comcast business outmaneuver. david: paul manafort took a swipe at his former business partner rick gates, he said i continue to maintain my innocence. i hoped and expected my business colleague would have had the strength to continue the battle to prove our innocence. gates pleaded guilty to false statements and conspiracy charges for work and manafort did for the government of ukraine. none of the charges had any connection to trump or his campaign. joining me, andrew mccarthy, a man who saw a lot of this coming. we don't want to discount, these are very serious charges against both men. and mr. gates pleaded to two, including conspiracy. but nothing, nothing related to the across its of the trump campaign which lead me to ask the question, why do we have a special counsel? >> that's a great question. it does seem that there is no reason that the justice department could not have investigated gates and manafort for what you say are serious charges. i think what they will say ultimately. there is a lot of evidence

comcast business outmaneuver. >> announcer: welcome back to "wall street."aria: fiscal policy tax reform, rollback regulations a good idea? howard lutnick: of course. the government saying to a bank, you shouldn't buy that because it's wrong. wrong by who. i like that they say you shouldn't buy that if you don't have the capital to support it. that's practical. that's what you get from '08. you shouldn't be able to bite if you don't have the capital. but to say you can't bite because it's wrong, that's something that should go away. if it goes away the banks will be able to trade more and provide more client service and the banks will do very well. maria: and you get more volatility. howard lutnick: i get more business from the banks and the banks' finances numbers are going to do better. you give them interest rates and the ability to trade, you will see lovely results. maria: we are entering a period of perfection, a roltback in regulations, economic growth, and higher interest rates. so it's pretty good. what did you make of the atlanta fed coming out wit

comcast business outmaneuver. david: former fbi director james comey couldn't keep his opinions to himself after the release of the house intel memo. he tweeted, that's it? dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the house intel committee, destroyed trust with intelligence community, damaged relationship with fisa court, and exposed classified investigation. >> he needs to tell us when he learned that the democratic part yaint hillary clinton campaign paid for the dossier. he's welcome to come back and share that information. but i think the american people understand the fbi should not go to fisa courts to get warrants based on information provided by the other political party. david: i thought it was a bombshell. drawing from the memo, the political origins of the dossier were known to senior doj officials paid for by the dnc. they might was political but withheld that information from the fisa judge it was misrepresented as real intel. if it's not illegal, it should be. >> two different crimes, one is perjury and

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comcast business outmaneuver.watching bloomberg technology and let's begin with first world news. the budget bill that president trump side on friday concludes huge spending increases for the military and the pentagon will get $94 billion more for its budget your than 2017, the biggest year-over-year windfall since the budget sort of the nation was fighting wars in afghanistan and iraq. total, $700 billion budget provides more in defense spending in china and russia. number two official at the justice department plans to step down after nine months on the job. that is according to the new york times, which says rachel brand is leaving for a general counsel position in the private sector. she is next in line in succession of deputy general robert rosenstein was overseeing robert mueller's special investigation. michel barnier warned friday that talks over transition. could fail. several discussions are being discussed with the border of ireland. issues through the particular relationship what and protect, and a goo

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comcast business outmaneuver. it has just become 5:30 in the afternoon in sydney. the equities are rising and the aussie dollar is sandwiched with the10 year yield rates and softer dollar has been supported. here is what you should watch for this week. the finance ministers vote for the central bank. to vote ontimeframe the coalition pact with mark will. the federal reserve will release minutes of the january meeting with janet yellen at the home. guy johnson is standing by and year andll chinese new liquidity might not be as it is. >> we are not going to get any trade and that is going to be a factor with the nikkei being the real threat. the japanese story is on the front and the japanese yen is down. andcan see the yen move this aggressive yen move has taken it down and it has started to run out. we will watch that indicator. trading and friend is probably a more useful indicator and brente inflation trading in the mid-60's. copper is trading a little softer this morning and that has something to do with asia and the lack of liquidity there. the valuesa look at

