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enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com david: bernie madoff 150 years in 2009, he said, there is no cure for my disease, i have served 11 years already, i have suffered through it. so, john, does madoff deserve mercy? >> i feel he has all my compassion, but you know you look at number of lives impacted, they -- some have not even rebounded yet, the thing is, do your -- you did the crime, do your time, i have compassion for you, for bernie madoff and his family, but it is what it i'm sorry. >> he is a miserable bad guy. he deserves to stay in prison for his life. that said, i probably would let him out, he costs taxpayers a lot of money. >> i would see if there was a hostile for convicted felons put him in that. david: he does meet u.s. prison criteria for being released early because of his terminal disease. one of his victims said, he terminaly ill, i am terer -- i m terminally broke. do have you sympathy. >> zero, a met a 80-year-old woman who lost 800 thousand of her 800 thousand dollars her life was changed forever, i would love her to be

only about 140 years earlier, one vick testimonytim i spoke w bernie madoff has hoodspa. tage 4 kidney disease and that he was foregoing dialysis according to his new attorney, brandon sample, who specializes in getting elderly inmates out of prison, madoff has end stage kidney disease and should be allowed to die with the support and comfort from the remaining loved ones that he has in the motion to judge denny chin, same judge who sentenced madoff to 150 years, sample writes madoff expressed remorse for his crimes now over ten years of incarceration later and after with less than 18 months less to live, madoff humbly asks the court for a modicum of compassion i last heard from bernie madoff in july moved into the prison medical center to begin his end of life care he told me then in an email that he is fine he has since told "the washington post" that he has suffered from his mistakes and he wants to be able to get out and see his grandchildren and explain to them what happened. guys >> yeah. it's quite the story scott, i'm sure that you have been in contact with many of

better- than-expected earnings allowed investors to mostly shrugged off fears about the virus. >>> bernie madoff says he is dying and asking to be released from prison. the infamous ponzi scheme or wants a judge to grant him a compassionate release. madoff says he has left than 18 months to live due to a terminal kidney disease. he has served 11 years of a 150 year sentence. >>> the shamrock shake is making its return. for the first time in three years, the green mint flavored chic will be available at mcdonald's nationwide. a new oriole shamrock mcflurry will also be making its debut. for more, had to cbsmoneywatch.com. at the new york stock exchange, i diane king hall. >>> let's talk about the weather. you want to do that? >> do it. right. >> 4:43. >> we're looking at times even warmer than yesterday. we're going to continue with that warm-up. a beautiful day all across the bay area. and it is not as cold as yesterday. don't get me wrong. it is chilly out there, so definitely bundle up. temperatures are a little bit warmer compared to the very cold temps yesterday to start off the day. here's

why bernie madoff is asking for early release in prison.hy nike is calling it a game-changer but the rest of the world isn't so convinced, the running world at least. ♪. [ applause ] it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. and now we need to get back to work. [ applause and band playing ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ melissa: pleading for compassion. bernie madoff is asking the federal government to release him from prison due to terminal kidney failure. he is serving 150 years in prison for orchestrating the largest ponzi scheme in history. here is attorney bobby ahnky. thanks for joining us. what are the odds he gets this? >> i know as a prosecutor, financial crimes, victims were more agitated than cases of murder and rate. i get that. this compassionate relief law, if you have end stage illness with regard to a organ you are eligible for the come passionate release and that is exactly what he has. the bureau of prisons is not arg

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a lot of angry people lost a lot of money because of bernie madoff because of his scam. ers. the court puts them in the record as they go forward. the justice department hasn't weighed in whether they want to oppose madoff's early release plea. clearly some of these vick tips letters will weigh in doj's own assessment whether they should recommend to judge chen he should be released early. a developing story. we'll know in the next couple weeks where this stands, where the justice department stands and ultimately if judge chen grants his release request. neil, back to you. neil: thank you very much. charlie gasparino in new york. we're here in new hampshire and the candidates are busily crisscrossing this state. there is amy klobuchar event going on, bernie sanders event going on. it is sanders to lose but these polls often are wrong. we'll see. ♪. you need... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ can you help keep these iguys protected online?? easy, connect to the xfi gateway. what about internet speeds that keep up with my gaming? let's ho

