monica malik stays with manus and myself this morning.et's get an update with the first word news. laura: president biden has told more than a dozen ceos he has bypassed gun support for funding to worldwide shipping support. biden read the firm's letter from lawmakers supporting his $50 billion proposal for chip manufacturing and research. the u.k. has hit its target of offering a first vaccine to all over 50's ahead of schedule. it is a boost. prime minister boris johnson plans to a lot more of the economy. everyone over 50 and the vulnerable and health care workers have been offered a shot. in germany, chancellor angela merkel's secession leads to be -- looks to be in disarray. who should be candidate for the top job. the csu has backed its chairman, snubbing the larger sister party which is supporting its leader. the joint candidate almost always comes from the cdu. global news 24 hours a day on air and a bloombergquint take powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. this is bloomberg. manus: thank you very much. coming up on