. >> hello, my name is tom steele, and i'm here to represent "flagging in the park." we're a small grassroots group who organize community building gatherings in the national memorial grove five times a year, which i assume aren't familiar with, except, perhaps, for phil. so as these events started 23 years ago at the height of the aids epidemic, when a small group of friends gathered in the newly established grove to celebrate still being alive in the face of a very uncertain future. as well as to remember those already lost to the plague, these folks got together to do this by dancing together with vibrant silk flags such as these -- and i just wanted to show you these. they look like this, made of silk, and hand tie tie-dyed. for smrkwe believe those who wee lost trafficking so young would want to be remembered for their vibrant lives. our events are always free and typically well-attended by regulars, for whom we feel we provide an uplifting experience in these times of growing isolation in our society. to spanned beyond our established core crowd, we very happy t

. >> hello, my name is tom steele, and i'm here to represent "flagging in the park." small grassroots group who organize community building gatherings in the national memorial grove five times a

tom halverson of cobank. when a farmers sees the president saying we are going to impose steel and aluminum tariffs from brazilentina and that will help the farmers. when i first read it, i was not sure how the one leads to the other. be wayrmers tend to above normal in the population in terms of understanding international trade, because they are so dependent on their livelihood, they pay attention to what's going on in overseas markets where their products are sold. but a lot of people would know the foreignnd that exchange effects of brazil and argentina have more to do with the fact that those economies are suffering and underperforming. therefore in currency position is more a function of that than their attention to do anything with respect to agricultural markets. the reality of the pain and suffering economically that u.s. secondarily experiencing at the hands of brazil and argentina is predominately caused by the trade war, which means we are not exporting agricultural products that we were exported to china before. that has created an opportunity for people like brazil and argentina to fill that mark

leaves, but how much kong, andrk, hong other big financials steel from london -- steal from london. tomn interesting time, all this pageantry of the queen. i think there is a hostage mp held at buckingham palace to make sure the queen has safe return from the evils of parliament. any idea who the hostage mp would be this year? anna: i don't know. i am sure there will be many people on both sides of the u.k. who would offer a suggestion. tom: the pageantry of the queen and the queen's speech. please stay with us, another hour of bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ ♪ good morning, everyone, bloomberg "surveillance." tom keene in new york, anna edwards in london. the queen on her way to the christmas holiday. on the way, she must give the queen's speech. and let's remind international audiences this is not the word of the queen. this is scripted for her by the government, them setting out their agenda. boris johnson and company hope they have no problem getting this legislative agenda through the commons and get support for the queen's speech. tom: 93 years old, and prince philip by all reports ve

steel. bank of america, merrill lynch. this is bloomberg. ♪ tomeillance, thrilled you are with us. kevin cirilli at the top of the hour, with the president, with a massive tweed storm yesterday, flying back across the atlantic david bloom of hsbc. let's put out a chart. i will told is the david bloom chart. this is an approximation of oil adjusted for inflation over 60 years, and also adjusted for the fact that we are wealthier today. it includes some noise on u.s. rising disposable income. david, oil does not have the impact used to have. how is the distraction of oil weaker? how has it affected dollar dynamics? david: it hasn't really. oil prices arer basically inflationary because you are coming off high wages. you know the process. but now we have a different opinion. you use more disposable income to pay for oil. food, and energy. if you pay more for food and energy, you do not have money for anything else. demand goes down, oil price goes down. so the trump mission mechanism of how many things work has completely changed. tom: what mr. bloom

steel. it is a negative for those countries and for u.s. customers of the products of those countries. tomrs feel we have unfair agriculture relationships, maybe like the french looking at agriculture as sacred. is it sacred in latin america? are they heavily subsidized? they are a little bit subsidized. i'm not familiar with the details in those countries. every country subsidizes agriculture, including the u.s. i think the president is trying to strike out on one of his favorite themes, which is currency devaluation and strong dollar. in this case the reason is entirely misplaced. tom: wonderful to have you on. we will get to the data in a moment. a lift to equities off of good chinese news. the topic in london is the presidents visit. our white house correspondent is just insane. we are thrilled he could join us today. there is a backdrop of domestic politics, both u.s. and in the united kingdom as well. what is the goal of the president? what is the message he wants to reaffirm with the nato? >> there are a couple of big areas of concern for the president. one is turkey's adoption of t

steele had himself been hired by someone related to the democratic party. they knew that much. three renew applications to spy on carter page didn't reflect that general knowledge. joining us tonight is tom fitton, the president of the judicial watch. tom, i want to start with you. you were foremost as a skeptic of what we would hear today and what we would learn and you were right. you were early and often correct in your assessments of this inspector general and what he would conclude. >> i warned anyone that would listen that i.g. reports are exposes' and cover-ups at the the same time. of course the i. gssments takes at face value in my view a dishonest way their bureaucratic excuses for targeting the president of the united states and a presidential candidate. to pretend all these accidents happened and it was a bureaucratic snafu and they said they don't remember why the rules weren't followed or the courts were lied to is beggars' belief. i hope durham does his job but i'm not seeing any evidence the justice department is separately conducting a investigation of the tip of the iceberg which is a massive operation by the obama administration. it wasn't just the doj and the fbi. the

