eric cantor, moelis & co.airman, he will be staying with us to talk about the business side of his life. for first word, news, we go to mark crumpton. mark: joe biden is one more step closer to the presidency today, the deadline for states to certify their slates of electors to the electoral college. they will lock in the names of the people who will vote to make mr. biden the president. all the states where president trump is contesting the results have already certified their returns. progress is being reported at the brexit trade talks. the u.k.'s says it will drop controversial clauses that would rip up parts of the divorce agreement, bring to an end a dispute that threatened to dip the real negotiations on a future deal. prime minister johnson says he still wants a tree deal but warns the time may be coming to recognize that negotiations have failed. india is facing a widening budget deficit. 8% ass say it could reach the country enters an unprecedented recession. the finance minister tells bloomberg she

few in his fame for us when official information as attorneys i have work off the streets of many cantors and their problems are all the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is johnny carson and orange. cheers for wall street as a lot of american businesses that are just hanging on the head of the federal reserve sees a very strong case for fiscal stimulus for the world's biggest economy. has been seen as economic ailments the list is long and the latest numbers a diet look into ways out of the crisis and came up my apartment germans forgot a small folk shoot for furniture to make this next lock down a little comfy that. i'm going. it's the business west still living in a very uncertain world thanks to the coronavirus federal reserve chief to run pal made that clear in a speech on wednesday the fed keeping rates near 0 and promising to continue buying government bonds until the economy makes substantial prog

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. >> la muerte masiva de miles de pájaros cantores en el suroeste de estados unidos fue causada por elvecindarios más ricos y más blancos afectados por incendios forestales tienen más posibilidades de obtener ayuda, asi lo confirma un estudio de (nombre en inglés). es probable que el gobierno federal tome medidas para reducir la posibilidad de futuros incendios cuando las comunidades no son de minorías. >> al regresar, una estrella de la nba desahoga la frustración en la cancha y el momento se hace viral, volvemos. >> el 2020 cambió el mundo y nos hizo ver el verdadero significado de estar juntos porque nuestra pasión por contar tus historias es inquebrantable, el 2021 se aproxima y estamos listos para lo que se Él buscaba un seguro médico que cubriera su condición preexistente. ella necesitaba uno económico. ellos querían uno que cubriera a su familia. y todos lo encontraron en covered california, un servicio gratuito que conecta a los californianos con planes de salud de renombre además de ofrecer ayuda económica para los que la necesiten. consulta con un experto local en español, po

isn't beginning of the view is that these my day came to us from these discussions some slighter june cantor who is a kind activist filmmaker and she wanted to just do a little period on the end of this conversation which she needs thinking about in the last couple of months of lockdown missions. there's a lot of time to sink and a lot of tend to reflect and what i keep coming back to again and again throughout the surreal nature of this and the heartbreaking nature of this is how fast we've been able to move as people and adapt to this crisis if we can take something that we always thought was not slacks a ball and actually change everything about it within a matter of months and weeks then if we can do that for this threat and this crisis it gives me some optimism that we can actually rise to the challenge of the climate crisis and adapt as people and be able to create the society in the world that we need to live in in order to survive. and you don't see when what time did manage to change your. ways that needs he to waste in this experience. and that scene is guess and just you know ask

telling the fact that the toxic place while the president was on holiday a few a few hours away from cantor entirely in his her town of daraa who for those who are not familiar with the geography of our north was a nigeria. town kyra is as is daraa where the president term hills from and where he's currently on holiday was made in and through the heart of the adoption and or other abduction of his skill to clarice in that particular part of the country sees or lot. just have the entire situation is perceived or rather how the person of the president. but the language or his or his she is handling of the security situation of the last 5 or so years is ok is this being interpreted a big way i mean book a house on has been widely seen as the biggest threat to the nigerian state for many years and you would assume that security forces along with the police and the army should have enough intelligence to intercept communications and look into the development of the evolution of the group have enough equipment to be able to move around and tackle the problem they seem to be completely disconnecte

