did you know who tom taylor was? >> i had no idea but he told me in the message he was best friends with chris andersen. >> reporter: if you google tom taylor, he's right there, a professional video gamer, and that's who paris thinks she's talking to. and what did the message say? >> it was, like, "hey, i see you started talking to chris andersen. i know you're a fan." did puzzle paris. and if she'd only paid more attention, because it would become deeply important later, the phone numbers she has for both chris andersen and tom taylor have an odd area code. from outside the u.s. tom has an explanation. he always does. >> he just said, "oh, it's my google number, you know, it's all good." me being 17 and dumb, i just believed it. >> reporter: you let it go? >> yeah. >> reporter: she'd regret that later, but the california girl and the nba star chris andersen have other things in mind. though they're 1,000 miles apart and have never actually spoken on the phone, their relationship is turning x-rated. did you send any

tom was a taylor, as i remember the story, there was a guy named tom tomorrow, taylor back in the day go dive a now, lady go dive a. >> not the chocolate. >> no. the original lady godifa. nothing to do with chocolate. the original lady godiva protesting high taxes i think was coventry over in glands, right. >> yes. >> so she road a lores down main street, not main street manayunk, but main street, coventry, naked to bring attention to the story, right? and there was a taylor as i understanded it named tom tomorrow who looked at her, and was struck blind. he looked at the naked woman on the horse. struck blind. and his name was tom the taylor. >> then how can he peak if he's blind? >> well, he was peeping first. then he went blind. >> that's thus peoples tom. >> again, watch out for this guy in manayunk. >> that was the best story ever. thank you for sharing. >> that was the open that we had? again? >> uncle mike tells boring stories. >> no, actually wasn't boring. >> no. >> uncle mike tells us stories. >> some context, some history. >> thank you. >> just don't blame all of these tom's

tom: taylor, thanks.oomberg to give you the snapshot of what it means. turkey out with 8% level on their benchmark rate. they say they are going to whip inflation now. here is dollar-turkey, not euro-turkey. we have a stronger turkish lira in recent days across the month of december. we give a good part of it up here. that is pretty cool that we can do that so quickly. let's go to the data check right now. i want to do this quickly. we have a lot to talk about with julia coronado, another esteemed guest. futures turning. there is the sterling pear -- pair. nejra: i have quite a few u.s. assets here. the bloomberg dollar index fairly steady after losses yesterday following the fed decision and janet yellen's press conference. the 10-yearid, yield recovering a little bit. tom: very good. lots to talk about. right now, let's set the scene. i'm working with a chart we will get up in a minute. let's set the scene to read, extraordinary to see a chair of the fed and the president talking at the same time. let's

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you so much. let's get to the data.say. dow -96.14, the the euro churn, and there is the opec price of american oil. the vix elevated, 11.63. how can you have a vix at 11.63 and the dow at 24,272? francine: we have some pretty strong manufacturing data that seems to be underscoring the e.u.'s economic resilience. if you look at european stocks, they are dropping. it is the first day of december. dollars steady, treasuries gaining. a lot of focus is on the tax reform effort in the u.s. this is my data, my chart. i feel like i am cheating tom keene because it is a very similar chart. it is a fabulous chart, the difference between u.s. gdp -- u.s. debt to gdp, and the corporate taxes. this goes back to the angst we have been seeing. the white line, i will push it out for our radio listeners. -- theal debt and this effect for gdp. tom: it is a deficit, but a much longer span going back to the 1970's. this is what it is about in washington. there is an understanding we are going in this direction. as douglas will seek and sa

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tombonds, currencies and commodities. free day.bitcoin a little bit of steepening, fractional steepening, i will say. oil elevated 57. next screen, the vix, 9.81. there's the dow, a high there. dennis gartman will be with us in the next hour. gold elevated off of recent lows. i'll show the chart on fed funds two's. we'll do that in a bit. nejra: i have also got a fed fudnds chart, but after we saw sia, i wasins i in a talking about sterling. you can see cable up .3% following the wage data from the u.k. the dollar-yen, on the backfoot. weaknessn dollar coming through on the back of the alabama result. brent, rebounding from the losses yesterday. tom: let me do my fed funds fed day chart. let me come over here to fed funds versus two years. here is august of 2007. the volatility of the short-term spread market and down here, with the fed funds rate and the two year rate, they are the same. recently we have legged up to new steepness. thanks to jason again for widsom on tha tspread. nejra:

