our guest today is joe kraft, i am shaula vogue and this is "biz stream." we'll see you next time.l jazeera. ♪ >> this is al jazeera p of these are the top stories, and a reminder of our breaking news about the pardons issued by donald trump. they include charles kushner, real estate developer and father of trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. also pardons for longtime associate roger stone. his sentence had been commuted. also, former campaign manager of 2016, paul manafort. 26 people have been pardoned today. gunmen have attacked the town i

. >>> hi, i am shaula vogue. welcome to our "biz stream." >> martin schultz is our guest. it is nice to have you again. >> i am so happy to be here. >> let's look at today's featured story. >> consumer goods drastically improved our daily lives. during the research and development process, break throughs are made for using different products. work on lcd improvement game the basis of control technology perfectly suited for cold storage. today's report shows how research and development work can lead to unexpected applications and entirely new product. >> let's start by taking a look at how much money the world's top economy are putting in rnd. if you look at this graph here, you can see of course number one is the u.s. and second is china and japan and germany. so currently japan is spending about $170 billion when it comes to research and for a long time they were second behind the u.s., 2009 china came into the game and this is the results of that. what do you make of these numbers here? >> well, it is still a strong position. japan is investing a lot. the government has

. >>> hi, i am shaula vogue. welcome to "biz stream." our commentator is martin schultz. have you martin. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: in japan, buses are a popular way for tourists to go sightseeing. however, the covid-19 pandemic haslamed the brakes on bus tours this year. in an attempt to over come the sudden drop in business, a local bus tour companies started offering online bus tours. >> we are about ready for departure. >> reporter: participants eny drinking sake together. today's on-site report features a bus tour company that ken their business online. so we all know the trouble industries have been hit hard by the pandemic. today we are looking at the charter bus history in japan. this is a comparison of 201 and 2020. it has not recovered much. what do you make of these numbers? >> the numbers were terrible. there were a little bit improvement when the government was coming in with domestic help but now we are in the middle of a third break. winter is here. >> today's report features a bus tour company that decided to do something different. they too

. >>> hi, i am shaula vogue, welcome to a special edition of "biz stream."kraft, it is od tgoo see you. >> good to see you. let's take a look at today's featured report. life during the pandemic led to new needs when it comes to goods consumers buy and services they use. for example, being able to know how crowded shops or restaurants are before choosing where to go. for others it may mean having safer eating options like outdoor barbecue restaurants. today's report gives you a glimpse of how businesses are offering customers peace of mind as they venture out the new normal. >> reporter: if you take a look at the graph here, you will see the monthly sales compares to the same month of the previous year. as you can see starting in april, figures fell 40% compares to 2019. things are slowly starting to improve. if you look at the data, you see some recovery in the months leading to october. if you look at the break down, you will see that restaurants are rebounding and fast food is doing better than the year before at 1.8%. japanese pubs and bars are still dow

i am shaula vogue and this is "biz stream," we'll see you next time.to our people. -- and sell bread to our people. ♪ >> the headlines on al jazeera. the u.s. house of representatives back to threefold increase on pandemic relief checks to $2000. it will need a two thirds majority and says senate to pass. the house overturned trumps veto of the annual defense spending bill. >> congress voted for the spending measure, to find the military through october 1 of 2021. the president objected to the legislation for a number of reasons and

she produced projects projects n vogue and a documentary about a young girl who crossed the border into the u.s. on her own which was distribute by the new yorker. jessica has a ph.d in literature from the university of texas and served as a melan writing fell explore interim writing center director at southwestern university. she has spend more than a dead cake working with refugees in austin, texas, and a part of -- rosayra pablo cruz is a business owner, mother of father and the co-author of the book of rosy, the first memoir to be published by a mother separated from her children under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. the book was published simultaneously in june 2020 by harper one in english and harper collinses pan ol' in spanish and received a star review and named one of "people" magazine's must-read bask summer 2020. and i'm in the other co-author of the book in full disclosure. born and raised in guatemala she migrated to the out in 2013 and currently lives in new york city. welcome. i would like to start by acknowledging the donkey in the room, not the elepha

