chuck rosenberg wrote, this is a revolting assault on the rule of law. so i want to bring in a former senior fbi official, please welcome chuck rosenberg. >> how are you doing? >> have a seat. [ applause ] you have spent so much of your career inside this institution, so i thought we would describe you describing when you're inside the constitution how these norms get communicated, act the up through, diffused through? >> they get passed down to you almost like stories that your grandparents would tell you about, their lives and where they came from. when you start, you're new, green, the senior people behave a certain way and talk a certain way. i wrote this in my article, always seems weird to quote yourself, but we never talked about politics in the office. ever. i don't know to this day the politics of my colleagues. i don't know how they voted. i don't even know if they voted, because it didn't matter. the concern was that if that type of thing seeps into your culture it would corrode your work. >> this sort of red line that we're dealing with here,

that is what alfred rosenberg was interested in. the second question. have her but he gives me two questions and i forget the second. important that at the end of the war the united states sees itself as winning the war. this has been a massive effort on the part of government, military, ordinary citizens, the intellectual and academic world, and i think that there is not the sense initially of we are not going to, that's a moment and now it is gone. vista, the war opens up a of postwar intellectual, and political dominance by the united states. it is a great investment by government agencies in scientific research. there is investment in libraries. and the librarians are making that case, at least at the end of the war. and it is that successful argan it. -- a successful argument. one that at this current moment may seem unusual. [laughter] to put it mildly. one more? >> during the war itself. your uncle and his colleagues in wasn'tlm and portugal, it suspicious that somebody with an american accent was looking for a lots of books in german? dr. peiss:

millions of these had been seized by nazi looting teams, including those directed by alfred rosenberg to create an institute for research into the jewish question. essentially, preserving these works for study even as the regime killed millions of jews in the holocaust. in april, 1945, american troops discovered approximately 2 million of these looted volumes in a small village called hungen. two months later, a jewish-american officer looked up rosenberg's institute in an old frankfurt telephone directory, and went with a colleague to the site. the building itself had been destroyed, but he found scraps of paper with hebrew writing on the ground, which led them into a cellar filled with these books. the photograph on the left is a photograph of one of those cellars. so they had to gather, preserve, and restitutive spokes was an unanticipated problem assigned to the monuments men. some of the books were easily identified and could be returned to their libraries of origin. the issue of restitution in this time period was that restitution was to the country, not to the individual. howev

that is what alfred rosenberg, for example, was interested in. the second question -- i forgot this remind me? >> who are the people? prof. peiss: of the people in the government, yes -- it is important to realize that at the end of the war, the united states sees itself as winning the war, and this had been a massive effort on the part of government military, ordinary , citizens, the intellectual and academic world, and i think that there isn't this sense initially of, ok, that is a moment and now it is gone. up a thise war opens stuff of postwar intellectual -- a vista of intellectual and political dominance by the united states. inis a great investment government agencies in scientific research. there is investment in libraries and the librarians are making that case at least at the end of the war, and it is a successful may, again,e that at this current moment may seem unusual. [laughter] prof. peiss: to put it mildly. one more? yes. i was curious, during the war uncle andur colleagues in stockholm and portugal, for today suspicious that some

chuck rosenberg, i want to hear your thoughts. >> first of all, judge howell is spot on. mika, that in this particular case the outcome of the sentencing will be unfair. in fact, judge jackson is a well respected jurorist. she's smart and she's tough. it will be a fair outcome. what worries me is that the perception of the outcome will be fair. the department of justice has to do two things. objectively fair and perceived as fair. when the president weighs in on a case about a friend of his and asks the justice department to do a particular thing, which it then does, that goes to the perception of fairness. we heard from chief justice roberts. they have spoken out about the men and women who comprise judges across the country, how they don't succumb to pressure and how this things doesn't work. so the president put the judge in a terrible situation because it either looks like she's capitulating to the president if she sentences mr. stone lower than the guidelines call for or that she's she's rebuffing him if she does not. she's going to be just and she's going on be fair

rosenberg's question. -- is questioned.mes, to work for the german state? it is not true that force was used and it is not denied that terrible encroachments occurred. . of may, hitler said that he would give you an indoctrination on the political situation, and he said, "we are left with a decision to attack poland at the first opportunity." did you still think he had no aggressive intentions? i believed that for a long said,just as the general after hitler had solved the czech problem without bloodshed, it was hoped that he would solve the poland problem without bloodshed. i believed it until the last moment. yesterday your counsel showed dated 16order september, 1941. it said it is necessary to take immediate and cruel measures and that human life in the east is worthless. do you remember the basic idea of the order, that human life costs absolutely nothing? please answer the question. you signed this order with this statement? >> yes. >> do you remember any other reason for such great mortality among soviet prisoners of

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nejra: anna rosenberg, thank you so much for joining us. wei li from blackrock stays with us. for its the most lost one of surprising -- biggest deals in a decade. this is bloomberg. ♪ loomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg ."ybreak: europe gold prices slightly coming off a seven-year high. ubs is saying the rally has it room to run. the data isgold, as to look ugly before it gets better. wei li from brock rock is still with us -- blackrock is still with us. are you still positive on gold? wei: absolutely. go.re talking about $1600 it i hundred percent agree with her that -- i 100% agree with that. gold should be supported from here. in this broader context, there are not many exposures that offer you diversification. gold is one of them, u.s. government bond is one of them. nejra: it is interesting, because you have got those kind of asset diversifier as well you still remain procyclical tilt. thank you for joining us, wei li . that is it for "bloomberg daybreak: europe." the european open is up next. we saw a risk sentiment take a bit of a hit. we are stabilizing on futures

attorney chuck rosenberg, matt miller, chief spokesperson for the justice department, and anne gearan. you called it a revolting assault on the rule of law. that's pretty serious. why should the average american at home living their life, why should they care about this. >> they should care a lot about this, stephanie. take a moment to think about what the rule of law is as i wrote in the article, it is a construct, words on paper that are supported by people, not constant like the law of gravity. we created the rule of law and could lus rule of law unless we take steps to preserve it. i want people to know what the norms are, what that looks like, and i wanted them to know how far away from norms we are. >> chuck, what are steps to protect it? we talked about people that are outraged who have lots of questions, it is law enforcement people and democrats. not too many republicans. >> well, funny you say that because in the article i talked about the fact that when i was federal prosecutor, we didn't talk about politics. i don't know if colleagues are republicans or democrats and i fra

a second person, rosenberg, daughter of a kindly new york dentist a graduate of a private school in newk she attended bernard come up fascinating character in her new right. she has a couple memoirs that came up left a few years ago. memoirs of former terrorists pretty light on the operational details, the things that we terrorism researchers tend to be interested in. interestingly, she was pardoned in 2001 on the same day last day of the president clinton administration. the same day he pardoned the notorious fugitive financier marc rich. she got a pardon and do in part one of her staunchest advocates was someone who has been in the news many many times. alan dershowitz. but also none other than jerry nadler. one of those strange coincidences. i'm not sure it means much of anything but fascinating to go through these documents and see letters written on her behalf to the white house counsel from people like ellie gisele and so on. the third person who really peaked my interest perhaps the most fascinating of all for me was judy clark. judy clark was a classic red diaper baby. her paren

chuck rosenberg, matt miller. >>> what does the strong showing from moderates like amy klobuchar andbuttigieg in new hampshire mean for michael bloomberg and his very expensive candidacy. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ll reports" on msnbc. yes. yes. yeah sure. yes yes. yeah, yeah no problem. yes. yes, yes a thousand times yes! discover. accepted at over 95% of places in the u.s. >>> after skipping the first four states of the primary season, former mayor mike bloomberg is now campaigning in tennessee today setting his sights on super tuesday states instead of the upcoming nevada and south carolina contests. just one poll away from making the next debate stage, he hasn't appeared at a debate yet. but bloomberg is facing more controversy over a new york city police program that was ruled unconstitutional for discriminating against minorities. bloomberg has apologized for the stop and frisk program. but now an audio tape posted by a bernie sanders supporter and retweeted by the president before it was deleted has caused the former mayor to apologize once again for

chuck rosenberg, your reaction. >> couldn't agree with him more.e is precisely collect in staying out of this. he's a nonelected official from a different branch of government, not sitting in the senate as the vice president of the united states who has the constitutional authority to break ties but as a presiding parliamentarian. no matter what he did it would have cast as partisan. >> but the rules give him that power and the reason they give him the power is the rules do not say he doesn't have the power, and that's where the chief's power is in these rules. it's either stated specifically or left open. this is open and so it's a choice he could have made. >> his answer doesn't surprise me. what i do find surprising is how he could sit there and keep a straight face when he heard the president's lawyers lying, dissembling, distracting. there should be some parameters. they were making arguments wildly inappropriate, unsupported by facts or law. when we should the question and answer period it was almost laughable because so many answers were non

