[inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. The committee will come to orde order. We are here this morning to review ongoing Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the Virgin Islands in weeks of Hurricane Irma. We are now over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and st. John on september 6. Its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. This is a little over a week ago that senators cassidys, franken and i, along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors, the governor or cello for your hospitality, the time that you gave us during that visit was incredibly important for all of us to see to be on the ground and to be hearing directly from you. I know that some other members of our committee have traveled to puerto rico previously and i thank them for that as well. What i think we observed is that the
You have a big loss at Deutsche Bank. Take a look at this, the first down week to have year. Dow futures falling 227 points. Volatility reintroduced to our markets and we see in the bond Market Investors keeping close eye as we have been on Interest Rates, there we are, above 2. 8. Upset that it quickly went away from us. Lauren we were just talking tag about Deutsche Bank, if you look at dax falling 1. 3 as a result. We do have good news out of Tech Companies, that could be bad news for rivals in asia, samsung, down about 1 . Lauren ugly day for investors and ahead of the super bowl, the preawkward moment talking about his son. You would support if he wanted to run rounds in the nfl. He would never play football. Not going to let him. To minneapolis for super bowl. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren friday second of february, im lauren simonetti. Im Connell Mcshane. Cheryl casone in super bowl. Lauren absolutely, volatility is being reintroduce intoed the market. A couple of interesting
Get things done. Alisa global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Johnson, in for emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. More problems for over including for uber, including a criminal investigation. Plus, amazon and microsoft taking the lead. We will hear from top executives at each firm. And a japanese billionaire and the founder of softbank, his first break and how he closed the investment of a lifetime with jack ma. First, our lede, the continuing saga of ubers legal troubles. The Company Facing two additional criminal investigations. Eric newcomer uncovered the scope. He joins us now. When i saw the notes this morning, im like, really, havent we done this already . Ive got to think the Legal Department at uber is feeling the same way. Eric it takes a long time for things to wind their way through. We knew about three criminal probes before. We are
Of a new round of nafta talks. President trump has threatened to withdraw from the accord unless the u. S. Gets a better deal. House Speaker Paul Ryan is taking a handsoff approach in the escalating feud between President Trump and Tennessee Republican senator bob corker. Ryan was questioned today about the war of words between the two in recent days. Speaker ryan i think its just talk it out amongst yourselves. My advice is for these two gentlemen to sit down and talk through their issues. I think thats the best way to get things done. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Im alisa parenti. Bloomberg technology is next. Cory im cory johnson, in for emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. More legal problems at uber, including a criminal to previouslyand undisclosed probes by the Justice Department. Plus, amazon and microsoft taking the lead. We will hear from top executives at each firm. Japanese
Forecast. The fed will publish its Monetary Policy report to congress. Lawmakers will have the weekend to go over the report for Janet Yellens testimony next week. Are going to move oil prices. David lets get an update and months making headlines. Hamburg, its another day of clashes between protesters and police as the g20 summit gets underway. Protestersization were hit with Water Cannons. President trump will meet with Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the u. S. , japan, and south korea keep pressure on china over north korea. Discussion about responding to the missile launch. President trump has signaled his frustration to rein in north korea. Computers in into u. S. Power plants. The chief suspect is russia. Current u. S. Officials say one of the plants targeted was the Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant in kansas. They could disrupt the power supply. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. Global leaders