then president obama. ld like to thank the new york post to that i read for five minutes to -- me on this. rendon says a contract went from $25.1 million to $52.5 million. tom: thank you for joining us. how about a four x report. a quiet day. i put that up top. that is a stunning, stronger you on - yuan that we have seen. stay with us. another hour of "bloomberg surveillance." tom: european union leaders pledge sanctions against russia. a france that does not want to prejudge. markets turn two days after janet yellen's weeks. across the pharrell islands and to the north pole a solar eclipse not seen since 1662. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns. olivia: pick up the pace, the message from european leaders. bailout talks can speed up. greece is running out of money. severus put a positive spin on the issue. -- tsipras put a positive spin on the issue. there is no clear-cut day when greasewood run out of money. president obama encouraging the young people to pressure l

one of the most mysterious characters is tom, the secret husband of fbi agent elizabeth keen. >> hey.it's me. >> what the hell are you doing calling me? >> got a new assignment. i'm going away for a while. >> the character of tom reappeared last night, as you might recall, and we learned he's embarking on a dangerous new mission. the actor who plays tom keen is ryan eggold is here in the studio. thanks for joining us. first thing first, the hair is all gone. >> i know. my luscious sweet beautiful hair. >> but it's an awesome role you play on the show. you're a mild mannered husband and now all of the sudden radical changes, even physical changes. >> absolutely. like we were talking a second ago, what's fun is interesting him in that way as a mild mannered schoolteacher. that comes with a set of expectations and then you get to shatter the expectations and go a completely different way and find out the truth quote unquote about this guy which is the truth on our show is ever evolving. it's a really great character. >> speaking of the evolution, how soon do you know of these changes? yo

a slightly photoshop tom keene. and under armour is crushing it. s as close as i get to this guy. brendan: tom will wear under armour when under armour makes bow ties. tom: he started this on his grandmother's kitchen. brendan: the guy he is pointing at is not kevin plank. tom: and not tom keene. why did you want me to bring this up? olivia: is the innovative new thing under armour is doing. brendan: are you and under armour fan? george: my kids are. from an investment perspective we talked about oil plunging down to $42 a barrel. this is creating disposable income across the u.s. the u.s. consumer has been the biggest beneficiary of that. that money is getting recycled into goods, products, into apparel. olivia: not quite yet. retail sales numbers have been disappointing even though oil is back down to $2.50 a gallon, it is not showing up in the numbers. george: there is a little bit of a charming as people move away from the big rocks onto online. -- a churn as people move away from the big box online. single name retailers are doing well. i think

i'm tom keene.is olivia with the top headlines. >> the debate about president obama's affordable care act will be up to the supreme court again. only 16 states built their own insurance exchanges. the rest use the federal healthcare.gov system. the court is expected to rule by june. benjamin netanyahu did not change president obama's mind on iran. he spoke for 51 minutes yesterday, blasting the u.s. efforts but president obama not impressed by the speech. >> i did not have a chance to watch the speech. i was on a videoconference with our european partners with respect to ukraine. i did have a chance to take a look at the transcript. as far as i can tell, there was nothing new. >> nancy pelosi called the speech an insult to the intelligence of the united states. house speaker john boehner defined conservatives in his own party and let the house vote to fund homeland security through september that averted a partial shutdown of the agency. >> former cia director david petronius has omitted to sharing

olivia: how about the fact that tom keene is number five in a bloomberg celebrity bracket? a miracle. trust me, it is. my vast knowledge of the data check, we are going to rip up the script. it is a very simple data check futures -13, greece yields widen out. this has been waiting for four days or five days, 26 basis points on greece versus germany. that is a litmus paper for some of the changes in athens this morning. we need to move to switzerland, to iran, midnight beckons in switzerland. is that deadline now movable ? our peter cook is in washington, another correspondent in tehran. secretary kerry races to midnight. peter: it has always been movable in a sense that this is a preliminary self-imposed deadline for a framework agreement. the final details always faced a deadline at the end of june, so there has always been a second target out there and i think what is emerging right now, according to officials that we are talking to involved with this negotiation, is that they are heading toward this declaration today. they hope by this midnight deadline, yet not all the

who is going to be the next tom keene? tom: i want to know where you are right now. are going into the weekend. where is rob arnott right now? rob: i would be aggressively trimming the beloved tech names that are trading at lofty multiples and rebalancing into the out-of-favor segments of the market. i would be trimming u.s. equities and rebalancing into emerging markets equities. there are cheap stocks in the world, lots of them. tom: pick a nation. rob: i'm going to get really controversial here. russia. tom: you are going to go long to you back right now. rob: if you don't mind supporting a thug-ocracy. if you don't have ethical qualms. olivia: and you don't? rob: i do. tom: this is not "dr. phil" olivia. [laughter] rob: if there is no expropriations, the stocks are relatively cheap. tom: i am in the leveraging all-cash fund. [laughter] olivia: i am doubling down on cinderella's shoes. passports, please. the superrich are fleeing some countries. china is one of them. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." i'm tom keene. with me, olivia sterns. it

