including apple and google last saturday a federal judge issued an injunction that prevented the department of commerce from forcing app stores as of september 20th term move from download the d.o.j. has presented the judge with a department of commerce memo claiming the mobile application collects and transmit sensitive personal information on u.s. persons which is accessible to tense and stored in data centers in china and canada well joining us now to continue for us co-hosts ben swan and christine christie just earlier this week on wednesday the trumpet ministration claim that users who use or download reach out to convey personal or business information will actually not be subject to penalties under this new trumped up executive order banning transactions with 10 cent is this a reversal for the administration. urns are weighing on the market but the prospect of a u.s. relief package brought some gains on friday metals automotive i t and financial lead losses ending the week and we see our 1st green arrow in australia where the country eased some one bigger roles for banks to help stimulate the ec

this is why the department of defense has taken decisive action to safeguard the brave uniform andn in safeguard international rules and norms when it comes to issues like freedom of commerce and navigation. we stand ready to respond to future aggression and we remain committed to doing our part in the administration's maximum pressure campaign. today's executive order will further disrupt efforts to proliferate conventional weapons, helping to protect u.s. forces, allies and partners, and civilian populations until iran complies with international norms. we encourage them to cease these malign activities and act like a normal country. but we are also prepared to respond to iranian aggression. the commanders have the authorities and resources they need to protect troops and prepare for any contingencies and we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with allies and partners to counter the destabilizing behavior. in doing so, we will protect our people, our interests, and maintain the security of like-minded nations. thank you. >> good morning. i'm grateful for the president's commitment to ending the iranian nuclear ballistic missile and conventional weapons undertakings th

including apple and google last saturday a federal judge issued an injunction that prevented the department of commercefrom forcing app stores as of september 20th to remove from download the d.o.j. has presented the judge with a department of commerce memo.

including apple and google last saturday a federal judge issued an injunction that prevented the department of commerce from forcing app stores as of september 20th term move from download the d.o.j. has presented the judge with a department of commerce memo claiming the we chat mobile application collects and transmit sensitive personal information on u.s. persons which is accessible to tense and stored in data centers in china and canada well joining us now to continue. co-hosts ben swan and chrystia i kristie just earlier this week on wednesday the trumpet ministration claim that users who use or download we chat. to convey personal or business information will actually not be subject to penalties under this new trumped up executive order banning transactions with 10 cent is this a reversal for the administration. now this is a lot of reversal at all this is merely saying that users will not be punished for using this app that trump claims has severe national security concerns but it's still vague as to what actions and what transactions will be prohibited as commerce secretary ross has yet to clari

including apple and google last saturday a federal judge issued an injunction that prevented the department of commerce from forcing app stores as of september 20th to remove it from download the d.o.j. has presented the judge with a department of commerce memo claiming the mobile application collects and transmit sensitive personal information on u.s. persons which is accessible to 10 cent and stored in data centers in china and canada well joining us now to contain. the us co-hosts ben swan and chrystia christy and just earlier this week on wednesday the trumpet ministration claim that users who use or download we chat to convey personal or business information will actually not be subject to penalties under this new trumped up executive order banning transactions with 10 cent is this a reversal for the administration. now this is not a reversal at all this is merely saying that users will not be punished for using this app that trump claims has severe national security concerns but it's still big as to what actions and what transactions will be prohibited as commerce secretary ross has yet to clarif

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-china relations are coming under even more strain as the department of commerce prepares to ban peopleaccessing tiktok or wechat. the trump administration claims the companies threaten national security and could pass user data to china. officials at both companies deny this. for more, let's bring in our correspondent from our chinese service. what is the trump administration's evidence claiming these apps threaten u.s. national security? >> wechat has long been accused of censorship, but when it comes to data collection, this app does not behave very differently from u.s. competitors. but now washington is taking a one-size-fits-all approach to ban downloads of both apps in america. however, just minutes ago, president trump announced that the deal with tiktok might move quite quickly. laura: what impact would banning these apps have on chinese americans if the deal goes through? >> it is one of the major ways for chinese-americans to keep in touch with loved ones. almost all of my u.s. contacts are despetely sharing contact information for fear of losing connections. while the whole

