and of course with britain brack set has kind of made this kind of very difficult cocktail at a very worrying time. and you mentioned that the problem of the unpredictability of things for business. is there anything that governments could be doing to be better prepared for this sort of situation? well, i think, you know, predicting the particular variant that all will come along in future if any, and what it will do that that's obviously something they, they probably can't predict with with, with much accuracy. but one thing they might be able to do is kind of have maybe more humor, clear tests or more clear guidance as to when they might make certain moves, rather than leaving businesses to kind of guess whether very high rates one day is going to lead to restrictions next week you have a variety of kind of mixed messages from the government, telling people to, to work from home, but please visit your restaurants and bars and elsewhere. and, and i think you know, this, this, this unpredictability confusion mixed messages isn't, isn't helping the disease of virus. and it's certainly

tony, brack it down for you. >> strike selection is about choosing with probably and risk/reward.rform better, but just to bra ecthat done, what you're going to have is a lower probability of success, what you're alluding to is potentially using something with a lower delta there's nothing wrong with that. you have to understand the trade jo is much worse risk/rear ward. >> mike, a technical question. take it apart for us. >> i would agree with tony on this one the thing is, i often try to, when i'm looking at debit spreads, these about eventually the payoffs. obvious looking at 3 to 1 or better however, when i'm looking at credit spreads, that situation can seem somewhat less attractive that would mean you would actually want to increase the delta of the option that you're selling, essentially to get more of the total possible premium between the strikes. so, you know, this is the kind of trade-off you're dealing with if you're going to go against a long position, the lower dealt ooh is definitely the way to go. >> let's go to our final calls, carter, you first. >> well, victoria

delivering brack say, whether it's the response the pandemic. there's no doubt the shines come off stories. johnson's image is a man of the people, but it's his colleagues, not the public having to decide right now whether he can come back from this or whether he's become too much of a liability. the dean baba al jazeera whenever they were coming right here al jazeera dot com is viney to god. ah, a quick look at the main stories for you now. united states and nato delivered written responses to russia, security demands either ukraine. the why sam baset had delivered the american document earlier on moscow says it's ready to retaliate. if the west is not provide constructive answers is over a potential rush. an invasion of ukraine has prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe. the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin says the response made no concessions to the main demand that ukraine be bought from joining nato and was coordinated with kevin to european allies. our response to russia reflects what i said in keith,

absolutely, no hillary, you know, as we're talking about post brack britain, there's more talks happening this week to go through their set to as they say intensified over the northern ireland protocol. foreign minister lives trust. she's also in the neighbor exit negotiator. she basically was more conciliatory. this time saying, we want to work out a deal. is that a better move? are we looking get a better conversation now rather than saying we're ready for article 16? well, yes, i think you saw actually a shift this week. i'm not when. when michael, go with an office and not not in the form of law february, have we seen a so off the meeting and shutting them that they're in? can't they had a meeting over the weekend and actually i believe that this was all is truck idea. now, and that was instead of just as doing shot, she actually hosted that can, that came over and he stayed with her. and over the weekend they actually had some of them well slammed. and can apple pie? what did that mean? they issued a joint statement afterwards. and this is a very different child. busy you're absolute

it whether it's delivering brack say, whether it's the response the pandemic. there's no doubt the shines. come off or is johnson's image is a man of the people, but it's his colleagues, not the public having to decide right now whether he can come back from this or whether he's become too much of a liability. the d baba al jazeera whenever they were coming right here al jazeera dot com is viney cigar. ah, a quick look at the main stories for you now. in ice, it states and nato delivered written responses to russia, security demands over ukraine. the i, sam baset had delivered the american document early or on. moscow says it's ready to retaliate if the west is not provide constructive answers is over a potential rush. an invasion of ukraine has prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe. the u. s secretary of state antony blinkin says the response made no.

it whether it's delivering brack say, whether it's the response the pandemic. there's no doubt the shines. come off or is johnson's image is a man of the people, but it's his colleagues, not the public having to decide right now whether he can come back from this or whether he's become too much of a liability. the d baba al jazeera west africa regional block a was, it says it'll hold an emergency meeting on friday to discuss the military coup and burkina faso. the groups already condemned the crew along with the un and the u. s . and it's cold for the release of deposed president roscoe border. some bendix has more from the capital or good to go. this is known as a tranquil area, but it's also known right now as the place or president caberry is allegedly being held since he was taken by the military food. on monday. this is also the place where there were gunshots and helicopters heard overhead over the presidential palace. and also you are in your boy's home and we haven't heard from the boys and she was taken, the military says that he's okay and then he's i

