report from operations, deputy chief bryan rubenstein.eport on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation, homeland security, and airport division. >> good morning everyone. welcome to our staff. welcome everyone. thank you all for being here. i appreciate your time. i know how valuable it is. i don't know if i announced myself. this is commissioner nicholson. so i know that president covington wanted more information on the transport bus and our relationship with muni around it. it's my understanding that we have to have a muni driver drive it for us when we want to deploy it. sometimes they are not available right off the bat. so, if i can turn to chief -- [inaudible] >> good morning commissioners, president covington and vice president feinstein, and chief. the bus holds 20 patients sort of in a laid down format. there is also seating they can sit in if necessary. i will confirm all of those numbers for you and send that to you. we do have at this tim

report from operations, deputy chief bryan rubenstein. report on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation, homeland security, and airport division. >> good morning everyone. welcome to our staff. welcome everyone. thank you all for being here. i appreciate your time. i know how valuable it is. i don't know if i announced myself. this is commissioner nicholson. so i know that president covington wanted more information on the transport bus and our relationship with muni around it. it's my understanding that we have to have a muni driver drive it for us when we want to deploy it. sometimes they are not available right off the bat. so, if i can turn to chief -- [inaudible] >> good morning commissioners, president covington and vice president feinstein, and chief. the bus holds 20 patients sort of in a laid down format. there is also seating they can sit in if necessary. i will confirm all of those numbers for you and send that to you. we do have at this t

david rubenstein, peer-to-peer conversations. mr.stein digresses away from the politics in the moment with the gentleman from lincoln center. what did you learn in speaking to winton marsalis? david: i learned his father had died, and his father was an incredible jazz pianist and alsoced four sons who were jazz musicians. , but hes the best-known was a classical musician as well. he want to bring me award for classical music the same year he won big grammy award for jazz. jazz is probably the most american type of music we have. invented in this country. personified by so many people in this country. hip hop was also invented here, but jazz is the most american form of music. which way would he like jazz to go? we talk of the death of opera. we talk of philanthropists trying to save classical music. which way does he suggest jazz will go? david: he thinks jazz needs to be better known and it is an acquired taste. he and other musicians are not able to perform as much because of covid. he did come back from a tour recently, but it was

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with gsk, david rubenstein, "peer to peer."e friday list with nice persistence, nicely midrange. set offthe election and the pfizer vaccine comments. what a difference from the 41 three or four weeks ago. oil, nicely above $40. $40.58. brent crude, $43.10. francine: one thing we have to figure out is if we have a vaccine and everything goes back to normal, do we avoid some of the biggest in the economy we've been talking about? that is what the market is possibly positioned on. overall it is a focus on the u. n. and economies battered by new cases of the coronavirus and how much stimulus governments can put out. u.k. reported record infections despite tightening lock downs there is the brexit chatter and mayhem with the advisors. we will have plenty more on the economy and on markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: good morning. bloomberg surveillance on friday as we reset into the holiday season. said withsen existential distractions and our politics. one mystery is how this folds into economics and the great international relation

. >> i did a program, believe it or not, earlier this morning with david rubenstein, who i know you worked with for many years. >> yeah. withd he did a program them recently, and he said this book is worthy of a pulitzer. i think it would help to build your legacy for generations to come. >> well, let me just say that in my opinion, they did a really, really good job, and that the warts that are in there, they dealt with them in a fair way. so i was pleased with it, talmage. >> in fact, later in the checkbox for our audience there , will be links to both amazon and penguin random house double day, so i hope that many of you will make sure you get this book, because it's a fantastic read, well deserving of the great reviews it's gotten but mostly to tell the life of our special guest, secretary baker. now, as developed in the book, in fact, it's in the introduction. you said this a lot. your perspective has always been the point of holding power is getting things done. and during your years in washington, obviously, you did a great job of that. and peter and susan saying, say, in the book t

david rubenstein from peer-to-peer and a very busy wednesday.peer-to-peer conversation at 9:00 tonight. it is an extraordinary day. the breaking news flow coming in along with all of this. i will go back to the arch issue, which is a for the non-fancy people. it is a mystery where that is. lisa: especially given the fact you have a number of these pandemic related relief programs expiring in the next couple of months. this is critical. we talk about the savings glut, but that is not evenly distributed. the people in the lower income brackets are running out of cash. you cannot keep a restaurant open if people do not want to sit outside in 30 degree weather eating. this is a conundrum as we head into the winter. tom: we are already seeing that today. one of the second coldest days so far in new york. we are experiencing that, as i am sure many of you are. the other thing i see is economic data, housing starts were pretty good. fascinating to get to the first week of december and that critical jobs report. lisa: especially that retail sales came a

