Good morning, everybody. You are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. Im francine lacqua. We are getting breaking news out of italy. The a thailand economy shrank 0. 1 in the the Italian Economy shrank 0. 1 in the Third Quarter. Countrystory of a struggling to grow. Another recession, here we come. Difficult times for matteo renzi. He tries to figure out exactly what he needs to do to get this story flowing again. Lets go north and talk about where else we are seeing growth or no growth. Half of the euro zone economy, journey germany and france. Not great numbers from either in the Third Quarter. We had updates from the netherlands. Before we get the aggregated number, international correspondent, hans nichols, in berlin. We know a lot of the pieces. And we can deed is from the pieces. The aggregate number is going to come in line with expectations right about 0. 1 growth. Italy looks worth remembering. This is the 13th quarter with negative or zero growth. It is a negative run. We di
Quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 892. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All in favor say aye. All opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. Ththe motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of state. Noahbryson mammot to be ambassador to the argentine republic. Mr. Reid i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of noaa bryson mammos of california to be ambassador to the argen
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