Nuclear talks. We begin in paris where this stunning developments good evening. Mark what are the latest details so far . Totally stunning stuff. It was quite dramatic. Every line out of his mouth was breaking news. It is the pilot that did it. When the main pilot when out of the cockpit, he locked him out. The minute he was gone, he put the plane into descent. Mark were there any indications that the copilot would do Something Like this . No and that is what everyone is trying to figure out. Hes a 28yearold german citizen from a town an hour north of frankfurt. He had little experience. Theres nothing that would indicate why he would do such a thing. The entire worlds press corps is descending on the town he is from. Prosecutors have searched his house. Hopefully we will get some clues. At the moment, no one has any information. Mark in the United States pilots are never left alone in the cockpit. Does europe have the same rules . They dont. In the u. S. , if the main pilot if one of
Are you conservative enough for republicans . Many gop voters have their doubts about jeb bush. We put together a focus group in New Hampshire. It is hightech. A luxury watchmaker is joining forces with Silicon Valley. Welcome to Market Makers. Our stephanie ruhle. And i am bill cohen in for Erik Schatzker. It is march madness. Stephanie it is and we will discuss it over the next couple of hours along with bills beard. We have some breaking economic news. The leading Economic Indicator scarlet fu is in the newsroom. Our viewers want to not hear about bills beard so much. Scarlet Business Outlook survey is a disappointing read. The index came in at five which indicates a drop from the previous month of 5. 2. This is an unexpected decline. Economists were expecting an increase to seven. The second data point is leading index. It has seen a sharp deceleration over the last half year from 1 in july 2. 2 in january. We have stayed at that. 2 . In terms of effect on the financial markets, u.
We are live on the salt conference in las vegas. I am Erik Schatzker. Stephanie i am Stephanie Ruhle. Day two and we had an extraordinary run already. We will be speaking with the one and only jim cahanos. Leon cooperman at 11 00 and john burbank at 11 30. You better sit down, strapping and dont go anywhere. Erik that is one heck of a lineup. Lets start with a bulletin. Stephanie Erik Schatzker in vegas, a whole other level. Erik top business stories of the morning. Alibaba has a new ceo, daniel zhang, they chief operating officer for the past two years. He helped turn the companys single date shopping day into the biggest revenue. He replaced jonathan who will remain as chairman. He spoke earlier to bloomberg about alibabas strategy. Daniel we manage our business by creating value for longterm customers. By creating values for the disappearance for the participants, so we believe that the investors will like us as long as we continue our belief and continue creating value for customer
I am Erik Schatzker. Stephanie i am stephanie ruhle. Erik breaking news but last big piece of Economic Data before the jobs report, julie hyman is in the newsroom with the headlines for us. Julie the expectations were not very high going into the report, but the number is coming in that are than the estimates with a rise of. 2 . This is the fastest rise weve seen since last july, and we have seen this downtrend as of late, a drop of. 3 was what was estimated, however, there is a dark spot, and that is the revision. The month earlier revision for january, the number revised lower to. 7 drop from. 2 , so that may be a watch if you look at all things considered. The fact is we broke this losing streak and it might be viewed as a positive sign by economists and the market as well. Erik julie, thank you very much. Lets not forget the jobs report and special coverage here on Bloomberg Television. Stephanie and the top business stories of the morning. Firsttime claims for jobless defense have
Divided in the usual form. The senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy mr. President i ask that the record reflect this colloquy and this dialogue be shown in the same place in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Murphy i think that i might not be alone to my good friend from wyoming in suggest you ing that most people probably wouldnt suggest that 11 Million People signing up for Health Care Means the law is unpopular. Indeed weve seen a reduction by 25 in those across the country that dont have insurance in a years worth of time. I think thats a pretty stunning uptake and it shows how desperately people wanted insurance. Again i ask this same question to the c. B. O. Head yesterday and his review of why there has been a slight differential its a pretty small one between what they initially estimated and why people signed up is because more companies are maintaining their own Health Care Insurance less cancellations are happening and thus there are fewer people who a