joining me now political editor for "the washington examiner" david mark. david, good morning. great to see you. >> good morning. >> so, let's talk about the briefing from yesterday. the president is largely changing his rhetoric, it seems for now, just yesterday, admitting the pandemic is getting worse. but who knows what's going to happen today, right? he is message, though, is riddled with inaccuracies as i went through a little bit earlier. what do you make of this, his change of tone, yet continually putting out false claims to the american people? >> right. it's a rather reluctant change of tone. and it seems like it only happened after his staff members implored him to change course, because they knew, they explained to him that he is losing the election. we'll see if this goes beyond one day's news cycle. with the pandemic, the president basically wants out. on the one hand, he wants to be saying, yes, we're taking it seriously, it's a big deal americans are hurting. but on the other hand, not a big deal, people are going back to school, 99% of people survived. governor

david mark, thank you. stay close. i will talk you do again in just a little bit. >>> so the ceos of amazon, apple, facebook, and google faced tough questions about the companies' power. they tried to highlight that their companies offer beneficial tools in an industry of competition. a congressman questioned bezos that the company used third-party sellers to launch competing products. >> does amazon ever access and use third-party seller data in making decisions and yes or no will suffice. >> i'm can't answer yes or number what i can tell you, we have a policy using seller-specific data to aid our private label business, but i can't guarantee you that that policy has never been violated. >> and congressman jim jordan questi questioned pichai. >> is gookle going to taylor its features to help joe biden in the 2020 election? >> congressman, we approach our work -- we support both campaign strategies. we think political ads is an important part of free speech in democratic societies, and the endgame wiwe engage according

joining us now, david mark. i wonder what you make of the contrasting speeches from president trump and former vice president joe bide snoon it's really a distillation of the 2020 campaign. there we saw president trump with a rather dark ominous message, a zero-sum game saying if these group of people win, you lose. they're taking something away from you. former vice president biden had a rather contrasting message saying, you know what? we can all be lifted up. we can all do better. i think he was also careful not to seem threatening, not to seem like he was favoring one group or another, but saying when there's advancements for some people, everybody wins. >> david, you have some reporting about democrats going after vice president pence. what have you learned? >> well, it's interesting. the campaign of former vice president president, the campaign has in recent weeks put out a lot of press releases and spent an inordinate amount of time attacking not just president trump but vice president mike pence. it seem

david mark, thank you. stay close. i will talk you do again in just a bit. >>> still ahead, everybody, with growing infections on the rise, a growing number of retailers are starting to require masks inside storrs. >>> also brian kemp starts a new legal fight with the city of atlanta over restrictions. those stories and then a check of the weather when we come back. of the wtheaer when we come back frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron? next time try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. just toss it in the dryer to bounce out wrinkles. we dried these shorts with bounce wrinkle guard, and a pair without. the bounce wrinkle guard shorts have fewer wrinkles and static, and more softness. it's the world's first mega sheet that does the job of three dryer sheets. it also comes in unscented. if you don't love bounce wrinkle guard, we'll give you your money back. >>> welcome back, everybody. with covid cases on the rise, more than half the states have issued mandatory mask requirements to he

i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. david: thank you mark. as mark was talking about, there's arising escalation in the conflict between -- there is a rising escalation between china and the united states. apparently detained a chinese researcher in san francisco who was seeking refuge in the chinese consulate. out.is here to sort this i don't know if you can, it seems complicated. give us your sense of where this conflict lies. of thes impossible u.s. government ordering the closing of the chinese consulate . we don't have enough information. when the state department comments on this, including secretary pompeo's comment, it did not really illuminate anything. the accusation is that the consulate was a hub of spying and intellectual property theft. there are not a lot of specifics there. what we can say with certainty is that ordering another is any's consulate closed absolute escalation and tension in the relationship. and this is the most important the real -- important relationship unites states has, arguably the most important in the wo

representatives richard hudson, david rouser, mark walker, dan bishop and greg murphy. all friends. all warriors. lieutenant governor dan forest who i hear is doing a great job. stand up, dan. great job. north carolina house speaker tim moore. thank you, tim. great job. president pro tem of the north carolina state senate, phil berger. i appreciate it. 's fundingwarp speed an historic pro folio of highly promising vaccine candidates. $483 milliond a a 1.2ct with moderna, billion dollar contract with astrazeneca, a $465 million a 1.9ct with jansen and $5 million agreement with pfizer. tremendous project -- commit his progress is being made. a groundbreaking agreement with pfizer includes a guaranteed to deliver 100 million doses shortly after the vaccine's approval. with the option to purchase an additional 500 million thereafter. not only is operation warp speed accelerating the development of directing we are also a colossal, industrial mobilization to ensure its rapid delivery. nothing has happened like this since the end of world war ii. instead of the usual sequence, our strateg

