Constitutionally. Barrett is expected to cast herself as a judge committed to keeping her personal views out of rulings. Shecrats are concerned that will rule against abortion rights if she is confirmed as expected. Pope francis met with a cardinal accused of child sex abuse in australia. He became the most senior catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse. In prison13 months before australians high court acquitted him in april 2020 of charges involving two choirboys in the late 1990s. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im Mark Crumpton. This is bloomberg. Vonnie it is 1 00 p. M. In new york. Im vonnie quinn. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are following. U. S. Equities start the week in rally mode. The s p up nearly 2 now. Hooper with christina about all of this optimism. Thats study showing proportions of americans dying from coronavirus is the high
Europe and other parts of the world that are not encouraging. Clusters in new york. As folks worry about the possibility of a second wave, or even a second wave that is seeming to be starting, you see those parts of the market hanging back. That is exactly what happened in january. In addition, the bond market in the u. S. Is closed for the holiday. Japanese yen, the up a second day in a row. Over the last two sessions, the dollar against the yen down the most since the middle of september. On the surface it is risk on, but below the surface there are nuances to keep in mind. Taylor thank do bloombergs abigail doolittle. Investors have been watching for ,ny signs of fiscal stimulus but any chance for a deal looking less likely. President trumps time to spark negotiations on of the round of virus relief falling flat with House Democrats and republicans on capitol hill. For more perspective, i want to bring in ed mills, washington policy analyst at raymond james. I am curious. It seems l
A place at the negotiating table. Why more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell the un report says World Leaders a failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. And it will start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court barrett would replace the liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month questions from democrats who say the 4 day hearings are being rushed focused on Health Care Provision during the pandemic. I chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our nation i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independen
Black car spun out and hit 4 other cars on the bay bridge. Preliminary reports are that driver may have been travelig at a high rate of speed at least for the 5 lanes on the bay bridge are being blocks right now well be monitoring this accident throughout the hour and let you know of any changes and you remember you can always keep track of traffic alerts with our kron 4 mobile app thank you for joining us here at 3 im sanaz were following several bay area stories from dangerous accidents involving car crashes into crowds, dining outdoors to homicides and election safety. But we begin with concerns a fire dangers of this week that has pga new warning of another possible power shut off. High temperatures mixed with high winds is causing major concern for wildfire danger. The genie is warning it may start turning off power in the north bay mountains and pockets of the Santa Cruz Mountains wednesday afternoon. The Utility Company is still monitoring the wind events at this time because we
Visitors can return to the theme park. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im ann marie green. Well, we begin with the election. Now less than two weeks away, President Trump heads to the Battle Ground state of North Carolina today as joe biden remains off the campaign trail to prepare for tomorrows final debate. Nancy chan is in washington. Nancy, biden may be off the campaign trail but he is getting some flephelp from a very close friend. Thats right. Former president obama will travel to philadelphia later today for the first event in person to support joe biden and Kamala Harris as the campaigns race to the finish line. President trump rallied in pennsylvania last night. Weary. May i please have your vote. It is the eighth Campaign Stop in the state as they see as a must win. This is an election between the trump super recovery which is happening right now and a biden depression. Joe bidens running mate california senator Kamala Harris said the former Vice President can lead the cou