taylor: lamborghini just revealed high performance crossover. that is your bloomberg is this flash. guy: that is quite a lot of money. tomyellow. guy: absolutely. i see no reason why not. something for christmas, maybe. i am told it is sold out for the first year. that's get back to another person i am sure is interested in what lamborghini are up to. -- a street local advisors bond call. lacaille, your title seems to have migrated during this program. we like to do that here on bloomberg. the u.s. 10 year is trading at 2.3741 right now. d think it gets 3% by the end of 2018? richard: not likely. we were saying don't bet against bonds. demand for enormous long-duration assets. its accommodation of demographics and the fact that baby boomers have deep pockets and reach maximums when the yield curve is well behaved. i don't think we should interpret the flattening yield curve as a sign of trouble in the u.s. economy. don't bet against bonds. i think thereause will be policy action at the short end that will put pressure on two years, maybe. at the long end, that could be pretty well behaved. there is latent demand for dura

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you, taylor. let's get to this quickly. negative a little bit. that's extraordinary number, 52.85. the acceleration is nine basis points. that is narrowing the distance between the 10 year and the two year spread. that is the vanilla spread, the standard one on wall street. oil is churning as well. next screen. equities, 11.62. that is the five year-seven year spread. below it is the three months-30 year spread. points.141 basis that's in nine basis points in the last two weeks. we have flattening, flattening, flattening. francine: tom, this is but i am looking at. it is definitely a risk off kind of mood. bonds are advancing and treasuries are climbing. a lot of folks in the u.s. are worried over the government shutdown. that is on saturday. my them also looking at pound because we are looking at a possible rebellion -- yes, another one. bitcoin, over $12,000 as well. this is the belly of the curve. the five to seven year spread. the difference in yield between the seven year in the u.s. and the five year -- this is extrao

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. thank you so much -- tom: thank you so much.mberg "surveillance." professor feldstein of harvard, bill gross, alan krueger, bill glassman of jpmorgan. now, willem buiter. on jobs day, professor, this is the great quiet. we will have an under 4% unemployment rate, and yet the employment to population ratio is nowhere near what it was before the boom. 3.9, going to be a good 3.7% unemployment rate given some of the unemployed in america, the structurally unemployed? willem: either that or we get a lot of inactive workers in the labor force. tom: are you optimistic? willem: yes. with the way demand is growing and the greater attention being paid to some of the supply-side factors that restrict re-entrance into the labor force, i am hopeful we will get at least to the labor force participation rates we see in the continental european union. we willhin this, and talk about lawrence summers and mr. hassett of the trump administration in a bit, but lawrence summers and olivia blonde chart, do you buy it in this odd economy? willem: i b

taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you., green on the screen, up three with the euro weaker. please.een vix, 10.84. two-year, not sure why it dropped. maybe government shutdown. a stunning number, we get to the chart on bitcoin in a moment. , somene: on germany industrial output unexpectedly shrinking for the second month. let's watch that. seeing as howut negotiations are ongoing with the government, something to keep an eye on. some of the basic market, some interesting calls on yen early because the economy seems to be picking up nicer. the australian dollar, they missed estimates on the economy. tom: very good. this is a different chart. axis, theng on a long kind david folkerts-landau look set on bitcoin doing moonshot. changed. here is a linear function of $8,000, $10,000, and about $15,000 this morning. the chart is starting to look a little more hyperbolic. people say to me -- why are we doing bitcoin? this will have ramifications we cannot see right now. francine: yes, it goes back to the conversation we had with h

in london.cqua i'm tom keene in london. here's taylord tweeps storm attacking attacking thetorm fbi. he said the agency's director needs to clean house. the tweeps began a day after -- tweets began a day after michael flynn was arrested for lying to the fbi. republican backed tax cuts will give a modest news -- boost to the u.s. economy. forecasters are most likely to cite trade protectionism as a risk. president for the federal reserve bank is thomas barkan according to a person familiar with the situation. lacquer was forced to quit after admitting his role in leaking sensitive information. hollywood is calling singapore copyrighted programming. it allows unauthorized streaming of tv's and movies. the group wants singapore's government to block the parting software inside the boxes. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine: cryptocurrency such as bitcoin are skyrocketing. it's a different story for assets in some developing economi