i mark crumpton. david? david: thank you so much to mark crumpton. we will turn to the coronavirus. europe has made great progress in fighting the coronavirus. no deaths reported on sunday, the first time that has happened since the crisis began. other states are on the front lines and we dock -- we welcome dr. steven corwin, ceo of the new york president -- of the new york presbyterian hospital. thank you so much for being with us. explain what has happened. new york is doing well. other states are not. where does the difference come from? dr. corwin: we had our peak in the march and april timeframe and then struggled at that point and have come down substantially. now we are seeing the wave move across the country. others not as severely affected are now getting severely affected. some of that is premature reopening, some ill-conceived reopening's like bars, a lot of indoor dining, and some of that is the natural history of what this virus is going to do. we are not complacent at all in new york. we realize this could rebound on us in tragic ways. we are extremely nervous and dish

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you, mark. coming up, we will talk with reggie shock, the head of the rockefeller foundation, on their dramatic plan to expand coronavirus testing around the country. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. in the last 24 hours, there have been more than 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in the country, indicating we are far from the end of the disease. the rockefeller foundation has a proposal on how we can do systematic testing throughout the country and they are announcing a second phase with new technology. shah, the dr. rajiv head of the rockefeller foundation. give us a sense of what the second phase does, as opposed to the first. dr. shah: the reality is america is facing a crisis. 75,000 cases, the highest we have had. we are about to enter a new flu season, where americans will have about 100 million cases of the sniffles. if we cannot tell the difference between covid-19 and t

david: have you heard from mark zuckerberg? marc: sure. is, "trust has to be your highest priority." if you are not thinking about all your stakeholders and you are only focused on money, what kind of business are you building? they agree that pornography should not be on your site so they have built the technology and it cleanses their site of not graffiti. pornography.-- of truth, theyook for could work to have great integrity. they could make sure everything is accurate and clear. they do not do that. that i think is a problem and it needs to be rectal he addressed. david: as a -- b directly beressed -- it needs to directly addressed. david: is your goal to give money away? would you consider running for office? i will never run for office. i wouldn't know how to run for office. i do not see how i could do that. i like to go to hawaii and enjoy myself. that doesn't really work with that model. i think business is the greatest platform for change. i think what i am doing i can do -- have more impact with 40 thousand employees and my trai

david? david: thanks so much, mark. yesterday we talked with new jersey governor phil murphy about the coronavirus and the fact it appears to be coming back in his state despite all he and his state have done to fight it off. gov. murphy: little has been enormous, over 13,000 confirmed deaths and at least a couple more suspected to have passed from covid-19. that is the tragedy. our numbers have gotten a lot better. as they got better, we made the decision based on the fact and the science to begin step-by-step reopening our state. we knew when we were doing that, doing it responsibly, that we would take on more risk in terms of increasing the potential for transmission to we were comfortable with that risk, but we were not expecting the explosion in paces elsewhere in the country. the rate of transmission has gotten a little bit uncomfortably high for us, just over one today. it improved slightly. we put in with new york and connecticut travel advisory for folks to self-quarantine if they are coming back into our state

mark shields a david brooks break down the politics around the pand the white house.for all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fundingorbs newshour has been provided by: we offer a variety of no- contract wireless plans for people who use their phone a little, a lot, or anything in between. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. communities.nd engaged more at kf.org.it >> andthe ongoing support of these institutions: and friends ofhe newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation foro publiccasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> nawaz: a record-setting week in the covid-19 pandemic is coming to a close with the world approaching 14 milon cases and 600,000 deaths. nearly 140,000 of those deat have occred in the united states, and the virus continues to spread every day. in response today: the city of miami imposed strict enforcement of orders to wear face masks as cases surge across florida;ry miliedics gan deploying to help overwhelmed hospitals; and governo

i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: thank you so much to mark. coming up, were going to talk to senator bill cassidy. about the fight against the coronavirus in his state of louisiana. that is coming up on "balance of power." ♪ david: this is "balance of power." i'm david westin. fighting against coronavirus. it had made some progress, it seems to be like -- backsliding. now we turn to the senator from louisiana, though cassidy, who is also a physician and taught edison as well. -- taught medicine as well. give us a sense of where things are. your governor said he white out three weeks of progress because it has spiked in louisiana. sen. cassidy: blame it on college students in bars. [laughter] imagine that. college kids go to bars, they don't wear a mask and they crowd in. there has been a couple of super spreader events which seem to be related to social events. so far, the icu occupancy has been flat. the death rate has been flat. .ut the cases are going up so, again, young people being that. the problem is young people give it to older peop