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all right, thank you >>> the man behind the biggest ponzi scheme in history, bernie madoff, says he's dying from kidney disease and is seeking a compassionate early release from prison. madoff has served 11 years of a 150-year sentence for stealing billions of dollars from investors he says he only has 18 months to live >>> the sixth and final accuser in harvey weinstein's new york rape trial took the stand today. she is also one of two women whose allegations have led to a separate criminal case against weinstein in los angeles here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: today at harvey weinstein's rape trial in new york, a preview of the sexual assault case against him in l.a lauren young, an accuser in that case, took the stand as a supporting witness the model says weinstein sexually assaulted her at a hotel in 2013. during a meeting to discuss a screen play, young told the court weinstein asked her to his room so he could get ready for an event. young testified that she followed him into the bathroom as they talked and said he trapped her there blocking the exit with the shower door whil

bernie madoff says he is dying from kidney disease and has 18 months to live he is seeking an early compassionateease from prison the architect served a decade in his 150 year sentence for stealing from investors. he said he would live with a friend if released >> the 6th and final accuser in harvey weinstein's new york rape trial took the stand she's one of the two women whose allegations have led to separate criminal cases against weinstein in los angeles here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: harvey weinstein's rape trial in new york, a preview of the sexual assault case against him in l.a. lauren young, an accuser intha case, took the stand as a supporting witness the model says weinstein sexually assaulted her at a hotel in 2013. during a meeting to discuss a screen play, young told the court weinstein asked her to his room so he could get ready for an event young testified that she followed him into the bathroom as they talked and said, he trapped her there. blocking the exit with the shower door while he quickly undressed. he pulled down my dress, and i'm saying, no, no, no he said, this is w

bernie madoff says he's dying from kidney failure. he's requesting a compassionate release. the 81-year-old is viewed as too old for a transplant. he says his dying wish is to salvage his relationship with his grandkids. >>> a businessman in canada said he burned $1 million in cash to prevent his ex-wife from getting it. bruce mcconville was sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to pay alimony and child support. he said he was frustrated by divorce proceedings and burned the money in two bonfires. he's facing a daily fine until he discloses his finances. >> that's one way to do it. >>> coming up, the new debate over pete rose and whether major league baseball should reinstate him. >> but first dramatic new video from a deadly avalanche. the rescues after a bus is buried in the snow. >>> and we remember hollywood icon kirk douglas and his remarkable 103 years of life. there's my career,... my cause,... my choir. i'm a work in progress. so much goes... into who i am. hiv medicine is one part of it. prescription dovato is for adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment and who a

bernie madoff destroyed lives. savings and folks who thought they could retire, people who thought they would be able to help their grandchildren. now they are working. just two weeks ago, a week ago bernie ebbers, do you remember that name from worldcom passed away. let out of prison in december. he made the case his daughter made the case he had dementia and totally out of it. but again similar story, when he ran his company into the ground such a ponse scheme. it destroyed his company and the stock market. one of the reasons the stock market imploded in 2000. they let him out early. he was supposed to be in until 2030. they let him out 10 years early. maybe if bernie madoff can convince the folks he will die. he hasn't shown any remorse i can see. i saw documentaries, the cool guy in there teaching inmates how to play the market. he had the stature. he was getting -- making money. he was lending money out like a loan shark. reports that came out on him is someone who had very little contrition. >> sandra: one of

bernie madoff says he is dying, and the ponzi scheme architect once out of prison.l judge to release him after serving 10 years of his 150 year sentence. he says he suffers from terminal can be failure and other ailments asked terminal kidney fromther ailments -- terminal kidney failure and other ailments. that is your bloomberg business flash. vonnie: let's have a look at what we are seeing here in u.s. markets. twitter still the lead in the s&p 500, which itself is up about 0.2%. cardinal health the second-best performer. health care companies really having a great couple of days. coming up next hour, ceo of casper philip crim as we await the company's first trade. ♪ guy: stocks drive higher around the world as china cuts tariffs on some u.s. imports. yet, no good news on the virus. surges the most in four years as la-based fund manager capita group becomes its third biggest shareholder. we are live in frankfurt with that story. elsewhere in germany, factory orders slump on the same day ecb president christine lagarde says the ecb has significantly reduced scope f

