Im brent goff, good to have you with us. The liberation of muscle has become begun. The words as troops broke through the defenses of the socalled Islamic State and began advancing towards the center of the city. Their meeting fierce resistance. They are using civilians as human shields. A day of symbolic progress for iraqi forces. They are back in the city for the First Time Since Islamic State fighters ousted them and say they have captured an important building. Our troops enter the tv station which is very significant. Peration has begun. As i i i i i i i i i i i i i i y are meeting evever greater resistance. Bondsnd boooo will fight to the death if necessary. They have forced tens of thousands of civilians toward most old. People are very close to their offices and military installations. That is used to support the assertion that they plan to use these people as human shields. There were believed to be about 5000 militants remaining in muscle mosul. Is the last major stronghold i
Lacqua with tom keene in new york. Tom it is a quieter economic day after the festivities with janet yellen yesterday. Give us some perspective on that better than good number. it is better than expected but only a touch. First quarter gdp growth has been revised up, but i think what we worry about in europe is that we are becoming a little bit like japan, that we need to get used to this Slower Growth rate. We will get paul donovans thoughts on that, but lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Istanbul, a car bomb targeting a police video has killed 11 people. Seven Police Officers are among the dead and no one has claimed responsibility. Two new opinion polls show the u. K. Referendum on leaving the European Union is too close to call. The poll for the Daily Telegraph says 48 of those definitely planning to vote are in favor of staying in the eu, with 47 wanting to leave. Another poll conducted by the times has the remain forces tiered, 43 to 42 Hillary Clinton now has enough dele
Weekend ahead. Lets head over to mike now. Looks like a good start to the morning drive. Really good. You see not showing any slowing all around the bay except there. The altamont pass. You cant get away from that. 587, you get more crowded in the afternoon. Right now is a great time to head over there and catch the sunrise. Live look shows you the volume of traffic in san jose light coming toward us. Thats 101 and 280 interchange. No problem. Back to you. To developing news in San Francisco. Two bicyclists killed in hitandrun crashes. There is a search for the driver responsible for one of those instances. This happened around 6 00 last night. Steph chuang joining us live. Good morning. Police here say they are working with very strong leads but stopping short of saying they know who they are looking for. Two cyclists killed. In a span of three hours in the city. Both drivers tried to take off running. Emergency crews could not save the woman in her 20s who was riding in Golden Gate P
Being sued oftels laundered aliens dollars. Hsbc says it will defend the case. Those are the headlines. 24 journalists, 150 euros. Journalists, 150 bureaus. Chinese market closed for the lunar holiday. The nikkei down. Back in half an hour, time now for bloomberg west. I am cory johnson, in for emily chang. This is bloomberg west. Tradersk, solar city after investors send shares down 29 . Could amazon become the next that x . A blueprint for a Global Shipping and logistics operation. Corey net disney reporting an interesting quarter. Shares. Ase in star wars driving most of the action. Investors have been sending shares down as es en continues to see subscriber losses with rising programming costs. Columbia,yst and from we have input. You would inc. That star wars would more than make up for a little weakness, but no. This was a real head scratcher. Here you have a company reporting a record quarter and you still have a Share Trading down. Investorr one issue on minds is espn. Commenta
The reason . Europe. The European Central bank decided it was not going to go easy on greece at least in public as that country tries to ease the terms out of its bailout. By the close, the blue chip dow index finished just six points higher 70,673. Nasdaq fell 11 points and s p 500 dropped 8 points. Oil snapped a four day rally with pressure of Energy Companies as focus is back on supply issues. Crude fell nearly 9 to 48. 45 and brent also dropped. Bob pisani is at the New York Stock Exchange with a reminder of how new york andthey in control. Reporter the four major sources of anxious. Oil, base metals bond yields and european equities. Several trends have been building for a while. Oil hovering in the mid 40s for a month and europe strong since mid january but the combination of all four together aided by words that a deal with greece may be possible as created a powerful rally. Going into the start of trading today, the s p 500 has rallied 70 points from its high to its low in just