the silicone valley bank goes to london. we take a look at britain's version start-up theme. >> you're watching "bloomberg west." let's begin with a check of your bloomberg first word news. president obama may be narrowing his search for a supreme court nominee to replace the late just antonin scalia. the president is looking at a small group of appellate youngs with large -- judges. senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley isn't budging on the president's decision to block his nominee. after ronald reagan presidential library thousands of people have filed past the casket of nancy reagan as to pay their respects. her funeral is tomorrow. attendees will include first lady michelle obama, and hillary clinton. it's two wins in a row for google alpha go. they beat the top ranked player of the board game go for the second time this week. go is a 2500-year-old strategy game for capturing territory. the victors are being hailed as a milestone in the development of artificial intelligence. global news 24 hours a day, powers by 2400 journalist around the world. from bloomb

boards in just a moment. let me take you to the bloomberg fair value. london recording lower at the moment. berlin and paris -- a little bit higher. the aggregate, .1 higher. these risk on sentiments that we see dominate the story have maybe come to a hold here in europe. hans: there is discount argument that the rally sort of petered out at the end of the month. that is not happening in shanghai. we had the shanghai up doing pretty well. we got dollar yen, all the way to 114 did the weakest in the yen. breaking through 140. the brent is down a little bit but still above 36. when we look at that brent story, there is a question of whether or not there's going to be any -- maybe bring some of that down for us is caroline hyde with bloomberg first word news. caroline, what do you have for us? caroline: there is more evidence of a china slowdown. the output index which covers manufacturing sectors fell into construction last month. down from 50.1 in january. meanwhile, moody's has cut its credit rating outlook on china's largest phone company and biggest bank. that is after doing the s

all, i don't believe, i've looked at fdi in london at the moment, confidence in the city come what's happened with our economy. no sign whatever of people being discouraged from investing, coming to london. that remained massively strong. i'm not quite certain what the spirit of uncertainty is that you speak of. i seem to remember that, you know, when we were considering whether not to go into the euro and thankfully made the right decision not to do so, people were saying very much the same sort of thing. and it didn't transpire. on the contrary london flourished, prospered as never before. i have to say i think the appellate committee asked me about the pound, the pound will be a strong and as robust as the uk. my view the risks are in remaining in the eu. if you look, why should we remain tethered to this democratic system of -- >> sorry, i'm not now asking you questions about the longer-term but i'm asking you questions about the short-term. the tv before we've agreed our relationship appeared before we agreed on our relationship with eu. ipv4 we negotiated free trade agreement.

. among the thing the price of war are ukraine's disabled athletic team. finishing fourth at the london 2012 paralympics. these athletes are living and training far from home. the continuing conflict has meant they lost funding and access to their craft. but, they have not lost their winning spirit. >> tim is one of the team's greatest hoax. a group of young, disabled athletes from northern ukraine are highly motivated. many of the young athletes were orphans, or placed in children's homes by their parents when they were babies. now, the coach is like a mother to them. >> she helps make sure we get vocational training. at the same time, we prepare for competitions. first at the national level then for the european championships. >> she is hoping she will be able to take her youngsters to italy this summer. just taking part would be an achievement for tim. it was a major achievement that the group could train here at all. the town lies in eastern ukraine. this used to be the kid's summer camp. now it is their refuge. their hometown is nearby, but on the other side of the front lines. it

london the new promise land for france's jews? in ukraine, a new iron curtain as defense from russia, and austrians rediscover the ancient belief of shamanism. the reverberations from last year's terror attacks in france are being felt right across europe. here in germany, i've definitely sensed more nervousness about a possible similar attack here. recently in berlin, for example, i was on an underground train, and there was a news flash on the tv screens there about a suspected terror attack on berlin's alexanderplatz. in the end, it was a false alarm. but i have to say that at the time, everyone looked distinctly nervous. not surprising since we'd actually stopped at alexanderplatz station when the headline flashed up. in london, meanwhile, one very different consequence of the french attacks, some of which were anti-semitic, is that increasing numbers of jewish people are leaving france, and moving to britain. we've been to meet a few of them to find out why. >> there are momnts when sabine zeitouni gets homesick for france. for example, when she's shopping. sabine moved to londo

migrants to europe. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm barbara sarah. you are watching al jazeera live from london. thank you for joining us. also coming up on the program. clearing the streets, brazilian police move thousands of protesters angry over a controversial appointment. north korea is accused of firing more ballistic missiles in defiance of new sanctions. >>> plus -- >> i'm lucia newman in havana, where president barack obama historic visit is raising hopes but also concerns about the future in communist cuba. ♪ >>> turkey and the e.u. have clenched a new deal to try to stop the flow of refugees and migrants to europe. in turn ankara will receive political and financial rewards. under the controversial agreement, all migrants arriving illegally to greece from turkey will be returned. and for every syrian who is returned one syrian currently in turkey will be resettled in the european union. and turkey will receive $6.7 billion. the e.u. is also aiming to grant turkish citizens visa-free travel in the schengen by the end of june. neave barker has been following events in brussels. so a

