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Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Right now? $4 trillion? Are you out of your frigging mind? When I came to this town as a lawyer on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the entire debt. Was 6 trillion. And what are we doing? We're having a conversation. Blowing my mind, a conversation about raising our debt, another $4 trillion. Why? So we can continue to fund the very bureaucrats that at least my colleagues on this side of the aisle campaign against. Well, guess what? You have a power of the purse for a reason. You should use it. Rick does chip Roy talk to speaker McCarthy like that when they're in person? Yeah, I have no doubt that this is the way chip Roy talks to everybody when he's in person. And so he is a passionate man. And although I would question, did he have that same passion when Donald Trump increased that by $8 trillion as when he was president? Maybe he does protest too much. Maybe he ought to think about the symmetry of his argument because if it's only about spending a good part of that 4 trillion, he was just beefing about is attributable to Donald Trump. So not to give chip Roy too much attention. He's the kind of guy that likes to make these statements. He's going to continue to do it no matter what this deal is. You'll never make him happy. And maybe he would only be happy with a future government shutdown because the budgets not going to make him satisfied. So at the end of the day, I really do question whether or not this takes away a lot of power from the freedom caucus when they actually don't turn up with the kind of deal they were looking for. I would remind them all. They were actually facing a clean debt limit increase and so getting anything out of this package is actually a victory for the speaker. Well, of course, Jeannie for every chip Roy on the right, there's an AOC on the left. For here on the last day of this session, Republicans have decided to skip town. But this death ceiling debate really is about is the fact that they have run up a bill Republicans have run up a bill that they now do not want to pay. They have run up this bill with extremely excessive military spending. They have run up this bill with extraordinary tax cuts for the wealthiest people in this country. Maybe Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and chip Roy should get together at the end of this thing and break bread, Genie. That's right. And you know, let's do a little fact checking on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It is not at the hands of one party or one president that we have run up this deficit. You go back two decades, you can see it has run up under Democrat and Republican presidents, Democrat and Republican control of the House and Senate. So, you know, it is not true to say this is just been Republicans, although they did under president Trump. So, you know, there is some fact checking to do there. And you know, you listen to somebody like chip Roy and he does seem to me, I'm now starting to call him Louise from thelma and Louise. This guy is ready to go off that cliff, and it was Louise who drove the car. I double checked for you. Thank you. And that's where I feel. This is very scary. We could see this thing. It's May 26th, and he sounds like a man ready to push the accelerator and get us over there. And of course, let's not forget Donald Trump is calling for that. I just, I'm stuck on that Ricky, you ready to go off the cliff here with jeanie or what? No, I am not thelma, and I'm not whoever the other one was. Louise, no, I don't think you were. I'm just picturing that convertible right now. Yeah. Look, I mean, we tend to focus on the polar ends of these political spectrums because they make the most noise. The vast majority of senators and congressmen are going to easily pass whatever comes out of this negotiation because The White House is going to instruct the Democrats to do it and the speaker is going to instruct Republicans to do it. And you're going to have more than enough votes with these combined organizations to pass this bill. That is not going to do. No one's going to hold that up. People like Mike Lee will make folks go through the process in the Senate rather than just getting it done through a unanimous consent provision. But that's all they can do is slow it down. And the reality is, if they don't have a deal today, I mean, those kinds of things are going to matter because they are running out of legislative days to actually get something done here. So, Jeannie, what is the next 24 to 48 hours look like? There was a hope that Wall Street would see something that investors would see something before everybody went away for the week, and although here we got the Dow up almost 300, the S&P is up 50 points. I mean, I guess the market has decided that this is going to happen. They've been betting on it that way all along aside from a few gyrations we've seen some hiccups in the bond market, but maybe it doesn't matter. Does this give them a couple days to figure it out? You know, I think it's still possible, like Eric said, we see something today maybe not, but I do think over this weekend, we certainly see something come out and hopefully that makes everybody feel a little bit of relief, but of course we are up against the clock. So imagine we see a principle deal, these guys then have to go sell this thing. They are selling the same deal and you're going to hear McCarthy say it's big time cuts, and Biden say, hey guys, it's not that big. And then you're going to see the ends break away. And this thing is going to have to be passed through the middle. And that is going to be the problem when you're talking about a clock that's this tight, they vote Tuesday or Wednesday. So, you know, this thing in the house and then it goes to the Senate where you'll see some peel off. So I think there's still a question, hopefully the market just yawns and says these guys do this all the time. This thing will work itself out. But what if we do on June 1st hit a debt ceiling and you see stocks plunge, you see bond yield spike, you know, we just don't know because we've never been here before. That's why they're going to have to keep three, four a day, maybe it's a week long short term solution handy here, right? Rick, once they actually get the deal, might need to buy some time. Yeah, except when you do that, you take the pressure off of getting a deal. And I think now it sounds like from the interviews you've done today and what we're hearing and reports that they actually feel like their backs are up against the wall and that they don't have a spare day. And the last thing you want to do is actually enter into that conversation. Oh, well, we could kick the can for a couple of days and just let go home and eat some barbecue. And so I do think that urgency is having its effect on the negotiations, which means you're likely to get something to come out, maybe that white smoke starts coming out of the chimney of the House of Representatives sometimes later today. How will they announce it, Rick? How are we going to find out, is this going to be the speaker walking up to a microphone or we see a joint statement or a good take on any form? Yeah, joint statement will just slow it down. That'll be negotiating what they say in a joint statement. So my guess is that there will be a statement out of The White House, whether they do it through the press secretary or somebody else. It really is just a formality. I have no doubt because he's been doing it three times a day every day for the last two weeks. The speaker will walk out and hold a presser. And put his own spin on it. So he's really good at that. He'll get there first. The ink won't be dry on that deal before he's actually talking to reporters about it. The American people have spoken. Rick Davis and Jeannie Chan xeno many thanks. I mean, we do hope that there's a deal here and not a thelma and Louise
The Charlie Kirk Show
How Democrats Changed the Game for Supreme Court Nominations
"Left has hated clarence Thomas since the moment George H. W. Bush to his credit, nominated him to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, remember, Supreme Court hearings used to not be very contentious. Used to be 98 nothing and 72 ten kind of boring, you know, okay, great. Passerby. But then the Democrats decided across the Rubicon. The Democrats decided to derail one of president Ronald Reagan's nominees. The great Robert bork. Robert bork should have been on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was an unbelievable writer. He knew the constitution through and through, but they went after him, and they went after him very, very hard. They, not just condemned him, they mocked him. They made him seem like a radical, which he wasn't. He was a thoughtful, reasonable person. And the term borking, a nominee, was born. That you could derail a nomination. And they tried to do this Kavanaugh, by the way, and they were unsuccessful. And basically they were able to consolidate 58 Democrats to 42 Republicans to reject a Supreme Court nominee the first of which in over 50 years to be rejected by the U.S. Senate. Joe Biden was the instrumental person. He was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and derailed Robert bork's attempt to go on the U.S. Supreme Court. Play cut one 19. As a nationally known jurist and legal scholar, Robert bork was a mainstay of conservative jurisprudence for more than half a century. Those views fueled a Titanic struggle over his 1987 nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, a fight that became a seminal moment in altering the process for all future nominees. Bork's Supreme Court confirmation hearings unfolded in September 1987, and heralded a historic struggle over the ideological composition of the federal courts. The judges responsibility is to discern how the framers values defined in the context of the world they knew. Apply in the world we know. Brilliant, Ted Kennedy, who was an evil person. How many times can you say chappaquiddick? Was involved. Joe Biden was involved. The same cabal. They never go away.