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david rubenstein of the carlyle group, he will be with us this hising to speak on consultations.morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are heading in the wrong direction. over the next two quarters, i am optimistic we will grow at very strong rates. a real downside of the next two quarters is the resurgence gets so bad, it forces lockdowns because of overwhelmed health care systems throughout the country. that's a real risk. our own sense and we are watching this very carefully through bank balances and other ways, our sense is the savings goes back to fiscal stimulus starting to run out. when it does, incomes will start to drop in consumer spending will weaken. it starts -- and probably the highest priority is some continuation at some level of the unemployment benefits. tom: the gentleman from dallas, yesterday it was mr. kaplan of the dallas fed. i'm telling you, i don't know where this is going in five or 10 years. extraordinarily -- was extraordinary. probably double what they would've gotten in the offices at 67th and park avenue. vincent showed up, number of professors who kn

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ritika: you can watch all of that interview with the gsk ceo emma walmsley on the david rubenstein showt 9:00 p.m. in new york. that is her latest bloomberg business flash -- that is your latest bloomberg business flash. francine: prime minister boris a plan tos announced boost green industries and tackle climate change. he says the 10 point plan which includes banning the sale of new gas cars in 2030 will create jobs. ,oining us is nadhim zahawi u.k. business minister and conservative mp. when you look at some of the plans laid out by the present -- by the prime minister, how many jobs will be lost in transition? do you worry you do not have the skills or need retraining before you support those jobs? nadhim: you are right to focus on retraining. guarantee thatls boris announced got few headlines because the whole world is focused on coronavirus. guaranteeme skills allows people of any age to reskill and the government will pay for that. that includes about four years of reskilling or upscaling using current education infrastructure. this announcement today is an additional 250,000 job

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm david rubenstein coming from the library of congress, the jefferson building and it'sof our national book festival and have a pleasure of interviewing richard hoss who is the president of a foreign relation and i've written a new eczema book called the world a brief introduction by richard hoss, thank you very much for coming today. great to be with you. >> for those of you that don't know your background, i want to talk a little bit about the bo book, you are native of new york and went to college in ohio and became a rhodes scholar, what did you do to become a rhodes scholar and for those of you who are not aware there is only 32 people picked every year in the rhodes scholar and you're one of the top 32 students, what did you do to be one of the top 32 students when you graduated. >> my children would claim it was an administrative error i did nothing to confuse the scholarship, i could also answer i was one of 32 people who peaked young and peaked at the right time, my own guess i had a rather unconventional background, i spent the year in the middle east traveling

president at vice the white house historical association and the director of the david rubenstein center for white house history. the white house historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy , dedicated to the preservation of the white house. and also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. this evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of "jefferson's white house." forwas a lawyer in boston 38 years before he began writing about american history. his previous book is lincoln's white house, the people's's house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. a you would like to ask jim question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. jim, welcome to white house history live. james: thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. colleen: we are honored to have you. the first question in the -- is the setting for your book. there have been numerous books about thomas jeffer

shery: that was michael corbat speaking to david rubenstein. catch that full interview on friday at 11 p.m. in hong kong, 10:00 a.m. in new york on bloomberg invest. hear how citibank is managing the covid-19 crisis and potential impact of bonuses. this is bloomberg. ♪ karina: this is daybreak: asia. iran has buried its top nuclear scientist, blaming israel for its debt on a remote-control attack on its car. the scientist is seen as the founder of the nuclear program in the early 2000 speed the uae and bahrain is contempt the killing as a threat to middle east peace. two countries have strained ties with iran. as talks between opec and its allies wound up with no agreement on output. ministers pushed a final decision into a second day and delayed those talks until thursday amid signs of division over keeping supply cut at current levels or increase output as planned next year. the saudi energy minister is threatening to resign as cochair of the opec-plus committee overseeing production. u.s. air travel numbers climbed to the highest and eight m

fink: that was larry speaking to david rubenstein at the bloomberg new economy forum. biggest banks have remained resilient during the pandemic, beating estimates. joining us now is the ceo of southeast asia's biggest bank, dbs group's piyush gupta. great to have you on. thank you very much for your time. we continue to see this resurgence of virus cases around the world. how long do you expect to remain resilient? last time, you said business momentum has improved. you saw a pickup in credit card spending. but for how long? piyush: well, you have got to aalize that there is frankly bifurcated situation with the virus as we speak because most of the countries in east asia are actually doing ok. you are not seeing a massive resurgence of the virus in most north asian countries. however, we have a footprint. and as a consequence, you are beginning to see activity pickup , and it started picking up in the third quarter. it has continued to stay strong so people are out spending. you cannot get a restaurant anywhere. still flagging is the cross-border business so travel is