. ♪ tom keene: there is surging job growth in america.sts and recalibrate to mario draghi. greece hints they might go back to the people and vote on whether athens should submit to brussels. break out those terrycloth sweatbands. there is sweat over the apple watch. will anyone buy it? we are live from world headquarters in new york. i am tom keene. joining us is olivia sterns. let's get to the top headlines. here is olivia sterns here in >> any nuclear deal they sign with president obama won't last after he leaves office. senators from both parties have been pushing to have their say when a deal is signed. the president says they are willing to walk away from talks. he was

up next is "surveillance" with tom keene.side of the atlantic, we have another hour of "the pulse." we will be focusing on greece and focusing on what george soros told me. is there a 50-50 chance of greece leaving the euro? do you agree with the billionaire investor? you can follow us on twitter. we are back in two bang. -- we are back in two. ♪ tom: devastating consequences if the fed keeps rates lows. vice chair fisher gives ace defense is the fed will move. you should be in the stock market. biking to work is all the rage. good morning everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are from new york this morning. i am tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. top headlines, here is olivia. olivia: angela merkel has a message for the prime minister of greece. you need to follow the terms of the bailout agreement. george sir says is a lose lose game. he says the possibility that greece leaves the eurozone is a real threat.

i am tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan "yes, we had three irish martinis yesterday" greeley. olivia: netanyahu has called leaders that share his skepticism about peace talks with palestinians. he says there are issues that must be addressed immediately. >> we are facing great challenges. i cannot elaborate on all of them, but i can say we have challenges in diplomacy and security. olivia:'s party was behind in the polls. the prime minister appealed to his supporters. investors will be listening when policymakers wrap up their two day meeting in washington. the fed may remove an assurance that it may be patient before it raises interest rates. janet yellen is likely to be questioned about the strength of the dollar and how it may affect monetary policy. oil heading into another bear market. it is down for a seventh day in a row. if fell below $43 a barrel and closed -- and if it closes at that level it will be 23% off-peak. inventory probably grew last week. in oklahoma state, they have

i'm tom keene. with me, olivia sterns. looking at china.tral bank boston says he is close to scrapping the deposit rate -- the reform would affect the system that has -- we are pleased to be joined by the president of china international -- china's pagebeige book international. the chinese government is trying to told the chinese economy from an investment savings led model to a consumption model. >> that is exactly what he has to do. if you have a system based on financial repression, you have to stop subsidizing the expenses. they're trying to put more spending power in the pockets of consumers. because of all the hectic disinflation they think they may have an opportunity this year. tom: you nailed this call. you were so low. what is the real gdp growth? -- you were solo. >> nowhere near 7%. we don't know what the actual number is. the ip of the gdp target is ridiculous. tom: the knock on effects arguments. -- our imare immense. >> there's a lot of believe that they will have to devalue the currency. what china needs to do is keep it rel

i am olivia sterns here with tom keene and brendan greeley.g news of the lane cross. hans nichols joins us from berlin. the 40 give us the latest, i want to give us the latest -- before you give us the latest, i want to bring up a tweet from president francois hollande. this is a mourning, a tragedy. he does not excite any survivors from the 148 people on board that german airbus a320 plane that crashed in the southeastern outs of france. with that said hans, what is the latest? hans: the latest is out of the spanish airport authority saying there are spanish and german nationals on that plane. they have not released to the identities of the spanish nationals. they do not say they do not know the authorities will stop it was flight 9525. moments ago, we had the ceo of leptons a, -- of lufthansa, the parent company of german wings, pledging to work with authorities to find out more. it seems like the most best mystic line is coming out of president francois hollande, all but assuming that 148 people have lost their lives. where he has dispatche

