that is bloomberg's alastair marsh. you can find alastair's piece on the terminal.iss the next episode of bloomberg green. that will be on friday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. recapping that breaking news that vonnie told you about. the new goat -- negotiator returning to brussels. the headline appears that there seems to be expectation of the policy -- possibility of a deal. we will watch the market reaction to that news. some positive movement on prospects for a brexit deal within about 48 hours. coming up, we are checking in with one of the pioneers of the fact space. mark ein is with us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ amanda: this is "bloomberg markets." i am amanda line, alongside vonnie quinn. we have seen the acquisition corporation market explode. it was led by one pioneer, mark ein, the chairman and ceo of capital investment, having raised the fifth such fund. thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate your time. you have a long view on this sector. and it is more popular than we have ever seen it. there is a record amount of capital. before we get to the specif

. >> it just 18 years old, alastair is volunteering to do what many of us would find unimaginable.e wants to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus. he is campaigning to take part in the human challenge trial. >> challenge trials have the potential to do a lot of good for a lot of people with a -- well, not insignificant, a minimal risk to myself. it is a risk doctors and nurses take on pretty much every day and have been doing for quite a while now. >> in a challenge trial, doctors hope to study volunteers in a controlled environment like this one. volunteers will be deliberately infected with the virus and quarantine here for up to two weeks with safety measures in place to stop the virus from spreading. a trial services company already runs challenge trials in the u.k., but they are yet to be approved for covid-19. >> they have all the emergency equipment you would expect here. >> to make the trial as safe as possible, scientists would first establish the smallest dose of the virus it takes to become infected. >> just inside the nostril, very slowly putting small droplets

alastair campbell, farmer direct therefore labour. time now for the weather.st developing overnight. in fact, weather with a frost developing overnight. infact, early weather with a frost developing overnight. in fact, early on christmas day morning, temperatures could be as low as minus six degrees, for example, intervening when in some parts of scotland and i frustrate down to the south coast. the frost not quite so harsh they are in northern ireland. that‘s because an atlantic breeze will be setting in during the day on christmas day, and the weather will turn here eventually come about for the vast majority of the country, it isa the vast majority of the country, it is a bright or sunny crisp christmas with temperatures of around 11—5 c. a little bit milder closer to the coast. but after that, little bit milder closer to the coast. but afterthat, it little bit milder closer to the coast. but after that, it is all change. in fact, coast. but after that, it is all change. infact, on coast. but after that, it is all change. in fact, on boxing day, expecting s

there are those like alastair campbell who believe labour should have abstained because this is a dealur set out as being the criteria that needed to be met for their support. what sir keir starmer said today, is we are not in that place any more we are in the choice of this deal or no deal. that is why labour is going to back it because he doesn't think it's the right or better deal that could have been done, that issue of abstaining, the other option is labour says we won't vote for it but we won't stop it so we will abstain. sir keir starmer said that wasn't credible. credible. 0n starmer said that wasn't credible. credible. on an insure of this scale. you would be be adding that on to scale. you would be be adding that ontoa scale. you would be be adding that on to a list of sevenions. it was a difficult decision to take but they have said they will back this. helen, there are so much detail to go through and of course we will exploring all of that over the coming hours, but it is worth not jumping ahead because we have arrived at a significant moment. not the same with this deal b

former england captain alastair cook says player safety must come first. now. i would imagine the players would want to come home. i know they are off pretty quickly, the 2nd of january, back to sri lanka to play a test series. the last thing they would wa nt to series. the last thing they would want to do is 14 days of isolation. u nfortu nately, want to do is 14 days of isolation. unfortunately, that might happen. they will all want to come home for christmas. they are probablyjust staying in the rooms, unfortunately. tottenham and liverpool have the chance to go back to the top of the premier league later. they can both jump over chelsea, who moved up with a 3—1 victory over leeds. fans were back at stamford bridge for the first time in nine months and they watched as 0livier giroud scored his fifth goal of the week. remember, he put away all four in chelsea's champions league victory on wednesday. at full time, manager frank lampard showed his appreciation to the fans. absolutely loved it. it's amazing what 2,000 people can do. you might think it's not

we can speak to alastair campbell, former labour director of communications for numberio.put to one side what your feelings are about brexit because i think most people know where you stand on that. both sides spinning furiously here about what they are going to protect. how far are we away, do you think, from a deal or how close? it's very very hard to tell. your correspondent was saying, unless you're actually in those negotiations inside the room, seeing what the give—and—ta ke negotiations inside the room, seeing what the give—and—take is, it is very ha rd to what the give—and—take is, it is very hard tojudge. i do think that we are probably further away then that statement would suggest. i don't think there is going to be that much budging. particularly on the european union's side. ultimately, their bottom line is that the uk has decided to leave and that the uk has decided to leave and that we are leaving the customs union and they are determined that nothing will undermine what they see as their crowning, political, economic triumph which is the single market. yes,