The Dan Bongino Show
Lisa Boothe: Are We Still a Republic?
"But I was also thinking about how Benjamin Franklin when he was walking out of independence hall after the constitutional convention in 1787 and a woman shouted to him you know what have we got A republic or a monarchy to which he responded a republic if you can keep it Are we still a republic Do we want to keep it I mean how many young people know that we're a constitutional republic What direction are we heading in You know and I remember when Joe Biden announced it in 26 or 2020 rather when we were covering the 2020 election And there was this persona that oh it's just Joe Biden from Scranton Pennsylvania just good old Joe He's a good guy He's a moderate Don't worry about him He's not scary I never really bought that because I saw him flip flopping on things like taxpayer funded abortions on fossil fuels did not seem trustworthy This is a guy too who slandered the truck driver who was involved in a car crash that killed his wife and daughter tragic but he lied about the guy He slandered him The poor daughter of the driver You asked from you know please apologize You know or you look at the fact that he's just a prolific liar You look at the fact that when he served over the Senate Judiciary Committee he was at the helm of two of the most awful Supreme Court confirmation hearings with Robert bork and clarence Thomas This is not a good guy You know the only reason people think he's a good guy is because he has suffered the kind of loss that he has And you can have empathy for him suffering so much loss But he uses it politically as a sword and a shield He's not a good guy
AP News Radio
Roberts declines Senate request to testify on court ethics
"Chief justice John Roberts has said no thanks to an invitation from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on ethical standards at the Supreme Court. I'm Ben Thomas with the latest. Judiciary committee chairman dick Durbin invited Roberts testimony after ProPublica detailed a close relationship between justice clarence Thomas and a conservative donor, but nonprofit investigative journalism organization reported Harlan crow had purchased properties belonging to Thomas and his family in a transaction worth more than $100,000, but that Thomas never reported. In a letter to durban Robert said he would respectfully decline the committee's request, describing such testimony as exceedingly rare, noting separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence. He instead provided the panel with the statement of ethics signed by all 9 justices. It describes the ethical rules they follow about travel gifts and outside income. Ben Thomas Washington
AP News Radio
G-7 talks may measure allies' reaction to US documents leak
"The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says the military needs to do a better job of securing confidential information in the wake of sensitive documents being leaked out by a 21 year old air national guardsman. The system failed. Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who's in the Middle East, tells ABC's this week with George Stephanopoulos. He's hearing foreign dignitaries complain about the release of damaging and embarrassing information. I can promise you it's been very damaging. There's information about Mossad supposedly helping the protesters. There's information about the air defense capability of Ukraine and everybody in the regions really worried. He says, why would anyone share secrets with the U.S. if a low level military member can leak it out? This weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried to downplay the fallout. It's not affected. Our cooperation. I just haven't seen that. He's attending the group of 7 foreign ministers meeting in Japan, the first major diplomatic conference since those sensitive documents were posted online. I'm Jackie Quinn.
77WABC Radio
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Spin news for Thursday, march 2nd, 2023, stand up for your country. You have a lot of very, very good information for you tonight. And here we go. We're going to get into a very depressing situation, corruption in the Department of Justice. And this is going to affect every American. So earlier this week, FBI chief, Christopher wray, gave an interview to Fox News. And then attorney general Merrick Garland testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both of those things are the subject of this evening's talking points memo. We begin with a federal statute. Title 18 section 1507 of the U.S. code. It was enacted in 1950. It says, quote, under this law it is illegal to pick at a parade in front of a courthouse or a judge's home with intent of interfering with obstruction or impeding the administration of justice or with the intent of influencing any judge. Well, that is exactly what happened on May 7th, 2022 in front of justice Kavanaugh's home and chief justice Roberts's home. So we're going to roll some tape now on the radio, I'll describe it to you. It dozens of protesters, some with bullhorns, all right? And they are out in front of the house because of the abortion ruling. All right? And there's even sound on tape of this. Go
WTOP
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on WTOP
"Anderson. Thanks for being with us. Attorney general America Garland dealt with a lot of questions during testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including how the administration is dealing with a dangerous surge in deaths from fentanyl. How would you describe the fentanyl problem in America? A horrible epidemic? South Carolina, a senator Lindsey Graham among the Republican lawmakers who press Garland on various issues. And joining us live from Capitol Hill. Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell and Miller. Okay, Mitch, what does the attorney general say, the administration is doing about the fentanyl crisis. Garland actually acknowledged under questioning from senator Graham that much more needs to be done since more than 70,000 people are dying from fentanyl every year. That's more than from shootings and auto accidents combined. He says Mexico has tried to help, but admitted it's not doing nearly enough to stop organized drug rings from getting fentanyl across the border. He did cite the fact that the DEA and law enforcement sees enough fentanyl last year that it could have killed every American across the country. But this, as you know, is an area that Republicans have really hit hard on in connection with charges that the Biden administration has not done enough to address the situation at the border. And it wasn't just fennel that they grilled him on, Garland also received a heated exchange with Texas senator Ted Cruz, who says that the attorney general didn't do enough to protect Supreme Court Justices in the wake of threats after the decision to overturn roe V wade what happened there. Right, senator Cruz, like other Republicans sought to suggest that Garland is politically biased that he enforces laws against those whose policies he disagrees with while somehow ignoring others. And Cruz focused in on those threats against the justices that came out after the decision in that historical abortion rights case. How do you decide which statute you enforce and which ones you don't? That Marshals on scene make that determination in light of the priority of defensives do not make a determination over whether to prosecute. Now, Garland said he was the first attorney general to order dozens of Marshals to protect the justices at their homes, but acknowledge no protesters were prosecuted. Also on the separate issue of Hunter Biden, the president's son, he said he has sought to stay out of the investigation by the U.S. attorney in Delaware. And then Garland only got one question about the investigation into classified documents of the homo former president Trump and it came from a democratic member of the panel. What happened? Right, that was a little bit of a surprise. The question came from Senate Judiciary Committee chair dick Durbin, who asked about the rationale for appointing special counsels in the case of mister Trump, as well as for the classified documents found at the home of President Biden, Garland defending the decision noting that Donald Trump is now a candidate for president. He feels that's a fair way to handle the investigation, and he feels it's even handed to do the same thing with President Biden, who's likely going to announce his reelection plans in the coming weeks or months all in all Garland probably knew this was going to be his longest day of the week, testifying before this committee. All right, Mitchell, thank you. A lot of action on Capitol Hill at WTO peace Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. 6, 18. Traffic
