lisa: he is -- not participating in the market. lisa: he is just waking up to this now.ughter] tom: it is one lifetime event, another lifetime event. jonathan: do you know the kind of messages i get from people feeling sorry for you, asking why i am being mean to you? ,isa: for the people on radio tom has a mute button on him, and he is just a killing wildly. tom: there it is -- he is gesticulating wildly. tom: there is. i don't have the mute button. ferro has the me button -- has the mute button. jonathan: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ jonathan: equity futures positive. initial jobless claims just second away. from new york and london, good morning to all. with your economic data, here is michael mckee. michael: good morning. looking at initial jobless claims a little bit lower than forecast. these are the seasonally adjusted numbers. they change the way they calculated it. -- last week.onth a big decline. 850,000 was the forecast. the number we really want to see to get a better, more accurate description of what is happening with unemployment claims is nonseasonally adjusted

can't you're not allowed lisa he said it's sort of presentation to. these initial i was they don't make the news these are the differences that make. people like myself turn off from everybody just self. you know what i mean because everybody has a share. when people make the claim of you know why would people burn in their own neighborhood but then you sort of. statement to sort of gloss over the fate that news labor has don't have this need to begin with. we why would they burned on their own community i mean it really isn't a community that they've been able to have ownership is. don't push me cause close to the aids black community employers so that is it and i think that is sort of why we see some of the president. last may begin to understand that black lives matter but black lives don't matter if black neighborhoods don't matter. i came back yes subsequently when i was a police officer. and it was all bricked up all the windows to dois. choice property now the. chance of 5. gentrification i suppose on one hand is a good thing for sure cleaned u

canceling flights amid the could on a crisis in march he rushed home to his family now despite about it lisa he no longer feels confident about returning to silicon valley tanks to confusing restrictions on immigrants from the current administration. leisha's decision to return will hinge on whether trump is rejected i am very worried about a 2nd presidency don't because. who's to say what other laws will come in i can just go back and have. my life bacon away from me again. it's just december and wants to study design in the u.s. but the of what putting their plans on hold until they see the outcome of the election. some see it want to just to continue trump presidency on it be shoddy governments export or seize immense value for his whole sector interim stuff stance on china from what he will be dealing it is for sure their office fiction will be imposed on china chinese goods and chinese exports to the west and the movement of carpets to fill up the guy there have to be 17 days. between big plays with india and us and those potential treaties he believes could be boosted by trump's camarader

he was the first person to bring it to the attention of millions of workers. >> lisa phillips, let me ask you to add your perspective to the america that he saw was dissatisfied with. >> i don't think he saw himself as anti-american at all. i think he thought that he was advocating through the labor union activity for a kind of america that he hearkened back to. in his early days, he wasn't even anti capitalist at all. we worked with the railroad companies. but it wasn't until the advent of corporate capitalism or big business that he really felt that there had to be a movement against something, the for profit motive that continued to bring workers wages down. >> do you have something to add? >> i agree with lisa. one of the things that made debs so powerful was his ability to cast socialism as an american movement. his argument was that this was a revolutionary country in the first place. in his lifetime, he experienced the civil war as a revolution, so some of his greatest idols were abolitionists. his argument was that the country had fought a battle to overthrow chattel slavery,

lisa: he said don't call me. [laughter] jonathan: that's what i say every time.: i think what is so important today is to look at apple today, with a further lift on the s&p 500. i believe the beginning of the month, we were all gloomy, weren't we? jonathan: we are up 1.7% this morning. yesterday on apple, we were up 6.35%. do the math on that. it is ridiculous. tom: i want to emphasize this as we go to alison williams, bloomberg intelligence senior analyst on banks. we forget the size of these institutions. number -- a ginormous number rung up at the register each day. the scale here continues to be international. buried in the headlines, they are not only going to take on europe, but new states in america. is jp morgan going to be our national bank? alison: well, they sort of our. jp morganrt of are, and bank of america, but significant and growing. wells fargo is up there, but they have had some constraints that have held them back. organic deposit growth continues to be a very strong story. they are continuing more share gains, but the big story today is real

