Balance of Power

Joe spoke with retired U.S. Navy commander Ward Carroll on what we found out from the classified UFO briefing today, and Moody's Analytics Chief Economist, Mark Zandi on January's CPI numbers and the policy impact of the new White House economic team. Plus, our politics panel, Republican strategist Boyd Matheson and Democratic strategist Tim Hogan on calls for President Biden to address the nation about the downed UFO's, Nikki Haley makes it official for 2024, Donald Trump's nicknames for Ron DeSantis and messaging against balloon vigilantism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Today's guest host: Emily Wilkins, Bloomberg Government Congress reporter spoke with Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, and Congressman Jim Jordan, of Ohio. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and John Hart, Republican Strategist, Co-founder of C3 Solutions on tensions with China, entitlements and extra-terrestrial questions in the White House briefing today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Max Baucus, former U.S. Ambassador to China on relations with China, the Chinese global balloon espionage program, and the object the U.S. shot down over Alaska. Harvey Pitt, CEO of Kalorama Partners and former Chairman of the SEC on Gary Gensler's warning to the crypto industry after reaching a settlement with trading platform Kraken over staking. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on the unidentified object shot down over Alaska, SEC crypto crackdown, President Biden accusing Republicans of wanting to sunset social security and the GOP pushback, more documents found in former VP Mike Pence's home and Donald Trump's lawyers turn over a folder with classification markings found last month at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort, and the George Santos Newsmax interview and his feud with Senator Mitt Romney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Dennis Wilder, research fellow for the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues at Georgetown University about reports that China has a long-running global military sponsored surveillance program. Bloomberg's Laura Davison on donors choking off Donald Trump's 2024 momentum. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on China's spy program, Donald Trump’s ability to win 2024 nomination, the resolution to expel George Santos from Congress and the best lawmaker jokes from the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual Congressional Dinner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe analyzed President Biden's State of the Union address with guests: former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Jim Messina, CEO of the Messina Group. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California on the debit ceiling and police reform, Cody Keenan, Former Chief Speechwriter for President Barack Obama, on crafting a State of the Union speech. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on what President Biden will touch on in his speech, the Republican response, and George Santos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper about the Chinese balloon and why they weren't detected in the past, Nathan Dean, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Government analyst on what to expect from President Biden's SOTU speech. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on GOP criticism of how long it took President Biden to shoot down the Chinese balloon, SOTU and the man former VP Dick Cheney shot in the face in a hunting accident, Harry Whittington has died at the age of 95.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and former Council of Economic Advisers Chief Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin on the good and the bad in today's blowout January jobs report. Bloomberg Pentagon Reporter Tony Capaccio on the Chinese surveillance balloon discovered lingering over US airspace, and Craig Singleton, Senior China Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on how this will impact relations with China after Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed his upcoming trip to Beijing. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributor Rick Davis and John Labombard, Senior Vice President at Rokk Solutions on January's surprise jobs report, the Chinese spy balloon, US relations with China, and what to expect from Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders's response to President Biden’s SOTU address. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Republican Congressman David Schweikert of Arizona about the debt ceiling and spending cuts. The Infrastructure law becomes the intersection of Washington and Wall Street - Chris Ciolino, of Bloomberg Intelligence tells us which heavy equipment makers stand to make billions of dollars. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and John Hart, Republican Strategist, and Co-founder of C3 Solutions on the GOP booting Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe spoke with Bloomberg Economics Editor Michael McKee and Terry Haines, Founder of Pangaea Policy on the Fed slowing the rate hike pace and the stalemate over the debt ceiling. Josh Green, Bloomberg Businessweek national correspondent tells us his take on Nikki Haley's challenge to Trump in 2024. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Lisa Camooso Miller, former Communications Director for the RNC on the McCarthy White House debt meeting, the first House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the "waste, fraud and abuse" of pandemic spending, the GOP's anti-socialism resolution, and Ron DeSantis fighting the gas stove war by proposing tax breaks on gas stoves.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.