yamiche alcindor takes it from there.in >> ar: for more, i'm joined by laura rosenberger, the directorthe alliance for securing democracy, a programth tracks russian influence operations. she was also a foreign policy adviser to hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and she serv in the state department during the obama and george w. bush administrations. thanks so much, lawyer remark for being here. what more do we know about the efforts against the u states and what's changed sings 2016? a yeah, so the efforts twe see in the reports about, you know, trying to help president trump in hi reelection bid and interfering in the democratic consistent with th things we saw in 2016. the intelligence communityas ssed at that time that russia had three goals. what we see now is very consistent with thattrying to divide americans from one another, trying the weaken their faith in our institutions and our democratic processes, and t boesident trump, who again in the 2016 election, the intelligence community assesseda that russiadeveloped a preference for. so i think that what we really se

c rosenberg traveled 1000 miles from moscow to hear what russians think about possibility. sterlve: it feels like a wo away from moscow, an industrial dystopia steam and smoke. this waslt by a dictator who called himself a man of steel, stalin. f the ideaa strongul rer, and iron hand, is still attractive yhere. in her tiny flat, she is raising four of her grandchildren by herself. s but as toughings are, she remains upbeat about the fure and about russia's current leader. >> vladimir putin is my favorite! he can sing, he can ds, polit everything! has boosted our country. i want him to ve president fo too.e: the suspicion is he doe vladimir putin is in a hurry to rewrite russia's constitution. it is for the good of the country, he says. but critics claim his real aim is to stay in power indefinitely , if not as president, then in some other role. if vladimir putin's plan is to stick around, it is clear that many russians will accept a that. they believe there is no alternative to putin, or because they feel they don't have the decisions about russia's future taken at the top

jeffrey rosenberg, thank you. >> thanks, sara.hanks, wilf >>> meg tirrell has the latest details. >> going to lengths to emphasize the current risk to americans is low. health secretary alex azar saying we have contained this in the united states. 14 cases for two weeks saul, but many in the public health community are questioning if case numbers in the u.s. really are that low, as testing criteria are narrow and limited. where an asian official set it's no mardy if the coronavirus spreads but when -- she recommended that the virus could create significant disruptions mean while an update on the race for treatments and vaccines. the national institute for allergy is starting a trial of a gilead trial, moderna is expected to of clinical trials, though it may be a year before it's ready >>> a huge last hour in terms of news we just learned that longtime disney ceo is stepping down effective tonight, becoming executive chairman through to the end of 2021. deputy bob chapek has been elevated to the ceo role both executives will appear

on from this unfortunate beginning to our campaign i thank you so much for speaking to us simon rosenberg president of the new democrat sure live from washington thank you for your time for. plenty more ahead on this hour just here a news hour including the kenyan government declares a period of national mourning after the death of long time president. abbas i warn him that noble inequality could lead to a major increase in cancer cases and why sumo wrestling is making a big play to the tokyo lympics peta has a story coming up later. first the u.n. secretary general says in the 1st months of this year the risk of conflicts around the world escalating has increased and tony a terrorist made the comments as part of a news conference laying out the un's priorities for 2020 which he says include battling climate change and inequality i've spoken recently about winds of hope but today a wind of madness is sweeping the globe from libya to yemen to city and beyond escalation is back arms are flowing and the offensives are increasing. all situations are different but there is a feeling of good ow

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg travelled 1,000 miles from moscow, to the industrial heartlandview the prospect of mr putin governing for as long as he wants. it feels like a world away from moscow. an industrial dystopia of slack, steam, smoke. this town was built by a dictator who called himself a man of steel, stalin. the idea of a strong ruler, an iron hand, is still attractive here. in her tiny flat, this woman is raising four of her grandchildren by herself. but, as tough as things are, she remains up beat about the future, and about russia's current leader. translation: vladimir putin is my favourite. he can sing, he can do politics, everything. he has boosted our country. russia gets noticed now. i want him to be president forever. the suspicion is he does as well. vladimir putin is in a hurry to rewrite russia's constitution. it is for the good of the country, he says. but critics claim his realaim is to country, he says. but critics claim his real aim is to stay in power indefinitely, if not as president, then in some other role. if vladimir putin's plan is to stick a

i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates, and i'm glad you have joined us for tonight's program. to our members, i'm glad you are here. it is your support that make events like this possible. to any of you joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and an open invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might make noise during the program. pinky for doing that.

