Sector trading higher and you also have the tech sector higher , both up more than 1 . You want to see those financials and Industrial Companies take the lead and that is exactly what is happening today. Another way of looking at that is the reopening trade is doing well, even as this years defense is holding its own. David the one thing that does not move at all our bonds. It seems like the fed has nailed those to the floor. Abigail it is amazing that we have had bonds trading in this range. It does feel that the fed they have even said they have nailed them to the floor until 2023 unless there is a risk off scenario that would cause a bid to bonds, which would mean yields would fall lower. You may see yields hang out in place. It is interesting, your point is proven today because you have the major averages up more than 1 , up for a third day in a row and yet bonds are basically flat. On a day like today you would want to see bonds selloff. That could also signal anxiety around the debate tomorrow and the big payrolls report on friday. A little bit of hedging there. Bonds not doing much. David the debate and jobs. What a week this will be. Thanks abigail doolittle. President trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on saturday, calling her one of our nations most brilliant and gifted legal minds. An expedited confirmation hearing comes next, expected the week after next. For an expert perspective, we welcome professor tara leigh grove of the university of alabama law school. Thank you for joining us. The president describes her as a first rate mind. There is not much in the record that would disqualify her from doing the job. She does have a very distinguished career. No question judge barrett is qualified to be on the Supreme Court. David that throws the democrats into talking about what to she do specific cases. We have already heard from the democrats raising questions about the Affordable Care act, and it is may be unusual because that case has been scheduled for a week from now. It is coming up for the court, and she has spoken out criticizing chief Justice Roberts for his position on the Affordable Care act. Tara it is important when we think about the Supreme Court changes to think about shortterm versus longterm. I do not think we will see very much in the short term. I think there are a lot of jurisdictional or procedural issues to the Affordable Care act challenge which may make the court gun shy about taking this case and invalidating the entire Affordable Care act. I understand a lot of people are concerned about that statute. With or without the Justice Barrett on the Supreme Court, the court is unlikely to strike down the entire Affordable Care act. It is hard to predict what the justices will do in any case, but i think it is unlikely. When judge barrett criticized chief Justice Roberts opinion, she was focusing on his interpretation of the statute, not so much the constitutional analysis. Ame folks have taken that little bit out of context. It is not clear what judge barrett will think about the Affordable Care act constitutional challenge. With or without a Justice Barrett, the court is unlikely to strike down the act. David one of the things that has been raised is whether it would be appropriate for a Justice Barrett to rule on any challenge to this election. This will be a very fraught election, as we head into thousand. We had a 54 vote in the Supreme Court. As we had in 2000. Is there any question about her voting on a challenge that might come up in november . Tara it is hard to see how there is an ethical issue with a justice ruling on election, even after having been confirmed right before the election. I do not think there would be an ethical issue. It is not clear what the challenges will be to the election. I suspect therell be some litigation surrounding it. There already is some surrounding it. I do not think there is any ethical problem participating. David what about the larger question of the increased politicization, at least people talk about that with the Supreme Court. It is not just this one appointment. It has been happening gradually. This is one more step. There is talk of war being diplomacy by other means. As the Supreme Court becoming politics by other means . Tara the appointments process has become very ugly in recent years, of course since 2016 when judge garland was not given a hearing, the appointment process is becoming worse from the 1980s on at both the Supreme Court and the lower federal court levels. Political actors want to get justices on the Supreme Court who rule in ways the political actors on either side prefer. Yet whether the Supreme Court will hit in that direction. , bute faith they will not i think in the short term what we will see is a Supreme Court that is nervous about major doctrinal change in the face of a lot of attacks. Talk aboutal attacks attacking the Supreme Court, possible term limits as opposed to a lifetime tenure, these are things that were not even talked about, particularly Court Packing, until very recently. Historically, when the u. S. Supreme court faces these kinds of political attacks, the justices pullback, and they are unlikely to make major changes. I think we may not see Something LikeCourt Packing, but we arent likely to see a somewhat chastened court in the near term. David youre probably referring to the days of fdr and the Court Packing proposal at the proposed stitch in time saves nine, adjustment on the court and they did not go forward. At the same time, you have a range of views on the Supreme Court about how quickly they are willing to move. Chief Justice Roberts is generally perceived as being an institutionalist. Clarence thomas is in a different position most of the time. We have any sense of where Justice Barrett would be on how slow to go as opposed to if it is the right answer, lets get there . Tara we do not know for sure. We do not know about Justice Kavanaugh or Justice Gorsuch either on the institutional point. I do not think we have seen enough from either of those justices. I think judge