zblfshgts the president s unprecedented refusal we ll see what happens. two days before the first debate. he s got 47 days. i ve got 3 1/2 years. we ll see. i m prepared to go out and make my case. our powerhouse roundtable takes on all the week s politics, plus, nate silver and a closer look at battleground michigan. announcer: from abc news it s this week, here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. good morning, and welcome to this week. eight days after the death of ruth bader ginsburg, two days before the first debate, another unprecedented twist in this unpredictable campaign. no supreme court justice has ever been confirmed this close to the election. republicans are already closing ranks behind judge amy coney barrett. hoping to jolt the election. democrats are calling the process a sham, warning that a justice barrett couldor threat ase me on the air this morning, our brand-new poll with the rity of americans believe the president elected on nove
he had health issues in the past that he has managed well during his tenure as prime minister. he resigned abruptly the last time he was prime minister in 2007 because of his health condition. david: he is the longest-serving prime minister, but he was quite influential. one of the things bloomberg is concerned about is abenomics. he came in with three arrows. was that a success? sheila: i think it is a mixed bag. i will leave it to the economist to delve into the details. there two details are two pieces of what he did manage to accomplish. one is structural reforms. he and his government were impressive in agricultural reform, one of the structural impediments to participate in the ttp, the regional trade pact. he tried to increase women s participation in the economy. some people would have liked to see more women, but he managed to make some strides there. progress in slight the labor market reforms he tackled, but he did not accomplish what the japanese wanted, which i
in the terms of fresh firefighters, they re stretched thin, but they are making a lot of progress 17% can tame and that s up from 13% and good news to pass along they hope to make significant inroads in the fire over the next several days because the conditions look really good meaning winds are down humidity is up and that means they can launch their aircraft once again which yesterday they did for the first time since the fire started more than a week ago and they were able to drop 200,000 gallons of water down to the flames. they hope to do as much if not more today unfortunately because the fires are still burning in a lot of times they re in rugged hard to reach areas that the new number to pass along this morning. 330. that s the number of structures are homes destroyed that s up from around 280 yesterday so the fire has been destructive although not as deadly. no fatalities in the overnight hours, no major injuries as far as evacuations people. 77,000 people have been
an overall sense not hugely enthusiastic about hillary clinton joe biden is seen by many black americans as an extension of the bruck obama era he was broke obama s vice president many people certainly not all that many black men say if he was good enough for rock obama is good enough for me let s not forget it s black voters in south carolina that really turned things around for biden in the primaries after he had been bashed in iowa and new hampshire which are predominately white states so these are the kinds of groups and then there s all this talk about young people every election we talk about young people young people going to vote they re going to change everything young people traditionally don t vote so as much as all this uproar that they re not getting enough attention from democrats it s not being given enough of the stage at this convention it s a bit of put up or shut up a bit of put your money where your mouth is young people who want to give you more attention
members that could get very messy, in fact extremely messy. everything hit a head today, the question going forward, what we will be doing about it, if we can do anything at all about it. whether this is the powderkeg that a lot of people feared would blow up when push came to shove and guaido was trying to say, all right, you call me the duly-elected head of this country, i am taking my rightful move to make that happen. nicolas maduro and the generals who support him are not giving up without a fight. we have reports of sporadic violence throughout the country, particularly in the nation s capitol of caracas where national guard vehicles were seen running over protesters in caracas. what is interesting to see whether all military members in unison fight the protesters. in the past, as i said, younger members, retired general, some of them outside of the country, have urged recognizing guaido and saying maduro must to. but those in charge are still in maduro and they re not