Late june, but the spread of infection began to decline. The downward trend is slowing, and at the moment the situation is unpredictable. We will do everything to prevent an explosive increase in infections and protect Peoples Health and lives. We will also resume social activities and revitalize the economy. Suga says the government plans to Bolster Capabilities so Global Economic activities can safely resume. He says the aim is for 20,000 people, notably from business and educational sectors, to be able to enter the country every day by the end of next month. Suga also says his administration is trying to secure enough vaccines to supply all citizens by the first half of next year. The Ruling Coalition is hoping to pass legislation to secure coronavirus vaccines by the end of the diet session, running until december 5th. He also talked about the olympics and paralympics, wanting to ondcuct them in a safe and secure manner. On the subject of climate change, suga announced he wlli aim
President ial candidate tax plans. At 8 45, pennsylvania senator bob casey on the Upcoming Senate vote on Amy Coney Barretts confirmation to the Supreme Court. Host good morning. This is the washington journal for october 22. The fbi and the director of National Intelligence have accused two countries of attempting to influence this years election. Russia and iran, who according to officials not only gave voter info, but also according to officials sent emails aimed to intimidate voters and damage the president. Well see what officials have to say and get reaction from capitol hill and get your thoughts on this first hour of the program. Heres how you can call us pure 202 7488001 if you support President Trump and mike pence. 202 7488000 if you support joe biden and kamala harris. If you an undecided voter or support another candidate and want to give your thoughts on this latest, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and also post on twitter. Our Facebook Page is also available
Tourists. People who have been approved for medium to longterm visas now eligible including medical professionals, students and business people. They can only enter if their visa sponsors ensure theyll stay quarantined for two weeks upon arrival. The number of people granted entry will be limited. The government plans to raise the cap as airport expands business capacity. Business travel to and from taiwan, vietnam and other places that are under control has already resumed. The government says it will hold talks with other nations and could allow more people in depending on how the situation develops. Meanwhile, japan confirmed er 570 newew Coronavirus Infections on wednesday, including nearly 200 in tokyo. It comes as medical researchers are finding out new information about who is most vulnerable. The National Center for Global Health and medicine published a survey about 6,000 coronavirus patient who is had been hospitalized since early last month. It shows that people who were in
When the selling is resuming for a weekend there nasdaq lost 11k. It is the worst two days they are trying to get 3400 back as the fns or week. Lets check in with bob pissani and get a since of what you think is going on. What was interesting is we were drifting lower going into the nonfar payrollm payrolls there is tech to the downside. Right across the board industrials are a little weak. Energy is better and bank stocks are up as we have seen the yield curve steepenning. A lot of pressure in the middle of the day the stocks in the last several days, he would have gone on a up and down in the last five or six days and i will show you a couple examples of that. These are all stocks that have been extremely frothy in the last 60 trading days docusign had excellent numbers and very positive commentary overall. So what happens next in a correction when you get big frothy runups you can overshoot. Nvidia when from 505 to 580. All of the way down to 580 you can see it is slipping below tha
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni