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Bloomberg Radio New York
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"And at Bloomberg quick take. This is Bloomberg radio. Illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border are hitting record highs. Customs and border protections set its stocked more than a quarter of a million migrants along the Mexican border in December. That's a 7% increase compared to November and reflects a 40% jump from December of 2021. It's the highest of any months since President Biden took office. The White House introduced new policy measures earlier this month, restricting asylum for many migrants. White House chief of staff, Ron klain, may be on his way out. The New York Times reports the veteran political consultants resignation would be the biggest staffing shake up the Biden administration has seen since taking over The White House two years ago. A search for his replacement is already reportedly underway, a formal announcement and the naming of claims replacement is not expected until after President Biden's State of the Union address on February 7th. Military officials are confirming the death of a former U.S. Navy seal in Ukraine. Scott Carr has more. Navy officials say it's unclear why former navy seal Daniel swift was in the Eastern European country, which continues fighting off a Russian invasion. Swift was last stationed in coronado, California, a special warfare operator who had been listed as an active deserter since 2019. Swift becomes the 6th American known to have died while reportedly fighting in Ukraine. Daytona Beach police say they're still negotiating with a woman who barricaded herself in a hospital room after shooting her terminally ill husband Saturday. Staff and patients near the room at advent health Daytona Beach have been evacuated despite it being determined she was not seen as a threat to staff or patients. It's currently unclear if the man shot was killed. Graceland is hosting a public memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley this weekend. The service for Elvis Presley's daughter will be held Sunday morning at the Memphis mansion. Presley will be buried at the side's meditation garden near Elvis, her son and Elvis parents, Presley died last week at the age of 54. I'm Julie Ryan. New York congressman George Santos is taking to social media to deny two new allegations against him. Navy veteran Richard aust is condemning Santos for the loss of his dog after Santos allegedly stole money he raised for the dog to get surgery. It's disgusting. It's horrible. Make sure you ashamed of him. Somebody doesn't have shame. He's a psychopath. The other allegation was about performing as a drag queen in Brazil. Santos tweeted the reports that I would let a dog die is shocking and insane. He added, these distractions won't stop me, despite his denials, Santos faces at least 5 different investigations and a criminal indictment or action by the House ethics committee could force him off any of his newly assigned committees, a new study shows recent fires in the Sierra Nevada forests in California are the wrong kind. Mad Madsen reports. Research from UC Davis shows rates of high severity fires have skyrocketed since before the Euro American settlement data shows locations considered mid to lower elevations saw its load of moderate severity rate from 90% dropped to around 60 to 70%. However, the high severity rate quintupled from below 10% to 43% and author of the study says the balance between good fire and bad fire is way off prescribed burns would be an example of a good fire, as it's used to treat forests rather than damage them. An Illinois judge is granting a temporary restraining order to keep a new gun control law from being enforced against hundreds of plaintiffs. Jim Forbes has the latest. About 800 lawsuits against the new ban on assault weapons in the state of Illinois were filed in state and federal courts. The law puts a limit on the sale of high capacity ammunition magazines and bans devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rounds automatically. Those opposing the measures say it violates their Second Amendment rights, democratic governor JB pritzker remains confident the law will be upheld. I'm Julie Ryan. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom. Elon Musk said he will revamp the size and frequency of advertisements that appear on Twitter. There's as he plans to roll out a higher priced subscription model that allows for zero ads. Abbott labs says the U.S. Justice Department is investigating its infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination. The factory's closure in February of 2022 contributed to a nationwide baby formula shortage, an abbot spokesperson said the company is cooperating fully. Another weekend, another rally for Bitcoin, Bitcoin rallied ahead of celebrations for the lunar new year holiday throughout Asia, surging at the start of the weekend for a second straight time. It was up last weekend, too. The largest cryptocurrency rose about 4% today to over $23,000. Second largest ether advanced as well. This comes amid more predictions that the cryptocurrency market may have passed its lows. Commodity futures trading commission commissioner Christie goldsmith Romero tells Bloomberg she wants more power from the CFTC to control crypto. Yeah, so ultimately what I'm calling for is really like more comprehensive whole of government regulation, very similar to what we have with traditional finance, right? So it's going to be multiple government agencies involved that's going to have greater customer protections and stronger federal oversight. Ramiro was interviewed on Bloomberg technology. Forecasters now expect U.S. economic activity to contract over consecutive quarters in the middle of this year is as those steep interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve are felt more broadly across the economy. More from Bloomberg's Charlie pellet. According to a Bloomberg survey of 73 economists conducted January 13th through the 18th, gross domestic product has seen falling at a 0.6% annualized rate in the second quarter and 0.3% in the third quarter as consumer spending stagnates business investment wanes and industrial production weakens. Forecasters put the probability of a recession over the next year at 65%. Charlie Bloomberg radio. It will be a big week ahead for earnings, even debit is chief investment officer at monitor group investments and here is what she is seeing. It's really interesting. One of the messages I definitely saw loud and clear last year was the telegraphing of bad news well in advance. So that's why we're not seeing those kind of negative earnings surprises that we thought we would. We see companies that are pretty clever. They're taking a leaf out of the fed's book in terms of really getting expectations managed, and then they can surprise on the upside. So that's what we're seeing around earnings. 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 Susanna Palmer. This is Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Radio New York
