Temperatures. More than 8400 wildfires have scorched more than 6000 square miles in california since the start of the year but mostly since august. 31 people have died. The judge investigating a massive blast in beirut in august has received a report from the fbi about its own probe of the explosion. Lebanese media says the judges also waiting for similar reports from french and british explosive experts. Nearly 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port my killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than 6000, and causing billions in damage. 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. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york, 6 00 p. M. In london, and 1 00 a. M. In hong kong. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories from around the world we are following. Day two of questioning for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
You mentioned the vaccine trials with astrazeneca. That is not voting well. Boding well. Chinese markets nearly 2 down for the shanghai composite. The hang seng down 303 points, and the kospi also lower. Watching the dollar declined overnight, given some of the risk off moves. The pound down on the sixth the day, the longest losing streak since may. Streak eurodollar slightly lower. , ian hashe aussieyen been boosted by the haven play. G10 higherthe only than the dollar. Yields pretty much flat right now but we saw treasuries up overnight. This is where we are seeing signs of contagion from the tech selloff, the Commodity Markets and oil markets in particular. Below 40 forst the First Time Since june. Thats get more analysis with our strategist. Mark, the u. S. Session came back from the holiday continuing the tech selloff. How is the market readjusting now . Mark it is not a pretty start in asia. The thing thats concerning wayle is it appears to be beyond tech and is affecting other A
Bruce westerman discusses the western wildfires, Climate Change, and other news of the day. Good morning. It is thursday, september 17, 2020, Constitution Day in the United States. This morning on the washington journal we will begin by asking you how you would amend the constitution if it were up to you today. Give us your ideas on how you think we the people may benefit on a change from the founding documents dating back to september 17. If youre in the mountain are pacific time zone, the number to call is 202 7488001. You can send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do come include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on twitter or on facebook. To you. Rsday morning officially known as Constitution Day and citizenship day in the United States. We are talking this morning about the u. S. Constitution. Some history is your calling in 1787, delegates opened their Constitutional Convention on may 25, 1787 in philadelphia to begin discussions on how to create a consti
Organization, what is it and how are you funded and supported . A demanded justice is Progressive Organization that return in 2018 to try to symmetry between those on the left and the right when it comes to tuning into the importance of the federal judiciary. Havelicans for decades successfully messaged to their voters the importance of the judiciary and how it really is the ultimate arbiter of all the issues that we care about. On the left, weve been less successful and that was very pointed in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was campaigning as there was a Supreme Court vacancy hanging in the balance after the death of anson scalia and even the progressive had opportunity by winning the election in the ideological balance of the court, you really didnt see that issue register at a Grassroots Level among democratic voters. 2016,t, at exit polls in you saw that voters said the Supreme Court was a top issue with them by about 15 points supported donald trump. Becoming president , donald trump