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Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Nathan Hager and I'm Karen Moscow. Here

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Speaker 2: are the stories we're following today.

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Speaker 3: Karen, we begin with an escalation in the feud between

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Speaker 3: President Donald Trump and FED Chair j Powell. This time

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Speaker 3: the Justice Department is involved. Bloomberg's John Tucker joins us

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Speaker 3: with the very latest, John and Nathan.

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Speaker 4: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Pal s as the US Central

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Speaker 4: Bank has been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department,

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Speaker 4: threatening a criminal indictment. Pal made the announcement in an

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Speaker 4: extraordinary video statement released last night.

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Speaker 5: This unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context

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Speaker 5: of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure.

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Speaker 4: The Trump administration last summer ramped up scrutiny at the

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Speaker 4: feds renovation of two buildings and rising costs associated with

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Speaker 4: the projects. But Powell says this is just pretext to

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Speaker 4: end FED independence.

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Speaker 5: The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the

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Speaker 5: Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment

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Speaker 5: of what will serve the public, rather than following the

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Speaker 5: preferences of the President.

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Speaker 4: In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, President Trump

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Speaker 4: denied having any knowledge of the DOJ's investigation into the

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Speaker 4: Central Bank. The President has repeatedly called for aggressive rate

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Speaker 4: cuts and has repeatedly mused about firing Pale. At the

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Speaker 4: end of last year, Trump said he was considering what

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Speaker 4: he called a gross incompetence lawsuit against Powell. In another

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Speaker 4: extraordinary staff he sought to fire FED Governor Lisa Cook,

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Speaker 4: where the Supreme Court is sent to take up the

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Speaker 4: Cook case later this month in New York, Coome John

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Speaker 4: Tucker Bloomberg.

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Speaker 2: Radio, All right, John, thank you well. Bloomberg News has

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Speaker 2: learned Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Poulte was a

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Speaker 2: driving force behind the Trump administration's decision to subpoena the

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Speaker 2: Federal Reserve Balty has been a vocal force within the

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Speaker 2: administration investigating Trump's foes for mortgage fraud. He also submitted

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Speaker 2: a criminal referral to the Jay about FED Governor Lisa

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Speaker 2: Cook that is at the root of Trump's push to

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Speaker 2: fire her. The latest FED subpoena has drawn criticism from

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Speaker 2: Democrats like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican Senator Tom

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Speaker 2: Tillis of North Carolina. Tillis says he will oppose the

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Speaker 2: confirmation of any nominee for the FED until the legal

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Speaker 2: matter is fully resolved on Nathan Cel. America's sentiment is

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Speaker 2: sweeping through markets today after the Trump administration escalated its

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Speaker 2: attacks on the federal reserve. The dollar, treasuries, and US

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Speaker 2: equity futures are all sliding in early trading. The selloff

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Speaker 2: revives debate over just how far the President Kennon should

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Speaker 2: Gold and silver, in turn, are trading at record highs

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Speaker 2: this morning.

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Speaker 3: There's some geopolitical tensions to follow this morning as well.

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Speaker 3: Karen Iron's foreign minister says security forces have quote full

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Speaker 3: Activists say at least five hundred and forty people have

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Speaker 3: in Iran. President Trump says he is closely monitoring the

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Speaker 6: We're looking at it very seriously.

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Speaker 7: The military is looking at it, and we're looking at

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Speaker 8: The president added.

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Speaker 3: The regime's leaders have contacted the US for negotiations. Iran's

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Speaker 3: parliament speaker, Mohammed Bager Khalibov, had this warning for the

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Speaker 9: Given your explicit admissions regarding your intention to carry out

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Speaker 9: military aggression against Iran within the framework of legitimate self defense,

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Speaker 9: we do not consider ourselves limited to reacting only after

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Speaker 3: It was Iran's parliament speaker, speaking through an interpreter. Communications

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Speaker 3: it difficult to track the full scope of the protest movement.

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Speaker 2: Well, Nathan, we want to turn out to new developments

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Speaker 2: involving Greenland. Danish broadcaster tvqu who says top diplomats from

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Speaker 2: to defuse President Trump's renewed push on Greenland. The President

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Speaker 7: Book If we don't take Gleenland Russia, what China will

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Speaker 7: And I'm not letting that happen. If we don't take

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Speaker 1: And I am not going to let that happen.

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Speaker 7: Sure, I'd looked at it and make a deal with

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Speaker 2: May while Bloomberg News has learned a group of European countries,

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Speaker 2: led by the UK and Germany, as discussing plans for

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Speaker 3: Meanwhile, Karen, President Trump is signaling he is leaning toward

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Speaker 3: excluding Exon mobil from his push for US oil majors

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Speaker 3: then dooing years of under investment and mismanagement in Venezuela

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Speaker 2: Well back here, nathantentions are made high in Minneapolis days after,

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Speaker 2: and immigration and Customs enforcement officers shot and killed a

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Speaker 2: Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nomes says even more federal agents

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Speaker 11: We're sending more officers today and tomorrow they'll arrive. There'll

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Speaker 11: be hundreds more, and in order to allow our Ice

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Speaker 2: Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nome appeared on the Fox News

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Speaker 2: programs Sunday Morning Futures. But the debate continues over whether

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Speaker 2: ICE agent Jonathan Ross was justified in shooting Renee Good,

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Speaker 2: Democratic Senator Tina Smith Minnesota is saying that federal investigators

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Speaker 12: We need to have a free, fair and unbiased investigation

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Speaker 12: so we can gather all of the evidence and all

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Speaker 12: And what I think is going on here is the

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Speaker 12: administration does not want that to happen, and that looks

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Democrat Unis Smith appeared on ABC's This Week Heard

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Speaker 2: Every Sunday on Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 3: Turning back to Markets Now, Karen, besides fed pressure, investors

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Speaker 3: have another thing to focus on this week, bank earnings

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Speaker 3: let's get a preview of that from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett.

