let's get to bloomberg's john edwards the third who can give us more context.ve got darden. on the other hand, you've got costco. we are seeing a different picture. what is happening? >> what we are seeing in both cases is consumers in many cases have money to spend but they are being increasingly picky and selective about where they are spending it and how much they are spending. costco is in a fitting from being, they have a model that appeals to people who can spend money to save money. people who can afford to pay their membership fee to get the deep discounts they offer. they are getting high income consumers who are nevertheless looking to save in this inflationary environment. with darden, you have the olive garden, longhorn steakhouse doing fairly well because people still want to go out and celebrate. some higher end chains are doing less well because people are looking to pull back, if they would have gone to a capital grill instead are going to olive garden. so. jon: that is helpful context. i wonder if we went back a year ago, especially with the re

smith in 2011 lead that indictment of john edwards. they brought these campaign finance charges accusing edwards of using the illegal donations to conceal his mistress from voters. now, edwards fought that. and despite not being a very sympathetic person at the time, certainly not somebody who would rebound in politics at the time, interestingly, he won. edwards secured a not guilty verdict on one charge and a mistrial on the rest, which the doj then declined to try again. jurors explaining that smith's prosecution team, when they looked at all the facts and the way that they waged the case, they just did not have the goods. >> i felt like the evidence just was not there. it could have been more -- yeah, it could have been a lot more, a lot more than what it was. >> could have been a lot more. it was a visible failure, and it came in a context after that same department i mentioned to you, had been reeling from prior criticism tha itt had lost its nerve in terms of gun-shy cases. you had to keep in mind, this kind of loss in court is r

thanks to john edwards.nks are planning to secure a lucrative role in private credit. this is bloomberg. ♪ jon: this is bloomberg markets. time now for today's for what it's worth. how about $1.6 trillion? total assets has now surpassed that amount. that could double in the years ahead. things are racing to get into the action. that is the focus of today's big take. jp morgan and citigroup looking to adapt their leveraged lending businesses to capitalize on that boom. obviously, a big number tied to a big trend. vonnie: exactly. let's discuss with ranesh ramanathan. talk about how this is working and how are the banks able to get in on this without making any rules, regulatory wise or agencywide? ranesh: i think we are seeing this at its nascent stage. banks are still trying to figure how they want to play in the market. as paul pointed out in her article, i will give her a shout out, this is a situation where banks are trying to find a way to replace the fees they lost in the leveraged lending business as p

john edwards calls on us to hope. i'm not talking about blind optimism here. the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will away if we just don't think about it or health care crisis will solve itself, we just ignore it. that's not what i'm talking about. i'm talking about something more substantial. it's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. the hope of setting out for distant shores. the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the mekong delta. the hope of a mill son who dares to defy the odds. the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes america has a place for him to. hold hope in the face of. hope in the face. of uncertainty. the audacity of hope. in the end, that is god's gift to us. the bedrock this nation. a belief in things not seen. a belief that there are better days ahead. believe that we can give our middle class relief. and provide working with a road to opportunity. i believe we can provide jobs to the jobless homes, to the homeless and reclaim young people in cities across, america fr

she's a member of the house january 6th committee, and she also worked for congressman john edwards indent nixon was facing impeachment. congresswoman lofgren, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i want to start by just asking, are you concerned about this precedent that could be made from the supreme court for future presidents if they decide against special counsel jack smith? >> well, that would be extraordinary. and really, the president's u.s. versus nixon. i was actually on the staff and in washington when that case was decided, and the decision was that the president doesn't have absolute immunity. and in that case, of course, nixon was required to hand over the tapes and then, of course, resigned shortly thereafter. you know, this court has occasionally strayed from precedent, but it would be really shocking if they did so in this case. >> ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, was involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and you think justin -- justice thomas should recuse himself in this case? >> well, i do. thinking back to u.s. ve

caller: my name is john edwards, i am at the hospital where my girlfriend just recently had an overdose. after that she plummeted from a bridge. she is okay. she is alive. we believe in love, we believe in spreading love. love is the most important thing christ caught us. child abuse victims are suffering. sexual deviancy is one of e most overcoming things for abuse victims. i believe that is one of our biggest problems in the world, sexual deviancy. it has spread and it is incomprehensible. i know christ taught us that love conquers all tngs and through that love i believee can overcome anything that is before us. i am a victim of sexual abuse from when i was a child. i am very nervous, i am sorry. guest: that is okay. caller: i believe loving somebody and showing them that love will help them in any situation. as i go further in this situation i am in with my girlfriend her and teaching her more about christ and what he taught us, i believe it wl save her from the outcome she has cread for herself. guest: let me comment on that because i can tell you are nervous and you are still feel