i am mark tapson and we're pleased to feature david horowitz introducing his newest book titled "blitz: trump will smash theleft and win" . in just a moment i'll turn things over to david and after he speaks he will take questions from those who are viewing and i will come back on to help facilitate that. david of course is the founder of the freedom center, a former radical leftist who became an intellectual battering ram for conservatism. he knows the left better than they know themselves and that's why he is the most hated apostate. the author of many best-selling books including radical son, left illusions, destructive generation. unholy alliance to name just a few as well as the black book of the american left, a nine volume collection of his conservative essays over the last few decades david has written three recent titles about the donald trump era. the agenda, president trumps plan to save america, dark agenda the war to destroy christian america and the aforementioned blitz. in his new book david recounts the relentless resistance and political obstruction and left-wing lies

david brooks and mark shields, always good to talk to you, especially at the end of thisk. particular wee thank you so much and please stay safe. >> thanks. ♪ amna: as we discussed tonight, the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate communities and has taken a toll on countless families. enow, take a moment to remember some of the lives lost. ♪ >> lloyd cornelius porter was gregarious, entertaining, and loving. hisrother said he carried in the spir of their mother, a minister,ti by people in his brooklyn neighborhood cafÉs. heelcomed the customers and his wife cooked. also a professional family said his sparkle and wit came through in his 11-year-old daughter. he was 49 years old. she worked in public service spanning five decades in several countries. she was an advocate for those with disabilities in liberia and help established the first women's resource center in grenada. e moved the u.s. and settled in new york. after she was diagnosed with parkinson's in 2014, she bece a self advocate, probably participating in the annual unity walks. a dedicated mother and

kevin: that wasn't gm president mark reuss speaking with david westin. this is bloomberg. ♪ says he williden announce a choice for vice president next week. i'm lucky that kevin cirilli is here because he knows more about those candidates than three of me combined. what can we look for? kevin: usually when we are covering a vp pick, we are sticking out the residence of the candidate. the presumptive nominee, joe biden, says he may not be able to meet one-on-one with the pic, or if he does, he will have to dupe the media because of the restrictions from the coronavirus. kamala harris, susan rice, val demings, gretchen whitmer on the list. a lot of different options that he could ultimately pick. we are also approaching the 100-year anniversary of women getting the right to vote in america, so that automatically really adds more intrigue here. taylor: and it will be a woman? kevin: he has said he will pick a woman. he could go to take a minority route, he could try the battleground route, he could try a more progressive take like elizabeth warren. the po

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thanks so much, mark. when the trump administration abruptly stopped visa programs for employment related visas, americans protested. now the chamber of commerce joined by the national retail federation, has sued the administration to stop throwing out those visas. we welcome the ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce, tom donohue. give us a sense of what is at stake here in this lawsuit. tom: thank you very much, david. problemnot a first-time in terms of dealing with this administration on the question of immigration. lawsuitreason for this is we have got to overturn the sweeping and unlawful immigration restrictions that basically put up a sign to people around the world, not welcome here. engineers, executives, i.t. nurses, youtors, think about the talent we need to drive this economy, and you know we have to challenge this action by the administration. we had to do the same thing with now grown-up,ren, wonderful workers, and we have to do the same thing when they tried to shut down people coming to our c

mark shields and david brooks break down the week's myriad political headlines. plus, much more. about her background to come to the u.s. as the- is as u.s. takes on china on multiple fronts, there's a major push on the legal front as nick schifrin reports the partment alleged chinese inial andting strategic espionage a top. priori >> schifrin: in june 2018, the f.b.i. caught china spying, on camera. u.s. citizen edward pong didn't realize he was being filmed uraving an envelope of $20,000 in cash, and rng later to pick up an s.d. card with what he was told was classified u.s. intelligence to give to the people's republic of china, or p.r.c. >> the charges, unsealed today, provide a rare glimpse into the efforts of the p.r.c. to obtain classified national security information of the u.s. >> schifrin: since then, that glimpse has become less rare. the department of justice has charged chinese hackers who act "in association" with chinese wtelligence, chinese military office pose as students and researchers to live in the who steal trade secrets for chinese companies, and just lask

