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Speaker 3: Karen, the seasfire between the US and Iran has reached
Speaker 3: a precarious moment. President Trump says he has rejected Tehran's
Speaker 3: latest peace proposal and the truce is, in his words,
Speaker 3: unbelievably weak.
Speaker 4: I would say the seasfire is on massive life support,
Speaker 4: where the doctor walks in and says, sir, your loved
Speaker 4: one has approximately a one percent chance of living.
Speaker 3: President Trump spoke in the Oval Office at an event
Speaker 3: with medical professionals. We get more from Bloomberg's Jumana Borsecci
Speaker 3: in Dubai.
Speaker 5: He also went on to describe the Iranian counter proposal
Speaker 5: as it quotes piece of garbage. Probably, you know, a
Speaker 5: bit of an exaggeration there. But at the same time,
Speaker 5: he also seemed to insinuate that the Iranians are planning
Speaker 5: on handing over the nuclear dust. That is, of course,
Speaker 5: we've not heard any indication from the Iranian side that
Speaker 5: that is the case. But then he went on to
Speaker 5: say that a diplomatic solution is still in sight. So
Speaker 5: multiple different narratives coming out from President Trump. During the
Speaker 5: course of that press conference.
Speaker 3: Yesterday, blombergs Jumana Barssetci reports Iran demanded a lifting of
Speaker 3: the US naval blockade and sanctions relief in its latest counterproposal,
Speaker 3: while maintaining some control over the Strait of Hormus. President
Speaker 3: Trump is not indicating whether he will resume military attacks
Speaker 3: on Iran, but he told Fox News he could revive
Speaker 3: a plan to escort ships through the strait, known as
Speaker 3: Project Freedom.
Speaker 2: Well Nathan, to help ease the burden of higher prices
Speaker 2: at the Palm. President Trump said he is seeking to
Speaker 2: suspend the federal eighteen point four cent a gallon tax
Speaker 2: on gasoline. According to independent budget analyst, that would cost
Speaker 2: the federal government about three and a half billion dollars
Speaker 2: a month in lost gasoline and diesel tax revenue. The
Speaker 2: president's proposal would require an Act of Congress.
Speaker 3: And Karen The War will be the backdrop of President
Speaker 3: tr Trump's trip to China, but several other topics will
Speaker 3: be on the agenda as well, including Taiwan. Bloomberg Zamy
Speaker 3: Morris reports from Washington.
Speaker 1: The White House says deals spanning aerospace, energy, and agriculture
Speaker 1: industries are expected from the president's meeting with Chinese leader
Speaker 1: Shi Jinping, and Trump says he'll also discuss whether the
Speaker 1: US should continue arm sales to Taiwan.
Speaker 6: Well, I'm going to have that discussion with presidential President.
Speaker 6: She would like us not to.
Speaker 1: Trump's comments could ruffle feathers in Congress, where a bipartisan
Speaker 1: group of senators urged the President to advance a fourteen
Speaker 1: billion dollar arms package for Taiwan. In Washington, Amy Moore
Speaker 1: as Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 2: Right, Amy, thank you, Well. Several Wall Street Titans will
Speaker 2: be accompanying the President on his China trip. One notable absence,
Speaker 2: though in Video CEO Jensen Wong Well more than a
Speaker 2: dozen other top executives, including Apple's CEO Tim Cook and
Speaker 2: Tesla's Elon Musk, made the cut for the business delegation.
Speaker 2: A White House official says wog was not among those invited.
Speaker 2: Wong's absence maybe a potential setback for him, and has
Speaker 2: bid to sell on Video's Ai chips to China.
Speaker 3: Karen the mayor of an affluent Los Angeles suburb, has
Speaker 3: resigned after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an
Speaker 3: unregistered foreign agent for China Eileen Wog admitted to posting
Speaker 3: pro China propaganda at the direction of Chinese government officials.
Speaker 3: Wang was the mayor of Arcadia. That's a city of
Speaker 3: about fifty five thousand, about fifteen miles northeast of downtown.
Speaker 2: La Well, let's go to politics overseas, Nathan. Keir Starmer
Speaker 2: is facing growing pressure to step down as Britain's Prime minister.
Speaker 2: Let's go live to London and get the very latest
Speaker 2: of Bloomberg. James Wilcock, Good morning, James.
Speaker 7: Karen, Nathan. This increasingly looks like Kiir Starmer's endgame. Twenty
Speaker 7: percent of his Labour Party MPs have now publicly called
Speaker 7: on the UK leader to go. Bloomberg understands last night
Speaker 7: so of Starma's closest cabinet allies told him to set
Speaker 7: out his exit plans. He has gathered his cabinet in
Speaker 7: the past hour in Number ten, Downing Street and told
Speaker 7: them he intends to stay on. Now we wait to
Speaker 7: see what they're verdict on his leadership is in London.
Speaker 7: James Wilcock, Blue big Idea.
