1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Denise Pellegrini, and Israeli airstrike has hit a tent camp 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: in the courtyard of a crowded hospital in central Gaza, 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: according to the Associated Press, as we've been reporting killing 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Palestinians and wounding others, including journalists. As the war between 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: Israel and Gaza continues, Maryland Democratic Senator Chris van Holland 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: criticizing the way the Biden administration is handling the war. 8 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: Net Yah who continues to essentially give the finger to 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: the present the United States, and we're sending more bombs. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 2: That doesn't make sense. 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: Van Holland there on ABC's This Week. Meantime, the UN 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: warning famine is imminent in Gaza and says it's Israel's 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: legal responsibility to allow more aid in unsepts James Elder, 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: there are other crossings that can be opened. 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: We can open things up in the north. You can 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: in Dave Flood the Gaza. 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Strip, intercepts James Elder. There also Israeli Prime Minister Benjaminettnya, 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: who being admitted to hospital for hernia surgery under general anesthesia, 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: and the Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister will stand 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: in for the seventy four year old leader. US job 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: support coming our way this coming week. Payroll scene increasing 22 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: by at least two hundred thousand for a fourth straight month. 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: According to a Bloomberg survey of economists, average hourly earnings 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: projected to climb four point one percent from year ago. 25 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: That's the smallest annuel advance since mid twenty twenty one. 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 1: And feed cher J. Paul says the Fed could afford 27 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: to hold off on interest rate cuts for now. 28 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 2: Growth is strong right now, that labor market is strong 29 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: right now, and inflation has been coming down. We can 30 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 2: and we will be careful about this decision because we 31 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: can be and. 32 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: Paul, speaking Friday at an event at the San Francisco Fed, 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: a raise to twenty bucks an hour for many fast 34 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: food workers in California thanks to a new minimum wage law. 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: Kerry Harper, Howie and our family operate McDonald's throughout Los 36 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: Angeles and hopes to make up for any losses with 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: increased sales. 38 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: We're just not going to make as much profit. We're 39 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: not going to be able to save as much as 40 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 3: we normally do, and we are prepared to absorb those losses. 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,919 Speaker 3: They are direct losses to us as family owned businesses, 42 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: and the. 43 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Law requiring the wage increase in California goes into effect tomorrow. Meantime, 44 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: more bullish signs on China's economy, manufacturing activity expanding in 45 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: March for the first time since September. The official Manufacturing 46 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: Purchasing Managers Index rose to a higher than expected fifty 47 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: point eight. And some advice for pet owners ahead of 48 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: the solar eclipse just over a week away. Stephen Marx, 49 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: founding dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Clemson, 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: and he says you don't have to worry about your 51 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: pet damaging their eyesight. 52 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: The biggest concern is people always ask, well, what happens 53 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 4: if my animal looks at the sun, and they really don't. 54 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: Only people tend to look at the sun. 55 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: But Marx does say pets and other animals do experience 56 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: anxiety and strange behaviors due to the dimming of the 57 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: sun during eclipses and the March madness continuing in CAA 58 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 1: men's head coach Dan Hurley speaking out in his team's 59 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: thirty and oh run and they're seventy seven to fifty 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: two win over Illinois Elite eight round of the nc 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: DOUBLEA Men's Tournament last night. 62 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: We've defied the odds this year, you know, just with 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: past champions and losing everything that we lost from last 64 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: year's team, and having this giant target that we've carried 65 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: the entire year, the Yukon target plus the defending national 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: champs target. You know, Plus we're a program or players 67 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: have a lot of confidence and a lot of swagger, 68 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: and so everyone hates us. 69 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: Huskies now move on to the final Fourida face Alabama, 70 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 1: which rode a title wave of three pointers to beat 71 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: Clemson eighty nine to eighty two and reach their first 72 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: final forever at an NCUBLEA women's A tired, injured Yukon 73 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: team barely squeezed out a win against Duke, which pushed 74 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: hard in the last quarter and almost caught up in 75 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: that breathless quarter. Yukon head coached Gino Ari I'm on 76 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: Connecticut's fifty three to forty five win over Duke in 77 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: the sweet sixteen round of the NCUBA Women's Tournament last night. 78 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 4: The fatigue factor became a big issue because it forced 79 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: us to change our game plan. We got up twenty 80 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 4: because we just pushed it, pushed it, pushed it, and 81 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 4: then I felt like, Okay, we need to we need 82 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: to breather here, but we're not going to be able 83 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 4: to finish the game. 84 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now, 85 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: I'm Denise Pellegwini, and this is Bloomberg