Coronavirus as the trumpet ministration is accused of doing just that. French products pulled from shelves turkey backs a boycott on the telly ation for president s comments about islam. And a surprise discovery on the moon frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tonic from manned missions. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. Do you. Think. Amy Connie Barrett took the oath of office an hour ago at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination for appointment to gives the top court a conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election democrats were against a replacement and wanted it to happen after next months poll she replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last month alan fisher is joining us live from washington d. C. Donald trump had promised that he was going to do this and this gives him a victory so close to the election. 30 days from nomination to confirmation and r
Nation is preoccupied with covid and the economic recovery and Foreign Policy tends to be an inside the beltway issue and not to figure prominently in the choices, the results of that will have a decisive impact on how america acts in the world and how the world evaluates the consequences of those actions but i think that its clear we are in a crossroads. Donald trump has played the role of disruptors in this postcold war predecessor and grazing authoritarians and rejectin rejg alliances and multilateral diplomacy and embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdraw from so many enterprises. The paris climate, jc poa, the iran nuclear agreement, unesco and who. Its not that the disruption is by admonition always bad. Theres nothing to replace it. Its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the national interest. And its bad if its done tethered to political interests. Biden on the other hand offers a different approach, or we would suspect. I would turn to the
Everyone here is really waiting with baited breath on who the president of the United States is. We understand through the counting that joe biden could win it. It is razor thin, but we dont know for certain. The markets dont expect some kind of surprise, which is why they are stable and up. The other story is the bank of england, talking possibly about negative rates. Although, not for now. Guy johnson in the conversation with the governor talking about the Downside Risk. I think we have learned earlier this year with thoughts of covid, that we act both andkly and we do at clearly scale. We have a very substantial genocide risk on the forecast, and a lot of that relates to how covid itself will evolve. The bank ofernor of england. Extensive comments on this. Really important interview, mr. Johnson, with Nestor Bailey on the bank of england. I should note, sterling rallies nicely. Some of the headlines this morning are pretty shocking. Let me do a data check. Jonathan ferro just emaile
A shooting in the austrian capital vienna the government calls it a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections. And the sports news argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although hes done to says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up this hour. Its 1500 g. M. T. And 10 am in the eastern United States where polls are open for one of the most controversial and highly anticipated elections in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months its now up to the American Public people in all but 5 states are now voting with 3 of those california idaho and oregon opening their. Polls this hour the man battling for the presidency havent stopped campaigning with biden in scranton pennsylvania and trump in arlington virginia. Lets speak to our coverage good begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan where int
Latest humanitarian cease fire. And a surprise discovery on the moon how for some or so could be just the tonic for manned missions. Donald trumps picked for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in a macone barrett took the oath of office at the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed a nomination her appointment gives the top court a large conservative majority and in fisher house more. Than 2 days after her nomination equally but it became the 9th justice on the u. S. Supreme court they held an event at the white house no. Doubt. The initial 70 was a super spreader event for covert 19 with many attendees including the president contract in the virus that didnt deter President Donald Trump who wanted a political victory so close to the election this is a momentous day for america. For the United States constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law the speed of the process is upset democrats the see the choice of a new justice should have been left to the nex