bernie madoff has asked for early release from his 150 year prison sentence, claiming he has 18 monthso live. 81-year-old has served 10 years so far after being convicted of defrauding investors of more than $19 billion in the biggest ever ponzi scheme. terminale suffers from kidney failure and other ailments. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm adecco group do. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, china's copper buyers are asking chilean miners to delay shipments. the outlook for commodities as the coronavirus continues to spread. southeast asian central bankers dealing with the outbreak. we assess that ahead with human pericles. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: mrs. bloomberg markets: asia. southeast asian central banks have signaled strong policy action to counter the coronavirus outbreak. there is further room for easing in the local dollar. we saw that in the downward price action. the philippines underscored its willingness to ease. thailand cut rates in a move that many

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>> reporter: yes, bernie madoff says he wants to spend his final months with the remaining loved oneshat's what's in the court filing that came out yesterday he told "the washington post" recently he still suffers from guilt and he wants to see his grandchildren and explain to them what happened nonetheless, after a little over ten years behind bars, he has hired an attorney who specializes in getting elderly inmates out of prison. that attorney cites prison records showing that madoff has less than 18 months to live and having expressed remorse for his crimes the filing says he should be given compassion. madoff first revealed to me in 2014 that he was suffering from stage four kidney disease. he told me at the time he was foregoing dialysis the implication being he didn't expect to last very long of course, he has lasted a lot longer than he probably expected i last heard from him in july when he was moved to the prison medical unit in north carolina for his end of life care he told me then that he was fine a spokesperson for the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan which is expected

bernie madoff is pleaing for compassion release due to terminal kidney disease.e's only served a little over a decade of his 150 year sentence. the bureau of prisons denied his request in december saying it would minimize the severity of his sentence >> i'm remembering the other bernie who was convicted of an accounting fraud involving world com. he served roughly 15 years of his sentence, was released and died on sunday >> yeah. >> so who knows what will happen here with mr. madoff >> apple is winning the war for your wrist the company dominating the smart watch industry in 2019, crushing every swiss brand in sales according to strategy analysts, sales of the apple watch grew 36% while swiss watch industry saw a 13% decline. apple shares having a stropg start to 2020, up by 20% are you an apple watch >> i took mine off today because it clashed with my outfit. i love mine. >> more and more women wear them yes, being around the house with two under 2, if i get a phone call, i'm talking like this, a juggling act they're wonderful especially now that you can be phon

bernie madoff wants out of prison. lauren: i wonder if he actually gets it. cheryl: good question.f people very upset with him. a new push to condemn speaker nancy pelosi for her famous paper ripping moment at the state of the union. the speaker is insisting she took the high road. lauren: okay. aishah hasnie has more on this as republicans are now demanding repercussions. aishah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. the house could vote on that resolution as early as today. it condemns house speaker pelosi's actions as a, quote, breach of decorum that brought discredit on the house. speaker pelosi stole the spotlight from the president's state of the union address on tuesday. as president trump finished speaking, she ripped up a copy of his speech and told reporters she did that because it was a, quote, manifesto of mis mistrut. congressman matt gates announced he's filing an ethics complaint against the speaker. >> she disgraced the house of representatives, she embarrassed our country and she destroyed official records. the law does not allow the speaker o

hit on the bernie madoff scam.hat's one of the reasons why they need the money. apparently what we understand, we were first to report this early on today, it's been recently confirmed by the major league commissioner, rob manfred, is the deal is off. as we reported, steve cohen has walked from the deal. that doesn't mean he can't be enticed to come back but the stickup is steve cohen wants some degree of control over the mets. the controlling wilpon family, they don't want to give him that much control, at least not for the next five years, and because of that, he has walked, manfred in the last couple hours has come out and said there's no deal. connell: we have to get back to all the washington stuff in a minute but this is a good story. sound like a negotiating type of tactic from cohen? is that what he's doing here? or we don't know? charlie: i don't think so. here's why i don't think so. people just don't want to spend billions of dollars. steve cohen is worth $15 billion. i think when you spend that much mon

