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and on skype from new york brad jenkins is a democratic strategist welcome back all of you to the show it's so good to have you back i want to start with this and brad i'll give this to you because your democratic strategist shawn newsome on twitter says too many democrats are declaring i think they'll all cannibalize each other so bid him into the right bear it is a crowded field right now what do you make of it. well there has to be one right so. you know i disagree i think the biggest lesson learned from twenty sixteen is we had to you candidates we had the establishment candidate and we had the insurgent candidate and that was pretty much it and the largest electorate on election day in two thousand and sixteen were people that didn't vote right people weren't happy with donald trump or hillary clinton so i like that we have variety i like that we have all geographies all ethnic. all issues covered and there's a lot more there's a lot. of the lesson fluttering and the lessons of twenty six are teetering i mean had too many and that's how donald trump got to be the nominee because h

new york times, but lots of other outlets. apple pay will be in 40 countries this year. looking at credit cards. what new will we learn about what apple is doing with pay? brad: we will see but this is all about the services business, growing 20% of the hardware business is stagnant. looking at other portions like apple music, and this drive to create a competing stream service to amazon and netflix. vonnie: thank you. we will bring you the latest news from apple as it happens today. brad stone in our san francisco headquarters. apple stock down 1.1%. there is more time. tim cook will be on stage for a little while. meanwhile, nike stock down today. michael avenatti charged with

but brad hoylman tweeting saying the real estate lobbyists who say the rich wouldn't buy apartments with the pied-a-terre tax deserve an oscar for acting. which is what the head of new york's top broker predicted on "squawk box" just two weeks ago. >> i don't think it's going to happen the way it's laid out now. i think the governor is a smart man and would come to the senses to what it would do to the economy of new york, new york city especially. i think there'll be something. i don't think it'll be as severe and i don't think it'll be an annual payment >> new tax would raise about $300 million a year or less than half of what the pied-a-terre tax would be >> if the tax doesn't come there, it's going to come somewhere else just like in the tax the last time around.

new york times, but lots of other outlets. apple pay will be in 40 countries this year. looking at credit cards. what new will we learn about what apple is doing with pay? brad will see but this is all about the services business, growing 20% of the hardware business is stagnant. looking at other portions like apple music, and this drive to create a competing stream service to amazon and netflix. vonnie: thank you. we will bring you the latest news from apple as it happens today. brad stone in our san francisco headquarters. apple stock down 1.1%. there is more time. tim cook will be on stage for a little while. meanwhile, nike stock down today. michael avenatti charged with trying to extort nike, threatening to release damaging information, according to the united states. this is bloomberg. ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which h

. >> this is an interesting tax because brad hiel man said it only impacts 5,000 people in new york thatry residences over 5 million. when you look at the structure of the tax, it is only a small group even within that 5,000, those with $30 million apartments that will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in extra taxes. this is the most progressive tax i've ever seen the question is what happens to sales at the top end of the market that are already under a lot of pressure because of excess supply. you add this tax on, we could see big price moves and big declines in sales at the top of the market which could spill to the lower end as well. >> that's the key. robert, thank you for the continued coverage of all these tax related issues "squawk alley" is next we're going to take you live inside the pentagon. morgan gave a tease of that. she's speaking with the u.s. army secretary, mark esper this is your invitation to be our guest. this is the invitation to lexus sales event. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months. now thru march 31st. experience amazing at your lexus

new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- james spader, star of broadway's "king lear," actress glenda jackson, cooking with the host of "it's alive: goin' places," bradticipated in a reception for black history month. said trump, "i'm happy to celebrate the first ever black history month. la

new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- james spader, star of broadway's "king lear," actress glenda jackson, cooking with the host of "it's alive: goin' places," bradne, featuring the 8g band with jeff friedl. ♪ [ chee and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear, everybody. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump today participated in a reception for black history month. said trump, "i'm happy to celebrate the first ever black history month. [ laughter ] my idea." former president barack obama attended yesterday's college basketball game between rivals duke and north carolina and i'm happy for you, really, but since you left office, you've been living like a make-a-wish kid. [ laughter ] i feel like you left us with an abusive stepdad and every once in a while, we get a postcard that says, "italy is so beautiful, next time i'll bring you." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i'm happy for you. according to a new book, president trump and first lady melania were seen at mar-a-lago on thanksgiving holdi

brad hoenen first looked into it. good morning, senator. when you think about this tax, what do you think the impact would be on the economy of new york city? with the fact -- and thank you for having me this morning to talk about this -- that we're leaving a lot of money on the table in new york city. these are individuals who don't make new york city their primary residence and therefore don't pay income tax so new york city controller has estimated that amount at $650 million a year that could go toward the important infrastructure >> senator, just to put a fine point on that statistic, it's a static statistic as if nothing changed in terms of the tax itself changing the economics interest in buying second homes in new york city the reason i mention that is it's very possible that people would look at this decisional cost and say you know what i don't want to buy that second home, right? >> well, let's look at the fact that if you're purchasing a $6 million second home, you're only paying about $5,000 a year additional in this new tax so that's not a lot of money and we're talking about in many instances the global super rich who are loo

but brad hoylman tweeting saying the real estate lobbyists who say the rich wouldn't buy apartments with the pied-a-terre tax deserve an oscar for acting. which is what the head of new york'son "squawk box" just two weeks ago. >> i don't think it's going to happen the way it's laid out now. i think the governor is a smart man and would come to the senses to what it would do to the economy of new york, new york city especially. i think there'll be something. i don't think it'll be as severe and i don't think it'll be an annual payment >> new tax would raise about $300 million a year or less than half of what the pied-a-terre tax would be >> if the tax doesn't come there, it's going to come somewhere else just like in the tax the last time around. >> and noone is talking about cutting the budget >> it's got to come from somewhere. >> if you want to continue to spend it >> exactly >> did they say anything about amazon the other great idea that new york brought us? any comments on how well they managed that situation >> they have not revisited that decision either. >> we had the guy on, it was like, we want to fix the subways. i'm like, what if you have less money afterwards d