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Speaker 1 (00:01):
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. Dan Schwartzman,
US Special envoice Steve Wickcoff said Trump administration officials held
court productive and constructive meetings with Ukraine and European counterparts
in Florida. In a post on X, Wickoff said the
topics discussed included further developing the existing twenty point plan,
a US security guarantee framework, and the economic development plan
(00:23):
for Ukraine. Here's Bloomberg's Michael Heath.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
It's still sort of this discussion of what would a
US security guarantee involve for Ukraine in terms of peace,
you know, in terms of a ceasefire and from Ukraine site, Yeah,
what it could what it could rely on in terms
of ensuring that you know, if there was a ceasefire,
that Russia wouldn't wide a period, you know, rebuild its
(00:47):
own its own forces and come back again, which is
what everyone's been worried about.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
That was Bloomberg's Michael Heath. The US is still in
pursuit of a third oil tanker near Venezuela. That is,
according to a US official, as President Trump intensified and
oil blockade on Nicholas Maduro's government. We're told that tanker
being pursued is flying under a false flag and under
judicial seizure order, and that it is believed to be
the below one tanker, a Panamanian flag vessel sanctioned by
(01:12):
the US. Meantime, Oklahoma Republican Senator James Langford spoke about
the Trump Administration's policy toward Venezuela. He spoke on CNN's
State of the Union.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
If you break it, you buy it. We've seen that
when we pushed out the leadership in Libya, and it's
just a collapsed, failed state at this point. We want
the people of Venezuela to be able to have the power,
to be able to choose their own leaders and for
them to be able to control their own destiny on it.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's Oklahoma Republican Senator James Langford speaking on CNN's State
of the Union. The pursuit of the tanker comes after
the US administration announced Saturday it had seized a tanker
for the second time in less than two weeks. In
the past forty eight hours, the Justice Department released thousands
of pages of documents from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. However,
many of the pages were either part actually or fully redacted,
(02:01):
which the DOJ says is to protect the more than
twelve hundred victims and their families identified in them. Now,
Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to
hide the information and violating the law. Here's California Democratic
Congressman ro Kenna speaking on CBS's Face the Nation.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The redactions were excessive, and even Harvard law professions who
have looked at that have said, you can't redact internal communications,
you can't redact workforce product, and the courts are going
to find that these were excessive.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That was California Democratic Congressman Rokenna speaking on CBS's Face
to Nation.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The Justice Department made a decision to remove over a
dozen photographs on Saturday that have been released that includes
images of President Trump, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and
sists had nothing to do with protecting Trump.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
You can see in that photo there's photographs of women,
and so we learned after releasing that photograph that there
were concerns about those women and the fact that we
had put that photo up, so we pulled that photo down.
Is nothing to do with President Trump.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released
to the public seeing him with mister Epstein. He has
said that in the nineties and early two thousands he
socialized with him. So the absurdity of us pulling down
a photo, a single photo because President Trump was in
it is laughable.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
That's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanchett NBC's Meet. Depressed Americans
are bracing for a surgeon health insurance premiums as the
Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the
end of the year. In January, the House is set
to vote on extending the credits three more years, with
that bill expected to pass, but Senate Majority Leader John
Thune says it would be dead on arrival. House Minority
(03:41):
Leader Hakim Jeffries spoke about this on ABC's This Week.
Speaker 8 (03:44):
Pass a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax
credits so we can keep healthcare affordable for tens of
millions of Americans who deserve to be able to go
see a doctor when they need one.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
That's pass. Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries speaking on ABA this Week.
Republicans must advance more of President Trump's agenda if they
want to vote a quote disastrous twenty twenty six mid
term election. Bloomberg's Aamy Morris explains from Washington.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mays told Bloomberg Government that
Republicans need to make a Congressional stock trading ban, term limits,
and national voter ID law top priorities. She also advocated
for other measures like deporting violent undocumented immigrants and infrastructure improvements.
Mace is leaving Congress to run for governor of South Carolina,
(04:33):
and she warned that Republicans could lose the House in
a quote bloodbath if they don't implement President Trump's agenda.
In Washington, Amy Moore as Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
It's a holiday shortened trading week ahead, but there's still
items to watch on the economic calendar. Bloomberg's Karen Moscow
has more.
