matt kohler i'm matt miller -- matt: i'm matt miller. here are the top stories we are following. the spac boom has hit markets over the last year, but not many have been led by women. phyllis newhouse is looking to change that. she joins us to talk about her own spac that she launched this week. plus, my conversation with the ceo of porsche who tells me how the semi dr. shortage -- how the semiconductor shortage is affecting his company. bitcoin rising. we will speak with the ceo of where the largest and oldest bitcoin minors. amanda: that is one place we have seen continued interest, even as bitcoin sells off. we do have support out there. the s&p 500 and positive territory. judging from the nasdaq, it is bouncing that tech is doing ok today. it is not the leading group. energy is strong, communication strong. the weakest spot our financials, would you might expect after a change from the federal reserve and jay powell's signal he would announce the change to the supplementary ratio. they were hoping for an extension on that. we are seeing some reaction, perhaps even though the

matt: i am matt miller. by audiences and here are the top stories we are following for all of you from around the world. the tax man cometh. we talk about the latest details on president biden's plan for the first major tax hike since 1993. plus, college enrollment drops amid the pandemic. we discuss how the crisis is shaping the future of education with mcgraw-hill's ceo simon allen and $35 billion worth of high-grade debt is expected to be issued this week as nine companies, nine companies, consider bond sales. amanda? amanda: one of those will be a canadian company, presumably rogers communication's. that has got some stocks moving here, but overall it is a slap picture. that s&p 500 has been about breakeven all day long. it is mixed on the internals. energy and financials are weak, but we are seeing rate sensitives moving higher. tech shares are in positive territory and the 10 year is at the 160. it is a time to be thinking about bringing debt to the market while you can as the ceo of rogers said, capit

this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is "bloomberg markets ." i'm matt miller.'s talk a little bit about schools right now. one year into the pandemic, the cdc says it is critical for schools to open safely and as soon as possible and remain open. next week president biden will hold a summit to help them reopen safely. joining us now for more is national education association president becky pringle. what a hotly debated topic, becky, because so many people have skin in the game here. is it safe for teachers to go back now? becky: hi, matt, it's good to be back with you again. you see this smile on my face? i have to tell you that as a science teacher for over 30 years, all educators across the country are so encouraged by president biden doing a couple of things. first of all, for him to put forward that $2 trillion plant that includes $170 billion for schools to reopen safely, and then for him to say that we need to prioritize educators for vaccination, and it is getting done. he didn't just say it. he actually went about making sure that we are not only uppin

matt: this is bloomberg markets. i am matt miller.uerto rico and rival bondholders reached a tentative deal last week that would slash the 18.8 billions of dollars owed by the federal government. it is a key step toward resolving the nearly four-year bankruptcy but governor pedro pierluisi has come out against the latest agreement. he joins us now. thank you for your time. you and the island boss legislature oppose the plan. can you tell us why? gov. pierluisi: actually, in my case, i support the economic terms of the proposed plan of adjustment. it is affordable, it is sustainable. it has the support of about 70% of the creditors of the commonwealth. i support that part of the plan. the part i object to is the one involving pinching -- pension cuts. those are not necessary. the main public pension system -- back in 2013, so that class of creditors has already been in there. you don't need two pension cuts to get the adjustments approved by the court. that is my position. i accept the plan, except for the pension cuts. matt: if you an

blerg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets, i'm matt miller.fter its worst drawdown in five decades during the pandemic, value investing is making a comeback. inverts best quarter since june of 2000. joining us now is research affiliates rob arnott. a pioneer investor. rob, great to get some time with you. appreciate you stopping by the program. let me ask first what you make of this rotation, everyone watching factors so closely, doesn't make sense? rob: it makes a lot of sense. the interesting thing is timing market turns is near impossible. long-term market directions not that difficult. when it comes to value, the spread in valuation between growth and value stocks, at the peak of the tech bubble, if you use the classic french definition of value, at the peak of the tactile, the price-to-book was 10 times that of value. by last august, it had stretched out to 13 times. 30% more expensive than the peak of the tech bubble. by other metrics, some of them were a little richer than the peak of the tech bubble. others less so. basically, we had a

