Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Happy monday. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. Toin, a very busy week, on the u. S. Election and about 16 days. Looking at futures, the hope is that we will get stimulus, and i am looking at treasuries. The pound already up after reports that officials were prepared to water down controversial brexit legislation and a move that could revive failing talks with the European Union. Also, the yuan seann gains. Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Nancy pelosi says a preelection is possible, but she has set a tuesday deadline for making more headway with the white house. President trump is confident he can persuade the republicans to back a good deal, renewing his offer to go beyond the dollar amount that is now on the table. Now china has passed a new law to restrict sensitive exports to protect national security. It provides a framework for beijing to fight back