1
00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,920
Speaker 1: Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio.

2
00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:14,440
Speaker 2: News news when you want it With Bloomberg News Now,

3
00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,800
Speaker 2: I'm Brian Curtis in Hong Kong. Former President Donald Trump

4
00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,759
Speaker 2: has emerged victorious in all but one of the Republican

5
00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,480
Speaker 2: primaries across the nation. Today, let's get more from Bloomberg's

6
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,080
Speaker 2: Ed Baxter.

7
00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,920
Speaker 3: Brian, it's just super Tuesday here in the US, but

8
00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,840
Speaker 3: this may be the night that pretty much begins a

9
00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,280
Speaker 3: general election of reality. Now, one bright spot for Nicky

10
00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,240
Speaker 3: Haley is that she has won Vermont. Other than that,

11
00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,960
Speaker 3: both Trump and Biden have won all of the states

12
00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,960
Speaker 3: that have been called so far. Donald Trump's address just

13
00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,920
Speaker 3: now shows that he has turned toward the general election.

14
00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,199
Speaker 4: A lot of people say, a lot of experts have

15
00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,600
Speaker 4: said the stock market's the only thing that's doing well,

16
00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,680
Speaker 4: and that's doing well because our poll numbers are so

17
00:00:52,800 --> 00:01:05,640
Speaker 4: much higher than Joe Biden's. He's the worst president in

18
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,840
Speaker 4: the history of our country. There's never been anything like

19
00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,440
Speaker 4: what's happening to our country.

20
00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,760
Speaker 3: Now, we are told that Nikki Haley is still fundraising,

21
00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,160
Speaker 3: but she has some decisions to make. Brian.

22
00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,759
Speaker 2: Congressional leaders are hoping to complete votes on a package

23
00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,720
Speaker 2: of six bills. The bills would set the full year

24
00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,760
Speaker 2: spending levels for some federal agencies. Even so, there's still

25
00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,720
Speaker 2: the threat of a partial government shut down. More from

26
00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,560
Speaker 2: Joe Matthew, host of Bloomberg's Balance of Power.

27
00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,319
Speaker 5: I've got to keep the government running. It looks like

28
00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,720
Speaker 5: they have a deal to do that, at least beyond

29
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,840
Speaker 5: this week. The question is what happens on the twenty

30
00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,160
Speaker 5: second of March. That's when the second part of the

31
00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:48,000
Speaker 5: spending package comes up, Defense, Homeland security, the border stuff

32
00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,400
Speaker 5: that really becomes very controversial. Health and Human Services equals abortion.

33
00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,080
Speaker 5: If they can't get that done, we will shut down

34
00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,640
Speaker 5: later on this month and after that.

35
00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:57,200
Speaker 3: I don't know.

36
00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,320
Speaker 5: Speaker Johnson could be in a very tough situation. They

37
00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,400
Speaker 5: haven't moved supplemental funding for Ukraine either, and there's not

38
00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,360
Speaker 5: a path there unless there's a discharge petition that actually

39
00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,120
Speaker 5: works around the Speaker and proves that he really does

40
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,280
Speaker 5: not have the power to lead that chamber. He's not

41
00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,440
Speaker 5: out of the woods yet, and it's very unclear what

42
00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,399
Speaker 5: Congress can get them.

43
00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,440
Speaker 2: Meantime, as the State of the Union address approaches, the

44
00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,919
Speaker 2: Wall Street Journal says it's detained reporter in Russia. Evan

45
00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,679
Speaker 2: Gershkovitch will receive some recognition in the House Gallery. Bloomberg's

46
00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,160
Speaker 2: Lisa Matteo has the story.

47
00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,880
Speaker 1: House speaker Mike Johnson is going to host the parents

48
00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,120
Speaker 1: of Gershkovitch. They're also going to meet with Johnson ahead

49
00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,200
Speaker 1: of time. And this of course all comes as we

50
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,799
Speaker 1: approach that one year anniversary of their son's detainment.

51
00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:40,359
Speaker 2: Now.

52
00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,440
Speaker 1: The parents said in a statement they're grateful for that invite.

53
00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,880
Speaker 1: They said they're also grateful to President Biden for his

54
00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,280
Speaker 1: continued work on Evans's behalf.

55
00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:53,320
Speaker 2: Bloomberg's Lisa Matteo. Gerskovich was detained in Russia in March

56
00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,080
Speaker 2: of last year. He has been held ever since on

57
00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,959
Speaker 2: espionage charges. The journal and the US government deny those charges.

58
00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,639
Speaker 2: The State Department has designated Gurskovich as wrongfully detained. Well.

59
00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,720
Speaker 2: Three days of ceasefire and hostage negotiations with Hamas ended

60
00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,399
Speaker 2: today without a breakthrough. According to Egyptian officials, this comes

61
00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,600
Speaker 2: less than a week before the start of the Muslim

62
00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,720
Speaker 2: holy month of Ramadan. That's an informal deadline for the deal.

63
00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,680
Speaker 2: The United States, Cutter, and Egypt have spent weeks trying

64
00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,639
Speaker 2: to broke her an agreement, an agreement in which Hamas

65
00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,600
Speaker 2: would release up to forty hostages in return for a

66
00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,880
Speaker 2: month long ceasefire. Bloomberg's Paul Wallace says Israel has not

67
00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,640
Speaker 2: joined these talks, saying it needs to know more about

68
00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,160
Speaker 2: the wellbeing of the hostages.

69
00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,920
Speaker 6: That is something that's very unclear. Israeli sources had previously

70
00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,760
Speaker 6: said they thought about one hundred hostages were still alive

71
00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,680
Speaker 6: in Gaza. The number may be a lot less, and

72
00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,920
Speaker 6: they want to know what the status of those captives

73
00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,920
Speaker 6: is before they send a high level delegation to Kai.

74
00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,160
Speaker 2: Bloomberg's Paul Wallace. Secretary of State Anthony blinkn urged Hamas

75
00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,600
Speaker 2: leaders to agree to a ceasefire deal.

76
00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,080
Speaker 5: It is on Hamas to make decisions about whether it

77
00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,400
Speaker 5: is prepared to engage in that ceasefire.

78
00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,960
Speaker 2: That's Anthony Blinken. Meantime, President Biden has warned of a

79
00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,960
Speaker 2: dangerous situation with no ceasefire by Ramadan. He's spoken the

80
00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,200
Speaker 2: way back to the White House from Camp David.

81
00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,480
Speaker 7: The hostage Dell is in the hands of Hamas right now, Okay,

82
00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,400
Speaker 7: because they've been an offer rational offer as Raelies ever

83
00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:37,640
Speaker 7: agreed to it and wait, you see what the Hamas does. Well,

84
00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:42,040
Speaker 7: there's got to be a ceasefire because Ramadan. If we

85
00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,360
Speaker 7: get into a circumstance for this continues through Ramadan, Israel

86
00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,839
Speaker 7: and jerusalemden it could be very very dangerous. So we're looking,

87
00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,760
Speaker 7: we're trying hard for that ceasfire.

88
00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,159
Speaker 2: And that's news when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now,

89
00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,760
Speaker 2: I'm Brian Curtis. This is Bloomberg

90
00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:00,400
Speaker 4: SI