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terms of catching up to tesla's market cap tesla's market cap more than seven times bigger than general motors you have fisker about three weeks ago there wasy announced s car the ocean ev will be built by magnastare over in europe they did not announce it our sources tell us that we reached out to the company. they say they have no comment at this time. the bottom line is this, everybody wants to get into this ev space but we're not going to see a big flurry of these vehicles for at least a couple of years. >> bonawyn, i'm not quite sure what the strategy is for releasing the specs of a cool-looking car that won't be on the market until 2022 like people are going to say, hey, i'm going to wait for the cadillac lyric. >> patience is a virtue but not when you have somewhere to be. i think it makes sense for cadillac they've been trying to shift the demographic for years now. they've had a storied past of being a large boxy car they gradually shifted that demographic but that's just it it's a concept we're talking about the latter half of 2022 what does consumer demand look like, what does the

general motors president mark reuss speaking to bloomberg. we have bank positions this week that puts bonds and focus. we speak with ubs australia's head of fixed income, and we will hear from the university of sydney epidemiologist fee on a stand away about australia's battle to contain the virus outbreak as we get fresh restrictions out of the state of victoria, including the new curfew being imposed as well as waiting to hear about the restrictions on businesses later on today. we have all of that and more ahead on daybreak: asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: good morning. i'm haidi stroud-watts in sydney. we are counting down to the major market open. shery: i'm shery ahn in new york. welcome to "daybreak: asia." our top story this hour, the u.s. goes after china again with tiktok facing a nationwide ban. microsoft post its interest on hold as mike pompeo says other chinese software is under scrutiny. the coronavirus marches on with the u.s. remaining the focus. the u.k. considers new curves in london.

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it is going to serve you well as you roll out general motors. motors. what about tesla? >> tesla made a decision to do something different from a connection standpoint, so that was their decision. the plugs and the connections an, generally speaking, sae-type standard, soper lots of other-- so for lots of manufacturers, it is kind of a rest. it is quite large. -- aere was a pulldown or poll done a year or two ago that said lack of charge stations was a reason given for people not buying ev's. how far will it go to alleviate that bottleneck? >> that is a great question, and we have done a lot of research around the pain points that people either think are present or are present around electric vehicles. certainly the charging infrastructure is close to the top of that. the other one is vehicle range, but because there are a lot of folks that may not live in an urban environment, or written on buyer meant that does not have the infrastructure -- or in an environment that does not have the infrastructure. plus, the cost and pricing for electric vehi

retire better connell: it's electric, general motors the new all electric cadillac and grady trimblein lincolnwood illinois. >> unfortunately it is not here yet, it will not be on the line until 2022, 2023 but this is gm moving into an all electric future, introducing this lyric as a first step towards that, it is sleek, luxury crossover suv, keeps about five people and is clearly a vehicle that is engineered to take on the likes of tesla unlike gm's only other all electric vehicle to date, the chevy bolts, has features that you would say are maybe comparable to the tesla model, gm might say their superior, battery range, that's important on a single charge 300-mile driver assistance technology, all of the things that people have come to expect and luxury cars and electric cars these days. the. play stock has seen huge gains in the last six months, look at tesla compared to general motors, now general motors hoping to get a slice of the ev market, even considering to a recent analyst call, spinning off the electric vehicle company, unit as its own company will see if that happens, ge

it's general motors. deutsche bank adding it. they say it's a no brainer it's our call of the day jam said it's a no brainer for a lot of months. now finally they are kaccatchino you. >> the no braining part is what gm should do they are saying spin out the electric vehicle division. they have products that are selling now. if you stripped out the autonomous vehicle, which is cruise, those two divisions would be worth the market cap of the stock today. we have done this analysis many times. the problem is, you actually have to have gm do it. i hope at this point years into this that gm is finally, sounds like maybe they are getting the message they need to split up the company. it could be worth about $19 billion. that's what the market cap is today. you're left with the so called stub piece which is the sedans it's the pick up truck, the pick up trucks, the pick up trucks. that's easily worth $20 billion. that's where i get that from >> the market like what is you're saying. stooe steve even listened do you he finally bought the

