The u. S. Cases approaching seven million. A new round of stimulus remains a major question mark in washington weve got 59 minutes left of trade for this week. Were up 2 for the nasdaq its been a roller coaster of a day. Coming up, well ask the billionaire investor where he is finding opportunities amid the renewed volatility on wall street well get his thoughts on the red hot ipo market and, of course, the spac craze the plus, former National Security adviser mcmaster will join us to discuss the latest news on tiktok and simmering tech cold war with china well talk about the many battlegrounds for the United States and to mcmasters new book which is out this week. Lets get straight to the big stories. Mike santoli is tracking all of the market action. Julia has new developments in the tiktok saga. Josh lipton is covering more on the facebook fight mike, start us off on the Broader Market thank you very much we have a little bit of follow on rally here in the afternoon we have a little
Im melissa chan welcome to g. W. News asia thank you for joining us india has passed a new law that will make it easier for non muslim minorities from neighboring countries to gain Indian Indian citizenship opposition to it is especially strong in indias Northeastern State which borders bangladesh is an ethnically diverse region with a large Muslim Population thousands have defied a curfew to protest the new measure people there fear undocumented hindu migrants from neighboring bangladesh will now be granted citizenship and dilute the political sway of the region. A rupture of faith in the state. Many here in assam see the passage of the citizenship Amendment Bill as a clear message from the hindu nationalist government that they are 2nd class citizens. No men but is the other didnt get trying to make us minority in our own very spit in our own religion by giving to the end of the ballot this year. The new law would allow non muslim religious minorities from neighboring countries like
V. A. Is absolutely held accountable for how to help care for our veterans, and im continuing to press them on that issue. We must work tirelessly to restore hope in the institutions that have asked so much of our nations heroes. Plain and simple, veterans must have reliable, quality mental and physical health care. There is no option. Folks, as we take a moment to reflect on the work weve done and continue to do in congress on behalf of these men and women, we should also pause as we do every year on veterans day to simply honor their service and the sacrifices theyve made for our country and for our freedom. Serving in the military provided me some of the best years, the best friends, the best experiences, and the best memories of my life. Each year veterans day serves as a stark reminder of the daily sacrifice made by those who have served this country bravely and selflessly. Veterans in iowa and across our nation, you have my support and my deepest gratitude today and every day of
Corruption charges as character assassination during a televised inquiry. But was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us another extension a guaranteed minimum wage and expanded Unemployment Benefits those are some of the goals from a germanys ursula fund a lion and she says shell be pursuing them if elected tomorrow as European Commission president now she made the pledges in a letter to reluctant lawmakers to succeed shell need an absolute majority. Keeping up with. Its not an easy task last week. She was on the move constantly meeting almost all the Political Groups of the e. U. Parliament. She needs to convince enough parliamentarians that shes the right woman for the Commission Presidency and that could be a problem especially with the social democrats in the European Parliament theyve called her commitments to being huge and they dislike that fund and i and wasnt even one of the lead candidates especially the german soc
Contending with high waters across nepal india and bangladesh well bring you the latest from the region. From south africas former president jacob zuma shrugs off corruption allegations. During a televised inquiry but was his testimony enough to counter the evidence against him. Welcome to the program the World Health Organization says there has been a potential game changer in the abode in the democratic republic of congo after the 1st case was confirmed in a major city they had a says hes now reconvening its Experts Committee to assess whether the outbreak should be declared a global emergency on sunday officials revealed the disease had spread to go city on the kong in the congos north east stoking fears that it could spread to neighboring. Rwanda fayed agencies are also expressing concerns after to involve the Health Workers were murdered in the region the latest in a string of attacks on the volga responders the uns emergency relief coordinator said it was imperative to improve th