back, the silicone valley bank goes to london. we take a look at britain's version start-up theme. ♪ the chinese currency is strengthening after the chinese central bank raised its limits. the governor will hold an annual press conference on this. key data on retail sales is coming out. lawmakers in myanmar are selecting a new president. they are choosing between two candidates. one put forward by democracy in one put forward by the military. he is constitutionally barred from that. suspend the relevant clause of the constitution. south korea's latte group may be among those bidding for vietnam stores. holding also submitted offers. c stores in vietnam could fetch a high price. bp is avoiding some key lawsuit. they blamed bp for the losses they suffered after the ban on offshore drilling that was imposed after the gulf of mexico bp oil spill. those the headlines. let's check in on how markets have been trading. asian stocks are making a comeback. now gaining for a second consecutive day. the shanghai composite is up. the hang seng is gaining momentum. was in negative territory b

alert after a bombing killed dozens of people and injured hundreds. in london, i am mark barton. this is a special edition of "bloomberg markets" -- terror in europe. scarlet: if you look at the reaction we have been seeing, you are seeing a shift into safe haven assets like gold and treasuries. it is not as extreme as you would have thought, waking up at 6:00 a.m. they do not seem to be reacting too much to the events that happened early this morning in the u.s. and 8:00 a.m. in belgium. let's go to mark barton for a sum up with the european trade looks like. mark: travel and ledger have been the worst performing. these are all 19 industry groups. earlier today, all 19 were lower. 4 are higher. the indexes off of the lows, of 1%, leaving us to believe that stocks are proving resilient to terrorist attacks ,s they have been after 2011 london in 2005, and charlie hebdo of last year. this proves the travel and leisure index. this is when the charlie hebdo killings took place. we saw stocks rise and rally by 20%. in the paris killings in november we saw a decline that followed, but then

environmental organization has filed the suit of the high court in london in an attempt to force the government to do something. our correspondent tested the reality of breathing if london air >> reporter: they're protesting because britain have some of the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide in europe. they hope the courts will force the government to produce a new plan to clean up britain's air >> something like 40,000 people are dying here because of the air quality. we want the government to take responsibility and deliver clean air so that people are not dying, are not being made seriously ill, through illnesses such as ma, heart attacks and strokes >> reporter: london's air looks cleaner than many of those in the developing world, but nitrogen dioxide is an invisible killer. it damages our lungs. it is the very young and elderly that it affects. >> the government's sta advertise six show that-- statistics levels show that pollution will not come down to acceptable levels until 2025. my eldest son will be 18 and next 16 and youngest will be 12. they will have done most of their growing. the

to now london and paris and now brussels. francine: yeah, and there are questions about the authorities, if there was anything they could have done. let's get straight to vonnie quinn for the latest on this terror attack. vonnie: thank you. multiple explosions reported in brussels; a number of dead and wounded. two explosions the departure hall at the airport. there are local reports that say at least 13 were killed. as of now, the official death toll is just one. the airport has been evacuated, the archers stopped, incoming flights diverted to other airports. brussels has closed all their subway stations after a report of an explosion. the city has been on high alert since the weekend; it had been on the highest alert following the man believed to be a participant in last november's attack in paris. his capture happened on friday. he is alive and awaiting extradition to france. tom: the latest headline coming across the first word aggregate. we will give them to you -- particularly the european new services, the dutch ministry will meet here later in the morning. let me tou

take it far more seriously. one of the nightmares i have in london is obviously trying to -- the problem is -- it's a series of uninterrupted joy, my job in london, but one of the big challenges is getting more housing built fast. there's no doubt at all that e.u. regulation legislation of one kind or another, environmental impact assessments, whatever slow down the planning process and you have to wonder whether those processes would be quite so cumbersome and quite so slow in other european countries because we do relish this bureaucracy i'm afraid in this country and we tend to implement -- >> so you're going to change your line of fire from the speech and article which which are attacking e.u. regulation and the actions of uk officials which have caused the problem. >> of course, because the e.u. regulation did not itself bring -- >> it did. i must respectfully disagree with you. without the animal by-products regulation 2002 there would be no scope for the officials in question to enact this provision. >> let's let other people perform their own view about composting of tea