comcast business outmaneuver. cheryl: for the second night in a row, the u.s. olympics. ashley: yes they did. garrett max is here with all the highlights. >> we are all feeling a little blue. but the red, white and blue. no miracle on ice this year. one year after the team cut the olympic team alive, they went down against the czech republic, natural rescue team. issued out, scoring the only goal in the extra round team u.s.a. was shut out in the shootout. eliminated from the pyeongchang olympics. russia knocked off norway six pedro echevarria one. you thought last night was a late night. the women's u.s. hockey team plays for the gold medal against defending olympic champion canada faces off at 11:10 p.m. eastern time. monumental performance by 33-year-old american skier lindsey bond. the oldest female medalists in alpine skiing at the winter games -- he won a bronze medal after von told nbc i wish i could keep going. i wish this wasn't my last olympics but it is. i don't think my body can take another four years of ski racing. she said she hopes she made her

comcast business outmaneuver.3miller russians interfering with the downelections, i would go to washington, kevin, tells or not at this point about this indictment. what we know right now is that 13 russians and companies are indicted for hacking the election. this is the most aggressive stance a position the authorities within the intelligence community have taken against russia, particularly from a business standpoint against the russians for their meddling in the 2016 election. this is breaking as we speak, but we should note the politics of this, president trump on his way -- no public events scheduled that will be hearing from him today, but it comes at a time where you have this week vice president mike pence it is sizing the russians for their meddling, and we all know what president trump has said on this or not said rather on this very topic. david:

comcast business outmaneuver. david: president trump tweeting his could be dole evens to the families and victims of the florida shooting. joining plea now is washington times opinion editor and fox business contributor, charlie hurt. one thing that's different between the last administration and this one is there is a relationship with law enforcement this executive branch has that the last administration didn't have. there was an antagonism between obama and local law enforcement that led to a federalization of law enforcement. i think you will find a more cooperative spirit. we may be able to use that relationship to the advantage of everybody. charlie: there was a definite antagonism with the previous administration on a whole host of issues. one of the things donald trump doesn't get credit for. he sees his job as the country's head cheerleader. in a situation like this where you have police and teachers and coaches risking their lives to do extraordinary thing to protect children in a horrible situation like

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comcast business outmaneuver. yousef: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east."s in israel's largest gas field this week signed a $15 billion agreement to export supplies to egypt. houston-based noble energy and drilling will supply natural gas for a 10-year period. the tel aviv stock exchange oil and gas index rose 16%. that is the most on record. the minister hailed the deal as good news. i talked to the chief economist from abu dhabi commercial bank and asked whether it changes how she looks at the economy. >> i think far more important to egypt economy is the development and the gas market. already we are seeing increased gas production, which is reducing imports into egypt, and in the second half of the year , we are going to see far more exports from its gas production. that is going to be a key driver of economic improvement, of improvement in the external accounts and current accounts. that is also going to support the pickup in economic momentum. we are seeing from inflation coming down and moving to lower interest rates as well. we feel that we are seei

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comcast business outmaneuver. >> announcer: welcome back to maria bartiromo's "wall street." and now more of her interview with house speaker paul ryan. paul where imagine leaving versions that would be occurring if we didn't pass tax reform. imagine all the capital that co-would be locked up overseas. because of tax reform won't see more inversions. because of tax reform you are seng more money being brought into america. we had the tax code in the trialized world before tax reform. now we have one of the best it's the basics of growth that we put into place here. people are getting wage increase, bonuses and tax cuts. 90% of the american workers will see their paychecks because their holding tables will go down. maria: nancy pelosi called it crumbs. speaker paul ryan: imagine if we didn't do this what you would be saying. imagine what would happen to u.s. competitiveness. it's extremely good news. so we are knocking down our challenges getting this done. we are in the middle of negotiating immigration. we are going to work on the skills gap. and yes we are never going to gi