this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: i'm matt miller. this is bloomberg markets. is time for stock of the hour. dick's sporting goods made it through the pandemic admirably well, but its cautious nature is pulling shares lower right now after earnings. here is riddick a group tain >>g today but you cannot blame it on the numbers. the earnings came out pretty stellar, beating the top and bottom line estimates, even setting some records, it hiked its dividend 16%. it is all about the outlook which is not coming in so hot. they are not seeing 21 sales as strong. they say they could decline to percent in comp sales, the lower end of projections. that is putting investors off, despite the fact that they still see sales 10% above pre-pandemic levels. that is after enjoying a pretty good year for them after the pandemic. i don't know about you but i was spending a lot of my time in sweats and sneakers, and that was good for their business. it is really about how they capitalize on this. it is down to e-commerce and driving the way forward. they had a 100% increase in inc

matt: very cool.psyched to see this deal pop up over the weekend because you don't really hear that much about rail. it's such an old school, old economy business and then to see a huge number tied to it -- a 25 billion dollar deal is quite cool. i wish we would travel more by rail in the u.s. amanda: me too. matt: do people travel by rail? when we come back, we will talk about weed. pot stocks may be off their records highs -- their record highs, but we will speak about a new public company. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. i'm matt miller with amanda lange in toronto. we want to talk about weed right now. lent at tannenbaum joins us and he may not be the fascia expect to see when you are about pot stocks. for a long time, we talked to him about everything else in and around wall street. he sold his business to howard marks and now is the cfo of afc gala which focuses on lending to companies in the cannabis space. let me ask you how did you make this turn? surely it is a growing

matt: absolutely. want to focus on that now. you mentioned 60-40, the correlation. something that caught my eye was treasuries having the worst quarter since at least -- well, i thought it was 2016 sunday, and now it is since the 1980's. we are looking at a huge selloff, about 4% in the 10 year since the beginning of the year. peter, you mentioned 60-40 portfolios, which a lot of people who do not pay close attention to, probably still think is ideal. is that gone? peter: in november, i would have said may be in the sense that there is not a lot of yield left in bonds and people are overvaluing the potential that bonds and equities selloff together. now that we are at the 1.7% level on the tenure, bonds have some utility -- on the 10 year, bonds have some utility. if we see a correlation between bonds and equities pick up or a situation such that bonds are not enough of a diversifier, look at how you manage your portfolio. that is how we think of it. the days of the 60-40 my will be over. that means th

back to you, matt. matt: great interview.hank you for bringing that to us, mike mckee with robert kaplan. now, coming up, we are going to launch into our next half hour with a roar in inflation trade seeming like it has provided a wild wide -- right for markets over the past few months. we will discuss that and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ [ sigh ] not gonna happen. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. ♪ ♪ the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% lower than some leading competitors. the bath fills and drains quickly, while the heated seat soothes your back, neck and shoulders. kohler is an expert in bathing, so you can count on a deep soaking experience. are you seeing this? the kohler walk-in bath comes with fully adjustable hydrotherapy jets and our exclusive bubblemassage. everythin

matt gaetz said that this pattern has said that joe biden would pardon matt gaetz.what he threw in to his discussion with tucker carlson tonight. >> the tales that matt gaetz spins get crazier and crazier. there is no evidence that a former department official would have any linkage to the president or why the president would even conceivably pardon matt gaetz. now we're in a situation in congress where you have a sitting member of congress, matt gaetz, on the house judiciary committee that has oversight of the very department that's investigating him. that's an untenable situation, and matt gaetz should leave the judiciary committee voluntarily or he should be removed until the investigation is completed. >> congressman ted liu, thank you very much for joining us on this breaking news tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> up next, a former federal prosecutor, cynthia auxney, will join us on where this criminal investigation of matt gaetz may be going. stigation of matt gaet be going unstopables fabric finds, neutralizes and eliminates tough odors trapped in hard-to-

matt: i was just talking about bill rhodes.e has got debt for vaccines plan, and i'm sure there are similar solutions out there. is that one way this could work? david r.: yeah, basically, the world bank and others are lending money to countries on very low interest rates to get the vaccines, whether the loans will be paid back, who knows. they may be forgiven. the greater interest is getting people vaccinated, and get the economy going. if you thought there was a to world society, which is to say the less developed world before, it has been exacerbated by covid. the countries that are not doing well in getting vaccines are probably going to fall further and further behind as the developed world moves on from covid at the end of the year or so. amanda: in -- is he concerned about the level of global cooperation that we will see on this front? one of the things, you have talked to a lot of people over the past years, pre-pandemic, those global relationships were fraying. support for all of the organizations not at their height.

