so you get red sox game so half red sox. i carry this debate this dissension in my blood what can i say? >> in honor of babe ruth, sorry i lost my train of thought. with kent williams lake 1939 or 40 or something? >> of the trivia question i do not run the guys name. there is one guy who replaced ted williams, no forget about it. "was a question? >> know the guy who went out and ted williams hit his famous final homer. and then hee came in so that fs could cheer him. and who replaced him? >> anyway. >> or someone who did pinch-hit. one guy pinch-hit that one guy pinch-hit for hank aaron. >> anyway good trivia. that is why we love baseball. that keeps us ticking i will tell you. thank you very much folks. thank you again for having me. [applause] >> since elon musk purchased twitter a lot of people including politicians have had a lot to say about him for this episode of the weekly take a look back and hear members of congress democrats and republicans and other politicians had to say about him before he bought the social med

i became a red sox fan. but if you live on the eastern end of long island, the hamptons is it's like new england half the yankees because you're only 2 hours from the city but across the water from connecticut in boston so you get red sox games so half the yankees have red sox. so i carry this, you know, debate, this dissension in my back pocket. i think there's a good, good photo of babe ruth on tuesday this was my train of thought. sorry, babe ruth all with ted williams? yes. in like 1939 or 40 or something. it's a good shot. another trivia question. i don't remember the guy's name, but there's one guy who replaced i forgot, replaced ted williams. now forget about i was going to ask a question. yeah. name the guy. you mean a pinch hitter that. no, the guy who went out when ted williams hit his famous final homer in his final at bat. and then he came in. yeah so the fans could cheer him because we all know and then who replaced him left field i forget yeah. anyway that's somebody who did pinch hit for baylo

i became a red sox fan. but if you live on the eastern end of long island, the hamptons is it's like new england half the yankees because you're only 2 hours from the city but across the water from connecticut in boston so you get red sox games so half the yankees have red sox. so i carry this, you know, debate, this dissension in my back pocket. i think there's a good, good photo of babe ruth on tuesday this was my train of thought. sorry, babe ruth all with ted williams? yes. in like 1939 or 40 or something. it's a good shot. another trivia question. i don't remember the guy's name, but there's one guy who replaced i forgot, replaced ted williams. now forget about i was going to ask a question. yeah. name the guy. you mean a pinch hitter that. no, the guy who went out when ted williams hit his famous final homer in his final at bat. and then he came in. yeah so the fans could cheer him because we all know and then who replaced him left field i forget yeah. anyway that's somebody who did pinch hit for baylo

red sox continue to act like a small-market team without a plan.n that very pessimistic note, thank you for your help today. and that does it for us this morning. alex withwill pick up the coverage after a quick final break. the coverage after a quick final break. ♪♪ giorgio, look. the peanut butter box is here. ralph, that's the chewy pharmacy box with our flea and tick meds. it's not peanut butter. i know, i know. but every time the box comes, we get the peanut butter. yes, because mom takes the meds out of the box and puts them in the peanut butter. sounds like we're getting peanut butter. yes, but that is the chewy pharmacy box. ♪ the peanut butter box is here. ♪ ♪ the peanut butter box is here ♪ alright, i'm out. pet prescriptions delivered to your door. chewy. >>> good morning to all of you. it's 10:00 is a.m. eastern, i'm alex wit. this morning roads are finally reopening in buffalo

fantasy baseball team that you have keepers on, how many keepers are is there on the present boston red soxevers. >> when you were talking about football, i was watching the red zone last night, with my daughter amelia. >> we got it set for you. >> we did get it set up. it was hard, and i saw kornacki. kornacki was on the red zone, but here's what happened. there was some drama. >> what happened? >> so he called the anchors out. there were three anchors on the red zone, and he called them out for being wrong with their predictions, and do you know what the lady said? >> what? >> steve kornacki, you can take your khakis and get out of here. and they went to break. >> i'll tell you something, pull on superman's cape, you don't spit in the wind. you don't pull the cape off the lone ranger, and you certainly don't attack steve kornacki and his khakis. >> they said get out of here. that was it. >> i'm so glad you guys were watching the red zone. >> it was fun. >> that's what jack and i do every sunday. >>> ahead of a likely 2024 campaign, the biden administration is reportedly turning to social

