brendan? brendan: investigators want to know white adverse lubitz plunged to that plane into the alps. investigators believe he locked the captain out of the cockpit. investigators are telling a german newspaper that they "made a significant discovery" searching his home. officials say that an invasion of yemen is in the planning stations. egypt and saudi arabia want to send in troops. the royal bank of scotland is the latest to leave the swiss wealth market. no terms disclosed. bank of america and morgan stanley have already pulled out of switzerland. tesla is showing signs of weakness in china. they dropped 269 from 459 in february. it is down from the hundreds per month during last year's fourth quarter. silicon valley is still a man's world. in your report says that the gender gap at the giant tech firms is widening. the figure is little changed since 1960. the ranks of black and other minority women in the industry are lower drastically lower. dean smith is still giving to his players eve

betty: it might be in your pocket, brendan. your smartphone. brendan: why? what has changed? betty: now we have so may different touch points will stop our hardware, what we carry these days, our ipads, it is the internet of things. that is giving us more and more accurate weather data, so you are able to pull data -- not just weather of course it all sorts of data from these touch points. that is why i be in himself is spinning $3 billion over the next four years because they want to capitalize on this -- that is why ibm is spending $3 billion over the next four years because they want to capitalize on this. they did not have the capacity to expand this on a broader basis, so this is where ibm comes in because ibm has the cloud service behind and where it can store and analyze all the data. that is how ibm plays into this partnership. the weather company would like to do this on their own, but they needed somebody to partner with them to scale this up essentially. brendan: this sounds like a good deal for ibm. they're trying to be are out there new job when they shed some em

here's brendan greeley. brendan: ted cruz is running for president. the texas republican senator is the first major candidate to enter the race. cruz made his announcement on twitter p he will launch his campaign a few hours from now at liberty university in virginia. singapore mourning the death of its first elected prime minister, lee kuan yew. he turned the state into one of asia's most prosperous countries. he was 91 years old. fbi profile is during the investigation of a black man found hanged in mississippi. the agents are from the behavioral analysis unit at the body was found tied to a tree with a bedsheet. autopsy results are expected soon. the hotties of seven new york city siblings are being sent to israel for burial. -- the bodies of seven new york city siblings are being sent to israel for burial. the fire was sparked by a hot plate left on for sabbath. refusing to issue a license bearing the confederate battle flag. eight states have issued similar plates. texas says the plates would offend those who viewed the symbol as repressive. star

here is brendan greeley. brendan: this morning, i read a columnist based in tokyo who wrote that the doj should be based on wages, not inflation. robert shiller, this is what is supposed to happen when you ease that it creates wage inflation. it's been fascinating. in japan, he saw this coming a month ago and he talked to industrials, saying to be prepared to give wage hikes and then they did not do it. is there any kind of what that you can hold over a company to force them to do that as the central bank or? -- as the central banker? robert: this is the problem japan has had for many years. should we blame kuroda? should we blame the japanese government? it is a sticky problem and it's hard to make things happen. tom: so many of the charts showing anglo-saxon comfort with capitalism. can you block in another theater -- another theory or export that to any other nation? lipstick on nigeria. olivia: i like the -- let's pick on nigeria. olivia: i like the dot that you pick there. robert: he brought a locomotive

brendan, he plays violin. brendan: he does. i just heard him speak for two minutes and i heard one sentence. taxes for government services. tom: there it is. give us the morning must-read. brendan: this is the morning must-read from bloomberg view. just some background. ellen pao sued a vc firm for discrimination. what she writes is that the crassness was brushed aside and nothing really changed. she did not win her case, but what she did, she could have accepted the settlement, a very quiet settlement. she said, i want to drag all of this through the mud. there were embarrassing revelations about her, as well. the things that people use to hint about on tech blogs are what we talk about openly. she talks about a chief executive accepting a plea bargain on battery domestic violence. these are things that we did not used to talk about that we do now. tom: there will be more on "bloomberg west" on the ellen pao verdict. stay with us. ♪ just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands

brendan: in the u.s. we have a government party and antigovernment arty but in the eu, there is no responsible anti-eu party hashing this out in brussels. tom: the events will be there on the timeline is key. let's get to a timeline that includes our top headlines. olivia: president obama has a message for the iranian young people by telling them their leaders should accept the nuclear deal on the table. the president used youtube to greet the iranian people on the persian new year. he said a nuclear program could lead to a much better relationship on both sides have agreed to a march 31 per luminary deadline to reach an agreement. it seems as though president obama and israel's primus or benjamin netanyahu are still at odds. the white house is saying it is reconsidering using its veto in the united nations a cure to counsel on behalf of israel. that came after a phone call between the president and benjamin netanyahu and the president said the u.s. would reassess its options in light of comments that the

brendan: two ways to look at this. one is that we had a 30 year- period that may not be sustainable. the other is, how many angry e-mails will i get if i say gdp is a relic that does not reflect what the real economy is doing? tom: maybe but it is all we have got. it is flawed. they do a great job adjusting it. there are two ways to calculate gdp, this is one that we use every day. in the last six or seven years this is a challenge chair yellen and others face. let's dive in. olivia, the news is oil and it cannot find a bid. the collapse of oil reverberates . cherry yellen will meet with a two day meeting. george is from wells fargo, he knows there are second-round effects to a collapsing commodity. can oil force a collapse in yields? oil and other signals filter into everyone's world, including the world of debt. george: credit markets have been focused on oil prices. as soon as oil started to crack last year in the middle of the year, bond prices started to come down. a pretty big concentration in both investment gra

brendan, back to you. brendan: i noticed some tension. you have one asset the keyboard that everyone loves. the other asset, the encryption software. they are either a software business or they are a hardware business and they make the keyboard. >> and important dichotomy for the company. the devices are indestructible. i miss that. i could throw a blackberry across the room. i dropped a blackberry and a pool and brought it back to life with a hairdryer. tom: is the canadian government keeping them a flow? brian: i think it comes down to the hardware in the keyboard. in our business, we love the keyboard. olivia: the president still uses one. we will be back. we will be speaking with tom wheeler the fcc chairman. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are streaming on your tablet and your phone and on your blackberry. ♪ >> that was the show, portland via. since the recession, we are not building tiny houses. that is the single best chart. this is data from the department of housing and urban development. all of the growth came out of smal

olivia: brendan: brendan: move it back. olivia: why does this matter? tom: for the excitement of the game. the kick is boring. olivia: because everybody always makes it. tom: hockey is doing the same thing. the shootout was a failure. olivia: a terrible way to end the world cup. brendan: everybody wants more excitement for more viewers. olivia: fascinating. tom: we did not mention my bracket. i will do the data check -- euro-dollar 110. the 10 year yield at 1.91. the fear of the morning -- american crude at 51 a barrel. olivia: good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." sunday is the deadline to reach an agreement on key issues of the nuclear deal with iran. john kerry is there meeting with his iranian counterpart. the u.s. has just begun airstrikes in tikrit. peter cook joins us from d.c. to help us connect the dots. we have a preliminary deadline. what progress has been made? peter: we should read this as the opportunity for progress. until john kerry leaves these meetings today, we won't have a clear picture as to whether or not a deal can be r

brendan: i look both ways. i have given up on my ability to figure out what is right and what is left. i look both ways. in london, i did a piece on the folding bike and there is a hierarchy of london bike riders. olivia: if you ever commute to work from west london into the city, you see a hierarchy of guys on the fast bikes and then the heavy bikes, it is a wonderful thing for the city and reducing congestion. london also has a congestion surcharge. brendan: let's pull up one more chart. we have been talking about the u.s. europe, here is chart number two. that is where the growth is. china. the biggest place, 100,000 bikes in china. if you compare china in terms of olivia: i think it needs a population adjustment. tom: and wealth adjustment. brendan: we are talking about a basic consumer good. we are talking about the installation of bike sharing programs. tom: do you feel safe riding a bike in manhattan? olivia: no, i do not. brendan: i commuted on the city bike. i commuted carefully. i only used crosstown

brendan greeley has the news. brendan: just there for a week, for a wedding. i was struck. everybody talked about the gruppings scandal. petrobas is no longer trusted for what should be a national champion and is one of the largest energy companies in the world. that is a disaster. tom, what it's really a disaster if is one of the most trusted institutions in the country and we don't have anything comparable in the u.s. and as petrabras goes, so does dilma. tom: in your expertise in brazil, what has changed since we were last focused on this. brendan: the unemployment rate. the unemployment rate. people there talk in terms of two terms. they say her first term was fine and the second term not so good. everything she failed to do in her first term has come home to roost. she didn't address corruption at all that sucks money out of the system of brazil and didn't talk about the cost of doing business in brazil and now people are actually starting to lose jobs, both at petrobras which suffered in terms of international contracts but also in other parts of the economy. tom: she