london to silicon valley and new york in the next hour. here's what we are watching for you today. we are half an hour into the trading day. u.s. stocks are lower because of dropping commodity shares. a rally continues for european stocks following last week's big stimulus moves. betty: we have more eagerly awaited announcement including the fed and the boj. what that can mean for investors. shares of starwood hotels are searching this morning after the company gets an unsolicited rival bid from a group led by an bang insurance. what will it mean for marriott's plan to buy starwood. let's go over to the markets desk. julie hyman has the very latest. julie: we are seeing stocks andback after the gain the streak we have seen in u.s. stocks over the past four weeks. we have the fed meeting coming later this week, so there is a lot of talk about what that will bring. the decline today can really do to be tend on what is happening with oil prices. the iran student news agency reporting the iranian oil minister says we will freeze oil production not until we raise it by about a third. iran

warm welcome everybody. 6:00 in the morning here in london. let us talk about the markets, once again, the equity market. we are seeing a trend in asian session, money going into emerging markets and foreign exchange. the biggest three-day rally in asian stocks pacific since august. manus: we have the msci world, and we drew a comparison from that moment -- mid february. a .38% three number of different things going into this, which are the beige book coming out. the job numbers were not bad. inple were batting off this china, because you would get more stimulus. if you look behind the hood here, as in p trimmed losses. and canada, go canada. it is the only developed market that is actually put in a positive return 26 in. go canada. like and if you technicals, which some people do them a emerging markets reached two technical support levels, onld be for further gains the bloomberg best morning. let us have the radar. we have strengthening in the u.s., something we have talked about in the last few days. that is playing into the u.s. government bond market. we are seeing readjustment t

. details, coming up. ♪ anna: welcome back 36:18 in london. let us get the bloomberg business flash. >> thank you so much. shares in sharp have risen overnight that they are edging closer to a takeover of the japanese electronics producer. ß said they want an agreement as soon as possible. but according to one person familiar, they are seeking to cut the amount they will pay for equity in chart. considering to sell the u.k. steel division, the metal producing arm of the biggest conglomerate says that global oversupply and high manufacturing costs mean that trading conditions in britain and europe have rapidly deteriorated. they closed plants and cut jobs in the u.k. last year as the chinese exports surged to an all-time high. 4000g plans to cut about jobs from the commercial airplanes division by the middle of the year. it is part of a broader effort to reduce costs, amid fears from airbus. but the u.s. maker says and does not play or any involuntary layoffs, for now. google's ceo received an impressive a package in 2015. in his first year at the house, he was awarded just under $1

ahead. that is at 7:15 in new york, 12:15 in london. after the ecb rate decision, mario draghi will speak in new york. we will have that news conference live and in full. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone, ecb day. stay with us for our full coverage throughout the morning. olivier blanchard coming with francine and london. here is ramy inocencio. ramy: nasdaq has agreed to buy deutsche porches market. it catapults nasdaq to the top of the u.s. options exchange and it may help them pay for a proposed merger with the london stock exchange. hugo boss is cutting costs and taking more control of its brand. there are closing 20 stores in china and will take control of hugo boss' concession inside macy's stores. the ceo resigned last month after a plummeting share price and a series of forecast cuts. offering moreen restricted stock to workers companywide, so workers have been handed out cash bonuses of up to $200,000. the stock has fallen about 60% in the past year, and that is the bloomberg business flash. francine: thank you so much. today is ecb day. almost a year since mario draghi star

. london mayor boris johnson testified before the british treasury committee about why he thinks the country should leave the eu. this is three hours. >> order, order. thank you very much for coming to give evidence this morning. i don't know whether to call you boris or mr. johnson. >> boris is fine. >> i usually call the chancellor chancellor, i suppose i could call you mayor. we used to have almost adjacent offices and i suppose i should declare the fact that we know each other extremely well. >> we do. >> and we used to be in and out of each other's offices quite a lot years ago. you represent london, what are london's views on brexit? >> i can't give you any particular polling detail from londoners, but i've heard i think that londoners tend to be more supportive of remaining in the e.u. than other parts of the country. i don't consider that necessarily to be an impediment to my position which is to favor a change of britain's -- >> just -- you're not keeping an eye on the opinion polls? >> no, no. i believe we have a burkian duty. >> you're not aware of the ugov poll showing th

flights in london, paris amsterdam and frankfurt and domestic connecting flights to brussels in new york, newark and d.c. those are the major places people may see heightened security. back to you. >> jackie, are any big cities in the u.s. amping up security following the attack? >> reporter: as they do for any major world attack, new york and dc have primarily heightened security as far as we know on the east coast right now where west coasters would pick up a connecting flight including the airport and their metros systems. from sfo, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> as we heard, air travel in europe is a mess right now. kpix 5 reporter julie watts is flying out of london today and we are going to check in with her in just a few minutes. >>> a busy day on the streets and the roads here in the bay area. let's kick it over to gianna. >> good morning. three separate traffic alerts. let's go straight to northbound 880 right now. we have two right lanes shut down between market and 7th due to a fatal accident a vehicle hit a pedestrian. you have delays all the way back into downtown oakland. 30