there are some really serious problem facing britain bracks. it hasn't really read it's had in the media. for example, there's a huge problem with visas. and the relocation industry, the association of education professionals have made it quite clear that there's a huge problem, getting people into this country, even the women to be the go to country in the prospects environment. but all of that is, is pushed off the headlines. we talk about bars as wallpaper potential favors parties and downing street, and that's where the irony lies. the trivial is replacing the really serious problems and direct answer to your question. we have an economic nightmare. we have a debt mountain and we have big problems with relationships with europe. but because we're talking about the small stuff, boris gets away with problems in the big area. but sooner or later that 2nd set will come back to bite. and if that happens before may, then the nightmare scenario for bars will happen. he'll punch in the pulse, they'll do bobby in the local elections. then we'll get

enemies of borisjohnson, the conservatives, andindeed borisjohnson, the conservatives, and indeed brackhere isn't one rule for them and another for everyone else. if that argument wins, borisjohnson is secure. if not, he isn't. thanks forjoining me on political thinking. hello, it has been a while start of the weekend, stormy conditions across northern britain all tied in with storm malik, which was named by the danish met service. the winds associated with that storm are now easing and we look to tomorrow to storm corrie, which has been named by the uk met office, the system here which will continue to develop as it pushes against very similar areas affecting parts of scotland and northern england, late on sunday into the early hours of monday. a rigid high pressure building across the country during the overnight period so the winds are easing down from storm malik across the north—east of the country. many places will see lighter winds by the end of the night, largely clear skies. it is going to be a cold one with a touch of frost developing, that are clearly out of town. sunday morn

that guy doing michael brack's jackson impression and he tries to beat him up right i don't know whattand all the emotions i the starbright you talking abou the original michael jackson he could never beat up emmanuel lewis even in his peak. fremont street, vegas, i just want to say like the liberace kickboxer is. i was set up for a place i didn't know where i was going great i was thought it was goin to combine mma with tribute artist, that would be something else. but there is one question, kat and you're the only one that could answer it stomach and stupid be fixed? >> no, it can't and it should never go to vegas. i don't think anyone should. i hate vegas. it's like at bathroom selfie four of citi. you can dress up as much as she you want, but it's like make it as sexual as you want, but at the end of the day you're still hanging out in a toilet, and that is vegas very. >> i think vegas gets a bad rap and a good wrap. the guy was probably mad becaus he was in vegas that's what he had to go punch somebody. >> it's rare that an eagle that is a real anomaly. to get more shocking parts

a man drive ago stolen brack audi s.u.v. hit a second s.u.v. that was on an uber ride in the outer sunset the audi driver ran away by the time emergency crews arrived. police are asking for help for surveillance video. they're looking for a white man about 45 years old with a bald head possibly over six feet tall. the oakley police department is serg-- searching for a missing woman. alexis gabe as you see here is described as a 24 year-old asian female. 5'7" and 170 pounds. gabe was last seen wednesday night in antioch wear ago white tank top, black and silver hooded suite shirt and black pants and green and white shoes. today, family members were searching for her in the antio antioch, oakley area. if you have any information, call police. >> a rally where a beloved grandfather was attack and killed ago was held. his death is motivating people to lead with love and demand a change. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> hundreds from the aapi community marched through san francisco's naza vista neighborhood retracing

we don't know if it will mutate or what is going to happen after sprung break, summer brack or winter break. >> another issue to be resolve side about families having trouble getting at-home test kits for students and the long wait to receive pcr test results. >>> and recall ballots are on the way to san francisco borders to decide the fate of three school board members. a new group of voters will have a say in the upcoming election. >> reporter: on the steps of the asian american art museum, parents and leaders gathered in support of the upcoming recall election against three san francisco board members. >> my first time to vote in the united states and i feel luck. >> reporter: thanks to a san francisco charter change, noncitizen parents will have a chance to vote in this election and all future sf-usd school board elects. cynthia che was month those pushing for this charter change for years. >> it's such a democratic, fundamental democratic right and process that yet matter -- in matters that affect your life and in this case, the children's life, they have a right to vote on matte

alvin brack.es and transitions but this somewhat unprecedented open criminal probe into the company owned by a former president of the united states. alvin brag is our special exclusive guest right now. the new district attorney of manhattan. thank you for coming on "the beat." i know you're busy. >> thanks for having me. i appreciate it, good evening. >> good evening. there is so much to get into including some of the new policies you have on law and justice in new york. we're going get to that. but for national viewers, i want to start with that open case. it was a big deal when the cfo and trump organization itself was indicted. after this much time and after a handoff between the outgoing d and you, it doesn't seem it's building to any type of indictment involving donald trump himself. is that right? >> well, i'm not able to comment on the specifics. as you said, i was newly in the position of a week, it is a matter of consequence where focusing on it. i'm focusing on it personally. we have gr

