let's welcome kevin cirilli from the white house. kevin: good afternoon. jason: what is the latest? kevin: president trump fresh from his trip returns to washington. not many lawmakers here to negotiate with. the president tweeting out what you just read. on the flipside of that, also commenting in the last 48 hours that he believes most of the government and these who are furloughed are actually on his side with regards to the wall. all of this becomes complicated as day six of the partial government shutdown continues. week -- itek as best is one week until the democrats are sent to take over house of representatives. in thelook at the words tweets of how the president has been communicating over the past several days, some folks inside the beltway feel he is backing off of that $5 billion worth of funds for the wall and using different language while bolstering the security between the u.s. and mexico. like wall slates or fencing along the border. some of his top negotiators, anduding jared kushner, mick mulvaney, reportedly met privately with republican , suggesting he might be

david: we want to go to capitol hill now with kevin cirilli, who has been watching the ceo of google talking to the judiciary committee. ceo sundar pichai talking on a host of issues, facing cushions from the republicans and democrats on china, diversity, and what conservatives say is bias. sheila jackson lee, a democrat from houston, raising questions about why google has partnered potentially with the chinese on the search engine platform. the ceo saying, "there are no plans to launch in china." they have received criticism for not renewing a department of defense contract with u.s. intelligence. and he also said an interesting argument that google had not said before, that getting access to information is a human right. the compass woman talk about claims of diversity, that google is not doing enough to foster a

. ♪ i am kevin cirilli at the white house. jason: i am jason kelly.n,ere is what is going homeland security secretary trying to travel to the u.s. border with mexico to review their care of migrants children after a guatemalan boy died in the custody of u.s. customs and border patrol with his father. the eight-year-old becomes the second migrant child to die in the custody of the agency this month and homeland security officials say it has been more than decade since a child has died in border patrol custody. businessthe first full day of the partial government shutdown and workers have been spared largely inconvenienced because government is normally closed on weekends and federal employees were excused from work on christmas eve and christmas day. partsent trump says the of the government not closed will stay that way until the democrats agree to wall the u.s.-mexico border. iran holding talks with the iran wants to-- assert a role in the country's future as the united states ways cutting back its involvement in withdrawing troops. sudan, death toll

we welcome now kevin cirilli, bloomberg's chief washington correspondent. kevin, give us a sense of the atmosphere up there at the cathedral now. moments ago, president trump and first lady melania and their motorcade making their way directly on the road behind as they departed national cathedral. there are five presidents in total here at this or a money, president trump in the front room -- at this ceremony, president trump in the front and with president obama president carter and their respective wives. it was a moment of political pause, politics on pause for much of that. body language and the interaction between all of these leaders will be dissected. from here, president trump returns to the white house. he has meetings today with king abdullah of jordan. there are other global leaders in attendance, including german chancellor angela merkel. that there were also mike lovejoy, the longtime resident -- i'm sorry, longtime staffer at kennebunkport, maine. this is a rare moment of political pause. you heard from the eulogies the various perspectives, t

thank you kevin cirilli. mainstay welcome capital management chief investment strategist david coul. we are talking about the noise coming out of d.c. we also want to look at fundamentals. fundamentals seem good. how much of the market volatility really is just coming out of d.c.? there's been a couple of things. as far as d.c. is concerned we've had mixed messages and confusing messages. call to ceos and the note from treasury secretary steve mnuchin left a lot of people scratching their head. why did the markets need to be reassured about liquidity? i don't think anyone was wondering about that. president trump's questionable comments about jay powell and even rumors about steve mnuchin was somewhat cleared up this morning with the white house spokesman and that's when the market rallied. if there's a more amicable approach from the president and a little bit of unwinding of that'sntroversy in d.c., going to help the markets. ,hen we look at fundamentals two thirds of our economy is based on the consumer. w

let's stay on washington with kevin cirilli. we almost made it to 2019 without a major candidate for president, but we did not quite make it. kevin: senator elizabeth warren announcing earlier today she has formed an exploratory committee for president. progressive will be competing from the same types of votes in the democratic primary as another likely 2020 presidential candidate, senator bernie sanders. senator warren has positioned herself well within the democratic party. she has also tried to make yourself more accessible to reporters inside the halls of congress and to the african-american community most recently speaking at an african-american community church in south carolina, a key potential political climate -- try mary state and she tried to forge alliances across the aisle including with senator lindsey boost with whom she -- to her foreign policy bona fide. david: even in her statement she put online, it referred specifically to the billionaires and corporations running the country with which she has no patience. k

