A wave of reactions and political debate in sweden including from the leader of the opposition and the Prime Minister. Foreign minister and linda welcome to conflict zone thank you very much you said recently that swedens trust based strategy to combat the coronavirus was working your Prime Minister also continues to maintain the strategy was the right one but to date you have nearly 5000 confirmed coronavirus debts far higher per capita than your neighbors who imposed stricter lock downs early on with such a high death toll how can you say that your strategy is working. Well actually we had the same goals as most other governments that says to save life and health and also to keep the system in the Health Service able to cope with this very strong push on the limits and actually we managed to flatten the curve we have therefore have. Problems we getting sick people into the health care. And actually or so we have managed to get our people to follow their recommendation and we also hav
We begin with Janelle Burrell live along route 17 in saddle river this morning. Janelle . Good morning to you mary. What a difference a few hours makes as we making our way along route 17. No rain the roads are clear but this area had quite a bit of flooding and a few accidents reported. Major differences compared to yesterday. Drenching down pours soaking the tristate area well into the night. Ponding turn roads in splash pools like here on raymond road. End then the winds powerful gusts snapping trees like this 50footer crashing onto a home as they ate dinner. All of a sudden it was like the sky falling. Thundering noise. The massive tree leaving a hole in his house. A construction barrier tumbled into the window of a cab smashing the glass, the driver uninjured. And crews work to clean up a smoky scene after live power lines fell onto the wet roadway. Now back live as we continue to make our way north on route 17 here in saddle river. The roads are slick but the rain has stopped. Ab
Indian coastline. Good to have you with us. In washington, focus shifted to the impasse. The talks came after Senate Democrats rejected a republican bill to temporarily raise the debt limit and fund the governmental. Afterwards, senator harry reid spoke about his history with Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and how that might impact steps going forward. Senator mcconnell and i have been in this body a long time, weve done things in the body together, i know him, he knows me, we dont agree on everything, and that is probably an understaple, but we were whirps together. Togetherwhips together, we revamped government together as whips. If we have political sciernts out there now, this is a class case of what Political Science is all about. We have had too little sitting down trying to work out problems. Thats what were doing now. What seems to be a pattern here, day 12 ended with a lot of call and very little action. John terrett are reports from capitol hill. It was a very are pro
Radford in new york. The House Republicans were uunable to broker a deal this week. The rum republicans came away wa sour in the roll in theirdy minutdiminished negotiations. I know he is trying to say which republican senator he can pick off in the senate. I hope we stand strong he is we so we can speak with one voice. Harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell met saturday morning. After ward reid spoke about his history with mcconnell. We have done things for a long time together. I know him as he knows me. We dont agree on everything and that as you know an under statement. We were whips together a long time ago. We have fond memories of our days together. We did good things together. We revamped government together as whips. This is what legislation is all about. If we have political scientists out there now, this is a classic case of what legislation is all about. The problem we have had in recent years is we have too little of this. Too little of sitting down trying to workout problems. Tha
Site of the first president ial debate. People are excited. Students are out. Were getting ready. Fox report starts right now. We are nearing the 24 hour countdown to the first president ial debate. The moment america has been waiting for as both candidates meet with the Prime Minister of one of the United States staunchest allies, israel, im harris faulkner. Final debate preparations underway at Hofstra University in hempstead, new york, just outside of new york city. A new poll finds eight in ten registered voters in america is expected to watch, that is roughly 100 million plus, the largest in political debate history. The new super bowl of politics an the race has tightened as we expected it to. But look at this. A new abc News Washington post poll Hillary Clinton leads donald trump 49 to 47 . That is well within the margin of error. So technically a tie. Here is what the running mates have to say about the matchup. Look, it is fair game for both candidates to be challenged, either