our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, travelled 1,600 kilometres from moscow, to the country's industrials he wants. it feels like a world away from moscow, an industrial dystopia of slack, steam, smoke. magnitogorsk was built by a dictator who called himself a "man of steel", stalin. the idea of a strong ruler, an iron hand, is still attractive here. in her tiny flat, fanuzya is raising four of her grandchildren by herself. but, as tough as things are, she remains upbeat about the future, and about russia's current leader. translation: vladimir putin is my favourite. he can sing, he can do politics, everything. he has boosted our country. russia gets noticed now. i want him to be president forever. the suspicion is he does too. vladimir putin is in a hurry to rewrite russia's constitution. it is for the good of the country, he says. but critics claim his real aim is to stay in power indefinitely, if not as president, then in some other role. put in forever, is that something russians would celebrate? in magnitogorsk, some of these ice hockey fans would. translation: it would be brilliant

, founder of rosenberg reserve. good to see both of you is that a question that you guys have? >> terrible be on the minds of senators, if you see what she's said in the past she's on record suggesting maybe there should be a greater relationship between the fed and washington she's are she's also questioned whether or not and actually advocated the gold standard. so in the past what she's said is questionable and unconventional, and i think that's what the testimony showed today. >> if she gets in, though, does it alter the course of fed policy >> look, she would be a governor and influential in that regard, but at the end of the day ultimately it's the chair that sets the framework i think the concern and where probably market participants are focused, not if she gets in as a governor, but what is her next step would she then, if president trump is reelected have potential to become chair, and then it becoming much more transformative. >>> the president has made it clear that he was zero policy interest rate cuts

joining us is david rosenberg. david, i know the coronavirus was not part of your bear thesis how does it change how you view the u.s. and the global economy? >> well, sara, i think we had three major watersheddi dwaters scrubdown operating earnings, we were pressen against a 25 multiple on the s&p 500. so the market was already extremely expensive going in, and we had a situation where six stocks account for 20% of the market, which we haven't seen a degrees of concentration that big in two decades, but the three watersheds was apple's sales warning, followed by the market pmi on friday for february, which were just categorically horrible i know you mentioned before about the service sector being resilient, but actually what the market numb beneficiary showed was the year-long -- was now actually seeping into the service sector, and third -- and i know this has been commented on that the virus has spread, but i think we have to understand the spread is really significant, because it's not just -- south korea is th

i am lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates. i'm so glad you are here tonight. welcome.

yamiche: for more i'm joined by laura rosenberger. was a foreign policy advisnt to hillary c's 2016 presidtial campaign and servedta in the department during the obama and bush administrations. what more k do w about the efforts against the unid states andhahas changed since 2016? >> the efforts that weee i the reports about trying to help president trump and interfering in the democratic pmary are consistent with the same things we saw in 2016. the intelligence community assessed that russia had three goals. trying to divide americans, tryingo weaken their faith in our institutions, and to boost president trump 2, who in t6 elections, the intelligence community assessed that head developed a preference for. what we see is a continuation of the same intentions. some of the broad scale dauma manipulation is something we don't see as much anymore, but we still see effort to use social media to divide americans, to drive conspiratorial narratives, and tu undermine americans trust and faith in our insons. yamiche: you mentioned social med

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attorney chuck rosenberg is here. chuck, i need to start with you. let's just hit pause on a this moment because i don't know, other than the mattis resignati resignation letter for cause, i don't know if four senior national security or law enforcement official whose have resigned since trump has been there. take me through the impact of the justice department and the people that remain of the four career proskurtecutors who resi from the case and what was described as a very clear statement that he did not want to be a part of the barr justice department anymore. >> highly, highly unusual, nicolle. i can't think of a similar situation in which prosecutors in mass in uniform stepped away from a case. and what's so troubling is not that there was a disagreement. that happens all the time. please understand that. we fight among ourselves, in our offices all the time about the appropriate way to recommend something to a judge or introduce evidence or bring charges. what happened here is that after the prosecutors file their sentencing memorandum recomm

clair mccaskill, former senator, eugene robinson from "washington post," and chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official. with us on the hill, garrett haake. you covered mitt romney a good long time. you came to know the man and i'm curious what part of mitt romney's character was familiar to you in those remarks and stood out plainly and clearly. >> reporter: this was a moment that people who have known mitt romney for a long time have thought that he was capable of and not always seen. right? nobody's won big money betting on mitt romney to take big, bold, public stands. that's not something that he's done in the course of the career but as long as i have known him and covered him and known his family the thought is that he is a good, decent people deep down inside and i thought from the moment they took the oath that swearing an oath before god for mitt romney is like unlocking his superpower. there's no one in that chamber going to take that oath more seriously and more personally. you heard that in his speech. he said he hasn't been able to sleep and obsessive

this is former justice department officials including chuck rosenberg sound the alarms.ew report in "the washington post" best captures this moment in american history. quote, president trump is testing the rule of law one week after his acquittal in his senate impeachment trial.

