Good to have you with us here is a Member States planned to go deeper into the red than ever before this year to counter the pandemic draft budget plan sent to the European Commission indicated the 19 countries bloc will slide to an aggregate fiscal deficit of close to one trillion euros earlier this year the Commission Suspended to the block stability and growth pact and nord a 750000000000 euro joint Borrowing Program to help the hardest hit Member States pay for the economic damage being done by the pandemic but germany has so far been in a fairly good position both in controlling the pandemic and keeping the economy afloat but rising case numbers here could put the countrys success record into jeopardy. Berlins nightlife is at a standstill for the past week bars and pubs have been forced to close at 11 pm for many this essentially means the end of their business customers are frustrated. Theres really nothing else to do were in our mid twentys and were not going home an 8 pm on a w
Also on the program 14000000 thats how many confirmed coronavirus cases they have now playing world wide and many European Countries are bringing back tough restrictions to counter a 2nd play well hear what italy is doing sure they. Cost thousands of prodemocracy protesters in thailand push on with their demands for changes to the government and monarchy the mostly young crowd say theyre not deterred by a ban on katherines imposed final torricellis well get an update from bangkok. And in the bundesliga shall get their 1st point on the ses and on the board but theyre still with it without a win in 20 linked cabs. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program theyve been clashes between armenia and as a vision despite a humanitarian safe fire a grave there on saturday in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh both sides accusing each other of violating the. Just hours after it came into force it was the 2nd attempted armistice in a wake hundreds have died and thousands have been displaced the
Joining us now, scott hodge. Good morning. Thanks for having me. For those who dont know the foundation, how would you describe your mission . We are a nonprofit, think tank. We were born in 1947 by a group of Business Leaders who felt the American Public and needed more data and information and nonpartisan analysis of tax not just at the federal level, but we are also doing a lot of work at the state and local level, working with legislators and governors across the state to improve their tax systems. You is theopic for tax policies of both lets start with joe biden and the things he is proposing as far as tax policies. Some of the highlights, i will read them and then you can comment on them, raise the rates securityly a social tax to earnings above 400,000, also tax Capital Gains and dividends at ordinary rates of annual incomes of more than 1 million. Those proposals, what would they accomplish if they were enacted . Guest it would certainly make the tax code much more progressive
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
See more on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Joining us this week on the communicators is alan pratt, he is the executive director of the National Rural Education Association and he joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. What is that association and what do you do . Our association is the voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve a rural schools and communities and right now we are looking at a Digital Divide and we are looking at the reopening of schools in a very different way. That is what i a lot of our work has been focused on over the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit and in rural, remote areas or areas outside