the state of new york and new york city primarily where about 13000000 foreign tourists visit new york city every year, but not for the last 2 years during the pandemic. essentially when new york shut down. so this is the 1st time that foreign tours can come back to new york for non essential reasons. and we see people reuniting with loved ones. again, both tourists and people just coming to reunite with loved ones that they haven't been able to see for so. so long, this is also going to be a big boost for the new york city economy. that really is the life for the economy in new york city is tourist, primarily foreign tourists who account for about 50 percent of all the spending. and so this is going to be a big boost for as well. listen, there's a lot of bad news in the world, but certainly today at least here at airports and border crossings. certainly lot of good news as people, again re unite with loved ones after so long. net vision was really beautiful to watch. thank you very much, john. gabriel elizondo rather. alright, let's cross now to john hallman, who is on the us. mexico

here in new york city is likely to see the biggest impact about 13000000 foreign tourists visit new york city every year. that went to 0 during the last 2 years, essentially during the pandemic. but now we're with tourists welcoming. welcome back. here in the new york city, it is going to be a big boost to the local economy as well. denmark is re imposing, covered $1000.00 restrictions less than 2 months after scrapping measures is in response to a sharp rise in infections. prime minister in their day frederickson says, a health bass will be re introduced to help stop the spread of the virus house authorities away. the country is entering a 3rd wave. on monday it reported more than 2000 cases for a 5th straight day. still ahead on al jazeera chinese spread it encouraging being looks to cement his leadership as a key meeting gets underway in beijing. and the warning from former u. s. president barack obama, about the dangerous lack of urgency income it talks. ah oh hello they let's have a look at the weather in north america and it's been rather mild and settled across central areas of th

york city and back to the united states. gabriel, it certainly is wonderful news. thank you for that update. let's cross to the us mexico board and now where john home and he's live for us in tijuana. how locals reacting their john to the reopening of land borders? well they're reacting in a, in a way, but slightly different than we pick one authorities expected just behind me see, it's the busiest line border crossing point in the western hemisphere. it doesn't look like it that much right now for one 3rd to expect to be a 50 percent increase in traffic that we just told us has been 5 percent increase in traffic. what seems to be happening is they told us, is that everyone who's playing a waiting game because they expect it to be so busy that we've already been a year and a half about seeing our friends or relatives during our christmas shopping in the united states. we could wait a couple days until it comes down, as you can see, since everyone's on the same i did. this seems to be the result. but doesn't mean that people across the mexico board, all excited abou

you can imagine new york city, so clearly this is a very big day for the city and the united states as well as many people as we've been starting to see here. newark airport, reuniting with loved ones, after being separated for so long. it really is a wonderful story. thank you for that update. gabriel alexander there in new jersey . thank you. and more than 50000000 people crossed into the united states through its land border with mexico in 2019 that came to a stop in march last year. now, after nearly 2 years, businesses hoping for a chance to recover john home and reports from tijuana in mexico. the monday sunday, see that the biggest land border crossing in the western hemisphere went back to something like normal. the pandemic restrictions of us a place on its southern border with mexico were finally aged for international trade that weren't me much met because mighty board of factories. the macula daughters had already been allowed to cross their goods in the us for the past year . but it's the so called non essential travelers can locals and tourists have now been clear to visi

then new york city, a city that just before the democrats received about 13000000 foreign tourists every year. that's just in new york city. the vast majority of them over half from europe and the u. k. with 1300000 tourists on average come to new york city after that it's china. but beyond that, what we're expecting is that new york city was decimated by the pandemic. whether it be restaurants, hotels tours spending, but now the city and all the workers and people who live here excited for in tours can come back into the us again, particularly here in new york city where they're, they're the travel agencies and various travel companies are saying they're seeing bookings increasing because of the anticipation of more people coming back, of course, to come back into the u. s. now as a foreign tourists, you can have to show proof of vaccination of vaccination that's been authorized by the w h o and also a negative cobit test as well. could you have some positive news? thank you very much. gabriel. let's cross to the us mexico border now where john home and is live for us in tijuana. hello