i am taylor riggs. tom: thanks. a huge pop in retail across america seen yesterday.onds, currencies -- pretty quiet. a lift in equities. cruves are moving around. i have run out of steam. got nothing to talk about. what do you have? guy: actually, picking up on that retail stories interesting. i one to start with us stocks, down by 3/10 of 1%. hennes & mauritz is a massive retailer around the world -- h&m. these are the worst numbers -- the biggest drop we have seen in 16 years from this company. -- just a position -- justa big story for south africa. a huge binary event coming through over this weekend. i will talk about cross currency basis swaps in a moment. the euro-dollar trading at 1.1795. hym thank you to edward s. and. he leaves with this research chart, which is stunning. it goes back to eisenhower and reagan and nixon read about here. here is the boom and compensation of to near double-digit compensation growth. here are the golden years. gone, gone.ne, the four year moving average of compensation in america down to 2%. that explains too much of societal an

that gave us a lot of tom darbinyan confidence, and we shall do it. ireland‘s katie taylorly defended her wba world lightweight title in london. she beat american jessica mccaskill on points. the win extends her unbeaten professional record to eight fights. promoter frank warren says carl frampton will fight again in belfast on saturday the 7th of april. the former four—weight world champion nonito donaire is being tipped as a possible opponent for northern irishman. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a memorial service has been taking place at st. paul‘s cathedral, six months after 71 people died in the grenfell tower fire. the prime minister and members of the royal familyjoined survivors, those who lost family and friends and rescue workers at the multi—faith service. welker meets one of you to this national memorial service —— welcome each one of you, to this national memorial service to celebrate community and hope. this is a nation that grieves at the unspeakable tragedy, loss and hurt of thatjune day. my dad

constant term and the taylor rule, essentially they think rates can't go and a 200 basis points higher due to this natural interest rate concept, which i really don't like it. toms on radio with a screen grab. here is the taylor formula with all these plug-ins. chris just mentioned john taylor. do you have a clue what those plug-ins are, 2-3 rate increases down the road? >> the problem is they don't see -- 2% of the yield is as natural rate concept, and if they think it is zero rather than a 2% constant, that limits how high they think the fed funds rate can go. they think may be rates might go up to 2.5%. that is the standard idea. i don't know how they all convinced themselves of this. it's too bad we did not get the taylor rule first. he would have shaken things up down there. francine: what is your favorite 2018, your best play, the unloved market, the canary in the coal mine, the one thing we should be keeping and i on? >> that something will go wrong. people talk about emerging markets. i don't think the numbers are that great in emerging markets to do that. problems outny there. that is one of the great problems. the risks ahead. there is no interest rat

taylor sheriff douglas. jeffrey pelly douglas county sheriff and officer tom o'donnell, castle rock police department. y perish, douglas county. >> will you spell jeffrey's name? >> pelle. >> is the first name davis? >> taylor. >> can you identify the castle rock officer. was he shot outside? >> we don't know exactly that information. lauren said if you have further questions, you can try to get what you can off of our press release. we probably will not be doing another stand up like this, information will come out through the press release through twitter or facebook. >> you have to work tomorrow? >> we don't be doing another one. we will share the status of the officers, but that's it. thank you all very much. >> we have been listening to sheriff tony spur lock of the sheriffs office in colorado speaking about a deadly shooting in the highlands ranch yash where law enforcement officers were shot and one was killed. two other civilians shot, the injuries were non--threatening. the suspect has also been killed. officials would not confirm the identity, but it's someone they are familiar with. we want

mike doyle, douglas county sheriff, taylor davis, douglas county sheriff, and officer tom o'donnell, g rock police department, and then zachary parrish, douglas county sheriff. >> [inaudible] >> pardon me? >> [inaudible] >> p-e-l-l-e. >> the first name of -- [inaudible] >> taylor. yes, ma'am. >> you verify that your officer, castle rock's officer, was he shot outside or -- [inaudible] >> we don't know exactly that information yet until we finish conducting the investigation. and that is, as lauren has said, if you have any further questions, you can try to get what you can off of our press release. we probably will not be doing another -- arthel: okay. we've been listening to a press conference there by tony spurlock, he's the douglas county sheriff there. the sad news out of this story is that 29-year-old zachary parrish, douglas county sheriff's deputy, lost his life this morning during gunfire with a suspect who had barricaded himself in an apartment complex there. let me tell you more what we know about zachary parrish. he was 29 years old. he is survived by two young children and