auto makers like bokes wagon general motors and even ford while they're racing to develop the most cutting edge self driving cars but in ford's latest push to market itself as the leader in the autonomy scar development the company is unveiling its plan for a road to the future artie's turn a chavez has more. despite a global slowdown driverless cars are gaining speed and automakers are betting billions that it's hot in this vehicle is what we need to get moving again one company is even taking steps on educating the community about the future of transportation. it looks like the state of michigan is getting a make over well 40 miles of it at least that's because the state along with some private partners are paving the way by assigning dedicated lanes for automated vehicles on a 40 mile stretch of highway between where else but the motor city and ann arbor the vehicles would be linked to a central computer system and would share data from sensors along the roadway and other vehicles coordinating their speeds and allowing them to travel faster than regular traffic making travel faster safe

that is not the same for general motors and the other legacy detroit auto makers.o get a slice of the action here. general motors has made it clear it is pushing hard into what its ceo, mary barra, calls an all electric future. the company planning to unveil 20 all electric models by 2023. it's also investing heavily in infrastructure. what's an electric car without electric charging stations? just last week, gm announced it's adding 2700 charging stations across the country over the next five years. there's even talk that general motors might spin off its electric branch into its own company to try to get a slice of this action. these companies like tesla, nikola, all of the newer ev startups, shares have been surging. gm wants a slice of that and it hasn't ruled out the possibility of a spinoff to do that. neil? neil: the demand is there, i guess. thank you, grady, very much. grady trimble following all of that. >>> in the meantime, have you ever seen these, i guess they're covid-killing robots that go around, they go zap with ultraviolet light, anything that mig

in 2019 when general motors closed its plant in lordstown, ohio, president trump refused to stand by and watch it happen. as gino observed, this president reached out to yen motors to find a way to bring jobs back to lournedstown. and plans were soon set into motion to create lournedstown -- >> president trump said this is how we fix it. i thought that's a simple solution. there's no other president, no one has even tried to do it. president trump is a doer. he appreciates every one of us. i know he does. i've seen it. he said make america great again that was hi task. that wasn't his slogan. that was his task. every hat you see that says maga on it, that's what your president is doing for you. thank you, mr. president, for keeping the promises you made. >> then there's pastor aaron johnson. today he's the executive director of the tulsa dream center, a nonprofit that provides education an medical services an food to those in need. you've got a great personal story. when you see the way this president, this administration, have been leaning in to create opportunities, investments in

by invoking the dpa, we harnessed to productive mind of general motors to manufacture ventilators. kokomo,posed the indiana, plant in just 17 days, an all-time record, and has now produced over 21,000 ventilators. we are also working with ford motor company and general electric to produce over 30,000 ventilators a month. in michigan, they have done a great job. our nation is now the king of ventilators. i say that. the king of ventilators. we are sending them all over the world and helping countries who never would have ventilators. we are looking to produce over 200,000 ventilators by the end of the year. those are some numbers. so we are helping a lot of countries. in april, i directed 3m to increase its manufacture of the n95 masks. by may, they had increased production by over one million masks a day. think of that. they increased production of masks by over one million a day. 3m is now manufacturing an additional 39 million masks a month. toalso worked with honeywell open factories in arizona and rhode island. they are now producing over 20 million masks a month. by the end of

well, general motors unveiling their first all-electric suv.ils. hi, grady. >> reporter: hey, david. it's the first ever all-electric vehicle for cadillac as a brand, only the second ever for general motors as a company. unlike the chevy volt, this is cheerily a vehicle that is designed to compete with the likes of tesla. it's sleek, it's a luxury crossover suv. it seats five. general motors hasn't released a price on it just yet, but they say it'll be under $75,000 which competes with the he's lahr model x -- tesla model x, quite a bit more than the mustang mock e. the vehicle will have a range of more than 300 mile, that is a little bit less than the tesla model x but right on pace with that ford mustang mock e. we talked to the president of north america for cadillac and for general motors, and we asked him about how this car and general motors in the future will be able to compete with a company like tesla. listen. >> for sure we can. i mean, we changed the world before more than once, and so, you know, the is significance of this reveal to

by invoking the defense production act, we have mobilized the might of general motors to manufacture ventilators. dayspurposed a plant in 17 , an all-time record, and now has produced over 21,000 ventilators. we are also working with ford motor company and general electric to produce over 30,000 ventilators per month in michigan. they have done a great job. our nation is now the king of ventilators. we are sending them all over the world and helping a lot of countries that could never have ventilators. i guess we are looking to produce over 200,000 ventilators by the end of the year. those are some numbers. we are helping a lot of countries. 3m toil, i directed increase its manufacturing of n95 masks. over oneincreased by million masks per day. think of that. the increased production by over one million per day. 3m is now manufacturing an additional 39 million masks per month. we also worked with honeywell to open factories in arizona and rhode island. they are now producing over 20 million masks per month. domestic u.s. manufacturing will have produced over one billion n95 respirato

