i sent a note to lee brody who does all of our booking with leon cooperman and said get leon coopermanre are any number of reasons we can always speak with the chairman of goldman sachs and now chief executive officer of omega family office. far more is it about the never ending debate of a wealth tax and of going after the billionaires. leon cooperman has been more than vocal, harkening back to a letter of two or three years ago to the senator from massachusetts, it is a five page single-line doozy where leon cooperman takes on the progressives and senator warren. we are honored leon cooperman could join us on bloomberg surveillance. the debate is the same and yet it is different. what is different now versus when you wrote that letter two were three years ago? leon: it is becoming clearer the general populace is not in alignment with the progressives. you saw that election in new jersey, the election in virginia. they dropped the proposal to have this tax on unrealized gains. i would like to take a second, i'm not involved in politics. about two years ago i gave a speech at a time wh

dani: all baloney, billionaire investor leon cooperman with his views on taxation.worth, $2.5 billion. let's get over to the first word news with the juliette saly in singapore. >> bloomberg understands the u.s. is warning europe that russia may be planning to invade ukraine. tensions are flaring between moscow and the eu over migrants and energy supply. washington is monitoring a buildup of russian forces near the ukrainian border. germany's angela merkel spoke with russia's vladimir putin for a second day in a row over the escalating situation on the eastern border. this is after belarus threatened to shut down a key pipeline. the austrian region with the highest coronavirus rate is planning a lockdown. however, the country's chancellor has ruled out a lockdown for those who are vaccinated. beijing is asking activities to be moved online, facing more infections than at any time during the past 17 months. parts of the u.s. are starting to see the impact of an autumn wave of covid. mexico central bank has raised interest rates by a quarter-point for a fourth consecu

jonathan: leon cooperman there, ceo and chairman of the omega family office.our equity market up 10, advancing 0.2%. on the week, the s&p negative about 1%. looking to take some of that out around the opening bell. yields are higher, not as high as they were earlier in the session. euro-dollar is unchanged at $1.1451. crude coming in a couple of basis points -- a couple of percentage points, rather, at $80 flat on wti. tom: we are advanced this morning with jonathan ferro on his experience in continental europe, and annmarie hordern, or bloomberg washington correspondent, who has had tours of duty in continental europe. we had a lot of topics setting you up for the end of the year into next year. out of nowhere is goofy sourcing , really strange reporting, including an excellent article by jennifer jacobs and nick wadhams on the secretary of state, ukraine and crimea. wonderful to see you this morning. we've got to rip up the script and talk about this. the ap publishing moments ago, or bloomberg story is also opaque. why is this debate about prudent, energy -

leon cooperman be joining us here on bloomberg television. at 11:15, president ad and at arlington cemetery about veterans day. i am wondering whether he talks at all about the cpi print yesterday. this is incredibly political. how does he reframe this? they were suddenly acknowledging inflation and trying to work with it in a new way rather than just say it is transitory. the mood has shifted, and so does the political rhetoric. jonathan: do you think some of the economic analysis is political as well? one thing i notice, a lot of people found it hard to divorce their political bias away from their economic analysis. i just wonder to what extent that is happening again. lisa: honestly, how do you parse the two-out? because the political response is what you do with data, how you interpret it. it is a very tricky thing. how do you move forward and try to combat this? we don't know how quickly some of these inflationary pressures will roll off. i am just being honest, when i talk to economists, their political view is related to their view on

. >> for some reason i don't think that -- i don't see leon cooperman running in those circles. maybe leon black. >> leon black. we're going to talk about the tapers on the other side of this break. what you need to know as the fed begins the end -- the beginning of the end of that stimulus program and what it means for the markets and your money we'll talk about it next >>> the ceo of etsy is going to talk earnings, supply chain issues and the holiday shopping season coming up at 7:15 eastern time this morning s" re watching "squawk box, livehot from the nasdaq market site in times square this morning. the pursuit is on. the pursuit of outperformance at pgim. with deep expertise to outthink across multiple asset classes, actively managing investments in the world's public and private markets. outscale, with the resources to serve 1,500 clients in 52 countries. and outlast, with long-term conviction that looks beyond today's volatility. join the pursuit of outperformance at pgim. the investment management business of prudential. it's another day. and anything could happen. it cou