to our last one december i did another event where we had admin morey the thirty trek through the u.s. mint is also a big point of vangelis. and so i think that we trying to get. that he said and anyway so he came and he you know he shared some of them in say with us and he did say that look the hammer is going to come down i suppose and look i'm a big fan of the free market so from that perspective i love you know everything but personally as someone who spent time in the financial services sector i worry a little bit of what i see. and what's happening now and and you know it could be argued that a lot of the clamp down now is happening not just because of a quick is because we are over seventy years but it's because of this i see a phenomenon again i caution people against i do these events as they try and find some of the better projects and put them on stage people can tear gate them and ask them questions but i think that it's not it's not secret i'm personally not super bullish on an icy o's but i do believe there will be a few that will succeed and change the game the word around th

out and said she did not respond they cut her monthly pension check for decades of work on the old u.s. mintmarket street. lucy and her family try desperately to tell the government that she was still alive, no one wanted to listen. her family called congresswoman, jackie speer, who was able to get to the bottom of it and cleared up. >> i have seen people say i am too old, i never said that, i am old, yes, but i'm not dead. >> she is a pistol, isn't she? you just want to find out what her secret sauces! [ laughter ] -- sauce is, i think that she just loves life. >> she likes to take cruises as well, her pension benefits were put back online this week, she is glad that the government now thinks she is alive so that she can go back to well, living her life. >>> police versus firefighters, we go live to the rivalry game that comes with big wrecking rights in san francisco. >>> i can tell you, the cloud deck is about 1100 feet because the new camera sales force tower is 1070 feet in the clouds, right to left there is 20-30 feet, that's at the top of the tower looking south, would we have for the

last one december i did another event where we had admin morey the thirty eight director of the u.s. mintwho's also a big point of banjul is. so things that we try and get. that he said and anyway so he came and he you know he shared some in say with us and he did say that look the hammer is going to come down i suppose and look i'm a big fan of the free market so from that perspective i love you know everything but personally as a solution in time the financial services sector i worry a little bit of what i see zero. and what's happening now and and you it could be argued that a lot of the clamp down now is happening not just because of a quick is because we're over seventy years but it's because of this ice you know phenomenon again i caution people against i do these events as they try and find some of the better projects and put them on stage people can tear gate them and ask them questions but i think that it's not it's not secret i'm personally not super bullish on an icy o's but i do believe there will be a few that will succeed and change the game the word around the street has al

u.s. was not part of the mint nonetheless you know he would do. more about nato yeah yeah i mean as a u.s. military veteran of nato operations peter brought up the number of the increase in the number of nato countries since the end of the cold war thirteen almost doubling the size of nato but that hasn't led to an increase in either nato as military strength nor in its security for either itself or the world to the contrary it has led to greater insecurity for europe montenegro and these other countries that haven't contributed to the safety of the people in nato countries and there's a lot of challenges you know that we need to expand to protect europe from russia right and they don't that when russia responds that they feel threatened by nato expansion how could you be threatened by us if it's a for. act that nato and its member states are the most aggressive military bloc on earth the number of interventions regime change military operations in the past twenty years or just over that since the end of the soviet union from serbia to iraq to liby

u.s. may pull out of accord altogether as newly minted secretary of state mike pompeo journeys back to thefrom his first foreign trip as the nation's top diplomat. they claim documents from israel reveal new information that could give the administration ammunition to take the u.s. out of the accord for good. nbc's hallie jackson has more from washington. >> iran lied. >> reporter: showing off slides and speaking in english, the israeli prime minister addressing an audience of one, president trump. >> here's the warhead. here's the bomb. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu presenting intelligence he says shows iran is lying to cover up a secret nuclear weapons program. netanyahu aiming his message at his ally in the oval office with donald trump under deadline within two weeks to decide whether to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. >> i'm not telling you what i'm doing but a lot of people think they know and on or before the 12th, we'll make a decision. >> reporter: the trump administration and international monitors acknowledge the regime is technically holding up its end of the agreement, bu