i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns. brendan greeley is on sabbatical. olivia: the lowest economic growth target in 15 years from china. they want the economy to grow 7%. china is facing a number of headwinds. they want to make the economy more efficient. >> we need to develop twin engines to drive development. popular entrepreneurship and innovation and increased supplies of public goods and services. this will ensure that we will adjust without weakening momentum and will underpin with greater quality. olivia: in the past, premier li has said that lower growth is tolerable as long as jobs are created. the u.s. ambassador in south korea is recovering after being slashed in the face by a north korean sympathizer. there was blood on his face and hands and he needed 80 stitches. authorities say the wounds are not life-threatening. authorities say the man also once attacked the japanese ambassador. hillary clinton is trying to end the controversy over e-mails she wrote will secretary of state. she

i want tom keen.

i'm tom keen, olivia stearns and brandon greeley are joining us.p headlines once my voice wakes up. here's olivia. olivia: thousands marched to protest the activist. he was gunned down friday night and a was a former deputy prime minister who had spoken out against vladimir putin and had been working about a report of his fighting in ukraine. he says he'll personally oversee the investigation into his

for viewers in the united states, "surveillance" with tom keene. ♪ tom: oil and gold surge.tary kerry is in switzerland in search of a framework deal with iran. the mystery deepens over the crash of germanwings 9525, a pilot was alone in the cockpit. severe thunderstorms. there is a new hurricane. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." impact thursday, march 26 -- a packed thursday, march 26th. olivia: new questions about the mysterious plane crash in france. according to reports, one of the pilots was locked out. there has been no confirmation of the story. french officials have said it may take months to analyze the data from the cockpit recorders. the flight made

tom keene joins us. tom: the jobs report is front and center.erspective for betty liu later in the morning. alan krueger will be on "bloomberg surveillance." one of america's great labor economists. ubs has absolutely nailed optimism and the trend of optimism in the american economy . drew matus will give us perspective on the weather effects. we will see how this folds into the equity markets. you talked about the immense optimism that some are calling for in the markets. we will look at copyright in america. there have been a host of copyright lawsuits, where people who wrote a song a million years ago think somebody stole their song. guy: as a former musician yourself tom, i think you're very well-qualified to do that. tom: i have to keep my opinion out of it. i will try to stay out of the debate. guy: we will see how that goes. tom keene up shortly with "surveillance." francine lacqua is south of the river at the women of the world festival on the south bank. what is it like? what is going on? francine: there is a real buzz at the south bank

. >> i have to give tom keene a shout out.tly below what the high should be. >> the last refuge of scoundrels is inflation adjusting everything. earnings go up and prices go up here it --. it's a wash. i don't pay attention. >> fighting words for tom keene. >> the bell is about to rain. scarlet fu is joining us. we have got some breaking car sale numbers. stay on the market. i love this piece that you wrote. he wrote this funny piece about human behavior and the market. you said this bull market is entering one of its most dangerous phases because the ability to turn macro concerns into an intelligent investment has alluded humanity for as long as i can remember. why are you so down on the ability of people to predict? >> they are really bad at it. we look at some of the smartest hedge funds they have been stinking up the joint. we saw $4 billion in outflows from one fund. another fund closed. >> if the pros can't do it, forget about the average person. >> we have been hearing about greece leaving the euro for three years. fir

i'm olivia sterns with tom keene and brendan greeley.he worry out of driving in an electric car. they will have an announcement coming up affecting its model s line. musk says he has a solution for range exide he -- elopn muskn musk says he has a solution for range anxiety. betty: it is very real. i drove a tesla and i had arranging zaidi. i was calculating in my head, where's the next charging station? he promises to take care of this with this software up a. -- update. the only way to really cure range anxiety is to make a tesla that can go 400 miles plus. that will eliminate ranging zaidi. -- range anxiety. it could be anything from making the batteries run more efficient , so that much more of the juice goes into running the car then powering your electronics within the vehicle. it could be a power saving mode. maybe there is a portion of the battery that gets saved and with a click of the button, you have 30 miles extra to get to a charging station. the real way to prolong the life or range of a tesla is going to be hardware upgrade

i am tom keene. me, olivia sterns and brendan "yes, we had three irish martinis yesterday" greeley. olivia: netanyahu has called leaders that share his skepticism about peace talks with palestinians. he says there are issues that must be addressed immediately. >> we are facing great challenges. i cannot elaborate on all of them,

