i am ritika gupta with the bloomberg business flash.d it is riding a wave of attention after users drove a stock market frenzy. the company says it raised 250 billy -- $250 million. trimming its loss outlook for the fiscal year, a sign that the beleaguered japanese automaker nissan is recovering from the worst of the coronavirus impact. the sun expects a net loss of $5.1 billion. -- nissan expects a net loss of $5.1 billion. for the first time ever, the average yields on the u.s. junk bonds fell below 4% come investors seeking a haven from over low interest rates, keeping piling into an asset class historically known for its high yield. the majority of new issues have been hugely oversubscribed, even though it is in the riskiest triple etf junk. that is the bloomberg business flash. francine: talking about some of these junk bonds come i want to show you exactly what is going on, and there could be -- it could be symptomatic of the reflation trade that we see in the last couple of weeks. if we have the data, let's bring it up so i can s

vin gupta is an msnbc medical contributor and dr.blackstock is a yahoo medical contributor and founder of contributing heath equity. i have spent so much time in the past year with the three of you dissecting some terrible news that it is really, really nice to see all of you as we have this element of hope that we get to talk about tonight? johnson & johnson says it can provide 20 million shots by the end of the month. what does that mean at the speed at which we're going to begin to see communities begin to be vaccinated? >> alone it adds incrementally full injection. one dose means you've received full immunity. so 20 million means 20 million more people. but it also comes at the foot of two other pieces of good news for vaccines this weeks. one is that moderna and pfizer said they can increase their allotment over 140 million over the next five weeks. all of this means more vaccines in all arms. if we can do it right from the distribution and equity component. >> dr. gupta, you tweeted these you say the lungs on the right show wh

gupta, next. >>> good statistic, covid vaccine doses administers outnumber new cases 10/1.ay by the way because of how much volume that we have of the vaccine. those are the types of numbers we need if we are go to win, variants and cases versus vaccine. we want to see cases going down. that means masking up. we know that. we need to get the language right. have you been hearing the words variants and strains kind of interchangeably? they are not the same thing. when a virus becomes stronger, then it is a new strain. it is a meaningful distinction. two of the strains already here appear to be more contagious. with the strain linked to the u.k. on track to become the predominant one next month. the only way you get to the finish line is by taking big steps. that is why you see yankee stadium and the nfl committing to use every single stadium. there is a lot of talk about treating this like a war, but it has taken more than a year to put troops in the field. all talk and no walk. it is a mistake. the last administration did not even plan for success in getting the vaccine bec

gupta: it is interesting.hat is a point that needs to be debated because of the fact we are in a situation where the virus is mutating and we are having trouble keeping up with it. we need to design the next generation of vaccines because we don't know whether people will be protected or not, even if they are under 50, we may see the virus escaping from natural immunity and vaccines and causing infections and even deaths in those who are vaccinated. that is one potential outcome. i think we need to plan against this by having the next batch of vaccines. also, opening debates about how we are going to deal with this virus in the longer term. elimination is one extreme and vaccination plus relaxation of social freedoms on the other. i don't have a view on this right now. i think mort needs to be learned about where this virus is going and how the vaccines are working. there are big gaps. guy: thank. i greatly -- thank you very much. i greatly appreciate it. back to the markets, then the shares are soaring. that

gupta. dr. gupta, good to see you again. let's talk about the fact that the biden administration says it could start shipping 3 million to 4 million doses of johnson & johnson vaccine as early as next week if approved tomorrow as expected. how big a game changer is this? >> good morning, andrea. good to see you. this is a huge shot in the arm to get all americans vaccinated as quickly as possible. as you know, it's one shot. the storm requirements are much easier. you don't need arctic temperatures like with the moderna and in some cases the pfizer vaccine. so this is huge for our rural, ex-urban areas for place where is vaccine confidence is not as high as we'd like it to be. selling on one shot an effective vaccine, one shot versus two, i think strategies like that need to at least be considered. this is the broader point here just to emphasize what dr. fauci mentioned earlier. we need to make sure there's vaccine confidence across all vaccines. i'm hearing from patients, from people that