thank you, david. sadly that's all the time we have for today's freedom center webinar. thank you everybody for join us and please check us out another front page maag.com and you'll find a link to order the book and the betts political commentary anywhere. >> they are. thank you for the title. this, by the way, there was some skeptics in our publishing that were annoyed that the dreams would say blitz. that's nazi, blitzkrieg, but it's a football term and means aggressively rushing the faster. which is what trump did to elijah cummings. >> good point. thank you, everybody. thank you, david. i'm mark tapson, see you on the next freedom center webinar. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction

representatives richard hudson, david rouser, mark walker, dan bishop. thank you all. all friends, all warriors. lieutenant governor dan forest, who i hear is doing a great job. stand up. great job. really good pure north carolina house speaker tim mori. thank you, tim. great job. and president of the north carolina state senate, phil berger. thank you very much. i appreciate it. operational warp speed is funding a historic portfolio of highly promising vaccine candidates, and in addition to our $1.6 billion investment in novavax, we've issued a $483 million contract with moderna, a $1.2 billion contract with astrazeneca, $465 million contract with janssen, and a $1.95 billion agreement with pfizer. tremendous work being done with all of those companies. the groundbreaking agreement with pfizer is guaranteed to deliver 100 million doses shortly after the vaccine's approval. almost immediately. with the option to purchase an additional 500 million thereafter. not only is operational warp speed accelerating the development of the vaccine. we are also directing a colossal

i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: president trump he wants schoolchildren back in the classroom in september, but many schools are reluctant. what are the dangers with schoolchildren going back in the fall? lanhee chen am a senior fellow at the hoover institute has done it detailed analysis and he is here to take us through it. it is great to see you. you are the co-offer of this definitive paper. take us through it. i was surprised. you do not see as many risks as we have heard about. lanhee: yes. i think the question as we look at school reopening in the u.s. has to be weighing the cost of public health and two different ways. first of all, thinking about the public health implications of eating kids back to school, and that is the well-known questions around viral transmission, around potentially making covid-19 worse. a lot of the data and evidence suggests that for younger children, those risks are smaller than they are for older children. we weigh that against the public health risks of keeping kids out o

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you so much. tensions continue i between the united states and china. not much better between the republicans and democrats. a veteran of both of those kinds of tensions. he was 36 years senator from montana. welcome, mr. ambassador. great to have you. let's start with you as mr. chairman of the finance committee. we have the proposal from the republicans and it is a big gap. can they overcome that? >> they will, because they have to. but there is tension. obviously not only between the democrats and republicans. but there is also a lot of tension in the republican party between the liberals and conservatives. it is such an increase in our natural debt, making it hard to reach a compromise between speaker pelosi and mitch mcconnell in the white house. they will get it done because they have to. the company is in dire shape. major you not only were a leader in the united states senate. you also ran for office successfully. we have an election coming up in november. how can someone afford to leave i

jon: david spunt in bridgewater, new jersey, thank you. >>> today marks 100 days until election day, and joe biden's campaign says it is firing on all cylinders accelerating its staff and increasing ads spending in battleground states. but the presumptive democratic nominee is missing one key component, his running mate. jacqui heinrich is live with more on that. jacqui? >> jon, four women on the vp short list took to television this weekend to talk about the campaign, including california congresswoman karen bass, who is generating buzz that her stock is rising. >> i am so concerned about where our country is at this point in time. we have had a president that has just torn us apart, and i'm willing to serve my country in whatever way i'm called upon to serve my country. >> a politico article called bass the anti-kamala harris, often shying away from the spotlight and someone who would not outshine biden. she's also quietly worked on race and healthcare issues for years, two key campaign issues. but there is criticism she may be seen as having a little ambition for a white house run

i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: thank you so much, mark. california was one of the first states to shut down large part of its upon ami. now it looks like maybe the first time -- of its economy. now it looks like the first time did not take. we welcome lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis. give us a sense of what changed. it looked like you had it under control. what came up and surprised you? lt. gov. kounalakis: we were the first state in the united states to enter -- to issue that stay-at-home order and we flatten the curve. we were one of the first places to start reopening, recognizing the impact the economy was serious, people needed to get back to work. the governor has always talked about our reopening -- that if the numbers started to go up and we knew that they would, but if they went up beyond what we predicted, we would have to dial back down. that is where we are right now. to give it context because california has been testing widely, we are testing around 100,000 people every single day, our rate went from a stable 4.5% over

