Thats why youre going with speed, right . You are not putting this out to bid. We have not agreed on any pricing, but i can assure you before we were to sign off on a contract, we are going to make sure that this is the best value for taxpayers. Yes. Yep. Youve had a couple of questions around this, what kind of fights do you anticipate in congress when this, by [inaudible] and not having a competitive bid, there will be some pushback, right . Well, this wouldnt be washington if there wasnt pushback, but i dont expect, i do not expect anymajor fights on this. I think that the one thing i feel extremely proud about, about the way the congress has acted when it comes to veterans issues, is the bipartisan support when its the right thing to do for this countrys veterans. And i do expect that to, essentially, carry through on this. That does not mean that it is not appropriate to ask hard questions, to make sure that the Due Diligence is there, to make sure, as we said, this is a risky pro
This is the second hour of daybreak asia from bloombergs u. S. And asia headquarters. It is just after 7 00 p. M. Here in new york. I am betty liu. We are marching ever closer to the friday jobs report here in the u. S. Some see it as the last data points before we get the fed decision next week. It could swing either way. Ifit is bad, i do not know that 100 chance holds. I know the correlations are not strong. But that adp report was a blowout figure. All but solidified this was 100 when it comes to the fed it next week to read also watching oil very closely. At 50, that hid the Energy Players in australia. With check out the market sophie. Oil producers in focus given that 5 drop in wti overnight. We have the nikkei and the kospi coming online. The nikkei 225 snapping a fourday drop, up 4 10 of 1 . A lot of focus given what is happening. Toshiba has concerns about chip sales. Asahi reporting it may not meet its earnings update by march 14. Over on the kospi, up 1 10 of 1 , extending
Backup. Smooth flow of traffic. There is a that drizzle kari was talking about. This morning the wait is almost over. The road to rio culminates with an explosive celebration tonight during the olympic Opening Ceremony. Live pictures from rio this morning. For months nbc bay area has been preparing to take you inside all the action and all the local ties to the biggest competitions on the planet. Nbc bay area anchor Jessica Aguirre is live with us from rio de janiero with a sneak peek of ceremony that promises to be a party, jess. It is so great to have you this morning. All the build up, all the excitement, all the nerves, a lot of questions about whether rio is ready. Yes, that is the question. Bon dia, sam and laura. This is the olympic park is where im standing right now which is the rio de janiero. This is one of four clusters that will be holding the olympic games. And this is in the magic city. Now, tonight this city is getting ready to host one of the biggest spectacles on eart
Highlighted vulnerabilities in the u. S. The attack occurred in a public area before checkpoints. Transportation correspondent kris van cleave on whats being planned here. Reporter passengers traveling through u. S. Airports are likely to see more police in public areas, increased random checks of vehicles and people with larger bags. Also, additional bombsniffing dogs. 28 canine teams have been reassigned from small airports to major transportation hubs. T. S. A. Administrator Peter Neffinger i like to think of it as a security environment you create that it gets more and more secure as you get closer to the thing youre trying to protect. Reporter after security checkpoints, passengers may be subject to more airline comengz Airline Cargo and airline employees are receiving extra scrutiny following an apparent bombingave russian jet in egypt last october. Are you confident a brusselsstyle attack could not happen at a u. S. Airport . There is always a possibility of an inspired individu