more than a third of them at a place run by tom shannon. she's an entrepreneur who has turned run-down alleys into an international brand that's become the largest player in the $6 billion u.s. bowling industry. here's how he made >> i haven't got a chance. maybe i do. >> reporter: don't let that first ball fool you. >> that was pretty abysmal. >> reporter: tom shannon knows how to strike it rich in bowling. >> how many total bowling centers do you run? >> now, 308. and about 9,000 employees. >> reporter: his ten-pin empire, known broadly as bowl more amf, racks up about $550 million in annual revenue and hosts plenty of celebrities. >> al pacino, the kardashians. >> the kardashians were here? you're kidding me. >> i taught kim how to bowl. >> i bet you did. >> reporter: it all started with less glamour and a single location. bowl more lanes, a new york city institution that shannon walked into in 1994, more than a half century after it opened. >> it was very run down. probably no investment in at least three decades. >> reporter: but the d

but not career diplomats with the one exception of undersecretary tom shannon who is a holdover. there are a couple of holdovers, but that's it. >> our conversation obviously, john, takes place in the wake, the aftermath of the cruise missile attack on the airstrip in syria. i want to play for you part of the president's motivation he repeated today. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> would it be possible that they could have launched the attack without the russians knowing? >> i think it's certainly possible, probably unlikely, and i know that they're doing investigations into it right now. i would like to think that they didn't know, but certainly they could have. they were there. so we'll find out, general mattis is looking into it with the pentagon, doing that kind of work. so i think it was very disappointing to see. when you get into the gases, especially that form, it's vicious, violent, dead children. there can't be a worse sight. and it should not be allowed. that's a butcher. so i thought we had to do something about it. i have absolutely no doubt we did the righ

please welcome the first lady of the united states, melania trump, acting undersecretary of state tom shannon, and the 2017 international women of courage award recipients. [applause] mr. shannon: good morning. it's my great pleasure to welcome you to the state department and the 2017 international women of courage awards ceremony. madam first lady, mrs. melania trump, thank you so much for for being with us today. we are deeply honored by your participation in this important celebration, and grateful for your commitment and that of the president to the wellbeing and success of women and girls across the globe. please join me again in welcoming the first lady. [applause] i would also like to welcome the members of the diplomatic corps who are with us here today and, of course, the women joining us on this stage, the 2017 international women of courage. thank you very much. [applause] the secretary of state's award for international women of courage is part of our celebration of women's history month and international women's day. the secretary wanted to be here to present these awards himself

confirmed personal at the state department right now is the secretary of state and a holdover, tom shannon has been acting as the undersecretary. the rest of the assistant secretaries, undersecretaries, all that expertise is not there. career people are there. it's not clear how much they are being listened to. i wanted to relate back though to the question of unpredictability when it comes to north korea. yes, you want to be unpredictable with your adversaries, and you want to be highly predictable to your allies. and it's the unpredictability that is so woring right now to the south koreans and the japanese. because the north koreans don't have a missile yet that can reach the united states. they are working on it but they don't have it. they have plenty that can reach south korea and that can reach japan, and our troops there. and of course they have artillery batteries that general mccaffery can describe better than i can that are just over the northern edge of the dmz and they could wipe out seoul without using any nuclear weapons at all. so the south koreans are saying to president t

confirmed personal at the state department right now is the secretary of state and a holeover, tom shannonas been acting as the undersecretary. the rest of the assistant secretaries, undersecretaries, all that expertise is not there. career people are there. it's not clear how much they are being listened to. i wanted to relate back though to the question of unpredictability when it comes to north korea. yes, you want to be unpredictable with your adversaries, and you want to be highly predictable to your allies. and it's the unpredictability that is so woring right now to the south koreans and the japanese. because the north koreans don't have a missile yet that can reach the united states. they are working on it but they don't have it. they have plenty that can reach south korea and that can reach japan, and our troops there. and of course they have artillery batteries that general mccaffery can describe better than i can that are just over the northern edge of the dmz and they could wipe out seoul without using any nuclear weapons at all. so t south koreans are saying to president trump

general tom mcinerny in washington. >> shannon: the gorsuch vote is coming up and health care and chairmantepping away from his panel's russia probe. where's the investigation go from here? that's next. >> had enough? >> how do we sum up this day because this morning has been all about news. >> chuck schumer is on the floor right now. this is the debate that's going on right now about al gore search and we will have news on this throughout the afternoon certainly. >> they will decide if the nuclear option is going to happen and change the senate forever. it will know soon. >> there was a touching moment at arlington national cemetery. we wanted to share all that with you today. who knows what we do tomorrow? >> we know the house intelligence kim mitty has been checkup today. >> "happening now" happens right now. >> jon: a fox news alert, we are waiting for a senate showdown over judge neil gorsuc gorsuch's with republicans pushing ahead on a historic rules change and that supreme court standoff. welcome to "happening now" ." i'm jon scott. >> julie: and i'm julie bender, and for jenna lee.

