Washingtons partisan battle. Joining us now is bloombergs chief content officer marty schenker. Many people thought this was an inspired choice. It ticks so many boxes. Just your sense of what this means for how washington is now going to operate. Martin i wouldnt describe it as necessarily inspired. It is an inspiring lee safe inspiringly safe choice because she is so wellknown on both sides of the aisle. I think she will have a relatively easy time getting confirmed. She is a traditionalist in many ways. She has been at the fed. Shes been at the white house. Shes a great believer in consensus. I think that is what you are going to need with the incoming treasury secretary. Alix nonetheless, it is the first woman treasury secretary, the first woman to lead the fed. This is definitely in that respect a boulder choice. However, how do the progressives feel about her . Marty i think they are very supportive. There is reporting out there that Elizabeth Warren was the person who recommende
Points and the s p is relatively flat weve been watching what is happening in the treasury market and we take a look now, well see the 10year yield, at this point, seems to be sitting at 0. 655 andrew, over to you. Just out in the last half hour, the Biden Campaign releasing a new jobs plan. Kayla joins us with more its 700 billion, kayla yes it is stemming from a 110page policy document that is essentially emerging of the left and moderate ring priorities inside the Democratic Party. It was produced. I the Campaign Said it will create millions of goodpaying jobs and reinforces some policy commitments as well as jot lining new programs that a Democratic Administration would push for including a 15 federal minimum wage, mandate for 12 weeks paid family leave, universal prek for 3 and 4yearolds and payment platforms for lowincome americans run by the federal reserve. Democrats say a Public Credit Reporting Agency is needed to provide transparent alternatives to the private sector. There
Illness. That attack is just the latest in a string of violent antisemitic incidents across the area. Moments ago, i spoke to the rabbi from the pittsburgh synagogue where a gunman killed 11 jews last year. This was his sobering assessment. It made me sort of wonder, i dont recall them selling licensings to have open hunting season on jews but it can make jews feel that way. Do you feel that way now . Thats quite a statement. It sure makes you pause and wonder whats going on in our society that people feel that they have a godgiven right to attack any human being for whatever reason they choose to. It makes you pause and wonder whats going on, indeed. It does. Moments ago i spoke with joseph, an orthodox jew who survived a stabbing attack at the rabbis home and he spoke about how he fought back to stop the attacker. I was sitting in the rabbis dining room when the rabbi finished the candle Lighting Ceremony and when the attacker came in. He first stood in the entry room, started hittin
commonwealth nations woke up to a new monarch today, for the first time in most of their lives. moments ago, king charles first audience with prime minister liz truss. he referred to his mother s death as a moment i d been dreading. a short time before that, just as his mother did in 1952, king charles iii pledged himself to the people of england, in his first speech since ascending to the throne yesterday. queen elizabeth was a life well lived, a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. that promise of lifelong service i renew to you all today. i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love, as i have throughout my life. gun salutes boomed across london and the uk military sites today. 96 rounds were fired to mark queen elizabeth s incredible 96 years of life. the new monarch returned to london and was greeted by a sea of people gathered outside of buckingham palace. some of those who shook hands with and smiled, others we
historic flooding in texas. not seen in decades. the u.s. markets finishing sharply lower for the second day in a row on more concerns about the health of the u.s. economy. can we bring inflation down without triggering a recession, and my answer to that question is i don t know. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. this tuesday, august 23, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting tied to the january 6 investigation. we ve learned the u.s. justice department has issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its probe of the capitol riots. it is a possible sign the department is ramping up its investigation into the role former u.s. president donald trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol insurrection. here is evan perez with more. reporter: we were told there was a second grand jury subpoena served to the natigs archives t prod