tom on building number one. to be refreshing their browsers waiting for the new taylor swift music to come out?honda rimes is leaving abc for netflix. emma stone is the world's highest-paid actress. she ranked -- he raked in $26 million last year, mostly thanks to "la la land." >> hey. you were sleeping, justin hitting the paparazzi last night. the second tois go home on "dancing with the stars." some are calling it a shocking elimination. i feel bad telling "game of thrones" fans this. the sixth episode of the season has been leaked. aboutty" with a story staffharvey's memo to his , including do not come to my dressing room unless invited. i am being tolwe some video we are going to show. i don't know what this is. what are you doing in here? out! >> our poor producer, kyle, there. steve harvey got his list of demands from you. a look at the stories. i can't wait to see what 2008 team brings us. adrianna: more diva kidd. kidd: that is a daily occurrence here. [laughter] larry: that does it for us. >>> good morning, america. arctic invasion. 2017 closing out with an historic deep freeze causing

. >>> coming up, tom cruise and katie holmes' beautiful daughter, suri, makes a rare public appearance to introduce her favorite singer. >> who is it tonight? >> taylorft! >> plus, taylor goes public with her british boyfriend, holding >>> the trevor project hosted their annual star-studded gala to raise money for the suicide prevention effort. ♪ >>> one of our favorite performers. and who is it tonight? >> taylor swift! >> suri cruise was so excited to join her mom, katie, to introduce taylor swift. it happened at the jingle ball in new york city. that's where our nischelle turner is right now. it's the first time we have seen suri on stage like that. >> absolutely. something tells me we'll see more of her in the future. she's a natural on stage. meanwhile, we got see a lot more of a certain someone taylor has been spekeeping out of the spotlight. her boyfriend. it's tay-tay's first pda with joe. holding hands on their way back to taylor's from her rocking performance at madison square garden. lindsay lohan and camilla cabello totally fan-girled over swift. but they were not her only celeb guests. kind of hard to see, but we're told riding in the ba

. >>> coming up, tom cruise and katie holmes' beautiful daughter, suri, makes a rare public appearance to introduce her favorite singer. >> who is it tonight? >> taylor! >> plus, taylor goes public with her british boyfriend, holding >>> the trevor project hosted their annual star-studded gala to raise money for the suicide prevention effort. sorry. i can't make it. it's just my eczema again, but it's fine. yeah, it's fine. you ok? eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. eczema exposed. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor? go to eczemaexposed.com to learn more. ♪ >>> one of our favorite performers. and who is it tonight? >> taylor swift! >> suri cruise was so excited to join her mom, katie, to introduce taylor swift. it happened at the jingle ball in new york city. that's where our nischelle turner is right now. it's the first time we have seen suri on stage like that. >> absolutely. something tells me we'll see more of her in the future. she's a natural on stage. meanwhile, we got see

. >>> coming up, tom cruise and katie holmes' beautiful daughter suri make as rare public appearance to introduce her favorite singer. >> who is it tonight? >> taylorwift! >>> plus, taylor goes public with her british boyfriend, holding hands. dancing. and kissing? ♪weee! today's the day! wahoo! there's the second-most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. phew, am i late?! nah, just in time. nice. holiday scratch-offs from the pennsylvania lottery. aww. things just got very merry. keep on scratchin'! what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeeeeah! ensure high protein. with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure.

