Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
A queue ation in big cities like right here in berlin in fact but also now in some concrete measures for example a nighttime curfew and also contact limitations on Germanys Health minister actually also referred to the Current Situation in but what he had to say about this specific situation. It is a step by step and we have to be careful not to undermine our success in dealing with the coronavirus. Situation here in berlin shows that callous and at times ignorant behavior during this pandemic can quickly change the situation for the worse. And thats why i welcome the new measures taken by the city council. And all of that thomas i mean it goes back to the message the numbers are expected to rise further though in the coming months what would germanys response be and what lessons have been learned from the widespread restrictions back in march. And thats why the German Government has also been discussing the plan for the coming months in particular because the next few months will be c
Recovery will take a long time. As the number of coronavirus cases tops 30000000 many countries are considering reinstating lockdown measures in the face of a 2nd wave. Tributes are being paid to u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has died aged 87 while many are remembering her legacy as a champion of womens rights a political fight is brewing over what happens next republicans want to name her successor immediately with President Donald Trump making the nomination just 6 weeks before his reelection bid democrat challenger joe biden says the next president should decide ellen fisher reports. Became chilly tributes to pay their respects to mark the passing of a woman but all respected a loss they felt personally even if with beating. Because decisions from the Supreme Court mean not to touch their lives she was physically small but her presence loomed large on the court she was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench born to
We will begin, though, this morning with of course stocks, futures indicate an additional testing of that 3220 level on the s p. Were also talking about the possibility, however remote it might seem, of a relief package coming out of congress,given some conversation, jim, between secretary mnuchin and Speaker Pelosi do you think there is a chance i know that they both care passionately about Small Business if you look at the testimony yesterday by secretary mnuchin, he mentioned restaurants a couple of times. Thats where the yelp numbers that we get, yelp yikes is our vc, where the real damage s youre starting to talk about 50 of the bars and nightlife being closed in this country, thats way too big and i think that the secretary is really alluding to that david, do i think there will be a deal i think there is a sense that both sides feel a deal is bad for them, in other words, if they give if theres a stalemate, they will somehow do better at the election i dont think thats true, but
Morning. And the nasdaq is down by 182 points a lot of this is whats happening in europe right now. You dont just look at the oversees market but were going to take our queues from what is happening there. You can see the ftse down by 3. 4 and the other markets are down by more and a lot of this is coming in the last few hours. They could be considering a second lock down as covid cases there have soared theyre back to the levels in may. Theyre concerned about whats happening with the number of cases and the hospitalizations admissions doubling every 8 days theyre now looking at 6,000 cases a day and again theres been some talk of a potential second lock down there now they want to make sure that schools can stay open and that some businesses could stay open but just the threat of that, the potential for the second wave coming is enough to push all of the stocks in europe into the red. If you take a look at whats been happening with travel and leisure stocks they were down by 6 earlier