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representatives richard hudson, david >> representative richard hudson. mark walker, dan bishop and greg murray. thank you, all friends, all warriors. ieutenant governor dan -- who hear is doing a great job. dan?e is stand up. >> north carolina house speaker tim.moore, thank you, great job. of the ident pro tem north carolina state center, you very r, thank much. operation warp speed is funding a historic portfolio of vaccine candidates in addition to our $1.6 billion novavax, we've issued a $483 million contract moderna, a $1.2 billion zeneca. with astro a contract with jansen and just -- agreement with pfizer. made progress is being with all of those companies. a ground breaking agreement with fizer includes a guarantee to deliver a hundred million doses shortly after the vaccine's approval almost immediately with an option to purchase an additional $500 million thereafter. speedly is operation warp accelerating the development of directing we're also a colossal industrial mobilization to ensure its rapid delivery. happened like this since the end of wo

representatives richard hudson, david rouser, mark walker, dan bishop, and greg murphy, thank you all friends, all warriors. lieutenant governor dan forest who i hear is doing a great job. where is dan? stand up, dan. great job, dan. really good. north carolina house speaker tim moore. thank you, tim. great job. and president pro tempore of the north carolina state senate, phil burger. thank you, phil, very much, i appreciate it. operation warp speed is funding a historic portfolio of highly promising vaccine candidates in addition to our $1.6 billion investment in nova vax, we've issued a $483 million contract with moderna, a $1.2 billion contract with astra zeneca a $465 million with jansen and just last week a $1.95 billion agreement with pfizer. tremendous progress is being made with all of those great companies. a ground breaking agreement with pfizer includes a guarantee to clifr 100 million doses shortly after the vaccines's approval, almost immediately. with the option to purchase an additional 500 million there after. not only is operation warp speed accelerating the developm

representatives richard hudson, david rouser, mark walker, dan bishop and greg murphy, thank you. all friends, all warriors. lieutenant governor dan forest who is hear is doing a great job. where is dan? stand up, dan. great job, dan. really good. north carolina house speaker tim moore, thank you, tim. great job. and president pro tem of the north carolina state senate, phil burger. thank you, phil, very much. i appreciate it. operation warp speed is funding an historic portfolio of highly promising vaccine candidates in addition to our $1.6 billion investment in novavax. we have issued a $483 million contract with moderna, a $1.2 billion contract with astra-zeneca, a $465 million contract with janson and just last week, a $1.95 billion agreement with pfizer. tremendous progress is being made with all of those great companies. a groundbreaking agreement with pfizer includes a guarantee to deliver 100 million doses shortly after the vaccine's approval, almost immediately. with the option to purchase an additional 500 million thereafter. not only is operation warp speed accelerating

david: have you heard from mark zuckerberg? marc: sure. i have talked to him and his management team and what i tell him is, "trust has to be your highest priority." the fit is not and if you are not thinking about all your stakeholders and you are only focused on money, what kind of business are you building? they agree that pornography should not be on your site so they have built the technology and it cleanses their site of pornography. they are very careful about that. they have advanced ai. they could look for truth, they could work to have great integrity. they could make sure everything is accurate and clear. they do not do that. that i think is a problem and it needs to be directly addressed. david: is your goal to give money away? would you consider running for office? marc: i will never run for office. i wouldn't know how to run for office. i do not see how i could do that. i like to go to hawaii and enjoy myself. that doesn't really work with that model. [laughter] i think business is the greatest platform for change. i think wh

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thanks. with the, we will talk former south carolina senator jim demint on his new book. that is next. this is "balance of power." ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. jim demint served as a senator from south carolina and went on to be ceo of the conservative institute. he is author -- is also the author of a new book, "saving america from socialism: how to stop progressive attacks on freedom." it is great to have you. i plan to start with the title, because words make a difference. socialism is one thing. i think of a particular definition, controlling the means of production by the state. social welfare is different. do you draw a distinction between those things? mr. demint: i do. i i think that social work welfare includes the safety nets for folks for various reasons, who could fall through the cracks. but what we have seen through history is the free market system ahs done more to pull people out of poverty than any social welfare s

mark shields and david ooksam e the ongoing pandemic response, the president's threats against cities, and the race for the white house. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lu >> consumer cr understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wireless plan. our u.s.-based customer service reps can help you choose a plan based on how much you use your phone, nothing more, nothing less. to learn more, go to consumercellular.t >> the knight foundation.. fostering informed and engageds. communit more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributio to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the nation ends this week with 145,000 deaths to date from covid-19 and infections spreading rapidly beyond 4 million. still, the white house renewed a this fl.ay to see schools reopen press secretary kayleigh mcenany cited revised guidance fror the centers sease control an