so it had -- we had the department of commerce, we had the department of labor. why not have a department of consumers? this is what they argued, but it didn't go anywhere. those efforts didn't go anywhere, and in fact, it's not until 2011 that we see the establishment of a consumer financial protection bureau, which is quite controversial to this day. it was established in the aftermath of the '07 mortgage crisis. so what i have taken you guys through is how the great depression itself was a crisis of abundance predicated on the fact that the tremendous wealth our country was generated was distributed in such an inequitable manner that the majority of americans couldn't participate in the marketplace, couldn't become the consumers that advertising was encouraging them to become, and that business needed them to be. and that it necessitated the politicization of consumption in order to bring incomes up to a point that we could have something that we today call the american standard of living. right? that this american standard of living could exist and could be r

of a national security violation? jonathan: i would not know. the commerce departments there is worry, the secretary of state says there are's worries -- there are worries. you can see why there would be. you can see why there would be if there are huge amounts of people in the united states using an app and the chinese communist party can get a hold of that data, you can see whether could be. tom: i get the could be, absolutely. lisa: it is bipartisan. people think there could be a potential threat. the question is what is this deal doing to stave off those concerns? tom: can i look at global wall street into the weekend? the structured bond world has been turned upside down by derivative mistakes mostly centered out of paris. did you see the headline on hsbc? jonathan: what was the headline? tom: they will shut it down. they will shut down structured products in paris. jonathan: from new york and london, this is bloomberg surveillance. staying on top of the news flow, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ the state of quality has been deteriorating for years. this v-shaped reaction

department of commerce. so, he obviously, lied here in this situation again.won't be easy for him to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus was so costly for so many americans. brent: that is a very good point. it is always good to let the truth come to light, especially talking about the economy. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the european council president charles michel has gone into quarantine after one of his security guards tested positive for covid-19. it means a summit of e.u. leaders due to begin in two days has been postponed until october 1. a court in pakistan has sentenced two former polilitical activists to d death over their role in n it a d deadly garment factory fire. it killed 260 0 workers. the men started the fire as part of a political extortion scheme. u.s. senator mitt romney has said he supports holding a vote to fill the supreme court vacancy before the presidential election. the announcement ensures that president trump can have a vote on his nominee despite democrats' o

the move blocks the us department of commerce from forcing apple and alphabet‘s google to remove wechatays wechat and tiktok, which is also chinese—owned, threaten national security. both companies strongly deny this. joining me from washington dc is james lewis, an expert on technology policy at the us based—think tank, center for strategic and international studies. we quite often hear about the chinese state being heavy—handed with american companies, this is the other way around. it's kind of ironic isn't it, that the us is using the tactic the chinese have used for really decades on american companies. it's a sign of the immense distrust that now greets anything connected to china and the chinese government in the us. and that's very deep distrust on china's overwhelmingly massive espionage campaign. for which there is considerable evidence. so you think there is a real threat here the donald trump is right to be so concerned? well, that's two different questions, but yes there isa different questions, but yes there is a real threat here and the us should be concerned. this began u

department of commerce said it would bar people from getting chinese apps takes hold and reach out few any app stores on any platform president donald trump insists the apps parent companies cigarettes and national security and could pass user data to china well we'll have a panel of experts to discuss this in just a moment but 1st there's reports from our white house correspondent kimberly hawkins. a stirring rebuke from the u.s. president we're not going to do anything to jeopardize security. the white house alleges the popular chinese based apps to talk and we chat are stealing american users' private information and handing it to the government in beijing on friday the u.s. commerce department announced we chat will be banned in the u.s. starting sunday well new restrictions on tick tock will also go into place a full ban on tick-tock could come into effect in november after weeks of bidding tech giant oracle submitted a proposal to run the apps in the united states but before was approved the u.s. government moved ahead with the ban we have some great options if we can keep a lot

