some of the unknowns are what is jared isaacman's thoughts for example on climate change?tfolio for nasa are earth observing satellites used by s-- by scientists to measure the climate emergency and he said precious little about that. he did offer up once we long ago that -- not long ago where he says it is a false choice to say you have to make a choice between space exploration and fixing the climate on earth. beyond that we do not know much about that. the science mission of nasa important. he has proposed a mission to use a spacex starship to go and re-boost the hubble space telescope which nasa has rebuffed. that might change. and then ultimately, he is going to have to make a decision on whether to continue with that boeing starliner capsule, which brought sonny williams and butch wilmore to the space station. will it ever fly again for nasa? you could say there is a conflict of interest here given his close association with ace-x and elon musk, given that that is the alternative to the boeing spaceship. lots of questions about how much elon musk will have a say in t

. >> reporter: jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a spacewalk in 2024.rivate business and china pushing to go farther, faster. >> our thanks to tom costello for that look back. and our thanks to you for getting up early today and watching "early today." i'm jessica layton. lleeha a trsy. i' s you tomorre rohi, i'm greg. i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. after working 25 years in the automotive industry, i retired. eight years ago, i just didn't feel like i was on my game. i started taking prevagen and i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. give it a try. i want it to help you just like it has helped me. i've been taking prevagen for eight years now and it is still helping me tremendously. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. >>> officials this morning investigating a deadly christmas day plane crash in kazakhstan. nearly 40 people are dead. what an

jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a space walk in 2024. from here, brooks curry looks like a perfect world. he's now president elect. trump's choice to lead nasa. there were more space tourist flights in 24, and a private probe named odysseus landed on the moon, but then tipped over. 2025 will be a year of private business and china pushing to go farther, faster. for today, tom costello, nbc news, washington. well, today is the end of an era for the market that's provided the flowers for so many family moments, from weddings and anniversaries to memorials and other ceremonies. san francisco flower market is moving. this is after nearly six decades in south of market district. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joining us now on kris. this is really an iconic market. i've been there a few times. oh, yes, they are trying to move the bay area forward by helping this market stay alive. now, the physical move to a different location is just one of the big changes. the other is that after 112 years in business, the san francisco flower market is going

of trepidation, elon will be not be dictating space policy, but he put, someone he knows well, jared isaacmane nasa administrator. people at nasa ought to be concerned when you look at the results of the spacex, it has produced over the last ten or 15 years compared to nasa. nasa has launched one rocket since 2011 and spacex has has launched 400. elon musk and the trump administration will seek more efficiency from the space agency. why has nasa only launched one rocket in the last few years? well, it's a complicated story, but basically the government moves slow. it operates through cost plus contracts, and there is not really an incentive to go fast. for a number of years, nasa you can be sure every year they will get your budget. with spacex you had to kill your food to keep living. how does the public feel about nasa, is it still inspiring? there are a couple of things nasa did well, like the parker solar probe. they launched a probe to study dark energy and jupiter. no commercial company will launch a probe to study the sun. these are things that space agencies do, but the other thing th

jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a space walk in 2024. from here, brooks curry looks like a perfect world. he's now president elect trump's choice to lead nasa. there were more space tourist flights in 24, and a private probe named odysseus landed on the moon, but then tipped over. 2025 will be a year of private business and china pushing to go farther, faster. for today, tom costello, nbc news, washington. up next, it has been 20 years since a deadly tsunami hit southeast asia. hear from the survivors who witnessed the natural disaster. and we've got light rain coming down right now. expect to see that continuing but intensifying overnight, just in time for that friday morning commute. all cold, causing headaches for many commuters in the east coast. the sinkhole opened up on interstate on an interstate in new jersey, about 35 miles northwest of newark. it shut down traffic this morning. the department of transportation is right now detouring drivers until the sinkhole can be repaired, but the weather is making that more difficult than u

