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politics and congress for bloomberg news. good monday morning. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: we begin with this headline in your reporting available at bloomberg.com. for the president, pivotal week as he meets with congressional leaders on wednesday, the headline saying this meeting is a pivotal point in dealmaking. what is the significance of this meeting on wednesday that will include republican leaders kevin mccarthy and senator mitch mcconnell? ude republican leadern mccarthy and senator mitch mcconnell? guest: that is the headline meeting of the week, the first time president biden meets with the top leaders in congress, pelosi and chuck schumer will be there, as well. there is a follow-up meeting on thursday with other key republican players on infrastructure. combined, it is a real turning point. democrats are saying they are going to give bipartisanship a chance. they really have to do that because their members like joe manchin r
violence extremism. watch that senate appropriations committee hearing beginning live on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. politics in cover congress politics and congress for bloomberg news. we begin with this headline in your reporting available at bloomberg.com. for the president, pivotal week as he meets with congressional leaders on wednesday, the headline saying this meeting is a pivotal point in dealmaking. what is the significance of this meeting on wednesday that will include republican leaders kevin mccarthy and senator mitch mcconnell? guest: that is the headline meeting of the week, the first time president biden meets with the top leaders in congress, pelosi and chuck schumer will be there, as well. there is a follow-up meeting on thursday with other key republican players on infrastructure. combined, it is a real turning point. democrats are saying they are going to give bipartisanship a chance. they really have to do that
the power grid. thousands of people are waiting in long lines if they re able to do so trying to get their hands on bottled water. and today several democratic congresswomen are surveying the damage left by that winter storm which knocked out power to millions of texans. when disaster strikes this is not just an issue for texans, this is an issue for our entire country. and our whole country needs to come and rally together behind the needs of texans all across the state. all right, the storms have also created a backlog of coronavirus vaccines. the white house saying 6 million doses have been unable to be distributed because of the weather. let s get started with the millions struggling in texas right now. cnn s natasha chen is at a food bank in houston. natasha, certainly, you know, a disastrous situation there across the state. what are you seeing and what are you hearing from people there? yeah, the desperation right now is really related to the water crisis that s
tesla among the biggest drugs on the s&p 500 in its first day of trading. other than the fact the index as a whole moved little. and peloton, for $420 million, to gain u.s. manufacturing capabilities and extension opportunities. we will hear from the president, bill lynch. those stories in moments. first, u.s. stocks slumped amid a new mutation of the coronavirus in the united kingdom. a wave of lockdowns and travel restrictions. abigail doolittle has more on the market today. abigail: it certainly was a volatile market today. at one point the nasdaq 100 down 3%. that s true of the s&p 500 as well, the virus fears and mutation in the u.k. weighing on markets. there was a fear that could come here and slow global economic growth. the s&p 500 lower on the open. on the close, 4/10 of 1%. the nasdaq 100 down a commensurate amount. a bit of recovery as the buyers seemed to find footing. tesla down 7%. the company was added to the s&p 500. that coming as a big surprise not coming