lisa: he's going to be holding what he calls the largest radio rally in history at 12:00 p.m. basically, he is holding rallies to sway the polls. the market is really going all in with this blue wave narrative. how confident can we be in these polls that got it wrong in 2016, given how much people are going all in on this narrative? tom: i want to put this directly. this is pretty unusual. i just had a physical. i can't see the president on the set, in the little gown they put you on. jonathan: i just don't want to think about that right now. [laughter] in my head right now, let me tell you -- tom: he will now reprise the move on fox. the president will undergo a medical evaluation from dr. mark siegel. i want to make clear, dr. mark siegel is legit. imagine au just presidential physical on air? jonathan: i can try. apparently it is going to happen later this evening. should we talk about it, or should we talk about something else? this week has just been so bizarre. tom: it has. jonathan: i should also point out that siegel has had some pretty out there, speculative thoughts

minouche: he is making the struck us -- lisa: he is -- michael: he is making the strongest pitch so fariscal stimulus. while the fed's monetary policy actions at the earlier c.a.r.e.s. act have made a big difference in the speed of the recovery, there is still a long way to go, powell says, particularly for the labor market. but what the risk is not in spending too much, but too little. too little support would lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses. over time, household insolvencies and business bankruptcies would rise, harming the productive capacity of the economy and holding back growth. by contrast, the risks of overdoing it seemed for now to be smaller, even if policy actions ultimately proved to be greater than needed. they will not go to waste." that is very carefully phrased. he doesn't even mention the word congress in that paragraph. however, it does sound like he supports the higher of the two offers on capitol hill, put forward by the democrats, rather than the smaller republican plan. powell notes that prior to the virus, expan

figures and journalists and the main opposition candidate says he doesn't believe the vote will be free or fair is katherine soy. to lisasays he's worried about his safety while campaigning he's also concerned about the independence of the electoral commission that barred him from campaigning for 7 days last week electoral fishel said his conduct while on the campaign trail had been polarized lisa who recently returned to tanzania from belgium to run for president he laughed 3 years ago when he was seriously injured after being repeatedly short by an identified gunman he's told al jazeera he does not believe that the election at the end of the month will be free fair or transparent we are not going to accept stolen election. we accept every election we call millions of people onto the streets. democratic action piece action to defend the integrity of the election to defend their votes if it comes to. his main competitor president john paul 2 fully he's also outcome painting attracting thousands of people to his rallies. he's been accused by human rights organizations and the opposition of being a dictator and presiding

he include immigrants? what was his definition? lisa? >> well, he -- as one of the first industrial union leaders, he was mounting a movement on behalf of the working class which he believed everyone who was a worker who earned wages, which were two-thirds of americans by 1890, was a part of. whether they be an immigrant, whether they be black, whether they be women. he certainly saw them as all members of a working class that needed to be just of uplifted in some way, shape, or form. there's controversy still to this day among historians about whether he did enough on behalf of women and african-americans, and he had some trouble seeing immigrants especially chinese immigrants and italian immigrants who came over temporarily and worked for very low wages and brought them back to their home countries as part of the same american working class that was trying to fight for higher wages. so he had some trouble over the course of his career reconciling that. but certainly his as an industrial movement was one that recognized the rights of all

he do that? that's a question for you, lisa. >> i'm sorry. >> he did that because he had a national following by then. it was 1920. he had been in the national newspapers for several years, people knew of his message. labor unions continued to support him and despite the fact that he was accused of a -- accused of encouraging people not to enlist in the military during world war i which was extremely problematic, he still had a following among workers, among socialists who believed in his message. so he did that because of his national reputation by then. >> what were some of the other themes of the 1920 campaign? >> well, many of the socialist leaders, maybe a little less, but his campaigners said this is actually a vote for free speech. this is an opportunity for all americans, whether you're a socialist or not, to cast a vote and protest against the wilson administration's -- debs embodied at that point, all by mob violence, by state laws, by the postal censor to squash the centers' -- not just socialists, but passives had been rounded up. by 1920, many americans, in the grip of war fever, th

he's op against a position kind of to listen more problems lisa says he's election agents why denied access to thousands of polling stations police forcibly removed. the opposition has made widespread allegations that some ballot papers were pre-marked ballot boxes stuffed and that police intimidated those who dat question inconsistences in the process what happened yesterday is not an election it is a fraud it is an electoral fraud of a modern acute that is unprecedented in our history. the polling in many parts of the country yesterday took place. which cannot be described as visions for free fair and credible elections liza's calling for mass action and has international bodies such as the african union the european union and the un not to recognize a poll their letter a commission denies their written allegations saying the opposition just wants to start trouble in direct where the presidential results will be announced residents have mixed reaction about the election and calls for demonstrations from the new york. i'm hoping the results should be respected that our prison finish

