The two things we are focused on , the middle cap middleclass give a tax cut, and it the Corporate Tax rate is as low as we can get it. Senate finance will consider plan next week while the house bill will go to the floor for debate. Consumer confidence in the u. S. Stayed high. The Consumer Fund act stayed in afidence was range that is close to a 16 year high. Talks have resumed. Both sides are hoping to agreement by the end of the year. Wants to get a deal quickly to move on to negotiations on trade. Global news 24 hours a day powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Julia live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, im julia chesley. Fu, im scarlet joe im joe weisenthal. Whatd you miss . Meanwhile the house ways and Means Committee has advanced its tax plan. Paid in highyield and spreading after disappointing earnings, aakness and telecom justify rollback. We will bring you the numbers and instant analysis. Whatd you miss . And are to tax reform
President trump. Well dive into the conspiracy group. Velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday august the 15th. We are 80 days from election day. Im ali velshi. Nearly 170,000 americans are dead from covid19. More than 5. 3 million americans have been diagnosed with the disease. And for the first time in 21 weeks, weekly initial jobless claims fell below one million but only barely. More than 16 million americans remain out of work. Both the house and the senate have left for recess and not scheduled to return until the second week of september and there is no deal still for the next round of Coronavirus Relief funds. Polling shows joe biden with a significant advantage and despite what he says, it certainly does not look like President Trump believes that hes going to win the reelection in november. Not if you watch what hes doing. If you watch what the president is doing you are going to see the measures of a desperate man. Take, for example, what he admitted to actively engag
Then, as tensions ramp up, will the u. S. Launch a preemptive attack on north korea . We will discuss the president s military options with one of the Top National Security voices, republican senator Lindsey Graham. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusi exclusive. Plus, the president speaks against the violence in charlottesville. It fails to call out the white supremacist. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. Chris will ask the panel whether his comments went far enough, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris hello again from fox news in washington. The war of words between President Trump and north korea keeps escalating. Theres growing concern it will become a military confrontation. In a few minutes, we will talk with mike pompeo, director of the cia about the situation on the korean peninsula. This weekend, the president is dealing with a new problem and another controversy. A White Nationalist rally in Charlot
Then, as tensions ramp up, will the u. S. Launch a preemptive attack on north korea . We will discuss the president s military options with one of the Top National Security voices, republican senator Lindsey Graham. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusi exclusive. Plus, the president speaks against the violence in charlottesville. It fails to call out the white supremacist. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. Chris will ask the panel whether his comments went far enough, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris hello again from fox news in washington. The war of words between President Trump and north korea keeps escalating. Theres growing concern it will become a military confrontation. In a few minutes, we will talk with mike pompeo, director of the cia about the situation on the korean peninsula. This weekend, the president is dealing with a new problem and another controversy. A White Nationalist rally in Charlot
Month unconscious in his jail cell with bruises on his neck. He was reportedly placed on suicide watch after that incident, but it is unclear if any safeguards were in place today. Former prosecutor trey gowdy weighing in on cavuto earlier saying epsteins death closes the criminal case against him but not others. Well, the case against him is other, but to over, but to extent there are others who aided or abetted or had knowledge of these crimes and a duty to report, failed to do so, if there is sufficient factual predicate, they could still be charged. Arthel Jacqui Heinrich has more on this developing story. Reporter well, arthel, the fbi, as you said, is investigating, and thats important because theyll determine whether a crime was committed and whether there was foul play. Epstein was in a special housing unit which would indicate he was no longer on suicide watch because of the policies in the prisons Suicide Prevention program. What we dont know is when he was taken off suicide