ritika: with the first word news, i am ritika gupta.anet yellen is making her case for congress to pass the biden coronavirus stimulus plan. yellen says the u.s. can return to full employment if the package is enacted. without the package, he says it made -- she says it may take until 2025. donald trump second impeachment trial is almost certain to end in acquittal but it will still deliver a public reckoning for his presidency and influence whether his supporters continue to dominate the republican party. the trial begins tomorrow in the senate. u.k. exports to the eu have fallen as much as two thirds fins brexit. that is according to a truckers group that sends -- that says trade is being held up by new red tape and says 75% of trucks from the eu are returning empty because there are no goods to transport. in london brent oil rose above $60 a barrel for the first time in more than a year. it is another milestone in the remarkable comeback to the biggest demand destruction in a generation. the coronavirus pandemic led to lockdowns and

ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta.ilver has taken center stage in the retail investment frenzy. they sent the metal to a five-month high today, and that is fueling a debate over the power of reddit inspired investors to take assets even higher. in myanmar, a big step back for the country's transition to democracy. the military has detained -- and declared a state of emergency very year. they say they took the action in response to voter fraud, and the military will hold a free and fair election after the emergency is over. and president biden meets today with 10 republican senators who have an alternative plan for coronavirus release, calling for $600 billion in spending, less than 1/3 of what the president wants. it is an opportunity for both sides to begin talks on a bipartisan deal. at the same time, democrats could pursue the biden proposal without republican support. the ceos of exxon mobil and chevron reportedly discuss a possible merger last year, according to dow jones. the two largest u.s. old companies -- u.s

ritika: with the first word news, i am ritika gupta.sident biden and republican senators have agreed to keep negotiating a bipartisan coronavirus relief package, but the president made clear he will keep pushing for a large relief measure even if he has to bypass the republicans. president biden once about as much as three times as republicans are offering. mitch mcconnell has waded into the intraparty fight over gop representative marjorie taylor greene. mcconnell not mention her by name but announced her lies in conspiracy theories. house democrats are threatening to punish green if republican officials do not take action over her past incendiary remarks and social media post. here in new york, we are being hammered by a snowstorm that could become one of the worst in the region's history. forecasters say the worst is over. still, the city could end up getting as much is of snow. rail and air services at a standstill and roads are impassable at some points. harley davidson posted a surprise loss in the fourth quarter. motorcycle shipm

i'm ritika gupta.re's never been a day like this in the senate. donald trump faces an unprecedented second impeachment trial beginning today. it will start with a debate on whether the proceeding is constitutional. tomorrow, the house impeachment managers and trump's defense team each will begin up to 16 hours of presentation. the former president is virtually assured of acquittal. it would take a 2/3 majority to get a conviction. in myanmar, police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons at crowds. b and marv -- myanmar's military leader has publicly defended his actions, claiming the election was tainted by voter fraud. tesla revealed that it had bought $1.5 billion of the world's largest digital currency. the company also said it would accept bitcoin as a form of payment for its electric vehicles. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ when you switc

i'm ritika gupta.trump's impeachment team is counting on a couple of words from the former president's speech on january 6. they will lean heavily on trump's use of "peacefully and patriotically" when they make their case in the senate. that is part of the defense against the charge that trump incited a mob of supporters to storm the capitol. house impeachment managers cited his prompt to "fight like hell." myanmar's leadership will not be able to access about $1 billion in government fund held in the u.s.. the president says that humanitarian support to the country will reign in place. president biden -- will remain in place. president biden is promising to act fast for further coronavirus relief, including $1400 checks. according to a survey conducted for bloomberg news, more than 1/3 of like a recipients plan to stash the money for later. that compares with 23% who said they did so with last april's check. iran is reportedly producing a material that could be used to make the core of a nuclear weapo