. - billionaire jared isaacman became the first privately—funded individual to walk in space. sailing for private industry. astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams were sent to the international space station on a brand—new spacecraft called starliner, developed by boeing. but, because of technical issues, they couldn't come back on starliner, leaving them there for months rather than weeks. but they didn't seem to mind. this year also saw nasa send a probe to one of the moons ofjupiter called europa, which has an unusual icy surface. you can see cracks and ridges, which has been caused byjupiter�*s powerful gravity stretching and squashing it. and it's that movement that scientists believe has melted the ice underneath to create a vast, salty ocean. china's chang'e spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon and returned samples from the lunar surface to earth. and, on the ground, there was a spectacular display of the northern lights — one of the great wonders of the universe. when ukraine's largest children's hospital was struck by a missile injuly, all fingers pointed

president-elect also announcing the nomination of billionaire tech ceo and commercial astronaut jared isaacman to head nasa. >> and that was lauren lister reporting for us. trump announced more picks for key posts today, including white house counsel and chair of the sec didn't publicly address hanks f or respond to reports about desantis. >> our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now. lauren, still like a hazy. it makes for some nice color as you get. the sun said, not so much predict, but looks pretty sometimes as the sun is rising setting above the bay area. but outside right now. yeah, it has been hazy in spots. no. getting around that. we've got high pressure that's been kind of just sitting overhead and really not much in the way of wind to mix out some of that haze. so we've had a little bit of an offshore flow. that's about the warm weather to the bay area. also, some of that haze even along the cmastline. you can see it right now as you look out from our mount tam cam, you see that kind of that gray out there right now over the bay and all the sensors picking up on into lot

from linda mcmahon and jared isaacman, the billionaires have a combined net worth of $13 billion.ssadors. those worth $100 million or more and those like scott bessent and dr. oz. trump is still the wealthiest in his cabinet with the net worth of $6.4 billion. $4 billion of that coming from his stake in djt or truth social. the record wealth in the cabinet creates ethics issues and divestitures. howard lutnick won't be selling shares in the open market, so it is possible he could transfer shares to some kind of trust or family related trust. chris wright will have to sell about $40 million in stock in liberty energy and scott bessent will likely step down from his hedge fund. since musk and ramaswamy are not members of the cabinet, they are not bound to the same laws. dom, this is going to be interesting to watch given the conflict of interest rules and how they divest and handle assets. of course, going forward, how they handle potential conflicts of interest. >> robert, can you take us through the mechanics again? if they have to divest the financial interests they have at their

elon musk, vivek ramaswamy, howard lutnick, warren stevens, jared isaacman, steve wycoff, kelly leffler, leaving out musk, their net worth is over $11 billion. musk himself has moved above 400 billion. these people earned is this money, they are successful in their line of business, repeat line of business, that's important because it points out the capitalist nature of this administration, you don't see any socialist or activists in this lineup, they've made their mark, they are largely self-made and are loyal to trump and his policies. many have given generously to trump's presidential campaign. musk gave over $250 million, warren stevens, ambassador to great britain gave 25 million. linda mcmahon nominated to be education secretary, 24 million, howard lutnick, kamala's secretary, $13 million. the left is apoplectic about this. they say we are just are plutocracy, this is the rule of the billionaires, they bought their way into the government and are manipulating it to their own ends. that's the way the socialists see things, business is bad, profit is immoral and success only comes o

caroline: there are pictures of jared isaacman doing that spacewalk.nterlinking going on. we think you for bringing us the latest on the latest from trump administration picks. that does it for this edition of bloomberg technology. don't forget to check out the podcast. you will find it on the terminal, pineapple, spotify and on iheart. with stocks near record highs, this is bloomberg technology. ♪ >> welcome to bloomberg markets. trays are in a bit of a holding pattern waiting for the u.s. jobs report that is set to be released tomorrow morning. let's show you where things are at in the financial markets. s&p 500 little changed at the moment. holding on at 6088, a record high. we will see if we can hang on. the russell 2000 which tracks the small caps