the us department of commerce had wanted to force apple and alphabet‘s google, to remove wechat for downloadsich is also chinese—owned — threaten national security. both companies strongly deny this. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, explains what's behind this row between the us and china. a cold war is under way between the world's leading two superpowers, though it's been little noticed by voters dealing with a global pandemic. what started as a battle over trade escalated into threats over the exchange rate for the yuan and it's now a major conflict. as ever in battles between ideologically conflicting superpowers, america and china are vying for technological supremacy. two companies illustrate that battle — huawei, with its dominance of 5g, and tiktok, a young entertainment platform already boasting over 800 million users. # come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga. # i know you can't control yourself any longer... tiktok is owned by bytedance, now with $100 billion. its founder, zhang yiming, has pledged deep cooperation with the chinese communist party. that's why politicians of all s

the us department of commerce had wanted to force apple and alphabet‘s google, to remove wechat for downloadstiktok, which is also chinese owned, threaten national security. both companies strongly deny this. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, explains what's behind this row between the us and china. a cold war is under way between the world's leading two superpowers, though it's been little noticed by voters dealing with a global pandemic. what started as a battle over trade escalated into threats over the exchange rate for the yuan and it's now a major conflict. as ever in battles between ideologically conflicting superpowers, america and china are vying for technological supremacy. two companies illustrate that battle — huawei, with its dominance of 5g, and tiktok, a young entertainment platform already boasting over 800 million users. # come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga. # i know you can't control yourself any longer. tiktok is owned by bytedance, now worth $100 billion. its founder, zhang yiming, has pledged deep cooperation with the chinese communist party. that's why politicians

department of commerce so he obviously lied here in this situation again and it won't be easy for for him to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus was so costly for so many americans yeah that's a very good point and it's always good to let the truth come to light especially when we're talking about the economy w.'s fact checker notion of a your thank you. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the european council president charles michel has gone into quarantine after one of his security guards tested positive for cocaine 19 a surprise announcement means that a summit of e.u. leaders that was due to begin in 2 days' time has now been postponed until october 1st a court in pakistan has sentenced 2 former political activists to death over their wall in a deadly garment factory fire the 2012 blaze killed more than $260.00 workers the court said the men started the fire as part of a political extortion scheme. u.s. senator mitt romney has said that he supports holding a vote to fill the vacant seat on the u.s. supreme court before the presidential elect

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department of commerce, they are not going to ban tik tok for another week.e time to work out the deal. president trump is encouraging them. >> should the 80, should they trust where -- oracle came out of no where. should we be trusting -- the deal is not final. the hope is from, the u.s., it will be major owned by the united states. that is the goal. to put u.s. their hands. >> they have a week to do so. >> ing to joe biden, leads in steve is with us at the big boy, next >>> new national polls show joe biden leading in states trump carried in 2016. steve kornacki breaks down the numbers. steve? >>> we've been checking in here every week. where are the polls going? there's so much happening in the campaign, so much happening in the news. are the numbers moving? are they suggesting anything about movement in this race? so a couple different ways of looking at this. we're looking at the national picture here, trump 's approval rating, average the national polls together what is the average of his approval rating? it was 44% a week ago, so the question is did an

i would wait a month or so september 15 we're supposed to expect an announcement with the department of commerce terms of new restrictions on china i think people are getting skiddish about the election. you get to the end of october, you want to start buying you start buying in about 30 days or so >> what about the people who make the stuff that the people who make the chips need to make the chips. is it time to go that far back in the pipeline? >> it doesn't cater to the guys who design the chip. i think that's the best way to do it. these are companies that are able to grow revenue during the '08-'09 recession. in terms of the semicap stock guy, i think it's the best game in town. the reason why you want to be long is it's a monopoly. even if you have or prior to the monopoly, you know the -- there's the weight of eight high end chips. >> good insight. thank you. >> thank you >> carl, as we get towards noon, major indices still lower. >> s&p is trying to get 3400 back let's get back to headquarters with domino in the half. >>> thanks very much welcome to "the halftime report." another big sel