he's available on social media. lisa: and for parties. jonathan: he's great at a party as well, lisa, when things reopen. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. ande speaker nancy pelosi treasury secretary steven mnuchin are moving closer to a deal on a new stimulus package. --zie hopes ash policy hope pelosi hopes she can get a deal by the election. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is warning the white house about a deal before that election. he has not committed to a pre-election vote. british prime minister boris johnson will impose the tightest coronavirus restrictions on greater manchester. johnson warned that lives would be at risk if the government failed to act. the prime minister also left open the prospect of a national lockdown if infection rates keep climbing. shares of netflix are falling today. the streaming service missed wall street estimates for subscribers. that renewed doubt about its ability to maintain growth. netflix had warned that the pandemic-driven subscriber boom wouldn't l

sometimes you get ceos and founders not happy with her life, he is a happy person. lisahe spoke for all of us when he said 20/20 is the weirdest year of my life. why did he say that? david: he has had to retool the entire company. it used to be people came in for the shopping experience and walked in the aisles and now they have to focus more on people who have picked up because people do not want to walk in the aisle so much. he had to reinvent the business. and he has more competition than he used to have. he had virtually no competition for the first 25 years. he has been the ceo for 42 years , and for 25 of those there was not much competition. now the major supermarkets are all having whole food and other organic food displays, and he has more competition than he ever had. lisa: there is a question about his contentedness with the sale to amazon, especially in light of the increasing scrutiny around big tech and monopolies, consolidation. did he give an alternate view that was believable to you of the possible benefits to consolidation at a time when people are bemo

he said -- lisa: second choice. [laughter] jonathan: he said, i don't know about that. really? lisa: come on! bring him in! jonathan: robert tipp, your thoughts on turkey, please. robert: absolutely. we are in a world where sovereigns are getting a pass. you have seen these huge budget deficits and debt to gdp ratios, things that would have given ratings agencies pause. so many countries have been fine with that. we have seen emerging-market currencies very strong. two permanent examples in the last handful of market days show the idiosyncratic risk is there. i don't know how many people remember when their colleagues were writing triple digit tickets on turkish t-bill yields. not that long ago, they came down from above 100% to below 100. they lost six digits on the lira which is 1.5 million. this country has seen much more rapid depreciation at times, but they have been flying in the face of market norms. they were widely expected to raise rates by a couple hundred basis points, and they did not it. they have been taken to task. the other example i would say is the u.k.. bell

let's go back to france correspondent lisa lewis he said this is foster following story what's the latest. well we understand now that 3 people have indeed died that's confirmed there was there were conflicting media reports beforehand it looks like 2 women were killed and one man one woman fled from the church into a nearby cafe but then diet later on the attacker was treated by emergency doctors because he had been shot by police in while he was being treated apparently said several times god is great the mayor of new close your eyes to his ears then come out talk to the press and said you know this is a horrible islamize attack on our country we're really shocked by this and lots of people have come out on twitter you know from different politicians but also french people just normal people on twitter saying you know we really are horrified by this renewed attack here in french soil. live pictures from the scene needs have there been any other political reaction so far well the position is obvious saying we need to do more to fight against radical islam isn't the government of the few

lisa: someone emailed into both of you. jonathan: he gets the complaints, lisa. don't worry.0 of them a day. lisa: they asked me to ask you something. why soccerball has gotten so critical? beathan: i think they might being sarcastic come up with the results over the weekend. yeah, it's pretty wild. tom: can you guess plane -- can you ask blaine aston villa beating liverpool -- can you explain aston villa beating liverpool? jonathan: i thought we would go there, so deep breath. aston villa. tom: i thought it was bob villa, like the homemaker. jonathan: we've got the name right. what is the question? tom: how can they beat someone as dominant as liverpool? how does that happen? jonathan: they fell apart. everything went wrong for liverpool. just a real psychological element to all of that. i thought it was absolutely dominant. and you know what i really loved? villa was so much better than liverpool that everyone forgot what was done just a few hours before. we don't have to talk about it. coming up, david riley, bluebay asset management sheets invest in strategist. this is bl