then-mayor bloomberg comparing social security to the investment company of wall street fraudster bernie madoff. >> social security. it is a ponzi scheme. i don't know if bernie made got his idea from that. social security. amy: then-mayor bloomberg made the comment in 2009 on his radio program "live from city hall," where he repeatedly called for cuts to social security, medicare, and medicaid. meanwhile, propublica reports michael bloomberg met in 2017 with mortimer sackler, son of a co-founder of oxycontin producer purdue pharma, to discuss ways the billionaire sackler family could combat growing outrage over the company's role in the opioid crisis. blbloomberg reportedly steered e family to a crisis communications specialist who had been his mayoral press secretary. in georgia, newly surfaced emails show then-secretary of state brian kemp mocked reports of voter suppression during the 2018 gubernatorial race. kemp is a republican who went on to narrowly win the election over stacey abrams for governor, who was vying to become the first black woman governor in the united states. the race was

. >> social security, it's a ponzi scheme, i don't know if bernie madoff got his scheme from there.security is far and away, we are giving moneys out with the next guy's money coming in, and at the end of when the music stops there's not going to be enough for everybody. >> bloomberg's comments as mayor are in stark contrast of those of the democratic presidential contender whose web site vows to strengthen entitlement programs. his campaign spokesperson defended the remarks. >> the social security administration itself gives out detailed actuarial tables on when payment will exceed income and the issue needs attention because we're running the cushion between them down. mike believes we need to boost receipts by raising contributions for those who can best afford it which is what he'll do as president. and president trump has long joked about holding office for longer than the allotted two terms, but now he says he can live with another person becoming the commander in chief. yesterday, conservative commentator eric bowling tweeted his support of the president but also wrote this,

. >>> bernie madoff is asking a judge to let him out of prison because he's dying. the 81-year-old wants what is called a compassionate release. he claims to be suffering from kidney failure that is expected to kill him in less than a year and a half. madoff is currently serving a 150-year prison term for swindling billions of dollars in the largest ponzi scheme in history. >>> in today's "gma" first look, it's been one week since an idaho mom missed a deadline to prove her kids are safe. >> now new surveillance video is raising questions about her behavior around the time they were reported missing. >> in this morning's "gma" first look, where are the children? >> can you tell me where your kids are? >> no. >> where are your kids? >> no comment. >> it's been a week since lori vallo ignored a deadline to physically produce her children failing to bring her 17-year-old and 7-year-old to authorities. >> ever since she's been involved in this doomsday cult, that is not the same lori that we knew for 13 years. >> her oldest son still pleading with his mom for answers ab

. >>> the infamous bernie madoff says he's dying from kidney failure and wants an early release from the 81-year-old still has 139 years left on his sentence after swindling thousands of investors out of billions of dollars in the largest ponzi scheme in history. his attorney says madoff has less than 18 months to live. if released he would live with a friend. >>> a day of celebration in kansas city, missouri, started with moments of chaos thanks to a police chase before the victory parade. >> the wild scene happened along the route there. the car broke through barricades as hundreds of people watched police cars chase it down. officers finally boxed in that sedan. whoa, look at that. the driver was wrestled to the ground. he and his passenger were detained. police say the driver may have been impaired. he is expected to face charges. >> the parade itself went off without a hitch. hundreds of thousands of fans came out in subfreezing temperatures to celebrate the chiefs' first title since 1970. head coach andy reid thanked the fans and promised another celebration next year. meanwhil