. >> matthew rosenberg is a correspondent for "the new york times," national security analyst.u make of these contradictory statements that they were briefed but the interim nsa saying i don't know anything about that? >> it's incredibly confusing. we know that briefing took place. we know that a number of intelligence officials do believe the russians are trying to interfere. we've spoken to them. me and two of my "new york times" colleagues had a very lengthy story a month ago about what the u.s. sees and what the intelligence is on russian trols and hackers and what they may be trying to do this coming year. now, has that intelligence worked its way up through the white house? that's a good question. throughout the trump presidency we've consistently been told that the president doesn't want to hear it. >> because it threatens the legitimacy of his election? >> yeah. when it comes to russian interference, he doesn't want to hear it. when it comes to coming up with strategies to stop foreign interference, he doesn't want to hear it. there's no leadership from the white house

chuck rosenberg. >> i have a question for mr. bondy if i may.stions, joe, if you don't mind. are you still trying to cooperate with the southern district of new york and the reason they may not do that is the information may not be valuable or credible and thorough and complete is that still something you're trying to do and then second question after that one? >> i would say our door is open and now we've reversed things a little bit. our door is open. on monday we'll be in court again selecting a trial date and a motion schedule and a trial date but our door is always open. >> i think chuck is implying it doesn't seem like they're interested in your cooperation. >> i understand that. i couldn't imagine why they wouldn't want to hear from lev. there must be a very good reason. >> typically they don't find it credible valuable or it is not about everything. that came up with mr. cohen, michael cohen, he didn't want to talk about certain things. >> i understand that was late and he got stuck in the rule 35 posture. lev is month michael cohen and

this is former justice department officials including chuck rosenberg sound the alarms. but a new report in "the washington post" best captures this moment in american history. quote, president trump is testing the rule of law one week after his acquittal in his senate impeachment trial. seeking to bend the executive branch into an instrument for his personal and political vendetta against perceived enemies. and trump, simmering with rage, fixated on exacting revenge on those he feels betrayed him and insulated by a compliant republican party is increasingly willing to do so to the point of feeling untouchable . "the new york times" does a deep dive with loesds of new details about the fallout at doj after four career prosecutors quit the roger stone case after being undercut by doj leadership. quote, prosecutors across the u.s. who spoke anonymously said this week they had already been weary of working on any case that might catch mr. trump's attention. and that the stone episode only deepen their concern. they sol so said they were worried mr. barr might not support th

joining me now, laura rosenberger.hat they were warning congress is happening, right now, laura, there's no two ways to look at this. either you believe that the american people and the elected officials are entitled to important intelligence information or you don't. donald trump apparently fall sboosz ts into the latter camp. >> thank you, ali. you talked about the really important role that the dn ir and frankly the entire intelligence community plays in providing the best possible analysis to senior policymakers about the threats that the adder is varies pose to the united states and the allies and one thing that's concerning about this episode is appearance at least of politicizing intelligence and that is extremely dangerous in terms of the signal it sends to our intelligence community about the way uncomfortable truths may be received and having served in the national security council before i can tell you a lot of the things that the intelligence community has to report are often not pleasant, not things that p

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he had rosenberg will be here. factor place, don't miss that one. >>> a bullish call coming up on the street today for inindividualia we will take our positns aadiohe of that. we are back in just 30 seconds >>> a stock we talk about an awful lot on this show is on the move today julia boorstin is out in los angeles to tell us about it. >> that's right. roku shares up 5.5% on two analyst reports. a report out saying coronavirus could pose a risk from roku's supply chain rbc's mark mahaney issuing a 16 price target saying the disney plus launch was a positive for roku and that international expansion will be a key catalyst for its growth. roku reports its earnings after the bell on thursday back over to you. >> thank you julia i wish jim lebenthal was here. >> i have the ability to phone a friend shall i call >> he is skiing actually going to the slopes, enjoying some of the benefits of the roku trade. >> who knew. >> you have some moves you are making, nuance >> mentioned nuance. added to the position again today. y