wechat, down tiktok and the department of commerce in the united states has put over 300 chinese companiesties list -- that means no american company is allowed to export to them, importantly, no one is allowed to send u.s. ed telecom chips to huawei and to others. so we are trying to build a wall around american technology. a much better solution would be for the u.s. and the west to include the u.k. and europe to stand up and say china is really progressing fast in key technologies, especially semi conductor, artificial intelligence, and others come and we need to do whatever we can as a group of allies and friends to make sure that we all remain competitive. francine: does the u.s. approach change significantly joe biden -- if joe biden's president, or will it be more aggressive toward china and chinese technology? anja: a very good question. i do think the tone and the nuance in u.s. policy towards china would change substantially if joe biden were elected president. where thesome areas biden campaign has said they would like to continue to cooperate with china, in particular climate c

of this deal. the trump administration, it appears through the commerce department, is responding, and what we're understandingwith the us department of commerce, is that it is possible that some of the moves we're seeing today could be delayed if we see progress on this other front. but, again, it shows that the trump administration is raising the stakes in an already heated and contentious dispute between the world's two superpowers. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. a brisk breeze is blowing across parts of england and wales at the moment. we'll keep that into the start of the weekend, but for most, it's looking dry and settled with some sunny spells. so, through the rest of the afternoon, rather breezy there is just the chance of a shower down towards the south. so, through the rest of the afternoon, rather breezy across central and southern england, parts of wales, just taking the edge off those highs of 22 degrees. further north, some good spells of sunshine, although thicker cloud will persist across northern scotland with the odd spot of drizzle. and actually that c

that is penny pritzker, the secretary of the department of commerce. p, richard trumka joins us to talk about organized labor. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. former vice president biden appeared this week at a virtual event with if l cio president richard trumka, and the vice president said that he would be the strongest labor president you have ever had. to unpack what this could mean, we welcome mr. trumka himself. always a pleasure to have you here. you heard him say it, what did he mean? richard, can you hear me? richard: let me say this. campaign was a friend of working people but his rhetoric does not match reality. he has actually been anti-worker, antiunion. joe biden says that he will be the best friend that we have ever had. he supports the right to organize act, which would modernize labor laws, understands the importance of creating jobs. he will invest in infrastructure and put us back to work. when we do that, he will als

department of commerce, i had it solved within a month. i got rid of every obligation.ernor and this is, were talking about now los angeles. this goes all the way down to los angeles. in los angeles you are not allowed to water your grass. they have a home for $25 million but the count water their grass. i said so why are you doing this. they don't even know by. so i'm saying to myself, the hard one is the federal premise and i got that taken care of. no problem. i said why are they doing this and we just can't get the governor to sign it. you would have so much water in california, all those fields that are open, i've never seen anything, you're driving down the highway and everything's really terrible looking, and then you have this gorgeous patch of green. that's the only area that has the water. there allowed like this tiny amount of water and that whole thing could be farmland but they send the water out into the pacific ocean. that's a long story but there's many, many stories like that. there's stupidity of it all. mark: i listened to you in these different areas

the department of commerce just announced the massively popular app along with wechat will be blockedill happennouncel not be able to download or update the app. the move is in direct response to president trump's exec i have it order in august that forced tiktok to sell its u.s. operations, the app is currently finalizing a deal with oracle. this all comes as tiktok is reportedly considering instagram creator kevin systrom for its vaca vacant love have tinder, now pets have pinder? all the users have to have four legs. now, come on. some dogs have three, so let's the not discriminate. pet parents can create a profile for their furry friends. once you swipe left or r find a possible match, well, then you work out the do he tails for meeting up. the new york "post" spoke to the founder and he said that he came up with this idea after realizing how tight knit the niche community of pet influencers is. pinder is holding a halloween costume contest to kick off the swiping. so then i looked and saw this quote and is isfinding a dog to also possible. >> what? >> you heard me. >> we are offi

department of commerce so he obviously light here in this situation again and it won't be easy for for him to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus was so costly for so many americans yeah that's a very good point and it's always good to let the truth come to light especially when we're talking about the economy w.'s fact checker notion of able to thank you for here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world european council president charles michel has gone into quarantine after one of his security guards tested positive for coke at 19 the surprise announcement means that a summit of the e.u. leaders that was due to begin in 2 days' time has now been postponed until october 1st a court in pakistan has sentenced 2 former political activists to death over their wall in a deadly garment factory fire the 2012 blaze killed more than 260 workers the court said the men started the fire as part of a political extortion scheme. u.s. senator mitt romney has said that he supports holding a vote to fill the vacant seat on the supreme court before the