>> the red sox, they cry povr tu.surely there's no money for the old town team. >> next on joe biden, a look at an american icon. joe biden, a an american icon ♪ today my friend you did it, you did it, you did it... ♪ good news! a new clinical study showed that centrum silver supports cognitive health in older adults. it's one more step towards taking charge of your health. so every day, you can say... ♪ youuu did it! ♪ with centrum silver. ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪ youuu did it! ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ >>> the u.s. postal service will feature the late civil rights leader john lewis on a new stamp next year. the stamp features a picture of lewis used in a 2013 issue of "time" magazine. >> reverend al, what a great tribute to our friend and an extraordinary civil rights hero. >> a great tribute and a deserving one. i can honestly say as someone that has been in the civil rights movement since i was 12, john lewis was probably the one that personified the sacred commitment to human rights and c

red sox facing real fan backlash in new england. sox did reportedly ink a deal with the best bat coming over from japan adding outfielder yoshita on a five year, $90 million contract. it will not make up for the anger over losing xander bogaerts. finally, we're going to go to the nhl and columbus, ohio, where buffalo sabers matched a franchise record with five goals. yep, five goals. and last night's 9-4 win over the blue jackets. thompson's five goals marks the second most ever scored in a road game. he put in four in the first period. i guess he slacked off the rest of the game. time now for weather. let's go to michelle grossman for the forecast. i can tell you it's gloomy in new england. otherwise, how it is looking? >> gloomy in many ways, right? we're looking at a couple problem areas today. rain falling in the tennessee valley. the southern plains. heavy in some spots where you see the brighter colors. it's been raining for days. it's going continue to rain. we'll see some thunderstorms as well. you can notice on the backside

in major league baseball, our boston red sox, they've added a two-time award winner to the rotation, has reportedly agreed to a $21 million deal to pitch for the sox. the 26-year-old boasted for then is, does not make up for what is objectivelily a pretty bad season for the front office. >>> meanwhile, a dominican court has convicted ten people for the attempted murder of former slugger david or tez, when he was shot in a bar back in 2019. two of the ten men found guilty including the alleged shooter were each sentenced to 30 years in prison. dominican authorities had said they had confused the hall of famer for another person. but american investigators hired by ortiz get that big papi was targeted by a drug trafficker who was jealous of him. >>> time now for weather. let's go to meteorologist angie lassman. angie, what's going on out there? >> hi, sam, i hope you like roller coasters. we're going to see temperatures ranging from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s in the south. we're running 20 degrees above normal in many locations that takes us into the new year. 50s and 60s. richmond, ending

jack manley, bringing us holiday cheer with a tie and red sox. coming up on the show, the results are in 253 chaotic days at the helm but twitter users say elon musk should step down as ceo. this is bloomberg. ♪. kriti: this is bloomberg markets. twitter users have voted for elon musk to step down as the company ceo based on the online poll posted sunday. 58% of users said they favor and exit. will there be fallout? let's try to answer that question for us. if this happens and he steps down, who could potentially replace him? ed: we take him at face value and he followed up in another tweet on the result on the pole and it's hard to distinguish between candidates and satire. there is the fix it team, the trio of silicon valley who helped him when he first bought twitter and they were kind of having an active role through the engineering talent and were attending meetings with elon musk and traveled to new york to talk with advertisers. it's possible and they were asking if they should take on the role. we don't know if he's joking. we put in a re

. ♪ sweet caroline ♪ ♪ bup bup bup ♪ >> reporter: it's been the unofficial anthem of boston red sox fansfootball fans. ♪ bup bup bup ♪ >> reporter: just this week the 81-year-old diamond proving to this adoring broadway house he's still got it. ♪ sweet caroline bup bup bup good times never seemed so good ♪ >> reporter: at the opening night of the new musical "a beautiful noise," the neil diamond musical about his incredible life and career. ♪ >> reporter: we went behind the scenes to see how the magic is made. >> that makes it. >> this is amazing. >> reporter: in the show a present-day neil diamond looks back on his life, reflecting on his ups and downs told through conversations with his therapist. ♪ play it now play it now play it now my baby ♪ >> reporter: broadway veteran will swensen portrays the young neil diamond. >> surreal, the first show in boston, neil diamond came to the show. after 20 minutes of the audience screaming because they realized, the pressure, oh, i have to be neil in front of neil. that was surreal, also amazing. >> neil diamond music and himself are so beloved i

think in all the endless endless hours we spent together, if we spent 2 minutes talking about the red sox, sometimes you like tennis, but other than that, there wasn't lot of sports that crossed over into experience. now, mitch albom was your first book at about age 3940. you've written some others subsequently are those. yeah, well, right. came out when i was 39 and that was the last time the way that i wrote a sports book was one that came before tuesdays with morrie. i've written nine other books since then, most of them novels, a couple of them nonfiction, the novels really all of the books that have followed from the five people you meet in heaven for one more day, have a little faith finding chick the magic strings of frankie all the way up to the latest one the stranger in the lifeboat. they are all in some way probably traceable back to my experience. morrie and talking about the things that really were universally important to human beings, about finding meaning in their lives, or the kind of essential ingredients of life. once you, once you realize, really realize that your life