they are featured in january's issue of "vogue" for their second annual vogue values issue.ah guthrie and kristen welker won the 2020 election coverage. of course all about savannah and kristen's work during this year's election cycle. in the article, our friend and colleague andrea mitchell said they prepare like no other people that i've met in this profession. they're extremely self-confident on camera, unshakeable despite the pressure. i can attest that all of that is so true, and you can actually pick up a copy of that "vogue values" issue on tuesday. kristen, first of all, congratulations. we all watched you totally kill it this election season. kristen, you got a "vogue" photo shoot. how cool is that? >> savannah, thank you. thank you for all those great comments. it was surreal and to do it with my friend savannah guthrie was amazing. what nice comments from andrea. >> you look great. doing your thing on the catwalk. >> it was surreal, a pinch-me moment. strike a pose, everyone, that's what i learned. >> savannah, thank you so much. >> kristen! >> you can see savanna

i don't need -- i don't give a [ bleep ] about "vogue" and any magazine. i have other stuff they want to do. other magazine. for what? another photo shoot? >> you're not the september cover? >> are you kidding me? no way. >> could you imagine if you were? like, that would have been -- >> yeah, but they would never do it. >> i know. >> they would never do it. no way. all these people. they're so mad. they are so -- they are so, you know, some people, they say like, well, they're jealous. they want to be you. they -- they cannot believe. all these designers that they, you know, say, oh, we will never dress her. like, almost like i need their help. so much more important stuff. it's, you know, that's why. it's like, do i care? i don't. >> hmm. so, the president, a lot of the maga-sphere, have been up in arms about melania not being on the covers of magazine. is she really unfazed by it? is it partially her fault, in some way? i don't know the answer. that's why i'm asking. that she hasn't been on these covers? >> you know, don, i think the importance of shari

innovator producing ready to wear collections and licensing his name world wide long before it was in vogue to do so. pierre gadahn presented his extravagant creations on international catwalks for over 6 decades the paris designer was one of the most innovative and productive fashion designers in the world. but not by being working professionally for 60 years and i've created over 4000 dresses and i never saw the originals. born in italy in 1022 pietro cut dini emigrated with his family to france by the 1940 s. he changed his name to p.r. card done and was one of the most ambitious young designers in paris by 947 he was working for the your and just 3 years later he went solo surprising the fashion world with his creativity. he was known for his generous collars and geometric designs. the designer modeled his men's collection himself the beatles commissioned him to design matching suits for them current fashion was considered revolutionary catching the fun of the 1960 s. . go on living bob hope with many people hated my work at that time they found my dresses strange too provocative or lik

she had worked previously for a "vogue," so she was already in the fashion world. it became a storybook relationship out the gate due to the media coverage. david: what she interested in politics particularly? dr. brinkley: she was. she was very interested in literature. she went to george washington university and studied french literature. she spent time traveling and studying in france, but she just loved novels and books, art, and culture. i think more so than john f. kennedy, who preferred -- he was also an avid reader -- but he liked books by winston churchill and th lorenz and the like. they had different taste but together they believed in the arts and written word. they both enjoyed talking to writers and journalists probably more than they did people that worked in government. but she was one that very much backed john f. kennedy's career, not just when he ran for senator in 1952, but when he ran again in 1958 and then again in 1960. some people have thought, david, that she did not love politics because she did not campaign a lot in 1960 when he ran for

congrats and well deserved. >> hats off. >> well deserved check out the issue in january when "vogue" holiday favorites. now, we're down to just sugar cookie versus shortbread the sugar cookie knocking out the snowball my mother is upset about that. 70% of the vote. shortbread beating chocolate peppermint cookies what world do we live in we want you to vote on this, the final round, head-to-head. go to today.com/food we want to mention that we've got even more christmas cookie >>> good morning. it's 8:26. i'm chris chmura. the pandemic might add new de y delays to the opening of muni's central subway. the project is running over cost yet again and mta might have to come up with an additional $130 million to finish construction. with the pandemic in full swing, finding that money could be next to impossible. right now the new central subway is supposed to open in spring 2020, four years past the original completion date. >>> kari, this morning there was water on the sidewalk. was that rain or were those the sprinklers? >> yeah, we had some rain early this morning. and i know a lot of p