is bernie madoff really a threat to society? or does he deserve to be in prison for a long time because of the way he victimized innocent people? >> and the amount of money involved. >> exactly. i prosecuted large ponzi scheme type cases where -- >> ask kevin bacon. >> victims who lost their life savings have come to me and they asked why isn't the death penalty being imposed in this case? i said we don't do that in white-collar cases. >> they do in china. >> well, that's a whole other story. look, the sentencing recommendation made sense under the federal guidelines. it's ultimately up to the judge. there was simply no reason for the president to weigh in. but when he did for the a.g. to direct a supplemental filing is making everybody very cynical about this. >> i would think that normally in a normal presidency which we may get back to in a year or five years, maybe one year hopefully, maybe, a president would stay away from a case directly affecting himself. when your henchman is caught, your henchman is caught working for y

we will look at bernie made off's plea for ape -- at bernie 's pleaf -- bernie madoff for a passionateays he suffers from kidney cancer and another terminal ailment. coming up, the long end of a long-term relationship, the yuan in the u.s.-china guilt spread. if you are jumping into your -- u.s.-china yield spread. if you are jumping into your car, tune into bloomberg radio on sirius xm channel 119 and on the bloomberg business app. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: time now for trader's take. joining me is damian sassower. you are looking at the relationship between the one and credit spreads -- the yuan and credit spreads. damian: the relationship has been a very long-term, strong correlation. that broke down last year. obviously, trade had something to do with it, but also the fact that the fed started cutting rates again. you saw that rate differential blowback up. it was going to break through zero, where u.s. yields were going to be higher than china's. last year it completely reserved. -- it complete the reverse. tracking rate differentials yet again. in a world of negative yielding ,

mine is bernie madoff master mine of the largest ponzi scheme in history wants to get out of prison earlyold has terminal kidney failure and he has only 18 months to live. the bureau of prisons has confirmed this. mad yoff is asking for compassi. he was sentenced to 150 years in prison. he served 11 years. his scheme robbed millions of people of billions of dollars. in an interview with "the washington post" he said there hasn't been a day in prison i haven't felt the guilt for the pain i caused. i lost both my sons. my wife isn't well. i made a terrible mistake. the head of world come was convicted of $11 billion accounting fraud and was granted compassionate release in december. he died monday. >> be interesting to see what happens in this case. because people are so upset. >> parole is not by popular vote. the prison will decide. >> that's correct. >> your turn, tony. >> a military mom who was deployed to kuwait for seven months with the u.s. air force pulled off a surprise reunion. i love these. at deandrea proctor on the left. sneaking into a photo being taken of her family with the

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. >> we have breaking news on bernie madoff now. >> morgan, the man convicted of the greatest ponzi schemeasking the court to let him out of prison early so that he can die outside prison walls he petitions the court saying he has end stages of kidney disease, that he needs a wheelchair and round-the-clock help he's been moved to a palliative care center at the north carolina prison where he is. in his petition to the court he says madoff does not dispute the severity of his crimes, nor does he seek to minimize the suffering of its victims now after ten years of incarceration, he's humably asking this court for a mode couple of compassion we'll let you know how that goes. >> thank you for bringing us that iac reporting results just moments ago. up next, we're going to hear from that company's ceo with a full bakwn oredof the numbers and a look inside the match spinoff. e future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. i'm good at my condo well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. robinwithout the commission fees. so,

bernie made off once out of prison, largest financial schemes in u.s. history dying of kidney failure and asking a federal court to let him go home, his attorney says he has 18 months to leave, madoffaded guilty no 2009 and so far served 10 years of the 150-year sentence handed down, currently being held in north carolina. apple unveiling beta, surprise feature that can help you lock or unlock your phone with apple watch, the so-called apple key would allow to use car phone and can be shared to someone else's apple device as well. president trump has been acquitted the senate yesterday voted to acquit president trump on both charges of obstruction of justice and abuse of power, marking end to impeachment trial. >> the senate having tried donald john trump, two third of the senators present not having found him guilty of the charges contained therein, it is therefore ordered and judge that said donald john trump be and he is herb -- hereby acquitted of the charges. maria: mitt romney voted in favor of abuse of power charge, he defended on fox news. >> the president is guilty of appalling abuse of public trust. what he did was not perfect and in some corridors i will be vehemently de