i will be rude and go first for louisiana outgoing anti- prison democratic governor john bel edwards look guys, the whole pardon system needs to go away. it is abused. this is a slap in the face think of those victims families. they see this governor on the way out saying okay you get a do over at this point. new orleans was the number one murder capitol in the u.s. in 2022. this governor is not only pardoning murderers, but those who were convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery. tell me how this makes sense i don't care if your democrat or republican we have a justice system that says no, sorry were going to wave it all away big rocks do we have a justice system? works is a very good point. >> i am surprised as 48 murderers in jail down there for him to let out progress there's a great point want to take over? work to his left picked? a florida man watching, hate steals a 50 pound fish straight out of a pond from a bass pro shops have you go into of the stores not only do they have all the equipment there, they have got the pond when it got them stocked with fish the guy went fish

john bell edwards was elected back in 2016 but plans to step down in january 2024 as he reaches his termimit. he's known for his anti-prison stance shortening sentencings and increasing paroles. his state has the most incarcerated in america with more than 1,000 people behind bars for every -- per 100,000. people in louisiana. new reports from the jewish insider say barack obama may have influenced harvard's decision to not oust president gay after her converse y'all congressional hearing on anti-semitism earlier this month. obama reportedly pushed school officials behind closed doors to stick by the embattled school leader. and traveling during the holidays is stressful but officials at the airport in portland, oregon, have a creative way to help. they're using therapy llamas for stress relief. according to airport officials, the llamas were treated like celebrities when they arrived. there they are and those are your headlines. nicole: therapy llamas. will: i think llamas spit. nicole: camels spit. do llamas spit? griff: i can't confirm that. alpacas do but i don't know about llamas. w

alicia: out going louisiana democratic governor john bell edwards in the christmas spirit before leavinge signed off on 56 pardons since mid october including 40 murders and one stabbed his victim 40 times. drug dealers and arsonists on the pardon list and louisiana has the highest incarceration rate per capita of any democracy in the world. brian. brian: even as president biden claims bibs is lowering cost fog cost for hard working families, millions of student borrowers are defaulting on payments despite a three year pause. >> 9 million borrowers did not make their payments in october and 40% of the 22 million student loan borrowers and estimates show even more payments may have been missed in november. the supreme court shot down the president's student loan forgiveness program in june and they're trying to get around this by softening the consequences of missed payments. missed payments are reported to the big three companies after 90 days but that will no longer be the case. president biden said eliminating student loan debt would generate economic growth. >> i went to the supreme c

caller: my name is john edwards, i am at the hospital where my girlfriend just recently had an overdoser that she plummeted from a bridge. she is okay. she is alive. we believe in love, we believe in spreading love. love is the most important thing christ caught us. child abuse victims are suffering. sexual deviancy is one of the most overcoming things for abuse victims. i believe that is one of our biggest problems in the world, sexual deviancy. it has spread and it is incomprehensible. i know christ taught us that love conquers all things and through that love i believe we can overcome anything that is before us. i am a victim of sexual abuse from when i was a child. i am very nervous, i am sorry. guest: that is okay. caller: i believe loving somebody and showing them that love will help them in any situation. as i go further in this situation i am in with my girlfriend here and teaching her more about christ and what he taught us, i believe it will save her from the outcome she has created for herself. guest: let me comment on that because i can tell you are nervous and you are still

caller: my name is john edwards, i am at the hospital where my girlfriend just recently had an overdosethat she plummeted from a bridge. she is okay. she is alive. we believe in love, we believe in spreading love. love is the most important thing christ caught us. child abuse victims are suffering. sexual deviancy is one of the most overcoming things for abuse victims. i believe that is one of our biggest problems in the world, sexual deviancy. it has spread and it is incomprehensible. i know christ taught us that love conquers all things and through that love i believe we can overcome anything that is before us. i am a victim of sexual abuse from when i was a child. i am very nervous, i am sorry. guest: that is okay. caller: i believe loving somebody and showing them that love will help them in any situation. as i go further in this situation i am in with my girlfriend here and teaching her more about christ and what he taught us, i believe it will save her from the outcome she has created for herself. guest: let me comment on that because i can tell you are nervous and you are still f

don't get the same coverage, but this is a campaign that very early on organized to replace john bel edwardscratic governor in louisiana. it started with a simple message about, i'm the attorney general. i'm a former cop. i'm going to crack down on crime specifically in the big urban precincts, big urban parts of louisiana, big urban parishes, and did a combination of that outreach to republican voters and outreach to black voters. he had very effective early ads directed at black voters in louisiana who do not vote republican mostly about how crime was affecting them. black victims of crime talking about why they supported jeff landry. just the kind of very efficient, basic expanding. i should say and just electorate expanding and pulling in what republicans wouldn't normally. very efficient campaign of what we did not see a lot of in 2023. >> dave, you have best losing campaign. that doesn't often get a good mention. >> yeah. >> you've picked the glenn youngkin effort to win back the state legislature in virginia. now this is something i paid attention to because i was, you know, there was