u.s. doesn't really have to do much in force mint in order to get a lot of big companies to say you know what this isn't worth the risk but european governments do have tools available to them to seek to counter the secondary sanctions threat and that's the question i think that's going to be on the table when europe negotiates with iran with russia with china with the remaining participants in the g c p a way to see if there's a way to salvage a sort of a round version of the g c p o s a and and if europe were to try to deploy those tools then you could be in a situation of some. confrontation government to government confrontation between the u.s. and our allies but but we're still a little ways off from that at this point well mr bank we have to take a short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. for some officials do not. fully understand or don't know fully accept the principle of football being beyond politics that's a fundamental principle of the world for both. were granted some people may have opinions but it's their own opinions and doesn't influence opinions

say they will remain committed to the green mint and protect their business interests in the region. the u.s. u.-turn affects large e.u. corporations in particular siemens for one book text revenues of one hundred thirty million euros last year but the contract with iran surged soon after sanctions had been lifted now siemens will only say that existing projects will be completed quote as far as legally possible. trumps decision is a direct hit on european plane maker airbus a contract for one hundred airliners for iran now hangs in the balance. german finance minister olaf scholtz promises to do everything possible to protect european commercial interests i'm struggling that we cannot predict at this point what we can do as the european union has come on you know news show you that we are in continuing talks and that i personally will have a couple of telephone conversations with u.s. colleagues today in order to progress on that is you don't find it was a. pox wagner had also been banking on business with iran europe's largest carmaker began exporting cars there in twenty seventeen. and a

don't feel safe this comes after the taliban assassinated one of the afghan men who minted a gold medal honoring the u.s. president back in january will now be and his friend a far hot party raise money to produce a special gift for donald trump to thank the state department for a tough into stance on pakistan we are suspending security assistance security assistance only to pakistan at this time intill the packets. and a government takes decisive action against groups including the afghan taliban goal nobody was killed by the taliban and that's according to a taliban spokesperson sadly appreciation for donald trump isn't exactly body armor his friend who was involved in producing the medal for hard bari now fears for his life and he blames that washington for failing to protect them. the americans are our friends and can help us in fact we were deceived because we thought the americans really appreciate our work and our intentions we thought the u.s. is a superpower and values friendship but it doesn't nearly seventeen years ago the u.s. invaded afghanistan to eradicate terrorism but after all these ye

u.s. doesn't really have to do much in force mint in order to get a lot of big companies to say you know what this isn't worth the risk but european governments do have tools available to them to seek to counter the secondary sanctions threat and that's the question i think that's going to be on the table when europe negotiates with iran with russia with china with the remaining participants in the g c p a way to see if there's a way to salvage a sort of a rump version of the g. c.p.o. a and and if europe were to try to deploy those tools then you could be in a situation of some confrontation government to government confrontation between the u.s. and our allies but but we're still a little ways off from that at this point well mr bank we have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private companies to meet people because of the simple song alone even some company guess what else will they invite private companies to take over the utilities many. bought a telescope of a lab solicitous

u.s. is it through let's take a quick look back now at how the green mint was first. it took nine years of talks numerous attempts and was even days of meetings. we're speaking. the e.u. us russia china and iran had to overcome their trust issues. are racist but they believe it was even possible. to be able to destroy and yet it happened a diplomatic breakthrough a true success after a decade long standoff in. one country to what was happening i think this is a bad bad bad. deal for a while he was the one on the zone until the new guy came to the white house is the worst deals i've ever seen and the disaster is still one of the dumbest details one of the worst deals ever heard was the iran deal i'm all for agreements but that was a bad one first came decertifying the deal we cannot and will not make this certification the e.u. took it personally president of the united states as many posts not this one from twenty even further threatening to pull out of the day altogether i fear total terminations that's a very real possibility some would say that's a greater possibil