. ♪ >> david rubenstein peer-to-peer conversations is brought to you by wells fargo corporate bankingvid: you are the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, as i understand it. some people say that vaccines are not the most profitable part of the pharmaceutical industry. as i understand it, people might take a regular drug once a week or once a month. with the vaccine, you take a once or twice, and you are done people -- and you're done. is aboutr and it profitable of a business to be in the vaccine business? the worldyone and carries a lot more about vaccines. and they're looking at it a lot more now than perhaps we did a two years ago. we are the largest manufacturer. we shipped 2 million vaccines per day. i think we vaccine about 40% of the world's children. business, butable it comes with responsibility around access. think why do you pharmaceutical companies, you are one of the largest in the world, generally the public says that maybe they are making too much money, and that maybe your image is not as good as he would like it to be. why do you think that is happening, and is

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sheet talk about the challenges -- she talked about the challenges with carlisle cofounder david rubensteinhave been delighted with the first results coming through on vaccines. i was just on a call last night with 10 of the global pharmacies and they're all very heavily involved in bringing solutions to covid. we are really excited and optimistic to see some of the first data coming through and looking forward to seeing a lot through in the next fix months or so. we have three vaccines in a clinic and two therapeutic treatments. david: some people are not willing to take a vaccination. , some surveys have said only 25% want to take the vaccine because they think it has been politicized or they do not like vaccines. are you worried people will not take the vaccine? emma: of course. we remain concerned about vaccine hesitancy, but we also have to be incredibly respectful about why people have these questions. have we been able to move fast? half the companies put in the like kind -- the right kind of processes and scales of trials. what transparency will we bring to the processes and what do

david rubenstein, a washington businessman and philanthropist, has helped bankroll the pandas since 2011th cautious pride as research developed here helped move pandas from the "endangered" to the "vulnerable" list in 2016. >> you only have 2,500 of these pandas in the world, so while they're not "endangered," they're not actually in abundance, either. >> reporter: the pandas at the national zoo and everywhere outside china are actually on loan from the chinese government. call it "pandiplomcacy." >> i do think that the u.s. has done a very good job in working with the chinese to make certain that we will have more pandas for quite some time. >> reporter: like his older brothers and sister, xiao qi gi will be sent to china after a few years. but in the meantime, he will be a constant reminder of the need to preserve his whole species. >> people aren't going to save and conserve what they don't know and don't understand. and so, if nothing else, this panda grows up to continue to say, "we're out here, you know. please take care of us while you can." wayfair's biggest black friday ever is

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reporter: we also heard from the johnson & johnson ceo as he spoke to david rubenstein during a virtual d.c. economic club event. the ceo was fairly optimistic or at least hopeful as well on the prospect of the one-shot vaccine at his company. >> we use both formats, one and two shots, and we are going to have to find more information. the early data that we were able to generate both pre-clinically as well as in the clinic in our phase 1 trial suggested we do have a robust response, and that is again, how the body responds in producing neutralizing antibodies, with one shot. reporter: so lots of optimism in the upcoming weeks as to what might be. i should mention that during that operation warp speed press conference that you saw there, the top general who is in charge of all of the distribution of this, whenever there is a vaccine, said that when there is a vaccine, within 24 hours, the military will be ready to get it out the gate and get it where it's needed. liz? liz: which is a perfect segue, blake, to our next story about that race, of course, for a vaccine as it looks like it's

the alex gorski, the ceo did a virtual event with david rubenstein from the washington economic club.e sounded hopeful as it relates to the one-shot dose his company is working on. >> we use i had it in both formats, one and two shots and we're going to have to find more information. the early data that we were able to generate both pre-clinically as well as in the clinic our phase one trial suggested that we do have a robust response and that is again how the body responds in producing neutralizing antibodies with one shot. reporter: now keep in mind, connell if we end upticking to this time line of there being a vaccine late in december and the first 20 million or so individuals are able to get it shortly after that, that would be at the end of the trump administration into the beginning of biden administration. i bring that up because the johnson & johnson ceo was asked how this could potentially work, he said it was quote, unquote, absolutely critical this is seamless from one administration to the next. connell? connell: we talked a little bit about that yesterday, the importance