comcast business outmaneuver. cheryl: welcome back, another big win for team usa over canada. know about sports. jared: upset victory over defending gold medalist from canada. usa beat canada 5-3 in men's curling semifinals, so usa advances to gold medal game. it'll be saturday against sweden. americans are sure their best olympic finish in men's curling. while olympic athletes took gold last night, american finished in tenth place and days after she hopes to join fellow olympic fellow in dancing with the stars. after finishing in tenth place last night said i would like to be in dancing with the stars because i'm a star, i made history by landing a first triple axel but it's rare for me. some saying a bratty response. cheryl: well, pretty confident person there. jared: by the way, closing ceremonies early sunday morning, an american olympics summer olympics gymnast simone biles will carry the flag for delegation. employees and teams to report any improper conduct in workplace, this is swift response from story that paints a scene described by mavericks owner mark cuban as it

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comcast business outmaneuver. [applause] >> major averages are in the green. dow up more than 6%. >> if you are tuning in live on twitter, we want to welcome you to our coverage. >> let's begin with our market minutes. u.s. stocks closing after session highs. more than 309 points. the s&p gaining 1.2% and if you look at the change in the year dow up bynow have the almost 2%. with flash is a good way to describe it. let's talk about the individual names. a warren buffett hopes of transformation there. he moved in after the company pledge to cut u.s. health care ands, or brookshire jpmorgan did. >> up by 13%, management took a new position and find almost 10%. isn't this a crypto play as well? exactly. than 4.5%. by better the maker that carries most of the world internet dating gave a bullish forecast. andus are the shares lifted promised 20% earnings growth this year. the earnings growth this year by keyway can iron out aircraft programs. >> let's take a look at the government bond market starting with the action we saw in the u.s.. not a whole lot of action h

comcast business outmaneuver. we use so why do we pay touters thave a phone connected. when we're already paying for internet? shouldn't it all just be one thing? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you can get 5 lines of talk and text included at no extra cost. so all you pay for is data. choose by the gig or unlimited. and now, get a $200 prepaid card when you buy an iphone. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfnitymobile.com. maria: glenn, carlisle had yong earnings. the lower corporate tax rate and new tax law obviously helps the bottom line. but i see a link to the rest of the world. when i was in davos i was speaking to europeans who said they had a strategy to invest in europe but now are going to invest in the united states. >> each one of the individual economics are performing extraordinarily well. all that does is give us confidence our global portfolio has good tail winds. there are good investment opportunities before it many more comforting to

comcast business outmaneuver. maria: glenn, carlisle had yong earnings. lower corporate tax rate and new tax law obviously helps the bottom line. but i see a link to the rest of the world. when i was in davos i was speaking to europeans who said they had a strategy to invest in europe but now are going to invest in the united states. >> each one of the individual economics are performing extraordinarily well. all that does is give us confidence our global portfolio has good tail winds. there are good investment opportunities before it many more comforting to invest when you have good tail winds. europe is interesting today. i believe there are short-term shifts that strategists make with regards to i want to be heavy because the dollar declined. that's not way we are thinking about things. we are holding businesses for 4, 5, 6, 7 years. short-term shift don't come into play. maria: that's why i love the company. i don't like knee-jerk reactions. >> we can take a long view on what's happening in europe. europe came out of the recession after the u.s. start

comcast business outmaneuver.et: conduct from bloomberg's streams live on twitter, and life in midtown manhattan, this is bloomberg markets. julia: let's get a check of first world news with mark crumpton. ark: new york city police donald trump, jr. is what has been taken to a hospital after opening an envelope that contained a white powder. trump called 911 this morning after opening a letter addressed to donald trump, jr. at their midtown apartment, the president's daughter-in-law told officials she was coughing and felt nauseous. please and the secret service are investigating. the president today unveiled his vision for rebuilding america with a budget proposal that includes $5 trillion to upgrade the nation's roads and bridges. >> i submitted legislative to congress that will lead to the largest infrastructure investment in history and a invest $1.5ll trillion in investment in american infrastructure. house speaker paul ryan praise the proposal and said the president is right to make a procedure a national pr

