barrick said that never helped. he said the quote attributed to me by michael wolf is completely and utterly false. i never have been interviewed by michael wolf, nor did i give him any quotes, nor did he attempt to verify this totally false comment with me. wolf says that he did over 20 interviews from this book. we've only seen a handful and the excerpts that have been released. but barrick is the first to say the quote next to his name was made up. trace? >> peter doocy live in washington. the son of steve doocy. breaking news. attorneys for president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort suing the special counsel saying the russia investigation has gone too far. that according to court documents obtained by fox news. the chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the breaking details in washington. catherine? >> thanks, trace. according to this 18-page civil complaint filed with the court, former campaign chairman paul manafort and his legal team are suing robert mueller and rod rosenstein

barricks is the first to say these quotes attributed to him are made up but bannon is not saying he was misquoted. what do you make of all this? >> well i think you've got to look at these what appears in the book on their own merits. there are serious statements like in the excerpt that appeared in new york magazine which appears that steve bannon is talking directly to michael wolf the author of the reporter given almost unfettered access to the white house during the past year but then there are other quotes that are from being relayed to michael wolf by somebody else like barrick said this or friend of trump said that, or this occurred in a meeting between steve bannon and roger ales, one of whom is now dead and the other of whom will have to be asked whether it was he, he was the source for those meetings or those depiction of that meeting with roger ales is accurate but look, the quotes attributed to steve bannon at least in the article that i've read which is an excerpt from the book sound authentically bannon i'm glad to see he came forward and acknowledged that was him. he said

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read this morning from politico about and even a purportedly talking about gary cohn thinking, tom barrickentioned yesterday, someone who is familiar to people on wall street and private equity in hedge funds. said: but he came out and that he has not said it, and nobody actually checked it. but this brings in the credibility of michael wolff. i went back to a new republic 2004 article that look at what he had done in the past. scenesson his columns -- in his columns are not just creative, they are created. they also referenced my favorite story, why he has table five at this particular restaurant and i work ato be seen -- that restaurant and i know what table it was, and it was the last good table, so it was not that amazing. one through four were better tables. anastasia: everything you are -- jason: everything you are saying is so interesting. and clearly, our colleague likes to talk about the zeitgeist every day. alix: you do too, you are the zeitgeist guy. jason: i copy him, but this is a very zeitgeist-y type story right now. and one thing that jumped out at me to from the excerpt in

empower, hezbollah, hezbollah has american blood on its hands from beirut bombing of the marine corp barricks in 1983. there have been reports that israel, was able to get commander of the cuds force. in its cross hairs and obama administration tipped off tehran that it would happen, thwarted israel ability to so bring him to justice. the extent to where obama administration begged off being responsible, i think we are only scratching the surface, and we'll have good witnesses. i have been encouraged with initial information come forward. >> congressman ron desantos. >> thank you, lou, happy new year. >> we're welcoming right back, a lot more straight ahead. stay with us. >> president trump and his administration firing back at former chief strategist steve bannon, after bannon insulted the administration and president's family. >> i think that is a welcome ris accusation. >> what in the world was steve bannon thinking? we take that up with ed rollins next. >> have you heard of the term bomb cyclone? is is what meteorologist did when they want to use hyperbole, describes winter storm that thr

more specifically, the hundreds barrick -- men barracked there. distinctionike the between officers and men in the new england army. this sort of put him on a higher level, to have his discussions without being surrounded by the enlisted men. in the factor i think toys, this was not just a house, it was an estate. the mountain -- the mansion was surrounded by orchards, fields extending down to the charles river. the estate went all the way down to the river, the land was being farmed by enslaved servants. i think washington felt familiar. [laughter] mr. bell: he felt comfortable there. the new commander-in-chief moved into his new headquarters on a july 15, 1775. we know that because that is the day when his staff paid the bills are cleaning the house after it has been used by all of those soldiers. washington brought his enslaved servants, his body servant william lee, possibly shown in this painting, and his carriage driver and possibly others. he brought his first aid, his military secretary and eight at camp.mp -- and aide de who managed the h

i had heard that colony, which is a firm run by tom barrick, donald trump's good friend, had also been i am not sure they ever put forth a bid for westinghouse, but brookfield is a good deal further away from the white house" -- colony northstar is. mark: will there be any call to a regulatory fuse or not? erik: it is difficult to answer that with any certainty, but court and regulator terry -- regulatory approval are required. this was being done in bankruptcy. the creditors have a very best very big seat at the table -- very big seat at the table, and none of that is guaranteed. brookfield is a canadian company , so that may attract a tiny bit more scrutiny than it would if perhaps this had been an american buyer instead. so far at least, relations between the white house and ott owa seem to be pretty good -- ottawa seem to be pretty good for the time being. vonnie: it is a $45 billion deal , pretty massive for brookfield, possibly the biggest ever. erik: it is the biggest private equity deal ever done by their private equity arm. they have done bigger deals, but brookfield business