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i'm ritika gupta. biden raising a number of concerns in his first phone call as president with chinese leader xi jinping. according to the white house account, the president spoke about china's coercive and unfair economic practices. he also brought up human rights abuses and restrictions on political freedom in hong kong. house democrats are building a case against donald trump using his own words, and chilling new video of the storming of the u.s. capitol as lawmakers escaped. they laid out their case during opening arguments as the impeachment trail in the senate. one of those arguments, that the former president tried to stoke down about the election months in advance. in japan, former prime minister yashiro mori will reportedly resign as the head of the olympic committee in japan after comments that adding women to the board of the committee would lead to more talking. disney faces a high bar when it reports quarterly earnings after markets closed today. the company is writing a wave of enthusiasm

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sanjay gupta and surprise guest for kickoff in tampa, tomorrow at 2:30 eastern right here on cnn.efinitely watch and jim is going to handle the show on monday so i could stay up and watch the super bowl. >> sure. let's have a $5 bet who will win. >> $100 for tom brady. >> you heard it. $5. >> and thank you to all of you for joining us this week. it is great to have you. a big week next week so i'll be here on monday morning. >> i'm jim sciutto. "newsroom" with kate bolduan starts after a short break. when we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer. because our customers love it. see for yourself, at carvana.com. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hails

francine: let's get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. ritika: it is the biggest management change at amazon since jeff bezos founded the company in his garage more than 25 years ago. bezos will step down as the ceo of the world's largest online retailer in the third quarter. his replacement will be andy jassy, who runs amazon's cloud computing unit, a fast-growing division that has changed the way company -- the way companies' biotechnology powers businesses. ended democrats have moved to put president biden's stimulus plan on a fast-track. open debate on a budget resolution for the 2021 fiscal year, a move that would clear the way for the stimulus package to pass with a simple majority rather than the 16 -- the 60 vote threshold needed. janet yellen dealing with the tumult involving the gamestop shares and online broker robinhood. the treasury secretary's meeting with financial regulators to discuss market volatility. he wants to know if -- former european central bank president mario draghi has been approached to become the next prime

i am ritika gupta with the "first word news."up of 10 republicans will present their proposal. to president biden today. republicans mostly rejected the president's $1.9 trillion proposal. still, the president has said he hopes both sides can negotiate a bipartisan deal. former president trump is named two trial lawyers to represent him at his upcoming impeachment trial. he parted ways with his previous defense team over the weekend. according to reports, they left after trump wanted to argue the election had been stolen from him by massive fraud. the foreign ministry says both the u.s. must reverse a series of key sanctions that allow -- both the u.s. and iran are calling on each other to restore the international agreement. in russia, more than 4000 people were arrested in a second straight week of anti-putin protests. a russian court is preparing to have -- hand the opposition leader a three and a half year prison term. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake, powered by over 2700 journalists and analysts in more

gupta, why aren't there more vaccines here? why isn't the johnson & johnson getting distributed more quickly? >> the end of week is when the fda is viewing that briefing document. they're taking their time. the fda has gone a lot through the last year, at times politicized, but they are looking at data in ways no other countries look at. i suspect we will see an emergency authorizationjohnson & johnson one shot by end of weekend potentially, which will be great for all of us. >> olivia, we have the benefit and experience of you on the show, but none is more searing, i imagine, than knowing we didn't have to be here. joe biden didn't begin his day today paying tribute to 500,000 americans two died with covid. it's a pandemic, but our response is abysmal, the worse in the world. you were on that task force. what are you feeling today, when you see the new president, as claire said, unleashing -- sarah palin might use the word unshackling the scientists, letting that drive policy and stay out of the way and do the presidential par