particular are being targeted the main opposition candidate says he doesn't believe the vote will be free or fair catherine so reports. to lisa says he's worried about his safety while campaigning he's also concerned about the independence of the electoral commission that barred him from campaigning for 7 days last week electoral fishel said his conduct while on the campaign trail had been polarized lisa recently returned to tanzania from belgium to run for president he laughed 3 years ago when he was seriously injured after being repeatedly short by an identified gunmen he's told al jazeera he does not believe that the election at the end of the month will be free fair or transparent we are not going to accept stolen elections we are not going to accept every election we call millions of people onto the streets. democratic action piece action to defend the integrity of the election the fan votes if it comes to that. his main competitor president john paul 2 fully he's also outcome painting attracting thousands of people to these rallies that he's been accused by human rights organizations and the opposition of being a dictat

he just fell apart. lisa: the mute button did him in. tom: he just fell apart.ll do this tomorrow. we will see you at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow on the simulcast on bloomberg television and on tv and radio. the interview of the day, ted cruz out on fox skeptical on stimulus on the others of the aisle. speaker pelosi in conversation with david westin. look for that in the noon hour. scheduled today. dow futures up 120. stay with us through the day. this is bloomberg radio and bloomberg television. ♪ ♪ jonathan: from new york and london for our audience worldwide, good morning, good morning. equity futures up 12. we advance .33%. we begin with the big issue. two weeks to go. joe biden urging unity in north carolina. vice president biden: i am running as a proud democrat, but i will govern as an american president. no red states, no blue states. just the united states. too have a sacred duty to vote and it matters. jonathan: president trump pushing for a different kind of unity, bipartisan deal for a different stimulus package. president trump: nancy pelosi may be coming a

lisa: although in fairness, he was doing that a bit in a self-deprecating way.dea that perhaps the polls are not vastly wrong and joe biden does win the election, what happens after that, in the months before january 20, when there is a transition of power? how messy could things get? jeffrey: there are a number of different scenarios that could play out. . one kind of scenario is the president continuing to cast doubt on the validity of the election, but it's actually not making a difference to what ultimately transpires in january. it is entirely conceivable that trump will continue to degrade the legitimacy of the election without a gain tension a box -- without any intention of actually trying to stay in office. it could be a way of keeping his supporters with him as he tries to set up some sort of trump tv station so he retains a sizable part of the electorate. but i think it seems at least conceivable that he could inspire his supporters to go into the streets, to engage in violence. we could imagine trump supporters making a big scene about the election a

he's been working on the project for a month with the help of a welder, a simple desire to do, in his words, crazy things. certainly socially distanced, lisaso he's checking all the boxes, celebrating safely. >> and getting into it for sure. very creative. >>> all right, good morning. we were out, it was kind of nice out, a little hazy. temperatures this morning are already running pretty mild. but we're hoping for that sea breeze to kick in later on this afternoon. you can see behind me our visual picture, there is fog offshore, not doing anything yet to influence our temperatures. our sea breeze, once it does arrive, will be weak. low clouds and fog are just kind of there, not doing much to cool things down. we still have a stagnant air mass overhead, a warm air mass. you can see all the fog from, say, the central coast, san luis obispo down to southern california. for the bay area, still a big dominant ridge of high pressure is in control of our weather. as you look at the view from mt. tam, you can see all the haze here. looking at moderate air quality in parts of the north bay, the east bay, and south bay. we need some wind, we need t

lisa abramowicz and tom keene. jonathan ferro on assignment. rob fallon with us. hece chair prudential consideringd getting people back to the or is there permanence to work from home. lisa and i have heard 42 different opinions. what is the learning curve of people thinking about this? what is the thinking now versus what the thinking was in may? the thinking is we are not in a sprint, we are in a marathon. with the most recent data, looks like many companies are actually extending out from the time they think will be in this environment. we have done that recently. i have told our employees and will not be earlier than july of next year we will have them come back in a material way. it is a reflection of a couple things. in a survey we did recently it indicates remote work is working . it is relieving the stress a lot of these individuals were experiencing from the pandemic , balancinge work-life and doing it in a remote environment help see some of the pressures. the second thing is productivity has held up well in a remote environment. 60% of our survey indicated

lisa graves, he is talking about the affordable care act, which is up for oral arguments november 10,y coney barrett is approved, she might be part of those oral arguments. if you can t talk both about the dark money invnvolved with all f this and thehe supreme court decision, whether we're talking about the affordable care act or possibly president trump choosing his own juror in case that w woodland elelection and s supreme court. >> well, one of the things i've been calling for witith the benn franklinin project is for her to recuse and commit unequivocally any casese from involving the election. the fact is we have this illegitimate process going forward to putut her on the cou. anand part of that i is the dark money that is been swirling around this effort to pack this court. in the person was at the center of that is a guy named leonard leo. in a a recent book it was notede met for dinner with president trtrump to put amy coney b barrt on the list of supreme court nominees, to specifically put her on the list after neil gorsuch was confirmed. she is put on that list because they

