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Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Nathan Hager.

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Speaker 1: And I'm Karen Moscow. Here are the stories we're following today.

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Speaker 3: We begin with another historic case coming to the Supreme Court.

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Speaker 3: The justices have agreed to rule on former President Donald

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Speaker 3: Trump's claim of immunity. Bloomberg z Ed Baxter has the story.

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Speaker 4: This case will involve the potential immunity from criminal prosecution

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Speaker 4: and will be historic. It will determine whether Trump will

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Speaker 4: stand trial for the twenty twenty election interference charges. The

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Speaker 4: ruling also puts on hold the Washington d C. Election

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Speaker 4: interference trial, which was due to start next week. Trump

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Speaker 4: has been pushing to put off any trials until after

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Speaker 4: the election. The court says we'll hear arguments the week

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Speaker 4: of April twenty second, when the Court will rule. As

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Speaker 4: a question though it usually hands down its decisions at

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Speaker 4: the end of its term in late June, but it

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Speaker 4: could expedite things.

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Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio All right, ed, thanks well. In another legal

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Speaker 1: battle involving the former president, an Illinois judge has barred

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump from appearing on the Republican presidential primary ballot

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Speaker 1: that marks the third state to umpose such a ban

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Speaker 1: on the former president for his role in the insurrection

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Speaker 1: at the US Capitol on January sixth.

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Speaker 3: Now, this is just breaking on the Bloomberg Karen a

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Speaker 3: new poll on the presidential election, it appears even those

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Speaker 3: voters who support President Biden are concerned that he may

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Speaker 3: be too old for the job. Bloomberg's Amy Morris reports

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Speaker 3: from Washington.

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Speaker 5: The Bloomberg News Morning Console poll find swing state voters

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Speaker 5: across nearly every major demographic group describe President Biden as

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Speaker 5: too old. Even among those who say they plan to

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Speaker 5: vote for Biden in November, seven to ten are concerned

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Speaker 5: about his age. Almost half of respondents say Republican rival

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Speaker 5: Donald Trump is too old. But Trump is also facing

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Speaker 5: his own vulnerabilities, with most saying the GOP front runner

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Speaker 5: is dangerous. As many as half of swing state voters

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Speaker 5: say they would not vote for Donald Trump if he's

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Speaker 5: convicted in a criminal case. And while the economy remains

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Speaker 5: the top issue amongst swing state voters, more are starting

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Speaker 5: to turn their attention to border security. In Washington, Amy

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Speaker 5: Moore as Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 1: Right, Amy, thanks, So, President Biden is turning his attention

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Speaker 1: to the border today, He'll be in Brownsville, Texas, to

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Speaker 1: meet with border patrol agents and law enforcement. On the

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Speaker 1: same day, former President Trump plans to visit Eagle Pass, Texas,

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Speaker 1: the epicenter of the recent migrants spike, more than three

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Speaker 1: hundred miles away. Larry Sabado with the University of Virginia

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Speaker 1: Center for Politics says President Biden knows the border issue

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Speaker 1: is a political weak spot.

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Speaker 6: The Democrats haven't focused enough on the border, and so

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Speaker 6: Biden is going to have to make his case at

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Speaker 6: the border repeatedly. And he's got a new weapon to

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Speaker 6: use the fact that House Republicans killed the bipartisan bill

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Speaker 6: that would have addressed most of their concerns, and.

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Speaker 1: The University of Virginia's Larry Sabado says the President is

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Speaker 1: likely to use the trip to pressure lawmakers to pass

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Speaker 1: that by partisan.

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Speaker 3: Senate bills in the Senate. Meanwhile, Karen are going to

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Speaker 3: have to decide just how loyal they want their next

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Speaker 3: leader to be to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell is stepping

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Speaker 3: away from leadership after the November election. He hinted at

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Speaker 3: the fight to come in his announcement.

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Speaker 7: Believe me, I know the politics within my party at

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Speaker 7: this particular moment in time. I have many faults, mister,

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Speaker 7: understanding politics is not.

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Speaker 3: One of Leader mcconnald's most likely successors are known as

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Speaker 3: the Three Johns. John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornon

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Speaker 3: of Texas, and John Barrosso of Wyoming. Unlike McConnell, all

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Speaker 3: three have endorsed former President Trump, though Thoon held out

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Speaker 1: Well Nathan, another partial government shutdown is a step closer

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Speaker 1: to being averted. Congressional leaders struck a last minute deal

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Speaker 1: to provide one more week of funding after this Saturday's

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Speaker 1: end of September. Other agencies, including the Defense and Homeland

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Speaker 1: Security departments, would still face a shutdown on deadline of

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Speaker 1: March twenty third. Hardline Republicans, including South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman,

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Speaker 4: American people deserve better than this.

