About financial repression. This has been widely predicted by a lot of people, deals have to be made. Revenue isnt there, so youve got to go out and buy it. You got to get better. Bigger. Athave not confirmed it here bloomberg, bob but that is a story tom nine tom whats john, lisa and i do is we go to bloomberg experts on this. John farrell, jonathan tice said exactly the same thing. Yeah right, but there are all sorts of reasons why that combination could be the giant bank of the continent of europe. Ritika a lot Jonathan Jonathan a lot to get through including lisa getting excited about tiktok. [laughter] we know lisa does tiktok often with the kids. Youve got a decent excuse. Lisa it is a verb. Do you tiktok or not tiktok . Politics front and center today. Including tiktok and oracle being the likely bidder. We now are talking about brexit. Boris johnson putting his controversial brexit vote to a vote. We will hear about whether or not he will get immunity if you go against the agre
Bill with a final vote scheduled for this morning. Theyll also work on the nomination of Justin Walker to serve on the u. S. Court of appeals. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord, god of heaven and earth, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, make them powerful instruments for goodness in our nation and world. Remind them at the narrow and difficult road leads to life and few find it. You honor those who honor you. As our senators receive guidance from you and following your leading, replace anxiety with calm and confusion with clarity. Give them attentive hearts and open minds as they seek to find in the diversity of ideas what is best for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to o
11 and planning to close some stores permanently. This as some Grocery Store workers and employees at other American Giants get set to lose the hero pay theyve been receiving for the passed two months. Start your engines. Nascar back in action this weekend and racing fans cant wait, even though they have to watch from home. But how will they keep the drivers and their crew members safe . The president of nascar will join us live. All of that, plus mission to space. The u. S. Space force making history this morning, launching a secretive plane into orbit for the first time ever. The mission and what it hopes to accomplish. Today saturday, may 15, 2020. From nbc news this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. It is the weekend, whatever that means anymore. We are glad to have our friend dylan back of course as well. The days are all blending together these days. This is only your second weekend
Direction. President obama. Very quickly on a vaccine. Today. And always. This pandemic has fully we hear this 12 to 18month helping people stay in their homes through mortgage finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the timeline. Payment relief efforts folks in charge know what is that timeline too optimistic . And donating 175 Million Dollars to help hundreds theyre doing. We know the president wants it my guest this morning, sooner, and why wouldnt he, why wouldnt anyone want it sooner . Of local organizations provide food and other critical needs. Defense production coordinator Peter Navarro and dr. Tom is the 12 to 18month timeline inglesby of Johns Hopkins when you need us, wells fargo is here to help. University. Realistic or not . Coming into this year, i plus, partisan pandemic. Would have said it was completely unrealistic. Antigovernment protests across i still think its far from a the country. While in wisconsin, the states sure thing. But given that there
Person. And now this from former president obama. This pandemic has fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what theyre doing. My guest this morning, defense production coordinator Peter Navarro and dr. Tom inglesby of Johns Hopkins university. Plus, partisan pandemic. Antigovernment protests across the country. While in wisconsin, the states conservative Supreme Court overturned the democratic governors stayathome order. I dont think the risk presents any higher than me going to the grocery store. Also, all those conspiracy claims. Another agenda. Its not just a virus. How and why so many faceless conspiracy ideas are spreading during this crisis. Ill talk to Nbc News National Security analyst chris watts. Joining me for insight and analysis are peter alexander, anna palmer, senior washington correspondent for politico, and yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for pbs news hour. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press and our conti