williams told "vogue" magazine how she self-diagnosed a life-threatening emergency after giving birthhortly after delivering, the tennis star suddenly felt out of breath and assumed she was having a pulmonary embolism given her history of blood clots. i want to read from the 2018 piece in "vogue" by rob haskell that describes serena williams's birth experience -- "she walked out of the hospital room so her mother wouldn't worry and told the nearest nurse, between gasps, that she needed a ct scan with contrast and iv heparin right away. the nurse thought her pain medicine might be making her confused. but serena insisted, and soon enough a doctor was performing an ultrasound of her legs. 'i was like, a doppler? i told you, i need a ct scan and a heparin drip,' she remembers telling the team. the ultrasound revealed nothing, so they sent her for the ct, and sure enough, several small blood clots had settled in her lungs. minutes later she was on the drip. i was like, listen to dr. williams!" dr. joia crear perry, you're president of the national birth equity collaborative. talk about th

i don't give a [ bleep ] about vogue and any magazine.her stuff that they want to do or other magazine. i'm like for what, what, what i will do for? get the pictures and you will see me, okay? >> you're not the september cover. >> are you kidding me? no way. >> could you imagine if you were. >> no way. >> yeah. but they would never do it. they would never do it. hey. no way. all these people they are so mad. they are so -- they are so, you know, some people they say like, well, they're jealous. they want to be you. they cannot believe they're all these designers that say we will never dress her. almost like i need her help. you understand? there is so much more important stuff. it's -- you know, so that's why. it's like, do i care? i don't. >> so the president and a lot have been up in arms about melania not being on the covers of magazines. is she really unphased by it? i don't know the answer. that's why i'm asking it. >> don, i think the importance of sharing this audio was to share with everyone that it's really donald who is more con

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. >>> hi, i am shaula vogue. welcome to a special edition of "biz stream."h craft, it is good to see you. let's take a look at this week's featured stories. >> reporter: the ongoing pandemic pushed many commuters using bicycles to get to work. for those whose jobs allowed teleworking a unique business model is turning empty houses across japan into share houses. the system allows clients to rotate locations, giving them the chance of the best. today's report features rental businesses that are meeting the new need of japan's work force during the pandemic. social distancing have become a new norm. businesses are changing and some are thriving, you know, and some are not? what do you think is the key to keep business afloat right now? >> i would call it asset repurposing or adaptability. as consumer needs or values change depending on the pandemic. companies need to adapt to those changes with products they already have. >> we are seeing a lot of rental business popping up everywhere. i think the younger generation are leading the way. what are your thoughts

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the supreme court has reached this decision and ariana de vogue, our supreme court reporter, sent meourt did not provide a vote count but there were no dissents to the order made public, justice samuel alito and justice thomas would have allowed it to be filed with the court but would have granted no relief. laura coates, our legal analyst, is standing by. you read the few sentences. as we've been saying, the supreme court is going to reject it. they rejected it and rejected it without any real dissent. >> absolutely right. they essentially said, texas, you have no dog in this fight. you have no right to decide or dictate how other states administer or decide their elections. you know that the constitution says that every state has an opportunity to decide how their elections are run, and you want to come in, not before they decide how to administer it, but only because the person you hoped to be the victor did not win. they didn't even go into all of the arguments about laches, which is what i just described, or the arguments about state rights. what they said is, why do you think y

she's been hired by vogue, cosmo mobile network provider ee and the fashion brands balmain and ellesseeron—james wilson. what is shudu? shudu is...shudu is like a digital entity of her own. she's a character that i'm kind of developing the visual aspects for. i was really inspired by gaming, just before i created shudu. black desert has really, really in—depth character creation and it inspired me to want to kind of recreate these kind of really personal, really unique characters, but some of the things that inspire me, you know, often they are to sexualised. do you think it's going to be bad for people's body image, comparing themselves to these perfect avatars like shudu? when i created shudu, obviously my inspirations were quite unrealistic. kind of like supermodels and barbie dolls, kind of dated concept of beauty ideals. which is why i then went on to create bren, another model, once i'd understood the impact these models could have, i thought it was really important to create. bren is a plus, a curve model, who has stretch marks, and has kind of natural imperfections that everyon