u.s. sanctions we've been acting already at the european union level to make sure that you know here the mint is preserved and people make investments from the european side but also from other sites in the world so are protected it is and we will work so that we can maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen points of the american decision we will ensure that our companies can stay in. business leaders however have struck more of a pessimistic note the c.e.o. of all giant total is ready to pull out of a multi-billion dollar project and less given away for it's not possible to run the global company in this world today we've actually says the us system just about all of us are here if you have the world and other european companies accosting major doubts there's a plan a sci fi political system and if your premise is that this is what you're going to do that's exactly what you're going to do they you house decided to activate a law that will ban european companies from complying with the u.s. actions against iran but there's a snag the statute has never been used before and this seen by eur

u.s. sanctions that have been acting already i do european union level to make sure that the nuclear the mint is preserved and people make investments from beginning to end side but also from other sites in the world so are protected and we will work so that we can maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen points of the american decision we will ensure that our companies can stay in the wrong business leaders however have struck more of a pessimistic note the c.e.o. of all giant total is ready to pull out of a multi-billion dollar project and less given a waiver it's not possible to run the global company in this world today we've just . as a us system that's all of us all here if you have the world and other european companies accosting major doubt there's a plan a sci fi political system and if your premise is that this is what you're going to do that's exactly what you're going to do they you house decided to activate a law that will ban european companies from complying with the u.s. sanctions against iran but there's a snag the statute has never been used before and this seen by europ

u.s. sanctions that have been acting already do you know you know level to make sure that the nuclear the mint is preserved and people make investments from you know the inside but also from other sites in the world so our tech to use and we will work so that we can maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen points of the american decision we will ensure that our companies can stay in the wrong business leaders however have struck more of a pessimistic note the c.e.o. of all giant total is ready to pull out of a multi-billion dollar project and less given away for it's not possible to run the global company in this world today we've actually says the us system just about all of us oh yeah if you have the world and other european companies accosting major doubts there's a primacy of political system and if your premise is that this is what you're going to do that's exactly what you're going to do they you house decided to activate a law that will ban european companies from complying with the west actions against iran but there's a snag the statute has never been used before and this seen by

u.s. delegation going to china. do have a clear sense of what they are trying to get out of the visit? tom: that's right, treasury secretary mint leading this visit along with the likes of commerce secretary ross and others. currently meeting with the u.s. ambassador terry branstad before moving on to those talks with the chinese counterparts. there's a whole smorgasbord of issues when it comes to the trade relationship with china. we know they're likely to be pushing their chinese counterparts around some of the terror issues and the deficit the u.s. has with china. president trump tweeted out a couple of hours ago that he was hoping the team would address some of the market access, saying it's about fair play, a fair playing field for u.s. companies operating in china and vice versa. these are some of the issues, the chinese appointed out there not going to be bullied, as they've said, by the u.s. and they will not succumb to u.s. threats, but we are waiting to see if they will offer anything to these u.s. delegation. talks are expected to start in earnest in beijing this afternoon. manus: tom, good morning to you, good to se

american detainees in north korea are coming home with president trump's newly minted secretary of state, mike pompeo. the u.s. prepares for bilateral talks with kim jong-un, only one day after president trump followthrough on a key campaign promise to withdraw on the iranian nuclear deal. -- is being overshadowed by a suspicious trail of money from major corporations and a russian oligarchs to michael cohen, reportedly for insight into the trump administration. marty schenker is here to walk us through it all. we are hearing some firms confirming that they made those payments. >> at&t is releasing some details. they say they hired michael -- not a vast, but in the standard practice of companies to hire consultants to advise them on new administration's, and they are casting this as a kind of normal process. what is somewhat abnormal is actually hiring the personal attorney of the incoming president. this does go on, obviously. we know that businesses support various politicians and that this happens. is there any connection between this and anything that novartis might have received, beside a meeting? case,