the department of commerce announced a ban on we chat appears in stores on sunday so effectively shuttingrump administration alleged the app threateneds national security. the judge in california said the ban raises serious questions around free speech. kasie? >> cnbc's julianna tatelbaum. thank you as always. live from london, we really appreciate it. >>> earlier on in the show we asked, why are you awake? ow writes in, kasie i'm up because my favorite anchor is up. thank you. and milo's mom tweeted this photo of her adorable cats saying she's up because these guys wanted breakfast. i woke my dog up a little earlier than usual this weekend. and from cherry cook, i like to get my news before i go to sleep. and andy holland, i'm batman and i work the third shift. >>> coming up next, a look at axios one big thing and "morning joe," a check in with health experts as the u.s. death count surpasses 200,000 lives lost. >>> as the senate prepares to battle over the supreme court seat left vacant by ruth bader ginsburg, senator dick dy burbi joins the conversation. 6 joins the conversation. ing t

and here we have a very strong program going forward in the department of commerce that must be stepped up. beyond that, as far as gold is concerned and as far as the movement of gold is concerned, we have to bear in mind that we must get more help from our allies abroad in this great venture which all freemen are involved of winning the battle for freedom. now america has been paving a tremendous road in this. i have favored our programs abroad. but now we find that the countries of europe for example and japan in the far east, these countries, some are former enemies, some are friends, they have got to bear a greater share of its load economic assistance abroad. that's why i am advocating and will develop through the course of the next administration if i get the opportunity a program and which we and lest from these other countries on a concerted basis and these programs of economic development in asia and latin america. the united states cannot continue to carry the major share of this burden by itself. we can carry a big share, but we've got to have more free help from our friends

are the willard hotel, the washington hotel, the sherman memorial across 15th street, the department of commerce, the wilson district building and the jw marriott. very distinct and different urban structures, urban spaces. this site had to harmonize and be complementary to those sites. that wasrd constraint felt along the way was that we were instructed to preserve the existing park. that in itself is an interesting design of urban landscapes. we resisted but had to ultimately yield to the inevitable. we had to work within the contours of the existing park. and that further channeled our selection. that meant that the memorial based on an architectural form was pretty much a nonstarter. it would never work in a site like this. and it meant that in the end, there were a lot of interesting designs we looked at but ultimately they were discarded. about two of the five finalists i said -- i would love to see this park built but not on pennsylvania avenue. within those constraints, we then had two key and related of the at the inception memorial development process. the first as justin alluded to wh

it is our understanding, including through the department of commerce, that the recycling market is expanding. that includes here. the global recycling market will have a value of $530 billion by the year 2025. sen. shaheen: i'm sorry, can you give us a little more detail when you say the recycling markets are expanding in the united states? had in newave hampshire several recycling operations that are no longer operating now. can you talk about where that is happening and who is behind it and what is the capital or the companies that are doing that? mr. moore: senator, thank you for the question. i respect your interest in having greater detail. i apologize, i don't have greater detail with me. i would be happy to provide specific information to you. this relates to cross-border trade between canada and the united states in cycle materials. one of the su says, there is more interest in recycling if it is more economically event ages -- advantageous to do that. if the materials to be recycled become priced out of the market either because of transport cost or other economic limitations, the m

seaton then quickly, because i know -- like the department of commerce had 13 different cios. do you have the same challenge within nasa? >> yeah, so, there is one cio, but there are center cios that all report to me. we have a single i.t. strategy. and for almost a decade now, we've been working to integrate and operate as a cohesive unit, acknowledging that there are some uniquenesses at our centers but implementing consistent policies and moving towards enterprise services and contracts. so, i think we are moving in the enterprise direction very significantly. >> thank you very much. and madam chair, i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. beyer. mr. garcia, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairwoman, appreciate it, and i appreciate the testimony and the witnesses today. very exciting times for nasa and also very challenging with very unique dynamics in play here. i guess i've got a few questions, and probably directed to all of you, mr. seaton, mr. martin, and dr. burley. i come from a company where i was a program director for a large air breathe