matt: i am matt miller. here are the top stories. u.s. hiring surges in february as economic activity picks up as vaccine rollouts provide hope. mary kay henry from the service employees international union discusses us to discuss the outlook for the economy and a fight for higher wages. one of the decade's most successful strategies poised for a dramatic makeover. some say it will be the most turbulent rebound ever. amanda: we do see a bit of reversal of what we haven't seen with tech stocks moving higher. energy leading the way. in terms on the -- of the indices, it will be the tech that has the most influence. we are watching the strong jobs data be absorbed. that is one of the key numbers. not a lot of concern expressed by jay powell. we still have the 10 year at 1.55. today maybe a slip -- slight different interpretation on the strong jobs growth and what it means for stocks. according to one member of the u.s. council of economic advisers, the job numbers are good but a lot more needs to be done. >> we are always happy to see more p

he's a buddy with matt gaetz. matt gaetz has invited him to the white house.ding tucker carlson that he'd been accused of sexual harassment and a little more time trying to remember what this guy greenberg remembers about him. because greenberg needs to make a deal. and if he can make a deal on matt gaetz, he's in good shape, and matt gaetz is in big trouble. >> so the federal law on this seems to ignore state age of consent laws. it's just anyone under the age of 18 no matter what state they're traveling to or from. >> right. well, of course, florida's consent age is 18, but that's right, there is no exception to the federal sex trafficking law. if you're under 18 and you're taken across and enticed across state lines in return for something of value for sex, you have violated the federal trafficking law. >> and as a federal investigation, if this was just a case of matt gaetz being involved with someone 17 years old in florida, that -- there would be no federal answer there. it's somehow a state line has to be crossed. >> that's exactly right. and depending

matt: cap yet -- imf miller. -- i am matt miller.loomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg's first word news. andrew cuomo is apologizing if you made any women feeling, the governor said today he isn't resigning and urged the public to "wait for the facts before making judgment about the sexual harassment accusations he faces." governor cuomo says he never touched anyone inappropriately and is embarrassed by the accusations. he has been accused publicly by three women of inappropriate behavior, including two former aides. law-enforcement are warning a militia group may be plotting to attack the u.s. capitol on thursday, a day tied to conspiracy theories about march 4 being the "true inauguration day." this comes two months after an attack on the capitol by extremist supporters by then president trump which led to five fatalities. more than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after president biden reopened healthcare.gov as part of his coronavirus response. the

matt: i'm matt miller. we welcome our bloomberg audiences.are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. the suez canal stays blocked. we will discuss the efforts to free a stuck ship in one of the world's most important waterways as hundreds of vessels pileup. plus, a bloomberg analysis shows that china is well behind its two-year target set in its u.s. trade deal. we will discuss with a former u.s. trade representative ron kirk. we will talk about the new normal for offices with the founder and ceo of industrious, one of the largest workplace solutions companies in the world. amanda? amanda: we do have markets with a turn to favoring the cyclicals today. energy is leading the way higher. more on that coming up. it may be anomalous with the price of crude today. industrials and financials moving strongly higher. we still do have a bit of supportive action on the yields front. the story remains the same and you can see the weak spots are tech, communications, the big spots of the s&p that are weakest. it is crude that is

matt: i am matt miller with amanda lang. u.s.tgage rates on the rise after a year in which housing prices saw dramatic increases. what can we expect in the months ahead with attractive rates, vaccine distribution and rebounding consumer confidence? we want to bring in tim lippert -- tim mayopoulos, he has a software application that serves mortgage lenders and buyers. and of course, former ceo of fannie mae. tell us first off what you are doing at blend. tim: we provide software to lenders to better serve their consumer customers, their borrowers, to get mortgage loans. we try to make that process as simple and efficient and digital as possible. this is an effort to make sure that when consumers apply for loans, their income and assets are verified digitally and they are able to get an answer to the question whether they can get a mortgage or loan quickly and efficiently. amanda: as somebody who obviously has seen up close and personal what can happen when a market gets overly speculative, i am curious for your thoughts on this m

