October. Heres the imf chief economist. The underlying weakness many economies, many emerging market economies are revising the prospects down. That is decreasing growth today. And we think [indiscernible] the one exception in the new forecast for the method is the United States, upgrading its forecast for u. S. Growth to 3. 6 from 3. 1 in october. In ukraine, fighting has picked up between Government Forces and rebels backed by russia. Theres a battle over the control of the airport in donetsk. Ukraine is accusing russia of terrorist activity after a bomb blast in the eastern part of the country. 13 people were wounded. It appears amazon is really going hollywood. They won its first Major Television award last week and now amazon will start making featurelength movies for theaters. Four to eight weeks after the Theatrical Release, they will be shown on amazon prime online streaming service. Last week they said they hired woody allen to write and direct a new halfhour tv series. Plan o
That really sparked a lot of the uproar which led to director julia piersons resignation. Plead notlez did guilty today to those accusations of getting all the way inside the white house with a knife, yelling that the atmosphere was collapsing and he had to warn the president. Today in court, the iraq war veteran, reportedly suffering from ptsd, waived a detention hearing. He is going to be held without bond until trial. The big argument today centered around should the judge be allowed to force him to undergo a Mental Health evaluation. The defense says no, the court does not have that right. I asked him on solidss attorney why he is fighting it. The screening is done, we would like to have the screening done by our experts. It is an intervention into the defense counsel that we do not think is worth it. You told the judge you have every reason to believe he is competent. Thats correct. Also toldzs attorney me he believes guns all as is completely competent to stand trial. Hes well aw
This is cnn breaking news. We continue on hour two watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Breaking news this hour, an a source close to senator Republican Marco Rubio saying he is a yes in the final version of the tax plan. He had been holding out for bigger Child Tax Credit refunds but looks like the florida senator won that fight. Republicans raising the refundable tax credit to 1400 in this final version due out very shortly. We are also keeping a close eye on sailing senators john mccain of arizona and cochran of mississippi. We did learn that a procedure that cochran had to remove a skin was more extensive. Getting a vote next week is unclear. Let be Crystal Clear these stakes could not be higher. President trump looking for first legislative win since becoming the president nearly a year ago. And republicans who have control of the house and senate want something to show for it as well. So lets go to clim to our Congressional Correspondent sun land here. Sun land, this is a big deal se