kevin: i am kevin cirilli in washington. now let's go to mark crumpton. president trump certain he and xi jinping and vladimir putin will get together to end the nuclear arms race. he tweeted it is major and uncontrollable. he said it is crazy the u.s. 716 billion dollars a year. he did not explain how he came up with that number. bernie sanders is preparing to launch a bigger campaign than his first one. advisors say he would begin the 2020 primary season as a front-runner. they say no final decision has been made. in arkansas, a charter bus crashed earlier this morning. one child was killed. 45 others injured when the bus 30,turned along interstate 25 miles southwest of little rock. the breast driver said she lost driver of the -- the bus said she lost control of the vehicle. .rotests in paris today to prevent aad group of protesters from getting close to the national assembly building. the social unrest is bringing who are angry about france's economic inequalities and waning spending power. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter po

let's go to washington where kevin cirilli is with a guest deep in the trade issue, plenty to govern e look at autos today. kevin: we are here with the opec president and ceo. he is in charge of this government agency that allows for the u.s. to have a competitive advantage against china. we were talking earlier. the last time you were here, this legislation was getting d to have this new government agency. where do we stand in terms of moving forward? it intoresident signed law on october 5, so we're going to the final process getting the documentation finished and we hope it will be next year. kevin: what is opec do in order to help the u.s. in a global field? >> we currently have a 29 billion dollar portfolio spread across 130 countries. the new legislation is a lot more. kevin: what are some examples of the projects that opec has been able to get solved? is part of the united states government and part of the president streamlining the federal government, they want to take opec and a portion of you a id consolidated -- uaid consolidated together. an example of a project would be ,

we are joined by kevin cirilli live at the white house. you were there when we were hearing from kevin hassett. what do you make of the statement? kevin: trying to smooth the markets. telling reporters the fed chair is 100% safe in his job. what the administration was blaming the volatility on, he pointed to many reasons like uncertainty in europe and asia markets. i asked what their response was to u.s. companies in the auto blaming the president's trade policies to hold back in the u.s., he said in the long run it will work itself out and the trade policies will benefit u.s. businesses. this comes as the president has dried to shift his tone as the markets have been increasingly volatile. saidweek, steve mnuchin the financial stability oversight commission might be looking into high-frequency traders as a reason why the volatility has occurred. this comes as dave -- day five of the partial government shutdown continues. kevin hassett says it will ultimately be worked out and those on back pay will receive payment. caroline: and a time fra

kevin cirilli joins us with a look at how these departures will impact president trump's ability to governnew year. kevin: it's not just new bases in congress, is also new faces and president trump's administrations. take a look at these high-profile departures the dominated the headlines within the last month trade general james mattis, u.s. secretary of defense. patrick shanahan is likely going to be the acting defense secretary following his departure. because of the difference of policy opinion with regards to the president pulling out troops from the middle east. he is being replaced by david bernhardt, who is just acting in that particular capacity as number two. the reason you are seeing so many number two's ascend to the position is because they already been senate confirmed. sources close to the administration say they don't want to have to go through another potentially bruising confirmation battle, especially given the new dynamics in congress. general john kelly, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney already hard at work negotiating on the partial government shutdown. he was a co

joining us from capitol hill tells what we learn is bloomberg's kevin cirilli. tions about president trump's tweets. what are we hearing from the present -- the treasury secretary? kevin: a big shout out to print colleagues who landed this interview with treasury secretary steven mnuchin. says the-- mnuchin market structure of equity markets is going to be a key focus for next year. particular that they are going to study the issue of increased market volatility for next year. coming a big headline out of this interview with treasury secretary steven mnuchin that they will study the issue of increased market volatility for next year. we should also note he says that housing reform, something he is familiar with, is going to be another key focus for him with this new congress into the next form. type ofnd freddie, any attempt to get them out of that eludedatorship has congress on how to get bipartisan compromise through. and finally, he declined to comment on that policy, citing fomc meeting. the treasury secretary wants to be cautious with that fed meeting having