you explain to mortals what london has to fear? i don't see a replacement for london. i don't see luke johnson moving to europe. explain to me why i should be worried that london will be diminished if the u.k. exits. i think it will be improved. i think there are regulations and restrictions around us as part of the eu. i think pain in greater control of our destiny and a more democratic nation, less beholden to on elected bureaucrats in russell's will be healthy for london. i think we will thrive. kingdomng up the united of gdp chart. this is real gdp. luke has this tattooed on his left arm. the u.k. is one of the great successes of the global economy. there is that little bit of a recent rollover. do you link this into your analysis of greg's it? -- exit? global think it's a factor like the commodities decline in the slowdown in china and brazil and other countries. i don't believe the exit is inhibiting growth. francine: you need to find a chart that talks about sovereignty. it's very clear that luke is on the brexit side. this will harm the recovery. the risk of brexit is hurting i

much for your reporting in london. i so appreciate to date on what is going on. with this explosion, coming out of brussels. alstair jamison from london with the updated -- updates of what's going on in brussels. >>> i'm dara brown with nbc mousse. we have continuing coverage of the explosions that have up had in brussels at the brussels airport. we have confirmation, media is saying that there were two explosion at the airport in brussels and unconfirmed reports there's explosions in the subway stations in brussels. the thousands of people have been evacuated from the airport. this happened roughly a little after 8:00 a.m. local time on a tuesday morning in brussels as people were checking in to the international departure area, departure hall 1 of the brussels airport. we did have eyewitness accounts of what had happened. apparently the explosions went off, glass was flying in the front area. it was a lot of panic as the people did not know what was going on. obviously with two explosions emergency crews are on the scene. fire department are on the scene. and the thousands of peop

the shock or whether it is the polls that let people down. do you even think the london as a financial center can exist? actually as an investor you would not be buying into the they have to-- draw every single contract again. at one point, it seems as though frankfurt would be the financial center of europe, going back to 2000 and 2001. for whatever reason, london attracted all of the investment and became the primary financial center. that puts it at risk. obviously, if europe remains together and there is no frexit, we've got to move back some of the financial services to the continent again. enda: the reason that -- francine: reason that london is not doing too badly -- carsten: france will be looking for to the first national charge as an alternative to london. francine: what this is me for policy from the boe? we will be listening to mark carney and he will be at pains to not give a view, but at the same time discussing the potential for a brexit. carsten: it is impossible to come up with an objective. you have to take a position. mr. carney cannot. i am curious on how

>> hello, i'm lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up, two brothers are named as the bruce he wills bombers and another suspect is on the run after his explosives failed. >>> saving many lives at brussels airport. >>> yemen's warring parties agreed to a cease-fire ahead of peace talks next month. ted cruz back in to his push for the presidency from former rival jeb bush. >> an international friendly. >> beginning in brussels where the police are searching for a suspect behind tuesday's bomb attack that killed 31 people and injured hundreds of others. security teams uncovering 15-kilogram of explosives along with nails and bomb-making equipment. one of the bombers was identified who blew themselves up at brussels airport. his brother detonated a suicide-bomb on a train at malebeek metro station. and the man on the left is a man wh is a bomb maker who blue himself up while the one on the right escaped. >> one of the brussels attackers was caught in turkey and deported. we informed the authorities. despite our warnings that this person, they could not establ

down. how is this going to affect what's happening in europe. london and france. >> you mentioned there's an air traffic control strike going on in france. which is obviously another issue they'll have to deal with in terms of airlines. right now, the planes have been diverted from belgium. they're not allowed to land. obviously, these planes have been on the ground before when these passengers were released. i'm sure they were held up. planes have been diverted. people are being told do not go to the airports but is this now with the unconfirmed reports of potential subway explosions. this is shaking out into more than just the airport explosions. i know we tapped on this saying potentially this isn't a terrorist attack. because you never want to jump into that and say, hey, this is exactly what's going on before it's confirmed. but this has all the hall marx with the recent arrest of salah abdeslam. we are now getting confirmation that there have been four explosions from the brussels firemen spokesperson saying there have been four explosions. they have been explosions on diffe

ago london faced severe smog warning. his friend, the mayor of london presided over illegal breach of air quality in the capital every day since 2012. why can't the prime minister hurry up action to make us comply with international law and help the health of the people of this country? >> it was conservative government in the 1950s passed clean air act. i'm sure it will be this conservative government takes further reductions in further clean air zones we have, including lower car emissions, why are we able to do this not only because we care about other environment because we have a economy strong enough to pay for the improvements as we're just about to hear. >> jeremy corbyn. >> we all welcome the clean air act of 1956. things have moved on a bit since then. the government, the government now, the government are now threatened with being taken to court for its failure to comply with international law on air pollution. he is proposing to spend tens if not hundreds of thousand of pounds on public money defending the indefensible. why not instead invest that money in cleaner air a

attacks of 7-7 in london the madrid bombings or paris attacks last year, this is how they go to war. they attack the infidel by creating small units that do synchronized attacks. usually a combination of people using automatic weapons, small arms, some people using grenades we saw that in paris and additionally suicide attackers that go to locals that have a heavy concentration of so-called soft targets such as mass transit. there is the airport, this is the subway in brussel. this is clearly the sign, the indication that this is a jihadi attack prosecuted either by isis cells or other jihadists such as al qaeda. >> doctor, we are hearing reports now, we can't confirm this but 13 dead as of now. 35 injured and 10 dead at the metro stations alone as we heard earlier, it was reported that shots were fired at the brussel airport. words in arabic were then shouted before the explosions. the terror alert is now at the highest alert possible. if you are just tuning in they are saying if you are in brussel stay where you are. transportation has been basically completely shut down at this point,

6:00 here in london. manus, let us talk about the last 24 hours that was equity markets. rocking, bouncing off a very positive month for equity markets. the nasdaq having the best day in six months, just to put that in context, the year-to-date losses trend down to just 3%. some real equities coming through. manus: that is what we have here. this is the s&p 500, as you say, the loss trimmed back to 3%. volatility trimmed back by 14%. sinceggest one-day drop january. deutsche bank saying get on with it. 11% since the middle of february. the u.k. market has rallied 11%. as in the rallied 8% since the middle of february. it is a real shift, having passed through the needle. , there counting the msci asian market lagging. you have that downgraded by moody's on that view of china. the yuan is stabilizing. the manufacturing data really caught the zeitgeist. anna: anything positive around that, to put it in context with that comment from the bank calling from a rate hike from the u.s. in march. still only a 22% chance. a nice line, manus. let us check in on some of the ofk assets, get a

this is "the european close." we are going to take you from new york to london to brussels in the next hour. here is what we are for you today. european union also in emergency -- holds an emergency summit on the crisis, but turkey is making last-minute demands. the warning german chancellor angela merkel has for negotiations ahead. why one group of business owners wants to break away from the european union. could business deals be in jeopardy? mark: donald trump in the lead for the republican nomination. why many in europe are horrified by the idea of a trump presidency, even though in some ways he fits right in. let's head to the markets desk, bloomberg's julie hyman has the latest. hi, julie. there, mark. the s&p and the nasdaq remain negative, a little mixed breed on the chinese meeting over the weekend. information coming out from it, also reacting to commodities today. with the dow as the best performer, i wanted to look at the three biggest contributors to the gains. chevron rising, caterpillar rising as well, and dupont gaining on the news that people familiar with its pl

television stations seek your support. steves: london is growing, and its underground is growing with it. historically, most london attractions have been contained within its downtown circle line, but there's a new tube network emerging, and it's clear -- london is shifting east. each morning, a thunderous high-tech workforce surges into a district called the docklands. once a gritty industrial harbor, then a neglected no-man's-land, today the docklands has been transformed. it fills a peninsula created by a bend in the thames with gleaming skyscrapers springing out of a futuristic people zone. canary wharf tower is one of the mightiest skyscrapers in all of europe. workers enjoy good public transit and plenty of green spaces for relaxing. the entire ensemble sits upon a vast underground shopping mall. in the 1700s, the thames riverfront was jammed up with shipping in downtown london while this end of town was an industrial zone with the stinky industries -- glue making, chemical works, and so on -- conveniently located just downwind from the rest of the city. in order to relieve all the

mark:mark: live from london, i mark barton. this is the european close. we are going to take you from new york to london to madrid in the next hour. here is what we are watching -- what will draghi do with less than 24 hours to go before the ecb faces a choice? draghi will try to pump new life into the economy. what are the odds of a rate cut and more bond buying? for thethe new strategy world largest clothing retailer. how they are moving toward more online sales and cutting back on store expansions. mark: how are little -- how are low oil prices affecting companies that do drilling? drilling is here and an interview is coming up soon. head to the markets desk were julie hyman has the latest. julie: things are not progressing apace here in the u.s. gainsp 500 hanging onto thanks to energy stocks. the dow and nasdaq not doing much. some decliners in biotech weighing down the nasdaq. after the check inventory report that size larger than estimated build in inventories. a couple of things going on. we saw a large drop because the build last week was so big. that means we did see a