gupta says groups of vaccinated people should still be careful when gathering in public. >> the reasonaying please don't do that quite yet is you might be exposed, you might go home and expose somebody in your household that has yet get the vaccine. >> and when will it be safe to travel, attend weddings, baby showers, and dr. gupta says pack your patience. >> a lot of folks have plans that they have put off since 2020 when will it be safe to do those gatherings. >> i think realistically, august, september time frame is very reasonable to hope for. a lot has to go right between now and then. >> when it comes to every day activities, experts say getting vaccinated will reduce your risk of getting sick, when going to the grocery store or gym, getting a haircut, dining out and even returning to work and the more people who get their shots, the faster we'll see a return to everything we have missed for the past ten months. >> what is it you're looking forward to most? >> a lot of travel. >> peace of mind. >> the yankee games. >> i want to be with people i love and i want to hug them. >> for

vin gupta at the institute of health metrics and evaluation. dr.demic, which will be the biggest change for these schools? >> good evening. you know, i think what is notable about the guidelines is what is not present. let me first start by saying, mitigation is really difficult to do well. so if we're going to require schools once they get assistance in the form of the american rescue plan funding to implement testing, which is a key cog guidance, if we're expecting teachers to enter the schools safely, we want to make sure that they have adequately ventilated rooms and these guidelines don't really talk about that. 41% of schools, according to the gao, need updates on the ventilation systems and these guidelines don't really talk about that. so there is a dissonance between what is needed to keep schools safe and what these guidelines emphasize, there is a bit of concern and i worry that it will take longer for school districts across the country to feel like they're meeting cdc guidance to keep schools safe versus just vaccinating teachers and b

vin gupta. and dr. black stock is a yahoo! news medical contributor and founder of advancing health equity. i have to say i have spent so much time in this past year with the three of you, die seccing terrible news, that it's really really nice to see all of you as we have this element of hope anatomy we get to talk about. dr. bedealia johnson & johnson says it can provide 20 million shots by the end of the month. what does that mean for the speed at which we are seeing communities vaccinating. >> i think alone it adds incrementally more doses. one dose with johnson & johnson means you achieve full immunity pu need two doses with the other two. 20 million means 20 million more people. but also at the foot of other good news for the vaccines. one is that moderna and pfizer have said they can increase their allotment by 100 million over the next five weeks. it means more vaccines in more arms. if we do it right from the distribution and equity component. >> we'll talk about those components. but dr. gupta you tweeted these "extr

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sanjay gupta. great to have you. i, over breakfast, this morning, try not to think too hard about what a compound fracture is because it sounds horribly painful. what do you hear in that statement from the doctor? >> yeah, no, it's tough to think about. certainly first thing in the morning or any time. he had significant injuries to his -- to the lower part of his right leg. that's what they're talking about in this. open fracture. that basically means it was open. the bone actually coming through the skin. comminuted, different areas of the tibia and fibula, the two bones of the lower leg. at least a couple of different places where those bones were fractured. so there was a lot of energy that was absorbed into the ankle that had a lot of fractured bones and then into the lower part of his leg. so that's what we know. we also know that the muscles around those bones became quite swollen and if you think about if you feel your own leg, the muscles, you feel the muscles and they're encased by a harder layer of tissue,

vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist had some answers.it a free pass? can they loosen up on wearing masks or washing hands? >> no, unfortunately. not until immunity, midsummer, you still need to wash your hands, good hand hygiene, distance, avoid nonessential travel. >> reporter: for these folks getting the vaccination, my parents included wherngs they ask what does this mean, what do you tell them? can they still get sick? >> the importance of a vaccine is it will prevent you from getting very sick. all the vaccines that currently exist will keep you out of the icu and save your life. >> reporter: dr. gupta says even if you're vaccinated, you need to be cautious because the data is unclear on whether vaccinated people can still transmit the virus to others. a big question from our group, when can they visit safely with loved ones? >> i want to see family, our granddaughter we haven't seen in over a year. >> reporter: some doctors say if everyone in a small group is vaccinated they can form an immunity bubble and privately gather without