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The amount of bot traffic that we'd ever experienced. And for the first time in 400 verified fan on sales, they came after our verified fan pass password servers as well. Give us some of the background here. There have been complaints about live nation for years. I mean, essentially, ever since live nation acquired ticketmaster, which vertically integrates at the company. It was a promoter and now it was also a ticket seller. And across the board, there have been complaints about the use of that position. And at the time that live nation acquired ticketmaster, it did enter into a consent order, basically promising to behave fairly, and not to discriminate against other ticket sellers that are selling tickets for concerts and events that it's promoting. Well, the Department of Justice lo and behold found that it wasn't abiding by those terms. And went after live nation just a couple of years ago again saying, hey, you violated these terms. And what they did is they extended the consent order and they kind of beefed up some of the terms. And now people are saying, hey, they're still not abiding by these terms. And the problem at the core of it was you the term justice allowed live nation to buy ticketmaster. And that's just a big conflict of interest. And it really harms and forecloses other rival ticket sellers. And that's a problem. And there was this big snap through with selling Taylor Swift tickets for her upcoming tour and a lot of people say, hey, that's because there's no competition. And the systems aren't good enough because live nation, they have no incentive to innovate. They have no incentive to try to keep bots out. They have no incentive to have the best quality technology here. So if this process can go smoothly. So this is just an example of why their dominance is a bad thing. Now, we do understand, by the way, from news that the DoJ has still another investigation at this point of live nation ongoing. And that that had started before the whole Taylor Swift Bianca. But you know, Congress is upset about this too, so yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing and brought in quite a few people to testify. One from live nation, the rest were all various people involved in the industry, promoters actually, somebody from a band was there speaking about the troubles that they have in this small piece of the ticket price that they actually get. Because I think they want to draw attention to this. What can Congress do besides hold hearings? I mean, Congress can't really do very much, but at least what these hearings do is bring out information that's useful for the Department of Justice and then also validates what the Department of Justice is doing is they continue to pursue the investigation and then ultimately decide to bring a lawsuit because June, I think at this point, they have already failed to abide by the consent order once. If it's found that they fail to abide by those terms the second time, I don't think there's going to be a third chance. The third chance will be a lawsuit. And that lawsuit given this Department of Justice could be yet another one where they seek the breakup of a company. They could seek
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"What you need, right? Well, I don't know about craftsmen, but you got your own brand. Loyalty and wheelbarrows? The snap on make wheelbarrows? I don't know. Mac tools. That's kind of new for her from Bloomberg intelligence. We're going to have more coming up. This is Bloomberg. Good morning. It's 1118 on Wall Street. I'm Dan Schwartzman, today's company headlines. Could emerging market stocks be the way to go this year. Morgan Stanley investment management believes that EM may offer more attractive valuations and better growth in the U.S.. So far this year, Morgan Stanley's emerging markets index is up 8.6% compared to 4.7% for the U.S.. The auto industry is also dealing with job losses. Ford Motor Company will be laying off 3200 workers across Europe, mostly in Germany. It wants to cut costs to pour more money into electric vehicle production. Ford CEO Jim Farley has pledged more than $50 billion toward the development of EVs. The president and chief financial officer of live nation in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Joe birk told is expected to get grilled about the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco where the companies ticketmaster unit was forced to cancel sales when their website crashed due to massive demand. The Senate will also focus on competition in the $12 billion live music entertainment market. Live nation and ticketmaster which merged back in 2010 are also under investigation for alleged anti competitive conduct, and encouraging sign for the airline industry and independent outlook by cerium of the world's aircraft fleets predicts that over the next two decades, 44,500 aircraft will be delivered at a cost of $2.9 trillion. Single aisle jets are expected to count for 70% of the market with Asia accounting for 40% of all new deliveries. Certain Simmons betting has filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas. The mattress giant is looking to cut its debt from $1.9 billion to 300 million, which a majority of lenders and shareholders back. The Atlanta based company was hobbled by the pandemic. Those are the company's stories
Mark Levin
Scott Perry Spokespersn Denies Any 'Overturning-the-Election' Talk
"Perry's spokesman Jay ostrich said the congressman denied being part of any such discussion about Ways to overturn the election I suppose Let's see Perry was present during the December 21 meeting between members of their house Arch conservative freedom caucus they write and Trump the strategize about what Congress could do to block final certification of Biden's election They're perfectly free to do that That's not a crime and the Democrats do this all the time Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue Now this guy is a real louse In my opinion Told Senate Judiciary Committee stab Perry called him at Trump's behest on December 27th To discuss what turned out to be an Erin analysis circulating among Trump backers at the time that Pennsylvania certified vote count was higher than a number of voters who had actually cast about who cares So what And they go on Of course they cite That's a case here Cassidy hutcheson Who of course was found not to be all that of a reliable witness was she
Mark Levin
Whistleblowers Say DOJ, FBI Show Political Bias in Investigations
"A string of whistleblowers within the FBI Alleged that the bureau and the Department of Justice have selectively observed federal guidelines launching investigations into conservative aligned figures without a sufficient basis to do so In a Monday press release from the Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member chuck grassley The Iowa Republican highlighted whistleblower accusations that quote Washington field office assistant special agent in charge Timothy siebel THI BAU Disregarded agency guidelines requiring substantial factual predication to trigger investigations Grassley's office noted that thee bolt played a pivotal role in opening an investigation into the Trump campaign Using information from a quote left aligned organization unquote and that he whitewashed the sources biases to coax approval for an investigation from FBI director Christopher wray and attorney general Merrick Garland And the whistleblowers further allege that the bolt worked to falsely discredit legitimate evidence against Hunter Biden president Joe Biden's son related to his finances and business deals abroad Grassley wrote last week to ray and Garland to address the allegations against the bolt making bold pronouncement as to the state of American justice system Should they prove true
Mark Levin
If Justice Kavanaugh Was Assassinated, Media Would Still Blame the Gun
"God forbid if this would be assassin had became an actual assassin What would the media and the Democrats do mister produce They blame the gun The gun Enough is enough It's the gun It's not Schumer It's not Pelosi It's not Garland It's not all the Talking Heads the press who said horrendous things about Brett Kavanaugh lies Washington Post would take no responsibility The New York Times would take no responsibility The so called witnesses would take no responsibility in the Kavanaugh hearings The low sum attacks on him by these committee members the Senate Judiciary Committee they would take no responsibility Where's Chuck Schumer tonight He's after all the time Can't keep the guy quiet He's hiding He's with his aides his consultants trying to figure out what to say Remember this guy White House from Robert island That slop Remember Kamala Harris Disgusting attack We could go on and on and on You dehumanize this man so what's the problem It's like dehumanizing babies at the last minute before birth It's the promise of choice
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"And actually looks like it might be So some of these big tech platforms because right now it really only covers a handful of the really big digital platforms may actually have to come in compliance with this law sometime in 2023 maybe early 2024 You said the U.S. has a similar bill How similar is it You know it's quite similar It's called the American innovation in choice online act And now it's a little farther away We obviously in the United States we have a different process And you need bipartisan backing really for any bill today to become enacted and become law So we're a little bit farther behind but this bill actually has been voted through the Senate Judiciary Committee and has pretty strong bipartisan backing Very similar to the digital markets act it also would ban self preferencing by big tech platforms right now it really only covers Amazon Apple Facebook Google and maybe Microsoft that's a little bit unclear It has a few affirmative defenses for certain kind of conduct but really very limited I believe that it does have some prospects but I don't necessarily think as it's written today it could actually get through a floor vote in the Senate and even in the house and become law In the committee it was 16 to 6 in the votes It was all Democrats and then some Republicans but many of the yes votes were sort of contingent yeses that we want to keep working on it We think it needs improvement or change Before we actually vote yes on the floor So it means it's still developing and changing And so we're going to have to see where that comes out before we understand how strong it is and if it's really as tough as the digital markets act is We heard that under the Biden administration antitrust enforcement was going to be tougher Have we seen that or is it too soon You know I think we have seen it and it's remarkable because law moves very slowly and it particular antitrust law moves very slowly but in particular the Department of Justice has been really aggressive and they've been quite successful in suing to try to block mergers and then getting those deals to go to abandonment rather than actually taking their resources to litigate through which is for the Department of Justice and ideal outcome because they get what they want They kill the deal but they don't have to use their resources to litigate all through court They've been very active Thanks Jen That's Jennifer ree Bloomberg intelligence senior litigation analyst coming up Ghislaine Maxwell won't be getting a new triumph This is Bloomberg When.