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Speaker 8: The results from the nation's biggest banks will give us

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Speaker 8: the first glimpse into how Wall Street navigated the last

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Speaker 8: months of twenty twenty five amid President Trump's trade wars

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Speaker 8: and ongoing geopolitical tensions. Betsy Graysia is Global head of

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Speaker 13: Our setup is positive for Tuesday kickoff, and what I

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Speaker 13: think matters is both the outlook here for earnings as

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Speaker 8: JP Morgan Chase reports Tuesday. City Group, Bank of American,

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Speaker 8: Wells Fargo all report on Wednesday in New York. Charlie

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Speaker 2: All right, Charlie, thank you. Credit Card Company is falling

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Speaker 2: in early trading. The drop comes after President Trump said

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Speaker 2: that credit card lenders would be in violation of the

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Speaker 2: interest rates at ten percent for one year. Right now,

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Speaker 2: Capital One and Synchrone Financial are both down about nine percent,

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Speaker 2: and American Express is down more than four percent.

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Speaker 3: Walmart Karen is up more than three and a half percent.

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Speaker 3: The retail giant's getting ready to join the NASDAQ one

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Speaker 3: hundred index, replacing Astra Zeneca. The change takes effect before

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Speaker 3: the market opens January twentieth. Walmart's edition follows its move

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Speaker 2: And in Europe, Nathan Heinegan looking for a new boss.

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Speaker 2: CEO Dolph benden Brink is stepping down after six years

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Speaker 2: at the Helm of the Brewer. The move comes months

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Speaker 2: after the company warn't on profit overfalling beer sale. Time

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Speaker 2: now for look at some of the other stories making

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Speaker 2: news in New York and around the world, and for

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Speaker 2: never joined by Bloomberg's Michael Barr Michael, good morning.

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Speaker 10: Good morning Karen. About sixteen thousand nurses at New York

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Speaker 10: City hospitals are set to strike any moment now. If

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Speaker 10: the union does not reach a contract agreement with private

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Speaker 10: hospitals soon, it would be considered the largest nurses strike

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Speaker 10: in city history. Their contract expired December thirty first, The union,

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Speaker 10: the New York State Nurses Association, is still in talks

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Speaker 10: with those private hospitals. They want higher pay and safer

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Speaker 10: working conditions. It comes as flu cases are spiking In

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Speaker 10: New York, Governor Kathy Hochele has declared a state of

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Speaker 10: emergency ahead of the potential strike, pleading with both sides

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Speaker 13: This could jeopardize the lives of thousands of New Yorkers

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Speaker 10: Forty two states, including New York, are seeing high or

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Speaker 10: very high levels of flu activity. A plan protest in Westwood, California,

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Speaker 10: by Los Angeles' Iranian community was disrupted Sunday afternoon when

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Speaker 10: LAPD Captain Richard Galbadon was asked about charges against the driver.

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Speaker 10: It's an open traffic investigation.

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Speaker 10: at a local hospital for injuries. Paul Thomas Anderson's Ragtag

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Speaker 10: Hamnet took top honors at Sunday's eighty third Golden Globes,

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Speaker 10: Anderson became just the second filmmaker in Golden Globes history

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Speaker 10: to ever sweet Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

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Speaker 14: My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up.

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Speaker 14: Always be grateful for what you have. It's allowed me

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Speaker 10: Centners won for Best Score in Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

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Speaker 10: The ceremony was broadcast on CBS Global News twenty four

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Speaker 10: hours a day and whenever you want it with Bloomberg News. Now.

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Speaker 10: I'm Michael Barr, and this is Bloomberg Karen.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Michael all the time. Now for our Bloomberg Sports Update,

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Speaker 10: Thanks Daring.

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Speaker 6: The NFL playoff tripleheader begin in Jacksonville. The Bills and

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Speaker 3: Good morning, I'm Nathan Hager. The Federal Reserve is facing

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Speaker 3: even more political and legal pressure now, with chair J.

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Speaker 5: Public service sometimes requires standing firm In the face of threats.

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Speaker 3: I was chair Powell in a video statement last night

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Speaker 3: we know more about these subpoenas that the chairman announced

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Speaker 15: Good morning, Good morning, Nathan. Yes, this was really quite

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Speaker 15: an escalatory move by the Trumpan administration yesterday, and so

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Speaker 15: far we've actually heard very little from the administration. We

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Speaker 15: was not aware of the subpoenas, but he thought that

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Speaker 3: We are getting some information though, aren't we, about who

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Speaker 8: Absolutely.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, so we do have this has not been confromed

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Speaker 15: indicating that the fine the Housing Finance Director Bill Poulti

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Speaker 3: And we know that the Chairman Poulty has also been

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Speaker 15: Yeah. Absolutely, it really just keeps escalating and as you say,

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Speaker 15: at its most simple level, it's really just the Trump

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Speaker 3: And what could this mean for some of the other

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Speaker 15: That's right, So currently President Trump is considering a number

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Speaker 3: And we've also heard from at least one Republican Senator,

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Speaker 15: Absolutely, and it's notable given that Tom Tillis is also

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Speaker 3: And while we continue to watch this pressure on the Fed,

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Speaker 3: we're monitoring the developments as well in Iran, where the

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Speaker 15: What's the latest there, Alex, Yeah, So it's now entering

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Speaker 3: It's kind of difficult at this point to gauge just

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Speaker 15: Yeah, I mean, really, it's the most sort of These

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Speaker 15: And as you say, we don't really know with crystal

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