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"Bloomberg business app. And at Bloomberg quick take. This is Bloomberg radio. Many political pundits say his first two years have had their ups and downs. President Biden is marking two years in office on Saturday. Since his inauguration, the president has managed to secure several legislative victories, including the sweeping bipartisan infrastructure law, and the chips act to revamp high-tech manufacturing in the U.S.. However, his administration has also faced significant challenges, including grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis at the southern border, and historic inflation. Meanwhile the president has more recently been mired in controversy following the discovery of classified materials at his home and former office. This comes as Biden is expected to officially announce his bid for reelection in the near future. A new study shows recent fires in the Sierra Nevada forests in California, are the wrong kind. Has the latest research from UC Davis shows rates of high severity fires have skyrocketed since before the Euro American settlement data shows locations considered mid to lower elevations saw its low to moderate severity rate from 90% drop to around 60 to 70%. However, the high severity rate quintupled from below 10% to 43% and author of the study says the balance between good fire and bad fire is way off, prescribed burns would be an example of a good fire, as it's used to treat forests rather than damage them. And former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is over the moon with some exciting news, the oldest living moonwalker celebrated his 93rd birthday on Friday and announced he finally decided to marry his longtime love, doctor onca Fowler, the pair tied the knot in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles before Aldrin was honored by living legends of aviation for his impact on space travel, Aldrin released a statement announcing the wedding saying he and flower were as excited as eloping teenagers. I'm Jim Forbes. The Food and Drug Administration will not grant accelerator approval for an experimental Alzheimer's drug, the agency rejected Eli Lilly's application for quick approval of the drug, Donna mab. That's due to the limited number of patients who stayed on the drug for at least 12 months. The treatment has shown significant promise in previous studies. The drug maker says it plans to file phase three clinical trial data later this year for traditional FDA approval, an investigation is underway in Queens after a teenager was shot and an MTA bus was struck by a stray bullet Friday morning, Natalie migliore has more. No one on board the bus was injured, but a 16 year old boy was shot in the right shoulder and is expected to survive. The shooting happened along rockaway beach boulevard as many stores were starting to open for the day and Carl gaudette says he saw the aftermath. I'm in the
WCPT 820
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"NBC News radio, I'm Jim Forbes. President Biden is marking two years in office Saturday since his inauguration, the president has managed to secure several legislative victories, including the sweeping bipartisan infrastructure law, and the chips act to revamp high-tech manufacturing in the U.S.. However, his administration has also faced significant challenges, including grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis at the southern border and historic inflation. Meanwhile, the president has more recently been mired in controversy following the discovery of classified materials at his home and former office. This comes as Biden is expected to officially announce his bid for reelection in the near future. A new study shows recent fires in the Sierra Nevada forests in California are quote the wrong kind. Has the latest research from UC Davis shows rates of high severity fires have skyrocketed since before the Euro American settlement data shows locations considered mid to lower elevations saw its low to moderate severity rate from 90% drop to around 60 to 70%. However, the high severity rate quintupled from below 10% to 43% and author of the study says the balance between good fire and bad fire is way off prescribed burns would be an example of a good fire as it's used to treat force rather than damage them. And former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is over the moon with some exciting news. The oldest living moonwalker celebrated his 93rd birthday on Friday and announced the finally decided to marry his longtime love, doctor Anka Fowler, the pair tied the knot in a small private ceremony in Los Angeles before Aldrin was honored by living legends of aviation for his impact on space travel. Aldrin released a statement announcing the wedding saying he and as, quote, excited as eloping teenagers. I'm Jim Forbes. This is Chicago's progressive talk. 8 20 a.m. WCT widow's Friends, an online CPT 8
WBEZ Chicago