. >> john edwards' line, there is two americas, but there's two parties in some ways. in a separate universe. they are consumed with surviving primaries every two years. fidelity to trump is overwhelmingly their biggest imperative, and so they're focused on trying to do things like impeach biden, passing, joe, any number of resolutions condemning democratic members, resolutions trying to score points politically, but they don't seem to be terribly engaged, at least the majority doesn't, in the bulk of governing. you see a very different picture. in the senate, at least you've got the remnants of the kind of traditional negotiation dealmaking that used to characterize congress at the end of a year when they still have unfinished business. it is fascinating to see the split screen between the house and the senate. >> yeah, really is. i mean, senate republicans are so embarrassed by much of what the house republicans do. mike barnicle, then you have this comer guy, who mark halperin said this morning in his newsletter, "wide world of news," in the words of bill clinton, t

john kerry wants the world to get rid of coal plants and edward lawrence has the story.ohn kerry not shy about the fact that the unit and biden administration wants to end all new coal plants and eliminate those comes out. kerry believes that the future of energy is solar and wind. listen to what he said at cop28 over the weekend. >> we don't need that necessarily to tell us we should be transitioning out of coal. there shouldn't be anymore coal fired power plants permitted anywhere in the world. that's how you can do something for your health. and the reality is we're not doing it. reporter: but this poses a number of issues when nigh and and india refuse to sign on to the same anti-coal pledge the u.s. si signed and those countrs can cheaply produce energy as president biden forces a transition americans might not be ready for and economist steve moor said this means higher energy prices. >> we have more coal than anywhere in the world and not use that major form of energy is sinister. we still get about a quarter of electricity from coal. reporter: that's actually 20%

house approving the formal impeachment inquiry, peter doocy is in the room, and edward lawrence, if that happens -- >> johncurious nobody has asked her a question about that. >> sandra: news in itself. >> john: stunning, i would think. if it was donald trump, it would have just been the subject of an official impeachment inquiry, the room would be on fire. the fire department would be there, five alarms, trying to keep the flames down. but nobody asked. >> sandra: this is true. a lot of the news centered around hunter biden, of course, and all of this is just coming hours after the president's son skipped that closed door deposition on capitol hill. we'll also continue listening to the white house press briefing to see if the press asks about that. questions over whether or not he will be held in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena, that is a big question at this hour as well. again, we'll keep monitoring the white house press briefing and back in there as the news warrants. had -- hello, sandra smith in new york. >> john: john roberts in washington. republican leaders say the impeachment inquiry

edward. thank you very much, indeed. johnsions from air a conditioning units and refridge if raters. he made this comment at the cop28. he also made a commitment that he promised to close down u.s. oil coal -- coal, all coal plants. i think i've got that right. alaska senator dan sullivan joins me now. mr. senator, when will all this end? >> well, stu, good morning. and, look, whether it's appeasing dictators in iran -- terrorists, by the way, in iran -- or kowtowing to chinese duck today to haves, everywhere -- dictators, everywhere john erie goes -- john kerry goes, he undermines national security interests, economic interests. as you know and you talk about it all the time, our energy, all of the above energy but especially oil and gas is one of the great strengths of america. the fact that john curry goes over -- john kerry goes over to this cop meeting and is unilaterally surrendering it, it's another example of what he's been doing for decades; undermine being u.s. interests. and -- undermining u.s. interests. and once

stuart: john kerry announced the biden administration's plans to phase out coal, edward lawrence at thetration doing. >> kids everywhere don't have to worry about christmas, apparently the biden administration had its way, not even santa would have called to give out and the stockings, the climate is our john kerry at kopp 28 said the first step is to stop making the problem worse by stop building new unabated coal plant in the next breath the u.s. pledged $3 billion for the global energy fund to push the transition off of coal and other fossil fuels, listening. >> we don't need that to tell us we are to be transitioning out of coal, there should be any more coal-fired power plants permitted anywhere in the world, that's how you can do something for health, the reality is were not doing it. >> china is bringing on one coal plant a month to cheaply handle its energy needs, india also bringing online more coal power to avoid energy shortages this year in addition india plans a record amount of coal power in both refused to sign onto the anti-coal pledge, former president donald trump says