let's welcome chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli, joining us now from washington. g to break it all down. kevin: you listen, the saying stocks really taking a bite -- the faang stocks really taking a bite. republicans and the democrats sinking their teeth into questions pertaining to privacy and data protection issues. from mark zuckerberg or jack really been has something that the tech community has really embraced here in washington as they try to get their lobbying in order ahead of these hearings. those hearings are going to continue. take a listen to what apple analyst had to say about all of this last week. 2019 aswe think of a year of greater regulation for those companies, we think that google be in a better place, and we think that facebook's best days are behind it. people use it, they do not feel better. kevin: that question is going to be something that hangs with facebook into 2019. when you look at the headline risk that these companies are facing, the terminal earlier when companies take the stand and across the board, mixed results. their december 11

kevin cirilli joins us from washington for more. tex has been under the microscope for many years with tech execs being hold multiple times over. when will we see meaningful legislation? if 2019 the year? kevin: there are calls for inflation. whether the bipartisanship will be able to find a crossroad remains to be seen. washington continued to take a bite out of the faang stocks earlier this year. that impacted the big three ceos from the tech companies like -- markkerberg zuckerberg, jack dorsey, and son and google's ceo. we think 2019 will be a year of greater regulation in particular on those two companies. google will be in a great position longer-term and we will power through. we think facebook's best days are behind it. not just because of the privacy fees, but the world is not a better place because of facebook. when people use it, they don't feel better. --in: that's democrats democrats and republicans alike are questioning silicon valley whether it's conservative bias or big data. expect that to continue. take a look at th

taylor: for more, i want to bring in our chief washington correspondent, kevin cirilli. the latest? yesterday, it seems like we had a deal, but markets thinking we do not have one. kevin: deal or no deal, that has the big question here in washington. thattary mnuchin echoing as of now, the short-term 90 day extension specifically for china seems to be on. we have seen mixed messages coming not just from outside the white house but sources i spoke with who work with this white house on the issue of trade. the bottom line is that they feel heading out of buena aires, they had a short-term deal that would allow them to engage on issues such as intellectual property and auto of the, but outside white house, market watchers and lawmakers prepping for a volatile january and february with u.s.-china trade relations. right behind me in the executive office building, the top german daimler, volkswagen, and bmw meeting with top economic officials. we just received word that president trump himself is actually currently set to meet with those automakers from germany. they do not wan

we will come back to you, but for now we will go to washington and kevin cirilli. it appears the white house could be backing down from threats to shut down the government. kevin: sarah sanders saying they do not want the government shutdown, but lawmakers on capitol hill are hard-pressed to find whether the president will back off the $5 billion for the mexican border, to fund of the wall. president trump tweeting illegal immigration has cost more than $200 billion a year, how is this allowed to happen? and yesterday he tweeted, it is time to save billions of dollars a year, and have far greater safety and control. chuck schumer said publicly on sunday that he does not wear exactly president trump is going to get the wall. it outcome says lawmakers, those who lost reelection included, want to get out of here. this all comes with democrats set to take the house on january 3. david: but isn't there room for some minority, the 5 billion -- for some maneuvering, on the $5 billion, or they say they will give some money, but what you do with it is your business. kevin:

kevin cirilli joins us now for a look at how these departures could impact president trump's ability overn in the new year. what a change. kevin: it's not just to democrats that president trump has to negotiate with on capitol hill, there's going to be new faces in his cabinet. take a look at some of these high-profile the partners we have seen just within the past couple of months. , and deputys mattis defense secretary patrick shanahan is who is going to be serving in that capacity. my view is that the deputy directors have already been senate confirmed it so the president is avoiding having to go through another bruising, politically bruising type of senate confirmation by going to the number two. ryan zinke you have a secretary of interior is out in most likely the deputy interior secretary david bernhardt will be taking his place. general chief of staff john kelly is out, the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, a cofounder of the freedom caucuses in. he's having to negotiate along with vice president mike pence the partial government shutdown as well as the debt ceiling. congre

caroline: kevin cirilli and carly, thank you. joe, to apple.e has lost about a fifth of its market value since the start of october on signs of waning ipo demand. suppliers tumble after forecasts. our applemore is reporter, mark gurman. we have been getting all kinds of evidence that troubles are mounting up for the iphone sales and this is appearing the stock. you reported something interesting which is that apple plelikeging in some un-ap efforts to boost sales. mark: that's right. this is something i've not seen for covering -- from covering the company 48-9 years now. they have a -- for 8-9 years now. they have a banner advertising this phone. these are efforts that are unprecedented for a company that has positioned itself above the tactics -- these tactics. romaine: based on that, what are you able to devise when it comes to the positioning with regards to current sales of that model and where it is going? mark: combining that they do point with the points we are seeing from the supply chain, all these companies indicating their revenues

