mr. robbins, you look like an honest man and i'm going to ask you a question. do you think that committee was fair when there was really no republican representation? because we know adam kinzinger and liz cheney are not true republicans. now, i want to talk about what we do know. we know there are many people in washington that hate donald trump area -- trump. we know they did not want him to be president in 2016, we also know that when he became president and did such a good job straightening this country out, they made up their minds saying they would make sure he never got back in that white house. i wonder if you could answer some questions, especially about the fairness of that committee. host: thanks for the call. guest: sure, thank you. as you may know, it is a bit ironic there are some who claim this was a partisan committee, because, as many will remember, the effort that was made was to have a bipartisan, evenly divided 9/11 like commission look into this. that was blocked by the republicans in the senate. so, had the democrats in the house who intro

mr. robbins, you look like an honest man and i'm going to ask you a question.at committee was fair when there was really no republican representation? because we know adam kinzinger and liz cheney are not true republicans. now, i want to talk about what we do know. we know there are many people in washington that hate donald trump area -- trump. we know they did not want him to be president in 2016, we also know that when he became president and did such a good job straightening this country out, they made up their minds saying they would make sure he never got back in that white house. i wonder if you could answer some questions, especially about the fairness of that committee. host: thanks for the call. guest: sure, thank you. as you may know, it is a bit ironic there are some who claim this was a partisan committee, because, as many will remember, the effort that was made was to have a bipartisan, evenly divided 9/11 like commission look into this. that was blocked by the republicans in the senate. so, had the democrats in the house who introduced the resolu

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mr. robbins, thanks for your time. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: can you expand on your role youserved in congress particularly how congress investigates these types of things? >> i was simultaneously chief counsel for the democrats, the minority at the time. called the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations which is a great subcommittee with a significant bipartisan tradition and then at the same time i was deputy chief counsel for the senate governmental affairs committee, the full committee which at the time was can investigating allegations that there were improprieties by the clinton and gore campaign in 1996 election. >> host: with that background in mind what did you think about the committees of january 6th to the justice department on its face as far as the specifics? >> first, the underlining volume of serious work that was done by this committee nobody regardless it seems to me with an inclination can challenge. this was a thousand witnesses nearly about a million documents. the executive summary that's being released tomorrow runs 150 pages, 762 footnotes. wh

emily robbins, thank you. mr.an is speaking at a writers conference and saying some interesting things. he is talking about the fact that it makes sense to adjust staffing. he is also talking about what is happening with twitter. twitter is great, elon musk is a great executive but i would not bet against elon musk. the words of mr. goldman. we are going to take you to silicon valley next. the latest challenger reports are that u.s. job cuts have risen. the tech sector into -- in november has been battered. this is what they are talking about in san francisco. we take you there next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> time for the bloomberg business flash. one of the largest grocery change -- chains, kroger, has raised its earning forecast and posted sales and profit that beat estimates. they have put share buybacks on hold while trying to complete a takeover of albertsons. it is one of the biggest casino deals in the u.s., lactone has agreed to sell its stake in two las vegas hotels. blackstone will get 1.2 somebody dollars