>> reporter: what we're learning is the continuation of a pattern that we've seen extended across the government, justice department, dhs, commerce department, of using the levers of the government to assist the president with his political re-election and his campaign message. in this case, you've got a political appointee, michael caputo, at the department of health and human services, who has a science adviser who has been intervening in the weekly science reports prepared by the cdc about the coronavirus pandemic in ways that the career officials think are trying to put pressure on them to fit the president's story that the pandemic has been exaggerated. we know from bob woodward's reporting this week that the president consistently has tried to downplay this pandemic. he downplays it to this day by having rallies where people don't wear masks and are not social distanced. he's trying to communicate to the american people that the pandemic is basically behind us, let's talk about reopening the economy. he thinks that's his best shot at re-election. >> and, john, this comes after a very difficult week for the president. he's o

this was coordinated with department of commerce additions. we are seeing results. dozens of countries have taken action to restrict vendors from their 5g networks. we have seen stricter investment screening mechanisms. 54 countries came together to deny a candidate to the top leadership position. 23 countries joined us in signing it. more and more countries taking action against the confucius institute. and propaganda outlets. we have released joint statements in hong kong. many of which have imposed export controls. we are pushing all countries to exposer reciprocity and vectors of influence. including by diplomats, researchers, and state enterprise employees and others. to have aneds important research ship -- relationship with the prc. we need to hold beijing accountable for its behavior and protect national security and long-term well-being. we are asking the international community to join us standing up for international rights. we are making great strides towards this goal and we appreciate this committee support. >> thank you you, secretary stillwell. that w

of these assets. here's what's in the commerce department newsletter. e says they're going to take they're saying this order would block the distribution and maintenance of these apps in the united states. it would block mobile funds transactions within the united states on wechat itself. it also current u.s. users would be able to keep using it, the software updates won't be available. there are a lot of actions they're taking what that does is put that muscle into that threat that the president said by september 20th, if there's no deal, we're shutting these things down this is the u.s. government using its legal authority to do exactly that on sunday a big question mark here is going to be over the weekend can there be some kind of resolution here that's going to check all of the political, economic and technological boxes that have to be checked in order to make this thing happen back to you. >> before you go, i had one real question which is as i've been looking through this release, i don't know if you've had an opportunity to see what seems like a

and very recently did the department of commerce made a big mistake in allowing wider electrical steel to be sold in the united states. so the tariffs have been a mixed blessing so far. and i don't believe that anything will be better or worse because we have or dwoent have tariffs. it's all about being efficient and being socially responsible it's all about being green and that's our business proposition. we'll tun continue to develop tt >> and to be fair, joe biden has not committed one way or another as to what would happen to those tariffs. p perhaps when we have clarity on that, lorenzo, we'll have you back to talk about it. again, congratulations on the deal it's expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. you are the ceo of cleveland-cliffs >> thank you very much for having me. always a pleasure. >> with just about 41 minutes before the closing bell, the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all up about 1.8% the russell 2000 up 2.5% after the break, we'll talk about a potential glimmer of hope we'll discuss fresh comments from house speaker nancy pelosi about a new round of stimulu

h.r. 815 , block chain innovative act directs the department of commerce to onduct a study and support a report including its use to reduce fraud and increase security. it is setting a long-term goal o set up a block chain innovative. it has potential for innovation and economic growth. we need to support that growth and nabble its appropriate use for business and consumers and we will continue to push until we have these policy objectives put into law so we can be leaders in this space when we see rivals like china and russia pushing in these technologies. the act requires the report to congress about recommendations on unfair deceptive trade practices and other practices related to digital tokens and asks them to make recommendations to how to further protect consumers in the global digital token sector. . . i look forward to continuing to work with our colleagues throughout the congress to help make sure we keep a competitive edge and block chain for both digital security, for cryptocurrency and to enhance the use of artificial intelligence in the future. i'd like to thank chairman