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"I wish I'd made that. But first the news Live from NPR news. I'm Janine Herbst. In Northern California Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the West this weekend. The backward complex merger of two Lightning caused fires burned more than 55,000 acres, and his 8% contained evacuation orders are up in some areas. Jake Kagel with California Incident management says parts of the fire are inaccessible. We're talking anywhere from 50 to 100 FT Flame links. We cannot be putting our resources in there. However, we are working that actively with Fixed wing aircraft. It's putting retardant out as well as helicopters that are using water bucket drops. Fire officials, though, say the air was so dry in some spots that some of the water dropped by aircraft evaporated before reaching the ground. The fire is rushing northeast from the Sierra Nevada Forest region after doubling in size in only a few days. California, California's northern mountain areas already have seen several large fires that have destroyed more than a dozen homes. At a G 20 gathering in Venice Finance chiefs forged a deal to block multinational companies from putting their profits in low tax havens. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli has more The tax deal would establish a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to prevent multinationals from basing their profits in countries with the lowest tax rates. It would also tax companies such as Amazon and Google, partially on the basis of where they sell their products, not on the location of their headquarters. The G 20 members make up 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world's population. U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said some smaller countries are still opposed, including Ireland, Hungary, Kenya, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. But she added that the deal would include an enforcement mechanism that prevents holdouts from undermining the agreement. Sylvia Poggioli NPR news role Case of a Houston man who was arrested Friday for illegal voting is being held up as an example of racial bias in the Texas cash bail system. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports her service. Rogers was the last person to vote in Texas last Super Tuesday. Now he's making news for different reason. The Texas attorney general arrested Rogers on charges of illegal voting because he was on probation. He's being held on $100,000 Bond. Texas State representative Joe Moody in El Paso Democrats said. There's a problem with that bail. He didn't commit a crime of violence here. Unknowingly voted. There is a bias in our system. There is a disparate racial impact, mostly for black men. The proposed bail reform bill will make it harder for suspects to be released without a cash bond. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. This is NPR. British billionaire Richard Branson is preparing for a flight into space aboard his Virgin Galactic space plane as NPR's Geoff Brumfield reports it will be only the fourth flight of the new vehicle. In 2014, a test pilot lost his life when a similar spaceship designed by Virgin Galactic broke apart in mid flight. Branson told NPR that he's confident the problem has been fixed. Obviously, our team have made actually certain that something like that would never happen again. If the flight goes forward as planned, Branson will travel at three times the speed of sound to about 50 miles above the Earth. He. The pilots and other crew will experience several minutes of weightlessness before returning after our threat. I think we're going to be done used with people wanting to go to space. Branson will beat American billionaire Jeff Bas US to space by just nine days. Bezoza is currently set to fly in a rocket built by his company, Blue Origin on July 20th. Geoff Brumfield. NPR news As the number of travelers continues to rise in the reopening economy, Airlines are adding more flights and carriers are expecting even more passengers this winter. United Airlines says it will add nearly 150 flights this winter to warm weather destinations in the US and also to beach spots in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Delta is ramping up its scheduled to ski destinations this winter and Spirit Airlines says restoring international flights from Orlando that had dropped during the pandemic. This is airlines pushed.
KQED Radio
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"Daniel Kurtzer. Even this hour as troops leave Afghanistan. What happens to prisoners at Guantanamo? When you ask what U. S troops leaving Afghanistan means forget it's really the fate of these forever detainees that we're talking about. And ahead of the euro soccer Final One comedian hopes his song about England bringing home the Cup finally comes true. It's a song about breaking through your sense of disappointment with the prayer, the all sports falls have at this time we are going to do it. First the news. Live from NPR news. I'm Janine Herbst. In Northern California Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the West this weekend. The backward complex merger of two Lightning caused fires burned more than 55,000 acres, and his 8% contained evacuation orders are up in some areas. Jake Kagel with California Incident management says parts of the fire are inaccessible. We're talking anywhere from 50 to 100 FT Flame links. We cannot be putting our resources in there. However, we are working that actively with Fixed wing aircraft that's putting retardant out as well as helicopters that are using water bucket drops. Fire officials, though, say the air was so dry in some spots that some of the water dropped by aircraft evaporated before reaching the ground. The fire is rushing northeast from the Sierra Nevada Forest region after doubling in size in only a few days. California, California's northern mountain areas already have seen several large fires that have destroyed more than a dozen homes. At a G 20 gathering in Venice Finance chiefs forged a deal to block multinational companies from putting their profits in low tax havens. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli has more The tax deal would establish a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to prevent multinationals from basing their profits in countries with the lowest tax rates. It would also tax companies such as Amazon and Google, partially on the basis of where they sell their products, not on the location of their headquarters. The G 20 members make up 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world's population. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. Some smaller countries are still opposed, including Ireland, Hungary, Kenya, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. But she added that the deal would include an enforcement mechanism that prevents holdouts from undermining the agreement. Sylvia Poggioli NPR news wrong The case of a Houston man who was arrested Friday for illegal voting is being held up as an example of racial bias in the Texas cash bail system. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports her service. Rogers was the last person to vote in Texas last Super Tuesday. Now he's making news for different reason. The Texas attorney general arrested Rogers on charges of illegal voting because he was on probation. He's being held on $100,000 Bond. Texas State representative Joe Moody in El Paso Democrats said. There's a problem with that bail. He didn't commit a crime of violence here. Unknowingly voted. There is bias in our system. There is a desperate racial impact, mostly for black men. The proposed bail reform bill will make it harder for suspects to be released without a cash bond. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. This is NPR Live from KQED News. I'm Kate Wolf. Law enforcement officials in Oakland held a march at League Merit today to call for unity and support in reducing gun violence in the city. Oakland police report that 71 people were killed in homicides so far this year. According to a city report. There were 85 homicides in all of 2020 and 68 in 2018 OPD chief Laurent Armstrong. The fact of the matter is far too many people are afraid to come outside. Our seniors can't walk to the store. We got young people dying at an alarming rate. If you can't stand up for safe Oakland, what do you stand up for? On the other side of the lake, Supporters of the anti police terror project held a car caravan in support of the city's recent allocation of funding for mental health and violence prevention efforts. Assembly member Carol Fife says she believes the police she believed the police's so called anti violence rally was politically motivated after council members voted to give less money to law enforcement than was originally proposed. We do need accountability on how they're spending their funds. They've been fully funded. When all of these murders have happened. The families who are who are grieving their young people, the police were funded. They make six figures, and they don't provide services that the community so desperately needs..
WBUR
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"The present. Bone reader. Snap judgment, storytelling the beat right after this very short break, snappers stay true. Live from NPR news. I'm Janine Herbst. In Northern California Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the West this weekend. The backward complex merger of two Lightning caused fires burned more than 55,000 acres, and his 8% contained evacuation orders are up in some areas. Jake Kagel with California Incident management says parts of the fire are inaccessible. We're talking anywhere from 50 to 100 FT Flame links. We cannot be putting our resources in there. However, we are working that actively with Fixed wing aircraft that's putting retardant out as well as helicopters that are using water bucket drops. Fire officials, though, say the air was so dry in some spots that some of the water dropped by aircraft evaporated before reaching the ground. The fire is rushing northeast from the Sierra Nevada Forest region after doubling in size in only a few days. California, California's northern mountain areas already have seen several large fires that have destroyed more than a dozen homes. Had a G 20 gathering in Venice Finance chiefs forged a deal to block multinational companies from putting their profits in low tax havens. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli has more The tax deal would establish a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to prevent multinationals from basing their profits in countries with the lowest tax rates. It would also tax companies such as Amazon and Google, partially on the basis of where they sell their products, not on the location of their headquarters. The G 20 members make up 80% of world GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world's population. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Some smaller countries are still opposed, including Ireland, Hungary, Kenya, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. But she added that the deal would include an enforcement mechanism that prevents holdouts from undermining the agreement. Sylvia Poggioli. NPR NEWS Rome Case of a Houston man who was arrested Friday for illegal voting is being held up as an example of racial bias in the Texas cash bail system. Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports. Service. Rogers was the last person to vote in Texas last Super Tuesday. Now he's making news for different reason. The Texas attorney general arrested Rogers on charges of illegal voting because he was on probation. He's being held on $100,000 Bond. Texas State representative Joe Moody in El Paso Democrats said. There's a problem with that bail. He didn't commit a crime of violence here unknowingly voted. There is bias in our system. There is a disparate racial impact, mostly for black men. The proposed bail reform bill will make it harder for suspects to be released without a cash bond. I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. This is NPR. British billionaire Richard Branson is preparing for a flight into space aboard his Virgin Galactic space plane as NPR's Geoff Brumfield reports it will be only the fourth flight of the new vehicle. In 2014, a test pilot lost his life when a similar spaceship designed by Virgin Galactic broke apart in mid flight. Branson told NPR that he is confident the problem has been fixed. Obviously, our team have made actually certain that something like that could never happen again. If the flight goes forward as planned, Branson will travel at three times the speed of sound to about 50 miles above the Earth. He. The pilots and other crew will experience several.