let's bring in kevin cirilli, our chief washington correspondent on capitol hill outside of the hearingn, what have we learned? what is at the top of lawmaker'' minds when it comes to google? kevin: republicans have been hammering home against the ceo, sundar pichai, of google about the issue of conservative bias. at one point, the republican holding up his iphone and assureging the ceo to him that google was not tracking his iphone. and jim jordan coming republican from ohio, questioning -- jorda n, a republican from ohio, questioning whether it was a google effort to increase the latino turnout in the 2016 election. sundar pichai candidly dodged the question on how he would be able to do that, but one congressman not satisfied with the answer. the democrats also asking tough questions. hank johnson from georgia, weighing in on the issue of just how and why there was -- why google has impacted or worked with the chinese, but has not done so with the department of defense. and she lili jackson, democrat from texas, raising questions about their diversity policy. guy: thank you. an updat

kevin cirilli will be here on the german automakers meeting with president trump. sarah mcgregor on the china trade truce. and therese raphael on europe, telling britain it is not too late to change its mind. we will start in washington. sara, thank you for being here. explain what is going on. we that we came away from the dinner knowing what happened, but it is getting murkier. sarah: we have had officials sort of blanketing the airwaves and speaking to journalists nonstop over the past couple days, and rather than clarifying details, they are really selling more confusion. we saw larry kudlow say today that actually the announcement yesterday, or on sunday over twitter that china had agreed to lower auto tariffs, that has not been signed, sealed and delivered. so they are already backtracking on promises. and we had donald tweeting today that unless the talks are extended, they expect commitments from china to come through in these 90 days. but on sunday we were given the impression that the 90 days was a firm timeline from the u.s. side, now it looks like donal

kevin cirilli from capitol hill. now, michael mckee a u.s.-china trade, seems to be in the news everyday. earlier, we heard china might be giving in on auto tariffs. michael: i get to be the sort of, possibly good news got. earlier, china -- guy. further, china lower their auto tariffs, but in july they put in extra tariff on u.s. made cars in retaliation for donald trump's tariffs on china's goods. out the beijing, we are now reporting the chinese cabinet will consider getting rid of the extra 25% retaliatory tariff. no guarantees, but a possibility. if it happens, it would be a sign that china is making a goodwill gesture to try to -- david: i have to interrupt. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer meeting with the president, just coming in now. president trump: criminal justice reform, something people have been trying to get for many years -- for many, many years. it looks like it will be passing, hopefully. famous last words on a very bipartisan way. and it is really something that we are all very proud of. and again, tremendous support from r

that is kevin cirilli reporting outside the national cathedral. be checking in with him from time to time. this is continually special coverage of bloomberg television and radio. what is happening now is the motorcade has just gone on to pennsylvania avenue as it drives up to the national cathedral. in the meantime, guests are gathering, dignitaries are gathering, heads of state are gathering in the national cathedral, waiting for the motorcade and the casket, the herbertf president walker bush. we welcome someone to whom we always turn when major events happen in washington. union president bush decently well. -- you knew president bush decently well. tell us something about him. >> we heard about what a kind and civil and decent man he was, all of which is true. the also was a very competitive man. he was a competitive man in sports, golf. he would play nine holes in 45 minutes. david: extraordinary. >> he was competitive in politics, too. one of the lesser moments of his life was the 1998 campaign against michael dukakis. he let people do some

china's reported move away from its made in china 2025 program and kevin cirilli on the threat of a government shutdown on december 21. we started the day with theresa may being attacked by her parliament. how does it look as she goes into this conservative party meeting? >> i missed the question. her prospectse going into the conservative party meeting she will have in a few hours? >> her prospects are looking good. we have been running the numbers and it looks like more than half of her mps with backer which means she should win this -- would back her which means she would win this confidence vote. does a narrow victory helper position, it probably doesn't. the competence of much of her party already. david: i didn't realize you are outside my parliament. i will come back to you in just a minute. we're going to go to washington and talk to shaun donovan on trade. we had this report that china might be backing off of china 2025, do we believe them? >> we are learning what they are planning. our team in beijing has been able to confirm that china is looking at reconfiguring this made in china