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comcast business outmaneuver. trish: we got stocks roaring back today.ice way to start a monday after suffering the worst week in two years. we're just off the highs of the session. you have nearly every stock except for disney and ge in the green right now on the dow 30. the dow extending friday's gains, now up, well, more than 400 points. 474 in today's trading session. we have joining me on set the author of crisis of responsibility, david bonson. also here, mnd partners, tim anderson down on the floor of the nicety for us. start with you, david, you have a new book, "crisis of responsibility." this market is roaring back here. did you expect this? >> i wouldn't have said timing but certainly it was just way overdone last week. now it also was overdue. i mean a correction had been a long time coming and i think the way that it accept rated throughout the week it demonstrated so much irrationality, it meant we were kind of due for a bounceback. it happened too quickly. it almost would have been a little scarier if we had series of 300 point days, not t

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comcast business outmaneuver. david: more changes inside the swamp. the number three official at the justice department is stepping down after nine months on the jab. rachel brand was next in line but she is now taking a job as a walmart executive. growing questions tonight about john kelly's future as white house chief of staff following reports about when he first learned of the rob porter allegations. reporting that the president has privately floated three potential replacements for kelly, omb director mick mulvaney and businessman tom barrett. the white house denies that kelly has offered his resignation. kevin cork has our report. >> he did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he'll have a great career ahead of him. >> the president's comments about rob porter didn't quell the controversy. if anything, he may have ignited a new one. >> as you probably know, he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterda

comcast business outmaneuver. stuart: tim cook, ceo of apple talking about corporate tax cuts. he would have supported something apple thought was bad for america. actually kind of a back way of saying forcing to say i didn't like it. >> apple accused of getting huge windfall from the tax bill that went through because of the change in the way money held overseas as repatriated. american companies in general had $2 trillion overseas, but apple was the number one company that did and if it from a change in how the repatriated money is taxed. in fact, they paid $38 billion on the repatriated money or that's a nice little hit for treasury department. and yes, they didn't pay as much as they would've paid under the old system, but they never would've brought the money back. >> they don't have to bring it back to pay the tax. $38 billion. thank you very much indeed. republican congressman todd rokita announces a crumbs bill to make tax bonus is tax-free. this is a direct response to nancy pelosi's criticism about tax-c

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comcast business outmaneuver. melissa: so this is totally classic, four for four. senators failing to move ahead on any of their immigration proposals, blocking the last one moments ago. as the march 5th deadline looms. with the latest deadline from the scene, fox news capitol hill senior producer chad pergram. chad, come on, seriously. tell these people to do something. >> the story of the hour here this was a big beat-down on president trump. there were four procedural votes this afternoon, all needed to get 60 in order to stay alive. the fourth vote in the queue was a plan offered by chuck grassley the chair of judiciary committee. grassley said this would be the only plan that could become law. look at vote tell here, 39 yeas, 39 to 60, 60 nos. of the other plans scored 50 votes. by partisan plan of democrats and republicans led by sues can collins of republican of maine, scored 54-45. loser of the hour frankly is president trump but it also shows how far they have to go to get an agreement on daca and immigration before march 5th. some believe that this deadli

comcast business outmaneuver. >> all right. congress wrestled with the issue of gun control.er in florida to state legislatures to have them do something about it. hundreds of kids were affected by the school shooting are going up to tallahassee to tell lawmakers they send out demand signals that never land in a place like flint, michigan or youngstown, ohio. what we trying to do is connect the two, because economics should work out for the companies. neil: it is not a bad idea, congressman, talking about becoming insulated. many said the same of both parties in washington, when it comes to host of bills. i'm reminded of nancy pelosi's comments not too long ago. i know you didn't vote for them. neither did she, not a single democrat, referring to bonuses individuals are getting from companies is chump change or crumbs, all of that. you faulted her i believe at the time for that. do you think she is out of touch? >> well, you know, i do have my disagreements with the democratic leadership. i stated them pretty clearly on this show a year ago and many others. i do think we need

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