mark: we are going to take you from new york to london. here is what we're watching today. u.s. stocks slightly lower following the biggest two-day gain in the s&p 500. european stocks halting the longest winning streak that's october. investors eagerly awaiting breaking news. vonnie: shares are pledging today and still down about -- shares are pledging today. plunging today. the latest on the investigation into the death of the man killed in a car crash wednesday after being indicted. what does this mean for the legacy of the oil pioneer and where does the investigation go from here. breaking economic data crossing the bloomberg aired let's set it over to julie hyman who has the details. julie: the nonmanufacturing composite index 53.4, slightly above the 53.1 analyst had been anticipating. this is after in earlier measure where it came in below estimates and below 50. that is the dividing line between contraction and expansion. factoring orders coming in below estimates, 1.6% gain versus the 1.2% that was estimated by economist. factory orders excluding .2%nsportation and fal

. this is countdown to live from london. it is just after 6:00 here in london. we knew that today was good to be all about central banks. we thought we would focus more on the ecb. turns out, we have surprise out of new zealand. the surprise rate cuts from the new zealand bank, what did to the government bond two-year yields, currency falling as a result of the surprising move. thethe central bank cites global economy for doing this, further easing may be needed to meet weakness in the economy. it is ecb day, and we have people focused even more so on that scene. let us check in on the radar. one central banker decided not to give further stimulus to markets, it was the south korean central bank. the south korean currency is increasing after the bank of korea gave no change to its interest rates, against all 31 major peers this morning. at this in on oil prices, at 38.21 on nymex. but that was after some real strength yesterday, the wdi up by 4.9% in yesterday's session in new york. and because of the ecb data, let us check out what is happening with the euro as well. you just had it

contain the refugee situation. tom keene is in new york. even when i am in london, we have to talk about u.s. politics. we are seeing reversals. the stocks in europe are no longer gaining. touch on oil as it moves higher today. francine is really focused on the european central bank. is that thursday? francine: it is thursday and we will hear more comments on it.ative rates and the brex let's get to the first news with caroline hyde. caroline: leaders are expected to press turkey for not allowing migrants to enter europe. they want to support greece. turkey is putting it since the eu needs its help, a crackdown on opponents of the president won't hurt its chances of becoming a member. the government has seized control of a company that owns a best-selling newspaper. curtis lawmakers may be stripped of their parliamentary immunity. killed 47nd attack people at a security checkpoint. it happened 60 miles south of baghdad. islamic state has claimed responsibility. it's the third bombing in a little more than a week. the democratic candidates faced off in another debate. hillary clinton and

london is so bad it's blamed for thousands of deaths each year. now some londoners are fighting back with a tiny new air quality monitor strapped to the back of pigeons. charlie d'agata has the story on britain's pigeon air patrol. >> reporter: these pigeons are nothing special. if anything, they're underachievers. they're raising pigeons currently flying at about 120 feet and the little backpacks weigh less than an ounce. or light as a feather. that is princess, the bird, not the guy. princess and a small flock of friends took flight this morning on a mission to save the world. or mostly to raise awareness about all the air pollution in it. >> the reality is that we are all exposed to really toxic gases in our everyday lives, just by simply going in the streets, everywhere. >> reporter: seven birds, all females, took wing in today's sortie, two with pollution monitoring backpacks. one with g.p.s. so scientists can track them. the others are wing men, or wing women. pigeon hander brian woodhouse says his birds prefer to fly in a flock. >> they like to fly together. they do it fo

hand. not the acolytes. >> doesn't hurt. restaurantshut the in london because of regulations ? >> in 2007, there were issues in regard to thai ingredients. on thailand embargo for one year in that devastated us. we lost 70% of our ingredients. irksome. we were scurrying around london to find ingredients. we created something succulent and wonderful. you are scavenging the streets. it was just difficult. i thought it was not fun. providenot able to the best food to the customers. the wherewithal wasn't there. extremes. those ♪ in 2014, your restaurant was ined the best restaurant asia. >> many voters must have been drunk. [laughter] >> you said other restaurants deserve it more? >> i am critical about what we do. i see the faults, not the results. only way to the improve is to see the errors. i was taken aback. we did not win this year. i thought, there are so many other good restaurants out there. it was the luck of the draw. take the theis claiming toreigner cook thai? >> they are incredulous. i was no better than other westerners at the beginning. i remember one of the nicest thi