i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? european leaders reached an historic agreement on 750 billion euros of fiscal stimulus. we welcome jacob kierkegaard, the senior fellow at the peterson institute. welcome. i said historic. how big of a deal is this for europe? jacob: i would use the word this is the first time the european union or the institutional embodiment of the largean project used amounts of common debt to solve a common problem. this would be about 750 billion euros, some of it will then be given as grants to member states, some of it as loans to deal with the post-pandemic economic recovery. that is a very big political taboo that has been broken, and perhaps more importantly, in the future, when the eu is again hit by whatever crisis might affect , leaders at that point in time we'll look at the playbook established in the last five days and they will choose to so they do not have a full fiscal union in the eu because of this. prospectinly have the of future crisis being solved with more common debt. that is

i am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. david? david: thanks so much. coming up, we talk with labor secretary eugene scalia. that is next. ♪ ♪ david: this is balance of power on bloomberg television and radio. lawmakers are working on a fourth round of stimulus up against a deadline of supplemental unemployment insurance next week. we reported that maybe those two things we get separated and they could do an extension before they did the rest. earlier in this program it was said that that was a possibility. know,e who was in the labor secretary eugene scalia. thank you for joining us. what about the possibility of writing it up, getting the unemployment done and moving back to the rest of the stimulus? eugene: good to join you. per week that was provided by the cares act, that does expire next week. certainly negotiations are ongoing. as you know there were meetings at the white house yesterday. the president is very focused on it. i think the aim is to get this done before congress goes out in the next week or two. it makes sense to work toward tha

david: thank you for being with us, mark kimmitt. he will stay with us for the second hour of balance of power, talking about u.s. relations with the world in a time of donald trump. in the meantime, the supreme court is winding up its term. we will speak to greg stohr about the decisions they have brought down today. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ ision and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. aboutpreme court is just to end its term this week and came out with two big decisions today which could affect the elections. we turn to our reporter greg stohr. let's talk about faithless electors. it sounds so juicy. this is part of our complicated presidential election system here in the u.s. wen we go to the polls, think it one candidate wins the state's popular vote, automatically that candidate gets the state's votes in the electoral college. it turns out, there was question about whether the people who actually cast those votes in the electo

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i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? david: thanks so much. florida reported something over 12,000 new coronavirus cases, which was fewer than the record number on sunday, but also reported a record number of 132 debt and a 24-hour period. we welcome sean shaw with the vanguard law firm and before that he was in the florida house of representatives and was an unsuccessful candidate for return of -- for attorney general in the state. he has founded a progressive lobbying firm people over profit. thanks for being with us. give us a sense of where the coronavirus is today in florida. sean: i am happy to be here, thank you. the coronavirus is everywhere in florida, unfortunately. they are scary numbers. we are peaking every day. notre in a place where i do think a lot of people have confidence, notably in the transparency of the actual numbers, but just in terms of the leadership coming out of tallahassee, our capital and our governor's mansion. we are the highest state in the country for coronavirus new cases. we do not have a mandatory mass orde

thank you, david. sadly, i think that's about all the time we have for today's freedom webinar. thank you, everybody, for joining us, and please check us out at front page mag.com where you will find a blitz to david's new book, "blitz." >> if i can hold it up, here we are. >> thank you, chris, for the title." blitz," by the way, there were some skeptics in our publishing who were worried that the democrats would say blitz, that's nazi, blitzkrieg. but, actually, it's a football term. it means aggressively rushing the passer. [laughter] which is what trump did to elijiah cummings. >> true. good point. all right. thank you, everybody. thank you, david. i'm mark tabson, see you at our next freedom certain webinar. >> thank you. >> booktv continues now on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> ordinarily, we come to you live and in person, the mission of fostering stable feminist commitments, working for social justice and encourages the -- automobile -- all through these virtual formats. we find it

david: have you heard from mark zuckerberg about this? marc: sure. i have talked to him and his management team and what i tell him is, "trust has to be your highest priority." if trust is not your highest priority and you're not thinking about all your stakeholders and you are only focused on money, then what kind of business are you building? they agree that pornography , for example that pornography should not be on your site so , they have built the technology and it cleanses their site of pornography. they are very careful about that. they have advanced ai. but, there are other things that allow. and were they could look for truth, where they could work to have great integrity. and make sure everything is accurate and clear. they do not do that. and that i think is a problem and it needs to be directly addressed. of your success at salesforce and other things, you have made a fair amount of money. is your goal in the future to make more money? to give it away? would you consider running for office? marc: i would never be a politician. i will nev