matt: absolutely. that is the place to look. you might think if the markets were going to correct, typically you would think there would be a correction in the bitcoin price but that has not been the case lately. today, bitcoin is down, down to 57,300 dollars. pretty lofty heights and we will talk about cryptocurrencies and the biggest exchange for cryptocurrencies, binance. the cftc is investigating it. max is the longest serving senator in montana's history, or he was, he used to work for the sec before he went to congress and now he is helping binance navigate these waters. he was also the chairman of the senate finance committee. this is the right guy to get if you need someone to help with these issues. max baucus on bloomberg next. matt: this is "bloomberg markets ." there is a lot going on right now but i think the yield picture has to be the most interesting. i was looking at the divergence between the u.s. treasury yield and german yields and not only has it grown to almost 200 basis points, i

. >> let me return the compliment to matt. when we were trying to end our involvement in yemen and trying to make sure that we didn't get into iran, matt went against people in his own party in his own leadership to stop those wars. and if i was just trying to put together a coalition on the left we would never have made the progress on yemen. we would have never made the progress in stopping the intervention in iran. so, people said why are you working with matt gaetz i said well if you care about stopping wars overseas, look at what he is doing. >> brian: all right. are you ready for rapid fire? here is something you agree on ending forever wars. matt, why? >> because america is too special and we ought to focus

matt: this is bloomberg markets. i am matt miller. take a quick look at the rally that we are seeing across global equities. focused in the u.s. right now, the s&p 500 up 2%, with apple adding almost 10 points alone. tesla also putting up some big gains today. the nasdaq gaining 2 1/3%. you can see the 10-year yield. we are watching it closely, you are probably watching it closely. right now at 146. starting to creep higher again as investors feel safe enough to sell off government debt. and we have bitcoin rising again, 6.6% today to $48,693. as you can see from the headline there or the lower on the bottom of your screen, it is the s&p's pest day since june as investors buy the dip. as part of i.b.m.'s plan to pivot to the fast-growing cloud and a.i. markets, the company has announced a hybrid clubhouse service to allow customers to control how they store their information. for more on that, let send it over to bloomberg tech, caroline hyde, join the by jim whit hurst. >> thank you, matt. what a joy to be joining you with jim. india

matt: a big pipe piece.he private investment in public equity part of this deal, we have seen it with a number of others. is that going to continue to be an important signal that this is a serious spac? mark: i think it will. i think the pipe market currently is pretty stretched. i think there are 45 processes ongoing. investors are going to become a little more selective. i don't see them leaving the market, but i see them being more selective and in certain instances, they may be erring on the side of scale. amber: what are instant red flags for you? are you seeing commonalities on companies that are posting those ref fl -- red flags? mark: it comes back to where you started this discussion with diligence. i think having a credible partner, having a credible story on the target side eliminates a lot of risk. what happens, if people are moving too quickly and not doing their diligence, mistakes can be made. i think the market is evolving and people are improving practices all the time, so with regards to re

i am matt miller with amanda lange. ♪ ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. miller with amanda lange. we have seen some pretty steep moves in treasury yields. i want to pull up the 10 year to show you the line up after jay powell started talking and didn't say what the markets thought he would or maybe wanted him to. right now, we are trading at 154 but we almost hit 156 -- 155 a little while earlier. i also noticed a big jump and you can see that playing out against a number of currencies. it's especially against the japanese yen. you can buy almost ¥108 for one ingles dollar. let's go over to brian who follows the treasury market for us. i love your last column, don't fight the fed. but you kind of do see markets pitted against jay powell right now or am i not reading it right? >> obviously, jay powell has moved the markets but it kind of raises the question -- what do you want him to say? the 10 year yield going up his tightening in a way. mortgage rates go up and obviously you see the impact on stocks so that's a self reinforcing mechanism and the fed con

matt: that is the way fed officials are looking at it.hey are looking at the loan elation environment of the past couple decades that they are saying, we don't necessarily see any enduring shift that would really change that story. so all the downward pressures that we have seen, factors like the international economy, trade, so on and so forth, it is not obvious at the moment that that is going to shift in a dramatic way soon. and that is why you hear fed officials and people in the government saying, look, we have a lot of spending coming, but we are not worried until we have proof something here is going to change and look materially different from the last several decades. joe: matt, as you mentioned and does a lot of people expect, we are going to have this reopening, everyone expects high hotel prices, maybe high airlines and other services, but on the other hand, so much of our spending is connected to goods that we know there have been logjams and shortages in lots of goods. could those things start to ease and balance out expecte