i'm tom keene, joining me is brendan greeley and olivia sterns. cruz is running for president. he has become the first republican candidate to officially throw his hat in the race. he announced just after midnight on twitter. he will launch his campaign in a few hours at liberty university in virginia. he is the canadian born son of cuban immigrants. he was backed by the tea party. he has been an outspoken critic of obamacare. he spoke against it on the senate floor. singapore is mourning the

i'm tom keene. joining me olivia sterns. brendan greeley on hiatus.ministration exposed when accused gop lawmakers are trying to establish a back channel with iran to scuttle the nuclear talks. president obama said the republican move will not stop negotiations. >> i think it is somewhat ironic to see some members of congress

tom keene would have a heart attack if he saw this chart. there are too many lines.nt to focus on is all six sectors show a move higher over the past year. the big picture for this chart and the two previous charge is that one your ago there was no obvious sign of wages going up area now we are starting to see a sustained increase and that shows the trend is changing. i have gotten an old school way of slicing and dicing. union versus nonunion. the wages for union workers, the white line rising faster than those of non-members. membership has been falling rapidly so this could be misleading. but they appeared to be better paid. mark: overall inflation when is -- inflation is still threere. janet yellen is not going to hang her hat on those. the market has been reluctant to embrace this because they have been wrong on interest rates and when the fed will raise. they're comfortable with that idea that the fed will stay on hold for as long as possible. mark: scarlet fu with our off the chart segment. you can get the latest headlines at the top of the hour and streaming

tom keene is up next. they will talk about the ecb and the boe. follow us on twitter. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." tom: the european central bank meets in cyprus today. they will clarify their version of quantitative easing. jonathan ferro reports. china struggles. we speak about the linkage of the chinese economy the fragile market, and the government in beijing. deadly serious business. the federal reserve is comedy central brought to you by janet yellen. good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance." it is thursday. i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns. brendan greeley is on sabbatical. olivia: the lowest economic growth target in 15 years from china. they want the economy to grow 7%. china is facing a number of headwinds. they want to make the economy more efficient. >> we need to develop twin engines to drive development. popular entrepreneurship and innovation

tom keene and his team. for this side of the atlantic, we are joined by the ferragamo ceo. rsa is coming up on "the pulse." ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." tom: oil continues in search of a bid. can janet yellen ignore signals of a global oil patch? polls open in europe. is unity government the future? it's st. patrick's day. brendan greeley is at a bar. top of the morning to you. this is bloomberg "surveillance. that was my irish accent. brendan: was that romanian? what was that? tom: joining me, olivia sterns. brendan greeley, i wore a green bow tie. olivia: i wore celtic. brendan: i have a green tie i forget to wear. tom: i am sort of from ireland but mostly wales. olivia: israel the voters are casting ballots in an election that is too close to call. benjamin netanyahu's likud party is trailing isaac

coming up, tom keene takes over with "surveillance." in the u.k., another hour of the pulse.iew with the jp morgan chase international chairman. one of the experts in monetary policy. we asked him what he thinks and when he thinks the fed will raise rates. we will see whether he sees any real distortion and yields here in europe. there is distortion because of qe, does that mean the markets are mispricing overall? that is the question for jacob frenkel. we have a great exclusive with the ceo of seefiat-chrysler, is the company looking for a merger? you can follow us on twitter. i am @flacqua. the twitter question of the day should leaders tweet more or should they tweet less? we have been talking about the spat between the germans and the greeks. mr. varoufakis often taking to twitter to defend himself and his country's policy. should he tweet more or less. a couple responses already. continue tweeting us. i am @flacqua. a lot of people saying leaders should get on with their job and not tweet it off. ♪ tom: markets churn. japanese stocks had a central high. we discussed the

i am tom keene. joining me is olivia sterns. we have a packed top headlines.lence directed overnight in ferguson, missouri, and police officers were the target. two officers were involved in a shooting near the ferguson police station during protests after the police chief resigned yesterday. last year, writes broke out after police officer shot in on arms black teenager. the police officer said the shooting occurred just as many were heading home. >> then i was fairly uneventful until people started heading home at midnight. several of the officers had left the area.