thanks so much. >> shannon: the moderates holding the key to a healthcare deal. will they eventually come on board? congressman tom has been doing a lot of negotiating and will join us live just ahead. >> bill: pricey threads. how about nasa? the price tags that are out of this world. would you buy this? >> shannon: it's fashionable. >> bill: we'll take two. it is. it's jelly. definitely jelly. it's already coming out. does tuesday work? treat your clothes better with new tide pods plus downy. cleans and conditions in one step. it's got to be tide i kept putting it off...t get what was i thinking? ago. ok, mr. jones... we're all done. i told you it was easy. with life line screening, getting screened for unknown health conditions is so quick, painless and affordable, you'll wonder why you hadn't done it before. so if you're over age 50, call now and schedule an appointment near you. for just $149- a savings of over 50%- you'll receive a package of five screenings that go beyond your doctor's annual check-up. ultrasound technology looks inside your arteries for plaque that builds up as you age and increases your ri

. >> shannon: congressman, thank you for being with us today. >> bill: more to come on that. meantime senator tomfacing the heat on president trump's tax returns. >> as far as i'm aware the president says he is still under audit. >> bill: it is april 18th but that makes it tax day officially because of the calendar this year. the white house says president trump is still under audit. should the issue be over and done with? we'll debate that fair and balanced minutes away. >> shannon: we're awaiting the start of a news conference in cleveland. the latest update on the national manhunt for a killer. >> bill: are you with a patient now? >> i heard a gunshot. >> he is dead. what the road demands, the gs delivers. experience high performance through high technology, in the lexus gs 350 and gs turbo. experience amazing. >> police in cleveland, ohio on the cleveland killer. the manhunt for that man has gone nationwide accused of killing a grandfather at random and posting that crime on facebook. so this is the status as we go live in cleveland. >> a tragedy involving steve stephens on easter sunday. and

. >> that was tom mackenzie's with a professor at the southwestern university of finance and economics and shannonon our interactive tv function in c previous interviews and dive into securities or bloomberg functions we have been talking about. this is for bloomberg subscribers only. make sure to check it out on tv . that is almost it for us here on "daybreak asia". you are taking a deeper dive into those tankan survey numbers. >> it looks pretty good from the outset. steady, broader recovery when it comes to business sentiment and large manufacturers. much thislk about how is outweighed by the fact that we are not getting wage growth, that the animal spirits are lacking when it comes to the japanese recovery. story today our top and what else is driving markets at the start of this new quarter. >> the guests that you have coming up? >> in japan, bank of america merrill lynch is -- merrill essentially where the japanese economy goes from here. the key will be where the dollar goes come of that correlation between sentiment and the year. more to come. ♪ 9:00 a.m. in hong kong, midday in sydney

shannon pettypiece, thank you for that. coming up, we will speak to one of the ceos in attendance at today's white house townhall, tom farley, president of the nyse group. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: live from london, i'm nejra cehic. to theg you down european close, just over 10 minutes away. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. live from bloomberg headquarters in new york. u.s. and european stocks little changed, investors awaiting data including u.k. pmi come ecb minutes thursday, and friday, the u.s. jobs report for march. the stoxx 600 saw the biggest to client into it yesterday dragged lower by industry group. our next guest says european companies remain attractive. joining me now is the head of the sci managing group. i have to start on the president's comments, the ceo meeting happening today. the president clearly business friendly, we are seeing it in optimism levels for sme's, seeing it in the stock market even until now. does this continue, at some point do we need to see this put into practice? right, theyou are group will be in the pudding, the hard data. we have seen a lot of improvement on soft sentiment, consumer sen

tom price was appointed. thank you for your time today. >> glad to be here. >> shannon: this is a race that wouldn't normally get the level of national attention it's getting. a lot of people think it's a referendum how folks feel about president trump. he narrowly won the district by two points. for you is it a plus or minus to be linked with him? >> i'm delighted to have the president here to campaign for me and do a fundraiser. at the end of the day, though, this race is about who has the experience and the ability to do this job in the best interests of the people of the sixth district. >> shannon: it was a tight race that people were nervous about had john ossoff gotten to 50% or more. he had 48%. it was too close to call for a lot of republicans there and in washington as well. he has raised approximately 20 times the amount. a lot of outside money pouring in before the fundraiser today. how do you plan to convince voters there that you are the better candidate? >> well, first of all on the gop side, we have united. we had 11 candidates in that primary. we are all united. we all know this race is bigge