barrett will be a careful justice, whether it is a question of constitutional law or statutory interpretation. I think that would be her modus operandi regardless of external attacks. Doctrinal work from her as a justice. In terms of whether any of the new members of the Supreme Court will be concerned about the attacks, it is hard to say, but it is also hard to be part of institution and not concerned about attacks on the power of that institution, particulate when the attack is on Something Like the length of ones own tenure. David when we talk about the Supreme Court, is a mistake to overlook the courts of appeals. There been a lot of republican appointments. Ot of the work does gun gets done. Are we seeing a major doctrinal shift in the law in a more conservative direction given how many court of appeals judges have been appointed in the last four years . Tara i love this question. I have a paper coming out in the spring on the lower courts, focusing more on the lower courts. I think this is where a lot of the action will be. My guess is the Supreme Court will not change the law dramatically in some of the hot button areas people are talking about, but that means things will get shifted to the lower courts. Right now we still have a divided federal judiciary made up of democratic appointees and republican appointees. President trump has shifted things in a direction of a more conservative bench, but there still plenty of democratic appointees on the lower courts. I want to say this does not matter for most issues. Lower federal court judges are not ideological on the vast majority of cases that go before them, but one can see differences on some of the hot button issues, things like abortion and gun rights. I think that is where more of the focus should be come on what is happening in the lower federal court. The appointments process there has become far uglier since the 1980s than it had been in the previous couple of centuries because lower courts matter so much more, and i think the general public is not focused on them nearly enough. David finally, in a world in which the Supreme Court does not take as many cases they do not take nearly as many as they did 20 years ago and they leave it up to lower courts, is there risk of division. Could we have a division in the federal judiciary so the law that applies to you depends on what part of the country you live in . Tara i think we already do, and i think we may see more of that in the coming years as the Supreme Court, at least my guess is the Supreme Court will not move leaf are in a lot of the hot button areas people were talking about. This means the law will be decided by the lower court. It does not matter in a lot of areas, but it does in button areas. I think the lower courts will be making the law, and you will see different regulations accepted or rejected in different parts of the country. That makes it hard for a federal law that is supposed to be uniform. David thank you so much. Great for me to have a true student of the federal judiciary. That is professor tara leigh grove, university of alabama law professor. We will have more with professor grove and our 1 00 hour on radio. Coming up, we get ready for the big debate tomorrow night with our political contributor jeanne zaino of ionia college. Ons is balance of power Bloomberg Television and radio. President trump totally fake news. I pay tax. You will see that as soon as my tax returns it is under audit and they have been under audit for a long time. The irs does not treat me well. David that was President Trump responding yesterday to a New York Times report on his tax returns, yet another item to be added to the growing agenda for tomorrow nights president ial debate in cleveland. For our own debate prep on bloomberg we welcome jeanne zaino, professor of Political Science at ionia college. Lets start with the tax story. It broke last night. It is embarrassing to the president , whatever he says about it. At the same time, will it be a big factor tomorrow night in the debate for the election . Jeanne i think it will be added to the list of key issues they address in the debate, but it is something the president has addressed already. We remember 2016. I think he is prepared to address it. I think it is not what he wants to be talking about. The republicans were on the verge of a wonderful point of potentially taking over the Supreme Court, and to pivot and talk about this is not what they wanted. On the other hand, we only have about 5 of the electorate to say the debate tomorrow night could change their view. Both sides are speaking to a small number of potential swing voters. David we are all trying to figure out what that small number of voters will care about, maybe not his taxes, maybe not his financial support, but what about the Supreme Court nomination . Jeanne i think the Supreme Court nomination is important but not as important to the swing voters as what remains and has been for most of the election cycle the number one issue, which is the economy. On that, the president still wins. The president needs to and one step focus on the economy and economy focus on the and the fact he has moved the judiciary in areas conservatives want to see. Other areas like deregulation, we will see from joe biden a lot of focus on the pandemic, a lot of focus on the fact we have 200,000 people dead and he will express empathy for those people , something the president is not as inclined to do. I do think he will try to bring up the tax issue, but i am not sure it will stick with the swing voters as much as it does with d. C. Insiders. David we have seen the former Vice President trying to link up as a premium Court Nomination with health care because of the Affordable Care at. From joe bidens point of view, he is ahead in the polls by seven or eight points. Is his main goal to make sure we are only talking october 19, if that is his goal to things like the Supreme Court nomination and even the tax returns, is that a distraction that takes away from what he needs to be talking about . Jeanne i think