bloomberg's tyler kendall is standing by at the court. is it national security versus free speech here? tyler: oral arguments at the supreme court reaching their one hour mark. lawyers for tiktok started their opening arguments saying this is a first amendment issue, arguing that if the band does going to place it could curtail the freedom of expression of its 170 billion u.s.-based users. no info else -- noel francisco also adding to delay the band going into place. the national security concerns in a brief submitted head of today's argument the u.s. federal government says this is not about freedom of speech because there is still a viable path on the table for tiktok to operate if they divest. they are trying to restrict foreign adversary holding, considering bytedance connection to china and what that could mean to national security. that appears to be the thread we are seeing the supreme court justice's blog, potentially expressing -- the supreme court justice is pull on, potentially expressing skepticism at tiktok's arguments. the fi

tyler kendall joins us from the white house. let's start with the possible link. woody's is have that indicate these events might be linked? tyler: good morning. as you mentioned, we heard president biden saying the fbi is looking into whether or not there are any potential links. we are waiting for additional information on that front. law enforcement officials in las vegas have confirmed they are working with elon musk on the investigation into how this explosion happened. in terms of what we do know about the explosion, the federal -- the officials in las vegas noted elon musk has provided them with extensive video footage from tesla charging stations across the country so they can track this vehicle's whereabouts to the point of the explosion. elon musk says his team at tesla has confirmed it was not necessarily an explosion of the cyber truck itself, but rather fireworks or a bomb were in the truck that ultimately caused the destruction. he went on to say that ultimately it was how the cyber truck was built that contained the blast. officials noting that likel

bloomberg's tyler kendall there with u.s. steel down by something like 8%.ems like they need to do something. a lot of people were saying that nippon steel was the best potential option for them. the national security concerns are interesting. the fear is that there could be some sort of flooding of the market of the cheap steel to reduce the value or market share of u.s. steel. that had happened in the past. a question going forward about what this means for international companies investing in the u.s., and which areas are important to preserve national security are up for grabs. jonathan: i wonder if we get a change of mind from the incoming administration? watch this space. who knows? got a change of mind on tiktok, didn't we? lisa: he has already said he would not necessarily -- that he would block the deal. i can't imagine. politically do you think that would be feasible? jonathan: knows? he's not running for election again is he? lisa: heard it here first. jonathan: how do you feel about a two-day week? [laughter] it works for me. i don't know if it w

with get the latest from tyler kendall who joins us live from the white house.ell us about what the fbi was willing to disclose? >> i'm here at the white house were president biden just touched down in the last 10 minutes. we are being told he is being ushered into the situation room so he can eat with his national security team to get an update on these two incidents. we are expecting an update once that briefing is over. as you mentioned the fbi briefing, last hour, president biden had came out previously saying there were no direct links between these attacks. the fbi saying at this exact moment there is no definitive link when it comes to them. when i can tell you in the law enforcement officials in las vegas that confirmed that they are actually working closely with elon musk on that investigation, citing hours of footage that must has turned over to them from tesla charging stations around the country so they can track the vehicles whereabouts up until the point of the explosion. the series of posts earlier, elon musk said that it wasn't necessarily the cy

here is tyler kendall with more. is scott bessent at the epicenter of this? o his confirmation hearing on thursday. those potential reasoning behind a gradual tariff approach could be twofold. to tamp down a concerns about any potential inflationary impacts and serve as a negotiating leverage. in washington, we have the canadian ambassador kirsten hellman on balance of power who said they are actively looking for ways to get to that negotiating table. that is nothing -- that nothing would be off the table except the acquisition of canada. on the second point about any potential inflationary impacts, i caught up with a republican strategist who told me this is going to be way more palatable for congressional republicans who will be questioning scott bessent later this week and have already expressed concerns about tariffs and about rhetoric about any spike in prices and with that could mean to republicans as they try to hold on to their slim majority in congress . in the midterms, they would like to see unified government for the total of four years under trump

let's catch up with tyler kendall for the latest in washington. e news? tyler: good morning. news coming as china's foreign ministry confirmed yesterday they will be sending the country's vice president to trump's inauguration. we get more news about who else will be there. a whole host of ceos, including elon musk, mark zuckerberg, tim cook and jeff bezos will be there. tiktok ceo could also be in attendance. as you have been covering all morning, inauguration day just one day after that expected ban going into place on tiktok, unless the supreme court intervenes or there's a deal today best. i caught up with democratic senator mark warner on capitol hill yesterday. he's the ranking never on senate intelligence. he was the chair when the tiktok ban passed and he was confused by this invitation. he doesn't understand how it squares with the incoming administration's get tough on china rhetoric. trump would likely take -- would likely not agree with that assessment considering he says he's trying to broker a deal with all sides to get the negotiatio

that is bloomberg's tyler kendall.nciliation, and i was struck by what trump said yesterday at davos, if you make the products in the u.s., repeating what he said on the campaign trial, you will get a 15% corporate tax rate. if not, you basically get punished. do you start baking in a 15% corporate tax rate? sarah: i think that is another one of those areas where this is a good start to say, hey, do this and we will give you a break. i do not know if he can do that without congress. so i think there is a lot of information that needs to come through there. but i think the idea of saying come in here, almost saying u.s. will be a tax-free zone, like certain states, i think the idea is we would like to get more manufacturing back, like to get more things back here. i do not know that you would ever bake in those numbers at this time, but you have to ultimately see where it goes and whether or not the strategy is successful. dani: the thing you cannot take as you can take solace in is that sequencing matters. we have a lo

tyler kendall joins us from the white house.es over to the u.s. capitol to take the oath of office he is headed here to the white house for a ceremonial tea and coffee with president biden. resuming a tradition he did not extend to biden four years ago. the bidens and trumps will ride together to the capital to complete the peaceful transfer of power. this is the first time in four decades that transfer of power is going to happen inside of the capital rotunda instead of outside in freezing cold temperatures here in washington dc. president-elect trump says he will still address his supporters who are now no longer able to attend that ceremony. he's been directing people to the capital one arena about a mile from where i am at the white house here and telling them he will go there to address them but the only thing, i was there yesterday. that arena fits 20,000 people but we know from u.s. capitol officials the 220,000 people were originally ticketed for today's inaugural ceremonies. >> certainly keeping a close eye on this. let

bloomberg's tyler kendall joins us from the nation capital. at was the reaction to the news conference. tyler: president-elect trump used that news conference to try to shape what would be expansionist policy and frame it is potentially good for u.s. to mastic policy. we repeatedly hurt that hurt him hit on three themes. national security, economic security and competition with china. we know greenland is strategically planted for the arctic when it comes to countering wash -- russia. it's also home to the third largest oil reserves in the arctic and is considered rich in critical earth minerals, something the u.s. has been trying to shore up in its competition with china. something in common in all of these places is leaders of the foreign lands say they are absolutely not for sale and of publicly criticize these plans from trump trade in terms of where we go from here, trump has been ratcheting up terror threats but it is unclear what those would look like particularly in these places. you heard him threaten potential military action when it