Mark Levin
Former Sen. Fred Thompson: Dick Durbin Never Kept to His Word
"And Fred Thompson was a friend of mine over the years And you don't need the respond to this And when we were having dinner once he had retired from the Senate He said to me and I pretty much got along with everybody except one senator He said this senators word was not his bond A more than one occasion And again you don't have to respond to this honor He said dick Durbin And I won't say exactly what Fred Thompson said to me but it wasn't It wasn't in the king's English if you know what I mean But it was not a big fan of dick Durbin's He said you know he'd tell you one thing one day and the next day stabbed you in the back I'm just telling you that you don't need to comment on that and that's the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee And there he is I thought he did a lousy job I thought he was interfering I thought he was testifying And I thought you all did a really really good job Each and every one of you breaking it down But the most important moment will be when you ask that telltale question because that will resonate for decades She'll be on that court for decades and she will be voting over and over and over again In my view to rearrange society to support the Democrat party That's who she is That's what her record is senator
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Tucker I'm Nathan Hager futures moving lower this morning We're coming up to 6 O one on Wall Street and we check the markets every 15 minutes during the trading day on Bloomberg right now S&P futures are down almost 15 points down futures down 94 NASDAQ futures are lower by almost 59 points The ten year treasury is up 7 30 seconds the yield 2.35% yield on the two year 2.11% nymex crude is up one and a half percent or a dollar 65 to a $110 93 cents a barrel John And Nathan will have more on the markets in a minute but first the latest on the war in Ukraine Ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says about 100,000 people remain in a besieged city of marathon They're without food water in medicine and under constant bombardment Meantime President Biden heads to Europe to rally allies around tougher sanctions on Russia That story from Bloomberg's Ed Baxter National security adviser Jake Sullivan says the Biden trip this week will firm the plans He will join our partners in imposing further sanctions on Russia and tightening the existing sanctions to crack down on evasion and to ensure robust enforcement And reports are that the Biden administration is preparing sanctions on most members of Russia's state Duma the lower house of parliament more than 300 They will be coordinated with the EU In San Francisco I'm at Baxter Bloomberg daybreak All right Ed thanks and other major story we're following takes us back to Capitol Hill where it'll be day three of judge ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee Yesterday marked Jackson's first chance to field questions from senators Amy Morris has details from our Bloomberg 99 one newsroom in Washington Republican senator Marsha Blackburn pressed Jackson on abortion and whether she would respect the Supreme Court's ruling in the event that the court effectively guts roe V wade Senator whatever the Supreme Court decides in Dobbs will be the precedent of the Supreme Court and I commit to treating it as I would any other precedent Republican senator Tom cotton pressed Jackson on policing and the role of law enforcement I asked a simple either our question does the United States need more or fewer police Senator the determination about whether there should be more or fewer police is a policy decision By another branch of government it is not something that judges have control over more questioning by senators is set for today In Washington I'm Amy Morris Bloomberg daybreak We turn from Washington to China down the latest details on the deadly plane crash this week The China eastern jet that crashed Monday was traveling close to the speed of sound just moments before it plunged into a hillside Let's get more from Bloomberg's Asia correspondent Stephen engel When the airplane is traveling at that speed crashing into the ground it obliterates everything including potentially the flight and voice data recorders the so called black boxes which are actually of course orange and those have been found And that will be critical of course to determining what exactly caused this mystery crash And boulder Stephen engel reports that a black box was found just today after all 132 people on board died in the crash Back here in the U.S. John for markets it's all about the fed Central Bank officials are joining Jay Powell's hawkish call on interest rates Cleveland fed president Loretta mester says more than a quarter point hike may be needed I don't think.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senate judiciary committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"She's in her 99 one newsroom in D.C. hey Nat Thanks Carol Judge katon G Brown Jackson is still taking questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee with each member having 30 minutes to query the Supreme Court nominee Republican senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina brought up past grievances of how justice Amy Coney Barrett was traded by Democrats when they asked her about her religious beliefs so he asked Jackson about hers Do you attend church regularly Well senator I am reluctant to talk about my faith in this way just because I want to be mindful of the need for the public to have confidence in my ability to separate out my personal views I'd say President Biden has been watching some of Jackson's testimony and says he's proud of how she's conducted herself Well as Russia continues its bloody war against Ukraine Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is urging his colleagues to send a message to Vladimir Putin and revoke most favored trade status with Moscow Every drop of Ukrainian blood demands a response And the United States has an obligation to stand behind this young democracy Schumer says it's important to pass the legislation before President Biden heads to Brussels this week The house has already proved the measure Chinese investigators say the pilots of a doomed China eastern airlines flight failed to respond to multiple calls from Chinese air traffic controllers after tipping into a deadly nosedive They're still sifting through evidence to determine why the Boeing 7 37 800 plane carrying a 132 people crashed in southern China yesterday Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Does the Constitution Matter at All?
"Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court judge katon G Brown Jackson as before the Senate Judiciary Committee. And I haven't been following this testimony very closely. I'll talk a little bit more about some of the specifics of it tomorrow. But I wanted here to frame the broad issue that is under consideration here. And the broad issue is, does the constitution matter at all? In other words, do we have a judge here that is going to make decisions according to and in conformity with the constitution, yes or no? Now, there's been some talk on the part of the Biden administration and the left about a living about a living constitution. And part of what I want to argue here is that there's no such thing as a living constitution. All constitutions are inherently dead. Just like all laws are dead. Now by dead, I don't mean that you can't change the law. The constitution, in fact, can be amended. It's not easy to do it, but there is a process of amendment and it's been it's been done more than 20 times. But apart from the amendment process, the constitution remains, you may say, inert lifeless and dead in the same way that all laws need to be in order for them not only to be predictable, but also to mean something.
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"Her first day of questioning in confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee judge Jackson is pushing back at Republican claims that she went easy on child pornography convicts as a federal trial judge These people are looking at 2030 40 years of supervision They can't use their computers in a normal way for decades Judge Jackson also defended her work representing accused terrorist at Guantanamo Bay She also declined to weigh in on whether she agrees with expanding the Supreme Court Ukrainian president Vladimir zelensky is calling on the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to help Russia and Ukraine find a way out of their war Bloomberg zami Morris reports Zelensky held talks with Pope Francis and told him he would welcome his role as a mediator in the war Zelensky tweeted that he told All right we'll check back in with Amy in the minutes ahead Anytime some people who don't have health insurance could start getting bills for COVID-19 tests and treatment The White House says that it will begin unwinding a federal program that reimburses providers for vaccines and tests that go to the uninsured The Biden administration says that Trump era program is running out of money and will have to end next month The White House had asked earlier this month for another 22 and a half $1 billion in COVID funds according to The Wall Street Journal congressional Republicans have said states unspent COVID funds could be repurposed but some Democrats have balked at that Global news 24 hours a.