this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg. i am matt miller with amanda lange.rg equality summit is underway right now. bloomberg news senior executive editor for the americas jackie simmons is sitting down with cecilia rouse, head of the council of economic advisers. >> it has since reversed. in the spirit of this equality summit, how do we chart a course back to those times of 2019 levels for specific demographics like the one i mentioned? jackie: that's an excellent question. the first thing i would say is that is the entire focus and purpose of the american rescue plan. during the pandemic that involves a very contagious virus. by reducing our contact, reducing physical and economic activity. although statistics you cited are the byproduct of the slowdown in activity. the american rescue plan is designed to help us all get to the other side. this comes on the heels of the cares act and the bill passed in december. the whole purpose is we are not out of the hole yet. we need to be helping our workers, continue to pay their rent, continue to help their childre

i under matt hancock's wings, so to seak. ~ , ., under matt hancock's wings, so to seak. ~' , ., . ~'s in his - speak. i think we should take what dominic cummings in his evidence | speak. i think we should take what i dominic cummings in his evidence to a select committee, or his statements to a select committee with a pinch of salt. i think we are already starting to see, you know, people within government who have beenin people within government who have been in government, like dominic cummings, line there are sort of alibis and stories, and to assign blame and take credit. we are already seeing people start to do that, and dominic cummings was very much an actor in all this. so i think you can't take his account as red as being right. he would say that, wouldn't he, about the department of health? lots of people have been massively critical about the way the government handled the procurement around ppe, it was disastrous, tens of millions of pounds spent and sometimes the ppe didn't even work or wasn't good enough quality. but cummings has tried to say that was the bureaucracy�*

his name was matt walters.we'd hang out on slow nights and sit there, do shots together and there was one night where we had a really good in-depth conversation. but ever since then she felt this connection. that's how she always referred to it. was this "connection.” >> what, did she trust you? feel safe with you? >> she seemed like it. >> reporter: they lost track of one another after cyndi married richie. and cyndi had a little girl. but after the murder, cyndi found matt on facebook. >> she said something like, "i suppose you've heard.” and i said, "heard what?” and she linked an article to richie being arrested. >> did you feel a bit sorry for her? >> yeah, i felt really bad for her. >> reporter: matt and some friends took cyndi out for a drink at, well, where else? and talked about, you guessed it, richie's arrest. >> did she have any comment about his guilt or innocence? >> she insisted that he was home alone with her all night and he never left and i think the only thing i ever said to her is, if that's

matt: it is a concern for u.s.tors, and i wonder after reports, o several -- of several deaths of your employees, what can you do to improve the situation. bom: we have to continue to change and make standards better. we will contend to -- will continue to invest. we have invested in automation that only makes deliveries better experiences for our customers but make the work easier for our employees. and we will continue to create good jobs. the best working condition jobs in the country, as well as invest billions in infrastructure that extends our network deeper and closer to the customers. 70% of the population lives within seven miles of one of our centers, so we are continuing to innovate on this front. emily: you also invested heavily to keep warehouses safe through the pandemic, with disinfectant, for example. how has the company changed through the pandemic and what are your expectations for growth post pandemic? bom: we are not giving any forward guidance, but if you look at our historical's, this year, be

matt: yeah, that's a really interesting question.ng is, the way the fed looks at this, they definitely take this approach that is looking at overall financial conditions, right. and so just because interest rates are rising, that's not necessarily something that they get too concerned about, right, as long as it's basically not upsetting the stock market and some of the other metrics that they look at. but, of course, you have to take into account the fact what interest rates go up, it does do other things that aren't necessarily directly relate theed to stock market, like, for example, push up mortgage rates. that could in turn put a little bit of a damper on housing activity at a time when we're trying to keep as much economic momentum going as possible. and so that is going to be an interesting question in the coming months, do they hold to that line, are they really going to be unperturbed as long as the stock market is elevated. joe: we knew that the fed is very consistent, they said it long before today, they're not going to hi

