Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
The shares trade lower. Full steam ahead for alstom shares after the french trainmaker says its in talks. Airbus shares hit a onemonth low as they say they deeply regret a u. S. Decision to hike tariffs on europeanmade aircraft. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday the story weve been following the last couple of weeks that has gripped markets and the world, lets talk about coronavirus. Chinese authorities have reported almost 2,000 new cases of coronavirus and 100 new deaths it takes the toll total death toll to almost 1,800 the rise in new cases reverses two days of relative declines over the weekend the 380 american nationals quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship off the coast of japan disembarked after two weeks. They were put on charter flights returning to the u. S around 40 americans tested positive for the virus and will remain in japan. And europe has seen its first coronavirus fatality after an 08yearold chinese tourist died in france. Egypt also confirmed a case o
I have to start. Well break down the Holiday Retail rush as power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Lets take a look at where we stand. Stocks are shrugging off the d. C. Drama as tyler mentioned. As tyler mentioned, its christmas crunch time, six days makes me nervous too lets check out some of the retailers hitting record highs today. Nike, best buy and target, hitting their highest levels ever were going to talk about some of those names as the hour goes on thank you very much wall street focused on washington today at least a little brit as the house begins to debate impeachment. A vote is expected to take place later this evening, and a man javers has more. You. See the action taking place down on capitol hill, on the other end of pennsylvania avenue from here at the white house, where it is all quiet in the west wing. In fact, surprisingly quiet, no indication of any particularly special meetings today no indication that the president is doing much of anything at all
16. It is not letting up with the cycloned bomb getting ready to hit the east coast with snow and high winds. More than 2000 flights have already been canceled. This is bloomberg. Im Alisa Parenti. Bloomberg technology is next. And thism emily chang, is bloomberg technology. Tesla struggles to manufacture for the masses, pushing back a crucial Production Target. Plus, blackberry Ceo John Chen joins us to talk about the companys partnership with baidu and its push into self driving cars. Hasssaging app used in iran been blocked as a wave of antigovernment protests sweeps through the country. How social media is shaping the sentiment. Tesla has pushed back a Production Target for its allimportant model 3 yet again, after shipping fewer cars than expected last quarter, shedding more light on elon musks production hell. They expect to hit 5000 cars per week to the second quarter, delaying the goal by three months. Tesla trailed analysts estimates of just over 2900 units. Max, why are these