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the next day when i went to instagram, the editor of chief of british vogue put it out and it went viralies posting it and strangers reaching out to me and it was nice to see. it was when martin luther king iii posted it, and i was really taken back, speechless because it meant the world to me when i saw that, because of the work he has done and his father has done is an inspiration to me and people around the world. darcy's future and how much difficulty she will face because of the colour of her skin is still up in the air. but george floyd's that has directly impacted her future in sport and in society. and the same can be said for millions more around the world. we have all learned now that this is at the point, you get to a point that you have to choose a side. and we are at that point now. we look at the momentum behind this, and how it has shown a spotlight on and magnify the problems that have been systemic in this country for so long, there has been a great deal of effort to hide and sweep under the carpet, but now that is been exposed. the change is coming. it is coming in a wa

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stella tennant made her name in the early 1990s appearing in photoshoots for publications such as voguersa ce, designers such as gianni versace, karl lagerfeld and alexander mcqueen. crossing live now to los angeles and speaking to melissa, a fashion journalist. and the author of a book exploring fashion in los angeles. thank you for your time, iconic is a much overused word but it is pretty much there in this case isn't it?” would say so, yes. iconic is an overused word these days especially when it comes to fashion but when it comes to stella tenna nt fashion but when it comes to stella tennant as a model, an icon is an apt term for her, absolutely. what made stella tennant iconic? was she 1—of—a—kind? tennant iconic? was she 1-of-a-kind? absolutely. fashion is an industry as we know, in one day and at the next and really trend driven, breakneck speed trends and same with models, same with the way someone looks and stella tennant managed to have a 30 year career and her look really did transcend trends and transcended fads and what designers and retailers flocked to overtime. she seem

she was photographed by richard eden and appeared on the front of vogue numerous times.ile campaigns. a fashionjournalist in high—profile campaigns. a fashion journalist told me that her distinctive look was a big thing in the industry. iconic since fashion is in one day, out the other, and stella managed to have a 30 year career, and her look really did transcend trends, it transcended fads and what designers and retailers flocked to overtime. always seemed releva nt to to overtime. always seemed relevant to one design or another, or multiple policies and. she was constantly cast in shows, campaigns, numerous magazine covers all around the world, decade after decade. we're just seeing the pictures on screen, how would you describe outlook? and also how much does an individual model have to do with their own look? how much seed they have over its? generally, not so much, especially in the 90s, when stella was discovered and started her career. today we see more models who are personalities, so their persona , personalities, so their persona, their personal style has a lo

she's been hired by vogue, cosmo, mobile network provider, ee and the fashion brands balmain and ellessen. what is shudu? shudu is...shudu is like a digital entity of her own. she's a character that i'm kind of developing the visual aspects for. i was really inspired by gaming, just before i created shudu. black desert has really, really in—depth character creation and it inspired me to want to kind of recreate these kind of really personal, really unique characters, but some of the things that inspire me, you know, often they are too sexualised. do you think it's going to be bad for people's body image, comparing themselves to these perfect avatars like shudu? when i created shudu, obviously my inspirations were quite unrealistic. supermodels and barbie dolls, kind of dated concept of beauty ideals. which is why i then went on to create bren, another model, once i understood the impact these models could have, i thought it was really important to create. bren is a plus, a curve model, who has stretch marks, and has kind of natural imperfections that everyone has, and has a much more rea

she was photographed by irving le pen and appeared on the front of vogue numerous times as well as high—profile and duchess of sussex have finally reeled the christmas card, a finally reeled the christmas ca rd, a stylus finally reeled the christmas card, a stylus image of them and their son sitting with son archie and a pet dog thought to be at their california home. the card was shared by an animal welfare charity on social media. the original photo was taken by megan's brother earlier this month. a spokesman for the sussex sixers place small christmas tree and home—made ornament were selected by archie. 2020 has produced many poignant and powerful photographs buy from that one. an image of two widowed penguins appearing to comfort when another in australia has won the ocean photography awards. it was taken by tobias baumgartner in melbourne. he was told the to make penguins recently lost their partners and often appeared in this post, a p pa re ntly appeared in this post, apparently comforting each other. there is more on that and more on all of the news national and international any time o

she was photographed by richard avedon and appeared on the front of vogue numerous times.h—profile campaigns. i spoke to a fashion journalist earlier about what made stella tennant so unique. fashion is an industry as we know, in one day and at the next and really trend—driven, breakneck speed trends and same with models, same with the way someone looks and stella tennant managed to have a 30—year career and her look really did transcend trends and transcended fads and what designers and retailers flocked to over time. she always seemed relevant to one designer or another over multiple seasons. she was constantly cast in shows, campaigns, numerous magazine covers all around the world, decade after decade. we are seeing some of the pictures on screen, how would you describe that look and how much does an individual model have to do with their own look? how much they do they have over it? generally, not so much, especially in the ‘90s, when stella tenna nt was discovered and started her career. today, we see more models who are personalities, so their persona, their personal