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"You so much for that update Charlie pellet It's three 49 on Wall Street The following is an editorial from Bloomberg opinion This week the Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on the nomination of judge katon G Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Her selection fulfills a campaign pledge made by president Joe Biden to name the first black woman to the court But Jackson would bring diversity to the bench in ways that go beyond race and gender Not only would she be the first former public defender to sit on the high court she'd be the first justice since thurgood Marshall with a criminal defense background At the same time she's been praised by the fraternal order of police which speaks well of her record of maintaining balance A substantive hearing focused on Jackson's record rather than her identity should allow the country to learn more about a distinguished jurist Hopefully it will also reveal a fresh perspective that the Supreme Court needs This editorial was written by the Bloomberg opinion editorial board I'm David shipley For more Bloomberg opinion please go to Bloomberg dot com slash opinion or OPI and go on the Bloomberg terminal These has been Bloomberg opinion How about you let me drive Oh no no no no Honey please I'll do the driving drive on Excuse me I want to drive It's a good question for drivers This is the drive to the clubs On Bloomberg radio All right just got about ten and a half minutes left in today's trading session We've been bouncing around certainly on the equity trade we're.
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"Efforts to inform the Russian people about events in Ukraine But first this week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold four days of hearings for judge katangi Brown Jackson's nomination to serve on the Supreme Court For more on what to expect I spoke with university of Alabama law professor Tara Leigh grove Judge Jackson has been meeting with senators one on one which is pretty common when someone gets nominated to the United States Supreme Court They have these one on one meetings with senators just to the senators can get to know them The first day should just be opening statements by the senator maybe by some of judge Jackson's close supporters close friends and to Jackson herself And then in the subsequent days we'll probably see senators questioning her about a range of a range of issues So what are the issues here As a practical matter we know a lot about her She has quite a remarkable record in the case of having been in private practice having been a public defender but also having worked for some big law firms and been a trial court judge district judge And now for a short time in the Court of Appeals she's got a pretty extensive record What are the questions about it So typically senators want to know what they call the Supreme Court nominees judicial philosophy how will this nominee approach constitutional interpretation How will this nominee approach statutory interpretation How does this nominee think about judging As you note judge Jackson has been a judge for quite some time We have a pretty good sense of her approach to judging But that typically tends to be the questions I will say I think many people say it's just kabuki theater We don't actually learn very much from the nominee And in recent confirmation hearings nominees haven't said a lot about how they will rule in particular cases and they shouldn't right Judges should not say how they might rule either in particular cases or in particular contexts So that makes a lot of sense But we can still get a good sense of how much the judge knows about the law and judge Jackson knows a tremendous amount So I think we'll get a sense of her familiarity with a wide variety of areas of law I also think the confirmation hearings are interesting because of the questions the senators ask I think we learn as much about the United States senators and their familiarity with constitutional law and other areas of law as we do about the nominees themselves So judicial philosophy I understand judicial temperament certainly is something that's really important on any court and specifically on the Supreme Court At the same time we now see some people in the Senate raising questions about some of the defendants that this judge represented when she was a public defender Is that fair game I mean someone was a criminal defender and represent some people who perhaps ended up getting convicted As many people do should that be counted against them I think the fact that judge Jackson was a public defender should count at her favor because this is the kind of experience that very few members of the Supreme Court have had certainly in a very long time the last public defender was thurgood Marshall or former public defender was thurgood Marshall And this offers a perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court that I think is quite valuable There are lots of people who have been former prosecutors who have turned into judges I think there's real value in having someone who has been on the other side And the reality is we have a zealous advocacy system This is what lawyers do Lawyers represent their clients and try to do it to the best of their ability And so if one is a public defender when it's going to be defending people who may have maybe accused of having done some terrible things And that's the job You give them the best representation possible and that's what makes the system work So no I don't think it's fair game to criticize her for what her clients may or may not have done Professor it's in my experience impossible to know what a person will do once they're on the Supreme Court They're appointed for life and they often end up different than you think But just speculate here a little bit what difference do you think potentially could judge Jackson make on the Supreme Court People are saying look it's not going to change the tilt the balance between so called left so called right Sometimes she will be the first black woman ever on the Supreme Court if she is in fact confirmed So I think on some of the major issues like abortion or gun rights judge Jackson will not defer tremendously in her votes from justice Breyer There may be some areas I think criminal law is one of them where her votes will actually differ from justice Breyer or could differ But in many areas they won't It'll still be what people view as a 6 to three supermajority super conservative majority on the Supreme Court I actually think it matters a lot to have different perspectives in the discussions themselves We don't know what the Supreme Court's discussions look like Those are always in close secrecy even the law clerks can't be in the room even other workers at the Supreme Court can't be in the room But I think it's valuable to have people with different experiences as part of those discussions because the reality is we all look at the law and issues from our own background experiences and people with different experiences can help others see things in a different way I encourage my students to talk to other students just to get a sense of well how does someone how do you see this issue Because we all see things differently And I think the discussions can be valuable even if some of the votes at the end of the day turn out to be the same Thanks to university of Alabama law professor Tara Leigh grove Radio free Europe closed its Moscow bureau after the Russian invasion of Ukraine But that hasn't stopped them from broadcasting news into Russia from abroad I caught up with CEO Jamie fly for more on how they are spreading uncensored news around the world.
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"Tuesday the severe threat moves to Louisiana and Mississippi into Alabama Senate confirmation hearings begin tomorrow for a Supreme Court nominee katangi Brown Jackson The federal judge picked by a President Biden to fill the seat being vacated by justice Stephen Breyer who retires this summer Hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee are expected to last four days If confirmed Jackson would be the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court I'm Scott Carr A federal judge has a Kentucky county clerk violated two same sex couples rights when she refused them marriage licenses back in 2015 Court documents say Kim Davis motion for a summary judgment was dismissed Friday and a jury will now decide What damages to award the couple suing Davis she was serving as Rowan county clerk in northeastern Kentucky which she refused the two couples licenses back in 2015 after the legalization of same sex marriage Davis claimed it was against her Christian convictions to issue the licenses The top seeded Gonzaga bulldogs are headed back to the sweet 16 after an 82 78 comeback win over 9 seed Memphis in Portland Saturday Gonzaga overcame a 12 point deficit early in the second half Tigers head coach penny Hardaway says Gonzaga's drew teddy was hard to stop as he led the way for his team with 25 points and 14 rebounds He made some tough shots control of the game got our guys to follow trouble and the rest is history and like he got every offensive rebound or every follow every bucket for them And then see it in person He made some fantastic shots For his part Timmy says he gave his team a little halftime speech to get a motivated No matter what.