well let me let me let me go to brian here so if we if we extrapolate from what we just heard from matt so the u.s. would use military force to bring democracy around the world i think we've seen quite a few examples of that recently i wonder i wonder why but i'm sorry let me go let me go. my 3rd guest in and you can react i promise i'll go right back to you so brian you know i mean it's like madeleine albright when we stand tall and we see further i mean that was during the crisis breaking up of yugoslavia the illegal invasion of iraq and to that i could go on and on and on so i had him on maybe can have good intentions but that's not power politics go ahead brian in washington. well and i would actually dispute the the good intentions part i mean i think the whole referencing of values is largely a pretext it's largely a public for public consumption to disguise what is basically a naked self interested foreign policy that aims to dominate or dislodge or topple governments that are independent independent meaning that they have the capacity to control their own labor their own land th

there is leaking going on. >> somebody election day that matt gaetz said -- leaks that matt gaetz saide said he did not have a relationship with any girl that was 17 years old. never flew anybody in. why can't the fbi talk about it? if they were one day away from releasing this information why can't they say something? if they want help with the hunter biden story he is writing an autobiography including crack use. time to move on. up next president biden's german shepherd is in the dog house. some say he belongs there. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ hey limu! [ squawks ] how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... oh, sorry... [ laughter ] woops! [ laughter ] good evening! meow! nope. oh... what? i'm an emu! ah ha ha. no, buddy! buddy, it's a filter! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile, you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most

guest brian becker in washington he's the executive director of the answer coalition in london we have matt or throw up he is a professor of political science and international relations at coventry university and in budapest we have george said he is a podcast or at the gaggle which can be found on you tube and rumble. girls in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was preaching let me go to george 1st in budapest we had that confound with the chinese in anchorage which turned into a train wreck because the secretary of state was more concerned about china's internal affairs and not measuring up to western liberal values however you want to define them and then we had the secretary of state meeting with. nato allies a few days ago and he talked about values 17 times but george i didn't see international law mentioned once so what's going on here i mean what is the playing field international law or liberal values as how the west interprets it go ahead. well that's exactly right. what we have is the western powers that have defined. rules based order something that they app

matt, why? our resources on our people and focus on the strategic threats to ensure that we are a successful and prosperous country going forward. >> brian: congressman, co-handna, you just want us out of afghanistan, right? >> yes, i do. >> brian: next, something you disagree on. immigration. congressman gaetz, what do you think? >> i do not believe that we ought to have a porous border. i think we ought to have rule of law. i think that the asylum process was improved greatly by president trump and i'm worried that joe biden's reforms are actually creating a great deal of insecurity in our country. >> brian: congressman co-handna, how do you differ? >> i believe in borders, but i believe that we need to uphold our rule of law on asylum and that means that when young children come here, we treat them with respect and have them go through the process. but, obviously i believe that we need to have borders and enforce borders in this country. brain brian so you differ. marijuana reform you both ag

ok let's go back to matt in london i think one of the things i. really very peculiar is that mr blinken the secretary of state has been really quite active and very much in public. trying to explain the administration's policy on the world stage and his constant obsession with this democracy issue which i think everyone i think not only speaking about democracy is a good idea but you know it's really kind of rich coming from the secretary of state when after the november election tens of millions of people have doubts about the democratic process in the united states itself so i mean isn't it kind of peculiar to you that the secretary of state goes on the world stage well it's deeply divided at home go ahead in london. america's deeply divided it's the polarized society but in america people have the right to express their opinion there is no indication no indication that the election was in any way it is the fairest election that has ever been in american history america is not a perfect democracy and americans an imperfect. but it would be bette

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it was actually matt gaetz who publicly disclosed that. so to the extent that that investigation has been scuttled, it is more likely that it's because matt gaetz first publicly disclosed that investigation. now, in terms of our reporting, we look at an investigation into matt gaetz that began in august, in late summer of 2020 when donald trump was the president and william barr was the attorney general. we know that barr and other officials had to sign off on the investigation and okay it because barr himself last year in the winter said that all such investigations needed to be one run by top justice department officials. so this was something that the justice department under donald trump thought was serious enough to pursue, and it involves allegations, including the allegation that congressman gaetz had a relationship with a girl who was only 17 and took her across state lines. >> katie, the gaetz allegation of extortion is against one david mcgee, a former federal prosecutor. make no mistake, a formidable member of the bar. he has pu