. >>> coming up next, how the girl scouts are teaming one general motors with an exc ♪ >>> we are backo inspire the next generation. the girl scouts are teaming up with general motors on a series of automotive designed to encou girls in education. >> the if i recall scouts and mary barra, the chair and ceo of general motors joining us right now to talk about the pioneering new program. >> good morning. >> good morning, in addition to being a life long girl scout, are you also a rock scientist. are you an engineer. so tell us about these new automotive engineering badges and why they're so important. >> i'm so excited about these badges. you know, they really take a girl from the passenger's seat into the driver's seat of her life. you know the world is being recreated around technology. girls are half of the world. so they really need to have these technical skills. and i'm so grateful to gm for partnering with us on these automotive badges. you know, therefore, daisys, juniors and brownies and these girls are learning about design, which is taking a concept, sketching it out, actually

i worked for general motors at the time when i was drafted. a retired from them after 41 years. >> so when did you leave for korea? >> i left on january 1st, 1950. to a got over there on february, 1950. two >> where did you land in north korea? >> i landed in incheon. i went to japan, first and then i was shipped there too incheon >> and what was your unit? >> i wasn't assigned to any unit at that time, but i was assigned to 2:30. >> 220? >> contra 23rd. >> regiment and? >> i was on the front line. my wife's birth is february 12th, and i was on frontline the day after her birthday. so i remember that. >> so you said 223 regiment, and what battalion? >> >> 2023 regiment, and fourth division. 2023, and item company. i was having a brain cramp. >> so you wrote in the front line. one day before the birthday of your wife. in 1952. >> 1952. >> where was? it >> it was in the kind of rolling hills area. we were a mile and a half outside of the front line. i was told, i was with the most northern part of the troops, >> do you remember the name of the c

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and as geno observed, this president reached out to general motors to find a way to bring jobs back too motion to create lords town motors. >> president trump says this is how we fix it and i thought well, that's a simple solution. there is no other private -- no one tried to do it. president trump is a doer. he appreciates every one of us and i know he does. i have seen it. when he said make america great again that was his task. that wasn't his slogan. that was his task. every hat you see that says maga on it, that's what your president is doing for you. thank you, mr. president for keeping the promises that you made. >> and then there is pastor aaron johnson. today he is the executive director of the tulsa dream center a nonprofit that provides education and medical services and food to those in need: a.j., you have a great personal story when you see the way this president and administration have been leaning in to create opportunities, investments in communities around the country to create jobs, expanding education choice. what does that mean to the families that you serve every

i worked for general motors at the time i was drafted. >> when did you leave for korea? >> january 1, 1952. in february,ere 1952. japan first and then was shipped around that. what was your unit? assigned to the division. >> 220? >> 223rd. >> regimen and? ismy wife's birthday february 12, i was on the front line the day after her birthday. that is why i remember that. said 223 regimen and love italian -- the battalion? and item -- 223rd company, i'm having a brain cramp. -- you are on da the front lines one day after the birthday of your wife in 1952. where was it? >> kind of in the rolling hills area. we were about a mile and a half in front of the mainline. we were the most northern troops in korea, whether that is true or not, i don't know. were you at a naval coast or camp? >> no, we were out in the wilderness. i went on patrol from that group. probably two miles into north korea at the time. was georgeader smith. we came on the backside of the control. .here's a mound of dirt we almost killed george. >> you almost killed him? how was it, how did you do it? >> i migh

general motors has now built and delivered more than 20,000 ventilators.y next week, our strategic national stockpile will be equipped to deploy more than 100,000 ventilators. they're very expensive to build. they're very complex. very, very complex machines and they're big. and i said that we are now supplying ventilators to many countries of the world. everybody in our country has it. not one person -- and we had no ventilators. who knew about ventilators? we had very few. ut not one person, think of this, who needed a ventilator didn't get it. every person that needed a ventilator got it. who would have thought that was possible? and you remember at the very beginning, when you first heard about this whole horrible situation with the china virus, ventilators, they weren't around, and now we make them by the thousands. working with gm and almost a dozen other companies, great companies, my administration has turned america into the ventilator king of the world. ventilator king. [applause] we make them great. they are very good. highest quality. we're now