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"People about events in Ukraine But first this week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold four days of hearings for judge katangi Brown Jackson's nomination to serve in the Supreme Court For more on what to expect I spoke with university of Alabama law professor Tara Leigh grove Judge Jackson has been meeting with senators one on one which is pretty common when someone gets nominated to the United States Supreme Court They have these one on one meetings with senators just so the senators can get to know them The first day should just be opening statements by the senator maybe by some of judge Jackson's close supporters close friends and to Jackson herself And then in the subsequent days we'll probably see senators questioning her about a range of a range of issues So what are the issues here As a practical matter we know a lot about her She has quite a remarkable record in the case of having been in private practice having been a public defender but also having worked for some big law firms having been a trial court judge district court judge and now for a short time in the Court of Appeals She's got a pretty extensive record What are the questions about it So typically senators want to know what they call the Supreme Court nominees judicial philosophy how will this nominee approach constitutional interpretation How will this nominee approach statutory interpretation How does this nominee think about judging As you note judge Jackson has been a judge for quite some time We have a pretty good sense of her approach to judging But that typically tends to be the questions I will say I think many people say it's just kabuki theater We don't actually learn very much from the nominee And in recent confirmation hearings nominees haven't said a lot about how they will rule in particular cases and they shouldn't right Judges should not say how they might rule either in particular cases or in particular contexts So that makes a lot of sense But we can still get a good sense of how much the judge knows about the law and judge Jackson knows a tremendous amount So I think we'll get a sense of her familiarity with a wide variety of areas of law I also think the confirmation hearings are interesting because of the questions the senators ask I think we learn as much about the United States senators and their familiarity with constitutional law and other areas of law as we do about the nominees themselves So judicial philosophy I understand judicial temperament certainly is something that's really important on any court and specifically on the Supreme Court At the same time we now see some people in the Senate raising questions about some of the defendants that this judge represented which when she was a public defender Is that fair game I mean someone was a criminal defender and represent some people who perhaps ended up getting convicted as many people do Should that be counted against them I think the fact that judge Jackson was a public defender should count in her favor because this is the kind of experience that very few members of the Supreme Court have had certainly in a very long time the last public defender was thurgood Marshall or former public defender was thurgood Marshall And this offers a perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court that I think is quite valuable There are lots of people who have been former prosecutors who have turned into judges I think there's real value in having someone who has been on the other side And the reality is we have a zealous advocacy system This is what lawyers do Lawyers represent their clients and try to do it to the best of their ability And so if one is a public defender when it's going to be defending people who may have maybe accused of having done some terrible things And that's the job You give them the best representation possible and that's what makes the system work So no I don't think it's fair game to criticize her for what her clients may or may not have done Professor it's in my experience impossible to know what a person will do once they're on the Supreme Court They're appointed for life and they often end up different than you think But just speculate here a little bit what difference do you think potentially could judge Jackson make on the Supreme Court People are saying look it's not going to change the tilt the balance between so called left so called right Sometimes she will be the first black woman ever on the Supreme Court if she is in fact confirmed So I think on some of the major issues like abortion or gun rights judge Jackson won't defer tremendously in her votes from justice Breyer There may be some areas I think criminal law is one of them where her votes will actually differ from justice Breyer or could differ But in many areas they won't It will still be what people view as a 6 to three supermajority super conservative majority on the Supreme Court I actually think it matters a lot to have different perspectives in the discussions themselves We don't know what the Supreme Court's discussions look like Those are always in close secrecy even the law clerks can't be in the room even other workers at the Supreme Court can't be in the room But I think it's valuable to have people with different experiences as part of those discussions because the reality is we all look at the law and issues from our own background experiences and people with different experiences can help others see things in a different way I encourage my students to talk to other students just to get a sense of well how does someone how do you see this issue Because we all see things differently And I think the discussions can be valuable even if some of the votes at the end of the day turn out to be the same Thanks to university of Alabama law professor Tara Leigh grove Radio free Europe closed its Moscow bureau after the Russian invasion of Ukraine But that hasn't stopped them from broadcasting news into Russia from abroad I caught up with CEO Jamie fly for more on how they are spreading uncensored news around the world.
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"The Russian people about events in Ukraine But first this week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold four days of hearings for judge katangi Brown Jackson's nomination to serve on the Supreme Court For more on what to expect I spoke with university of Alabama law professor Tara Lee grove Judge Jackson has been meeting with senators one on one which is pretty common when someone gets nominated to the United States Supreme Court They have these one on one meetings with senators just to the senators can get to know them The first day should just be opening statements by the senator maybe by some of judge Jackson's close supporters close friends and judge Jackson herself And then in the subsequent days we'll probably see senators questioning her about a range of a range of issues So what are the issues here As a practical matter we know a lot about her She has quite a remarkable record in the case of having been in private practice having been a public defender but also having worked for some big law firms having been a trial court judge disregard judge and now for a short time in the Court of Appeals She's got a pretty extensive record What are the questions about it So typically senators want to know what they call the Supreme Court nominees judicial philosophy how will this nominee approach constitutional interpretation How will this nominee approach statutory interpretation How does this nominee think about judging As you note judge Jackson has been a judge for quite some time We have a pretty good sense of her approach to judging But that typically tends to be the questions I will say I think many people say it's just kabuki theater we don't actually learn very much from the nominee And in recent confirmation hearings nominees haven't said a lot about how they will rule in particular cases and they shouldn't right Judges should not say how they might rule either in particular cases or in particular contexts So that makes a lot of sense But we can still get a good sense of how much the judge knows about the law and judge Jackson knows a tremendous amount So I think we'll get a sense of her familiarity with a wide variety of areas of law I also think the confirmation hearings are interesting because of the questions the senators ask I think we learn as much about the United States senators and their familiarity with constitutional law and other areas of law as we do about the nominees themselves So judicial philosophy I understand judicial temperament certainly is something that's really important on any court and specifically on the Supreme Court At the same time we now see some people in the Senate raising questions about some of the defendants that this judge represented when she was a public defender Is that fair game I mean someone was a criminal defender and represent some people who perhaps ended up getting convicted as many people do Should that be counted against them I think the fact that judge Jackson was a public defender should count in her favor because this is the kind of experience that very few members of the Supreme Court have had certainly in a very long time The last public defender was thurgood Marshall or former public defender was thurgood Marshall And this offers a perspective on the U.S. Supreme Court that I think is quite valuable There are lots of people who have been former prosecutors who have turned into judges I think there's real value in having someone who has been on the other side And the reality is we have a zealous advocacy system This is what lawyers do Lawyers represent their clients and try to do it to the best of their ability And so if one is a public defender when it's going to be defending people who may have or maybe accused of having done some terrible things And that's the job You give them the best representation possible and that's what makes the system work So no I don't think it's fair game to criticize her for what her clients may or may not have done Professor it's in my experience impossible to know what a person will do once they're on the Supreme Court They're appointed for life and they often end up different than you think But just speculate here a little bit what difference do you think potentially could judge Jackson make on the Supreme Court People are saying look it's not going to change the tilt the balance between so called left so called right Sometimes she will be the first black woman ever on the Supreme Court if she is in fact confirmed So I think on some of the major issues like abortion or gun rights judge Jackson will not defer tremendously in her votes from justice Breyer There may be some areas I think criminal law is one of them where her votes will actually differ from justice Breyer or could differ But in many areas they won't It'll still be what people view as a 6 to three supermajority super conservative majority on the Supreme Court I actually think it matters a lot to have different perspectives in the discussions themselves We don't know what the Supreme Court's discussions look like Those are always in closed secrecy even the law clerks can't be in the room even other workers at the Supreme Court can't be in the room But I think it's valuable to have people with different experiences as part of those discussions because the reality is we all look at the law and issues from our own background experiences and people with different experiences can help others see things in a different way I encourage my students to talk to other students just to get a sense of well how does someone how do you see this issue because we all see things differently And I think the discussions can be valuable even if some of the votes at the end of the day turn out to be the same Thanks to university of Alabama law professor Tara Leigh grove Radio free Europe closed its Moscow bureau after the Russian invasion of Ukraine But that hasn't stopped them from broadcasting news into Russia from abroad I caught up with CEO Jamie fly for more on how they are spreading uncensored news around the world.
