Billionaires index. Raise 30 5ting to billion in hong kong and shanghai. Aviation in australia. Alice springs emerges as the ideal place to store passenger planes left idle by the coronavirus. Shery. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the preliminary thirdquarter gdp numbers and we are seeing the quarter on quarter the economy has grown 1. 9 , which is beating expectations of 1. 3 and this is also coming after its first recession since 2003. We saw a contraction of more than 3 in the previous Second Quarter. Youre on your, still a contraction of 1. 3 but its a much smaller contraction than was expected and it is also a contraction that has eased from the previous quarter. We have seen growth and strength when it comes to south koreas exports and manufacturing industries. Thirdquarter manufacturing actually growing 7. 6 quarter on quarter when you look at the details in the gdp numbers. We have seen the rebound in china. South koreas biggest trading partner helping i
Bonds elsewhere in the world. Thechinese yuan weaker than dollar after the pboc trying to rein it in. Lets go back to that stimulus stalemate we have been talking about. Remaining deadlock in washington, with President Trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi blaming each other over the lack of progress. The president has sent shifting signals on the amount of stimulus he wants. Pres. Trump republicans want to do it. We are having a hard time with nancy pelosi. She thinks she can influence the election. I think they are hurting themselves by not doing it. Kailey joining us now is kevin cirilli, bloomberg chief washington correspondent. What are the odds we are going to get a deal before the election, and if we do get one, what are the odds that it can actually pass the senate . Kevin in terms of the reporting i have done, i think there is a high likelihood there will be a deal by the end of the calendar year. Whether or not it happens before election day, that is a large unknown. To be can
Lines. That means for democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, we want to hear from you at 2027488001. Is endants, your line independents, your line is 2027488002. You can text us your opinions at 2027488003. And we are always reading your opinions on facebook and twitter cspanwj. President trump is expected to reveal his pick for the Supreme Court later today at the white house, and several news organizations are reporting the picked to be federal judge Amy Coney Barrett. In fact, we will read a couple of paragraphs from the latest bloomberg story announcing their sourcing on the cake, heres what they said President Trump has told associates he will nominate amy barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could cement conservative control of the judiciary weeks before election day. If confirmed by the senate, barrett in the 48, would become the third justice appointed to the ninemember high court by trump. She is no
National journal and bloomberg about her legacy and what is next for the court and the nomination process. We will also take your phone calls and tweets, live on cspans washington journal. Ginsburg wasder illegal embodiment of the womens rights movement. Her years on the Supreme Court made her the liberal standardbearer for the Progressive Movement in the u. S. C died she died friday. Chief Justice John Roberts has called her a justice of historic stature and attributes are pouring in for the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Her powerful for dissents, as well as her strong opinions, ginsberg will be known not only as a powerful justice, but as a crusading lawyer whose work changed the United States. He will spend todays show remembering and talking about the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are going to open up regional lines. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones. Ou will call 202 7488000 if you are in the mountain and pacific time zones we wan
Reading it properly. Again, im concerned that the democrats put him. They should choose somebody else m concerned about the decision. Back in february of this year Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell went on fox newss special report and was asked if he would hold the scotu s seat open if a vacancy happened before the november election and was asked about his decision to block judge Merrick Garland back in 2016 and that position came open while president obama was in his last year of office. Here is what Mitch Mcconnell said. If a Supreme Court seat were to open up, you hold that seat open like you did for mary garland Merrick Garland . Let me remind you of what i said in 2016. I said you have to go back to the 1880s find the last time a vacancy on the Supreme Court occurring during a president ial Election Year was confirmed by a senate of a Different Party than the president. That was the situation in 2016. That would not be the situation in 2020. I am not aware of any vacancy, but