After the chinese government chose not to announce any additional measures today. Chinas chief economic planning official, zheng shanjie, told a Press Conference earlier hes fully confident the country can hit its 5 Growth Target for the year and had no further policies to reveal to boost chinas struggling economy. For more im joined by Alicia Garcia Herrero chief asia pacific economist at the bank natixis. Has that disappointed investors . Did they expect more . Yes they did because there was already a softening of the market overseas. Of course the chinese market was already closed. But already by friday you could see overseas markets waiting for more on the fiscal side. This Press Conference was announced in china and there was a big expectation that it would go beyond the 2 trillion. That they had an officially announced. The reality is they didnt even fully confirmed that and the markets remained a little bit surprised that they would call a Press Conference for such little infor
Speaking last week, Mr Draghi highlighted limited innovation, high energy prices and a Skills Gap as part of the problem. Sarah hall is professor of economic geography at the university of cambridge. Shejoins me now. What are you expecting with this report . From what we have heard and briefings we expect a very long Document But One that potentially struggles to be really clear on how some of thoseissues really clear on how some of those issues could be tackled. For some reason that is really obvious and quite clear why that might be the case. Some of the challenges the us facing is very similar to other advanced economies in Europe And North america including the uk. For example, how do you drive up competitiveness as a regal thorny challenge that is hard to address. I think i will be looking out for what the report says around improving competitiveness, crucially how that might be financed, that is a really big questions. And how the eu and through this Report Mario draghi suggestin
[protesters chanting] john and that is a live shot outside The Gates of Columbia University in new York City where right now dozens of antiisrael protesters are Holding Signs and chanting, all while other students are trying to attend their first day of fall classes. In just the last few moments, there have been some arrests. Im John Roberts in washington, as we kick off a Brandnew Week in the fall season. Good day to you. Gillian good to have you, or good to be with you, i should say, john. Excuse me. You know what i mean. Sandra is off today. This is america reports. Right now we are getting these new pictures into our newsroom. They are also showing columbias famed Alma Mater Sculpture covered, you can see there, and red paint. The statue sits very prominently on the steps of the School Library on the main quad. John the protest came after israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages, including israeli american hersh goldbergpolin, executed at close range in gaza. Gillian rea
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I want to thank Ranking Member klobuchar and her staff for working closely with me and my office as we prepared for today and i also want to thank our chairman, the chairman of the full Senate Judiciary committee, senator graham, for his support of this hearing. After i and then senator klobuchar giving our opening remarks, well hear from two panels of witnesses with questions from members of the subcommittee. We have Something Interesting to deal with in the senate and every time they call votes, when they call votes during a subcommittee hearing, were at their mercy. Senator klobuchar and i have both cast our votes on the first of a series of three or four. At some point, were going to have to pause or tag team as we allow other members to sit in for us, just dont be eisenhower sitting on a stone block in the direction of the greatest accomplishments the president of the United States and Supreme Commander of the forces him. Greg on welcome to todays hearing with the policy and Consu