Kong which has galvanize the beltway and the press. We will be seen much more of that, im sure, through the day. Statements by the administration, the condemnation. I will point out that the idea of will we see protests this weekend . Francine im looking forward to catching up with selina wang shortly. Lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city. Top hong kong activists are calling for protest. The National Peoples congress is expected to pass a legislation that would force for kong to implement laws active treason and subversion. For the first time in decades, china has abandoned the practice affecting annual targets for economic growth. Instead, it will shift the stimulus focus with jobs. U. K. Posted record budget aticit last month, standing 76 billion. There is an unprecedented amount of money to prevent the clash crash of the economy. An executive at oxford has recruited more than 10,000 people to take part. The u. S. Has pledged 1. 2 billion towards the vaccine develop
Better than it was a month ago. Tom it is all the news that is out there right now. You see a little bit of a lift in the markets. We will get to the data check, but what is extraordinary right now is this historic moment for hong kong. And lord patton with us in 30 minutes, which is a great honor. Now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were mentioning, lawmakers in china have defied a threat by President Trump, approving a proposal for sweeping National Security legislation aimed at hong kong. The micros the advocates say the measures will curb freedom in the city, and this came a day lead this could President Trump into imposing sanctions on china. Been more than 100,000 deaths in the u. S. From coronavirus. That is three months since the first death announced on february 29 in the United States. According to the institute of Directors Think tank. Wagestly paving 80 of for jobs. The government wants to change it so that co
News makers and tweak about the stories that. Just 0. I am josh rushing filling in for the irreplaceable family ok china is finding what its government calls up peoples war against a deadly coronavirus but its also battling to diffuse public anger over its handling of the crisis is china putting party before the people send your thoughts through twitter and you tube and you too could be in the street. The corona virus spreading across china has now taken 1800 lives but as cases mount chinese authorities are scrambling to address criticism that they should have been more open about the crisis on saturday the Chinese Government took the rare step of revealing that president. But a meeting about the virus with the highest members of the communist party on january 7th it shows that she was aware of the virus sweeping will happen nearly 2 weeks before he publicly acknowledged it. Earlier this month thousands of people took to chinese social media to mourn dr levy lindley egg who died from t
You asn 2020 brought to a Public Service by your television provider. Joining us on newsmakers is tim chapman, the executive director of the Heritage Action for america and joining us with the questioning is kate ackley who covers congress for roll call and gabby orr of politico. Thank you, tim, for joining us. A bit of news on this thursday, roger stone, former trump associate was sentenced earlier today to three years in prison for lying to federal prosecutors as part of the russia probe. I wanted to get your take on whether or not that is a fair sentence and whether you agree with some of the statements President Trump has made . Tim i know the president had some issues with it. Obviously, infractions were made, it was a felony. I think it is a problem and i think the sentence makes sense, but i will leave it up to the people in the Legal Community to figure that out. Do you think he received a fair trial . Tim from my vantage point, yeah. But hes the latest in a series of Trump Cam
Obviously, infractions were made, it was a felony. I think it is a problem and i think the sentence makes sense, but i will leave it up to the people in the Legal Community to figure that out. Gabby do you think he received a fair trial . Tim from my vantage point, yeah. But hes the latest in a series of Trump Campaign officials now facing prison time or in prison. Is this a problem for the president in this Election Year . Tim of course, any perception of people like that around you is a major problem. I think, what we have counseled the white house to do, you are seeing some of this, focus on the policy. Focus on what is going on in the economy, try to stick to one particular story about results. To the extent they do that, this wont be as big a problem, but if you are spending a lot of time talking about this instead of your actual record, it is a political drag. Let me turn to kate. Kate how would a pardon play into that . If he received a pardon, with that put things to rest or wo