they do. He has to stay on point and not let the president get him offkilter by talking about things like his son or his family members. There is fear amongst the democrats that is what the president will do, the Vice President will be inclined to respond. He has to stay on message. Pandemic be covid, the , health care, and the economy. He has to stick with that comment also show how empathetic he is and that he is a different type of leader than President Trump. That is who is going to appeal to those swing voters. David when we take a look at the plans for the two people going into that debate tomorrow, do they have different chores . President trump has been behind in the polls fairly consistently, even in some key battleground states he is behind somewhat. He has to change minds. Joe biden does not have to change minds, he just has to persuade people he can do the job. Jeanne he has to persuade people he can do the job. He has benefited by the fact the president keeps talking about the fact he is unable to speak publicly. He will have to make no errors, no major errors for joe biden will be a success. The president does need to have a very good night. The first debate is traditionally the most watched, and by the second debate any of those voters in the key swing states will already cast their ballots. This is the night they both have to hit. Of an uphill a bit battle for the president in regards to the fact we have not seen Much Movement in the polls despite all of these earthshaking events. People seem pretty set as to where they are. He is speaking to a narrow swath of potential voters, and joe biden has to make no errors. Tomorrow night we have to wait and see if they can do that. Im delighted you will be joining us for the coverage. That is jeanne zaino will be part of our coverage starting tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern time. This is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio i beg your pardon. Lets go to Mark Crumpton for first word news. I apologize. Iou something. Irk i did not take you did not take it personally. Stiffenings are demands about any trade deal will be enforced. They have lost trust with Boris Johnson both sides are holding out hope a deal can be reached. The Trump Administration has suffered a setback in a showdown with tiktok. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the president s ban on new downloads of the video sharing network. Tiktok was due to be removed from the u. S. App stores by midnight. Meanwhile the judge refused to halt the november deadline for the sale of tiktoks u. S. Units. As david and professor zaino were just discussing, President Trump faces new scrutiny over his personal finances weeks before the election. According to the New York Times, the president pages 750 in u. S. Income taxes in 2016 and 2017. The newspaper reports he reported losing millions on his golf courses and he reportedly have hundreds of millions of debt that will come due in next few years. The president called the report fake news. Almost one Million People have already voted for president according to the university of florida professor Michael Mcconnell who has been compiling data on mailing and early voting. He calls the number jawdropping and gives the credit to changes in state laws on voting good concerns about the coronavirus, and intense interest in the campaign. Global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. David this is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio. Our stock of the hour comes from tiktok come as a federal Court President hold hold trump span of new downloads. Scarlet fu is here with how the markets are responding. Scarlet the stock market is in rally mode and tech shares are higher along with oracle on this latest tiktok development. The sunday ruling is a shortterm victory for tiktok and its chinese owned parent bytedance. The white house did not provide bytedance removing tiktok from app stores that was supposed to go to affect yesterday night. One of bytedances main argument is that the band was irrational since bytedance is in negotiations to sell tiktok as President Trump demanded. This means tiktok has more time to get approval for its deal with oracle and walmart. There is a november 12 deadline to finalize the sale. President trump did give the outlines of the deal his initial is still but cfias reviewing it, and beijing also needs to give it approval. The 100 million americans who have downloaded tiktok are relieved they continue using the app. The app has exploded in popularity. The white house says it is concerned all the personal data tiktok collects on those users could be shared with the Chinese Communist party, posing a National Security threat. That is the rationale the white house sites the white house cites. Tiktok says it operates independently of the chinese government. The proposed deal we have been talking about and we still not gotten any final confirmation on is walmart and oracle would take 20 of this new entity called Tiktok Global that would be listed separately. China claims bytedance would still own 80 . That goes against what the president wants. Bytedance can make the case that if you include the usdc firms that back bytedance, u. S. Interests own the majority of Tiktok Global. It is all a matter of semantics as these things usually are. David does this have any ramifications for the rest of tech . Scarlet it feels more like an oracle walmart story as far as what it means for these companies and how it shakes out. Everyone is keeping an ion things progress with wechat, and whether the disappearance of that service means an opening for some of the social Media Networks elsewhere. ,specially for apple and Google Alphabet which owns google and makes money off of these apps, this is something to keep in mind. It feels like it is specific to these companies with an eye towards what it means for the sector overall in terms of sentiment. David also is a question of some of the social media companies, whether they can get access to china which they have been historically