congressman matt gaetz confirming the probe while also mounting the defense but we begin with breaking news in the chauvin murder trial. we have seen day three it has been incredibly emotional testimony today. a witness breaking down in tears on the stand after watching the body camera footage of the incident which becomes evidence in the trial the witness who you can also see here at the scene recounting what he thought, what he did, how he told george floyd in those last moments to try to comply further with the cops. >> i was telling him, just comply with them and get out of the car because you can't win. >> now, floyd can be seen on camera there and he could be seen responding. he had said that he couldn't get in the car and he could not get up officer chauvin seemed calm during the incident. the witness broke down emotionally, sobbing on the stand while also trying, endeavoring to do what i have told you happens in these trials, to bear witness, to participate in this process, however hard it can be to participate in or to watch this individual, as you are going to see, trying the

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driven foreign policy when you're trying to change the internal affairs of another country go ahead matt in london. well the international war days are also an economic order for there to be a a liberal retraced system this was one of america's interests which is a. traditionally has to be ahead of him on that has to be a country that carries the burdens america inspire a considerable distance the only superpower and konami as well as military in the world an america that can take you to my self truth that marriage and water that everybody else can benefit from it's a bit like lighthouses new konami theory so people who are very rich will live in houses and the other people will then be able to navigate on the cd because of that great power and where it's been said that one cannot interfere with the the internal affairs in a country where it is that actually if you look at the new un charter that was mentioned before which was true drawn up including countries that use the present day russia etc should be democracy freedom of speech which is not exactly what you see if you live in china

to get to tonight including the increasingly bizarre story of trump's favorite little congressman matt gaetz for possible sex trafficking and we'll break down what we know and what gaetz is claiming and we begin the reidout with day three of the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. george floyd's life mattered and that was the emotional crux of today's testimony and a day we haven't seen much of since george floyd died under chauvin's knee almost a year ago. today we got to see george floyd alive. here's surveillance video inside cup foods before he was stopped by police, footage that was unseen by the public before today. you can see george floyd in a black tank top dancing around and you can see him interacting with customers and cashiers. one of those cashiers testified today. his name is christopher martin and he's 19 years old. floyd bought cigarettes from him the day that he died giving him a $20 bill and martin testified today that he was suspicious, but because of a store policy that made employees pay for counterfeit bills out of their own paycheck,

matt, thank you. >>> and matt, as you know, we followed this on the air all day today, and there was a moment when the boulder police chief maris herold grew visibly moved as she revealed she lived just three blocks from that store. and what she revealed about the officer and his seven children, all of them in her office just two weeks ago for an award. >> it's hard, it's challenging. i live three blocks up the street from that store. you're worried about your neighbors, you're worried about your partner, you're worried about everything when you get that call. and so, yeah, i feel numb. and it's heartbreaking. it's heartbreaking to talk to victims, their families. you know, it's tragic. this officer had seven children. ages 5 to 18. i just had that officer's whole family in my office two weeks ago to give him an award. and so it is personal, this is my community, i live here. i can tell you that he's a very kind man. and he didn't have to go into policing. he had a profession before this, but he felt a higher calling. and he loved this community and he's everything that policing dese

i can bring in matt. let's have a conversation.germany forced to hand over the powers to the vaccine strategy or did they volunteer to do that? matt: no, everyone i have spoken to in the government says they wanted to do it this way. they wanted to take a multilateral approach to ensure everyone in europe gets the same shot at a vaccine, not just the big and powerful economies like germany get the first shot. a lot of people said why didn't germany get the vaccine and then divvy it out? they did not think that was the right look or the right strategy for the united europe. jonathan: before return to german finance minister olaf scholz, what is happening in german politics right now? the chancellor from one party, the finance minister from another party. the finance minister is also the candidate for the chancellor position this year in a federal election. how do these individuals within the german government work together at a really delicate time? matt: they actually work extremely well together. i'm not sure that helps scholz's b

we invited congressman matt gaetz on the show. allegation, tell us what the truth is from your perspective. >> it is a horrible allegation and it is alive. "the new york times" is running a story that i have traveled with a 17-year-old woman and that is verifiably false, people can look at my travel records and see that is not the case. what is happening is anen extortion of me and my family involving former justice department official.di on march 15th my father got a text message demanding a meeting where in a person demanded $25 million in exchange for making horrible sex trafficking allegations against me go away. our family was so troubled by that we want to the local fbi and the fbi and the department of justice were so concerned about this attempted extortion of a member of congress they asked w my dad to wear a wire which he did with the former department of justice official. tonight, i am demanding that the department of justice and the m fbi released the audio recordings that were made under their supervision and at their