regards to its relations with china and someone decided that it was not in cantor's interest and that is the more unusual part is how that the military if these reports are correct managed to supersede the prime minister that is perhaps the more interesting question to ask and of course i don't have any answers for that who does but this is it looks like a case of insubordination canada's long term success will rely more on china than it will perhaps on the united states that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite subtle media platforms like twitter and instagram absent reports. morsel speer was mean sure you read of those lists nissho to show you just what that also has been. but so the publisher didn't must draw a cord of it in that you will quote them in the us want to quickly sing months along. when you last and then but if it's all profit in you must say you're another one at the core of them but they were all at the least most of them there for stage door then you must at those legit want to keep the most of the

alan:pelearon junto con su gran amigo roberto cantoral para que los derechos de los compositores delu derecho ni le respetaba su regalÍa. hasta que armando llegÓ y puso un poco el orden. en mÉxico recibieron las regalÍas-- marÍa: no sÓlolas regalÍas, sino tambiÉn el crédito. perdona que te interrumpa, alan. sucede es que mÉxico tiene una muy estricta polÍtica para los crÉditos de los compositores. elyangÉlica: ahora después de toda esta lucha. alan: o bien dices de repente no existÍa ese de quien habÍa escrito y porque ella quien se lo dedicaba, es derecho de autor. y ahora es uno de los mÁs penados que hay en mÉxico. si alguien se roba el derecho de autor es de lo mÁs penado. marÍa:incluso si ven en las transmisiones de televisiÓn y en las telenovelas al final vienen los crÉditos, no sÓlo el nombre de la canciÓn, del intÉrprete, y eso se le debe a esa lucha de armando manzanero, de roberto cantoral padre, ellos mÁs que nadie lo sabÍan en carne propia, a autores, compositores, sabÍan que tenían que luchar por los que no tenÍan nombre para darle voz. nos vamos de regreso donde nuestro

ben laidler in his morning note, and i am going to bring in charles cantor of neuberger berman, unabashedthey see a growth recovery into 2021. the bulls are pricing away from what you are talking about two optimism. jonathan: before i cal get calld mr. abramowicz anytime soon, i thing it is right we have a vaccine program. where the market is relative to the economy is a different story. t ko ofup, dr. alber the yale school of medicine. this is bloomberg. ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. president trump is excited to sign a bill that could lead to chinese companies getting kicked off american stock exchange's. the measure approved by congress calls for u.s. regulators to review the companies' financial results. it may be president trump's last chance to shape the fed. the senate is expected today to confirm the nomination of christopher waller to serve on the federal reserve board. weiler has been the research director at the st. louis fed. in germany, chancellor angela merkel says the partial lockdown will be. extended by three weeks. bars, gems -- will be extended by

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one of the conversations of the morning was charles cantor, who sliced and diced salesforce and slackas fascinating on the why of the transaction. we will delve deeper with slack's chief executive officer at 5:00 tonight. stay with us through the morning on bloomberg radio, on bloomberg television. good morning. ♪ it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? delegating? oh, good one. move your xfinity services without breaking a sweat. now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. ♪ jonathan: from new york and london for our audience worldwide, good morning, good morning. the countdown to the opening bell starts now with equity futures near all-time highs. we begin with the big issue. america's deadliest day of the pandemic so far. fatalities and hospitalizations hitting records. officials warning of tougher times before

and if your newspapers when official information as attorneys i have worked on the streets of many cantors and their problems are always the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can afford just stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. menenius jenny harrison and part of. this is state of the union africa with this special band stop edition featuring stories also at. correspondent coming up on the program the protests that brought down and nigerian police unit to is alleged corruption that violent tactics dated back to 1992 but will that end saws movements apparent success and all these. disparate promise counting the cost day. based on their crops leaving nothing to eat no salt. the jury is still out on whether this would expect these south african farmers same good english. spanish crew and that it can help. them to this special edition of the program looking at some of the top stories of 20 twentieth's good to have your company now 22 weeks and angry young peopl

