We need to take a closer. Economic output grew up the fastest pace on record last quarter as businesses started reopening asked the same time the socalled big 4 apple facebook account is gone and alphabet rake then blockbuster number. All along to show the u. S. Has blocked the appointment of nigerias ngozi a condo riyal or to the World Trade Organisation for top shop despite her having won backing from every other member country. And its lights out for germanys leisure sector as the Government Forces restaurants bars gins and movie theaters and others to close for a month i mean coronavirus cases but its hardly alone in europe. This is d. W. Business im on in berlin thanks for joining us we begin and the United States where polling shows Donald Trumps chance of winning next weeks president ial election is diminishing after a surge in coronavirus cases in key midwestern states the virus has killed nearly 200000 americans and lock down measures have hit the economy hard data earlier 2 t
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Become the countrys next Prime Minister steps down amid political infighting. Im michael oku welcome to the program we begin with a Major Political fight in the u. S. Over the vacant seat on the Supreme Court u. S. Media reports say President Donald Trump will nominate Amy Kone Barrett to fill that seat she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week and buried currently serves as a federal Appeals Court judge and is known for her conservative religious views trump told journalists on friday hed made up his mind but he refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. For more im joined by Irwin Collier professor. That bored college in berlin irwin its really nice to have you with us here what do we know about any coney buried in essence what effect would she have on the Supreme Court to start probably with the most important she is 48 years old which means with good health she could be around for a long time she clerked after law school with An
Im michael oku welcome we begin in lebanon where the there im sorry we begin with a Major Political fight in the u. S. Over the vacant seat on the Supreme Court u. S. Media reports say President Donald Trump will nominate Amy Kone Barrett to fill that seat she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week barrett currently serves as a federal Appeals Court judge and is known for her conservative religious views trump told journalists on friday he had made up his mind but he refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. For more im joined by Irwin Collier professor at bard college in berlin and irwin its really nice to have you with us. What do we know about amy coney buried in essence what effect would she have on the Supreme Court to start probably with the most important she is 48 years old which means with good health she could be around for a long time and she clerked after law school with Anthony Scalia Justice Antonin Scalia scale yes wh
Skeletons in her closet which strikes me as unlikely given that shes already been through a pretty serious vetting. Its a done deal they knew that before trump even announced it which made it was also sort of peculiar they said we have proven we dont know who hes going to name which isnt a rather odd way of doing things so the republicans are going to stand behind this nomination so turning to another big factor in this election all together the coronavirus pandemic of course the United States has hit another new milestone lets get this right 7000000 cases now more than 200000 deaths how significant is this likely to be going into the election in november well as the old saw goes one persons death is a tragedy 200000 is a statistic. This has been weighing on the american body politic and the difference in the polls when you see it its been a sea. Steady difference between joe biden and donald trump to bidens favor that difference is built on a pandemic that has literally had no preside