here in new york city is likely to see the biggest impact about 13000000 foreign tourists visit new york the every year that went to 0 during the last 2 years. essentially during the pandemic, but now with tourists welcoming. welcome back. here in the new york city, it is going to be a big boost to the local economy as well. more than 15000000 people crossed into the united states. true it's land border with mexico in 2019 businesses at border towns are hoping the return of non essential travelers will help them recover from the pandemic. john holman reports from mit tiquana in mexico. mm. on monday, sunday, see through the biggest lamb border crossing in the western hemisphere went back to something like normal. the pandemic restrictions that the u. s. a placed on its southern border with mexico were finally east for international trade that weren't me much met cruise mighty bordeaux factories. the macula thought us had already been allowed to cross the good since the u. s. for the past year. but it's the so called non essential travelers. mit can locals and tourists. we've now been cle

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york city 2 years ago, prosecutors had to go to plan b essentially and are now putting glean maxwell on trial for 6 trafficking charges the significance is, is that prosecutors say that she was the enabler, that groomed and recruited young women for epstein and that his crimes are alleged . crimes could not have been committed without her help. this is certainly a trial that will be full of drama. create a so how much did you lane maxwell know about geoffrey epstein to alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know. what was his holder, her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. one being

the city rescue teams have been deployed to the area and the new york times is reporting the u. s. military covered up airstrikes in syria that kills dozens of civilians. the newspaper says it happened in 2019 near the town of boggles, in darrow's old province during the fight against i saw the u. s. department of defense as it confirmed for civilian deaths. chris in salome has more details from new york. us central command is defending the 2019 air strikes in syria that killed up to 80 people as quote, legitimate self defense. special operations unit was targeting iso when it dropped to bombs near the city of bog, who's a new york times report alleges that up to 64 women and children were killed in that attack, making it a possible war crime. but the us said in a statement that appropriate steps were taken to rule out the presence of civilians, and that while the war is the loss of innocent life, there was evidence that multiple women and at least one child were carrying weapons, making them legitimate targets. the defense department did launch and inquiry into the incident acc

of bog, who's a new york times report alleges that up to 64 women and children were killed in that attack, making it a possible war crime. but the us said in a statement that appropriate steps were taken to rule out the presence of civilians, and that while the war is the loss of innocent life, there was evidence that multiple women and at least one child were carrying weapons, making them legitimate targets. the defense department did launch and inquiry into the incident according to the new york times, but the bombing itself was ultimately stripped from that report and no independent investigation was ever launched. again, the united states insisting that this attack was justified in the netherlands is backed under a corona virus lockdown as infections rise there. the partial shut down is expected to last 3 weeks. restaurants and shops, and now required to close early and spectators. a band from large events, the measure recommend no more than 4 visitors in any harm. german chancellor anglo merkle is urging anyone in the country who is in vaccinated against carb 19 to get a job. the num

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and we have a number of pilot programs here in new york along these lines. so there are a lot of cities i think because of the pressure that we've seen over the last several years, who are beginning to try to figure out how to do this. well, listen, we'll have to leave it there. what a fascinating conversation professor alex b polly, a brooklyn college author of the end to policing and watch for the new edition next month. thank you so much for being with us today. thanks to a. so what's the bottom line? our guest today has some really thoughtful ideas on reforming policing and prisons . it's promising that there's some cities out there, sending experts like social workers instead of police when they get certain types of emergency calls that just seem smarter to me and fewer innocent people are going to die. the vast number of encounters between the public and their police officers are positive and helpful. we've got to put that on the record, but there will always be law enforcement officials that abuse that power in lawless ways. at the same time, faced wi

amy has more details now from new york. us central command is defending the 2019 air strikes in syria that killed up to 80 people as quote, legitimate self defense. special operations unit was targeting iso when it dropped to bombs near the city of bog, who's a new york times report alleges that up to 64 women and children were killed in that attack, making it a possible war crime. but the us said in a statement that appropriate steps were taken to rule out the presence of civilians, and that while the war is the loss of innocent life, there was evidence that multiple women and at least one child were carrying weapons, making them legitimate targets. the defense department did launch and inquiry into the incident according to the new york times, but the bombing itself was ultimately stripped from that report and no independent investigation was ever launched. again, the united states insisting that this attack was justified and police and democratic republic of congo have used tear gas to break up protests. their thousands monster got c appointment avenue, electro commissioner, and th

in deliverance i made bab al jazeera english, proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the 5th year running ah mass protests in cities across the world, calling on needed to take immediate more radical action to address the climate crisis. ah. hi there, i'm kimbell, this is al, just their alarm from dull ha, also coming up, a fuel tanker explodes and sarah leon killing at least 99 people and injuring tells us court suspends the bottom administrations cove at 19 vol. that requires employees that launch businesses to be vaccinated or get tested weekly and chaos at a music festival. in the us state of texas, 8 people are killed in a crowd search at houston. all the sudden your ribs are being crushed. you have someone's arm injured, liking your neck. ah, large demonstrations have taken place in cities around the world, calling for urgent action on climate change. thousands rallied in what they're calling a global day of action. the protest come as lead as mason, scotland, for the call $26.00 climate summit. while they're discussing ways to slow the global

now, head of this, it is looking a warmer along that east coast for places like new york in washington dc. but it is going to turn cooler and wetter as we go towards the we can now behind the severe storms, we can see things on look included the temperature in kansas city, and lincoln coming down. and we are seeing that wintery weather continue in the west. very strong winds blowing into british columbia rain for washington and oregon. but further south it is looking a lot dryer and we see a lot of sunshine come through for los angeles, the temperature about 10 degrees above average, with plenty of sunshine through the weekend. ah. in the vietnam war, the u. s. army used to talk to code beside with catastrophic consequences. agent orange was most shocked, as instance chemical warfare. a decade later, the same happened in the us state of oregon. these helicopters flying over the ridge braying something and they didn't even see the carrier foot. 2 women are still fighting for justice against some of the most powerful forces in the world. the people versus agent orange. on al jazeera lou

affordable housing is the big issue in new york city. it's a desperately needed part of the city environment here. for undocumented or immigrant population, there is a problem with earning enough income because they often find jobs that aren't at an hourly rate that would provide for... ..enough money for housing. consequently, they have to double—up or triple—up in housing accommodations. when climate disasters hit, they make an already strained society that much harder. poor people, people of colour in new york city, generally don't have the kind of wealth and social power to easily bounce back from a climate disaster. ida was a different type of storm. it didn't push up sea levels as much. rather, it dumped down an incredible amount of rain very rapidly, and that also flooded the subways, it flooded people's basements. i feel an incredible responsibility to get our decision—makers, corporations and government to slash pollution because i know that the place i grew up in will not survive. my office is responsible for preparing th

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the new york city housing authority, commonly known as nycha, which manages public housing here in new york, houses a population of about 500,000 new yorkers, 500,000 americans. if nycha were a city unto itself, it would be the largest city of low—income black and brown americans in the united states, and advocating for the people of public housing has been the central mission of my life. it's been so savagely starved of funding that it has a capital need of $40 billion and counting. so, there are children in public housing who have been poisoned by lead in their own homes because of federal disinvestment. there are senior citizens... in this, the richest city on earth. in the wealthiest city on earth, yes. city on earth, we have turned a blind eye to the humanitarian crisis that has taken hold in public housing. there are senior citizens who, during the cold of winter, are freezing in their homes with their boilers breaking down. there are disabled residents who are prisoners in their own homes, stranded in their top—floor apartments, with their elevators breaking down. the condit

we can't understate how important the lifting of a ban is for the city like new york where we are very reliant on the international travel markets. in normal years it represents more than 50% of the spending on hotel room nights so it is an amazing change for us. so it is an amazing change for us. so it is an amazing change for us. ,, so it is an amazing change for us. some us landmarks stood firm during — us. some us landmarks stood firm during the _ us. some us landmarks stood firm during the worst - us. some us landmarks stood firm during the worst days - us. some us landmarks stood firm during the worst days of. firm during the worst days of the pandemic but others fell by the pandemic but others fell by the wayside. the hospitality sector has been devastated with many hotels and restaurants closed. with broadway theatres now back in business, tourist focused enterprises have been very aggressively marketing new york in recent weeks, targeting overseas capitals. the lifting of the restrictions on fully vaccinated visitors from abroad and the city's aggressive marketing campaign w

if you look at new york city, my hometown, the one that we're in right now, we are about to abolish the gifted and talented program, not because it's too white, but because it's too asian. but we're using these policies to sit there and to attack people based on their race. if... in your answer, you immediately alighted on the notion that written into law is no overt racism, and therefore there cannot be systemic racism. but... but there are against whites. but i'm just going to go back to notjust the letter of the law, but the implementation of the law, the way the whole judicial system works in the united states. you know as well as i do that, i'm going to look at some stats here, african—american adults are nearly six times as likely to receive a prison sentence as white adults, you know as well as i do that, on average, black men in the us receive sentences i9% longer than those of white men, and this is the important bit, convicted of the very same crimes. are these not indicators of systemic racism? well, if you look at the black population in america, they make up 13% of americ

on friday evening, there were peaceful protests in new york city in response to the not guilty verdict. hundreds of people marched through downtown brooklyn and onto brooklyn bridge, carrying signs and chanting. many told reporters that they were disappointed but not surprised by the verdict. president biden said the verdict would leave many americans feeling angry, including himself, but the decision of the jury must be respected. i didn't watch the trial, so... do you stand by your past comments equating him to white supremacy? well, look, istand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works and we have to abide by it. the case has exposed and deepened the political divide in the united states, as nomia iqbal reports from wisconsin. the defendant will rise to face - the jury and harken to its verdicts. a dangerous vigilante, or someone acting in self—defence? after 26 hours, thejury decided kyle rittenhouse's fate. we the jury find the defendant, kyle h rittenhouse, not guilty. the 12 men and women of the jury accepted the teenager's claim that he killed out of fear for his

this time had picked up enough moisture for the rain to keep on falling, even as far north as new york city. a state of emergency was declared as well over one month's rain fell in just one day. 80 millimetres came down in just one hourin millimetres came down in just one hour in central park, a new record. a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapour and this translates into heavier and more intense rainfall. to make matters worse it is thought hurricanes are starting to travel more slowly, as global warming weekends the winds high up in the atmosphere that steer the massive storms. the heavier rain files in one place for longer. climate change does not necessarily mean more hurricanes, but those developed have the potential to be stronger, wetter and more destructive. ben rich of bbc whether they are. ben brown is “p bbc whether they are. ben brown is up next. now for the immediate weather forecast. up next. now for the immediate weatherforecast. we up next. now for the immediate weather forecast. we start with contrasting weather conditions in the country. to the east, clear skies

york city! with broadway theatres now back in business, tourist—focused enterprises have been very aggressively marketing new york in recent weeks, targeting overseas capitals. the lifting of the restrictions on fully vaccinated visitors from abroad and the city's aggressive marketing campaign won't alone guarantee a full return to health for new york's tourism sector. officials estimate it could take several years for a full recovery. there is a map of the former world trade center... but phil desiere who has been conducting tours for more than seven years, many patronised by those foreign visitors now back in the us, is optimistic that after tough times he'll soon be back on top. my own business will begin to pick up over the next six, eight, twelve months. but many new yorkers have a love—hate relationship with tourists. there's some ambivalence about the return of international travellers. new yorkers get very irritated by tourists because they usually stop in the middle of the street an

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hundreds of people marched to new york in - of people marched to new york in protest at the verdict. in that city of portland, protesters smashed windows and threw rocks at police but nothing on the scale of last year's unrest. after the verdict came out, cal rittenhouse spoke to one of america's most conservative talk hosts. , w talk hosts. the “ury reached the correct verdict. — talk hosts. the jury reached the correct verdict. self-defence i talk hosts. the jury reached the correct verdict. self-defence is| talk hosts. the jury reached the i correct verdict. self-defence is not correct verdict. self—defence is not illegal and i believe they came to the correct verdict and i'm glad everything went well. it has been a rough journey but we made everything went well. it has been a roughjourney but we made it everything went well. it has been a rough journey but we made it through the hard part. the rough journey but we made it through the hard part-— the hard part. the case goes beyond what happened _ the hard part. the case goes beyond what happened in — the hard part. the