tom forman, cnn washington. >>> matt lewis senior columnist from the daily beast is with us. as well as pete dominic, talk show host. this isn't going to be some sweaty steel cage death match. we're talking three dimensional chess on an iceberg. who comes out on top? >> that's a great question, who comes out on top. we'll spend the next couple of weeks in limbo, the holidays and new years. the question is does it hurt the democrats? it doesn't seem like anything is hurting mitch mcconnell in the united states senate. there's a lot that remains to be seen. and one question might be, ana, what might come out in terms of trump and ukraine between now and the first. that's what people are whispering in national security circles. also, what happens if maybe somebody finds a backbone, we're not going to find our breath over it, but in the united states senate, maybe a few republicans are going to find their conscious, highly doubtful but there's a lot that remains to be seen. >> the question, nancy pelosi versus mitch mcconnell, who wins, do you agree with what we heard from pete? >> it's hard to say. i think both of these are great political operators. put asid

tom winter, nbc news investigations reporter. coming up, president trump continues his aggressive approach to trade. announcing this morning he's renewing tariffs on all steel arnl tina and brazil. we are going to have the details after the break. you are watching msnbc. you are watching msnbc re on med. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why... medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. only about 80% of your medical costs. this part is up to you... yeah, everyone's a little surprised to learn that one. a medicare supplement plan helps pay for some of what medicare doesn't. that could help cut down on those out-of-your-pocket medical costs. call unitedhealthcare insurance company today... to request this free, and very helpful, decision guide. and learn about the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. selected for meeting their high standards of quality and service. this type of plan lets you say "yes" to any doctor or hospit

steele, called oppo. hi, and if you are someone or know someone which you might if you're here tonight who is interested in how washington works, tom's books do precisely what supreme ambition tries to do, which is to talk about d.c. behind the scenes except he has a little more gunfire and i was thinking but saying a little more sex but we'll see about that. tom's first novel, shining city, was actually about vetting a supreme court nominee. so, i would say that maybe if the trump administration had brought on tom's protagonist they might have saved themselves some trouble. but they didn't, and vetting seems to be a particular not strength of this administration. so, here i am. supreme ambition is my first book, but as brad said, in his introduction, quoting me, it's really the book i've been preparing to write my whole life, and the idea of writing it dime me very, very late in the confirmation process. of that astonishing day we all remember when christine blase ford and then brett kavanaugh testified but her allegations and as the fbi was conducting and then quickly -- i would say too quickly -- concluding its investigation, and

tom commit to you first on this. "wall street journal" has this incredible editorial on shifts surveillance state. this is unprecedented and looks like an abuse of authority. democrats were caught using the steeleer are in order to coat hooks democrats into snooping in the trump campaign. now we have members of congress to use secret subpoenas to obtain and release the call records of political opponents by letting attorney-client privilege, may be violating house rules for devon nunes and may be the first amendment was snooping in a reporter. >> there's a lot wrong in my judgment with what congressman shifted here. the fact is congressmen wields immense powers with subpoenas, they can access amounts of personal information including call logs showing when you are receiving a call. there is no dispute that from what we know now even if he acquired this information lawfully come at something quite different all of a sudden just dropping it without warning in a public report. from what we heard he didn't give republicans the courtesy of a heads up that he was doing this, he didn't take, mainly used steps to reject personal information or to up exercise judgment for putting all of this private inf

christopher steele and paid for by democrats, was the centerpiece of the fbi's application to monitor carter page. >> we concluded the reporting put in a central role in the decision to seek if isa tom mack fisa order. >> james comey said the dossier was not critical to the application. >> there was a significant amount of additional material about carter page and why there is probable cause to believe he was an agent. >> now he says he was treated unfairly in the number two democrat and the senate says page deserves an apology. >> this is the first will be the last time the fbi misrepresents evidence before this court and proceeds. >> somebody else who wants an apology, president trump. he said on twitter, "now he is admitting he was wrong? what are the consequences for his unlawful conduct? years in jail? where are the apologies to me and others." >> the inspector general report found no evidence that he did anything unlawful or criminal. it also did not find any intent misconduct by the fbi. remember, there is another ongoing internal investigation and it has already been elevated to a criminal inquiry. >> bret: thank you. for someone else is on impeachment and the inspector gene

tom demark, demark analytics founder and ceo. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ welcome to "bloomberg daybreak" on this monday, december 2. i'm alix steel. from the top. center, the strong christian democrats, i want to continue to work for that. alix: chancellor angela merkel's government thrown into crisis. >>>> we want to reach our hands out to all. a substantial is risk for this government because the two leaders have been constantly toying with the notion that they could leave this coalition. alix: amid a leadership change the spd -- att faces challenges on her leadership. china pmi's to the rescue? pmi's bounce, while cracks show weakness in smaller companies and exports. and almost 200 countries dissent on madrid for climate talks, building on the four-year-old paris summit. fridayonday versus black winners online. it looks like it turned out to be a great week and for retailers, setting up the holiday season for a great start. november sales started strong, and online sales are estimated to have been in the high teens. alix: black friday hit a record in u.s. online sales, the second-biggest after last ye friday -- last year's cyb