here is brendan greeley. brendan: a major deal to tell you about. 3g capital has acquired kraft foods and cooperation with berkshire hathaway. they will merge to become -- heinz and kraft to become north america's third-biggest food company. berkshire and 3g will invest $10 billion in the new company. in france, recovery crews are working at the remote crash site for the germanwings flight that crashed yesterday. they are still looking for the flight data recorder. the crash killed all 150 people on board. the connecticut home of a san diego killer is demolished. -- sandy hook home -- killer is demolished. the lot will be left as a wooded area. dan coats of indiana says he will not run again next year. he first went to the senate to replace dan quayle when dan quayle became the gop's vice presidential nominee. amazon says u.s. regulators are not keeping pace with progress. the faa just give amazon the company the green light to test drones. golden state clenches its first division title and 39 years. sharpsho

this is brendan greeley. brendan: the atlanta fed has the gdp now forecasting model. they are looking at the forecasting model a lot sooner. the atlanta fed model has trouble getting the net exports right. there is still some uncertainty there. tom: let's get right to the strong dollar. we are less patient this morning. they recalibrate this morning. oil will adjust lower. first, the dollar and ellen zentner's call for delay. do you keep your long-term view of a strong yellen dollar followthrough? hans: absolutely. in 2012, we called for a move between 45% and 50%. we think in the long-term better growth is going to matter that will be dollar supportive. for now we are looking for a pause. tom: dovetail in ellen zentner's call for a delay until 2016. how do you fit the moving parts together? hans-guenter: we are in absolute agreement. you should not confuse the old morgan stanley with the new morgan stanley. one house, one view. we said that the u.s. dollar has to be strong but not because of developments in the united states. we never identified the united states is

brendan, who father mcbride is named after. st. brendan is known as the navigator and we claim to be among the first group of people from the west to discover your great country and continent. when i came here first i heard people refer to father brendan as the navigator and i thought it was because of the fantastic way he navigates politics of this great city and state and country. the way he navigates his own timetable. as you mentioned supervisor, many christenings and many marriages and consultation in times of hardship and distress. one even i heard someone said father brendan called the navigator. i said is that because of the great spiritual work he does with his community? he said no. that is no bother to him at all. we call him the navigator he way he navigated the 17th hole at st. andrews [laughter ] >> father mcbride from my heart and on behalf of the irish government to thank the supervisors of this great city for making today a very special day father brendan mcbride day in san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> mem

brendan: party on, tom. olivia: a few hours from now, justices will be hearing argument that could block insurance subsidies. only in states with their own insurance subsidies and the rest use the federal system. opponents say the obamacare does not really permit subsidies in those 34 states for those who use the government exchange. the court is expected to rule on this june. and netanyahu was pleased by the outcome of his speech on iran. the current proposal, he said would lead to a deal. but president obama said his speech did not change anything for him. obama: i did not have a chance to watches speech. i was on a videoconference with 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. olivia: nancy pelosi called netanyahu's speech and insulting the intelligence of the u.s. and house speaker john boehner to five conservatives in his own party and let the house vote to fund homeland security through september. all wi

i'd like to suggest that maybe we move brendan rogers into the seat 4 position and not -- move brendan rogers into the seat 4 position as opposed to him applying to -- just by way of background, although you have applied for a seat, we as a body have the jurisdiction and oversight to move you around a little bit, particularly if you have reached the basic requirement. so seat no. 4, brendan, i believe you have applied for seat no. 1 but you do satisfy the requirements for seat no. 4. so, what say you? >> i can see the writing on the wall. >> okay. >> my preference would be to want to keep mr. caldera on, despite some of the controversy raised. he has been appointed a couple times since then. i don't see that that's actually seems to be the temperature here on the commission. i also want to make sure that we are adding at least one woman on to the commission and so i think that there has been expression of that here as well. and i think that what's been expressed in terms of supporting current members outside of caldera is also there, so -- i also want to make sure that if you are not c

