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Speaker 3: We begin with the devastation in Hawaii. The death toll

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Speaker 4: As crews go through the burn zone, they still hope

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Speaker 5: Damage to the infrastructure.

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Speaker 4: President Biden is promising a relief package, but this is

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Speaker 4: going to be a massive rebuild in San Francisco. I'm

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Ed. We're also tracking the political turmoil in Ecuador.

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Speaker 2: Six Colombians under arrest in the esse fascination of presidential

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Speaker 5: The momental, this moment, before the gravity of the facts

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Speaker 3: Amy Tensions between the US and China may be on

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Speaker 3: the rise again this morning. That is following comments from

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Speaker 3: He says the president's comments will have an impact.

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Speaker 7: He is speaking to potential donors in Park City. Utah

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Speaker 7: by American companies. You know, I understand this is a

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Speaker 7: world is small now. Comments like this go far. China

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Speaker 3: In Bloomberg, Steven Engel notes it's not the first time

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Speaker 2: Turmoil in China's property market also making news today. Once

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Speaker 2: peak of fifty billion dollars in twenty eighteen. Bloomberg's at

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Speaker 8: We've heard from a few analysts that have worn this

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Speaker 3: I'm back here in the US. Amy, The latest inflation

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Speaker 10: The bunch of eatings will mean the Bank of England

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Speaker 2: In the US, we have legal developments focused on Perdue Pharma.

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Speaker 2: The Supreme Court has blocked a six billion dollar settlement

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Speaker 2: the year over whether they can proceed. This is Bloomberg Daybreak.

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Speaker 11: Good morning John, and good morning Amy. Lawyers for former

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Speaker 11: A Prosecutors say they worried Trump could intimidate witnesses. It's

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Speaker 11: Hollywood studios are preparing a new offer for striking writers.

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Speaker 3: I'm Nathan Hager. A new tension point maybe opening up

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