assets perhaps coming more into vogue. you get equities cheat by relativel valuations to the world msc i. when you see that shift it be to thewill 250, will it be the ftse 100? where do you see the flow of the value trade in the words of the u.k. equity side? in the sense that willnderperforming assets be there over the last number of years. has been equated to quite a large number now. performance, a lot of it is due to the brexit conversation. now what global investor we are that this will likely come down with a deal if it goes smoothly. and you will get more and more interest. in the not be something 5, 10, 20%. it will be something gradual. we believe that the underperformance with respect to the global stock markets might end here. advise, you'reo looking at the 250. manus: always great to get your input. founder and ceo of sgmc. thank you for your thoughts, we will see you in 2021. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: 12 countries including saudi arabia, kuwait, and oman decided to shutter borders after fears of a potentiall

approach the government here believes is the best way to flatten the curve to use the phrase that was in vogue during the 1st pandemic the interesting thing is that it's not just here in germany that lockdown has been beginning the german lockdown returns tomorrow but today already in austria we know that a hard lockdown has begun again and this is going to last for several weeks. ok with those long downs that have been in place how bad then is the situation in the new and i'm also interested in haitian of the virus has it made its way from the u.k. into the european union well certainly the reporting about this new variant of the corona virus the one that was detected and has been being really affecting the united kingdom we know that several different member states have also reported individual cases of this new variant we know of sweden we know also here in germany that it is a case that a person had traveled from the united kingdom and discovered that they were positive with this new variant once having landed in in germany and being tested for it the clear hope amongst ministers amongst t

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. >> only when things get out of hand and in vogue really not listening is when we may take stronger action. >> reporter: for now zamora said it's about outreach and education. >> we had it in november. >> reporter: she believes people need to stay home but doesn't believe a quarantine will work. >> we've got to find a balance people can survive it and live. otherwise, they're not going to do any of it. >> reporter: cornell bernard, abc7news. >> still ahead on abc7news at 11:00, a peninsula county christmas inflatable slashed and vandalized. how the community came together to show what christmas is automatic about. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tomba. not only am i tracking a cold way on the way tonight bullpen our next storm is not too far away. details in the accuweather forecast coming up. >> it is jack hired me to tell you about his bagel breakfast sandwiches with bacon or sausage. jack i thought you hired me to be the spokesperson! why choose one when you can have two? my 2 for $5 bagel breakfast sandwiches. mom and dad. doctor's visits, landlords, parent-teacher nights, you nam

she was involved with journalism, vogue in washington and times herald before she met john f. kennedy, and that interest in the news, and in news by the minute. every. kennedy would read newspaper he could get his hands on and so would she. >> there was a question. return tonnedy ever the white house for a visit? douglas: yes i mentioned lyndon johnson requesting the moonshot. she would come and return it was miss reagan who really extended this. there was no love with jimmy carter. ted kennedy ran against carter in 1980, but when reagan came in nancy reagan did cartwheels to make jackie kennedy feel at home back in the white house. she was treated almost like royalty by ronald and nancy reagan, so she appreciated that. howy reagan once told me angry she was when george w. bush did not call her on her birthday and get ted kennedy called her on that day and said topy birthday and danny boy her on the phone. reagan's hadnd the an interesting personal dynamic between them. >> invited ms. kennedy back to the white house. a beautiful portrait of john f. kennedy. it was a verye] pow

