The presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vote. The yeas are 72. The nays are 22. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of sherri a. Lydon of South Carolina to be United States district judge for the district of South Carolina signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that did bait on the nomination of sherri a. Lydon of South Carolina shall be brought debate on the nomination of sherri a. Lydon of South Carolina shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vot
President and not their dictator who offers commentator on how its going, note of optimism, he note that they would retaliate if the United States wants to wage a trade war, i dont know, there was a bloomberg report that lee ho, reformer, trade negotiator expressing optimism, as you said, weve been hearing this a lot for what seems many, many months, years, but maria sure has, take the tariffs off the table or we will not buy the 50 billion in ag products. The warning comes with i want to do a phase 1 deal. I think what james alluded to, this is the longest soap opera now since general hospital. [laughter] thats positive, oh, but we have to do this, i actually see the ball having not moved forward at all. I think this is just more negotiations, i hope this gets resolved in 2020, if not, here is the great thing, the markets have seemed to have been inoculated, the markets are doing great in the absence of anything happening. Dagen in absence of escalation. Yes. Dagen again, President Tr
Reduce the citys glut. Here are exclusive interview. Hear our exclusive interview. Manus it has just gone 9 00 across the emirates. It is daybreak middle east. Warm welcome to the show this morning. We are in limbo. Will we get a december 12 election . Labor looks as if they will hold out. Could there be more pressure coming to bear on the pound this week . We settled down by 1. 21 last week. We broke the overall trend. They say sell the rallies. Ubs had a tactical overweight position. Sterling remains cheap. I leave it to the words of blackrock. Its like a 1980s pop song. Neverending uncertainty. Lets have a look at the oil markets. We are gliding to a deal. What is that going to do to the oil market . Stockpiles dropped for the first time in five years. A big week for the oil market. All hitting the table this week. Oil had a nice rally last week. Lets get your first word headlines from around the world. Desiree humphrey is with me right here on the ground. Desiree thanks. The leader
Downgrading most advanced economies. You can see right there, these numbers 3 for the world, 2. 4 for the u. S. , 1. 2 for your area, 6. 1 for china. These are all down you see there from the prior forecast and also mostly except for japan down from last year. The imf saying in its report, Downside Risks elevated. Brexit related risk to hinder confidence and growth. Theyre down on this trade issue. Very quickly, they do see something of a moderation next here in 2020 we go back up to 3. 4 it isnt the advanced economies this get there theyre looking for a turn around in emerging markets and developing countries four things the imf notes needs to be done theyre saying International Response may be needed if things get worse from here. They say Monetary Policy cannot do it all. There is a financial risk created from low Interest Rates there. Fiscal measures to help with the slowdown along with structural reforms. Carl that is big news, steve were going to dissect a lot of that with the ea
Secretary he is the principal voice of business in the Top Administration trying to ensure that u. S. Businesses have the tools they need to create jobs and pursue economic opportunity. He served the secretarys of the beginning of administration that gore 2017. Hes got limited time with us today for be brief in my introduction so we can get right to his talk. He will be laid at the conclusion of the talk and then the panel will ensue. Secretary ross is no stranger to commerce with over half a a century of experience in Investment Banking and private equity come restructuring over 400 billion in assets across Numerous Industries and serving as chairman or director more than 100 companies in over 20 countries. Hes also the only person elected to both the private equity hall of fame and the turnabout Management Hall of fame. We agree please welcome him here today and please join me welcoming commerce secretary wilbur ross. [applause] thank thank you, dean, for tt kind introduction. And th