Mark Levin
Allen West: Democrats Have Always Been the White Supremacist Party
"Do you think she'll get the same reception on Capitol Hill that clarence Thomas Oh absolutely not She'll be the roll out the red carpet and everything They want you know clarence Thomas when you go back and you look at that exchange between him and Joe Biden who was the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee when he was trying to challenge players right on natural rights theory It was absolutely appalling to discussing And it was a high-tech lynching But of course if you stand in the way of this black female I don't know why we have to be so focused on race and not content of character which is what doctor king talked about You're going to be castigating demonizes races white supremacists and all of this When the real party of white supremacy and racist the real part is the standard racism has always been the Democrat party and look at what they have done and destroying the black community in the United States of America They destroyed the family they destroyed education opportunities economic opportunities and now look at the rise of the gangs and things of that nature
Mark Levin
Judge Dabney Friedrich Upheld DOJ's Use of Felony Obstruction Law Against Jan. 6 Protestors
"The judge who is handling the case involving brand is struck I knew nothing of her but now I've looked And CN is very excited about her a federal judge And by the way she's very political She worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee then she worked for three years in George W. Bush's counsel's office So she's a rhino A federal judge on Friday upheld the Justice Department probably a never trumper Even though she was appointed by him The DoJ's decision to use a felony obstruction law listen to this Against U.S. capitol rioters a major victory for prosecutors have used the statute to charge hundreds of Trump supporters who were involved in the January 6th insurrection This is how they write it Several other defendants have challenged the law and many of those are still pending with other judges But Friday is rolling This was in December Means the Justice Department's strategy for charging the capitol rioters has survived
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"Illinois senator dick Durbin has suggesting there's a FrontRunner to fill the soon to be Supreme Court vacancy is unfair Suggesting there's a FrontRunner or this person is now moving ahead It's unfair to all the nominees This is in the hands of the president as it should be Appearing on NBC's meet the press on Sunday the Democrat and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he did not want to speculate when being asked specifically about D.C. circuit judge katai Brown Jackson Storm cleanup is now underway in the northeast Saturday snowstorm blanketed much of coastal New England with over two feet of snowfall in some areas officials with the Department of Transportation in Massachusetts say there's nearly 2000 pieces of equipment in use this morning on highways working to get roads clear Baltimore police are investigating after an officer was seriously injured during a struggle with a suspect who was shot and killed early this morning when officers were called to a domestic situation at a home in Ann arundel county during a struggle to handcuff the suspect and officer managed to fire his weapon and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene That's the latest I'm DIA kodiak And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom Investors are wondering where oil will go this week after it rallied last week the 6th straight weekly gain Prices are trading near a 7 year high we get more about it from Bloomberg's trolley pellet Robust demand is tightening global markets as supply remains constrained a chorus of Wall Street banks and oil executives are forecasting a return to $100 oil Additionally heightened geopolitical risks driven by fears that Russia may invade Ukraine of also contributed to crudes climb Charlie pellet Bloomberg radio Excrete was last quoted at 86 82 a barrel Could that jump to $100 a barrel Chevron CEO might worth says yes but that's probably not going to last And then of course we also have geopolitics that are present again a few years ago These types of events didn't seem to really impact commodity markets And today they appear to be doing so And so a $100 is certainly within the realm of what we could see in the next few months longer term we think markets rebalance and prices will moderate Chevron posted disappointing profits last week after slumping values for some long held fields hurt the UL giant's ability to take full advantage of surging energy prices The reelection of Sergio mataroa to the presidency of Italy could be good for investors as we hear from Bloomberg's francine LaCroix in Rome Investors are likely to welcome the fact that Mario Draghi will remain as prime minister in charge of Italy for another year Now that will push back the moment when voters have to decide how until they should move forward and will push back the uncertainty that an election due by spring 2023 will create Who stays on as president will stay in place until I think at least that time Bloomberg's francine Laura reporting from Rome the global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries I'm susannah Palmer This is Bloomberg I'm Barry Ritz you're listening to masters in business on Bloomberg radio My extra special guest this week is David Conrad He is the cofounder and chief executive officer at focus point capital group as well as land C investment LLC previously he was one of the key players at Guggenheim helping to raise $6 billion for their many different investment strategies So let's talk a little bit about focus point What's it specialty Where do you really put your focus into focus point Sure We raised capital for private funds and direct transactions The typical fund strategies we are focused on are private equity managers in the mid cap space from 250 million to say 2 billion in font size growth equity managers minority or managers focused on control some software but all throughout the tech sector tech enabled services software some hardware And we've lately done a little bit in the venture capital world And we do a lot in credit and income related strategies Who hasn't done a little something in the venture capital of these days It seems like there's just a ton of cash flowing into that But you mentioned equity growth are those private are you talking about hedge funds that are in the public market These are private equity firms that are not seeking control of the businesses So they're generally backing a management team bootstrap and they're the first institutional money going into the business So is that companies are growing 30 to 50% annually They need some equity capital to get to the next level These growth equity managers provide that with their guidance get them to a hundred to 200 million in revenue And then they show up on the radar screen of the larger private equity firms that are looking to add on looking for an portfolio company add on to an existing platform And so it's almost a food chain that makes our starting to see which wasn't as apparent three to 5 years ago But with the what's happening in the world of tech it's increasing rapidly Quite an interesting Let's talk about land sea investment It almost sounds like land and sea but it's land in the sea First what does that name mean And then we'll talk about what it does I've got a son named Lucas I've got a son named Alex I've got a wife named Nina My name's David And my last name is Conrad So there it is And.
Mark Levin
Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Intentionally Misled the Senate
"This is a shocking blockbuster story It'll be ignored by the corrupt media but it must not be ignored by anybody else In the American people need to understand That at the direction of the Biden White House an individual from the president's staff and individual from his domestic policy council And an additional individual In a senior political position in the United States Department of Justice civil rights division coordinating with others Set this entire thing up With a national school boards association I told you I smelled a rat Fink and there's rat finks everywhere You're two individuals who testified during the course of this week The Deputy Attorney General the assistant attorney general for civil rights both of whom knew what took place An intentionally misled the United States Senate The Senate Judiciary Committee Intentionally misled the United States Senate At no time did they explain to those senators That this memorandum was the product of a conspiracy between The White House and the United States Department of Justice That this national school board association letter Was a pretext a planned pretext to unleash the full power of the federal government unconstitutionally and illegally Against parents throughout America
All Things Considered
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Reducing Gun Violence
"I'm Ari Shapiro. The flags that the White House are at half staff at a Senate judiciary hearing on gun violence this morning. Committee chair, Senator Dick Durbin called for two moments of silence. One for the mass shooting in Atlanta That left eight people dead a week ago today and one for the mass shooting at a Boulder Colorado grocery store yesterday. 10 people
WBZ Midday News
Senate Panel to Debate Gun Control After Two Mass Shootings
"Lawmakers are reacting to the shooting rampage. Some say it's time for greater gun control measures in the United States. Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal says the inaction in Congress on gun violence makes this horror so tragically predictable. We also heard from Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark tweeting that gun control now no more excuses. And, of course, there's a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing underway looking at gun violence Right now in the nation's capital. We're monitoring that for you
THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
FBI chief warns of violent domestic terrorism growing in US