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Speaker 7: You and ron A Peanuts stand over how the Congress

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Speaker 1: And Republican Congressman Ralph Norman tells Bloomberg's balance of power

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Speaker 1: he'll vote against another stopgap. Speaker Mike Johnson plans to

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Speaker 1: bring the one week extension to the House floor. Today.

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Speaker 3: Turning to the markets and the economy now, Karen, Futures

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Speaker 3: are headed lower the head of a key report closely

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Speaker 3: am Wall Street Time. Let's get a preview now from

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Speaker 3: Bloomberg's Michael McKee.

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Speaker 8: Markets have finally come into alignment with the FED betting

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Speaker 8: on three rate cuts this year. That's after consumer and

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Speaker 8: producer price inflation came in hotter than expected in January,

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Speaker 8: suggesting the central bank needs to keep the economy's breaks on.

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Speaker 8: Today we get the fed's primary inflation indicator, personal consumption

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Speaker 8: prices more on what people actually are buying each month. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 8: it's forecast to echo the other price numbers, rising more

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Speaker 8: as much as half a percent after increasing just seventeen

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Speaker 8: their March meeting. Michael mckae, Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, Mike, thanks well, as we await the PCE

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Speaker 1: deflator data on email regarding another economic report is causing

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Speaker 1: confusion on Wall Street. We get the latest from Bloomberg's

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Speaker 1: John Tucker.

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Speaker 9: John, all right, thanks Karen. The number crunchers at the

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Speaker 9: Labor Department sent out an email to a group of

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Speaker 9: super users and then trying to retract it. It suggested

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Speaker 9: a surgeon owner's equivalent rant that showed up in the

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Speaker 9: CPI was caused by adjustment to how components of the

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Speaker 9: index are weighted. The adjusted weights could keep ratings on

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Speaker 9: rents elevated through the first half of the year. The

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Speaker 9: behind the strength of the over old January CPI figure.

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Speaker 9: That's surprised just about everybody. Those higher than expected CPI

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Speaker 9: numbers have been cited by Federal Reserve officials as a

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Speaker 9: reason to delay interest rate cuts. John Tucker, Bloomberg Radio.

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Speaker 3: Now more Fed officials are saying the future of rates

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Speaker 3: depends on incoming economic data. New York Fed President John

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Speaker 3: Williams says the rate path will follow the numbers rather

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Speaker 10: Back in December, my colleagues and I put out what

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Speaker 10: three rate cuts this year in twenty twenty four. Well,

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Speaker 7: We're go watch the data. I'm going to watch the data.

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Speaker 10: A sign of success to me is that, you know,

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Speaker 10: with inflation coming down and the economy so strong, that

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Speaker 3: And those thoughts from New York Fed President John Williams

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Speaker 1: Well, let's check out some stocks on the move, Nathan,

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Speaker 1: as we close out the trading month. Shares a Snowflake,

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Speaker 1: plunging twenty three percent, the software maker delivering a disappointing

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Speaker 1: of ww International, the owner of weight Watchers, says Oprah

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Speaker 1: is down twenty two and a half percent. Shares of

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Speaker 1: AMC Entertainment down almost eight percent, the world's largest theater

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Speaker 1: chain reporting fourth quarter earnings that fell short of Wall

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Speaker 3: Now the look at some of the other stories making

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Speaker 3: news in New York and around the world. We bring

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Speaker 3: in Bloomberg's Michael Park. Good morning, Michael, Good morning Nathan.

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Speaker 3: The series of wildfires in Texas covers an area larger

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Speaker 3: the second largest wildfire in the state's history slowed as

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Speaker 3: winds and temperatures dipped, but the massive blaze was still untamed.

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Speaker 3: The Smokehouse fire is the largest of several major fires

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Speaker 3: burning in the rural Panhandle section of the state, destroying homes, ranches,

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Speaker 3: Nim Kid is with the Texas Emergency Management Division.

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Speaker 8: And we don't want people going back if the evacuation

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Speaker 8: orders are still in place. I believe this fire will

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Speaker 11: Yes, so far, and eighty three year old grandmother is

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Speaker 11: the only confirmed death. Just today, after dozens of migrants

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Speaker 11: were discovered living in the basement of a Queen's furniture store,

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Speaker 11: more migrants were found at another furniture store in the Bronx.

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Speaker 11: The owner of the Bronx store on East Kingbridge Road

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Speaker 11: authority said it was discovered dozens of West African migrants

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Speaker 11: Eric Adams announced the release of the Green Economy Action Plan.

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Speaker 11: The mayor says it's a first of its kind plan

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Speaker 11: that lays out a road map to invest in jobs

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Speaker 11: and sectors that will help the city combat climate change.

