The highest court in the u. S. Amy Coney Barretts confirmation cements a conservative majority in the chamber also coming up. Tough new restrictions look likely in germany as a new covert 19 and faction so war chancellor america is reportedly considering drastic measures to slow the spread of the virus. And well take a look at the Game Changing discovery that could transform space travel scientists confirmed there is all lot more water on the moon than anyone thought. Welcome to the show. The United States senate has confirmed any Coney Barrett as the 115th u. S. Supreme Court Justice locking in a conservative majority for years to come. Republicans won the vote 52 to 48 after overcoming efforts from the democrats to slow the confirmation down until after the election tony barrett was President Trumps pick to fill the vacancy left by the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg the vote secures a 6 to 3 conservative majority on the court but tension the opening a new era of rulings on
Burrs defense secretary saying hes been terminated. And president elect joe biden is still warning of a dark winter ahead after the u. S. Infection count passes 10000000. A cease fire is taking effect right now off to armenia and azerbaijan reached a deal to end weeks of conflict over the disputed region of nichole macau to block i mean as Prime Minister was 1st to announce the news of the agreement by a statement on his Facebook Page he described the decision as unbelievably painful but one which had to be made. Pro Armenian Forces had lost control of a major city in the going to cutback not far from the regional capital. The russian president Vladimir Putin gave more details of the cease fire. The Azerbaijan Republic in the republic of armenia will stop their current positions along the contacts line in the gorno karabakh and the corridor between nagoya karabakh and the republic of armenia Russian Peacekeeping forces will be deployed internally displaced persons and refugees are to r
Changing condition. Futures point higher in sydney and tokyo. The yen holding back. Almost everybody is softbank thinks the group taking a Group Private is a bad idea. We will look about the chances of such moves actually happening. Lets take a look at how we are kicking off trading in sydney. It is a public holiday. But we do still have the cash 4 in thep about 0. First two minutes. This comes on a busy week for australian traders. The budget where we are expecting to see assumptions made about a vaccine becoming available and we are also getting a report that is trillion is set to further lift that that australia is such a for the lift that debt ceiling with 4 billion u. S. Dollars with the debt ceiling being lifted higher to 1. 1 trillion. Looking at the aussie dollar ahead of the all be a. We are expecting no change. Markets are significantly pricing and now another rate cut. Before the end of the year. Dollar trading at 71. 67. In new zealand, two weeks out from the election. Kiwi
Well. We are watching what is going on with individual indices. Hong kong coming back and a big way after that long holiday. Hang seng up more than 300 points. The nikkei 225 up more than 1. 3 . At this point, seeing positive signs of drug and his recovery, although there has been mixed messages about what treatment he is getting, the timeline of his diagnosis as well. We are looking at risk aversion trade that we saw on friday,. Hich were gaining not doing a whole lot here this morning. Moving on 70 basis points. Seeing the reversal from friday, ozzie gaining and the yen, which additionally i despite, it it kit. 1900 after that 4 brent crude just below 40 a barrel. Watching fx, watching the dollar, pretty steady this morning as well. The pound seems to be holding onto the gains as well, brexit set for a showdown at the eu summit. Aussie and your revenue be holding on the firstlets get world headlines. Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell says the fasttrack schedule of the Supreme Court t
Meltdown. The american working class you starting in a way they have not been hurting since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tens of millions of our fellow ireszens have lost their jobs. They lost their incomes, they have lost their health insurance. They have depleted their life savings. They cannot afford to pay rent, they cannot afford to put food on the table. And they are scared to death than any day now, it will get a knock on the door from the sheriff, evicting them from their homes and throwing them and their belongings onto the street. Mr. President , the United States of america, the riches country in the world. No man woman or child should go hungry. None of us should have to live in fear of becoming homeless. And no one should be the healthcare that they need especially during the worst Public Health crisis in 100 years. But that is precisely what isin going on all over our country as we speak this evening. Just the other day, national. R public radio, mvr releases survey