Trade. At what point do you pull the plug and say you know what . Its not worth it anymore. Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. On tuesday voters head to the polls for primaries or caucuses in 6 more states, idaho, michigan, mississippi, missouri, north dakota and washington. Michigan has an outsize role in president ial politics, its a battleground state, that was once part of the reliable blue wall for democrats. But the state got away from them 2016. President trump won michigan by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 per cent. Or about 10 thousand votes. The state hadnt voted for a we like to call were paying attention even if youre too busy. The Affordable Care act is on republican since 1988. But president trumps message the ballot in 2020, sort of. The Supreme Court announced it resonated there. Will decide the fate of the aca, that was before his trade war with china. Michigans economy relies on also known as obamacare. Manufacturing and agriculture as well. F
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from michigan. Were here at the Detroit Institute of arts. Famed mexican artist diego rivera painted this mural all around me. Its called detroit industry. And its a tribute to the citys manufacturing roots. But detroit didnt just build cars, it manufactured hope. It was where the American Dream came to life. With a large bloc of blue collar workers, michigan eventually became part of the reliable blue wall for democrats, until 2016, when donald trump won the state by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 of the vote. Michigan hadnt gone red since electing george h. W. Bush in 1988. But in 2020, pundits of every stripe acknowledge black women voters will be the kingmakers, or queenmakers. They turned out more than any other group in 2016 and 2012. Africanamerican women have long been political players. Our special correspondent joie chen retraced the steps of some of americas greatest Political Forces to understand their influence her
And short form video startup quit be looking to raise another 500 million ahead of next years launch on top of the 1 billion it has already raised. Ceo meg whitman tells us how the servicele streaming will compete. First, major news out of apple. Apples chief designer, jony ive , longtime designer, is leaving the company to form a long time to form his own design company. Ive is responsible for the look of some of the iconic products including the iphone. We got a press release minutes ago from apple. There is a quote from tim cook is a singular figure in the design world and his role in apples revival cannot be overstated from 1988s groundbreaking imac and the iphone. To a certain extent, this is not incredibly surprising. Over the last couple of years, ive has sort of taken a step back from the public eye, from the day today in the design at apple. He was very focused on building apples new headquarters, its circular headquarters in cupertino, california. Cook goes onto to say apple
Barred from the upcoming a lipid games following recent allegations of doping and a coverup by Olympic Games following recent allegations of doping and a coverup by russian authorities. Global news 24 hours a day powered by 2600 journalists. I matt miller. This is bloomberg. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Historic, and tech deal marks the end of yahoo as we know it, and a cyber scandal on the eve of the democrats big week. And we will focus on the men leaving apples worst kept secret project. First to our lead yahoo buying price and yahoo four 4 billion. This concludes a sevenmonth project that began in january. The deal also effectively ends the turnaround efforts of yahoo Ceo Marissa Mayer, whose appointment in 2012 was celebrated by wall street and Silicon Valley, or she is staying on for now. I spoke with her today and asked what horizon could do for yahoo that yahoo could not do as and then the company. Take a listen. I think there is tremendous scale from the di
Close dozens of media organizations, including 45 newspapers and 16 television stations. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg west is next. Emily i am emily chang, and this is bloomberg west. Facebook blows past Second Quarter earnings estimates thanks to a surge in mobile ads. I spoke to Sheryl Sandberg about how they keep it up. Plus, tmobile ends a winning streak in monthly subscribers but beats on the rest. Cfo. Uld hear from their and the explosion in health tech. Facebook shares soaring after hours, up as much as 8 as facebook beat on sales, profit, monthly, and datily active users, getting a big lift from what Mark Zuckerberg has called the golden age of online video. I spoke to Sheryl Sandberg about video driving engagement on the social network. The explosion of video on the platform is great for consumers and great for our business. If you think about all the