denied. Thanks to scarlet fu. Coming up, we will talk about the former Massachusetts GovernorDeval Patrick about the election battle in key states like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. He is joined versus dashes joined forces with the former governor of michigan he has joined forces with the former governor that is coming up ont on balance of power Bloomberg Television and radio. David this is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio. Im david westin. Bloomberg first word news, we go to Mark Crumpton. Mark global covid19 cases topped 33 million as the official. Goal reaches one million worldwide, though experts say the real tally may be double that. India just percent surpassed six moving cases. Chancellor Angela Merkel warned germany could face as many as 19,000 new cases a day by christmas. Pressure reports a resurgence with a spike in moscow. Afghanistans top officials in negotiations with the taliban arrived in the States Capital today where he will meet with the countrys Prime Minister abdulla abdulla, who leads the afghan high council for reconciliation. The visit comes amid historic peace negotiations with the taliban and marks the most serious effort yet to end the war in afghanistan following the 2001 u. S. Invasion that toppled the government. A forecasting model, joe biden is handily expected to win the Electoral College in the upcoming election. His chances are at 77. 8 with President Trump at 21. 2 . According to the poll, biden is expected to snap up 352 of the 538 electoral votes. Ahead of the debate, President Trump is calling on joe biden to take a drug test, repeating claims without evidence that his public appearances have been affected by drugs. Mr. Trump said that he would agree to take one also. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. David thank you so much. We continue our swing state series leading up to the election, looking this week at the state of ohio, a key state on the road to the white house. Ever wondent has without the state of ohio. , theus now is kyle kondik author of the bellwether why ohio picks the president. Maybe i should start with your book, kyle. Why does ohio pick the president . For a little while no state better reflected the National Voting patterns. They have also voted for the winning electoral candidate going back to 1896. Beentate is had demographically reflective of the nation. Voted prettystate sharply to the right of the nation because the president did better with white voters in ohio. There are some signs that trump is eroding with that group this time. David explain that. President trump won ohio, but what is the situation this time . If he is eroding, why . Kyle we have seen across the country in polling the reason that biden is doing better than Hillary Clinton per armed is nonwhite voters generally breaking 31 to the democrats, similar to Hillary Clinton. There are some signs that biden is doing worse with some nonwhite voters, including latinos. Voters with and theret a college degree, are a lot of signs that biden is doing significantly better with that group. That has consequences for states that are wider than the national average, like ohio. The thing for trump is that if ohio is a coin flip, it probably means other states in the midwest that are typically more democratic, michigan, pennsylvania, are places where biden is leading. David what should we be looking at in ohio specifically . Is it the suburbs of cleveland and columbus, cincinnati to see where the women are going . Has been a lot of reporting, indications on both sides that the president s numbers in suburban areas are a lot weaker than four years ago, which is something that you hear about, see in polling in other states. That is important. Won the state by eight points, so you have to make up a lot of ground to flip the state if you are biden. It will also be important for him not to get blown out so badly in the appalachian part of ohio, the eastern parts of the state. Also curious to see what happens in the youngstown area which was historically bluecollar democratic, but the president did well therefore a republican. Is there some erosion there . I think biden need some erosion to make the math work statewide. Thed a lot of people said Supreme Court pick may not affect the election all that affectt might it some of those republican voters, could it shore him up there . Kyle the actual timing of the confirmation vote matters here. If the justice is already confirmed by election day, then the battle is over, and i dont know if it necessarily impacts things. The people who care the most about the court are probably likely to be people that already follow politics closely. We know from studies that people who follow politics most closely also tend to be more partisan. Pushes softurt pick partisan back to their respective camps, but the folks may be there anyway. I have not seen anything to suggest that race has changed since the death of Justice Ginsburg. David finally give us a sense of the voting process in ohio. Aboute been talking absentee ballots, the likelihood that there would be a delay in results. What is the situation in ohio . Kyle it is already pretty easy to vote by mail or in person early. The typical early votes are democratic, so when those results come in, youll see more of a democratic lean to the results. Then historically in the rural, smaller counties come in, then waiting for cleveland to come in, see if the democrats can catch up. This time, like in many other states, mailin ballots, many more people voting by mail, and it seemed like there will be a democratic skew to those votes. Those may be counted last or later. Goody be that trump looks in ohio election night, but if you go beneath the surface and realize how many ballots are out there, biden may still be able to win the state. David really great to have you with us as always. That is kyle kondik, managing director of larry sabatinos crystal ball. He is also the author of the bellwether why ohio picks the president. Coverage of the debate starts at 8 00 