1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Brian Curtis in Hong Kong. Hopes are not high that 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Congress will address the US southern border before the election. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Nancy Lyons. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 2: Has more Senate majority. Leader Chuck Schumer is not giving 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: up on the bipartisan deal to impose new restrictions at 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: the US border and unlock aid for Ukraine and Israel. 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 3: This is not the last Republicans will hear from us. 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 3: We're going to keep at it. 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: Schumer criticized as Republican colleagues for rejecting the compromise that 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: had been negotiated for months. President Biden said he'll make 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: sure the American public knows that Donald Trump doomed the 13 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: deal and convinced Republicans to reject it so he would 14 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 2: gain political advantage. In November, House Speaker Mike Johnson faulted 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 2: the deal for not doing enough. In Washington, Nancy Lyons 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: Bloomberg Radio. 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: US investigators have provided an update on the dramatic accident 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: a board in Alaska Airlines flight last month. It was 19 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: apparently triggered by a door plug that had not been 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: properly attached before the plane was delivered by Boeing the 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: story from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett. 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 4: According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, 23 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 4: four bolts that acted as a failsafe mechanism to hold 24 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 4: a panel in place were not installed on the seven 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 4: thirty seven Max nine jet. The incident has become the 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 4: biggest crisis for Boeing since its entire fleet of Max 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 4: jets was grounded worldwide in twenty nineteen following two fatal 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 4: crashes in New York. Charlie Pellett Bloomberg Radio. 29 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: A federal appeals court has ruled Donald Trump can be 30 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: prosecuted for trying to overturn the twenty twenty US election, 31 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: rejecting his claim that a president is immune from criminal charges. 32 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: We heard from former Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman, who says 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: the former president to Richard Nixon, never used Trump's defense. 34 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: This was never raised during the war, Mediaron, No one 35 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: ever had. 36 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 3: The audacity to say that the president was immune from 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 3: obstructing justice and committing crime. That just never came across 38 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 3: our rigar. 39 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Nick Eckerman there speaking with Bloomberg's Joe Matthew, Trump campaign 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: spokesman Stephen Chung said that the former president will appeal 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: the decision. A Michigan jury is out with the verdict 42 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: for Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley. 43 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: She was found guilty of four involuntary manslaughter charges for 44 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: allowing her troubled son to own a gun. Crumbley was 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: accused of failing to secure the gun and ammunition at home. 46 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: Her husband faces a separate trial. Chinese companies are ramping 47 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: up share buybacks, playing their part in a rescue campaign 48 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: in the country. Firms listed in mainland China and Hong 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Kong spent about four point six billion dollars repurchasing shares 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: over the past month. Investor confidence is rising that Chinese 51 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: policymakers will do more to end the route in Chinese stocks. 52 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Yvon Man has the story from Hong Kong. 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 5: The anticipation follows a Bloomberg. The regulators are planning to 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 5: brief President's Chijing ping on the issue. It's seen as 55 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 5: underscoring the urgency of staving off a further route in 56 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 5: Chinese assets. Even so, it's not clear if the President 57 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 5: will see fit to provide additional support, but policymakers are 58 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 5: hoping to stabilize markets before the Lunar New Year holiday 59 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 5: to build confidence. It's also unclear if investors will buy 60 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 5: into the story, given them many previous false dawns, but 61 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 5: the NASA Golden Dragon Index did gain nearly six percent 62 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 5: in New York. One other quick point, China's Central Waging 63 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 5: Investment has stated it will buy more ETFs in Hong Kong. 64 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 5: I'm Yvon Mann Bloomberg Radio. 65 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: In other news, Moody's Investors' Service has cut New York 66 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: Community Bank Corpse credit grade to junk. NYCB shares fell 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: twenty two percent today. The shares it now down about 68 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: sixty percent in the past week. Investors have dumped the 69 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: stock over concerns about the bank's exposure to commercial real estate. 70 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a House committee some 71 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: firms may face some challenges. 72 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: I do have a concern about commercial real estate. I 73 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: believe it's manageable, although there may be some institutions that 74 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: are quite stressed by this problem. 75 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: Yellen also said that US regulators are working to ensure 76 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: that lone loss reserves and liquidity levels in the financial 77 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: system are adequate to cope with those real estate losses. 78 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: That's news when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, 79 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm Brian Curtis. This is lumber