lot the people who are afraid, the war dance and many hope that this is just a kind of diplomat big brack maggard with a high polish take game that this is brinkman's ship. and that there will be no war and there's a lot of comments about the so be no war. there's rejection of this kind of a possibility of war and no one wants it. ok, thank you so much for speaking to us from moscow pebble falcon. our thank you. once more had on the algebra and is our including the u. k. prime minister board johnson faces allegations have yet another party during lockdown even closer to home. and then sport adult. save on track when brand number 21 action and i'll throw it open is on the way a little later with jump. ah, the 1st to 1000000 people in beijing has been ordered to get tested for covered 19 . the decision came after a series of outbreaks ahead of the winter olympics next week. those in beijing neighborhoods considered high risk for infection, have been told not to leave the city. katrina hughes says the outbreak is bad news for china's leaders. this is not the picture they would have wanted so

at the center for american progress also served as a top adviser in the state department during the brack, a bomber administration working on ukrainian security assistant efforts, joins us now live from washington also. so how might the kremlin respond to washington's rejection of its core demands? well, i think it remains to be seen. i think no one is very optimistic, that the diplomatic track will be picked up by russia. because i don't ultimately think that russia's issues are with nato military exercises or. ready with the posture of nato, i think the u. s. has done a very smart thing to say, like what russia, if your concerns are really are the security or security issues such as are military exercises or the various arms sales that we have done in our, in arms transfers to ukraine. we can talk about that because we have a long history of talking about that with the russians and the service since the cold war period of trying to create strategic stability. but i think at the heart of this, i think is about russia wanting to control ukraine in what the us is not going to do is to sort

they have been bracking about that for year. remember it used to be only union people transacted. now octoagocto-genaryians do it. well, now, suddenly they have eg to raise they don't have to do anything it's like 1982, when greenspan said we ought to let the banks make more money. >> still, mortgage business, downgrade a major homebuilder. mortgage rates um four straight weeks. >> you know, the robo-mortgage companies have been taking that business away. the real good business is checking account >> i think it's 0.00 last i checked. maybe actually five cents a mount? >> i love they're charging you and -- i want to be in that business, right? david, how much risk is there to charging you for your checks and making on the credit -- that's what i call business. >> it's a very good business getting back to bank of america, they had a very good last year the stocks all moved up last year, some more than others, other than citi, they all actually moved up sharply in the first week or so of trading for this week, prior to the beginning of earnings season, so making up a bit of what was

the man, but don't look at it as a standing target nvidia was always expensive, but when you went brack, it turned out not to be expensive. don't look at it by car. look at it as what he can create, maybe there's more to it, look at it at customer loyalty, and just make a point it's a grande technology company, and companies do not tend to be valued by units >> today it goes to 1200 from 1,000. last week in your absence we made note of -- >> i know jim farley, he's so glad that we can stop saying, wait a second that's worth ten forwards, because his company is finally worth more of somebody they have to get the truck out of musk, and, david, when i look at ford, what you basically see, saying 250 to 300,000 ev this year, the internal combustion engine is valued at negative, what how bad is that thing? have you ever seen something worth less tan an internal combustion engine? >> we should let our viewers know you're kind of making light of that, indicating at least this stock in your pin is, what, cheap? >> if you just -- if you close the i.c.e., you get a valuation much more like lucid

routinely target ups, because the packages that are going to consumers are way more valuable than if they bracksomething coming through. i wondered how big of a problem this is and how you handle it? >> so our service levels, long-time service levels are in the high 90s, becky. so we're managing through it we're not immune i can tell you a story of a tee ter driver here in atlanta who left one of our largest hubs in our network at 3:30 in the morning to deliver an 18-wheeler filled with packages he was well stopped at gunpoint. he was zip tied, thrown into the back of his feeder car and took the packages so that's a problem for commerce we're taking care of them the best we k. we're not immune to it our team is leading in to protect our packages and their cargo. >> we've heard from retailers that have had much higher left levels taking place. how much hire is this in terms of a level of a problem it's become >> i wouldn't say it's materially higher. it's something we all need to be concerned about. >> carole, i'm curious about what you describe as the work force sort of class divide that's taki

>> i'm not going to negotiate this myself as to what should and shouldn't be in it i think we can brackter. >> an update this morning, national economic director saying in a cnn interview that lower drug prices and child care costs could anchor efforts to do this piecemeal the child care efforts have been something there has been bipartisan support for and we spoke with the american chamber of commerce about. they threw some support behind, too, finally, electronic artillerys could be the next attractive gaming sector following microsoft's deal to buy activision blizzard. the market already figure thltd out, sniffed it out ahead of time they were up 2.7% yesterday at this time. so people have been circling around looking to see who the next deal might be joe? thanks, beck little under 90 minutes until the opening bell on wall street. dom chu looks at us for some of the pre-market movers. hi >> hi, jeep, i am back with some pre-market movers. first of all, let's talk about the dow. it's implied higher 120 or 130 some points. the dow component reporting results having to do a good amount