fec was having some issues.that correctly? >> you are. the fec was having trouble coming to con sen shus-- consensus on important issues and we were sent to break down on party lines on splits. >> are you still dead locked 3 and 3. >> well, no, actually, we are not. >> great, great news. in this the most important election in our time, the fec is no longer dead did locked. they can move forward and protect this country. >> well, not so fast. >> shut. >> the reality is that the reason we are not dead locked is that we don't have enough commissioners to dead lock. >>s that feels like a step back. >> it not good. >> the reason they are not fully staffed is because they need president trump to nominate and the senate to confirm new commissioners. so just how many commissioners do we have monitoring the enormous sums of money pouring into our election this year? >> we only have three commissioners and it takes four to make most of our important decisions. i worry that without quor up that people may be feeling embold

by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions fec america's ned needs.nd by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. philippa: i'm philippa thomas. welcome to "outside source." joe biden kamala harris are about to launch their bid for the whiten house, aent in delaware. the who warrants more than half of beirut hospitals are nonfunctional, as the blame game continues over last week's deadly explosion. >> o the ministers were awa it and they didn't do anything about it. and this is really a criminal thing. philippa: belarus authorities admit using live ammunition during protests over the election. the british economy falls into an -- into a recession, growth falling a record 20% in the first wave of the coronavirus emic. welcome to the program. joe biden, challenging donald trump for the presidency, has already made history by getting a black woman, kamala harris, as his running mate. we are about to see them frs the time on stage together is the official democratic team trying to tope trump from office. this is ms. harris headi

the premier of victoria declared a state of disaster after almost 700 new fecs and infections and 7 deaths were reported saturday. tight restrictions which include a nightly curfew for melbourne will be in effect for six weeks. so let's go now to cnn's anna coren. she joins us live from hong kong. good to see you, anna. so australia isn't leaving anything to chance here. taking this virus very serious with a strict lockdown in melbourne and victoria. what are you learning? >> yeah, the strictest restrictions, if you like, rosemary, in the time of peace time australia. the victorian premier daniel andrews is saying there is no other choice and telling melbournians that they must stay home. nonessential businesses will be closed for the next six weeks. you mentioned that curfew in place from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. every single evening. schools shut. child care centers will be shut. and only one family members from each household will be allowed out each day to do the grocery shopping. and they can only travel within 5 kilometers from their home. they are leaving nothing to chance, and the re

ellen weintraub is an fec commissioner.hank you for being with us. >>> coming up, a being shog statement from the cdc director. he tells lawmakers he has no idea that his agency wasn't getting critical coronavirus information, which is hard to believe because i knew it and i'm just in the news. that was being said straight to the trump administration. we'll talk about it on the other side. ministration. we'll talk about it on the other side. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for less than $16; and a schultz 4k television for less than $2. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. >>> did you discuss this change with vice president pence or with secretary azar? >> not directly. >> indirectly? >> i talked directly with the individuals responsible within the secretary's office.

while we're at it, his own intel guys and the fec, the federal election commission, they both said his theories are fugaze. but what about patterson, new jersey, you say? three men have been charged, you say? with messing around during a city council election. yes, to be fair, the case was still working its case through the system. let's assume they did it. i argue to you it shows the opposite of what he's using it for. he's saying, see, it's broken. no, it works. they cheated theoretically, but they got caught. why? because that's the rule when it comes to voting by mail. there's a whole lot more security. once your ballot is in the mail, it makes no difference whether it's called absentee or mail-in and they have better ways of catching you? how? protocols. signature, bar code, verification, envelope tracking, they're all already in place. if anything it's safer. and the places that have those things i include nevada, which for some aren't president took time to hammer today. >> if you look at what they're doing in nevada, no signature. you take a look at the signature, and there's n

people are watching closely the treasury picked, the fec chair, should they get elected.t are your expectations of the moves they would make to regulate this industry in a different way? >> the biden camp and the people i have spoke to our quite centrist and, to be fair, more conservative than the trump camp. they are fiscal conservatives in that they know you cannot keep spending forever without having some offset. i think you are going to see tax hikes on the wealthy to find some programs. the country's scio on distribution of income has gotten as wide as it has been ever, when you have jeff bezos work $180 billion and the average american not doing as well, the democrats feel it is time for change. i think most people agree with that. it is a question of how it is done, if it is done fairly and transparently. that has been the problem in many tax regimes, no one feels they have been fair and transparent. >> are markets prepared for that , pricing in higher capital gains tax, higher taxes and general? >> i don't think so. we are in a liquidity driven frenzy. i called it

the fec alleges the social media platform violated the 2011 agreement to better protect users personala after it was found to be misleading consumers. the latest probe may lead to losses of up to $.25 billion. almost $6s selling billion of bonds with rock-bottom yields in the largest corporate no sale in the environmental, social, and governance sector. it wants to support black entrepreneurs as well as affordable housing and small businesses hit by covid-19. alphabet has only borrowed in the investment-grade market. the last issue was four years ago. get you thewill latest on the stimulus deal as president trump says it is considering an executive order. details, not. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: we are just getting inflation numbers out of tokyo. cpi excluding fresh food year on year, coming in higher than estimate. .4%. we were expecting a gain of .1%. picking up the pace from june's inflation of .2%, year on year number for cpi at .6%. estimated, andan excluding fresh food and stripping out volatile energy prices, we are seeing a gain of .6%, again picking up from the previous month