host: joining us is brendan sasso for the national journal. brendan: i understand you push for some changes can you talk about why you one of those changes and whether you are disappointed you didn't get everything you asked for? mignon: you learned you never get everything you want. you keep trying anyway. one of the things i was concerned about is small carriers. they said to us that some of these things may be burdensome. for those who have fewer than 100,000 customers, we would weigh in c. we will have exchanges with you and see how this will impact you in terms of the transparency compliance issues. there are other issues, there was an exchange with state regulators,, when it comes to their universal service fund. one of the things that was troubling to me is that we took a posture that i thought maybe was too aggressive, that could jeopardize the relationship we have with this stage. those are the noteworthy things. there were a few more. the things that come to mind, that we need to have our roles tailored to needs of all sizes and all

brendan: cyclical. betty: the president has been tried to go after for-profit universities with these regulations. olivia: aren't there numbers out there? brendan: olivia is referring to a technique we use on " surveillance." i do it when i'm completely lost and i have no idea what to do it i look up and say, that trend you are talking about, is that cyclical? betty: statistics out their show for-profit education does not help many people who graduate and get jobs. so number nine, the center for disease control launching its latest strike on the tobacco industry. the cdc will roll out a $16 million ad campaign designed to help smokers quit. the new ads will also include former users of e-cigarettes. staff in here apparently high schoolers, i cannot believe that, 17% of american heist seniors use e-cigarettes. they vape more than they actually smoke regular cigarettes. i was shocked. all the big e-cigarette companies think there will be regulations, a ban on television advertising. they are racing to get

brendan. >> the jazzer cist. >> chris: points. emily. >> basic green tomatoes. >> chris: point. >> american snapper. >> chris: points. >> diet star wars. >> chris:. >> jabba, you look great. >> chris: randy. >> schindler's whole foods list. >> chris: points. >> chris: which groceries will you take? points. randy. >> 40-year-old extra virgin olive oil. >> chris: okay. i will take it. that's tend of hashtag wars send us a hashtag make, #makeamoviehealthy. >> we will be right back with more @midnight. our tweet of the day fr la la ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile? get éwo lines0of unlimited 4g@ lwe?data for just $100 a month.@ stucwi @qwe'll but yo0ytrt? b @ up to $6px per line. b b so don't wait, switch to t-mobile today.@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ú@@@@ú@@@@ú@@@@@@.. [ cheers and applause ] >> chris: welcome back to @midnight. it's time to play public service abomination. [ cheers and applause ] >> chris: sometimes in life it's hard to know what choices one should make. fortunately the internet is loaded with

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i want to thank our panelists sherrod small, brendan fay kathleen madigan, and colin quinn. finally tonight, thanks for all the great dares you've tweeted to help us complete our bracket for dare-y wilmore's march badness bracketsball dare-o-mania it's boner time tournament. @iangecko wants to see me go to a furry convention in costume. if number two seed arizona wins it all, i promise i will be there. i have to, right? @futurefreeze1 dares me to poop on a mountain if number one seed villanova wins-- actually, i don't mind that, but i get to pick the mountain. butler is a six seed, so cheer for the bulldogs if you want me to welcome four mimes to the panel. thanks @cjbarresi75. i'll do it! i'll do it! and finally, @lotnorm dares me to "do an entire episode as popeye, complete with costume." that's a solid seven-seed dare. check out the latest bracket online and keep those dares coming with #darelarry. goodnightly everyone! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ >> chris: it's 11:59 and 59 seconds. this happened on vine today. for 30ish more seconds it is still officially st. pa

let's get to the single best chart with brendan greeley. [laughter] >> growth will not be in my waistline it will be in the developing world. the companies that will win that market have gathered in barcelona for the mobile world conference. the companies that are winning our chinese and they run android. that yellow line is apple. slow growth, holding onto market share. you can see the peaks every time apple comes out with a new model. white line is samsung. the blue line that we have to be worried about. it is almost meeting air droid -- android. -- almost beating samsung. these are chinese phones all of them together running android. they almost reached the volume of samsung. if you go down market, you're stuck competing downmarket. your favorite apple is doing just fine. >> is a just manufacturing? >> what no po wasn't prepared for was that they had -- what no kia wasn't prepared for -- they lost that market. what is going on all over the world, the price of the smartphone has dropped 50% in some developing countries. it is the first an