general motors has now built and delivered more than 20,000 ventilators. by next week, our strategic national stockpile will be equipped to deploy more than 100,000 ventilators. they're very expensive to build, they're very complex, very very complex machines, and they make -- and i said we are now supplying ventilators to many countries of the world. everybody in our country has it. not one person, and we had no ventilators, who knew about ventilators, we had very few, but not one person who needed a ventilator, think of this, who needed a ventilator didn't get it. every person that needed a ventilator got it. who would have thought that was possible. you remember at the very beginning when you first heard about this whole horrible situation with the china virus, ventilators, they weren't around and now we make them by the thousands. working with gm and almost a dozen other companies, great companies, my administration has turned america into the ventilator king of the world. the ventilator king. we make them great. they're very good. highest quality. we'

a team leader at general motors in michigan. person who immigrated from and a when he was 12, person who teaches a bilingual program at the school. -- at a school. some of the voices you will hear from across the net is states. in wisconsin. joe biden and kamala harris said to make their speeches from a site in delaware. michigan,livonia, democrats line. your next up. good morning. ofler: i have watched a lot political conventions over my 72 years, and i really enjoy watching them, especially with my family. my children and grandchildren watch them, talk about them. speakers,analyze the especially the new, up and coming politicians, not only on the democratic side but on the republican side. kind of look at their body language. i really enjoy watching the conventions and having conversations not only with my family but is well with my friends. -- as well with my friends. i think they are important. i hope they will continue. this year, i do not know if we will be able to see them and try to analyze them, but it is good to see th

take a look at tesla versus general motors over the last month.ow usually we don't compare the two. gm tends to look like it is flat lining in this case, it has actually moved higher why as it moved higher the speculation that it may try to unlock the value of the ev business in terms of the vehicles, software, ip, as well as the batteries the battery technology $46 a share is the new price target that was put out there by adam jonas from morgue an stanley. you go to $46, if you were to spin off the ev business, in his estimation, that along with the business at $82 billion potentially. but it's not as simple as saying, yeah, spin it off. bring in money to the company. she did say during the last earnings call that when asked by an analyst, no options are off the table. we could see them ultimately do something where they do a partial, maybe not a full spinoff but a partial spinoff. it's similar to the ferrari spinoff out of chrysler. one got a luxury goods and the other wants the luxury, luxury, luxury ev tesla multiple added to it. >> but that w

trump lost 4,000 jobs at a local general motors plant.couldn't even get iohis atte the head of the union sent two letters to him. he never responded. i tried to contact him. sherry brown, others didn't lif a finger, awhen we lost all 4,000 jobs, he blamed the head of the uni. just today, judy, he came out saying the amican people shld boycott goodyear, which is 3,000 jobs, arworld headqurs in akron, the president of the united states in a the middle of a recession and a pandemic is telling the american people to boycott goodyear. it's insane. soll of this is adding to trending to biden. he's been up in the last two or three polls, and i think that's going to con. we've got a lot oof wothe ground, they're zooming or s wever we're doing this, but i think joe bidenoing to win ohio, no doubt. >> woodruff: representative val demings, what about florida? i mean, hilry clinton was counting on florida the last time, but she missed by abot, what, two percentage points, 113,000 votes. what does it look like for joe biden this time? >> it's going to

come up with their make malaysian and we're still in the in-between stage where the prosecutor general motors who say we have europeans and the germans are saying we think it's close but at present we're not able to identify new agents and therefore the kondraty said it was going to let's let's be honest given the geopolitical context of this then whatever the russians come up with is going to be criticize an attack because if there was a full russian investigation it came out and said it wasn't poison of course a lot of people who got an axe to grind with russia wouldn't wouldn't except that whatever happens many people have already jumped forgotten stage 8 going to even be on stage be it someone of course it was the kremlin it will not necessarily there were a number of a number of people who have who have a motive perhaps of poisoning him he was an anti corruption campaign evade lots of enemies and there might be even people who thought that attacking him would beat a sort of backdoor way of getting at the kremlin know the kremlin would be the motive isn't one suspect so there's all kinds

