Across theires pacific northwhwest, including n Washington State and california. At l least 14 people have been killed. Ththousands of p people fororceo sleeeep out in the open for a third night after a fire at a refugee camp in greece. 10 states have agreed to taking the 100 minors. A warning that words are not enough to solve this crisis. This hour. Headldlines watching france 24. The french president is expected to announce new measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases here. Emmanuel macron is meeting with e afterrs at the elyse france posted a record one day total of just under 10,000 new cases. The government is reluctant to pose a new lockdown n due to the damage to the economy. The French Economy is in recession and expected to shrink further this year. Our reporter, clovis casali, is down at the elysee. We are waiting to hear what these restrictions about look like. Any idea what they might be . Well thought these would be tough measures, hard decisi
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa
Alltime high, President Trump signed an interim trade deal ahead of that the agreement averts new tariffs on chinese goods that were due to kick in this weekend. It is 4 00 a. M. In the u. K. I am Tracy Alloway in hong kong. You are watching the pound this morning. As soon as we got the exit poll, that was six hours ago, suggested we would see a big majority for Boris Johnson. Everything we have seen seems to confirm we all we will see a big majority for Boris Johnson. The pound goes higher, up by 2. 4 . The euro falls against the pound. We have not just been covering the brexit ramifications. There is also the trade narrative, progress between the u. S. And china. That is having an impact on agricultural products. There are two walls crumbling friday. One is the redwall and the other is the proverbial wall of worries for investors. Look at the price of soybean futures, those are surging off the back of speculation that lots of add products will be bought by ag products will be bought
Cut. Seven of them are forecasting two quarterpoint cuts this year one is forecasting one cut eight are on hold. And one is forecasting a high cut. Eight forecasting a cut. Ser seven is two cuts. One is one cut, one on hold, one hike the result is actually unchanged. However, its down by 50 basis points for 2020 to 2. 1 , down by 1 for 2021 to one quarter point to 2. 4 . The long run also down by a quarter. The long run fund rate to 2. 5 from 2. 8 all of this took place, by the way, without much change in the Overall Economic forecast. A little tweak here on jdp, unemployment let me get to what the statement says about the economy the labor market in the statement says remain strong Economic Activity rising at a moderate rate and thats down from a solid rate in the last. Job gains solid, it says the Unemployment Rate remains low. Same language as last time Household Spending picked up from earlier in the year Business Investment was soft, and they had said it slowed. Overall inflation
A 20 billion debt. That is why i am here today as a father and grandfather most importantly because while we have done is transferred that to future generations and we have done so in a massive fashion there is no way that this generation then next door the next will never be a bill to dig their way out of the debt that straddles the american taxpayer now. Our president ial candidate gary johnson has said in his speeches we may never agree for all the little things. Death, jobs, all of the other smaller things but the overriding issue is the debt hanging over my grandchildrens had. Moderator the first question goes to the senator boozman the. To call it Donald Trumps women out of line you said you would punish them but you have not withdrawn and your support in sanders stand going along with the Party Nominee for policies in judicial appointments, given everything he has said during his campaign comedies think he has the temperament to serve as commander in chief. But my concern is the