former england captain alastair cook says player safety must come first.tinues now. i would imagine that the players would want to come home. i know they are off pretty quickly, 2nd ofjanuary, back to sri lanka to play a test series. the last thing they will want to do is 14 days isolation. that, u nfortu nately, is 14 days isolation. that, unfortunately, might happen. but they will want to come home for christmas, and i imagine they will be on the flight on thursday with no more cricket, probably just be on the flight on thursday with no more cricket, probablyjust staying in their rooms, unfortunately. we have two early kick—offs to tell you about. crystal palace are 3—1 up at west brom — wilfried zaha and christian benteke putting them ahead . and the home side is down to 10 men, after fellipe matheus pereira was sent off for violent conduct. and in the scottish premiership, goals from kemar roofe and james tavernier have given rangers the lead at ross county. there's just over half an hour to play in both those games. millwall football club have issued

the former england captain, sir alastair cook, said the safety of the players must come first.efinitely made the right decision. player extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has to extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has to come extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has to come into extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has to come into it. extraordinary circumstances. they definitely made the right decision. player safety has to come into it. i can imagine what the players are going through now in the dressing room, the uncertainty that is going on, the meetings with the south african cricket board. it is not a great situation. all they want to do is play cricket. first and foremost they will be thinking, can we get home for

earlier, my colleague, tim willcox spoke to alastair campbell who was labour's former director of communicationse negotiations, inside the room, seeing what the mood is like and what the give—and—ta ke seeing what the mood is like and what the give—and—take is then it is very ha rd what the give—and—take is then it is very hard for us to judge. i what the give—and—take is then it is very hard for us tojudge. i do think we are probably further away than that statement would suggest because i don't think there will be that much budging, particularly on the side of the european union because ultimately their bottom line has been set, that the uk has decided that we are leaving and that we are leaving the customs union and they are determined that nothing will undermine what they see as the crowning political and economic diplomatic triumph, which is the single market. yes, you are right, i am very opposed to brexit and i don't particularly like or respect 01’ don't particularly like or respect or trust borisjohnson, don't particularly like or respect or trust boris johnson, but don't particularly l

but after the break, we'll have a live interview with a stanford doctor on the covid-19 variance alastair in california and her perspective >>continuing our coronavirus coverage. this new year's eve icu beds continue to dwindle across the bay area area. this has a new covid-19 variant has been found first in colorado and now in california as of yesterday in san diego. vaccinations also continue to be ruled out but still falling short of the government's goal by the end of the year we're joined now by doctor on drug long cones chair of the emergency medicine department over at stanford medicine doctor. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you for having me that's an for has something called the crisis standards of care can you explain to what those standards are and what it would take to actually trigger them, especially since we're seeing the icu bed availability in our dwindling down. >>sure so every institution has its own way of handling of crises and there are accepted standards of crisis standards of care they are agreed upon by the state healthcare authorities. it's basical

alastair mclellan.se of a dramatic recent rise in coronavirus cases. but the education secretary, gavin williamson, intervened — and told greenwich that it would face legal action if it didn't keep schools open. in the last hour he's also announced that every secondary school and college in england will have access to rapid coronavirus testing from january. andy moore reports. just a few parents, mostly key workers, and their children turned up at this greenwich primary school this morning. it took the decision to close yesterday after being advised to do so by the labour leader of their borough council. but now the government is insisting it should reopen again, with only a day or two to go before the end of term. it's a difficult time to be a parent in greenwich. we don't actually know what is happening. because today is a different story. the next day is different. you know, actually, i want him to be in school. it's a confusing situation, and considering — well, apparently — the rest of london hasn'

let's talk to the former engand captain alastair cook. this is an extraordinary situation.to go and play cricket. first and foremost they will be thinking can ta ke foremost they will be thinking can take it home for christmas to see theirfamily take it home for christmas to see their family and friends. they are due to fly out on thursday. looking back on friday, england had expressed some concern about the biosecure arrangements within the south africa camp and they had a positive test. do you think there is cause for concern? i am no medical experts, i don't want to get into the details of covid. and we are not out there to see what the bubble is like. double life isn't the most exciting thing for the players. sometimes the bubbles don't work. if the virus does get in, you are containing it in that group and it is kind of inevitable that a lot of the guys would get the virus. we can't speak for what is happening out there because we don't know what is going on. what i would like to say is how much credit —— credit the ecb should have fought this past summer. the biosecur