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Speaker 1: News when you wanted with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Risner.

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Speaker 1: The Huthi militia in Yemen has vowed to retaliate after

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Speaker 1: US military strikes on targets controlled by the group on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: a US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes will

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Speaker 1: be unrelenting until the militant stopped shooting at civilian and

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Speaker 1: military vessels in the Red Sea. Here is Hegseth speaking

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Speaker 1: on Fox News.

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Speaker 2: This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring deterrence.

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Speaker 2: The minute the Houthies say we'll stop shooting at your ships,

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Speaker 2: we'll stop shooting at your drones, this campaign will end.

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Speaker 2: But until then it will be unrelenting.

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Speaker 1: That is US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking earlier on

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Speaker 1: Fox News Now. According to the Houthi controlled Saba news agency,

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Speaker 1: the ruling political council said maritime operations will continue until

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Speaker 1: the Gaza blockade is lifted. President Trump may be speaking

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Speaker 1: with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week as the US

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Speaker 1: pushes for a quick ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine.

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Speaker 1: That's according to White House Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff. Here

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Speaker 1: is Whitcoff speaking with CNN's State of the Union.

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Speaker 2: I expect that there'll be a call with both presidents

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Speaker 2: this week, and we're also continuing to engage and have

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Speaker 2: conversation with the Ukrainians.

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Speaker 1: That is White House Special Envoys Steve Whitcoff, speaking earlier

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Speaker 1: on CNN's State of the Union. Last week in Moscow,

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Speaker 1: Witkoff met with Putin, but the Russian leader balked at

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Speaker 1: a US appeal for an immediate ceasefire. Putin said issues

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Speaker 1: still need to be resolved. Also last week, Ukraine agreed

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Speaker 1: to terms of a truce in a meeting with US officials.

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Speaker 1: In Saudi Arabia, l Salvador has taken more than two

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Speaker 1: hundred prisoners whom the US has accused of being part

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Speaker 1: of the Trendiraguo gang. This has raised concern about whether

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Speaker 1: the Trump administration violated a court order. Earlier, a federal

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Speaker 1: district judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the government

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Speaker 1: from deporting any migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of

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Speaker 1: seventeen ninety eight. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnyah, who is

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Speaker 1: planning to fire Ronan Barr, the head of the Domestic

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Speaker 1: Security Service. Shin bet net Yahu and Barr have quarreled

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Speaker 1: over the responsibility for the October seventh attack and for

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Speaker 1: hostage negotiations. Barr is intending to fight his dismissal, citing

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Speaker 1: his duty to complete key investigations, bringing home hostages and

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Speaker 1: preparing for a possible resumption of combat in Gaza. We

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Speaker 1: moved to markets next. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besson is

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Speaker 1: not worried about the recent downturn for US stocks. Last week,

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Speaker 1: the S and P five hundred dipped into a correction

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Speaker 1: on concern over the Trump administration's moves on tariffs. Here

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Speaker 1: is Best in speaking on NBC's Meet the Press.

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Speaker 3: I've been in the investment of business for thirty five years,

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Speaker 3: and I can tell you that corrections are healthy. They're normal.

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Speaker 3: What's not healthy is straight up that you get these

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Speaker 3: your ford markets. That's how you get a financial crisis.

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Speaker 1: That was US treasure Secretary Scott Besson, speaking earlier on

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Speaker 1: NBC's Meet the Press. Meantime, markets will be focused on

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Speaker 1: a number of key events in the week ahead, including

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Speaker 1: the fed's decision. We have a preview from Bloomberg's Karen Moscow.

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Speaker 4: It's a busy economic calendar that begins without look at

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Speaker 4: retail sales on Monday, as well as business inventories and

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Speaker 4: Empire manufacturing. Tuesday we get housing starts, industrial production, and

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Speaker 4: the import price Index. Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is out

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Speaker 4: with an interest rate decision. It'll be followed by a

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Speaker 4: news conference which shared your own Powell. We'll also hear

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Speaker 4: from the Bank of Japan. Thursday is the Bank of

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Speaker 4: England's turn, along with the report on existing home sales

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Speaker 4: and the weekly report on initial jobless claims. Karen Moscow Bloomberg.

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Speaker 1: Radio Equity markets in the Asia Pacific are at higher

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Speaker 1: levels this hour on where the China will be taking

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Speaker 1: steps to revive consumption by boosting people's incomes and at

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Speaker 1: the same time, according to Shinwan News, authorities will be

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Speaker 1: unveiling plans later today to stabilize both the Chinese stock

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Speaker 1: and real estate market, which takes us next to the

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Speaker 1: monthly activity data for China in the months of January

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Speaker 1: and February. These numbers topped estimates industrial output up at

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Speaker 1: an annual rate of five point nine percent that's year

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Speaker 1: on year, retail sales rising four percent, and fixed investment

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Speaker 1: in the January February period was up at an annual

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Speaker 1: rate of four point one percent. However, the survey jobless

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Speaker 1: rate rising to five point four percent at the end

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Speaker 1: of February. The estimate was looking for five point one percent.

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Speaker 1: Another round of storms swept across the US Midwest and

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Speaker 1: South today, bringing violent tornadoes, high winds, and blinding dust storms.

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Speaker 1: At least thirty seven people have died across several states.

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Speaker 1: Multiple structures have been destroyed. Here is Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves.

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Speaker 5: We have an approximate two hundred and seventeen individuals across

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Speaker 5: Mississippi that are displaced, and we are working to deal

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Speaker 5: with each and every one of those.

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Speaker 1: That was Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves. Now, these storms have

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Speaker 1: moved toward the US East Coast, bringing damaging wins in

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Speaker 1: the threat of severe weather. In sports, the final round

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Speaker 1: of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgress has wrapped up

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Speaker 1: for the day. Rory McElroy and JJ Spawn will play

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Speaker 1: a three hole aggregate tomorrow to determine the winner, and

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Speaker 1: the NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets are set. On the men's side.

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Speaker 1: The number one seeds are Duke, Auburn, Houston and Florida.

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Speaker 1: And then on the women's side, the number one seeds UCLA,

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Speaker 1: South Carolina, Texas and USC. And that is news when

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

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