tomorrow. Later in this hour, will be talking to congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio. This is bloomberg. David this is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio. Im david westin. Deval patrick has served as governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts and as assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division under president bill clinton. Forces withoined former michigan governor Jennifer Granholm to put together a super pac to support Vice President bidens president ial campaign in key battleground states. Governor, thank you for being with us. Raceus your sense of the right now, particularly as it comes down to those battleground races. What are the issues that will make a difference . Think itrst of all, i will be a competitive race right up until election day, notwithstanding the fact that people are voting now. Its important people in the battleground states and beyond to understand that Vice President biden and, harris want to serve everyone, are trying to Pay Attention to everyone, not just the folks in the battleground states who get all of the attention from the media because of the numbers of electoral votes. Means growing and economy out so that it reaches the middle and marginalized, not just the wellconnected. It means dealing with the Climate Crisis that we see exemplified in so many ways in our everyday lives, most notably in the fires in california, on the west coast today. It is about returning us to the rule of law and not the rule of impulse and insult, which is largely what we have had. And about investing in the things that enable opportunity in education, in innovation, and in every corner of the country. Polls we all know that are not infallible by any means but over time, President Trump has had an edge when it comes to the economy. On the other hand, former Vice President biden has the edge in dealing with covid19. How do you focus the debate so that there are one or two issues rather than eight or 10 . Kyle one thing i will say about the debate, at this moment, covid19 and the economy are deeply connected. We are not going to get a high functioning and growing economy unless we have a comprehensive solution to covid19. That is not going to come from the vaccine alone, although that will be a part of it. Testing, rapided response to that testing, it is following the cdc guidelines on washingienic practices, hands, wear masks, social distancing. And it is a uniformity that we are all working together to beat this. It is not about pitting red states and blue states against each other, as we have seen. Underlying all of that will be the importance of telling the American People the truth, the whole truth, which biden will do, and trump has not. David how does Vice President biden get that message across . He could spend the whole debate trying to fact check the president and im not sure that wins for him. A lot of people have questioned the things that President Trump have asserted, but what do you do when you are on a debate stage was Something Like that . Deval if it were me and i had my druthers, i probably would not even debate President Trump. He has no agenda, he has no accomplishments, he has no interest in anything other than himself. Orrything else is lies exaggerations. I hope that joe biden does not try, tempted as he will be, to try and correct every mistake or even follow what is certain to ofan illogical path reasoning, and instead comes in with the points that he wants to make sure he gets across to the American People. Seeing that is about everyone, serving everyone, not just the people who vote for you, trying to build an economy where peoples economic mobility is enhanced, where they can move up and forward. We can address through that income inequality. He has ideas about reversing the Climate Crisis and doing so in a way that brings us to a clean energy future, millions of jobs along the way, something that i have experienced on a different scale in massachusetts. And about dealing with divisions of all kinds, including Racial Division and injustice that has been with us chronically in this country but are within our capacity to solve. I think joe biden is the right leader to help us reach that. David does Vice President biden go into the debate with a cup 11 vantages . The president lowering expectations, saying that he is not sure that he can even stay awake. Also, all the polls have been pretty stubborn with Vice President biden having the advantage. Does President Trump have to persuade some people to change their mind, to come over to his side . Deval i think President Trump has shown us who he is. It is about impulse, showmanship, exaggeration or outright lying. We are seeing a lot of initiatives come out in the last week or so because he is on the people of elections, but what has he been doing for the last four years . He wakes up every day trying to divide us. Joe biden has to not spend all this time talking about what is wrong with President Trump and the administration but to focus instead on what is right with the vision of joe biden and Kamala Harris and the administration he wants to run. That has everything to do with social and Economic Justice and fairness, opportunity for everybody, everywhere. We have an unusual and i think notoric opportunity, to just save our democracy, but to reassert the character of our country, as one that is truly dedicated to equality, opportunity, fair play for everyone, and to work to close the gap between our reality and our ideals. David thank you so much for being with us. That is Deval Patrick, former Massachusetts Governor. Coming up, we will continue our look at ohio with congresswoman congresswomanohio representing the third district, including columbus. This is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio. Evision and radio. David this is balance of power on Bloomberg Television and radio. Im david westin. Has a toughnt biden path if he hopes to win the key state of ohio, and that path runs through the cities and their suburbs. We welcome