caroline: greatest american success this would jared isaacman, vanessa chief pick from trump is callingcex today. katie roof, we appreciate it. coming up, scott strazik is going to be joining us. this is "bloomberg." ♪ caroline: a looming problem facing ai bloom, how the technology will be powered. the race is on. one of the key players, ge vernova. they hope to produce the sort of power that can put ai in action. here to talk about it, ceo scott strazik. on the back of an investor event, outlining the demand you will be seeing from ai. can you put that into context how much will be increasing? >> ai is one of many factors striving for the first time in 25 years for single load growth. it is ai, electrification of transportation, homes, also u.s. manufacturing are playing roles leading to a substantial increase in load growth right now. we are seeing a number of businesses. we are seeing substantial increase and orders for gas power right now, a grid infrastructure equipment, working with hyper scalars going back to that question on how we decarbonize this increased load growth that is

the shift owned by jared isaacman is the civilian spas walk a few weeks ago and very, very dear friendy helping their communities and going to help themselves. stuart: isaacson is leading nasa in the future, isn't he? >> he s. coming on board to lead nasa, unbelievable. think about the guy that's been all about space and it's his passion and to think that now he's going to put his fingerprints on nasa and future space travel is very, very exciting. working together, there's a great sense of community in helping and our way to help the five businesses and their communities and we're excited about it. stuart: you've got a good partner on the show. and >> you just heard a few of the reasons that energy costs are a big one and another one that wasn't mentioned is crime. you know, crime has an impact and you can't really put an exact dollars and cents number on it. and in retail you can and hospitality and going to impact by this and criminals left on the street and left back out on the street. we get back to more law and order in this country. going to see grocery stores and coming down fo

jared isaacman would lead nasa and also chosen former congressman billy long to run the irs. >>> thent-elect is trying to get his georgia election interference case tossed. he's asserting that the state's courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the white house next month. trump's attorneys point out that the justice department has already dropped two separate federal cases against him. the georgia court of appeals is expected to rule on the matter by next spring. >>> and the u.s. supreme court has just heard a case involving transgender rights. the justices are weighing whether to uphold tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors and it's a case that could determine whether states can ban this type of care. during oral arguments on wednesday, the court's conservative majority appeared to be leaning toward keeping the ban in place. >>> developing now, a murder investigation and a manhunt for the masked gunman who shot and killed the ceo of unitedhealthcare outside a new york hotel. so let's go live to naomi ruchim in new york, what is the ground game for

. >>> president-elect trump has picked billionaire and entrepreneur jared isaacman to lead nasa. he's been to space twice and an area that my next guest sees. roman schweitzer is back. it is great to see you. there are a couple of areas of real opportunity and real threat based on what you're hearing so far from the incoming administration. what are they? >> that is great to be with you, again, kelly. long-term, one issue is china and russia space development and that is space exploration and projects on orbit and into the moon. and then certainly the military aspect of that. and that is been one of the underlying national security principals that we've seen. and then, of course, with nasa, the exploration project, the artemis program and the struggles combined with the rapid acceleration of a commercial market which as many folks know, spacex has really led the charge. we've conducted an analysis and looked at the budgets and the larger segments, launch and leo satellites and slates in leo orbit for military and governmental purposes, and then really some of the more long island

from linda mcmahon, and howard lutnick, to doug burgum, steven feinberg, jared isaacman, and kelly loeffleronaires on the official cabinet will have a combined net worth of over $13 billion. now that is not including, of course, elon musk, or trump's new billionaire ambassadors. the centi-millionaires, and possible billionaires, depending how you count your wealth, includes scott bessent, dr. oz and chris wright. one thing i guarantee none of those people ever had to buy their own [ bleep ] groceries. [ light laughter ] they are probably the only people in the world who do believe trump invented the word. "you mean those stores that sell all of that loose food? [ light laughter ] i thought those were just poorly lit restaurants." hey, i'm not surprised donald trump is picking billionaires. i'm just surprised that if you are a billionaire, you would say yes to spending the next four years getting yelled at by a fake garbage man. i mean what all in exchange for a tax break that you will never even notice. if i was a billionaire, you know what i would do? nothing. [ light laughter ] i mean, i