david rosenberg and our own sara eisen joins us where are we in the currency complex? what are some of the levels you're watching here >> something different and interesting is happening, kelly, in the currency market the dollar is actually weakening for a change why? after all the hand wringing about china, europe and global growth, the u.s. growth picture is now the market's main worry also the odds are spiking for the federal reserve to cut interest rates, which would weaken the u.s. dollar as well and other safety plays are really shining in today's market we're talking the japanese yen, swiss franc, traditional places to put your monies in a weak market the president took a swipe at the fed and the strong dollar. take a listen. >> we've been hurt, in my opinion, very badly by our own federal reserve, who has also created a very strong dollar there's something nice about a strong dollar but it makes it harder to do business outside of this country. >> the president has been effective at driving down the dollar with words like that before he has actually threatened

. >> tonight chuck rosenberg. >>> plus is there really such a thing as a moderate and progressive lanenizers attempting to lay the

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i will lauren rosenberg and i would like to reckon Ãbi would like to welcome me to tonight's program.to the many of you joining us for the first time, and equally warm welcome and open invitation to explore the wide reach of programs we offer at smithsonian's associates. we are thrilled to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. she is the author of five books and coeditor of several others at her textbook of people and a nation a survey of u.s. history. her new book "1774:the long year of revolution" is available per purchase following the program. please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause] >>. >> it's really nice to be here. i want to make sure the clicker is on. it doesn't seem to be. i don't want to show that one quite yet. i want to show you the cover of the book briefly because the little bottle on it is famous if you're colonial historian. it's in the collections of the map of the society and it claims on the label on it which is impossible to read alas that is contains t picked up from boston harbor or the day after the tea party. it's a quite well-known obje

let's bring in rose rosenberg, president of the americas for hotelplanner.com, joining us live let's talk about the olympics first how many hotel rooms are you at least for now booking? >> well right now, demand to tokyo in japan is basically cratered so there is really very litt to no interest to travel to japan, right now. its been a dramatic change over the last three weeks. liz: are people canceling their olympic hotel rooms they booked maybe a year ago? >> i don't think people are canceling yet. we talked to our hotel friends on the island and we don't see cancels yet. i think people still feel it's months away, so they will hold what they have, but there is still a lot of inventory for sale, the prices are good, we're basically seeing a stoppage in future bookings. liz: we're looking at hotel stocks. it's a mixed picture, but we know even after a bounce for bookings, and some of these other names, it has been a horrific week and a half or two weeks, as the virus appears to spread to europe. i think the italian issue became very disconcerting when tuscany reported two cases, and

i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director.ed by represents from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez, deputy administrator, representing the planning department. joseph duffy,

we also have bruce rosenberg and russell flannery, forbes shanghai bureau chief. amazingly, he has a ticket in his hand united airlines, a flight to shanghai tomorrow. we're going to find out whether the airline will even send him. and then, of course, we're going to be watching every single tick of this especially considering the federal reserve was trying very hard to calm jittery investors. we have a long way to go to get to session highs, and session highs were just a loss, i believe, of 272. we're still down 554. this may be that case, charles, where people just don't want to go into a weekend with positions in equities. charles: right. wouldn't be the first time. i think it's been six out of the last seven fridays, but one day, one day in your hour. big rally to the upside. [laughter] in the meantime, folks, strap on that seat belt because it's going to be a wild ride no matter what. tune in to the claman countdown at the top of the hour and as everything, the coronavirus outbreak has become extremely political as thousands are sickened, here at home it's be

in the 2016, russian hacker controls are growing more sophisticated never had of 2020, by matthew rosenberg, nicole pearl, often nicole singh or the york times. there are references to new developments in terms of the ways in which russian actors, the intelligence apparatus is engaging disinformation unattended interference in our election, and i wonder if you could comment about two in particular. i will just. quote one of the two russian intelligence units, quote, fancy, beer has shifted some of its work to serve his base in the united states,, and also the trolls of the internet research agency are trying to exploit a hole and facebook spans on board foreigners buying political ads, paying american users to hand over personal pages and setting up offshore bank accounts to cover their financial tracks, and quote. only if you can expand, in greater detail, upon both of those two issues and how the fbi, i guess, is addressing both of those developments. >> so, certainly i appreciate the interest. i think i'd have to be pretty careful about how much detail i could provide in an open hearing