republicans will win back the house but the senate remains a toss up with races in arizona, pennsylvania being the deciding factor. carley: the president insist voters are behind him. look at what we ve got done. name me a president that has got as much done as i have in the first two years. not a joke. the vast majority of american people do like what i ve got done. carley: kevin corke live in washington. kevin? that s certainly debatable. good morning to both of you. that was quite the prognostication by the man who wrongly predicted that inflation would be transitory and the pandemic was over when it wasn t. now he says, don t worry. things are going to be just fine. in fact he is sure that we will not end up in a recession. there is no guarantee. i do not think there will be a recession. if there is it ll be a slight recession. we ll move down slightly. so much has been accomplished that the idea that there is something as a recession is just not there. let s
Welcome to squawk alley. Joining me, mike santoli as both john forte and sara eisen are off today. Downgrade thats hurting the market somewhat. First up, lester holt exclusively interviewing the president after his firing of the fbi director james comey. Take a listen to what he said about that process and his decision. Regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. And, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. For more, were joined by jared bernstein, former economic adviser to former Vice President joe biden. Gentlemen, good to see you. Good morning. Good morning. Jim, we would like nothing more to talk markets, earnings and macrodata, but this washington, as cramer said, sideshow, keeps distracting the market. How do we tie what was said with lester yesterday as to how markets and i
Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. President elect trump invites tech meters to meet this week. My exclusive interview with investor, entrepreneur, and former Google Venture ceo bill garrett. We find out what his next for the media giant. First to the lead. A techfocused meeting of the minds at trump tower. The president elect sits down with top executives who largely backed Hillary Clinton and spoke out against him. Among those attending, jeff bezos, sheryl sandberg, elon musk, and chuck robin, larry page, and tim cook. Meeting is a chance for Silicon Valley to find Common Ground with the new administration. After clashing on key issues like integration, trade, immigration, and joining us is bill merits. I would love to be a fly on the wall at this meeting. What do you think is going to happen . Do you think there will be a reconciliation of sorts . Bill i dont know. I know almost all of the individuals who were reportedly attending and they are all good people.
Thats right, carl. President trump tweeting from his handle realdonaldtrump my daughter, ivanka, has been treated so unfairly by nordstrom. She is a great person, always pushing me to do the right thing. Terrible this is in response to nordstrom saying that they have pulled their merchandise, as every year, at 10 of the goods they sell and make decisions based on what is selling and what is not. Some read that as the impact of the boycott on donald trump and trump merchandise at a variety of retailers. That news came in the middle of last week. So, in some ways, its a bit surprising its taken the president this long to say anything, if he has at least chosen to Say Something at this point. Shares of nordstrom did fall initially and they have responded, sitting right about unchanged at this point. Carl . Courtney, were going to watch that, see if it hangs in there. Thank you very much. Spencer rascoff, i know we want to get to immigration and certainly your earnings, but how do you thin
A court to dismiss Green Party Candidate jill steins request for a recount. Mr. Trumps Transition Team has released a list of World Leaders who spoke to the president elect today. Singapores Prime Minister called trump to give his congratulations. The philippine president also called. The president of taiwan and afghanistan are also said to have spoken to trump today. Global news, 24 hours a day, in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Im emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, u. S. Unemployment hits a nineyear low. But jobs are still under threat from the rise of a. I. And automation will be a deep dive, on what kind and how many. Plus, news breaking of another highprofile attack in saudi arabia. Will the Incoming Trump administration be able to effectively fight cyber warfare . And twitter hiring yet another head of product, well recap the top stories that caught our eye this week. First, a mixed picture in the u. S. Jobs report. Em