Elections and students arrested for online posts and a beijings new security law. And a suspected russian mercenaries are detained in belarus accused of trying to disrupt an upcoming vote. So theres more proof of the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic with the United States seeing its worst economic slump since 1940 s. Its economy has shrunk at the fastest pace on record all down 9 and a half percent between april and june and in the past week another 1400000 people applied for jobless benefits the same time europes biggest economy germany has plunged into recession shrinking by a record 10 percent the pandemics wiped out nearly a decade of growth there and now u. S. President donald trump whos talked of the strength of his countrys economy is asking whether novembers election should be disposed. Well lets go straight to our White House Correspondent complete kimberley still missing figures on the spectacular decline of the u. S. Economy i think Many Americans were shocked
It is a tremendous honor to introduce our guest tonight, senator mitt romney. Growing up in utah, i can see from002 olympic ski jumps my backyard. Senator romney helped save those olympics and forever transformed my home state. From running for president turnout representing the state of utah in the senate he has exhibited the best of American Leadership in private and public sectors, getting results well detaining the utmost character and integrity. Thank you for being here to share your perspective with us tonight. Tonights event is cosponsored by the College Republicans and the Bipartisan Coalition. I will now handed over to our moderator for the evening, the geopolitics executive director. Matt, thank you for your generous introduction, and for your continued participation, not just at the institute, but your leadership at the mcchord school. I want to thank the georgetown andege republicans Bipartisan Coalition for joining us and putting on this event. I want to thank all of you w
Traders are diving in. Later, its the Stream Network that has more viewers than hbo, cnn, netflix and hulu. The ceo of amazons twitch is here to explain how its dominati dominating the streaming space United Airlines stocks sinking 10 , the worst in two years. Oscar munoz comments spooked investors. Phil lebeau spoke to him earlier today on squawk box. Hi, phil reporter melissa, two things killed united today, lack of clarity on what to expect next year, and the second are the comments of oscar munoz starting with us on squawk box regarding how far of a whole united is in relative to its competitors. I think the last few years, united dug itself a bit of a whole competitively. For us to dig ourselves out of that hole, well have to take a level of risk with regards to how we grow, where we grow, the type of investments that we make its a deep hole we have to dig ourselves out of were doing the right things for the long term. Reporter but they didnt give a whole lot of clarity on the Con
Im david asman, glad you could join us. This is busy day on the beltway and wall and board. The big story of the day the house clearing a major hurdle on health care, seven years in the making. Esident trump taking a victory lap at the wte house just moments ago. What is in the bill that just passed . How does it different from obamacare . And what will it look like when the senate gets ahold of it . What you need to know, for your business and for your wallet. Meanwhile President Trump Marking National day of prayer with an executive order on religious freedom. Tony perkins what this means for religious groups all over the country. What new Health Care Means for religion. The president headed to new york in just moments, returning to his hometown. This is the first time he has done so since the inauguration. He will speak at the Intrepid Museum in honor of an historic battle. Well full you about that coming up. Cheryl so much happened. Taking a victory lap on health care. President tr
Going to have such a huge push west. So as to impact us and then currently 87 degrees to on point officially 89 degrees, we will find out if we hit 90 degrees within the halfhour period and then new stats come out and into another 90 degrees day and i might be possible for tuesday wednesdayaforecast comi up, in a bit. Topping the news, Hillary Clinton and tim kaine also spent the day in northeast ohioio they spoke at the 11th districthe labor day festival in cleveland as matt wright is at luke easter park on the citys east sidede. Hillary clinton joined by ti kaine on the compay trail at during these final days into th campaign she had a coughing fit and said that when she thinks about donald trump she becomes allergicks after introduction b Union Leaders she said that she is the better candidate. Seven Donald Trumps temperamentally unfit to be president. Were not running because it isc a nice thing to do after a reality tv show, we are running because between us, we have a lot of expe