i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. let's get to our top headlines.k up the pace, that is the message from european leaders to greece. telling alexis tsipras greece must submit a more concrete plant within days said he bailout talks can speed up. greece is running out of money after four hours of talks in brussels, tsipras put a positive spin on the issue. mr. tsipras: we are more optimistic after this deliberation. i think both

i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley.zilian billionaire who bought heinz is eyeing another american food company. they are in advanced talks to buy kraft foods. 3g would merge kraft with heinz. shares are soaring in the premarket. up about 16%. 3g also owns burger king. in france

viewers, it is "surveillance" coming one tom keene and his team.ide of the atlantic it is another hour of "the pulse." francine: we'll be talking, of course, about the hidden billionaire behind the chicken empire. everyone in the newsroom is a big fan. but it's a simple model. it works. there's a black card, if you're a celebrity, you sometimes get sent a card, which basically gives you free access free food for a long time at nando's. guy: i'm still waiting for mine. that takes us to our twitter question. when when will the fed raise rates? tweet us, let us know what you think the answer to this question s. ♪ tom: it is a data dependent fed. we consider $20 oil. corporate america loses patients with the yellen dollar. it is just like cinderella. your bracket turns into a pumpkin at 12:00 noon today. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." live from new york. thursday, march 19. i'm tom my bracket is the worst keene. let's get to our top headlines. here is oklahoma sterns. olivia: once the fed does start raising rates, it has ind

i'm tom keen.via stearns and we welcome back from a long sabbatical one bee greeley as well. how was brazil? >> from a week's vacation. i'm tanned neither rested nor ready. tom: let's get to our top headlines. here's olivia stearns. olivia: john kerry is hinting they are ready to walk away from talking from the iran nuclear program. kerry is there to resume negotiations and warned the clock is ticking to a deadline the end of march. kerry appeared on cbs' "face the nation" and repeated his

it is wednesday, march 11, i am tom keene with olivia sterns -- she is very dry this morning, no rainlivia: in hindsight, 2020 hillary clinton says it would have been wiser to use a government e-mail account while secretary of state. she called a press conference to try to quite the controversy over using her private account for official business. she said she did not want to carry a second mobile phone for another e-mail account. >> looking back, it would have been probably smarter to have used two devices,

the talks go for this weekend in europe. " surveillance with tom keene" next.e: we are back in two next hour. we will talk a lot about oil. guy: that brings us to our twitter question of the day. some european airlines have already and some are adopting u.s. style rules, a single pi cannot be left alone in thelot cockpit. would you fly with an airline that does not change it rules? tweet u we will take a breaks. ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." tom: a sunni arab coalition continues its assault on yemen. reporting from iran talks in switzerland. will the dollar strike resume? greek banks running low on cash. this is bloomberg "surveillance," live from new york. joining me, brendan greeley, olivia sterns is off. our top headlines. brendan: investigators in germany trying to learn why andreas lubitz decided to commit suicide. he was the copilot of the jet that plunged into the french alps tuesday. investigators believe he intentionally crashed the airbus a320 into an on-site -- into a mountainside. officials are searching for clues about his emotional state.

tom keene is coming in third place, right? r skiing coming up in the -- tom dark horse keene coming up in the brackets. i had smu in the final four and the obviously lost already to ucla. nobody's bracket is intact at this point. mescaline and i had gonzaga. olivia: and -- matt: and i had gonzaga. olivia: and you cannot change it at this point. : no, you can't. it's been a pleasure to be here. ♪ scarlett: it is 56 past the hour and that means bloomberg television's taking a snapshot. the nasdaq bounced between gains and losses not making much progress at the moment of pushing past the record close. we will keep an eye on the index as the trading day continues. joining me is jim strober, derivatives analyst. the bigs is at 13.36. that does not show a lot of fear about swings. jim: absolutely. a lot of opposing forces out there. as you said, the fix, and the end the volatility of the vexed also at the -- of the vix also at the bottom of its range. and going back to 1990, in the lungs proceeding the beginning -- in the six months

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tom: major shot -- major shout out to stephanie rule. brendan: on the bloomberg surveillance desk, there is one winner. that is one, thomas arer keene. know if embarrassing is the right word. tom: here is what i did. it has a lot to do with investment theory. do not lose games. the way to not lose games is to pick the seeds. i have a couple wildcards but the goal is to go with it and not fall behind, just like investment. the cool thing which i am not qualified to talk about, when do you shift to actually choosing who will win? visit the final four? the final eight? the final 16? brendan: a basketball a change traded -- exchange traded fund. tom: the seeds are smarter than i am so ago with the seeds. evan williams a bloomberg sports is really on this. he was done after three games. brendan: what is your strategy? neil: i don't pick the bracket. i went to a division iii school. tom: betty lou doing quite well. -- betty liu doing quite well. a gemini and mike bloomberg is behind me. -- a gentleman named mike bloomberg is behind me. should i let him when? brendan: i think he might go to indianapolis and actually change was playing. i di