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here is ritika gupta.a: present guided -- president biden and republican senators have agreed to keep negotiating a bipartisan relief package. the president made it clear he would keep pushing large relief measures. he wants about three times as much in the bill as republicans are offering. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell has waded into the interparty fight over representative marjorie taylor greene. he denounced what he called her loony lies and conspiracy theories. house democrats are threatening to punish her if republicans do not take action over her past incendiary marks and social media moves. in new york, we are being hammered by a snowstorm that could become one of the worst in history. the city could get as much as 20 inches of snow. rail service is at a standstill. roads are impassable at points. chancellor angela merkel has promised all germans a vaccination by the end of the year. she has come under fire after pushing for the european union to take a lead on vaccine purchasing. riddick

tom: with bloomberg news in new york, your is ritika gupta. ritika: how's prosecutors have concluded the case in president trump's impeachment trial. they say they have proven the president incited insurrection caret trump's lawyers will present their own case today. they will include video presentations, perhaps an attempt to counter the prepping video how's prosecutors showed. i house committee has approved $1400 payment to millions of americans. those checks will be part of president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. the plan also okayed tax credits to children. that will be mailed out on a monthly basis. the u.s. has wrapped up deals for 200 million additional vaccine doses from pfizer and moderna. president biden says that would give the government enough vaccine supplied to inoculate all americans. the delivery date has been moved up to the end of july. the pay and the eu are still locked in this -- the u.k. and the eu are still locked in a standoff over northern ireland. the brexit deal cap northern ireland in the custom

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this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i am ritika gupta.et yellen is making her case to congress to pass the biden stimulus plan. yellen says the u.s. can return to full employment next year if it is enacted. without it, yellen says it may take until 2025. donald trump's second impeachment trial is almost certain to end in acquittal. it will deliver a public reckoning for a presidency and influence whether his supporters continue to dominate the republican party. the impeachment trial begins tomorrow in the senate. in london, brent oil rose above $60 a barrel for the first time in more than a year, another milestone in a remarkable comeback. the coronavirus pandemic led to lockdowns and grounded planes. tom brady is still super. the 43-year-old quarterback took his new team to a win in the super bowl. it was brady's record seventh super bowl win, the other seven with the -- the other six with the new inlet patriots. he was most valuable player. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalis

s sanjay gupta. you and i have been talking about this since february. hit a half million lives lost in the u.s. in this pandemic. we were at 400,000 just 37 daze ago. the number of deaths, it seems like it's going down. but we are losing people at an alarming pace. >> right. losing people at an alarming pace that would have been unimaginable certainly at this time last year or even several months ago. jake, it's one of these things -- i think it's one of the longer discussions that you and i have. this idea that there was such concern and there is still concern, but such concern at the beginning when a few people's lives were lost. somewhat ironically, as more people have died, there's almost this empathy fade. we become too inyo-- i'm glad h does that piece and reminds us there are stories behind the numbers. this should never feel normal. what else can we say? i remember a year ago, we could not believe we would possibly get to 60,000 by august or whatever the number was by that point. i cannot look at that side of the screen in any way think that tha

i am ritika gupta.rg. ♪ >> the price swings are while. >> gamestop, mc, blackberry and the like. >> it is a casino atmosphere. >> to me, it sounds a lot like market manipulation. >> we do not need congress to save everybody. >> the financial stability perspective still is robust. >> everyone is talking about rational or irrational exuberance. >> it will probably end in tears for a lot of retail investors and hedge funds. tom: a great set of voices. a special thanks to governor carney, the former governor of the bank of england who digressed from climate change to give us candid comments about this moment. lisa abramowicz and tom keene on radio and television. we are thrilled edward vander ball joins us. we usually speak to him on anything to do with the markets. it will be bitcoin at 34,000. today he is a commodity expert on silver. the distinction is non-tangible or intangible paper assets, derivative assets versus the tangibility of a delivered commodity. why is silver different? edward: silver is a c