. >> seth: "london spy." >> fred: "london spy." [ laughter ] wow, "london spy." great. it's my favorite right now. >> seth: oh, it's your favorite show currently on tv. >> fred: "london spy." >> seth: yes. >> fred: it's incredible. it's an incredible show. have you seen it? >> seth: no. >> fred: nothing. >> seth: no. >> fred: not the latest episode? >> seth: no. >> fred: oh, seth, it's so good. >> seth: great, tell me about it. >> fred: okay, so it's this stereo store, right? and the store -- the guys are from london, ontario, in canada. [ cheers and applause ] they know the show, this is such a huge deal. >> seth: that's so great because i will admit, "london spy," i assumed london, england. >> fred: no. it is london. the gentleman who runs the stereo store's name is james spy. [ light laughter ] and, so customer comes in and is like, "i have speakers, i've got a stereo, i got zero cables." and he's like, "i'm sorry about that." and so the customer is like, why do you think i'd be coming here to buy, you know, anything? i want cables." and he's like, "yeah, you don't have to y

them, and i remember the threat was mentioned at the time. the critical mass is here in london with all sorts of reasons that it has nothing to do with the eu. >> that is a very important point to make because not only do we promise that as an attachment but it was pretended and achieved to keep the secret to save themselves from the uk criminal law and i think that you are absolutely right on this. it is no longer a sacrifice we are making or even decide a single market is not true. it is almost invariably followed when there are breaches of the rule. >> you are seeing more and more free-trade deals done that involve the terrorists when you look at the u.s. and australia deal. they were running at 4.3% and was a huge opportunity for us to get out from under an incredibly prescriptive over bureaucratic system to create a single policy out of many a. you mentioned the figure as you put it there. can you describe how that number is? >> what is the document you are reading? >> the amount of legislation from europe is an update by the house of commons. it's >> and the date? >> is the 20

mark: we are going to take you from new york to london in the next hour. here is what we are watching today. the bank of england expressing worries about a vote on whether britain should leave the european union and the influences on its decision on interest rates. alix: german airliner lufthansa checks in with a record loss. we will hear from the ceo. scarlet: eight us company -- a best company once to open on the east coast in the u.s. we will speak to the ceo of royal ahold. we are midway through the day. letter sent over to markets. julie hyman has been tracking the latest. julie: i will actually start brazil because there is an interesting situation there, a political crisis essentially. yesterday we learned the former would be lula appointed to the current president's cabinet as chief of staff. a federal judge in brazil has issued an injunction to suspend his appointment. we have been seeing brazilian stocks and currency rallying. ellis like that is continuing -- it looks like that is continuing . there is optimism being priced into the market that the president will lo

an environmental organization in the high courts. barnaby phillips from london. >> reporter: they are protesting because britain has some of the highest levels of no2 in europe. they hope the courts will force the government to produce a new plan to clean up britain's air. >> something like 40,000 people are dying each year in the u.k. because of air quality. we want the government to deliver clean air so that people aren't dying and aren't being made seriously ill. >> reporter: london's air looks cleaner that many cities, but nitrogen dioxide is an invisible killer. this woman is a worried mother. her family has a history of asthma. >> the government's own statistics show that in london pollution levels will not come down to acceptable levels until 2025. that's ten years away. my eldest son will be 18, my middle will be 16, and my younger will be 12, so the damage to their lungs will be done. >> reporter: i cycle through london every day. i wanted to know how much damage this journey might have been doing to my lungs. we have been measuring air pollution along my daily commute, u

♪ vonnie: we will take you from new york to london in the next hour. a result we are watching, a historic super tuesday for hillary clinton and donald trump. the front runners strengthen their grip on the party nomination. apple versus the fbi, both sides face-off before congress. now the attorney general of the u.s. and apple's top lawyer plead their cases as the world waits to see if the battle will change the face of security and privacy. vonnie: michael peterson just back from medical leave, -- understand the performance of valeant. julie hyman has the latest on the markets. after the uplift we had to a major agger -- average, we are seeing a bit of a downdraft, that a huge one but if you look in the sectors on the move, financials in the green, but that is the only group. we have utilities declining the most as bond yields continue to go up. a pretty diverse group in terms of what is falling, but i did want to point out there were -- the worst performers in the s&p 500 were those like monsanto. brown-forman cutting its forecast. dollar tree, which was out with its earnings a

through germany, belgium, france and indeed, london. >> obviously, border and security is going to be the absolute front and main issue now that the security forces are going to have to deal with -- if you can hold on one second, we're going to kelly on the phone with us, enroute to brussels. what are you hearing now? >> reporter: well, we're now hearing there are explosions now or smoke at as possibly as many as three metro stations in brussels. it's now been closed down. there are scenes of tape across escalators, of at least one injured person outside a metro station in brussels, close to the eu led quarters headquarters. so, this is now looking like a coordinated attack of some sort. is what we're hearing and now possibly more in this -- [ inaudible ] passengers -- we have no confirmation yet on what happened inside. but we know there are reports of some sort of explosion and possibly people injured. >> thank you so much for that. it's very difficult to stay on the phone. we're just getting word that the prime minister has tweeted that he says he is shocked and concerned by the