i am tom keene. with me, brendan greeley today.as syria continues a self implosion sunnis battle shia. saudi arabia bahrain uae, and most south of the arabian peninsula. it is enough to be confused and one -- make one you're for the sympathy of peter o'toole and omar sharif dashing off to autobahn long ago and far away. elliott gotkine is reporting from tel aviv. iranian heads must be spinning over the politics, and is brendan greeley mentioned earlier, the reemergence of the arab league. how does israel perceive what we see in the middle east this weekend? elliott: i think what we're seeing right now tom merely serves to underline that some of the things that prime minister netanyahu was talking about when he came and gave the controversial speech to congress in the mist of the election campaign. we don't actually have a new israeli government just yet so we are not exactly getting the ministers lining up to say certain things. i think it is just more evidence that look, you are criticizing us -- this is what prime minister netany

olivia: tom keene sung fallout boy on the show. feel of marvin gay. >> the laws were from 10 finale days. they are talking about sheet music. tom: i don't know if they send a check but she's onstage with them in honor of her -- >> one of the disappointing things about what's happening right now. they admitted it's in a mosh -- a homage. tom: is the estate supposed to assume him for 10 sons -- sue mumford and sons? >> it is pop music. olivia: what is the verdict? what about hall and oates, the oatmeal company? >> a funny story. you can't copyright a bible or feel. -- a vibe or feel. tom: and my taking us to break? -- am i taking us to break? ms. croft on where oil is and her geopolitics of the middle east. stay with us. it is jobs day. ♪ tom: bloomberg surveillance. it is wild kingdom. a beautiful march morning. a bald eagle 54 miles northwest of baltimore on a southern pennsylvania border. it is magical. just superb. a bald eagle, little babies. olivia: i'm so grateful you told me this morning that hank paulson not only saved the f

[laughter] olivia: tomorrow, we will bring you the shape shifting tom keene.e photo of the day. the pope is tech savvy. this is the pope's ipad. it is going on auction in uruguay. the institution is seeking $40,000. it comes with a certificate of authenticity. it is pretty cool that the pope is so tech savvy. it is probably old, though. brendan: it is an old model. he had this when he was in argentina? this is not one he had with him now in the vatican? olivia: either way, you go all the way on a pilgrimage to taste the holy water and it is kind of cool to have the ipad. brendan: we will turn anything into a relic. olivia: brendan said there is probably an app on that. [laughter] olivia: still to come, we will go behind the scenes and one of new york's most celebrated restaurants. i even learned a thing or two about making sushi. >> much better. olivia: much better. >> you can't even tell the difference. [laughter] ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. futures -17. a bit of a rocky morning. brendan: we begin with the germanwings jet that crashed on tuesday in the fre

i'm tom keen, olivia stearns and brandon greeley are joining us. let's get to the top headlines once my voice wakes up. here's olivia. olivia: thousands marched to protest the activist. he was gunned down friday night and a was a former deputy prime minister who had spoken out against vladimir putin and had been working about a report of his fighting in ukraine. he says he'll personally oversee the investigation into his murder. north korea underscored the warning of the state of military exercises by south korea and the u.s. this morning kim young un's regime fired two missiles in the sea of japan. they say it's for exercises of a south korean invasion but say they're prurely defensive. on saturday china's central bank fought back against an economic slowdown that cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington in advance of his controversial speech on capitol hill. tomorrow he'll press conference to delay any agreement on nuclear power. netanyahu may argue it will t

coming up, tom keene takes over with "surveillance."side of the atlantic, and miliband will be speaking at bloomberg this morning. you were looking at live pictures of where he will make his address in just a few moments. then we will speak to ed miliband in an exclusive interview. you are also looking at live pictures of 10 downing street. ♪ tom: janet yellen insists the fed will not be measured. it is a week of reckoning for greece. tsipras is back in athens to explain to his parliament. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." it is monday, march 30. joining me, brendan greeley. olivia sterns is off today. we need to get to our top headlines. brendan: time is running out on the go shoot and's nuclear program. -- time is running out on iran's nuclear program. the white house spokesman said that the next move is up to iran. >> we have been negotiating for more than one year. it is time for the iranians to come to the international community about whether or not they're able to make a serious c