i'm ritika gupta.sident biden intends to keep pushing for a large pandemic relief bill, even if he has to bypass senate republicans. the president and 10 gop senators have what one lawmaker called a very productive meeting on stimulus options. a white house spokeswoman says there were areas of agreement, but also areas the republican plan doesn't address. the president once a package about three times as large as republicans are offering. it is an early milestone in the race to end the pandemic, but more americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine that have tested positive for the virus. as of yesterday, 26 .5 million americans had gotten one or both doses. the u.s. has been administering shots at a faster daily rate in any country in the world. in moscow, a russian court is deciding whether to jail opposition leader alexey navalny for up to three and a half years. prosecutors want to navalny to serve the term in prison instead of the suspended sentence he received for a full conviction in

let's get to first word news with ritika gupta. ritika: charter secretary janet yellen predict the u.s. can return to full employment next year, only if it enacts a strong enough coronavirus stimulus package. like the one proposed by president biden. he told cbs the job market is in a deep hole. republicans have complained that the president's plan is too expensive. president biden promised a different kind of relationship with china's xi jinping then donald trump had. the president told cbs news there will be competition but not conflict between the two nations. he said there is no particular reason why he has not spoken with xi yet. vaccine developers are working on a new shot to fight the south african strain of coronavirus. early data suggested the current vaccine from astrazeneca and oxford university has limited impact on the mild disease caused by the variant. and that a new shot should be ready by autumn. a former u.s. secretary of state, george schultz, has died. he served under ronald reagan from more than six years and f

sanjay gupta joining us now. thanks for being with us. many said it couldn't be done.he nfl was able to play the entire season without canceling a game? >> it's impressive. no question about it. if you look at where the country was when they first started the season september 10th, 6 million people in the country were confirmed to have that infection. look where we're ending. around the country, 26 million. the cases clearly have exploded in the country, but the nfl it state of florida, they had a .08% positivity rate, one of the lowest of any organization in the country. i don't know if you realize this, there was never any team to team transmission, out on the field. that did not happen. they did an incredible job of learning, testing, contact tracing, all that stuff and learning as they went along. >> i know you're a proud football michigan alum, just like tom brady. how optimistic are you come august football will be able to get back to normal with stadiums packed with fans? >> i am optimistic, kind of like we still take off our shoes at the airport because of 9/11

i'm ritika gupta.here's never been a day like this in the senate. donald trump faces an unprecedented second impeachment trial beginning today. it will start with a debate on whether the proceeding is unconstitutional. tomorrow, the house impeachment managers and trump's defense team will each begin up to 16 hours of presentation. the former president is virtually assured of acquittal. it would take a 2/3 majority to get a conviction. in myanmar, police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons at protesters. myanmar's military leader has repeated claims that last november's election was tainted by voter fraud. fast spreading coronavirus variant found in the u.k. has now found a foothold in florida. that has prompted concerns about fans who flooded the streets of tampa after the super bowl. florida leads the u.s. in cases of the variant, with 201 infections. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countri

and gupta said i record her as a person of great integrity and kristin clark.ntegrity who i do not believe she's an anti semite. so i know you wanted to hear something more forceful from him. there were questions to him as well, two about the durham investigation, where that will go. he says i have to speak with mr. durham. i'm a great believer in transparency but i have to understand what he's doing. you think we will get the results of that investigation? >> i hope so. i think it would be really dangerous for him to say no, we're going to drop that investigation that would be highly suspicious. would raise a lot of eyebrows and for that reason, i don't -- should he be confirmed, which i suspect he will be, i think would be unwise and very unlikely for him to drop that investigation. as for gupta and for clark, i am going to continue to ask him to answer the question. look, i think he's a good person. he's an honorable man. a decent judge. but he needs to answer the question of whether he supports he's crazy statements. mrs. clark has associated herself in the