north korea are on their way home with president trump's newly minted secretary of state, mike pompeo. there relates comes at the -- as he u.sprepares for talks with come just -- with kim jong-un. the north korean leader and a day after trump followed through on a key campaign promise to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. are we getting the first taste of the trump doctor and? octorine? marty shanker joins us. let's talk north. we will pivot to iran. it's important. this feels like progress. rocket man to hear. marty: i think you have to give donald trump and his foreign policy strategies some credit. or all the credit. the adjuster by than dutch by the north koreans to release these americans clearly is a signal that they take these discussion seriously. if at the meeting between donald anmp and kim, they do reach agreement, it is a triumph at that -- of that effort. julia: we have gone from the president talking about kim jong-un as rocket man, and they have established some form of trust to get to this position. rewind to 24 hours and we have the president walking away from the iranian nuclear deal. if there is some way

shannon: meanwhile, an israeli education center is minting silver and gold coins printing president trump's image to honor his decision to move the u.sthat happens next week. the temple coin features mr. trump alongside king cyrus, who 2500 years ago, allowed the jews to return to jerusalem. it cannot be used as currency. to syria where government forces are continuing their push to take a small area south of the capital, damascus, from ices holdouts. the fighting is going block by block, hundreds have been killed in just the past two weeks. at least three homicide bombers and striking two police stations in afghanistan capital of kabul, wounded at least six people, cleanup operations are underway and made a sporadic gunfire. twin suicide bombings claimed by isis last week killed at least 25 people including nine journalists. to chile, hundreds of students clash with police during a march against sexual harassment on campus. the students held up signs demanding education in schools and universities, "that is not sexist." several protesters were arrested. when we return, we will get the latest as we wait for those hostages to arrive o

mint partners staying with us. on your commute, tune into follmann across the u.s. on sirius xm.loomberg surveillance." it is the biggest takeover deal in turkey since 2012. the largest bank in dubai has agreed to buy a unit in turkey, the price $3.2 billion. banks are expanding in markets like turkey because they face limited expansion opportunity at home. is looking to -- adobe has agreed to buy e-commerce company which builds and runs web stores to handle online purchases. barack and michelle obama will produce programs for netflix. the top paid video streaming service says the couple will produce a diverse mixture of programs including scripted series, documentaries, and feature films. that is your bloomberg business flash. thank you. mark zuckerberg is set to testify before the european parliament today. he will again take responsibility for the data leak to cambridge analytica. for now, we're joined by our eu legal team leader. good morning. what kind of questions is he going to get? are putting out statements saying they will look beyond his nice words. they will not focus

mint is prolonging uncertainty for businesses. a sigh of relief for the steel industry at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extensions in march trump announced plans to slap levies of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports to the u.s. then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver that ends today washington says it's been unfairly treated in trade with the e.u. it once concessions from brussels. a comparison of tariffs on five thousand products shows the europeans charge on average a five point two percent levy compared to just three point five percent by the americans on tuesday the german government said it had duly noted the extension and expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs. but to prevent a trade war between the e.u. and the us negotiations must now continue apace. the u.s. is neighbors mexico and canada have also received a month extension meanwhile south korea has already found a long term solution as part of a free trade agreement with the

objected to the comments made by the newly-minted national security advisor john bolton at the end of last month which he said the libya model is the one u.sike north korea to follow as it relates to denuclearization. north korea pushed back on that possibility. the president earlier today said he would be willing to offer some protections though to the north. >> we're willing to do a lot and he is willing i think to do a lot also and i think we'll actually have a good relationship, assuming we have the meeting and assuming something comes of it and he will get protections that will be very strong. syria never had protections. if you look at syria, look, or if you look anywhere around the middle east, you look at iraq, you look at libya, with libya certainly they didn't have protection they had the exact opposite. that was absolute decimation. reporter: now the president would not say though if he would be willing to reduce troop levels on the korean peninsula, potential outstanding question leading up to and possibly after these talks. by the way those comments were made as the president sat down with the head of nato,ian stoltenberg. pre