congresswoman joyce beatty who represents the third congressional district, which includes ohio. Give us your sense of a path for President Biden to victory in ohio. Rep. Beatty thank you very much. I think when you look at what the polling is saying, what people are saying when they are voting early, because they want to make sure that we get a president who will stand up and speak up for the people. Of course, that is joe biden. When you look at the numbers in ohio, we have already narrowed that gap. Just a week ago it was even money between joe and President Trump. Now when you look at it, joe biden has done an incredible job of getting the message out, being about the people. Each day, something new comes out about this president that does not surprise many of us, but when we look at ohio, when we look at my congressional district, many of the polls are telling us that joe biden is doing better than hillary was doing at the same time in ohio. That is good for us. Of trumps are tired endless tweets, his uneven temper, all of his fake news. But here is the good thing, that is not what joe biden is talking about. Joe biden is talking about what he can deliver. He is talking about health care, quality and affordable education. He is talking about the economy, but most importantly, when you have sent over 200,000 people to die because of covid19, and you have a president who plays it off, lies about it, and has been irresponsible, joe biden has been very responsible. People right now in this pandemic, they need a president who can lead to, someone who can take command of the country. Joe biden has an incredible background in foreign affairs. When you look at where we are right now and whats happening in the country, it is also happening in the heart and soul of the midwest. Inknow that we were lied to 2016. We will not let that happen again. That is why so many democrats, independents, and republicans are saying we are going to vote for joe biden. David there is no question, i dont think, that the covid19 response is very important in voters minds, and the economy. What about civil rights and liberties . You and i have talked about the aftermath from the killing of george floyd, breonna taylor. Will that be a factor in peoples minds . Is it more covid19, the economy as a practical matter . Rep. Beatty i think it is definitely health care and covid19, but it is also for sure people are thinking about the pandemic, health care, the economy, and social justice. Lewis,e loss of john , so many things are on the table. We are seeing what is happening in corporate america, what recently happened with wells fargo. I sit on the Financial Service is, im chair on the subcommittee for diversity and inclusion. Of, within a week of the death of Justice Ginsburg , for this president to announce that he is going to already appoint someone, and then with the candidate judge barrett, some of that he is recommending, that will set us back with womens rights to choose whatever they want to do with their body, when you talk about lgbtq with this potential justice that he is nominating, just setting us back so far. She is on the record for being against the Affordable Care act. We have millions of people across the world diane, dachshund die young. Wrong person, wrong time, wrong justice. Time where weas a decided on Supreme Court justices based on their qualifications. Most agree that judge barrett is qualified for the job. Has it evolved to where we think they will vote on some issues . Think its ai combination of how they will follow the constitution, and you are right, there are not specific requirements written into law for what they have to have with their credentials, but certainly we have seen other justices who thought this was a great idea, and then the person got there, and they are not speaking up for the people. They are bringing their own views, their own personal beliefs, and not looking at the constitution, upholding it, not looking at what is best for america. They are looking at what is best for them, or what President Trump is advising them to do. We have seen a lot of that. In my world, it is called bullying. David give us a sense of the temperature among voters in columbus in your home district, and across the home state for getting out and voting. Rep. Beatty i can tell you that what is so exciting about ohio, more people are voting. Let me say that another way. More democrats are voting, and they are voting early. This is another reason that i believe President Trump wants to put fear into people by not having them vote early. Consequently, we had all the drama with the u. S. Postal actuallynd louis dejoy taking post boxes away. That is a part of voter suppression. We also heard the president say voting by mail would be a bad thing. That is because the percentages have increased foreboding early, voting by mail, and dropping off their ballots. People are tired and thinking back to when president obama was running and people stood in line for hours because they believed david great to have you on. Congressman joyce beatty of ohio. This is bloomberg. Mark im Mark Crumpton with bloomberg first word news. European union has expressed disappointment and concern over the resignation of lebanons Prime Minister and designate over the weekend and urge the countrys leaders to form a cabinet that meets the demands of the people. The resignation during a political impasse came at mid lebanons worst economic and financial crisis in decades, worsened by a massive explosion in beirut that killed and wounded thousands and caused widespread damage. German chancellor Angela Merkel visited Alexey Navalny during his hospital treatment for poisoning, site of how serious the case is being treated in berlin. Angela merkel has demanded that Vladimir Putin investigate the attack and has backed away for support for the nord stream 2 pipeline which would bring gas straight to germany. Russia denies any involvement. In the is confirmed coronavirus tally has topped 6 million, second to the United States in the number of infections. New acacias a