shery: coming, major trump back trump barrick -- major barrack speaks to bloomberg about robert mueller this is bloomberg markets "balance of power" i'm david westin. shery: i'm shery ahn. falling on the day are many abigailshares, and doolittle joins us. these companies have become the new villains here. this really has to do with president trump at the state of the union, talking about the idea that drug prices are too high. let's listen to president trump. >> i have directed my administration to fix the injustice of high drug prices, one of my top priorities for the year. julie: -- abigail: to your point, around in the villain role of wall street companies. in terms of the biotech companies, whenever drug prices come into the conversation they take a hit. if we help on the bloomberg we can see what is happening not for --r gilead sciences sciences, but for other big names as well. sciences see gilead higher, higher, higher and it than really taking a hit. shares were also higher on the amazon, berkshire hathaway health care consortium. some of the other big names in the mbi overall a

coming up today, tom barrick. the news that rocked the health-care industry.ng amazon, berkshire hathaway, and jpmorgan to provide care to employees. listen to what he said about the deal. >> we have a lot of respect to them. interested. i think there is room to innovation. is no happen yesterday p reduce you seeing amazon, berkshire hathaway, on the upside. ul and up seeing health care and drug stocks get hit yesterday quite hard. that stock was down 2%. the asset management portfolio manager, it is about $15 million and he invests in tech holdings. twitter is number one. did you by mr. rick's answer? >> the health care companies will say there is room for innovation, there is room for profits for everyone but it is clear that what amazon and jpmorgan a berkshire hathaway moneyying to do is take out of the middle man in the health care system and that is a risk to a lot of the folks. again, a central hub of the u.s. health care system. stocksold it and see the rise since we stole it. good luck to them and it is a great aspirational thing for them to take care

in the next hour, tom barrick, colony north star executive chairman.ur bloomberg business flash. saudi aramco is ready for its ipo in the second half of this year according to the ceo. he says the state owned oil giant is looking at the possibility of listing shares locally first and then having an international ipo. aramco has not decided where to list shares overseas in what could be the biggest equity offering ever. tencent is widening its lead over facebook as the most valuable social network company. , with facebook falling more than 5% since mark zuckerberg said the site will highlight commentary from friends and family. blackrock is taking a page from the silicon valley playbook. the world's largest asset manager is offering unlimited time off, a benefit considered appealing to young workers. that is your bloomberg business flash. alix: we turn to wall street beat, where recover three things wall street is buzzing about. first up, good call. getting even leaner, barclays firing up to 100 people from its investment banking staff. ever, silicon va

start with tom barrick.red repeatedly the chief of staff and said no way, no how, i will not do that. jason: because i am too rich. david: i do not want my life exposed to everybody, a rational point of view. jason: he is one of the most successful investors, one of the most risk taking investors, and an extremely proud -- close friend of the president. he was the guy at the republican national convention with no podium and a microphone. david: and reportedly the president still calls him every night. alix: his job is, what the president meant to say is -- .avid: he is a reasonable guy robert mercer went with jim but a, very successful, real supporter of breitbart and steve bannon and the right wing and president trump. now there is a separation. jason: now coming into the fold ringing as back to silicon valley is peter thiel, who apparently may be in talks with mercer and others about a new conservative media company. david: they have reportedly been talking to roger ailes after he left fox news to hire fox

you're citing people, doing anecdotes and quotes, listen, tom barrick is quoted calling trump, 'effingomething, or moron. that is the hedge fund guy. he was never called by michael wolff, and asked, did you say this. this is a big thing. you should call the other side. neil: there are reports that wolff conversations he had. that would change this is a little it about. >> right. neil, a lot of people working with him today, are those in the book who had serious reservations about him through today. >> i should tell you i have a few friends of mine quoted in this book, source, friends, whatever, they say some of it was accurate. some was taken out of context. this comes into the reporting. you call the guy up and gal, i'm quoting you saying this, did you say this? you put a parenthetical or change it or tweak it. neil: i heard from a second quarter -- secondhand account i heard this -- >> you call me. neil: i should say a line, charlie gasparino -- >> it's a jump, i have taken quotes out like that. i absolutely never said that i go back to the other guy. are you sure he said it, if it's

manafort but he stayed at the campaign after manafort left, close to jared kushner, close to tom barrickother one of the president's key advisers. if he goes state's witness that could be a game changer. >> mueller moving step by step. >> yeah, and this is something i think many have suspected because there's a bit of a difference in the way federal prosecutors have been dealing with manafort and gates leading many to suspect that there were ongoing consideration, possibly suggests going on with gates that have not been going on with manafort. >> we've also learned, jon, that mueller has interviewed the attorney general, jeff sessions, and several other cabinet member, the director of the cia and national intelligence, former director of the national security agency, moving closer and closer to the president. >> and we also know mueller's team has made it clear they want to talk to the president directly about the firings of james comey and michael flynn and the key fact is he is now interviewed, we know, key members of the trump inner circle in his cabinet. after news broke that mueller