she is a david rubenstein fellow at brookings. she continues her work on the broader south asia, afghanistan theater as well but also nigeria because she is interested in education and the way that influences people's attitudes toward the state and a stream is -- toward the stay and toward extremism. and finally, yvette brown. she has done some of the best research in the broader middle east. two of the places where she has done her most impressive field research have been some aliya -- somalia and afghanistan. this is where she is famous for not just hunkering down in the relatively safe green zone of those places which is where you will usually find me in a place like afghanistan. she is out in the field, talking to people, seeing what is happening on the ground with remarkable bravery and a lot of preparatory work to make sure she can get out of the field in places where she will be able to learn so much from her work. she is an ongoing and very active expert in all matters afghanistan and pakistan but continues to research as

she is a david rubenstein fellow and continues to work on the broader south asia pakistan afghanistan theater as well as nigeria and she's also interested in education and influences people's fl attitudes toward the state and extremism and finally a good friend and colleague beth brown who has done some of the most extraordinary research i've ever witnessed or read about without throughout much of the world including certainly in the central command theater, broader middle east . of the places where she's done or most impressive field research in somalia and afghanistan. where she is famous or not just hunkering down and a relatively safe green zone to those places which is where you will usually find me if i'm ever in a place like afghanistan but in the field talking to people, seeing what's happening on the ground remarkable bravery and a lot of preparatory work to make sure that she can get out into the field in places where she will be able to learn so much from her work. she is an ongoing and very active expert in all matters afghanistan, pakistan and brookings but continues to r

. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome david rubenstein come present of the economic club of washingtond.c. >> welcome everyone, to our ninth virtual signature event of our 35th 35th season but it's really not completely virtual because for the first time since covid has hit we are actually having live guests here today and it's because it's a special program and i want to thank our live guests for coming in at participating and a unique programor us because we have been doing everything virtual for almost nine months now i guess it is but our guests are here to talk out something very special, the abraham accords which assigned at the white house on september 15 with hea of each of these countries as well as president trump eating there as the official host. let me introduce our guess and i will make some announcemen afterwards and then have an interesting conversation. so our first is the ambassador, his excellency abdulla r. al khalif who is the ambassador from bahrain, the kingdom of bahrain and his band ambassador here since 2017. then yousef al otaiba, ambassador come his excellen

he was speaking with david rubenstein of the washington, d.c., economic club, the ceo of j&j he praised what we have seen out of pfizer. listen. >> per the news recently out of pfizer and moderna that is very encouraging and certainly suggestive that when we attack the coronavirus, covid-19 virus with the right kind of approach, neutralizing antibodies a produced and this virus is susceptible to the body's immune response. we still have a lot more to learn, a lot more data but we're encouraging by what we've seen thus far. reporter: back to the process here, briefly, neil. pfizer says it will apply for the emergency use authorization in the coming days. do not though expect a vaccine to hit the marketplace immediately after that. it could potentially take weeks. let me just sort of walk you through this real quick. the man overseeing all of this is over at the fda, dr. peter marks. center of biologic evaluation and research. he gave a interview in recent days neil, that the process most likely will take weeks. the bottom line as they say at the fda they want to make sure the process isn

and before i go, i'd like to also give congratulations to chief rubenstein and chief arturo on your promotionsand i look forward to working with you. >> president covington: thank you, commissioner rodriguez. okay. madam vice not gotten around as much as i would have liked to in terms of visiting stations and visits programs. you guys run a really tight ship about where you're going to let me in and where you're not, and that's -- that's the whole department. has nothing to do with any employee group or anything. the more command staff than anything else, but i feel the protection. so let me ask you about your academy. can you just tell me a little bit about it, since i don't know about it? >> sure. it's typically from ages 12 to 18 -- >> i'm going to take notes when you're doing this, so don't think i'm not paying attention. >> typically, it's from ages 12 to 18. we have had 11.5 year olds that i would say are more mature, and we're not going to turn -- if someone's 11.5, and they want to participate, and they're really willing, we're not going to turn them down, but senior in high school is

anniversary of the national book festival presented by the library of congress to have our authors david rubenstein who has authored a new book entitled how to read it is an extraordinary conversations on leadership especially these very special people. david and with domestic and the equity firm, you are a philanthropist. also save the giant panda at the zoo and also bringing the magna carta to the archives. so how do you do it all? what about your leadership? >> i feel i was as good of a leader as the people i interviewed so i talk about what i try to do as a leader to recognize i went out to interview the most famous that i knew who were leaders in business or culture and the book is a summary of what they told me it takes to be a leader. >> you feel any particular qualities of leadership from these people? so tell me what you found to be the most important quality or the connected thread? >> assistance is number one because nobody wakes up and can get anything done that they want nobody has ideas that are sold brilliant when jeff basil so i will sell books on the internet people laugh also comm