mainland where president john mcafee is up against opposition candidate to least 2 more problems lisa says he's election agents why denied access to thousands of polling stations police forcibly removed. the opposition has made widespread allegations that some ballot papers were pre-marked ballot boxes stuffed and that police intimidated those who dat question inconsistences in the process what happened yesterday is not an election it is a fraud it is an electoral fraud of a moderate to that is unprecedented in our history. palling in many parts of the country yes the big. players. which cannot be described as visions for free fair and credible elections this is calling for mass action and has international bodies such as the african union the european union and the un not to recognize a poll there led to a commission denies the regional gay sions saying the opposition just wants to start trouble in the rest of the presidential results will be announced residents have mixed reaction about the election and calls for demonstrations for the new york want to. visit action is not political we need b

lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. already getting the messages. it was just a joke. i like the pile of books. heto get a bookshelf. lisa: i thought it was fine. jonathan: don't encourage it, lisa. i can see it coming through the boom blurred desta bloomberg. daniel morris -- through the bloomberg. daniel morris, bnp paribas senior investment strategist. lisa: look at those markets. tom: how about those markets? [laughter] jonathan: i can keep going. let's get to the bond market. tom: never been a problem before. jonathan: you do need bookshelves, i'm with you. thank you for writing in, that one person. thank you very much. [laughter] flying solo in the next hour, i'm jonathan ferro. fixed is bloomberg -- this is bloomberg. ♪ loomberg. ♪ are you frustrated with your weight and health? it's time for aerotrainer, a more effective total body fitness solution. (announcer) aerotrainer's ergodynamic design and four patented air chambers create maximum muscle activation for better results in less time, all while maintaining safe, correct form and allows for over 20 exercises. do the aerotrainer super cr

lisa, his tone just changes when he starts talking about this. lisa:? my understand.re's a lot -- yes, i understand. but there's a lot going on in the u.s., too. tom: the jets are 0-9. lisa: let's go to london. jon, keep talking. [laughter] jonathan: how are the mets doing? lisa: you brought it up. you wanted to talk about it. jonathan: liz ann sonders coming up from charles schwab. this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: with the first word news, i'm kailey leinz. president trump is battling democrats and republicans over a stimulus package. he is telling senate republicans to "go big or go home," but mitch mcconnell is only promising a vote on a paycheck protection plan for small businesses. house speaker nancy pelosi says the white house plan comes up short. she is demanding significant changes. supreme court nominee amy coney barrett avoided any slips in the first day of questioning on capitol hill. democrats asked her about abortion rights, elections, and guns. still, they made local progress -- made little progress derailing the nomination. there is pressure on opec member

being positive and how charming he is when he's being positive and funny when he lets that side of him be on display. >> lisase of humor because i think people can relate people to it and it makes them laugh and endears people to him. i'd like to see them paint a sharp contrast with joe biden. why does someone like that deserve any more time. what has he done for the american people in that time. joe biden has been wrong about everything. he was wrong about moving the embassy to jerusalem and pulling out of the iran deal. on the economy. even on the issue of copen, even the new york times admitted that operation warp speed is a tremendous success. pointing out the highlights of the public-private partnership and the fact that joe biden can't run anything. >> very good way to end it. see you at six sunday. we will discuss this when "the next revolution" will be televised. hello america i marked live-in. welcome to life, liberty and levin. we have a very important guest, rudy giuliani. he is not just a next mayor of new york, he's the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york and the

he gave you a dozen more. carry on. tom: we will move on. lisa got a dozen from harry styles. l mckee, thank you for that. us, he hasnley with been wonderful about this american economy. leslie calibrate what growth estimate -- let's recalibrate, what is your growth estimate for fourth quarter. stephen: i am above consensus for q4. i think the consumer continues to have good momentum even with the absence of another stimulus package. q4 whichout 8% for puts me close to double the consensus, and it continues to tail off as we move into next year, still above trend but may be 4% or 5% first half of next year. lisa: the mystery of holiday spending, i was reading a story about how much uncertainty there is, and it seems like economists are playing psychologist, they're going out and saying people will need retail therapy. what is your view on holiday sales and how good or bad they might be? stephen: there are two things to keep in mind. the first one is the holiday season is predominantly a goods event rather than a services event. some people give gift certificates for services, b