Speaker 3: All right, James, thank you. Now the latest on that
Speaker 3: cruise ship struck by a deadly haunt of virus outbreak.
Speaker 3: All the passengers who are aboard the Envy Hantius have
Speaker 3: disembarked and boarded planes to more than twenty countries to
Speaker 3: be quarantined. Fifteen Americans who are exposed to the disease
Speaker 3: are being isolated at the University of Nebraska. One is
Speaker 3: infected and being treated in a biocontainment unit. Another who
Speaker 3: developed symptoms but has not tested positive, is at Emory
Speaker 3: University in Atlanta. President Trump says he is hopeful the
Speaker 3: virus can be contained.
Speaker 6: I help, it's five. All I can do is everything
Speaker 6: that a president can do, which is which is actually
Speaker 6: somewhat limited. But it seems like it is not easy
Speaker 6: to spread.
Speaker 3: President Trump, again, speaking from the Oval Office. Three cruise
Speaker 3: passengers died. Six others with confirmed or suspected cases are
Speaker 3: being quarantined. Health officials say this is the first haunt
Speaker 3: of virus outbreak on a cruise ship.
Speaker 2: Let's turn two of the markets now Nathan, where South
Speaker 2: Korea's Cosby indag shed more than three hundred billion dollars
Speaker 2: in value in just ninety seven minutes today. The sharp
Speaker 2: sell off followed a proposal from a top South Korean
Speaker 2: policymaker to introduce a so called citizen's dividend using taxes
Speaker 2: on AI profits. The cost b which at one point
Speaker 2: was down five percent, closed down more than two percent.
Speaker 2: Time now for a look at some of the other
Speaker 2: stories making news in New York and around the world,
Speaker 2: and for that we're joined by Bloomberg's Michael Barr. Michael,
Speaker 2: good Morning, Good morning, Karen.
Speaker 8: A terrifying scene near Harvard University Monday afternoon, A shooting
Speaker 8: near Boston has left two people with life threatening injuries.
Speaker 8: The gunfire erupting in Cambridge sent pedestrians running for cover
Speaker 8: and drivers swerving to avoid the bullets near Memorial Drive
Speaker 8: and River Street. Middlesex District Attorney Mary and Ryan That
Speaker 8: says the suspected gunman, Tyler Brown, began shooting into traffic
Speaker 8: with an assault style rifle, and.
Speaker 2: He was actively firing a wrap fashion at various.
Speaker 9: Vehicles along the road.
Speaker 2: In the course of doing that, two males in vehicles
Speaker 2: separately were struck by gunfire. D A.
Speaker 8: Ryan says Brown was stopped when he was shot by
Speaker 8: a Massachusetts state trooper and a Marine veteran who stepped
Speaker 8: in to stop the shooter. Brown was placed under arrest
Speaker 8: and taken to a hospital. The US Supreme Court is
Speaker 8: temporarily extended and order that maintains nationwide access to the
Speaker 8: abortion pill mithipristone by mail and through telehealth visits. A
Speaker 8: lower federal appeals court ruling prohibited health providers from dispensing
Speaker 8: the abortion pill by mail. Women's health expert and chief
Speaker 8: medical officer for Hers, doctor Jessica Shepherd.
Speaker 9: Physicians use this medication more than just for abortion, and
Speaker 9: for women who actually need to have a pregnancy and
Speaker 9: have a pregnancy loss and need to find a way
Speaker 9: to have that taken care of medically. These are the
Speaker 9: types of medications that we've use for decades.
Speaker 8: Activists say nearly one third of the abortions in the
Speaker 8: US each year are done through telehealth. President Trump will
Speaker 8: visit Walter Reed Military Medical Center on May twenty sixth
Speaker 8: for his annual dental and medical evaluations. According to a
Speaker 8: White House statement, this will include the President's routine annual
Speaker 8: dental and medical assessments as part of his regular preventative
Speaker 8: health care. Global News twenty four hours a day and
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Speaker 8: Michael Barr and this is Bloomberg Karen. Thanks Michael.
Speaker 2: Time now for our Bloomberg Sports update, and for that
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Speaker 1: Thanks Karin.
Speaker 10: The Cleveland Cabaliers and the NBA playoffs. Yet to win
Speaker 10: on the road, yet to lose a home. The Cavs
Speaker 10: beat Detroit one twelve to one oh three. They score
Speaker 10: the first twenty three points of the second half. That
Speaker 10: series is tied at two. Another series suite for Oklahoma City.
Speaker 10: That thunderbeat the Lakers one fifteen to one to ten
Speaker 10: and what may have been the final game of Lebron
Speaker 10: James's career. The full NFL schedule comes out Thursday night,
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Speaker 3: I'm Nathan Hager on Massive Life Support. That's how President
Speaker 3: Trump's describing the ceasefire with Iran after getting its response
Speaker 3: to the latest US peace offer unbelievably.
Speaker 6: Wick I always say I would call it the weakest.