the four people, i didn't know i was going to speak for all four, but i am, brendan rogers, coast guard, lieutenant, comes up from the ranks. this used to be a military town. he should be on the commission. latonya dixon, i know her personally, we go back a long ways together. she should be on the commission. mr. vargas. >> that was your time. >> i would highly recommend all four to be on the commission. >> i'm sorry, if he could just finish his list that would be helpful to me. >> vargas and (inaudible) i know all of them and they would all be excellent on the commission. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisor, my name is trepbt tano, i am here to support brendan rogers for a seat on the committee. as a fellow veteran in all my circles of friends there's only two i can really talk to about being a veteran and my time in the army and brendan is one of them. he's a really open guy, really friendly, easy to talk to. he's the kind of guy who, if you have a problem he's very focused on helping you solving it and he's a great problem solver, great leader and i want t

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brendan: the big problem is looking at this aim of 2% inflation. it is not clear where this 2% target came from. ideally we would have seen prices fall a bit and now they would be in recovery, so this has created a massive distortion. pushing asset prices up across a range of markets. the question now for u.s. monetary policy makers is, where do they go? having had all of these distortions? rate rises now could be another blow to asset prices. one has the 1987 scare scenario on the other hand they are so far behind getting back to normal, so it is a big problem. ryan: the problem is, you say the focus on inflation is simply because oil has been falling and that is why they are not getting the inflation they are trying to target? brendan: that is very much it and on top of all of this there is this huge monetary uncertainty. a lot of fed speakers and economists point out that capital spending has not developed any momentum. the big factor behind this is monetary uncertainty. everyone and their dog know the fed has been creating asset price inflation

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

it was just days ago in spring washington, 10-year-old brendan and 8-year-old delisa wright were playing in the park and sprang into action chasing this person who snatched their 52-month-brother owen. you can see them. a father says a family friend left them alone when it happened. she tells abc news tonight she's heartbroken. >> what did you think when you saw him grab your brother? >> i thought he was trying to kidnap him. >> weren't you scared? >> yeah. >> yes. >> what'd you do? >> i ran. and screamed. >> a lot of people would be too scared to do what you did. you chased after the bad fy to help your brother? what were you thinking? >> well -- emergency. >> reporter: she said a stranger started talking to them, trying to make friends. >> what did he say to you? >> he said he's nice to kids and he'd been babysitting for a long time. >> really he tried to make friends with you? >> yeah. but he lied to me. >> he did lie to you. >> reporter: the suspect dropped little owen down the street after two teenagers joined in the chase when they saw the kids running after him. late today, police

brendan boyle, democrat from pennsylvania. >> thank you. hiz hiz now to the business angle, israeli leaders glued to prime minister netanyahu's speech as he began by talking about a pretty remarkable alliance between israel and the u.s. >> the remarkable alliance between israel and the united states has always been above politickings, it must always remain above politics. [applause] because america and israel, we share a common destiny. the destiny of promised lands that cherish freedom and offer hope. israel is grateful for the support of american, of america's people and of america's presidents from harry truman to president obama. -- to barack obama. liz: how do israeli business leaders in the u.s. feel about the speech and its impact on business? we are joined right now but get founder and ceo, an instant taxi service that is really popular near new york. thank you for for being here. what did you make of the portions of the speech that spoke to you? >> yeah. i think both countries share the same villains, and it goes along the lines es

rogers. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is brendan rogers, this is my third application to the vic in my home there was abuse and neglect so i became homeless sleeping on the streets and in shelters. but i got my ged and joined the coast guard. i started out there washing dishes and ultimately served 10 years. i rose to the rank of chief petty officer before accepting a commission. i used the gi bill and used it to fund my studies at a top business school in spain. i can want to serve in the vic so i can uphold my promise to my brother and sister vetd trans to leave no one behind. our city is often maligned as being antiveteran yet we are a (inaudible) stnger policies at the board of supervisors and the mayor regarding the set trans in our city and for those still in service. sexual assault, institutional discrimination continue to impact service members greatly. we have the need to continue the fight for social justice still serving in the military. we have no representation from the coast guard. we are part of the community and a vital part of the emergency response network.

rogers. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is brendan rogers, this is my third application to the vic in my home there was abuse and neglect so i became homeless sleeping on the streets and in shelters. but i got my ged