we've got more restaurants than paris or new york, we've got more bars, we've got more museums, more cinemas. this is an amazing city to live in, there's so much you can do. you fought for it to survive. would you fight for it to survive for the foreseeable future? it could be here in 100 years' time. i mean, they'vejust got to keep packing it up, repairing it when things go wrong. people are always going to want to come and take their kids on this, and have that amazing view across the whole stretch of london. the skyline is changing all the time with dozens more skyscrapers in development, each one causing its own controversies. but now, you hardly hear anything about this iconic structure being an eyesore. not bad for something that was supposed to be torn down 15 years ago. well, stay with us. we've got lots of great stuff coming up after the break. we'll be seeing how good old british fish and chips go down on a tropicaljapanese island. really good. i think it's the actual best fish and chips i've ever tasted. and we'll be catching up with our three hardy lithuanian adventurers

we know that airiines— time for new york." we know that airlines are — time for new york." we know that airlines are already flying into numerous cities. british airways here _ numerous cities. british airways here where theyjust landed their first plane from heathrow, they are flying _ first plane from heathrow, they are flying into _ first plane from heathrow, they are flying into 17 cities, but by december committing up to five to 23 cities and _ december committing up to five to 23 cities and expand that even more by the summer. so certainly that is going _ the summer. so certainly that is going to — the summer. so certainly that is going to help. they are seeing bookings— going to help. they are seeing bookings coming in and hoping that that does— bookings coming in and hoping that that does continue into the winter holiday— that does continue into the winter holiday season. so it will get a big boost _ holiday season. so it will get a big boost for— holiday season. so it will get a big boost for the tourism industry. and of course, — boost for the touris

new york mayor—elect eric adams says he would take his first three paychecks in bitcoin, and signaled his intention to make the city the "center of the cryptocurrency industry" after he takes office in january. miami mayor francis suarez has also tweeted that he would take his first paycheck in bitcoin the us space agency, nasa, has unveiled a system it hopes might use to protect the earth from asteroids. it hopes it might use to protect the earth from asteroids. in what's being described as the first planetary defence test mission, a satellite will be launched into space and crashed into a pair of asteroids, to try and change their course. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. spaceis space is vast and full of wonder. countless stars, cou ntless wonder. countless stars, countless planners and cou ntless pla nners a nd cou ntless countless planners and countless numbers of rocks streaking through the cosmos. earth has i was been a potential target, exposed and vulnerable, until now. this is a computer simulation of dart, the double asteroid redirection test, which could be a first li

ghislaine maxwell's criminal trial is underway in new york with the disgraced heiress accused of providing young girls for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein to abuse the war in yemen could be at a turning point. houthi forces have been pushing at the city of marib for two years, but since september, they've gone on the offensive and gained ground at the expense of the army of the internationally recognised government. at least 800,000 displaced people are in marib, plus a5,000 more who have arrived in the last three months. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has been there and to the front line. we are heading up towards the front line. we are with soldiers from the army, the government of yemen. the houthis, the other side, started to push at the beginning of the year around here. it has really intensified since about september. which has resulted in that big influx of displaced people fleeing from the fighting. for the people in this camp, it is not the first time they have had to move, they have had to move repeatedly as the front lines have moved. there are camps, plenty of camps

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. a 14—year—old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 12—year—old girl in liverpool last week. ava white was stabbed in the city centre on thursday, and suffered what police described as "catastrophic" injuries. the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in secure accommodation and is due to appear at liverpool crown court on wednesday. a memorial service has been held for police sergeant matt ratana, who was shot dead in a custody centre in croydon last year. sergeant ratana's funeral took place last november, two months after he was killed, but numbers had to be restricted due to the pandemic. around 200 officers in ceremonial uniform lined the route in central london. the co—founder and chief executive of the social media platform twitter, jack dorsey, is stepping down. mr dorsey, who co—founded twitter in 2006, has been serving as chief executive of both twitter and payment firm square. he has faced calls to step down from one of his ro