Speaker 3: Right now, the President says he didn't even bother to
Speaker 3: finish reading Iran's counterproposal. He spoke from the Oval Office
Speaker 3: joining us this morning from Dubai. His Bloomberg Middle East
Speaker 3: correspondent to Birabu Omar Maverir. What's the President objecting to here?
Speaker 3: Why did he reject the proposal? Good morning, Good morning, Nathan.
Speaker 11: So look, I mean, the President did reject the offer
Speaker 11: that came from Iran over the weekend, calling it, as
Speaker 11: you've just heard or as you just mentioned, quote, a
Speaker 11: piece of garbage, and saying that the ceasefire that was
Speaker 11: agreed upon on April eighth is on massive life support. Now,
Speaker 11: what it comes down to is the fact that the
Speaker 11: resolution that Iran had put through, or the proposal that
Speaker 11: Iran had put through in response to what President Trump
Speaker 11: had given them, which is a gradual reopening of the
Speaker 11: strait of her moves over the next month, is Iran
Speaker 11: has asked for what the US has previously called maximalist demands. Right,
Speaker 11: So that includes the fact that Iran wants to delay
Speaker 11: nuclear talks that Iran wants its oil sales unsanctioned and
Speaker 11: that it wants its assets abroad to be unfrozen. That
Speaker 11: is something that the US has not agreed on, something
Speaker 11: that President Trump has called a piece of garbage, as
Speaker 11: we have mentioned earlier. Obviously, all of this has led
Speaker 11: to Brent Crude doing what Brent Crude has been doing
Speaker 11: over the past seventy days or so, which is climbing
Speaker 11: above one hundred and seven dollars at this point due
Speaker 11: to this impasse between as the United States and Iran, Well,
Speaker 11: what are.
Speaker 3: The potential next steps here?
Speaker 1: Abier?
Speaker 3: We heard the President tell Fox News that he might
Speaker 3: consider the Project Freedom escort service through the Strait of
Speaker 3: Horror moves that he put in place for just the
Speaker 3: day last week. If that were to happen, what impact
Speaker 3: would that have?
Speaker 11: So, yeah, you're absolutely right. I mean he fell short,
Speaker 11: first of all to Fox News, but by signaling that
Speaker 11: a resumption of military attacks on Iran is not something
Speaker 11: that the US is looking for right now, that a
Speaker 11: diplomatic solution is still very possible. That is something he
Speaker 11: also said, so not totally negative on that front as well,
Speaker 11: and he did suggest that a revival of the US
Speaker 11: Navy escorting ships down the Strait of Her Moves is possible.
Speaker 11: That is, as you have mentioned Project Freedom that came
Speaker 11: into effect last Monday and was paul very shortly afterwards,
Speaker 11: So that may suggest a few ships here and there
Speaker 11: going through the Strait of Her Moves. Now that Project
Speaker 11: Freedom as it was called, only happened for a day
Speaker 11: or so, so we couldn't really see a full impact
Speaker 11: of what could have happened out of it. But look,
Speaker 11: shipping traffic in the Strait of Her Mooves remains pretty
Speaker 11: much at a standstill as of today. A fraction of ships,
Speaker 11: a fraction of LG and oil shipments are going through
Speaker 11: the Strait of Her Moves and it really really is
Speaker 11: at the heart of this conflict. If Iran and the
Speaker 11: US were to come to a resolution suggesting or including
Speaker 11: the reopening of the Strait of Her Moves over the
Speaker 11: next month or so, that could be the first glimpse
Speaker 11: of light that we see towards the end or a
Speaker 11: resolution to this conflict that's been going on for more
Speaker 11: than ten weeks at this point.
Speaker 3: With the lack of a resolution here, we still see
Speaker 3: on the schedule from the White house a beer. President
Speaker 3: Trump headed to Beijing for the summit with China's shi Jinping.
Speaker 3: How much of a shadow is Iran going to cast
Speaker 3: over that summit. We've got just about a minute left.
Speaker 11: Yeah, look, I mean that is one thing that I
Speaker 11: mentioned this morning. President Trump's long awaited meeting with President
Speaker 11: Hijhi Ping is happening towards the end of this week. Now,
Speaker 11: Iran's foreign minister and passage actually had met with his
Speaker 11: Chinese counterpart, and we understand from that meeting that China
Speaker 11: did come out and urge a resolution. So we understand
Speaker 11: that Iran, the conflict in the Middle East could take
Speaker 11: a chunk of the meeting between the two, especially as
Speaker 11: the economic damage that was left on China. Its inflation
Speaker 11: levels because of the energy disruptions that we're seeing out
Speaker 11: of the region really take a toll on the economy there.
Speaker 11: So that conflict, or this conflict in the region and
Speaker 11: the impact of it has left this relationship between the
Speaker 11: US and China even in more tatters than than before.
Speaker 11: So it's possibly going to be at front and center
Speaker 11: in that meeting happening later this week.
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