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joining me right now, kevin cirilli and erin delmordelmore. let's get to the president who's clearly trying to blame the democrats for this partial shutdown. but let's all take a listen to the opinion he had last week. play this. >> totally up to the democrat whether or not we have a shutdown. >> the people of this country don't want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. so i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. the last time you shut it dourngs it didn't work. i'm going shut it down for border security. >> so we heard first what he said last night, yesterday, and what he said a weekend ago. what happened here? what's the change in the president's mind? why is he not taking any responsible now over what he said he would be proud to do a week ago. >> he ee's saving face here. it's going to be an unpopular move. back in 2013 when the government shut down for 17 days, republicans took the brunt of the blame for that. this could be a very similar effect. >> kevin, you can weigh in o

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andge herbert walker bush kevin cirilli joins us. he is our chief washington correspondent.ch is the feud between president trump and the bush family. what would you expect to see wednesday at the of the drill? how will this play out -- at the cathedral? how will this play out? kevin: it will appear the trump's are going to participate hashat the president labeled a national day of mourning, the funeral set to be wednesday at the national cathedral. hisformer president bush, casket is set to arrive here in washington today. it will be on display at the capital on thursday. after the funeral in washington, it will return to texas for a second funeral. there is no question there has been a tense relationship between the bushes and the trump's. president suggesting he would be open to a short-term fix to keep the government-funded for a few more weeks. onis scheduled to shut down december 7 at midnight. the nation can mourn the loss of the former president bush. of thethin the mourning president, all of elite washington will lineup. tell us how the new conservatives of the gop,

kevin cirilli joins us with us -- joins us in washington. . mr. mueller -- does that stop mr. mueller? kevin: their operating on different tracks. a government shutdown would forecast ahead of the new democrats taking over. are likelyse folks going to have to testify in public and in private hearings and in congressional hearings. it is important to note if you're watching this from europe that the investigations are separate from what happens with mueller. michael cohen pleading guilty to lying under oath and found guilty of that and he is sentenced to three years. week in washington, how important is it for the president? is he hunkered forward to a golf trip or is this going to be like president-a-thon? kevin: in terms of his priorities, there is a looming government shutdown and that will dominate the chatter. the president has dug in in terms of the wall. this is a mathematical calculation. hard-pressed to find which democrats would get on board. right now, they are at an impasse. francine: how long will be shutdown be there for? in the

for what we can expect over the next several days in d.c., kevin cirilli joins us now.us through what we are going to need to see over the next 72 hours in d.c. as we prepare for the funeral of president george h.w. bush. kevin: there will be an arrival ceremony on capitol hill with members of the house and senate. openthere there will be an public ceremony viewing of the president. his body will lay in casket at the capital. 7:30 thisbegin around evening until wednesday morning. from there until 11:00 a.m., there will be that national cathedral funeral service for him. the present and first lady expected -- president and first lady expected to attend. the former president expected to have a second service at saint matthews episcopal church in houston. the president declaring wednesday a national day of mourning. he has said he would be open to a two-week extension. the government runs out of funding to avert that shutdown on friday. alix: thank you very much. lasting legacys continues to be remembered by members of his former administration. >> the way he managed the e

from washington, kevin cirilli on a possible retreat from the white house on the government shutdown.rom rome, our correspondent on getting the italian budget passed the european commission. trump wishingt mike flynn well today on his way into sentencing. how is it going? >> not well. the defense had hoped that the judge would show sympathy to with they tried to portray as entrapment by the fbi. the judge is having none of that. he city was discovered of -- he said he was disgusted by michael flynn's behavior. so the judge not showing any sympathy or love at all for michael flynn. david: that is going forward, the sentencing prog,

meeting with president trump with washington on the brink of a partial shutdown. ,e are joined by kevin cirillion capitol hill. our senate republican leader still meeting with the president? we speakre meeting as here on capitol hill, staffers are on edge as the government is set to partially shutdown nine government agencies including the department of homeland security by midnight tonight. earlier today president trump has been tweeting, saying that democrats will probably vote against border security and the wall, even though they know we need it. the dems do not know there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time. people do not want open borders and crime. chuck schumer had something to say when asked. that thisshame president, who is plunging the nation into chaos is throwing another temper tantrum and will hurt many innocent people. the trump temper tantrum may produce a government shutdown, but it will not get him his wall. >> it's impossible to look at the new slow in the last 24 hours in a vacuum. the departure of secretary mattis is weighing on several top republicans mi