tom, i am really sorry. i've gotta go. look, call right at home. get the right care. right at home. >> shannonsay four people are very lucky to be alive after terrifying moments caught on camera. powerful winds causing a sailboat to crash into a pier in southern california friday. you can see the passengers jumping from the boat to the water after it nearly smashed into the concrete there. lifeguards were able to get everyone safely to shore. the captain and another man reportedly taken to the hospital but reportedly they'll be fine. that video is amazing. they should buy lottery tickets. >> bill: well done. 15 minutes before the hour. president trump now saying the u.s. is ready to address the north korean threat and ready to do it alone if necessary. he made that statement ahead of his meeting later in the week with the chinese president. here it is, quote, china will either decide to help us with north korea or won't and if they do that it will be very good for china. and if they don't it won't be good for anyone. former new hampshire governor john sununu wrote the book "the quiet man." how

tom price, saying that she's opposing the democratic nominee. mr. ossoff was big on open borders and crime. the first sitting president to address the national rifle association in -- since 1983. shannonatts is the founder of moms demand action for gun sense in america. rick tyler, msnbc political analyst. also former spokesman. not too long ago he was -- today a very smart guy. shannon, let me start with you. obviously the nra has the ear of the president. what did you hear in that speech? >> well, i think it's interesting that donald trump avoided talking about some of the nra's most extreme ideas, like guns in schools, concealed carry reciprocity, making s silenc silencers more available. he really steered away from their ideas, and i'm hoping that's a good sign, that he doesn't support their idea of guns anywhere, any time, no questions asked. >> he also addressed the appointment of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. but he also, and one would assume this was something that wasn't scripted, this was something not in the prepared text. he went on this bizarre tirade, and once again referred to senator elizabeth warren as pocahontas. why do that here? >> i don't know. look, when you

. >> shannon: there was a lot of this conversation around who would lead the dnc. fiery speech from tomthey want to capitalize on anger right now. >> that's right. rich said something that deserves comment. i'm a capitalist. that may not be a great revelation to the audience but the democratic party is moving away from capitalism or even socialism. that's not the tradition of the democratic party when i worked for bill clinton was -- they're missing jobs. you can't revive and resuscitate a party unless you give a group that is under-emotion employed and under compensated hope for the future. >> shannon: there is a lot of pressure on president trump. we'll watch for the tax package tomorrow. rich and doug. good to see you. >> bill: in a moment jenna lee is coming up. >> president trump having a major announcement. karl rove is here on that. new fallout from president obama's controversial iran prisoner swap. a new investigative report suggests the administration did not tell the whole story. the shocking revelations uncovered and what it means for national security now. it is quite a rea

tom price now secretary of health and human services. live from that district to find out what is going on on the ground next. >> shannon: that will be stuck day. john warren giles, jay giles guitarist has passed away. the band was started in 1967. the 71-year-old giles was found unresponsive at his home near boston tuesday. dead at the scene. he died of natural causes. that is way too young and that sound track takes me back a long time. >> bill: the folks in boston, massachusetts, they really claimed jay giles to be their own even though he was born in new york city. a big loss to all the folks and fans out there, our best goes out to his family. age 71. early voting now underway in the nation's most closely watched special election. the north atlanta suburbs. tom price leaving congress to become the head of hhs. democrats see an opportunity and think they can score a major upset with top candidate dominating the race. that's what they hope. jonathan is live is sandy springs, georgia. a solidly republican district for decades. why is this race so tight, john? >> they call this a jungle primary because all of the candidates are on the sam

tom cotton who discovered those side deals and sought to have them publicized for the american people. having mike pompeo at the c.i.a. will bring renewed focus on the threat that iran presents. >> shannona piece that talks about experts looking at what we can tell about iran's nuclear program and saying it doesn't line up with what you expect for civilian nuclear needs program. if so a colossal waste of money and hints towards a weapons-based program. >> very interesting reporter at the weekly standard that we just posted. she talks to david albright who is one of the leading nuclear experts really in the world and who has been following the iranian nuclear program for years. he told her it's just not consistent, what they're doing is not consistent with a peaceful civilian nuclear program. more consistent with a nuclear weapons program. that's a pretty big deal to have that kind of assessment come from somebody with the stature of david albright. >> shannon: we have that and the tough talk with secretary tillerson and a full review of the deal. we'll see where it goes. >> bill: a lot of the trump team didn't like the deal, it was front loaded to get iran to say yes. how you claw that