lisa: i think he is sufficiently ruffled. week in which we start to see a different narrative take shape. until now, and the weeks coming up to this one, the narrative was it does not matter what happens, there will be a blue wave and there will be a huge fiscal package in the first quarter of next year. that narrative is shifting. people are seeing what is going on in europe, they are seeing renewed shutdowns in germany, possibility in france, and the possibility that could happen in the united states. they are getting nervous. jonathan: this is -- tom: this is a decisive shift in important for global wall street. -- did not perform my 6:00 script in the united states, remove it. hows significantly stronger swiss franc. i can tell you where that broke, about 5:30 new york time we saw the swiss franc break. yen has not come in as well. gold and oil. andlook at the proxy of oil global aggregate demand. it is just not there. lisa: there was a theory that china and the increase in demand from there helped stabilize what we have

no, he's not alone. lisa: look at that. kevin pushing back. in: i'm doing it politely, right? this is bloomberg, right? look, i think he's getting advice from ivanka, from jared, and i think he really does have the president's ear. -- didd really giuliani rudy giuliani assists the president with that article in "the new york post?" kevin: yes, and that was my big take away, to see the alignment of steve bannon and rudy giuliani. tom: that is going to get the suburban voter, steve bannon and mayor giuliani? , you only have another minute. don't worry. kevin: i think in covering the trump campaign, some of the alignments in the inner circle, it is fascinating to watch that shift, and there is a clear relationship that has developed between steve and rudy giuliani. -- steve bannon and rudy giuliani. we will see how that develops. tom: this is phenomenal. jon, you have an inner orbit, don't you? [laughter] kevin: mi inner orbit -- am i inner orbit? tom: yes. kevin: thank you. appreciate it. jonathan: kevin, thank you. don't know if you will be back

what's important here, jon, you and i can't do the research and lisa can't do the research and we need kevin like he's been doing 24/7 pounding the research. that's the only way to do it, jon. research matters. lisa: that's the research, check it out. for those on radio, it's him at pancake pantry, pancakes, syrup and butter. jon: kevin looks very serious about pancakes, seriously. he looks really, really serious bout those pancakes. bank on -- bacon with them? no parlor pancakes without bacon, i'm told. tom: two long necks to chase it down. jon: why talk about the eating habits of my compatriots in america ever again. oh, no. tom: that's called having a full nashville. jonathan: from new york and london for our audience worldwide, this is bloomberg surveillance lot on bloomberg tv and radio. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz a mime jonathan ferro. --, and i amdata jonathan ferro. the economic data moments away. michael mckee drops by to bring his initial jobless claims. michael: we are just getting the numbers in. 787,000, major drop from last week, which was 898,000. never the big surprise las

how different he is now, as we just witnessed, and as you correctly said, a monologue. lisayou survive that is a native new yorker? lisa: honestly, the one thing i wanted to ask him, as he said it does not worry him getting the virus. my key question is is this the new tactic, that the virus is not that big of a deal, is that the message from the white house? that seems to be what president trump was saying. i do not think we are getting a clear answer on that. i wonder is that the message. tom: what is so important and what lisa says is the president saying maybe i am immune, it was such a different tone from prime minister johnson, wasn't it? jonathan: what an interview. why are we talking about the elephant in the room? that was ridiculous in the last 10 minutes. actually ridiculous. i understand josh wingrove is with us. bloomberg news white house reporter. fantastic to catch up with you. let's try to focus the debate. very difficult to focus the debate. you have an individual helping you prepare for the debate conducts himself in that manner. how on earth will this deba

elections is now closed president john morgan fully is seeking a 2nd 5 year term he's up against opposition leader lisa who survived 16 assassins bullets these he says the election has been marred by vote rigging. time to cast their ballot. here in the commercial capital doris salaam voting was peaceful with the long lines forming throughout the day. among those out at a polling station president john magaw. hoping to secure another 5 years in office . that this is it i'd like to reiterate that as a nation we should continue to be peaceful because there is life even after an election which was. but what's in the hearts of tanzanians may not matter according to the opposition. they say there have been widespread irregularities with voters in some cases being given multiple votes like these to then stuff in boxes prior to the election the opposition said there was a pattern of suppressing bad news and press freedoms and brutalizing rival political parties the economy is being hate hard by the pandemic but president michel foodie montagne is the country has conquered the virus through prayer. critics say