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producing ready to wear collections and licensing his licensing his name worldwide long before it was in vogue to do so. don presented his extravagant creations on international catwalks for over 6 decades the paris designer was one of the most innovative and productive fashion designers in the world. this government i've been working professionally for 60 years and i've created over 4000 dresses and i never sold the originals. born in italy in 1022 pietro cut dini emigrated with his family to france by the 1940 s. he changed his name to pierre cut down and was one of the most ambitious young designers in paris by 947 he was working for do your and just 3 years later he went solo surprising the fashion world with his creativity. he was known for his generous colors and geometric designs. they designed modeled his men's collection himself the beatles commissioned him to design matching suits for them cartoons fashion was considered revolutionary catching the fun of the 1960 s. . good on him a book with many people hated my work at that time and i found my dresses strange too provocative like th

and it really spurred a lot of interest in travel by motorized vehicles, which were just coming into vogue at this time. >> we're going to watch the film. it is 25 minutes. but did it get a lot of attention in the press? >> it did get a lot of attention. they had a major sendoff at the white house. president wilson was in europe at the time, but secretary of war newton baker waved them off. there were speeches. the press was all there. and it was really -- there was really quite a scene at the white house before they took off to drive up through the district, through maryland, to frederick, maryland, where they spent the first night. >> and you explained how it changed america but walk us through the genesis of this idea and why 80 vehicles as part of this convoy. >> you have to look at it in the context of the time. world war i had just concluded a few months earlier, and the american military leadership realized that in future warfare, motorized vehicles would play a very important role. now, they had a number of different motorized vehicles, but they wanted to know what were their capab

. >> laura: you get the sense, don't you, that especially the w squad, aoc is on the cover of "vogue" -- nothing wrong with that or vanity fair -- i don't know paired one of the big magazines. she's going to have to make a choice at some point. right? either be bought off by the establishment eventually, or form these alliances with people that she may be doesn't like on most issues. she truly going to be a figure for the working people and antiwar people? >> it so interesting, when congress mobley congresswoman ocasio cortez. one of the people who stood up and defended her most was tucker carlson on this network. there weren't very many people defending her elsewhere because governor cuomo is a popular governor.e when i interviewed her when she was running in the primaries,ul one of the things she was saying his loyalty to the democratic party prevents us from getting things done because the democratic party is not in the side of workers -- americans are on the side of wall street and corporations.th she knows that. the question is, can she break out of this prison that they tried to

suddenly, all things mona lisa were terribly in vogue. i had to share this newspaper clipping. you see the little girl on the shoulders of her dad? she emailed me and said, after she read my book, that seeing the mona lisa was one of the most precious memories she had as a young child with her father. the best part, she said, was when the line got long and it got cold and they were waiting three, four, five hours to get into the museum, her father said he would take her to tiffany's. a tiffany's, she said she was allowed to purchase anything she wanted as long as it was ten dollars. after the mona lisa was hung in the large medieval sculpture hall, under the direction of museum director, jean walker undoubtedly felt a twinge of envy. the medieval sculpture hall is pictured here. at the metropolitan, the painting hung at the perfect eye sight line. not too high and not too low. it was displayed against a hanging of stunning french bouquet of red and green. it was beautifully lit from the top, the bottom and both sides. and the bulletproof glass protected the paintings surface. b

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>> one theme that is in vogue is to say commercial is dead.o one is going back to an office building and, you know, anything that touches commercial is goiing to underperform. but as you have masses of peo e people, with a residential buildout, typically you have about 10 to 18 months later commercial buildout, plus a lot more satellite offices so against that back drop, there are names that have been really beaten up that could see some up side even though the current environment is not great and the interesting thing with armstrong, they have come out with a product that could help mitigate the spread of ash born illnesses including covid. and then finally,born illnesses including covid. and then finally, a materials producer will benefit and also with any type of strzok bill or stimulus bill, they will also benefit. >> so you are talking about companies in construction aggregates companies like vulcan, mayor continue m martin marietta. so is this just on an infrastructure deal, are there other ways that they benefit other than just mass spe

joining us is john harwood, ariane de vogue and manu raju. ariane naif i can begin with you. court knocked down one case from pennsylvania already swiftly and definitively earlier this week. when do we expect to hear from the supreme court on this one? >> reporter: this particular one is a very unusual case. because you basically have one state, texas, supported by trump, telling other states he didn't like the way they ran their elections and the supreme court often takes disputes between states and they're hear it directly but usually those disputes are issues like water rights or boundaries here this doesn't seem to have that kind of injury between two states. the more the supreme courtesies th -- courte sees this as a political brawl they're not likely to rule in favor of texas. but texas is going on saying actors violated the state's election law. and they're saying this dispute doesn't belong here and this has been handled. so now the supreme court, as early as today, could rule on this. they're meeting behind closed doors in a conference. >> doesn't the constitution le