that was kevin cirilli, of course, speaking to senator john kennedy from louisiana.s more than 3% today, the worst fall are on the s&p 500 on a points basis. emma chandra is here with more analyst reaction. what are we making of what analysts are saying? emma: analysts causing a big move for apple, also suffering from the negative sentiment in markets in the u.s. what we heard specifically from analysts over at rosenblatt -- they cut the price target to its from $200, with concerns about the iphone, something we have been talking about a great deal. the analysts at rosenblatt saying analysts will keep tearing estimates of how many iphones apple will ship this year. particularly rosenblatt's analyst is forecasting that apple will produce and ship 39 million iphone units, and that is at the lower end of the estimate. we have a chart for you if you come into the bloomberg. it shows how apple analysts have been souring on apple over the last 7, 8 years or so. 100%an see back in 2010, of apple analysts had a buy rating. now, we are down to just over 50% of analysts having

started voting on the stopgap measure and now we want to go to our chief washington correspondent, kevin cirillinell came back and made a speech. what is going on? kevin: it looks like the government is poised to shut down at midnight tonight partially including the department of homeland security but what you are watching unfold is a procedural vote. the magic number is 60. that is the number of votes needed to bring the resolution that was passed in the house of representatives last night to a more complete to vote. it is likely going to fail and that would mean we are heading towards a government shutdown. all of this comes as the president has dug in with a hard-line conservatives including the freedom caucus suggesting to republicans that they promised and campaigned on bluster and security on the u.s.-mexico border, they campaigned on the wall, and now it is their opportunity to do it. in a tweet, the president said he was prepared for a long the government shutdown. to whiteesting house secretary sanders that he would not be going tomorrow -- tomorrow -- to mar-a -lago if the government d

let's head down to washington, kevin cirilli at the white house with the latest on staffing. kevin, all allies there are on the chief of staff selection which we understand that come anytime today. >> behind the scenes it looks like we are close to a decision at the white house, about who will replace john kelly to be the chief of staff. yesterday chris christie was meeting privately with president trump to reportedly discuss the position. a comes as other names have circulated. a long list including mark meadows who backed out of the decision, and jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and david bossing, who is closely aligned to corey lewandowski. thet of familiar faces as president is trying to create a political theater environment, and apprentice style short list, if you will. similar to what he did for ticking his nominees for the supreme court. jason: there is a reality tv element to this, especially with from newchris christie jersey. especially given his history with the kushner family. tell us about that. >> the former new jersey governor has clashed heads with no

vonnie: kevin cirilli, thank you. let's check in on first word news. may is delaying a vote on a brexit aal them a probably averting human getting defeat. she is scheduled to go to an eu summit on thursday but the eu will not allow renegotiations on the deal. meanwhile, she says the government is stepping up preparations. the pound falling against the dollar. the supreme court is avoiding a high profile case by rejecting appeals from kansas and louisiana in their effort to strip medicaid money from planned parenthood. lower courts in both states have blocked the states from withholding money that is used for health services other than abortion for low income women. justices clarence thomas, send mail alito, neil gorsuch said they would have heard the case. gordon for set this thursday for paul manafort. said manafort has lied about contacts with trump administration officials. and with an associate who u.s. authorities say has ties to russian intelligence. manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy in september and agreed to cooperate with mueller's investi

let's bring in kevin cirilli on capitol hill. ter.el a is this what is also happening behind-the-scenes? what will it take for there to be a break in this impasse? kevin: senate minority leader chuck schumer calling it a temper tantrum performed by president trump in the oval office, accompanied by his vice president mike pence, as well as likely speaker of the house pelosi. all of this comes down to whether or not the government will partially shutdown on december 21. the president said he would be proud to own a government shutdown if that is the case, if the government were to shut down because of the issue of immigration. privately, behind the scenes, folks are talking about a $1.6 billion worth of monday along the u.s.-mexico border. the president said that is not good enough. he wants to see upwards of $5 billion. now will the current republican controlled senate and congress into the newnt year where the forecast is set to change. democrats are poised to take over the house of representatives on generate third. that will ma

we are joined now by kevin cirilli, who is live in our d.c. bureau. with the attorney general, because there has been a temporary attorney general that has been named by the president, said to be loyal to him but now president trump has named his nomination. kevin: matt whitaker is controversial, to say the least. president trump will nominate william barr to be his new attorney general. he previously served in former president george h.w. bush's administration. i was looking into some comments mr. barr had made about the mueller investigation, and the washington post a couple of months ago, he said he had a couple of problems with appointees in the mueller pro, having previously made political donations to democrats. he wants to see the mueller investigation remain impartial. while he is facing a confirmation hearing in the thate, likely in january, means he will be facing questions about that. it appears he is someone who will have the backing and ability to get through the senate. he is someone who is perceived to be, at least in republican circles