, we on citi bikes, which makes up 40% of all our rides in new york. it is basically a pretty decent size system in its own right. we saw that the bike share business, or we have exclusivity in new york, did very well in the pandemic. obviously individual open air form of transportation. we are continuing to get more density in new york with our bikes. we launched lyft first ground up in bike, which has been popular with those who have had a chance to use it. on the autonomous side, we are years off. we feel incredibly well positioned to bring to our customers as well. emily: we hear you are new year's eve driver pete are going to see you driving and what sort of traffic are you expecting over the holidays? >> absolutely. like you say, i am driving for lyft every new year's. i expected to be very busy this year. emily: president and cofounder of lyft. always good to have you. look forward to that tweet on january 1. thank you. coming up, funding to women took a step backwards during the pandemic but now it may be starting to rebound. we will talk about

from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: live from new york city, i'm jonathan ferro. it is time now for the final spread. coming up, we remain on the lookout for president biden's fed chair announcement. u.s. gdp and the fmc minutes headlining wednesday. finally, u.s. markets closing on thursday for the thanksgiving holiday. looking ahead to a really key month of december. a federal reserve decision, an ecb decision, and an -- and a bank of england decision. it is all going to come in the middle of december. how key are those two days for you? priya: important. but i don't think we are going to have that many answers. from the ecb, yes, they will talk about hikes being later. the fed, we don't think they are going to taper. i don't know if we will get very important meetings. where i think it is important is liquidity conditions have started to worsen. i think the markets could react a lot. i'm not sure we get that much more fundamental data from payrolls or from all of the central bank meetings. jonathan: zach, what about you? is that a key part of the year for you?

there has been and anne-marie citing in new york city. you mentioned euro, bank of america is negative. it is the antilock -- anti-goldilocks weighing on european equities. tom: it's getting a little chilly here come a little bit of arctic gold coming into minnesota. it's the same thing in europe. it's the sum total of europe subsiding. what does that mean for chairman powell? jonathan: that's the european situation and we reopen the bond market stateside. this treasury market has been totally whipsawed. lisa: the expectation is for that to continue. the implied volatility and treasury yield have risen to the highest since the height of the pandemic. why are stocks not responding more to the volatility we are seeing in bonds and the rise we have seen in short-term yields? jonathan: any fed speak today? lisa: john williams is speaking from the new york fed stop jonathan: let's get so the new york market was closed. yields are higher by three basis points, higher on the front end as well. we will touch on that a little bit later and crude i

from new york city this morning, good morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: seven days of gains into monday. we had some weight to those gains, zero point 07% on the s&p 500. -- zero point 07% on the s&p 500. -- 0.07% on the s&p 500. when you think about the outlook year ago, they were bullish. it sounded crazy, and here we are paring year-end here, for percent upside on the s&p 500. muted gains are the theme for the outlooks. let's get to the individual names talking about the airlines . american airlines up by 1%. united up by 1%. today an important date. if you are vaccinated you can travel to america. borders reopening for the vaccinated. the pfizer pill, the news that dropped on friday, got buried in the news and payrolls news and wall street. that could open the door for these two pick once more. matt: it is an absolute game changer. if it works as advertised and lowers hospitalizations and deaths in unvaccinated, high-risk patients, then it effectively ends the pandemic. aaron rodgers could take pill instead of ivermect

look at the rents in new york city if you want to go personal. the other thing is the academics, the economics. there are some arguments. i like what adam said, we better get used to 3% inflation. jonathon: he is saying embrace it, not just get used to it. tom: well said. jonathon: it is well said. i am not saying i agree, what i am suggesting that is what he is supplying. tom: it is well said. jonathon: we see how this is going this morning. tom: they showed english football with larry king. jonathon: international break. equity futures up one third. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. so many people are overweight no

from new york city, good morning. this is bloomberg. laura: with the first word news, i am laura wright. house democrats are expected to pass president biden's $1.6 trillion economic agenda today. they had hoped for a vote late yesterday, but republican leader kevin mccarthy put that off with a lengthy speech from the floor that lasted into the early hours this morning. meanwhile, the nonpartisan congressional budget office released its estimate that the biden bill does not contain enough tax increases to pay for itself. two progressive democrats senators say they are opposed to jerome powell getting a second term as chair of the fed. they say that powell lacks a strong commitment to address the growing risk of climate change. president biden will announce his assistant before thanksgiving. austria will impose a nationwide lockdown next week. germany may take a similar move. it is all part of europe's effort to cope with a surge of the deadly virus. austria will also require all residents to get a vaccination. christmas came early for b