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edward lawrence has more. >> delivering coal for christmas may no longer be an option for santa. while at cop28 in dubai, special climate envoy john kerry announced the united states commitment to phasing out existing coal plants and not building new ones. in a statement, he writes, the first step is to stop making the problem worse, stop building new, unabated coal power plants. later, the biden administration pledged another $3 billion to the green climate fund to help transition off of coal and other fossil fuels around the world. >> there are those who seek to slow or stop our progress. leaders who deny climate science delay climate action and spread misinformation in the face of their resistance and in the context of this moment, we must do more. >> the us is urging other countries, including china and india, to make similar commitments. both refused to sign the anti coal pledge. china is the world's largest coal producer, reportedly producing about 13 million tons per day. the biden administration's new pledge now raising concerns among coal miners who say it's a threat to their livelihoods. and with tens of thousands in the

edward. i want to weigh in on it houthis are humiliating us, hate tip to a national review on-line headline, they are humiliating us, a bad state of affairs, we can see from john kirby press briefing that the bidens are afraid of their own shadow, anyone can kn can intimidate them, including houthis, they were once declared terrorists that is not hard to understand because they are terrorists. and then for some mistaken reason, the bidens moved the terrorist designation off. one reason to remove terrorist label, could have been abide a biden attempt to pour more humanitarian aid to yemen, now despite fact that houthi terrorists that control yemen are threatening to close the red sea, the best kirby could do and bidens could come up with is they will conduct a review, right now, with no decisions made. a review. take your time, no problem. mind you, the houthi leaders announced they will attack israel-bound or israel-opened ship in waters around yemen. but houthis are hitting them anyway. so the houthis are trying to disrupt about 10 or 12% of global trade that passes through the red sea. so far, oil prices have increased 5% or so, but, worse oil spike is possi

in 1259, when king john agreed the magna carta, he was saying that he was reconfirmed , terming the rights reconfirmed, terming the rights granted by edwardfessor. now, whether edward confessor ever granted these rights is a moot point and historians argue over it. but their belief, chief, was that rights in 1215, such as as no man shall be denied justice, were already ancient rights as early as the 13th century in our history. so then you wind forward and you come to where we are today . and come to where we are today. and lord sumption, one of the most distinguished judges in our recent history , has pointed out recent history, has pointed out we're more than capable of setting up our own updated bill of rights in our own domestic legislation, our first bill of rights, 1688 89 is really the rights of parliament on your behalf rather than your rights on the other hand, we could perfectly well have an updated bill of rights if there were a democratic mandate for it. and that's the point . what is the that's the point. what is the greatest protector of your rights? is it your vote or is it some arbitrary bureaucracy ? and some arbitrary bu

john h watson junior professor of law at harvard law school. before joining the faculty, she served as a law clerk to justice david sutter of the u.s. supreme court and to judge carrie edwards of the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit judge. the recipient of numerous awards, she is the author of "at home in the law," and is a contributing writer. nadine strossen is the second professor of law emerita at harvard law school and the senior fellow for individual rights and education. from 1991 to 2008, she served as president of the american civil liberties union. she is the recipient of many honors and the author of several books, including "free speech: what everyone needs to know," released in october. keith whittington is the professor of politics at princeton university. he is the award-winning author of numerous books, including "speak freely: why universities must defend free speech." his writing has appeared in media outlets, including the new york times and the wall street journal. later in our discussion, we will be joined by erica chenoweth. erica is a susan and wallace professor here at radcliffe, economic -- dean of economics and first professor of amendmen

course, sir john curtis is the professor of university of of politics at the university of strathclyde. right so let me welcome again head to head welcome again to my head to head as edwardstor as peter edwards, former editor of the labourlist and also lord daniel former adviser to daniel moylan, former adviser to bofis daniel moylan, former adviser to boris johnson. daniel, going borisjohnson. daniel, i'm going to start with you. oh, your thoughts on this then, because the polls say that the conservative party are really heading for a landslide defeat. in your view, is there any way you think they could perhaps resurrect this ? resurrect this? >> oh, i think it's going to be extremely difficult. >> i mean, the polls have been consistently , as sir john curtis consistently, as sir john curtis said , have been consistently said, have been consistently more or less the same since rishi became prime minister. >> and he's tried to turn things round without success. >> the polls remain more or less where they are. >> i don't know the complicated calculations by which those percentages get turned into seats. i mean, i'd leave that to an expert like sirjohn. whether an expert lik