intelligence committee continues another week of public hearings. you can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. host: good morning. it is thursday, november 21, day 5 of the impeachment hearings. explicit quid pro quo done at president trump s direction. 10 leading presidential primary candidates took to the stage in atlanta for the fifth debate of the 2020 election cycle. you can join us by giving us a call. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. you can also send us a text this morning. that number, 202-748-8003. if you do, please include your name and where you are from. otherwise, catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. you can start calling now and we will begin by showing you the front page banner headline of usa today. everyone was in the loop. yes, there was a quid pro quo. i followed the directions
sitting in coming operations by the jordanian search and rescue teams and divers teams are still continuing backed by around forces john di maria public security personnel unfortunately the death figures have risen and include one of the civil defense divers in saudi arabia to friday s sudden downpours quickly filled traffic underpasses with water and hundreds of motorists faced being stranded by the rising floods. it s only a fortnight since a flash flood near the jordanian dead sea killed twenty one people including thirteen children who were on a school trip when their bus was swept away that tragedy led to the resignations of both the education minister and the tourism minister over perceived failings in the government s response to the jordanian response in the aftermath of this latest deluge has been an extensive search and rescue efforts but the receding water has left the affected areas in jordan need deep in mud and sludge making the search effort doubly difficult pa
ugly off 8 1/2%. is the selling fully china-related here in the u.s. or o could there be something else, something bigger and deeper perhaps, guy? let s start with you. tim talking about china, i think it has a lot to do with china. when the market s down 8% on top of the moves we ve seen over the last couple of months it has to have something to do with that but i also think it s somewhat technical in nature. i think earnings have a lot to do with it. i think earnings have been okay but i think the chasm between eps and revenue continues to grow. i think technically the market s done everything right until last week when we traded back up, tested you will-time highs, seemingly failed, had an outside week in the s&p without getting too wonky, now we re going to test again those lows we saw last week or so, 2042. if it holds there, off to the races. if it fails we have to have another conversation quickly. the russell, the iwm, 121 has been the level, closed lower today for
these things are pulsing up and down at times. heavier downpours on 220. on the shenandoah valley we ve also seen the heavier showers weaken as they pull away. enjoy it. a lot of heat and humidity still to go for the rest of july and that first weekend of august not looking too pretty either. a prince george s county man has got an incredible story to tell. he was reported missing a week ago and reportedly spent most of that time trapped under a tree. tonight he is alive. how police believe it happened and how that man is doing tonight. this is the tree where 66-year-old vietnam veteran larry shaddy spent the last week of his life. i want you to see how close it is to the main roadway of ardwick ardmore road in prince george s county. shaddy was going out for a walk late on the night of july 20th he told his roommate but he never showed back up in their room. police were called to start a search. somehow he was not seen on this tree. investigators said today shaddy was pr
thanks, simon. we begin this hour with trading troubles in the market. the three big areas we re focusing on macro, fundamental and technical, and dominic chu will lay out the bull and bear case for each. dom? there s strong and there s a lot of them on both sides of the equation. sure. let s talk about the macro bigger picture scale first. first of all, you have at least what s perceived to be some economic strength or resiliency. maybe not robust growth. still, in the eurozone and the u.s., yes, i know the eurozone is stepied at best and may be slipping back to recession but it s holding in there and the u.s. holding it better than most economies out there. that s kind of the bullish case if you want to see it that way. take a look at china though. slowing growth there. growing faster than any of us out here, but, still, that slowing growth may be a huge case for the downside of china s economic woes really deepen as the market it your miles condition. let s take a