taylor's back up camera. they get holiday cards, too. the ap says tom cruise is notorious for giving great cards. steven spielberg is notorious for being a very, very generous card and gift giver. this is a story all about how will smith does not like his early work. he told a show in the u.k. he will not be doing a reboot of fresh prince first seasons because he sees himself as so nervous and wanted to succeed so badly it's kind of hard to watch. i'm tommy mcfly with your celebrity 60 on nbc4. >> chopper4 keeping an eye on the roads this afternoon. you're seeing here a live look at route 50 in prince george's county. so far no signs of any trouble. we'll keep our eye on it and bring you updates here on news4. >> if you're a last-minute shopper, you know you're running out of time to get through that christmas list. >> and we are working for you, helping you squeeze every minute out of the shopping schedule. now, most national chains will be open christmas eve until 6:00 p.m. kohl's macy's, wal-mart, they're on that list. keep this in mind. even the 24-hour wal-marts are going to be closing at 6:

taylor ♪ never ever ever getting back together ♪ ♪ we >> reporter: then came john mayer. jake gyllenhaal. c connor kennedy. hairy styles. calvin harris. then the other half of hiddleswift, tomout boys and dating she's said. ♪ because i knew you were trouble when you walked in ♪ >> ebt eventually, you run out of things to talk about. if you can laugh like best friends, you're all set. ♪ now i'm lying on the cold hard ground ♪ i write my own songs. i'm inspired by boys. i don't date much. i'm not really getting heart broken a lot. they never go and be like, i want to ask you out. could you not write songs about us. they say that when we're breaking up the. you better not write a song about this. oh, i won't. i'm not going to walk home with any men tonight. i'm going the hang out with my friends. then i go home to the cats. >> no men allowed. >> men get me in trouble. ♪ people in life are free >> reporter: you may know that taylor's bff is sell lean in gomez. sell lean in appeared in the "bad blood" video. do you remember how selena got her start or how yong she was when she fell for justin bieber? tomorrow, we'll take a look back at when we first met selena. >>> still ahead,

tom sherwood, news4. >> loudoun county fire fighters sifted through debris today just hours after a house fire killed a man. the fire happened last night on taylor'sitsville. fire fighters say the unstable house has made it difficult to investigate. not clear how the fire started. the victim's name has not been released. >>> it's fires like those in virginia, like that one in virginia, that maryland fire officials hope to prevent. and starting o to be used if you live in maryland. as news4's darcy spencer reports, the days of replacing those small batteries will be over. >> we're prince george's county fire department checking smoke detectors. >> reporter: fire fighters go door to door in capitol heights. letting residents know a new law goes into effect january 1st. it will make smoke alarms in most residents homes outdated. the alarms that run on 9 volt batteries need to be replaced with these, alarms with ten year batteries sealed into the unit. fire fighters installed one for free in this resident's home. >> smoke detector is good for ten years. >> reporter: some see it as an advantage, especially for seniors who may have trouble reaching the

tom keene and francine lacqua have the day off. let's get to the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs.next year's state and local property taxes on the 2017 return if they pay the tax bills before the end of the year and if the taxes were assessed before 2018. this is as homeowners in state for the highest property taxes have been asking local efficiency questions about how to prepay the levees to take advantage of a tax rate limited next year. is. republican roy moore going to court to try to stop alabama from certifying democrat doug jones as the winner of the state senate race. the attorney said he believed there have been irregularities and there should be a fraud investigation and eventually a new election. hasama secretary of state said doug jones will be certified as the winner today and his office has found no evidence of fraud. has about aident crackdown after a supermarket ball injured at least 10 people in st. petersburg, vladimir putin said he is older the head of the federal security service to liquidate bandits on the spot if officers lives are threatened . the blast was

tom clarke got a late winner in a tight contest. millwall beat qpr 1—0 in the other game. phil ‘the power‘ taylorll face qualifier jamie lewis in the semifinals. reigning champion michael van gerwen plays rob cross in the other semi. it isa it is a time of year when we look back and make a review of what happened in the year, we have seen politics, news, sport, weather. we had science earlier. have our own special way of looking back at the year through the eyes of mike bushell. he has sampled 400 different sporting activities for breakfast, and this year has been particularly busy, from water polo to motocross to toe wrestling to even driving a red sofa. here are some of his best bits from 2017. i don‘t no if i caught a wrestling. from wide red sofa to another. all sorts of things you can practice. do you do this in your garage? i am on my feet! i am on my feet! don‘t forget to smile! are you 0k? are you ok? we have liftoff! i would like to think all good habits will rub off on you. sorry! don‘t worry. at the moment it seems like an ordinary six a side indoor game. all is that changes with a fli