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matt miller caught up with him after power day.n fast charging, which is probably the biggest constraint on the customer front because of anxiety still. some regions in europe are well covered. germany is growing. other regions -- this is where our investment mostly goes. mostly it goes into fast charging and providing home charging devices. step-by-step, we see inflation will alleviate and i would say battery capacity, ev capacity and fast charging capacity. so far it is going well. ev's have -- all competitors are basically following us. we are confident. matt: i look across the investments and i see 29 billion are battery factories, 30 billion in the new software focus, obviously it cost billions of dollars to design these new cars and put them together. how are you financing what looks like $200 billion in investment to push into the electric car industry? herbert: we have strong cash flows from our business last year and into this year. finding it hard to get our -- i would not say legacy business, but the internal combustion

there is explosive new reporting tonight about republican florida congressman matt gaetz who's represented his district since 2017, made a name for himself as one of the trumpiest members of the house of representatives. "the new york times" reporting the justice department is investigating gaetz over, quote, whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. the investigation was opened in the final months of the trump administration under attorney general william barr. katie benner, one of the "times" reports who broke this story is standing by to join us in a few minutes. no charges have been brought against the congressman. tonight he up and down denied the allegations during an interview with tucker carlson. >> it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. "the new york times" is running a story that i have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. people can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case. what is happening is an extortion of me and my family involving a former department of justice official.

the most embattled season with matt giving rachael the final rose.heir relationship. the two spoke out about what happened on the "after the final rose" special and matt james is joining us to talk about it. matt, good morning to you. we appreciate you joining us this morning. and last night was a tough night. it was the first time you've seen rachael since the breakup with those photos coming out. you seemed very, very emotional about it. at times, taking a long time to answer the question. so what was going through your mind? >> good morning, michael. it hit me like a ton of bricks, you know. i felt the weight of everything that i was carrying throughout the season and with what we were dealing with as a country and having to explain that, why it was problematic to me and our relationship which was extremely difficult. >> and you didn't get engaged on the show. but you say, we want to explore this relationship so in the time you spent with rachael away from the show without the cameras there. i know you didn't get engaged on the show but were you l

matt gaetz said someone is trying to, quote, recategorize his generosity to ex-girlfriends. a 17-year-old, which he denies, how real is the risk of sex trafficking charges? >> good evening, wolf. it is very real. sex trafficking, especially when it comes to minors, is treated very seriously at the state and federal levels, punishable up to life in prison. it requires a minor to be recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, maintained, provided for commercial sex acts. that's a brought definition. as far as commercial sex acts, it is any sex act in exchange for anything of value. and that would include hotel rooms, flights, expenses, things matt gaetz has provided to his dates. he is adamant he never dated an underage girl. federal prosecutors would have to show that it is indeed an underage girl and knew or should have known about it, can't just put blinders on and walk away, you have to tie hotel rooms, plain tickets, expenses to sex acts. if that is not done, prosecutors have other tools in the arsenal. they can charge what's known as statutory rape if found he had sex wit

and offenders often -- here's the plot twist matt gaetz, of all the people on the planet, should know harshly child sex trafficking is treated it might explain his lone vote against legislation, but the real reason matt gaetz should no how harshly federal investigators treat child sex trafficking, is because his very, very very, very very close friend and political ally, a friend so close that matt gaetz brought this friend with him to the trump white house, took this picture? is now in jail for violating bond in a case involving child sex trafficking. from the "new york times" report -- three people said the examination of mr. gaetz 38 is part of a broad are investigation, joel greenberg, who was indicted last summer on an arrays of charges, and financially supporting people in exchange for sex, at least one of whom was an underage girl greenberg has pleaded not guilty to those charges we have gone from talking about matt gaetz, as someone so disdainful that he wore a gas mask to mock covid protection, someone so full of hate for his colleagues, that he traveled to wyoming in the mid