Borrowing from the George Osborne and David Cameron playbook. You say that things are so terrible that we will have to make really difficult decisions. Dont blame me, blame the last lot. We are trying to fix the mess. They have evidence to suggest that argument isnt completely fabricated. However, icannot emphasise enough that Making Decisions is difficult. And the government will have to choose to do certain things. And when it makes those decisions, it will face the consequences of its actions. And in that sense, yes, you can blame the last administration. Yes, you can say that there is not as much money as we hoped or thought or could have been available if the economy had been available if the economy had been managed in a different way. But you still have to take responsibility for the decisions that you are taking. So in that sense, there is no doubt this government is going to feel a lot of pressure over the next few weeks, particularly leading up to the budget at the end of oct
Addition to the pandemic relief and fighting the coronavirus, what else should be a priority. Republicans, one line, democrats, one line, independents and others,. One line you can also send us a text. Include your name and where you are texting from. And onter, cspanwj facebook. We will hear from a couple of members of Congress Later in the program. We will ask them both about the status of a potential pandemic relief bill. We will also show you some of the highlights from last nights cnn interview. First, a piece from page of washington journal using data from johns hopkins. The whole front page, if you go online, you will see the interactive map showing the spread of the virus across the country. The april 17 spring peak, july 25 at summer peak, the low point between the summer and fall of september 19. So far, in the fall, the fall peak to describe, two weeks in november, over 2 million cases. Over 12 million cases. The bottom line is how the surge engulfed. They write today, about
Jimmy li will join me this hour in this exclusive interview. Markets on the upswing to begin futures. Take a look at dow industrials 344 points. Nasdaq up 109. Thats almost 1 . S p higher by 9 points. The dow posting best month since 1987 with gain of almost 12 , other averages also higher by 12 and 11 all this as we await key testimony from federal jay powell and jimmy mnuchin today and unused covid relief funding. Return to high seas, we are taking you on a port on how they are getting ready. Another missing monolith moved. Making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria live right now. Maria all right, european markets meanwhile look like this as rally is underway on wall street. European markets higher across the board. Ftse up 123 points. Almost 2 , cac quarante up 62 and dax index up 135. British factories reporting fastest growth in 3 years. Purchasing Managers Index rising to 55. 6 in the month of november. In asia overnight green across the board. Chinas manufacturing pmi54. 9
The committee on rules and ministers will come to order grea good w morning to i want to think our colleagues for joining us today and i like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing and shauna broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be member of the federal Elections Commission and as our witnesses are joining us remotely i also want to understand that their familyod and friends are watchig today and i welcome them as well. This is a big response ability and a significant president ial p nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know you are proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity and let me say a little bit about a couple of the nominees and then i will turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Alan dickerson isom the nomineeo be a member of the federal Relations Commission for a term expiring on april 301, 2025. Mr. Dickerson has been practicing law for 20
1st top u. S. Diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. And a democratic republic of congo says its latest Ebola Outbreak is over. Its the 1st time, the country is free of the virus in more than 2 years. Its going to school in linz, crickets troop on the stone for the 1st time in 60 years. Lucy, zoe. I am the air. Thank you very much for joining us. Us drug make a fine plans to request the marriages see approval for its covert 1000 vaccine in the coming days. This often results from his trials show that its safe and iran 95 percent effective in all age groups. The vaccine developed with its german partner biotech, has shown consistent results across various demographics with no major side effects. But there is concern, growing concern that mosque buying of any vaccine by the wealthiest nations could result in the exclusion of the worlds forests. The campaign go global justice now has warned that up to 85 percent of the global population to want have access. Bec