willis sparks is with us and joining us as well, david euros.ax cut into consumer spending in japan. fallse properties sales 8.2 percent. a different story, though, and the u.k., where more people are working. we --just slightly where just slightly above where we are. >> and the german numbers yesterday, this is a blanket. would say there is a huge divergence between what is going on in the u.k. -- the strength is going to be the g7 economy and what is going on in the common -- the continent. it was signaled that perhaps rates could go up sooner in england. >> and the animal spirit in japan, which we forget is a large economy, 2.2% topline trailing gdp, that just does not get it done. >> no, no. what might get it done here in is mortgage applications. it is a volatile number. it goes back and forth. and when you focus on retail sales, that comes up at 8:30 a.m. we have some earnings. , comes in, actually at two dollars 30 three cents. that is above the estimate of $2.20. >> fourth quarter equipment sales down about 18%. crop prices seem to be we

we will talk with willis sparks and turn our attention to what we should be looking at, and that is chinad morning this friday morning. ♪ >> should we go on the attack against the other guys? >> we go on a hack attack. >> for more than a bit, dealing with some hackers going into the j.p. morgan system. look for that across all of bloomberg news and bloomberg.com this morning. we say good morning from our world headquarters. i'm tom keene. with me, scarlet fu. brendan greeley, yeoman's duty. he's doing an 18-hour day, five days in a row. >> when my alarm rings at 3:15 in the morning, i get up with a smile. >> oh, my word! he's drinking the kool-aid. >> only three more hours. >> now here's scarlet. >> let's move to something more serious. the death toll is now more than 2,500. the united nations also says . most 500 people are captives president obama says russia is lying when it denies helping the rebels. a new report says security is lax in the ebola quarantine zone. people bribe officials or even swim away to escape the neighborhood. the virus has claimed more than 1,500 lives, more than

changing our todamental view, we need have confidence it will spark earnings growth and will help reverse this inflationary tendencies and williethis inflationary tendencies -- dis inflationary tendencies. >> german sentiment expected to trend lower this morning. are you expecting it to play out simply that these readings go lower and lower? get thenk we will latest survey. we have seen some weakness perhaps related to ukraine but also in respect to the economic outlook. your comment about bond yields going lower and lower. based on make a case fundamentals. the economic outlook has forecasters are expecting .3% inflation in the eurozone. these things suggest the yields in the eurozone are not crazy low. we look at inflation we are expecting 0.3% friday. qe has always seen this emergency measure. in your mind, when does it come an emergency? hand you have a price target by the ecb. the flipside of the coin you mentioned earlier, when you have spanish and italian 10 year are, it doesthey not yield to increased urgency when it comes to debt sustainability. the low level of yields in themselves suggest the lack. to talk about the

. >> reporter: this case has sparked discussion on social media, much of it from parents who say they have sympathy for what this dad is accused of doing. willieway around. thanks, janet. >>> a parachuting accident was caught on camera. it left a mexican soldier twisting helpless ly in midair. several colleagues had made their jump when his turn came. he got tangled up in their used static lines. he dangled below the plane there for a minute before he was safely hauled back on board. it is 8:07. let's get another check of the weather with al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by advil pm. when pain keeps you up at night, advil pm gives you the healing sleep you need. >> he could use some advil pm after hanging out of that plane. i love this. what's his name? >> theodore. >> what a happy guy. all right. let's show you what we've got going on right now. our pick city today just happens to be one of our faves. boom. here it comes. pocatello, idaho. news 6. they'll have sunny and warm conditions well into friday. and the heat is on throughout the south. we are talking temperatures in the 90s all the way up into the plains. 90s will