colby. and, today, i'm in the back seat of one of those fabulous london taxis. after crossing the pond, i figured i'll leave the driving to somebody else. i'm here to meet an heir whose father played a big part in world history through his connection to great britain's indispensable leader in world war ii, the one-and-only winston churchill. and i have to warn you folks, they don't call this show "strange inheritance" for nothing. >> my name is nigel cudlipp. my father, derek, was a master dental technician here in london for over 50 years. he died in 2007 and left his most important work to me. >> hello. i'm jamie. >> nice to meet you, jamie. i'm nigel. welcome to london and welcome to limehouse. >> thank you. it's a beautiful spot. is this where you live? >> we do. we live on a yacht out there. please come this way. >> thank you. nigel's career is in finance, originally for posh resorts and hotels and now for a museum here in london. but i didn't climb aboardto talt that. when i was told that i was coming to london to see teeth, i thought it was crazy. do you think it's crazy? >> it

to see norwalk, new london and into wellington . this is a very light snow . some 71 into ashland . . it is moving into a lot of dry air . few flurries near ravenna and into akron-canton . this will be lake effect, temperature-wise going to be in the low 30s today .to the around 30 degrees, 8:00 o'clock with snow showers developing,, in southern ohio likely see some rain mixing pureou because cfu rain showers towards the older side and it will just stay snowfall . tomorrow morning , expecting this to be dry . as we enter the day-to-day likely see scattered snow showers continued action and commute not expecting any problemsio that as it gets out of here by 8:00 o'clock in the morning it will be fineo tomorrow morningbe . one to 2 inches, some spots out of three to the last the coating to 1 inch advanced . cloudy scattered light snowfall today tonight, 22 . tomorrow start off with clouds afternoon sunshine with low to mid 30s expected the next clipper on saturday . low 40s on sunday, in mid- 50s monday, '60s on tuesday . do you have trouble tasting and walking . if you do come two

sequel to "olympus has fallen" is about the hit theaters.... we have a preview of "london has fallen" coming up next and a reminder fox19 now is once again teaming up with saint jude children's research hospital for the annual dream home giveaway. tickets go on sale next week... don't wait to buy yours... because they always sell out quick! the secret service in "london has fallen"... and this time around, he's tasked with saving more than just the president. fox news' jonathan hunt sat down with butler and co-star aaron eckhart for preview. nats: "welcome to london mr. president in the sequel to the 2013 sleeper hit "olympus has fallen", gerard butler reprises his role as the president's head secret serviceman in "london has fallen". nats: "an attack has decimated the british capital." this time around the world's leaders converge in britain following the sudden death of the prime minister... only to be targeted by a massive terrorist strike on the city, leaving the commander in chief and mike banning scrambling to escape. nats: "we're going to broadcast it live and kill him

bloomberg markets on bloomberg television. caroline: from london to new york to zurich in the next hour and here is what we are watching. ubs is raising their bonuses. mark: imf managing director christine lagarde is defending the negative rate move in europe and japan. why she says the global economy would be worse out without them. caroline: the identity of street artist banks see has never been revealed but that could change. is that a good thing or a bad thing? let's get straight to the market desk now with bloomberg's julie hyman with the latest. the day is not done yet, so you never know. i just want to mention that we got some sentiment numbers from the university of michigan with the sentiment number coming in at 90. following to 90 from 91.7 last month and that is also a five-month low. consumer confidence numbers coming from the university of michigan. it looks like as part of the survey low income americans became more concerned about prospects for the u.s. economy and higher gasoline prices. we are seeing some gains in u.s. stocks, all three markets are higher but just

for that. let's cross over to london and we can join our correspondent barnaby phillips. first of all, the reaction of the government there. >> reporter: the reaction across europe, as you would expect, has been a cascading series of expressions of sympathy from european governments, but also concern. the british government is holding an emergency security meeting shortly, i believe. the french government has already held a meeting. there are certain practical measures which have already been taken place. this is having an impact on transport across the continent. for example, eurostar, trains are not running from london to brussels, they're not running from paris to brussels, they're not even running to leel in northern western france. there's heightened security at airports and railway stations in paris and london as you would expect. the threat level in the u.k. is not at the highest level, which means that the british authorities, which certainly wouldn't want to be characterised as complacent, do not believe that an attack is imminent in this country, but, obviously, these are wo