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
Top prize for human rights on early efforts against the president ial election while usually regarded as rigged. And the pollution blamed for poisoning iraqi waterways leaving fishermen broke and hungry. And im fond of hummus and i have all the sports european champions by munich kick off their Champions League title defense in emphatic fashion the democrat press next for nil at home. But we begin in nigeria where the president is holding an Emergency Security meeting as parts of lagos burned smoke billowing from a prison after earlier reports of gunshots that have been almost 2 weeks of protests which initially began against Police Brutality Amnesty International says at least 12 protesters were killed in lagos on tuesday night when i go live to ahmed idris whos covering this from for us ahmed lets talk about that meeting 1st of all that the president is holding do we know any more about what theyre going to be discussing. I think its more like a reviewing this situation nationwide pr
A president s judicial nominee but it created a new rule of the mcconnell rule absolutely no hearing or no vote for a nominee in Election Year period no coffee 7 outs and Many Republican senators agreed with him including the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who at the time said quote verbatim heres what he said quote i want you to use my words against me if theres a republican president in 2060. And a vacancy occurs in the last year of the 1st term you can say Lindsey Graham said lets let the next president whoever it might be make the nomination continue to quote and you could use my words against me and youd be absolutely right and of quote. Well in our other top stories irans president has warned of a crushing response to the u. S. After it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions has an rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washingtons latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to
Its earnings after the close. Should you take it for a spin . Todays initial jobless claims, 884,000. The a stark reminder the economy need as bump. Senate killing the republican skinny bill which i think was a waste of time anyway. Where is the sense of urgency . I will ask senator Marsha Blackburn coming up. Look at the inspiring story of a ufc fighter and his father. All that and much more on making money. Charles so, folks after wild hopingover the last five for equalibrium, market at alltime highs, beginning to sway side by side. It is scary and epic. Even trading before today was wild. It was all over the place. So, is this a session where maybe we can finally get some equalibrium to this market . If so, what is next . Well ask ryan payne, ceo of Payne Capital management, a group im not affiliated with. Fitzgerald group principal, keith fitzgerald. We have optimal strategys Francis Newton stacy. Francis start with you. On the notion that we chose unchanged today, would be some fo
Central, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. You can text us. That line is 202 7488003. Are cspanwj. Post, as caseson near 5 million, trump digs in on schools reopening. They write the administration is sticking by its view that schools must reopen on time and , as mississippis conservative governor reversed course to delay school and make students all wear masks. The yuan chief warned that the world faces a generational catastrophe because of School Closures. Urgedideo message, he countries to suppress the virus sufficiently to allow schools to reopen, calling the pandemic the largest disruption to education ever. A policy brief alongside this containing the virus the most significant step governments can take toward grouping schools. We are learning a lot from governors about state plans and what localities in those states might do. The governor of texas, greg abbott, held a news conference. The Texas Tribune reports that local School Officials know best whether they shou