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Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm

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Speaker 1: Doug Chrisner. The Justice Department has received a million more

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Speaker 1: documents on Jeffrey Epstein, and now the DOJ says it

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Speaker 1: may need a few more weeks to release all of

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Speaker 1: its records. In a post today on x, the Department

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Speaker 1: of Justice said it has received the documents from the

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Speaker 1: Manhattan US Attorney's Office and the FBI. Now lately there

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Speaker 1: has been increased scrutiny of the staggered release of Epstein

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Speaker 1: related records, including from his victims and members of Congress.

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Speaker 1: Here is Bloomberg's Laura Davison.

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Speaker 2: Because this is still an incomplete picture. You know, folks

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Speaker 2: who are pouring through this haven't really been able to

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Speaker 2: put together a comprehensive view on exactly what Jeffrey Epstein's

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Speaker 2: empire and sphere look like, who was involved, who knew

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Speaker 2: what when, and so that these documents really haven't provided

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Speaker 2: the clarity and transparency around Jeffrey Epstein the people were

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Speaker 2: hoping to find, at least so far.

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Speaker 1: That is Bloomberg's Laura Davison. Now, the Department of Justice

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Speaker 1: saying today its lawyers are working around the clock to

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Speaker 1: review the documents and remove victims' names and other sensitive information.

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Speaker 1: Federal auto safety regulators have opened a probe into the

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Speaker 1: emergency door releases in certain Tesla Model three vehicles. More

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Speaker 1: from Bloomberg's Erka Herskowitz.

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Speaker 3: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is evaluating claims that

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Speaker 3: the door releases, specifically on twenty twenty two Tesla Model

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Speaker 3: three sedans, are in its words, hidden, unlabeled, and not

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Speaker 3: intuitive to locate during an emergency. This adds to the

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Speaker 3: agency's investigation into weather doors are defective on certain model

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Speaker 3: ysuv's amid reports of children becoming trapped in vehicles when

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Speaker 3: the twelve volte battery dies. The Model three and Model

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Speaker 3: y are by far Tesla's top selling vehicles. Erica Herskowitz,

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Speaker 3: Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 1: In Honduras, a conservative candidate backed by Donald Trump is

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Speaker 1: the winner of the country's presidential election. After a long

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Speaker 1: and chaotic vote count. Naceres Uura has narrowly beaten Salvador

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Speaker 1: No Sorea, Asfura has pledged to cut ties with Beijing

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Speaker 1: and Venezuela and forge a close relationship with the US,

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Speaker 1: as well as Taiwan and Israel. A powerful winter storm

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Speaker 1: is lashing southern California, and coastal communities are bracing for

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Speaker 1: record rainfall over the next few days. Severe widespread flash

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Speaker 1: flooding is expected, and areas charred by wildfires are at

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Speaker 1: risk of monthslides. The US Weather Prediction Center says lives

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Speaker 1: and property are in great danger. Here is La County

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Speaker 1: Sheriff Robert Luna.

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Speaker 4: The last thing we want to do is ruin anybody's

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Speaker 4: Christmas plans. But we have an obligation as a county

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Speaker 4: family to say to wave the flag and say there's

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Speaker 4: a threat, a real thread out there.

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Speaker 1: La County Sheriff Robert Luna. There now, this storm will

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Speaker 1: pummel the region over the Christmas holiday until Friday. It's

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Speaker 1: already prompted some evacuations in La County, and it's likely

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Speaker 1: to bring road closures, airport delays, and flight cancelations. Meantime,

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Speaker 1: the US government is extending an emergency trucking waiver in

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Speaker 1: the Northeast as a winter storm approaches. The aim is

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Speaker 1: to make sure there's enough propane, natural gas, and heating oil.

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Speaker 1: This waiver will allow drivers transporting those fuels to work

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Speaker 1: without adhering to regulations on how long they can be

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Speaker 1: at the wheel without rest. Ukraine is ready to withdraw

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Speaker 1: heavy forces from the parts of the Donbas region it

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Speaker 1: still controls if Russia mirrors the pullback as part of

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Speaker 1: a piece deal. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky outlined details of

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Speaker 1: potential demilitarized zones, and he emphasized any troop pullback would

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Speaker 1: require direct talks with the US and any final agreement

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Speaker 1: would be put to a nationwide referendum. In Ukraine. Meantime,

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Speaker 1: we are told that Russia will seek key changes in

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Speaker 1: the latest USP's plan. We are told they include more

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Speaker 1: restrictions on Ukraine's military. North Korean leader Kim John Un

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Speaker 1: reportedly oversaw the testing of a new type of high

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Speaker 1: altitude long range missile. State media in North Korea is

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Speaker 1: reporting the launched missile accurately hit a mock target at

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Speaker 1: an altitude of one hundred and twenty four miles.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 1: This launch comes after a US nuclear submarine arrived at

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Speaker 1: the South Korean port of Busan a day earlier. The

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Speaker 1: stock market set records in a holiday shortened session. We

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Speaker 1: had the S and P five hundred rising three tenths

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Speaker 1: of one percent to an all time high. Sixty nine

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Speaker 1: thirty two breadth was solid trading thin, not surprising given

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Speaker 1: the fact it was Christmas Eve. The Dow also closed

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Speaker 1: at a record, picking up six tens of one percent

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Speaker 1: to forty eight thousy seven hundred thirty one. More from

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Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Charlie Pellet.

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Speaker 5: It's all about the Santa Claus rally, which typically encompasses

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Speaker 5: the last five trading days of the year and the

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Speaker 5: first two of the new one. So far this year,

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Speaker 5: the S and P five hundred and deck has advanced

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Speaker 5: seventeen point nine percent, the Dow by comparison, up fourteen

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Speaker 5: point five percent, while Nestak has surged twenty two point

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Speaker 5: three percent. Earlier this year, you recall the equity market

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Speaker 5: was on the brink of a bear market. Since then,

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Speaker 5: stocks have surged, with every dip being bought at a

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Speaker 5: record pace, and the fear of missing out dominating sentiment

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Speaker 5: in New York. Charlie Pellett Bloomberg.

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Speaker 1: Radio, and that is news when you want it with

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Speaker 1: Bloomberg News. Now, I'm Doug Chrisner, and this is Bloomberg