he spoke to kevin cirilli earlier.hensarli think it has become a symbolic value more than anything else. i hate for it to come down to this but i think the president is on good ground here. we need border security. it is not unreasonable. it is what the american people want. i hope in the end we will get it worked out. kevin: i was struck yesterday with that meeting with president trump and likely speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and mike pence -- i was struck just about how the whole entire meeting went. it is a preview of washington in the next two years. what did you make as someone who is retiring when you watched that meeting, and what was going through your mind? was it "thank god i am out of here"? rep. hensarling: well, it had occurred to me that it is a good time to retire. i've been in the minority before and the good news is it is an easy job. the bad news is you are largely irrelevant to the process. yeah, unfortunately it is going to be quite a practice in the -- into aus environment, great extent th

kevin cirilli will be here on the german automakers meeting with president trump.hina trade truce. and therese raphael on europe, telling britain it is not too late to change its mind. we will start in washington. sara, thank you for being here. explain what is going on. we that we came away from the dinner knowing what happened, but it is getting murkier. sarah: we have had officials sort of blanketing the airwaves and speaking to journalists nonstop over the past couple days, and rather than clarifying details, they are really selling more confusion. we saw larry kudlow say today that actually the announcement yesterday, or on sunday over twitter that china had agreed to lower auto tariffs, that has not been signed, sealed and delivered. so they are already backtracking on promises. and we had

china's reported move away from its made in china 2025 program and kevin cirilli on the threat of a government21. we started the day with theresa may being attacked by her parliament. how does it look as she goes into this conservative party meeting? >> i missed the question. her prospectse going in

joining us now is kevin cirilli. happy new year. en it comes to trade negotiations. there is a delegation heading to china. my understanding is robert lighthizer is not part of it? kevin: that is sending shockwaves, a lot of questions about who has the president's ear negotiating trade. we should also note that march 1 hasline when the president threatened should there not be any breakthroughs, he would go ahead with additional tariffs. the point i would make is that is saying they are not going to need any congressional approval for the trade negotiations between the largest economies. ask about thee to shutdown because it looks like it will last into the new year. any progress? what is likely to happen? kevin: no major progress. a budgetosi will pass if not thursday, friday, with no money for a wall. this is seen as a marketing in terms of where both sides are on. the president's rhetoric has tweaked. he is starting to say things like steel slats. it does have an impact in terms of trade negotiations. 22, if this government shutdow

bloomberg's washington correspondent kevin cirilli joins us from washington, d.c. s type of investigation? kevin: he has been consulting with all of their lawyers ahead of rehearing. it will be brutal. i have been speaking with members of the committee and he is going to be facing difficult questions, most notably from conservatives who are going to raise concerns that the platform has censored conservative speech and from democrats who are concerned that google has essentially said they would be willing to build a platform with the chinese, meanwhile they are not cooperating with the intelligence community in the u.s.. francine: thank you so much. our chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli. we are back you're talking about brexit. facing almost certain -- pushing up certain defeat in the house of commons while delaying today's brexit vote. take a listen to some of the debate in parliament yesterday. >> is clear this house faces a much more fundamental question. does this house want to deliver brexit? >> no. gave ahe answer she moment ago can she tell the hous

kevin cirilli joins us., all of a sudden the governor of new jersey is front and center. >> there is no timing when -- in terms of when the president will announce his selection. chris christie was talking about this. , from north carolina, withdrawing himself. it is a horse race. the president likes to do this, whether it is with the chief of staff pick, he likes to have this apprentice style pick for the job. help us with huawei, the story develops, the story has a change to it. seriousnesss, the of this, incarcerated. what is the next thing you are looking for with this company? impact what iss going on with the treasury department in china? they feel they are able to operate on separate tracks. the president's comments reverberating across capitol hill. i interviewed senator ron wyden yesterday. he said he had concerns about the prospect of the president intervening in this case. this is such an interesting dynamic now where you have the two canadianning diplomats, one is a former diplomat, one of whom i

