Stocks Climb on Hope Iran War is Near End | Balance of Power: Early Edition 3/31/2026

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On today’s early edition of Balance of Power, Hagar Chemali, Former-Director for Syria and Lebanon at the National Security Council (NSC), CEO and Founder of Greenwich Media Strategies, and Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California. Bloomberg Politics contributors Rick Davis, Partner at Stonecourt Capital, and Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center; and Bill Hoagland, Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Staff Member and Director of the Senate Budget Committee also join.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins
00:05:14 – Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News
00:08:18 – Hagar Chemali, National Security Council Fmr. Director for Syria and Lebanon
00:15:28 – Rick Davis & Jeanne Sheehan Zaino
00:20:09 – Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California
00:32:48 – Norah Mulinda, Bloomberg News
00:35:57 – Bill Hoagland, BPC Senior Vice President
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