you're a famous red sox fan. why the briscoe center, why austin, it extext for your material and late husband's material. i felt like i was coming home. my political presidential career started here with lbj. no question about that. i think back, i would haveline a historian, my ph.d. was in the supreme court, and i was a white house fellow and ended p working for lincoln johnson in spite of writing an article against him in the new republic, how to remove lyndon johnson from power. and it was after our white house fellowship. and instead of that, he said bring her down here. if i can't win her over. >> i wished i would have known what i know know, the questions i would have asked him. i stayed at the ranch many times and listened to him. mostly just listened to him talk, talk, talk, did he ever talk and never really stopped and as some of you know, i always felt the story-- i was doing very well with everything, i worried that he had somewhat of a womanizing reputation and i knew i was a young girl and i kept ta

you are a famous red sox fan. y the briscoe center? why austin, texas, for your material andnd your late husbans mitra? >> i think it really felt like i was coming home. my political presidential career started youwh with lbj, no question about that. when i thinkk back about my phd was in supreme court history, i would've been studying those people in the roads instead of presidents, except for the fact when i was 24 i was a white house fellow, i should win if you know, and ended up working for lyndon johnson despite having written and article against him, how to remove lyndon johnson from power. they came out two days after the dance at the white house. they kicked me out of the program he said bring her down before your and if i can't win her over, no one can. so it was an extraordinary experience for a look back on the net and i wish i had done whatwo i know now. i would've asked questions because there were times when i didn't want to be done that because of the boyfriend at home. how would you think it has been every minute you co

as important as the red sox are to new england, fans are angry.is is not going to be a pretty season if they don't make a lot of moves and fast, and starting with keeping rafael demers. >> we have always been the little team that could, the little engine that could, i think i can, but looks like you guys in the bronx are going to crush us. then again, you can say that about four other teams in the american league east team too. we're going to end up buying the baltimore orioles again most likely. >> we're still accepting applications for fans in the bronx if you want to hop over to the dark side. we take care of our franchise players. aaron judge is easy to root for. >> no. >> think about it. >> no. >> the celtics are great this year. marc polymeropoulos, sorry about your christmas, sir. try to soldier through these holidays. we appreciate you being on this morning. >>> coming up next, florida governor ron desantis holds a significant advantage over donald trump now, over florida republicans. we're going to show you new numbers. plus a look inside

you're a famous red sox fan. why the briscoe center? why austin, texas, for your material and your late husband's material? well, i think it really felt like i was coming home mean my political presidential career started here with lbj no question about that. when i think back it, i would have been an historian. i my ph.d. was in supreme court history. i would have been studying those people in their robes of presidents, except the fact that when i was 24 years old, i was a white house fellow, as sure as many of you know, and ended up for lyndon johnson, despite having written an article against him in the new republic how to remove lyndon johnson power and somehow it came out two days after the dance at the white house that celebrated our white house fellowship. and instead of kicking me out of the program he said, oh, bring her down here for a year, and if can't win her over, no one can. so it was an extra injury experience. i look back on it now and i just wish that i had known what i know now. i would have asked him so many thousand

especially with the winter we have had in boston with the red sox. that's my job.n it right now. >> i'm never going to retire so long as they call me to get up in the morning. i'm hoping he does because he needs a break. >> let's end on that note. alex, tireless, we appreciate it. our thanks to him and our thanks to allo of you for watching. that's going to do it for us this morning. peter alexander picks up the coverage after a short break. peter alexander picks up the coverage after a short break >>> good morning. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm peter alexander. right now, a controversial pandemic era policy used to expel asylum seek letters remain in place for the time being as the hum

the energy in the chamber was like being at| the chamber was like being at fenway park during a red sox are some republicans who say that support for ukraine should not be a blank do you think president zelensky won them over tonight with his case and cause? i over tonight with his case and cause? ., , over tonight with his case and cause? ~ , .. , over tonight with his case and cause? ~ , , .,, over tonight with his case and cause? ~' , , ., ., cause? i think his case was not 'ust to cause? i think his case was not just to the _ cause? i think his case was not just to the us _ cause? i think his case was not just to the us congress - cause? i think his case was not just to the us congress but i cause? i think his case was not just to the us congress but to | just to the us congress but to the american people. for everyone in america to understand why this is an investment in the future, not just charity for ukraine. why it matters what we do today for the future of freedom in the world. he was speaking to america, notjust the congress. if you look at the us congress there are some loud