>> there's no chrysler here.er s no general motors here. there's no fannie and freddie. there's no banking col it's a completely different story. again, it's a pandemic-based contraction. it's not a macro-based >> i get it. no, n the economic circumstances are different, but the response -- how do you prevent the extraordinary governme spending from becoming commonplace? >> well, i would just suggest, as we get across the bridge into a stronger economic sry,es programs, which are meant to be temporary, will, in fact, be mporary. >> let me ask you then about monetary policy, because some emergency meas were put in place in the wake of 2008 with respect to the fed, with respect to monetary policy, of counterest rates came down, money was printed, f antitative easing, several rounds happened. people can argue or not reasonable measures in the aftermath of that event, but 12 years later, interest rates are still zero. and you have said that you don't expect that interest rates will go up in your lifetime. >> probably not. >> is this not an example of emergency measures becom

tesla versus general motors. more than seven times the market cap of general motors.at tesla is sitting on now. a market cap of $278 billion guys, don't forget general motors is using this electric battery technology this is the base for the lyriq and the new hummer coming. this is the future it will take a couple of years though before we actually see this out on the road >> phil, i saw on twitter today, somebody was pointing out that it's the two-year anniversary, speaking of tesla, of elon musk's 420 tweet is that really possible? >> yeah. >> two years already >> it is possible. i was on vacation when it happened and i got a call from the desk and they said, hey, elon musk said he's taking the company private at 420 usually you hear that and you go, not really within a matter of minutes, yeah, two year anniversary of that at the time people say he's stepped in t. look at the stock in the company two years later. >> yeah, no kidding. it's stunning. phil, thanks. >>> coming up, we're about to learn what the renewed business shutdowns last month did to this country's

by invoking the dpa, we mobilize the extraordinary productive might of general motors to manufacturelators. kokomo,posed the indiana plant in just 17 days. that's an all-time record and is -- and has now produced over 27 thousand ventilators and we are working with ford motor company and general electric to produce over 30,000 ventilators per they've donehigan, a great job and our nation is now the king of ventilators. we are sending them all over the world and helping a lot of countries that could never have ventilators. i guess we are looking to produce over 200,000 ventilators by the end of the year. those are some numbers. we are helping a lot of countries. toapril, i directed 3m increase its manufacturing of n-95 masks and by may, they had increased -- increased to over one million masks per day. think of that. over one million per day, 3m is now manufacturing additional 39 million masks per month. we also worked with honeywell to open factories in arizona and rhode island, they are now producing over 20 million masks per month. by the end of the year, domestic u.s. manufacturin

general motors has now built and delivered more than 20,000 ventilators.ill be equipped to deploy more than one hundred thousand ventilators. they are very expensive to build . about ventilators. we had very few. not one person who needed a ventilator did not get it. every person who needed a ventilator got it. when you first heard about this whole horrible situation with the china virus, ventilators were not around, and now we make them by the thousands. arking with gm and almost dozen other companies, great companies, my administration is turned america into the ventilator king of the world. the ventilator king. [applause] we make them great. they are very good. i is quality. we are now exporting ventilators to friends and allies. they are really thankful. they are calling. can i have ventilators for country, sir? need? can youu send 1000? withe doing more good will the. other things you can make, gowns and swabs you can make. ventilators are tough. ventilators are just one part of our historical manufacturing ramp-up. within seven days of new york city

general motors is betting big on electric in a bid to slow declining sales in china >> the automakero hold a virtual tech day overhauling the greater lineup in a bid to stop its sliding sales. new china chief it will renew focus on cadillacs and more low-cost electric vehicles >> u.s. warns colleges to divest any chinese holdings issuing that instruction schools were advised to get ahead of tougher measures to hold stocks and measures of the trump administration >> trump throwing his two cents into oracle. the president giving his blessing this morning, oracle stock back up about half a percent. so is microsoft. so not sure that is and indicator. sfloo n >>> now to the democratic nomination joe biden and other big names going on the attack of president trump. eamon javers >> they made it official, joe biden is the official nominee for president of the united states the virtual convention continued including a virtual role call where we are used to seeing that happen in the convention hall with silly hats gathered together last night, they did that around the country. a little somethi

we saw general motors caused plants. think there is a lot of cap skepticism -- of about promises being made and they went to see people return manufacturing to this country. they want to stop cheering promises and see the delivery. bidenk they know that joe helped save this industry in 2008. host: we have seen a lot at the white house over the last few nights. i went to get a reaction from credits -- critics who said the president crossed the line by having this partisan political event on the south lawn of the white house. representative hill, there is the hatch act. how do you respond to that criticism? thehe pandemic caused both democratic party at the republican party to scramble for producing a great convention that could connect with voters across the country. the president i am sure it reviewed very carefully how to use the outdoor setting at the cabinetuse legally, and officials at the top level of the white house are not covered by the hatch act. they are typically exempt from the hatch act in some ways, and i o