tech billionaire jared isaacman was nominated for the role yesterday.ce on commercial space missions and conducted the first private space walk. he has no experience working in the federal government, and trump's nominee for defense secretary, pete hegseth, will meet with republican lawmakers on capitol hill today. he is defending himself against new allegations of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse. abc news reports. at least six republican senators have privately signaled they don't support hjorth's confirmation. landlines will become a thing of the past across the country over the next five years, except for california. at&t announced plans to eliminate traditional landline phone service by 2029. the company says its copper wire infrastructure is outdated and maintaining it is expensive. landlines will remain in california, though, because regulators here rejected at&t bid to stop providing the service. next, at 630, no nutcracker. while the san francisco tradition may not go on as planned this year, golden gate park concert series the artist just a

tech billionaire jared isaacman was nominated for that role yesterday.saacman has flown to space twice on commercial space missions and conducted the first private space walk. he has no experience working in the federal government. in washington, pete hegseth is vowing to fight to be confirmed as secretary of defense. he's addressing claims of sexual misconduct and alcohol abuse and insisting trump still supports his nomination. here's abc news reporter christiane cordero. >> pete hegseth says he's not going anywhere, insisting he has president-elect trump's support in his fight to be confirmed as secretary of defense. >> he said keep going. keep fighting behind you. >> all the way. >> so you're in this all the way. >> why would i back down? i've always been a fighter. >> hegseth, facing a barrage of new questions about allegations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement in his prior jobs. >> what you're seeing right now with me is the art of the smear. >> hegseth says he welcomes an fbi background check. what the media is doing r

jared isaacman to run nasa. atkins is very well qualified. he's a former sec commissioner. very well liked in washington as well. isaacman if that name sounds familiar, he's the billionaire pilot and entrepreneur who commanded that private space mission and became the first private astronaut to conduct a space walk. if confirmed, he would be the third nasa administrator to have previously flown in space, including the current nasa administrator, bill nelson. utah senator mitt romney announced last fall he would retire at the end of the term, and that's coming soon as the republican party has changed, romney has gone from his party's top choice to be president to someone the maga calls rino republican in name only. i've been in public service for 25 years. i have learned that politics alone cannot measure up to the challenges we face. our country's character is a reflection not just of its elected officials, but also of its people. i leave washington to return to be one among them and hope to be a voice of unity and virtue for it is only if the american people merit his bene

jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a spacewalk in 2024. he's now president trump's choice to lead nasa. we're. brooks curry looks like a perfect little command engine start. two one. ignition. we're gaining. there were more space tourist flights in 24, and a private probe named odysseus landed on the moon, but then tipped over. 2025 will be a year of private business and china pushing to go farther, faster. that was tom costello reporting for us. now to the warriors and lakers. they went head to head at chase center on christmas day. basically steph curry versus lebron james steph took the show. the warriors were down by four with 15 seconds to go in the game. steph hit that three. but then with less than nine seconds to go he scores again tying the game. but then the lakers ended up scoring. the warriors dropped the thriller 115 to 113. christmas day means many things, including nfl football, and this year the games were streaming on netflix. the first one saw the super bowl champion kansas city chiefs beating the pittsburgh steelers with

jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a space walk in 2024.erfect world. he's now president elect. trump's choice to lead nasa. there were more space tourist flights in 24, and a private probe named odysseus landed on the moon, but then tipped over. 2025 will be a year of private business and china pushing to go farther, faster. for today, tom costello, nbc news, washington. well, christmas day meant many things for bay area sports fans, including warriors basketball and nfl football. this year, though, no niners, the games were streaming on netflix. as we told you yesterday morning, the first one sawhe super bowl champion kansas city chiefs beat the pittsburgh steelers with a final score of 29 to 10, and marcus's beloved baltimore ravens flew away with the lead against the houston texans. final score was 31 to 2. but for many of those watching, including marcus, the real highlight of the game was the halftime show. the texas ain't no hold on. lay your cards down, down, down, down. but as marcus pointed out, it is texas. it was in houston. thi

president elect trump wants paul atkins to run the securities and exchange commission, and jared isaacman nasa. now, atkins is very well qualified. he is a former sec commissioner. well-liked in washington. isaacman if that name sounds familiar, he is the billionaire pilot and entrepreneur who commanded that private space mission to become the first private astronaut to conduct a space walk. if confirmed, he would actually be the third nasa administrator to have previously flown in space, including the current nasa administrator, bill nelson. utah senator mitt romne, meantime, announced he would retire at the end of his term. we've known that since last fall, but now the end is coming soon. as the republican party changed, romney went from his party's top choice to be president to someone maga calls a rino. that's republican in name only. i've been in public service for 25 years. i have learned that politics alone cannot measure up to the challenges we face. our country's character is a reflection not just of its elected officials, but also of its people. i leave washington to return to b