francine: kevin cirilli there. you see the shutdown worrying investors and having an impact on the economy? megan: it will take a while for the shutdown to influence either one. i agree with kevin. it is likely the democrats will so you the senate bill might find some kind of compromise when the new government comes in. the economy is hardly affected by this shutdown. it will take the government being shutdown a long time for that to happen. we are not getting a lot of economic data. we should get our jobs report and inflation data. ,he bureau of economic analysis that means some of the trade data will be delayed. that is not a huge deal. trade is one of the biggest sources of uncertainty and given we had so much volatility, that could have impact. francine: what do you expect the dollar to do in 2019? lot depends on what you think happens with trade. if the trade war re-escalates, the pboc could step away from allow it to and depreciate and that could push the dollar stronger. medium to long-term, there are forces

kevin cirilli, at what level is the president of the united states cornered this friday morning? his tweets are indicative. james comey will be meeting behind closed doors in a private hearing with the members of the house of representatives. in the hearing, you will face tough questions, articulate from democrats about whether or not en werelike michael coh lying during original testimony. remember he has now flipped and is cooperating fully with the robert mueller team. see what will we see today? what is the agenda today? kevin: yesterday we got reports that william barr would be the nominee to place attorney general jeff sessions. he had served in the george h.w. bush administration. when i was looking to see the previous statements he has made, he has been pretty apolitical. he did speak publicly to the washington post a couple of months ago and criticized some forhe robert mueller team having made campaign donations to democrats. there is that element to his confirmation hearing should you face a confirmation hearing. that seems to be what is on the agenda. francine: in was

kevin cirilli is with us in washington. there is an arrest in vancouver this morning.with huawei, how will they respond to the trump administration? there could be hearings and investigations on capitol hill. this is a period of transfer and democrats will be able to use the gavel. you made the zte comparison. this administration will have to take a hard look and face questions, not just from the democrats, but republicans as well. tom: our expert in taiwan, kazakhstan --kevin cirilli makes it clear zte was transactional. huawei is different. kevin: there is pressure to look at the current geopolitical landscape and face the reality here. number two, in contrast to zte, huawei has not had an aggression push on capitol hill looking for jobs and pushing behind the scenes in the halls of congress about the domestic jobs that are impacted by the supply chain here in the u.s., most notably california. aancine: i heard it from number of quarters that if you are a canadian or u.s. chief executive, you will probably think twice about whether you want to go on chinese soil. thi

--ol: let's check it check in with chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli. n, where are we in this process? to the end,re close carol. no end in sight as the week, as the year ends, and it was interesting to hear from the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney at the white house. he is saying the white house is not negotiating with nancy pelosi, and the reason is because they are not sure she has the votes to become speaker. i cannot really find one democrat chapter in the house of representatives who agrees with that assessment. it would be a political bombshell should she not become speaker of the house. it is also a lot of the chatter here inside the beltway, that the white house is trying to pit senate minority leader chuck schumer against the likely speaker of the house nancy pelosi. a lot oftrategy that democratic strategists are rolling their eyes on, because if the votes existed week ago prior to the holiday recess, you would have had a situation where some of the centrist democrats, like senator joe manchin from west virginia, what have gotten in line

let's bring in kevin cirilli, live at capitol hill. i believe we are looking at pictures. roger stone among those in attendance. we also know alex jones is outside the hearing, attracting a lot of attention this particular hearing. what will sundar pichai say? kevin: they say they agree with republicans who make the case that the social media platforms are censoring conservative voices. meanwhile, in addition to getting questions on that from willlicans, sundar pichai get tough questions from democrats. yesterday, i spoke with a democrat from the houston area. what she said is she is interested to know why sundar pichai is developing a relationship with chinese platforms but not necessarily answering all the questions here domestically from the u.s. intelligence community? for his part, sundar pichai, the google ceo, will read his opening testimony.he will say "i lead this company without political bias and work to ensure our products continue to operate that way. to do otherwise would go against our core principles and our business interests." here in the halls of congres

kevin cirilli is at the white house. abouts a little bit more what the significance is of this trip. and firstnt trump lady melania trump traveling to iraq. this is the first time this president has been to a war zone while he has been in office. there was speculation today that the president was not at the white house. guard who stands outside of the oval office was not standing there and the president has not tweeted in more than 17 hours. this also comes at a time in which there is a partial government shutdown. also departures from defense secretary matta's who will be departing by january 1. the president had received some criticism last year for not visiting war zone. for his part traveling largely unnoticed to iraq in order to meet with the troops to celebrate the christmas holiday. they had landed at the all assad airbase in iraq according to photos released by reuters. this comes at a time in which there was intense scrutiny and conversation around the president's foreign policy particularly with his decision la