time again in the last couple of days they will be able to do that and prevent a government shutdown. daniela diaz, cnn, washington. recession in hong kong estimate china s death toll could reach 1 million over the course of the country s reopening. the study comes as china related its first covid related death since easing pandemic-related restrictions earlier this month. health officials announced two patients died in beijing but gave no other details on those cases. china has now reported more than 5,200 deaths from covid since the pandemic began. but experts outside of china believe that number is much higher, saying many deaths have gone unreported. so far president xi jinping has mostly been silent about the unraveling covid zero strategy. ivan watson is with us with more on this.
away from the opening bell on wall street. investors are hoping to see the markets rally after closing in the red on friday. new data out of this week could show the u.s. housing slump is likely to continue. but it could offer some signs that the worst will soon be over with the job market still strong and wages growing. the clock running down for u.s. lawmakers on capitol hill. they have until friday to pass a new funding bill to keep the government up and running. if they can t meet the deadline, the government will have to shut down. our daniela diaz has more on what s to come. reporter: time is running out. and lawmakers race against the clock to try to pass a government funding bill before friday at midnight. that is when the current funding legislation is set to expire and could trigger a government shutdown here in the united states. however, lawmakers have expressed optimism they ll be able to bake that deadline and pass a bill before then with them announcing republican and
capitol hill. good morning, daniela. what are you learning? reporter: congress is going to look very different next year, especially on the house side with jefferies who has been long rumored to launch husband bid to replace pelosi, doing that on friday, just a day after pelosi said in a speech on the house floor that she would not seek a leadership in the next congress. she plans to reman in congress as a rank and file mum but this will be a huge shift for the democratic caucus. jefferies of curse being much younger that. nannies pelosi, jim clyburn endorsed him for the position. he would be the first black leader to lead a party in
and learn how abbvie could help you save. representative hakeem jeffries on the verge of succeeding nancy pelosi. he could make history as the first black person to lead congress. a vote is expected this month. and senator mccarthy signal they will not support him. let s go it daniela diaz on
poised to take over the roll. if he wins the nomination, he will be the first black party lead in congress and will face the daunting task of countering a new republican majority. cnn s daniela diaz joins us now. so a daunting task indeed. he was on state of the union this morning. what was he saying about his ability and his willingness to work with the new gop majority? reporter: paula, it was very interesting. our jake tapper asked him, what is your relationship like with the republicans on the house side, the other side? what is your relationship like with mccarthy? take a listen to what he said. i haven t had a conversation with leader mccarthy recently. i do have, i think, a much warmer relationship with steve scalise. i look forward to working whenever and wherever possible, however, jake, with the entire house republican conference and the leadership team, to find common ground to get things done