. >> jared isaacman, as nasa administrator adam boehler. envoy for hostage affairs michael whatley as rnc chair again long time loyalist peter navarro who was recently released from prison after he was convicted of contempt of congress, would be his senior trade and manufacturing counselor and daniel driscoll, as secretary of the army thank you for joining this very busy news day cnn news central starts after a break cnn heroes, an all star tribute. >> meet and celebrate the honorees. then find out who will be hero of the year, plus a special tribute to michael j. fox cnn heroes, an all star tribute sunday at eight on cnn so what are you thinking i'm thinking about our honeymoon. >> what about africa safari? >> hot air balloon ride. >> swim with elephants. wait, can we afford a safari? great question. >> like everything takes a little planning. >> or put the money towards a down payment on a ranch in montana with horses let's take a look at those scenarios jp morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools like wealth plan

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new administration with more than a dozen wednesday alone, including billionaire entrepreneur jared isaacmanaacman has flown to space twice on commercial missions by spacex, whose ceo elon musk, of course, is a top trump ally. hoda? >> all right, peter alexander at the white house. peter, thanks. >>> also this morning, we're learning more about an alarming incident in northern california, a gunman opening fire at an elementary school, injuring two students. nbc's liz kreutz joins us with new details this morning. liz, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, savannah. it happened near oralville, california, an hour outside sacramento. at a small private elementary school. authorities say the two victims are boys, ages 5 and 6. currently in extremely critical condition. and they say the gunman may have targeted the school over its religious affiliation. >> reporter: this morning, new questions about why a man with a gun opened fire at this elementary school in rural northern california. >> shots fired. 27 cox lane between highway 70 and simpson road. >> reporter: police say the first 911

. >> reporter: jared isaacman became the first commercial astronaut to perform a spacewalk in 2024.ine start. two, one. ignition. >> reporter: there were more space tourist flights '24 and a private probe named odysseus landed on moon but then tipped over. 2025 will be a year of private business and china pushing to go farther, faster. >> thanks to tom for that report. >>> and up next, the final box office battle of 2024. you are watching msnbc. search hospital save lives. woman: cancer doesn't care how old you are, and it's devastatingly scary. if you're donating to st. jude, you're supporting finding a cure, because the fight never stops. narrator: every gift counts, and whatever you can give will make a difference for children like gideon. make your donation today to help st. jude save lives. if you're living with dry amd, you may be at risk for developing geographic atrophy, or ga. ga can be unpredictable—and progress rapidly—leading to irreversible vision loss. now there's something you can do to... ♪ ( slow. it. down.) ♪ ♪ ( get it goin' slower.)♪ ask your doctor about izervay

will have billionaires and millionaires than any in history, from mcmahon to howard lutnick, jared isaacman cabinet will have a combined net worth of over $13 million. now, that is not including of course elon musk or trump's billionaire ambassadors, the millionaires and possible billionaires depending on how you count your wealth, includes scott bessent, dr. oz, and chris wright. trump is wealthier than any of his cabinet members with trump's current net worth about $6.4 billion. of course $4 billion of that coming from his stake in the publicly traded djt. the record wealth of the cabinet also creates unprecedented ethics issues and possible divestitures. howard lutnick said he will step down from his three companies and divest shares in the publicly traded bcg group, and newmark, he said he won't be selling the shares on the open market so perhaps he could be transferring them to sol kind of family trust or trust. chris wright will have to sell about $40 million of stock in his company, liberty energy. scott bessent could step down from his hedge fund. there could be a key man risk there

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