Speaker 9 (04:49):
We get the bulk of the data on Tuesday, and
that's when we get her report on third quarter gross
domestic product that was delayed by the government shutdown. We'll
also get a look at industrial production, durable goods order,
and consumer confidence. Wednesday, the US and most European financial
markets will close early for Christmas Eve, and markets who
are remain closed Thursday for the Christmas holiday. While trading
(05:10):
in the US resumes on Friday, some markets in Europe,
as well as the UK and Canada are closed for
a boxing day. Karen Moscow Bloomberg.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Radio, and that's news when you want it with Bloomberg
News Now. I'm Dan Schwartzman, and this is Bloomberg
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. Dan Schwartzman,
US Special envoice Steve Wickcoff said Trump administration officials held
court productive and constructive meetings with Ukraine and European counterparts
in Florida. In a post on X, Wickoff said the
topics discussed included further developing the existing twenty point plan,
a US security guarantee framework, and the economic development plan
(00:23):
for Ukraine. Here's Bloomberg's Michael Heath.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
It's still sort of this discussion of what would a
US security guarantee involve for Ukraine in terms of peace,
you know, in terms of a ceasefire and from Ukraine site, Yeah,
what it could what it could rely on in terms
of ensuring that you know, if there was a ceasefire,
that Russia wouldn't wide a period, you know, rebuild its
(00:47):
own its own forces and come back again, which is
what everyone's been worried about.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
That was Bloomberg's Michael Heath. The US is still in
pursuit of a third oil tanker near Venezuela. That is,
according to a US official, as President Trump intensified and
oil blockade on Nicholas Maduro's government. We're told that tanker
being pursued is flying under a false flag and under
judicial seizure order, and that it is believed to be
the below one tanker, a Panamanian flag vessel sanctioned by
(01:12):
the US. Meantime, Oklahoma Republican Senator James Langford spoke about
the Trump Administration's policy toward Venezuela. He spoke on CNN's
State of the Union.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
If you break it, you buy it. We've seen that
when we pushed out the leadership in Libya, and it's
just a collapsed, failed state at this point. We want
the people of Venezuela to be able to have the power,
to be able to choose their own leaders and for
them to be able to control their own destiny on it.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
That's Oklahoma Republican Senator James Langford speaking on CNN's State
of the Union. The pursuit of the tanker comes after
the US administration announced Saturday it had seized a tanker
for the second time in less than two weeks. In
the past forty eight hours, the Justice Department released thousands
of pages of documents from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. However,
many of the pages were either part actually or fully redacted,
(02:01):
which the DOJ says is to protect the more than
twelve hundred victims and their families identified in them. Now,
Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to
hide the information and violating the law. Here's California Democratic
Congressman ro Kenna speaking on CBS's Face the Nation.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The redactions were excessive, and even Harvard law professions who
have looked at that have said, you can't redact internal communications,
you can't redact workforce product, and the courts are going
to find that these were excessive.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
That was California Democratic Congressman Rokenna speaking on CBS's Face
to Nation.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The Justice Department made a decision to remove over a
dozen photographs on Saturday that have been released that includes
images of President Trump, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and
sists had nothing to do with protecting Trump.
Speaker 6 (02:47):
You can see in that photo there's photographs of women,
and so we learned after releasing that photograph that there
were concerns about those women and the fact that we
had put that photo up, so we pulled that photo down.
Is nothing to do with President Trump.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released
to the public seeing him with mister Epstein. He has
said that in the nineties and early two thousands he
socialized with him. So the absurdity of us pulling down
a photo, a single photo because President Trump was in
it is laughable.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
That's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanchett NBC's Meet. Depressed Americans
are bracing for a surgeon health insurance premiums as the
Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the
end of the year. In January, the House is set
to vote on extending the credits three more years, with
that bill expected to pass, but Senate Majority Leader John
Thune says it would be dead on arrival. House Minority
(03:41):
Leader Hakim Jeffries spoke about this on ABC's This Week.
Speaker 8 (03:44):
Pass a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax
credits so we can keep healthcare affordable for tens of
millions of Americans who deserve to be able to go
see a doctor when they need one.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
That's pass. Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries speaking on ABA this Week.
Republicans must advance more of President Trump's agenda if they
want to vote a quote disastrous twenty twenty six mid
term election. Bloomberg's Aamy Morris explains from Washington.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mays told Bloomberg Government that
Republicans need to make a Congressional stock trading ban, term limits,
and national voter ID law top priorities. She also advocated
for other measures like deporting violent undocumented immigrants and infrastructure improvements.
Mace is leaving Congress to run for governor of South Carolina,
(04:33):
and she warned that Republicans could lose the House in
a quote bloodbath if they don't implement President Trump's agenda.
In Washington, Amy Moore as Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
It's a holiday shortened trading week ahead, but there's still
items to watch on the economic calendar. Bloomberg's Karen Moscow
has more.
Speaker 9 (04:49):
We get the bulk of the data on Tuesday, and
that's when we get her report on third quarter gross
domestic product that was delayed by the government shutdown. We'll
also get a look at industrial production, durable goods order,
and consumer confidence. Wednesday, the US and most European financial
markets will close early for Christmas Eve, and markets who
are remain closed Thursday for the Christmas holiday. While trading
(05:10):
in the US resumes on Friday, some markets in Europe,
as well as the UK and Canada are closed for
a boxing day. Karen Moscow Bloomberg.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Radio, and that's news when you want it with Bloomberg
News Now. I'm Dan Schwartzman, and this is Bloomberg
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