a few news papers when official information as a journalist i have walked off the streets of many cantors and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and. work on the 4th estate side when it comes to the fans the human side see the microphones inside put their trust in us. my name is tony harris and. this is g w news live from berlin tonight the 1.8 trillion euro budget for the european union gets the go ahead poland and hungary have been blocking passage of the budget that appears to be history now the new spending plan also includes billions in coronavirus relief also coming up deadlier than germany's sets a new record for daily coronavirus cases the head of germany's disease control agency raising the alarm is coded 19 continues to spread despite a nationwide partial lockdown and gone down in afghanistan so-called islamic state says it's responsible that it kill the t.v. news malo line my walk. off it's good to have you with us we begin with a budget breakthrough european leaders in brussels say that they have come to an agreement on t

david: former house majority leader eric cantor. catherine baker of the university of chicago. >>

through a spac, merging with cf finance corporation 2, a special acquisition company sponsored by cantor close in the first quarter of 2021 joining us now to talk about that and so much more is howard lutnick, the chairman and ceo. tell us about this transaction and what feels like a spac frenzy and how you're thinking about it. >> view tints the glass. this is called dynamic of smart glass. when the sun hits the building, electrical charge goes into the window and it turns into hinted like sunglasses, you don't need shades or blinds, it keeps the heat out, keeps the uvs out. makes your building about 20% more energy efficient. it's a green company, so this is a green spac fund raise. it's considered a morning star rated a green spac fund raise and it's really incredibly exciting product it makes buildings better for the people on the inside, more efficient, and i think it's going to rock the real estate industry >> this is the second spac that you've done in this way, and i know there's probably more to come just speak to sort of what's going on in this space is this a frenzy is it a fa

. ♪ >> with a traditional hannukah hymn, central synagogue's cantor shares the message of the season.g to be brighter, and we are going to pull through this as a city. >> do you feel that what you give is more important than ever now? >> i think so. many people have been broken down in a way, and we need to lift others up and rededicate ourselves to bringing light to other people. that's what the message of hannukah is to us. >> light reflected in holiday decorations around the city. ♪ there's something about >> or in a christmas wreath to brighten up the home. >> so should i guess this? >> and cindy lsinlcindsinl cind >> i think so. listen, i was born here. >> me too. >> you can't kill this city. this city will always come back. there's no place like new york. ♪ happy, happy christmas to you ♪ >> produced by kara cleveland, edited by craig shea, i could say. >> told beautifully by anthony mason, we should say. but i could also say that you can see the new york city ballet's production on video of course, rather streaming on marquee tv of "the nutcracker" this year. >> anthony, that w

will be managed by citi group, deutsche bank, and cantor. >> leslie, soft bank's vision fund had a fewigh-profile spectacular failures you mention it has had some portfolio companies go public via spac what is the value proposition for investors to give soft bank a blank check at this point? >> that's the key questions. that's what they have to try to convince investors at this stage of the game. one valuation similar to soft bank has appealed to investors by saying we have a tremendous vision into the pipeline we have amazing connections all over, whether it is wall street, or the start-up ecosystem. so from there, we have a good sense of the types of deals that are out there, what we should be paying for those deals that's been a big selling point for investors in these types of deals. the challenge especially at this point in the cycle is when you are raising a spac that's $525 million you are looking for a massive company. typically spacs will take just a minority portion of that company. $525 million for a spac you are looking for a market valuation for a target in the billions of

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. >> yeah, i think that's where a few years back, working with eric cantor from virginia when he washe stock act, and we brought more transparency to these issues, especially in the house of representatives, under our ethics package that we put together and so transparency is the key to this, and so if there's any question of impropriety, where members are using inside information or anything along those lines, there needs to be accountability and there needs to be that information out there readily available so that folks know that members are not playing that game of using their official position to advance their own personal interests >> i couldn't agree more >> congressman gottheimer, congressman reed, good look on pushing forward this plan. we hope you come back with updates. >> thank you so much >> thank you. >>> when we come back, our exclusive interview with discover ceo david zaslav and verizon executive ronan dunne on their company's streaming partnership. that's straight ahead. >>> and the latest read on jobless claims, futures are up dow futures up by 6 points s&p up by 1