Over the weekend an i. T. Firm said foot traffic in tokyo remained unchanged from a week earlier. Thats based on mobile phone data gathered with users consent. But there are far fewer visitors in Tourist Spots outside the capital compared to the november 23rd long weekend. The number of people was down 38 in china town south of to tokyo. People are also getting prepared for the new year holiday season. A shrine is selling new years lu lucky charms earlier than usual. I thought it would be better to visit now than over new ye s years. It will be so crowded and we need to be mindful of others. We cant aany infections from shrine, so i want people to visit between december and february so we dont see crowds over new years. Officials reported 1,425 new cases across the countrien on monday. More than 149,000 people in japan have been infected since the pandemic began. Over 2,100 people have died. The price tag of the tokyo listens and paralympics continues to rise after the games were postp
I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
That is correct, mr. Chairman. We got to find something we can join here. There may be good reasons, im just trying to i want a global fund to be created like we have done for aids and malaria and other things to deal with plastics that we can control. I want us to look at the World Bank Program and see if we can make some contributions there. We are going to leave the hearing open to friday at 2 00 p. M. For additional questions. I just want to thank you both. I look forward to working with you on this. We are going to provide you more resources. Tell us what you think it is best utilized. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much and thank you for the attention. Thank you. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Thank you so much. Today, the conclusion of a q a interview about the relationship between the media and u. S. President s. Todays program talks about president s from Franklin Roosevelt to donald trump. With joe biden as president elect, go to cspan for live coverage of the
Exchanges. Regulators criticize the lack of access. Goldman sachs is set to be preparing a second round of job cuts in three months as a moratorium on firing amid covid19 comes to an end. Howi lets take a look at we are setting up in the first couple minutes of sydni trading. We have had a pretty cautious trading session this week ever since we had a Technical Glitch that essentially put the asx out of action for monday. We are seeing a little bit of a flight back to the opening session as we get more clarity in terms of the ongoing trade tensions between camera and beijing. Still on the back foot trading at the moment. We are seeing outside of half a percent trading in new zealand stocks. Shery we continue to see pressure in the futures markets. U. S. Futures down. 1 after stocks pulled back from record highs. We are seeing nikkei futures down 0. 4 , coming down from the highest level since 1991. The japanese yen unchanged, although one of the biggest gainers. Virus concerns. And wti
And today in the bay starts right now for you on this friday morning. Thanks for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia but i cant hear you so im going to work this little Technical Glitch out right now and let you take it away. I will take it away from here. Mike has a look at the commute, but first kari hall with a look at the forecast. We are starting out with some mostly clear skies and also some nice, Cool Temperatures. As we take a look at what to expect for the week, were going to be a touch cooler for today with our afternoon highs mostly in the 60s and 70s. But we do have a great weekend ahead as we celebrate halloween and, of course, well remind you at least 100 more times to set your clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving time ends this sunday. But looking at our temperatures today once again really nice as we are looking at highs that will reach into the upper 70s and low 80s. Well talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how