. >>> general motors unveiled the first fully electric cadillac suv.yra is part of a new lineup for cars, trucks, suvs for gm. it will be able to park itself or pull out of a parking space. no price announced. spokesperson for gm says it will be similar to other gas powered suvs. ♪ now i had the time of my life though i never felt like this before ♪ ♪ yes, i swear >> if your a a "dirty dancing" fan maybe you can have the time of your life once more. lions gate studio said jennifer gray will be the executive producer and star of the new version of a hugely popular 1987 movie. grey city set to play baby. patrick sway zee passed away from cancer. nobody is going to put baby in a corner again. >> nobody puts baby in a corner. >>> let's take a look at this picture of manhattan. i want to update you on this power outage. if you're there, looks like harlem too. been a tough week here. isaias knocked out power in new york, new jersey. utilities really struggling to get those back online here. we don't know what caused it here but we're watching this this morni

i worked with general motors at the time. i retired from them after 41 years. >> so when did you leave for korea? in january 1, 1952. i got over there in february of 1952. >> where did you land? george: i landed in jeong. i went to japan first. >> what was your unit? george: i was not assigned to any unit at that time but i got assigned to the fourth region -- the fourth division of two 23rd 3rd regiment.2 i was on the front line. i wife's birthday is on february 12 and i was on the front line right after the day of her birthday, if i'm a member that. -- if i remember that. regiment?d 223rd 223rd regiment for the adam company. i was having a brain cramp. so you were added to the front line one after the birthday of your life in 1952. inre was it -- your wife 1952. where was it? told we were the worrisome troops in korea. -- do younumber remember the name of the camps? wildernesswas in the . i went on patrol from that group and we went another two miles into north korea. i think we were in north korea at the time. my squad lea

. >> so -- i worked for general motors at the time when i was drafted and retired from them after 41 years. >> so when did you leave for korea? >> let's see. i left in january 1st, 1952, got over there in february 1952. >> where did you land in korea? >> i landed in -- i went to japan first and then shipped around there. >> and wafs your unit? >> i wasn't signed to any unit at that time but i got assigned in the fourth division, item company. >> 220? >> 223rd. >> regiment. and? >> and i went to almost immediately the front line. my wife's birthday is february 12th and i was on the front line right after the day after her birthday. that's why i remember that. >> you said 223 regiment. what battalion? >> 223 regiment and the 4th division -- the 223rd item company. i'm having a brain cramp. >> so you went right to the front line one day after the birthday of your wife? >> right. >> in 1952. >> 1952. >> where was it? >> it was in the rolling hill area and we were on out posts a mile and a half in front of the main line. i was told we were the most -- i don't know if it was true or not --

more than 10 million cars were made last year and general motors is investing $1 billion to build carsting over thousand jobs and modernizing two american plants adding 2,000 jobs. biden has a knack for promising to do things that have already been done. but it's nice to see him following leno and seinfeld to host car shows in their retirement. >> laura: and you also have the issue with a car that appears more up to date than the candidate. >> and the carar is from 1967. laura, did you notice the bird competing with biden and that bad? this is a theme and this is like wilmington over there. >> trump hasic not been tweeting again this morning. i call him president tweedy. inspector general to make sure where that money went. >> the president is focused and that is the geese in the background. >> the dr. doolittle of delaware, laura. and when he always talks about that shotgun he has, the shotgun. i believe, i'm a hunter, and i have a shotgun. he can't even blessed that shotgun to clear the geese out. while you were out this week, raymond, biden's mental acuity was questioned. i can't be

we have a note out this morning on general motors about their ev and battery assets.be as much as $100 billion. it may not be worth anything unless they can carve it out and give it a currency to bring the world smartest people together and hire a team away from tesla to run the unit. something of that nature. alix: you think they will do that? adam: there has been awareness at gm for many years to do something radical. we think that awareness is now at an urgency level, and now there is a gap between urgency and execution. i would ask you, can i turn the table to you, if you had a son or daughter that was a nobel prize, store software engineer, where you think they could have a better shot of changing the world and doing something that could be impactful on global energy policy? tesla, with elong at working with jeff bezos, or going to a traditional auto company and reporting to five players and being compensated in the stock of the company that might be hurt by your success? when you think of it in that context, they have to do something. alix: i wonder to tie that