i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you so much. we are less than 100 days away from that election, and poll numbers continue to come in in worrying ways for president trump. mitch mcconnell is due to unveil his proposal on stimulus. could that help? we welcome now rick davis. he is a bloomberg political contributor. can they turn this thing around and make stimulus a success even though the democrats are ahead of them? rick: the democrats clearly are trying to put a much bigger number on the table, but republicans realized a little late that they had to continue the stimulus through the end of the year. certainly through the end of the election. that is what you see mitch mcconnell and his team coming back with. a stopgap proposal that is going to try and do a lot of different things, but also be very political. one of the things that will be overlooked is the changes they are trying to make on education policy. encouraging school choice, just something trump like the brand as a campaign theme, but really is going to be off the mar

the organization's special coronavirus envoy, david navarro, h s spoke with mark.. >> i''m extremely worriried because, as i look at the nunumbers of new cases reported, they are climbing rapidly, acceleratiting, and accecerating all over t the world. so, my worry is the c continued spread. my hope is that governments everywhere, together with theier people, can s suppress outbreaks asuiuickly as possible before they become enormous. john: you -- >> you can catch the i interview at 9:00 paris time tonight. this is the last day in campaigning in poland ahead of the vote. the challenger is currently the mayor of warsaw. the two men are not can then and it is to put -- our neck and neck and it is to close a call. >> this farmer, living in southeastern poland, is a typical supporter of the president and his campaign promise to boost social aid. >> [speaking foreign language] >> sure vase showow voters -- surveys show voters who elected him stillll support him and the values he promoted. the first-round vote in his childhood village. >> [speaking foreign language] >>'s rival has also trie

david: the ceo and chairman of mark is my special guest. thank you very much for doing this. ken: it is a pleasure. david: you are surrounded by things that look like merck products. are you in your office? ken: i am. i try to come here three days at a minimum. david: have you been working remotely during the crisis? ken: i have been working a mixture of both. i like to be around my family and spouse, but we still have a lot of people left to work here. we have 17,000 people working in laboratories or production facilities. it makes sense to show up every once in a while. david: if you are a pharmaceutical company, especially one working on covid-19 back scenes, do you need -- vaccines, do you need permission? ken: no state troopers ever stop me. david: let's talk about vaccines. merck is one of the great vaccine manufacturers of the world. you were among the original people that did the measles vaccine, ebola vaccine. when the government of the u.s. announced they would give money to five companies to come up not onecines, you were of them. is there a reason you did not want

david: have you heard from mark zuckerberg? marc: sure. i've talked to him. i've talked to his management team. what i say is, trust has to be your highest priority. if trust is not your highest priority, and if you're not thinking about your stakeholders and you are only focused on money, what kind of business are you building? they agree, for example, that pornography should not be on their site. so they have built the technology and it cleanses their site of pornography. they are very careful about that. they have ai. it is advanced. but there is other things they allow where they could look for truth, where they could work to have great integrity and make sure everything is accurate and clear. they don't do that. and that, i think, is a problem that needs to be directly addressed. david: as a result of your success at salesforce and other things, you have made a fair amount of money. is your goal in the future to make more money, to give it away? would you consider running for office? marc: i will never be a politician. i will never run for office. i woul

david: have you heard from mark zuckerberg? marc: sure. i've talked to him. i've talked to his management team. what i say is, trust has to be your highest priority. if trust is not your highest priority, and if you're not thinking about all your stakeholders and you are only focused on money, what kind of business are you building? they agree, for example, that pornography should not be on their site. so they have built the technology and it cleanses their site of pornography. they are very careful about that. they have ai. it is advanced. but there is other things they allow where they could look for truth, where they could work to have great integrity and make --t disch and make sure that and make sure that everything is accurate and clear. they don't do that. and that, i think, is a problem that needs to be directly addressed. david: as a result of your success at salesforce and other things, you have made a fair amount of money. is your goal in the future to make more money, to give it away? would you consider running for office? marc: i will never be a

mark shields, david brooks, thank you both. as we come to the end of another difficult week, we want to take a moment to honor some of the lives lost to covid-19. >> renÉe chavez had big dreams and an active imagination. said his wife, and that. passionate about the animated he-man series from the 1980's, renÉe launched aers called the nerds from a couch. he even drafted his own sci-fi , ories. >> helnÉe. >> as a high school english teacher, he would often loan his comics to students to encourage them to read more. he was 45 years old. dr. gulati was a spiritual person. her pastor said she had a particular affinity for people who felt left out. a psychiatrist and social activist, she cared for drug addicts and hiv patnts. for more than 50 years, a mother of two served as an esteemed faculty member at howard university'solge of medicine. until hersi pasng at the age of 91, she never gave up her passion for dancing. ken kirkman was a friend to all, but especially to the underdog his family said. ken, whois was 74, andife karen