>> i could see the boston red sox. they are like a slumbering giant of their. waiting for somebody to explain the financial model of this. $300 million. lisa: in all honesty, this is actually one of the oddities of the baseball market, is the major markets have amazing retail royalties for all the products that they sell. incredible ticket sales. if you ever bought tickets, you know how expensive they are. season-ticket holders, and all of these contracts with cable companies, all of these revenue streams that give them a lot of money that they can throw after some of the top talent. is it worth it? and we can discuss it. jonathan: the american market is just absolutely massive, it is amazing. >> i thought you were really classy. tom: i have no idea what she is talking about. jonathan: the world cup is deeply emotional. tom: i've learned this. will it be the same in america? jonathan: you have to realize that for a supporter of spain like maria tadeo, she views their performance as have the rest of the world perceives her country. like that is really, really im

. >> if i could get paid every time i talk how disappointing the red sox offense has been i could retireed it a minute ago. a new reporting desantis could attack former president trump's covid-19 response should desantis indeed enter the 2024 presidential race and take on trump. talk about that. >> what put desantis on the map in a big way on the right side of the spectrum. catapulted into rock star status, his response to the pandemic or lack thereof, depending who you ask. keeping schools open. resisting vaccine mandates. you know, resisting calls to sort of shut down the florida economy, even during spikes in outbreaks. that really, you know -- that catapulted him into the spotlight. so if you're ron desantis and you need an issue to use to sort of differentiate yourself from donald trump, in a way that's not going to immediately turn off a republican voter base that's still very loyal to donald trump that can be a very useful foil and a very concrete policy record that you can point to do say, you know, i did this right. the former president did it wrong. that's why you should give m

tom: we need somebody who covers washington and actually knows who the boston red sox are. is that asking too much? we got to hear more from joel. futures at negative nine. stay with us. this is bloomberg. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to 60% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. jonathan: live from new york city this morning, a four day losing streak, the countdown to the open starts now. >> everything you need to get set the start of u.s. trading. this is bloomberg, the open with jonathan ferro. ♪ jonathan: live from new york city, we begin with goldman's david solomon warning of bumpy

the boston red sox did exactly nothing.ll be the next president of the ncaa. the organization announced yesterday that baker will replace mark emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country, covering about a half million athletes in more than 1,100 schools. the republican has led massachusetts as governor since 2015 and announced last year he would not seek reelection. his second term ends in january, and he will assume his new role in march. here we are, folks, france will defend its world cup title against argentina on sunday. the highly anticipated match, a dream match up, really, will feature two of the best players in the game. mbape, the sport's latest superstar, and lionel messi, the one title that has alluded him and end a 30-year world cup drought for argentina. france is contending with a cold virus running through the squad. the french coach said two players with symptoms were isolated earlier this week, and did not play in wednesday's semifinal victory over morocco, but he expects

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i grew up in boston where we waited for 80-some years for the red sox to win a world series, severalthis is an entire country, it is a national obsession. give us some perspective. andres: it is a national obsession, that is very well said. soccer is part of every single argentine dna. it is very hard to explain. we have been waiting 36.5 years for this moment. every world cup since the 1986 in mexico, they've been very close for argentina. there were run ups, we had a horrible one in 2018. we had a sense this could be it. it meant so much for the country, and especially a fairytale ending for lionel messi, playing his fifth world cup and most likely his last. i think he more than anybody deserved to win the world cup. jeffrey: tell us more about him, because there were so much focus -- 35-year-old, as you say, he had to clearhis was his last world cup. considered widely greatest player perhaps in history, but with that shortcoming of never having really delivered at the biggest stage for argentina. andres: exactly. he took a load off his back winning koba america, but he had this la

become more comfortable, joining diamond who made a rare appearance singing "sweet caroline" at a red soxands reaching out ♪ jared: swenson says parkinson's disease may have curtailed diamond's career, but his spirit rages on. will: he reminds me of my dad a ton. they're the same age roughly. and he's great. sharp as a tack. and is still so invested in the music and the sound. he's been singing along with us, and we feel really privileged to get to be in the room while he's singing "sweet caroline" with us. it's amazing. >> ♪ sweet caroline ♪ jared: for the pbs newshour, i'm jared bowen, in boston. judy: that is definitely one to see if we possibly can. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan

