On october 17th, the u. S. Credit rating now under a microscope. All of this really has just continued to snowball and put some pressure on the markets. We have a lot of down arrows across the board sector to sector, all 30 dow components have been in the red most of the day and the vixx, the fear index, is higher. Whats dragging on the dow, some names related to aerospace and defense because with the Government Shutdown a lot of the employees who would normally do some of the inspections are not available to do that. For example, the blackhawk helicopters and other aircraft weapons, so Liz Macdonald has been on this as well. Just talking about the fact that now these companies, United Technologies and boeing are under pressure, and United Technologies even talking about the fact they may have to furlough some employees at this time as well. So it does, as i note, have this snowball effect. Back to you. Adam nicole, thank you. No signs of progress in washington as Senate Majority leade
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Biden urges senators to postpone her confirmation. And a well below par, andy murray crashes out of the french open, beaten in straight sets. Good evening. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says its important their studies arent sacrificed because of the virus. A member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic, says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predictable. Dan johnson reports now, from manchester. For the student in need, there is one Emergency Service that always delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. Delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran outm is really rough at the moment and we are is really rough at the moment and
A new covid 19 alert system. Hello and welcome. Today the us senate is moving ahead with confirmation hearings for President Trumps pick to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court amy Coney Barrett, an Appeals Court judge. Her appointment would cement a conservative majority on the influential body, with enormous implications for the nation. The push is like nothing seen in us history, so close to a president ial election. Barbara plett usher reports. An already contentious candidate walking straight into pandemic politics. Today it is my honour to nominate one of oui my honour to nominate one of our nations most brilliant and gifted legal minds. Amy Coney Barrett is a dream nominee for those on the right. She is of formidable intellect, a devout catholic, a super mother and staunchly conservative. Although he she tried to distance herself from partisan divides. If confirmed, iwould not assume that role for the sake of those may encircle, and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume t
Hello and welcome. The ceasefire brokered by russia between armenia and azerbaijan to try and end a flare up in fighting over the last two weeks has been breached within its first 2a hours. A bbc team in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh says its heard regular shelling from the direction of the front line, despite a ceasefire being in place. Map the region is officially part of azerbaijan, but its been controlled by Ethnic Armenians since the collapse of the soviet union. In azerbaijans second city, ganja, which is outside the region at least seven civilians in a residential area have been killed by rocket fire. In Nagorno Karabakh, damage to the main city, stepa na kert, continues, with air raid sirens sounding this video is running on armenian state media. Our International Correspondent orla guerin sent this report from azerbaijan. Let me see his face, she begs. One last time. She is not alone in this desperate search. Let me see, says this woman. Is he from my family . May th