1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Brian Curtis in Hong Kong. Hundreds of flights have been 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: grounded across the US from a pair of winter storms. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: The National Weather Service said the first storm is bringing 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: heavy snow on Sunday across Boston and New England. A 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: second is moving across the Western States, and that has 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: sparked storm warnings and weather advisories from Arizona to Illinois, 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: and a blizzard warning in New Mexico and Colorado. Here's 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: New York Governor Kathy Hokeel. 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: We could get three to six inches of rain on Tuesday. 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: That is a lot of rain on top of the 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 2: foot of snow from today, so makes for dangerous road conditions. 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: The heavy rain can also on top of the snow, 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 2: bring down power lines. 15 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: That's Kathy Hokel. China has detained the head of an 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: overseas consulting firm for allegedly spying on the Asian nation 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: for the British government. It puts renewed focus on an 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: industry targeted by Beijing's national security crackdown. China's spy agency 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: said that the UK's MI six intelligence service employed the 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: consultant from a third country to carry out espionage activities. 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: The alleged spy, surnamed Huang, provided the UK with state 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: secrets and intelligence, according to China's Ministry of State Security, 23 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: while looking at Japan, a lawmaker from the ruling Liberal 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: Democratic Party was arrested today. Yoshitaka Ikeda has allegedly failed 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: to report more than three hundred thirty thousand dollars he 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 1: received from the party's biggest faction. It's the first arrest 27 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: of a politician in a slush fund scandal. The latest 28 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: news comes as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffers a big 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: blow in Japan's wide ranging political scandal, the widest we've 30 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: seen in decades. Boeing has canceled its annual leadership summit. 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: The meeting was set to begin on Monday. Boeing has 32 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: instead set up an all employee meeting focused on safety. Earlier, 33 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Global Airlines pulled their Boeing seven thirty seven Max nines 34 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: from service. That follows a temper order from the FAA 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: to ground all one hundred and seventy one of the planes. 36 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: This was in reaction to a serious mishap on Friday, 37 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: when a section of the main body on an Alaska 38 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: Airlines jet blew out mid flight. Here's Bloomberg's Julie Johnson. 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 3: This just has to be very dismaying for people at Boeing. 40 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: The company once again is under immense scrutiny and just 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 3: a blizzard of really bad headlines. You know, a lot 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 3: of reputational damage to them from this incident. In fact, 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 3: that's probably going to be what lingers more so than 44 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 3: the grounding. But we'll see on that. 45 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Julie Johnson. Boeing has grappled with manufacturing defects and 46 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: costly repairs over recent years. In other news, US Secretary 47 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: of State Anthony Blincoln has warned that the Israel Hamas 48 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: war could easily spill over into a full blown regional conflict. 49 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: He speaks here at a news conference in Doha. 50 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 4: This is not just a regional issue. It's a matter 51 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 4: of global concerns, and that's certainly the case when it 52 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 4: comes to the Houthi attacks on freedom of navigation in 53 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 4: one of the world's busiest trade corridors, the Red Sea. 54 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: Blincoln has been on a trip to the Middle East 55 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: in an attempt to calm tensions. He's also trying to 56 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: urge Israel to do more to protect civilians in Gaza. 57 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: He also met with the Turkish president. He asked her 58 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 1: could he use his regional influence to reduce the risk 59 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: of a broader conflict. This latest trip comes his tensions 60 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: simmer between Israel and Iran backed HESBLO militants in southern 61 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: Lebanon elsewhere. President Biden's handling of the border crisis is 62 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: not being viewed favorably by Americans. We get more from 63 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzmann. 64 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 5: According to a CBS News Yugov poll, Americans are increasingly 65 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 5: favoring stricter measures to curb immigration at the southern border. 66 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 5: Asked whether President Biden's administration needed to be tougher on 67 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 5: immigrants coming across, sixty three percent said yes. That's an 68 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 5: increase of eight percent from September. Both Biden and congressional 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 5: Republicans were faulted by Pole respondents, sixty eight percent disapproving 70 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 5: of the president's handling of the crisis, while sixty five 71 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 5: percent said the same about GOP lawmakers. A new Senate 72 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 5: proposal on border security is expected this week after months 73 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 5: of impasse. Dan Schwartzman, Bloomberg Radio. 74 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: Meantime, the Golden Globes has just wrapped up. Christopher Nolan 75 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: won Best Director and Killian Murphy Best Actor for the 76 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: work on Oppenheimer, while Emma Stone won Best Actress for 77 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: the fantasy comedy Poor Things. Barbie and Oppenheimer led in 78 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: movie nominations with nine and eight nods, respectively. And that's 79 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: news when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, I'm 80 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: Brian Curtis. This is Bloomberg