i know you're thrilled about this as a red sox fan. >> this is very exciting news. he bet on himself and it paid off. i will note the nine-year, $360 million deal for a guy who's already 30, there could be some tough years at the end of that contract. but as we discussed, it's what he means to the franchise, what he means to the franchise and the fan base. the yankees had to do this. they had to make this happen. there's a little bad blood between player and organization. i suspect $360 million will smooth that over and make that go away. it was the right thing for the yankees to do. even i cknowledged that, even though i'm not happy about it. also good news, we should cheer him on. this is nine more opportunities for him to be booed at home by his fans when they lose in the playoffs. >> it's a new day. it's a new day. great news for yankee fans. >> i think great examples of guts ball, putting yourself on the line and betting on yourself. that was a very gutsy move. there was the time you went double or nothing a carton of cigarettes over the tic tac toe game. a lot

there is an older america that i'm focused on for the red sox.nly fastballs high in the strike zone. that's a diminishing older america. you can really embrace it. tell me that telemundo is going to do it. daragh: i was here in 94 the original. it's too late for the u.s. but ireland beta. it was a loss to ireland in new york. i remember that final. jonathan: went over the bar with a miss on the penalty. daragh: but he remembers nothing about markets. [laughter] tom: oof. jonathan: is daragh one of your friends, then? thought he was one of mine. [laughter] tom: taddeo is on leave today and we thank her for her clemency the other day. courageously giving to a lot of the american audience how people really care about it. i will say with great certitude we don't generally get that. jonathan: that national identity is wrapped up in their football team. particularly companies -- countries like brazil. so for that to go the wrong way? i don't know if daragh this coming back if i'm around the table. daragh: my just be your sports correspondent. jonathan:

. >> red sox, the number one most requested homeless shelter urges new your underwear >> laus alert according to loudoun county, scott ziegler was fired. immediately without cause after the jury report detailed how he and others went to great lengths to seal student rates. yet again, i would like to believe "the ingraham angle" had a positive effect and got results. the white house celebrating ron klain congratulating not just raphael warnock but his boss, joe biden.. johnny meets his anchor executive bret baier, we mention to tucker, they were telling foreign governments they are running for 2024, biden and jill. they are starting to set the narrative here. >> it is interesting because he didn't campaign in georgia. raphael warnock did not mention him much. he did not mention him but also didn't go to georgia on the final day of the campaign yesterday. it is interesting to watch the race. raphael warnock will end up with more votes than general election. they will say candidates matter. herschel walker evolved as a candidate and became better on the stump. this is closer than a lot of people

i know it's in the rules. >> and don't you love the red sox to do that? >> i would take anything. disappointed. joe, too. back to you. >>> still ahead what we might learn from a full report on the capitol attack investigation expected to be released by the january 6 committee today. >>> plus, joined by two members of the house ways and means committee that voted yesterday to publicly release donald trump's tax returns. he was never being audited. "morning joe" will be right back. waiting. sometimes it's just inevitable. but if you're over 50 or live with a chronic condition, waiting could be deadly. because conditions like heart disease or diabetes raise your risk of serious illness or death from untreated covid. and if you don't get treatment within days, you may not be able to get treatment. so, got covid symptoms? get tested and get treated right away. it can't wait. after my car accident, wondnder whahatmy c cas. so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. youour cidedentase e woh than insurance offered? call the barnes firm now to find out. yoyou ght t beurprpris ci had no

my youngest son's favorite player, mookie betts red sox shirt hoping he'll come back some day.ovely in san francisco. >> no. >> oh, no. it's great. >>> turn to the world cup. the first world cup held in the middle east will see the first team from an arab nation in the quarterfinals. how about this? morocco competed spain yesterday. 3-0 in penalty shots. after the game was scoreless all the way through extra time. morocco played saturday morning against portugal romped over switzerland 6-2. the striker delivered a hat trick in place of ronaldo benched start of the match. world cup finals set two games on friday. two games on saturday. great matchups there, mika. >>> time now for a look at the morning papers. in new york, the "times" union reports wastewater samples from three counties continue to show signs of the virus that causes polio. rockland, sullivan anding on counties reported polio detections statewide more than 90 wastewater samples collected between march and last month have tested positive for the virus. in kentucky reporting ford started building its $5.8 billion b

the red sox put on the field in 1987. i have no i couldn't name one of those, but i know the players in this field and when this went up the original plaintiff in the petition of the supreme court was a group called the americans forit if you're watching this, you also know that there is another group called americans for prosperity and americans for prosperity is the primary battleship in the koch brothers political armada. it is the mother ship. it's the beast. and the way people work now. playing in politics, you have a501c3 which is taxed and you have a501c4 which is allowed to play in politic and they're in the same location, the same staff with the same donors, just a pure corporate veil between the two. and in this case, where the court decided that you do dark money and it was protected by constitution, they're not idiots. they know perfectly well that the corporate veil between the koch brothers political battleship and this seemingly nominal plaintiff was a veil that you could pierce with banana if you wanted to