"Director christopher ray bluntly labeled the january riot at the us capitol as domestic terrorism. On tuesday and warned of a rapidly growing threat of homegrown violent extremism that law enforcement is scrambling to confront through thousands of investigations. Ray also defended to lawmakers he's own agencies handling of an intelligence report that warned of the prospect for violence on january six and he firmly rejected false claims advanced by some republicans that trump groups that organized the deadly riots. That began when a violent mob stormed the building. Congress was gathering to set if i results of the presidential election raise testimony before the senate. Judiciary committee is first before congress. Since the insurrection was the latest in a series of hearings centered on the law enforcement response to the capital insurrection. Lawmakers pressed him. Not only about possible intelligence and communication failures ahead of the riot but also about the threat violence from white supremacists militias and other extremists. The fbi says it is prioritizing with the same urgency as the menace of international terrorism organizations. The violence at the capitol made clear that law enforcement agency. That remade itself off to the september eleven. Two thousand one attacks to deal with international terrorism is now laboring to address homegrown violence by white americans. President joe biden's administration has tasked his national intelligence director to work with the fbi and department of homeland security. To address the threat number of white supremacy arrests has almost tripled. He said
BBC World Service
FBI Director Condemns Capitol Siege as "Domestic Terrorism"
"FBI director Christopher Wray says the January 6th attack on the U. S. Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism. NPR's Brian Naylor has more on Ray's remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Testifying for the first time since the attack, Director Ray said he was appalled by the violence and destruction of that day that Attack. That siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. It's behavior that we the FBI viewers domestic terrorism. In Ray's words. Quite a number of the some 280 people who have been arrested on charges relating to the attack had militia or white supremacist connections. And today, he said, there's no evidence that anyone connected to anti fur had been involved. He said that domestic terrorism was metastasizing across the country, and he defended the bureau's sharing of intelligence in the days leading up to the attack, but conceded what happened on January 6th was not an acceptable result. Brian Naylor. NPR
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
FBI director says Washington, DC assault 'domestic terrorism,' no evidence of Antifa
"Facing a tough round of questioning on Capitol Hill as Congress continues to examine the events that led up to the deadly attack on the U. S Capitol building. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Ray about police involvement in riots and in the white supremacist movement, the vast, vast, vast, vast, vast vast majority of the men and women in uniform both in law enforcement and the military. Our brave, selfless, professional, high integrity individuals. But when there are bad apples in the midst, we work with our partners to try to get ahead of it. Federal authorities have arrested numerous off duty police officers and members of the military for taking part in the attack. Several Republicans used today's hearing to question Ray about threats posed by Antifa and other left wing extremist groups. Ray made clear that those groups were not part of the capital riot, which he labeled as domestic terrorism. Retail
The Takeaway
FBI Director, Christopher Wray, Testifies Before The Senate
"As Congress continues to examine the events that led up to the deadly attack on the U. S Capitol building. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Ray about police involvement in riots and in the white supremacist movement, the vast, vast, vast, vast, vast vast majority of the men and women in uniform both in law enforcement and the military. Our brave, selfless, professional, high integrity individuals. But when there are bad apples in the midst, we work with our partners to try to get ahead of it. Federal authorities have arrested numerous off duty police officers and members of the military for taking part in the attack. Several Republicans used today's hearing to question Ray about threats posed by
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"Senate Judiciary Committee House Financial Services Committee, and I found out very quickly. That none of these people knew anything about short selling. So I've already been reached out to buy a couple of Congress folks who saying the getting ready to do some stuff. Hopefully, I'll get to throw my hat in the ring and put it in some regular man terms. But the bottom line is There's no way to predefined your downside when you short because theoretically, a stock could go to infinity so much like Mitch said, And he's a real advisor. He's the guy over at the macro trend, advises founding partner Own short if it's not suitable for you, and you haven't done a whole bunch of homework, and it's just not for the regular people and Mitchell so I was talking about the speeds of trading. Many people don't realize that You know, retail trading is probably about 9 to 10%. Of all the volume in the market. Everything else is rowboat, creating auto trading algorithms. And even when retail investors do go in to try to trade against them, it's like a David versus Goliath. You're better off investing, and I always say 8 to 10 year trends like that's when your lifestyle changes. Maybe take another look at it. What do you tell people to do right now? You know, I think you if you're a retail investor right now, and the good news is that et efs have become so using s a T word ubiquitous. I mean, there's so many of them. There's so many choices. You could pick the sectors that you like. You don't have to worry about individual stock risk on do you can put money in the programmatic basis. I'm a big fan of dollar cost averaging for the retail investor. So you don't have to. You know, you can buy in a down day You could buy after a couple of down days, but pick the sectors you like and invest for. Yes, the next milestone kids entering high school and you know you wanna have that money for them, and they graduate from college. So figure out what the right Thing to invest in for four year duration. The problem, JT right now is that people who need yield there's just none of it out. There s o the 10 year Treasury at 1.13 or whatever it is right now, so we're finding a lot of money going into the equity markets for yield. You've got some blue chip companies building two times, the 10 year treasury or more. So I think that the other thing I tell it retail investors to do If you're buying individual stocks reinvested dividends right because that you get the benefit of compounding. Interest and you'll find yourself after 10 years only twice as many shares. Well, very sage advice from one of the best in the business, Metro shell. Thank you very much, Brother. Really appreciate it. Look forward to seeing you soon. I find the way Thanks for having me here is the drink a father. It's cranberry juice, but I got it anyway. It's red. It's national wear red. They don't spill it. Metro Shell founding partner. Macro trends advisers coming up next Dan Hernandez is gonna join us. Dan Hernandez is the president of Milestone Wealth management, and we'll get a little more into what the things you may want to do with your portfolio right.
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"I'm in. It is not in my interest. You have members of the United States Senate, especially the Judiciary Committee, which I cover and covered. Furious with me for the rest of their lives because it interferes with my ability to do my job. So did you approach him to change the relationship? Well, um Eventually I did. I invited him to go to the radio and TV correspondents Dinner with me. He then his press guy, then leaked it. But he arrived to pick me up for that dinner. He even brought me of course. Ah, Zhu. He was in it. You know he took we were that and we were definitely the stars of that. Evening because I remember I remember. So what kind of body armor did you develop? Develop when you were under attack, and everybody in all sides you say was hating you. Well, um Because it's true and because it's funny and it because it it sort of captures everything. So then night after I broke, the story broke the story in a Monday on a Sunday morning And a Monday night. Did Nightline and Simpson was on and the late Paul Simon's senator from then senator from Illinois was on and I was on And, um You know, I have thanked God many times that I was not a 20 something at the time because if I had been, I would have been really I think Unable to maintain my The demeanor I had to maintain so that night. At the end of the show. I'm Alan Simpson was saying that I was a completely unethical journalist, and I'd broken all kinds of ethical codes and etcetera, etcetera, and so I waited and I waited till about 50 seconds before the end of the show, and I got the floor and I said Look, if I hadn't reported this story, it never would have come out. And if the Senate Judiciary Committee had done its job and investigated these charges, I never would have had this story. So I head out. They had sent a car for me. I head out. Get in the car. How Simpson Who's about 68 comes dashing out after me, holds the door open and is yelling at me and I. Finally after about Reform. Mince of this, and I couldn't close the door. I got out. I stood up to my full then 5 Ft 4.5 inches and I said Senator, you are a Blankety blank bullet. And you can figure out what the Blankety blanks were. I got back in the car. We drove off. I said to the guy, the driver I said Go. I pulled the door shut. He We go out Turns around the corner. This part of the story, and and he says to me, he pulls off. Reese is Lady, you better get a gun. I go home. My husband who is a former United States, senator, the late wonderful Floyd Haskell. Had not been watching this because it was a Monday night football night, so he just went to bed and some husbandly instinct. Um I walk in the in the house and he comes downstairs and he's standing at the top of the stairs in his PJs, and he said to me what's wrong? And I said E just completely I.