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you so much. the usmca went into effect yesterday, affecting trade with canada but also across our southern border with mexico. railwayity southern really handles that seven border. we welcome the ceo, patrick ottensmeyer. of what younse think the usmca will do to your business. patrick: thank you for having me. longer-term for our business will be a positive. audience,nefit of the our company is more committed and more invested in mexico than most other u.s. companies. company,u look at our 50% of our business, route miles, employees are in mexico. link,y a very important logistically, and between the supply chains of the two countries, moving products such as grain, food products from the upper midwest into mexico, recently, refined petroleum and theninto mexico, coming out of mexico, we have a host of industrial products, electronics, automobiles is probably the best example as it relates to usmca and the trade between the countries. autos, auto parts: both ways. finished vehicles primarily com

amber heard says the marks were hidden by make—up. david sillito, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has encouraged every nation to push back against the chinese communist party — following talks with boris johnson and dominic raab in london. mr pompeo congratulated the uk for banning huawei from its 5g networks — and welcomed the government's response to china's new security law in hong kong. he also said he hoped britain and america could conclude a trade deal "as soon as possible". saudi arabia's 84—year—old ruler, king salman bin abdulaziz is in hospital in the capital riyadh. state media says he is holding a virtual cabinet meeting from there. it also reports he is undergoing medical checks for a gall bladder infection. about a dozen people have been freed from a bus in ukraine after the country's president complied with the hostage—ta ker‘s bizarre demand that he promote a film about animal rights. volodymyr zelensky used social media to encourage people to watch the 2005 production, ear

what do you make of mark morgan's statement? >> thanks, david. what we have seen since the death of george florida as we have seen peaceful protests be infiltrated by those of a criminal element that want to do harm to the communities and harm to police officers and other citizens. we know that fact to be true. if we look at the reason why the department of homeland security has gone into portland, it was under the nexus of the protection of the federal courthouse to assist in u.s. marshals and the federal protected -- we have now seen an expansion where there is almost a patrolling of the streets of portland in lieu of local and state authorities. i think that is where the discussion needs to take us. is that problematic or not? >> david: lets deal with portland for a second. there was a specific case of a federal courthouse that was invaded by not peaceful protesters, but by the antipope months who set off fire bomb, who climbed to the top of the building to disable a camera that was focused on the demonstrators, whatever you want to call them.

to you then we'll mark you then they will join you. you cannot be wrong with me yet you are. a dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells their bodies on the streets many of them under-age. los angeles police reveal a taste of their daily challenge if you're going to exploit for a child you're in los angeles thought they were going to come as you see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight the early 6 trade. also secret anymore a key source in the discredited trump russian collusion of course from 2016 s on masked let's forget that his evidence was based on barber improvisation. facebook take the regulator to court claiming that competition probes are invasion of staff privacy and the irony is not lost on data protection campaigners and. president trump bolsters federal forces in the city of portland after weeks of black lives months of protests criticism mounts from local leaders who accuse him of abusing his power. those are the headlines here in our c.n.n. national you can fol

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you so much. we will continue balance of power on radio for the second hour. we have a special guest talking about the renaming of the redskins, something the president doesn't like much. nation activist and writer. we will also talk about what it will take to get diversity into the c suite in silicon valley. this is bloomberg. ♪ it's pretty inspiring the way families redefined the word 'school' this year. it's why, at xfinity, we're committed to helping kids keep learning through the summer. and help college students studying at home stay connected through our university program. we're providing affordable internet access to low income families through our internet essentials program. and this summer, xfinity is creating a virtual summer camp for kids at home- all on xfinity x1. we're committed to helping all families stay connected. learn more at xfinity.com/education. vonnie: it is 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 p.m. in london, and 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i'm vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg m

our north america correspondent, david willis, explains. the us defense secretary, mark esper, issued a very carefully worded memo today which didn't directly mention the confederate flag. it talked, that memo, of "rejecting divisive symbols," and it listed all the flags that could be displayed on us military installations and bases, both here and around the world. but conspicuous by its absence was the confederate flag. now, the flags of individual american states and territories can be flown, and so can those of countries that are allies of the united states, but the confederate flag is verboten effectively from now on. and that is not going to please president trump, who has defended it only a few days ago, saying that display of the confederate flag was, as he put it, "part of american free speech". and it has come to closely be associated with white supremacist groups, among them, of course, the ku klux klan. but since the murder of george floyd in minneapolis back in may, the american military has been looking quite closely into its o