ritika: with first-word news, i am ritika gupta. house democrats is dramatic video of the storming of the capital to begin donald trump's second impeachment trial, but they are far from one enough votes. impeachment managers lament their opening arguments, trying to convince the senate to convict the former president of disrupting -- encouraging a mob to disrupt the senate. california has passed new york to become the state with a large number of coronavirus deaf spirit more than 45,000 people have died -- california has averaged 433 deaths a day over the past week. general motors posted better-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter due to strong performance by gm's truck's and suvs. the automaker's forecast for this year missed estimates and gm expects the short-term earnings impact because of the global shortage of semi conductors. coca-cola posted sales that beat expectations, giving the soda maker a boost after a year of lockdown at restaurants and stadiums. meanwhile, they reinstated guidance for organic revenue growth in

there is no minister who is here, who was ever appointed by the guptas, or by anybody else. before the commission on monday but failed to do so. instead, thejudge, has asked the country�*s constitutional court to charge him with contempt of court. one of the things it can do is impose a term of imprisonment on mr zuma, another would be for it to impose a fine. the former president said he would rather go to jail than appear before the commission. he believesjustice zondo is biased against him, an accusation the judge denies. meanwhile, supporters of the former president were marching outside his rural home. the man himself, holed up inside. three years since he left office, but there is still some public sympathy for him. jacob zuma is a freedom fighter of everyone. he fights for this country to be what it is today. so, for me to sayjacob zuma is to be sent to the prison for three months, ah, i don�*t think it�*s an easy thing to say. if there is, then someone needs to answer for it. so, i feel like he should. but also, the means of which they are calling for him to do it, i

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sanjay gupta and maybe even john berman.a cnn bleacher report special tomorrow at 2:30 eastern here on cnn. alisyn, john, back to you. >> coy, thank you very much. can't wait to see that. >> maybe we'll send a live truck to your house to watch. maybe that's just a personal -- >> it's possible. >> we don't want to watch what you do during -- >> it's possible -- just watch. >> oh, that's a tease. all right. whatever happens in sunday's super bowl, the nfl has reason to celebrate. completing a full season in the midst of a pandemic. something no other sport has been able to do. so how did the nfl do it? and what can we learn from it? dr. sanjay gupta reports. >> this is a sport defined by close contact. an environment ripe for transmission. as other people who say, it's absolutely ludicrous to even try this, what do you say to them? >> i feel like it's the right thing to do to try to learn to live with this virus. i really do. >> reporter: dr. alan sills is the chief medical officer for the nfl. he was brought in as a neurosurg

i'm ritika gupta.his is bloomberg. ♪ want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. >> to confront china's economic abuses, counter aggressive, course of action pushed back on china's attack on human rights, intellectual property, and global governance, but we are ready to work with beijing when it is in america's interest to do so. jonathan: in some very specific ways, the new government sounds like the old government. president biden on the dread of china and working with china. tom: i would go there, as well. jonathan: there are subtle differences but it is very similar. i'm not sure it

have implicated the former president in what's known as the state capture scandal both zuma and the gupta family deny the allegations from a to miller is joining us from johannesburg where that inquiry is taking place so what happens next now that the former president has decided to skip this inquiry. well at the moment the commission is addressing that but ultimately dealing with the fact that zuma the former president hasn't appeared despite a summons issued by the commission and also a constitutional court order that city would have to abide by the law and anything else would be undermining it just to give you a better idea of why zuma has not appeared he's made a number of points saying the vet the summons issued for his appearance was irregular and so not valid he's also previously said there's a political agenda against him he says he's been vilified and targeted and he's even gone as far as saying that legal processes have been created to target him and now the commission lawyers have said that the excuse is not valid that essentially it's groundless and there's no basis for the fo

