j a. jonathan, let's, let's bring you in at this point because it does appear, doesn't it, that there's a stalemate going on. we're seeing very few actual pay negotiations happening. why is neither side, seemingly willing to compromise? well, i mean, that clearly is, is untrue. and i don't think even alex would claim that, that it's that that's a statement of the fact. the fact is that the nurses union, for example, i like refer to the 90 percent. the european union has said very explicitly in public several times that they are willing to compromise and talk about a job and settle for a significantly lower rise in the one they are originally asking for. the government has explicitly refused even to discuss that the same, i believe is true of others who are strike. so it is simply wrong to say that one side is refusing to compromise, and the other is prepared to comprise. the government has simply refused to talk about pay at all. and the unions have said explicitly that they are willing to talk and willing to come up, right. so i think we should be quite clear that that's not what is goin

jonathan: february 14, we will have something to say about that. lisa: valentine's day? just kidding. maybe the po j nomination. tom: a lot of things, at 11:00 a.m. : we get put on flights. tom: washington policy analyst joining us now. of what's important about this is the character of his note, no one rates as lengthy, detailed, smart notes on the hopes to be. ed mills this morning on the momentum on legislation, an open question, where is there momentum of legislation? >> congress would love to do something about china. everything that we saw over the weekend as to the momentum there. congress would like to probably like to look at energy. that was only step one. it's all energy, all the time. that could be a surprise bipartisan win. you can see something on crypto ultimately. tom: is the momentum of legislation for a speaker of the house that does not want to be the next john boehner? >> make sure that your caucuses with you. i think with the speaker would say is that the 15 rounds of votes got a lot of the angst out that the beginning of the process. he can focus on the things the caucus wants to do. this is a caucus that does want to do ener

jonathan: would you like to do that now? tom: i listening deep studying and goldman sachs went out because salomon brothers was big in commodities. they bought into it from j aaron, ammodities are coming full circle. bloomberg reports this morning they made 3 billion large revenue in commodities this year and i'm sorry, like the rate market, like china reopening i feel very full-circle this morning. jonathan: recorded the biggest gain since 2009. tom: don't start rumors. jonathan: let's tie some stories together. i don't think it's over. it's not over. it's weekly about that. look at they were in ukraine the uncertainty isn't over, let me be more specific. the uncertainty is not over and what it means for europe. the central bake still faces some uncertainty. the war on one side china reopening on the other i have no idea what the data will be for the next 12 months. lisa: traders usually do well in volatile times. how do you rearrange that and that, to me, is really the highlight of what we saw yesterday from the fed press conference. we are entering an era but they are not trying to control the market in the same way they used to. this is one of price discovery.

a specific asset class, that's where we take our news and we haven't really seen that. tom: is this the question that he asked rubenstein today? jonathan: that return? [laughter] lisa: financial divisions, js in, bonuses with pay. if the banks become utilities what does it mean for the salaries of the people at these companies. credit suisse talking about delaying bonuses. what's the message for the college graduates wanting to go into the industry. gerard: the bay has come down quite a bit but it is still quite good. you have to remember, 2021 was all-time records. we are coming off a high base. that being said, pay is not what it was 12 or 18 months ago, but there are cycles as we all know in there will be a capital market cycle. ecm will come back, ipl will come back. that's when the bonuses grow. it's very cyclical. jonathan: let's -- tom: let's do this more often. i'm thrilled that you brought three pounds of lobster. [laughter] jonathan: talking about that trip to maine? tom: we fit it in but the weather is tough. lisa: he doesn't like the weather. that's the reason. jonathan: you went there a couple of times. tom: it was a one day sabbatical. jonathan: three-day weekend. i remember