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Speaker 11: Adams made the announcement yesterday when the city had unseasonable

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Speaker 11: mild temperatures.

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Speaker 12: Climate change is real. We see it every time we

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Speaker 12: see the coastal storms. And let's be clear, we are

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Speaker 12: in February and you can go outside without a jacket on.

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Speaker 11: About four hundred thousand projected green collar jobs are expected

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Speaker 11: the US will investigate potential data and cybersecurity risks posed

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Speaker 11: by Chinese electric vehicles and other Internet connected cars. That's

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Speaker 11: according to an administration official who requested anonymity. Comedian and

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Speaker 11: actor Richard Lewis has died. Lewis was well known as

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Speaker 11: your enthusiasm.

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Speaker 4: Well, I have better news for you.

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Speaker 7: I'm leaving you in my will.

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Speaker 10: I'm tweaking it and you're in it.

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Speaker 7: Don't do that.

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Speaker 11: It's done.

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Speaker 8: You're in.

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Speaker 7: I don't want to be.

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Speaker 5: I have money, I don't need it.

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Speaker 7: Give it to someone who needs it.

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Speaker 13: When I die.

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Speaker 4: I want you to know how much I care about you.

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Speaker 10: I'm not going to keep it.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to give it my best friend.

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Speaker 8: You're getting it.

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Speaker 11: According to his publicist, Richard Lewis died peacefully at a

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Speaker 11: home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack at

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Speaker 11: age seventy six. Global News twenty four hours a day

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Speaker 11: and whenever you want it with Bloomberg News Now, Michael Barr,

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Speaker 11: this is Bloomberg Natan.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Michael, thank you. Time now for the Bloomberg Sports

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Speaker 14: Good morning naighth and check of the NHL standings right

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Speaker 14: now finds that no team has more points then the Rangers.

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Speaker 14: At the Garden, they made it eleven wins the last

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Speaker 14: twelve games. They beat the only team that has beaten

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Speaker 14: them during that time. Three nights after the Rangers lost

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Speaker 14: in Columbus, they beat the Blue Jackets four to one.

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Speaker 14: Pair of goals for our Timmy Panarin against his old team,

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Speaker 14: Thirty saves for Igor chess Terkin Rangers fortieth win and

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Speaker 14: and slumping Nicks against the Warriors. Always a hot ticket

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Speaker 11: Battle of La.

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Speaker 14: Last night, the Lakers trailed the Clippers by twenty one.

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Speaker 14: In the fourth quarter, Lebron James brought the Lakers back

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Speaker 3: Thank you, John. Now, let's get right back to all

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Speaker 3: Greg Valier is back with US chief US policy strategist

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Speaker 3: at AGF Investments. It's difficult to know where to start, Greg,

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Speaker 3: but we'll do so. With this Supreme Court decision to

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Speaker 3: were you surprised that the High Court decided to take

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Speaker 13: No, I thought it would come. I think.

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Speaker 13: The real angle here, Nathan, is how long this could

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Speaker 13: Hard to say. I don't know the answer to that,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you mentioned that it could happen right around inauguration time,

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Speaker 13: Well? I think the the wild card here is the

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Speaker 13: Well, it's worth noting that Smith was not happy yesterday

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Speaker 3: Of course, there are so many issues at play in

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Speaker 13: Oh, on a cenek. I think this is just a

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Speaker 3: So you don't think that bipartisan Senate bill gets revived

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Speaker 13: I don't think so. I mean the vehicle, of course,

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Speaker 13: We'll see about Mike Johnson. He's shown a little bit

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Speaker 13: Well, ironically, in the Senate there's only a handful of

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Speaker 13: I mean, McConnell had a huge influence on US foreign

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Speaker 3: Just quickly, are you ready to make a call on

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Speaker 13: I'd say maybe John Cornyan of Texas as a placeholder.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Greg Valiere, a comprehensive roundup of all that's happening

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Speaker 3: US chief US policy strategist at AGF Investments. Now we

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Speaker 3: want to go even deeper on the dynamics driving this

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Speaker 3: Greg Just to take a broad view of this poll,

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Speaker 3: it seems like the choice that most swing state voters

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Speaker 16: Yeah, that was exactly what came out of this Paul,

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Speaker 16: And then a smaller number, but a significant number, about

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Speaker 3: And it gets to sort of the dynamic that I

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Speaker 16: Yeah, and we're seeing really significant numbers of what we

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Speaker 16: across these seven swing states form President Trump still leads

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Speaker 16: The economy is still the number one issue. It goes

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Speaker 16: That continues to be the case, And I'm just looking

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Speaker 16: Arizona Trump leads by six. Georgia also by six, Michigan

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