not attend court for his corruption hearing a commission has been hearing allegations the wealthy gupta family used its friendship with zuma to win government contracts and influence policy as many as 36 affidavits have implicated the former president in what's known as the state capture scandal both zuma and the gupta family deny the allegations police in haiti have fought with protesters demanding the resignation of president . officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets and demonstrators who threw rocks and set fire to vehicles always has been in a power struggle with his opponents who say his term ended a week ago but the president says he still has a year left in office. supporters of jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny ignored police warnings and held vigils across the country that used valentine's day to bring attention to his imprisonment but after thousands of arrests in the past few weeks they suspended their major street protests and in baba has more. to say. is not fellow valentine's day they gathered in small groups in various parts of russia to show solidarity w

so very thank you well all surround was is nothing joining me now from london is professor sanjay gupta who's on math as miles 2020 rover mission team which coordinated this week's landing to investigate martian life just tell me about why it's up there and why it's landing in the just 0 crater this way well it's super exciting it's all about you know this sort of deep philosophical question is are we alone in the universe you know or did life arise elsewhere and mars is the most earth like planets and what's today mars looks pretty stark our it and desolate in the ancient past 1000000000 years billions of years ago if you went to moscow you'd have seen late and maybe oceans. and so we could just recreate it because we think it was an ancient lake with the rivers feeding into it and forming a delta and these are the perfect environments of microbial life to form so if we want to answer this question we've got to go investigate the rocks that were formed a prevention conditions but importantly what this mission is doing which is different to previous mission it's the 1st step in bringing

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i'm ritika gupta.s of exxon mobil and chevron reportedly discussed a possible merger last year. according to dow jones, the two largest u.s. oil companies spoke as the coronavirus was hurting oil and gas demand. the talks were described as a primary and are not ongoing. a merger would require an ok from antitrust authorities around the world. exxon and chevron have to climbed to comment. -- expects to lose $1.1 trillion in the year. the continent's biggest discount airline said it is still hopeful for recovering demand depending on the rate of vaccination. the world's richest person again rocks the bitcoin market. elon musk sent prices spiking after he said that bitcoin is a good thing on the social media platform clubhouse. that is your business flash. alix: thank you so much, rick a. coming up -- so much, ritika. coming up, we dig into these trades and the growing scrutiny on trading platforms with the former e*trade ceo. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ sen. warren: it's not about protecting people from makin

vin gupta. dr. vin gupta, how do you put this particular marker in context, 500,000 deaths.t does that mean to you? >> good evening, joshua. i think for most of us in public health and a lot of that feels preventable. had the interventions been taken months ago that are taken now, we would not be looking at 500,000 deaths. warm weather is going to be good, because respiratory virus is about cold, dry air. seasonality will help us as we get into warm climates. vaccinations for all of you, stay vigilant. there are an additional 120 to 150,000. that is not preordained. we can avoid that and stay vigilant as we await a vaccine. >> comorbidity to vaccinations are going up. how clouse clearly the vaccines are coming out of connecticut, if you get the vaccines, the high rlt, deaths dramatically go down. cautiously optimistic that the variants are not going to pose the fear ar a r, and we can see an end to the pandemic hopefully by mid to late summer. >> i want to get to viewer questions, but first, with regard to the vaccines, you pointed out on twitter how all of the vaccines prot

sanjay gupta explains. >> a constant chest pain and pressure. >> i would have some bad brain fog and,e, feelings of confusion. >> what you're hearing is the description of a relatively new phenomenon, post-covid syndrome. many people who have it, like 34-year-old stephanie connedra call themselves long haul he recalls. they were diagnosed with covid, thought they would get better soon, but are still feeling symptoms months later. >> you think about a viral infection like this, you think it's going to resolve, but 11 months later, would you say you're worse now than you were, you know, at the beginning of all this? >> i had a brief period where i felt like i was on the mend, and then the seizures started and then the more complicated issues started. >> reporter: he's always been an on-the-go kind of guy. traveling, rock climbing, running. but last march after waking up in a sweat, he ended up in the hospital for two months. we first spoke last summer. i honestly thought when i would speak to you again we would have having a different conversation. >> last time i spoke to you, i thought

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