. >>> a retired black general calling out senator tommy turberville's claim that the military is notn equal opportunity employer. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> the nation is three days away from a crippling government shutdown. they are nowhere close to a deal on capitol hill. kevin mccarthy is pouring cold water on the senate's short- term funding bill proposal, saying there is no appetite for it in the house. instead he says he will introduce his own short-term funding bill on friday, and that will include money on the border. let's get to nicola loder, a republican from the state of new york. congressman, thank you for being here. are you planning to vote for speaker mccarthy's stopgap measure and what do you know about what is in it? >> i would v

senator tommy turberville joins us at 5:00 new york time.is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are actually seeing iron or imports year over year for imports of 9%, steel production continues to do well. the chinese will be overproduction this year. we are just in the beginning of seeing growth because of what the chinese government have put in place over the last few months. the steel industry has been in a recession and rest month we just started to see a little growth again in the steel industry. we are fairly optimistic going forward. alix: he was speaking yesterday on global growth. mike parra joins us now with more on global growth and challenges facing the industry. thanks for joining us. mike: thanks for having us back. alix: can you give us where the strength and weaknesses are as you see it? mike: uncertainty remains we are pointing to an increase next year we are seeing the china plus one starting to happen. we see it in mexico. we are seeing growth coming out of the north side of mexico as well. e-commerce remains strong and we expect a soft pea

tommy turberville blacking every nomination, our military is in the crosshairs, our democracy is undery from all sides in almost every week there's a new episode that underscores how severe the stakes are, 9/11 is monday. we have to learn the lessons of 9/11 and ink about what we would do if another 9/11 happen. imagine this unfolding if it happened again on monday. i don't think enough of our leaders and countries thinking about that. >> thank you both so much for spending time with us. big breaking news from fulton county. we will tell you about it after a short break, stay with us. ah. [it's the final game, folks. this one wins the series.] struck out with the cheap seats? important things aren't worth compromising. at farmers, we offer both quality insurance and great savings. (crowd cheers) here, take mine. (farmers mnemonic) fly to paris. see the tower. smaller than you expected. wait in line. see the mona lisa. smaller than you expected. check in. see your room. bigger than you expected. join one key, where gold and platinum members get travel perks, like room upgrades. i want m

annmarie: this was an interview two evenings ago, and the background of this is that senator tommy turbervilleminees. but they did file cloture, were able to get through three generals, the most important being the air force general who is now the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. joe asked him why he did not vote and he said, listen, i like cq, charles brown. i like this general, but he talked about a lot of things like race and wanted to talk about race in our military. and then he said "you're looking for the best of the best to do whatever. we are not looking for social justice groups. we do not want to destroy our military from within. let me tell you something. our military is not an equal opportunity employer go this is -- employer." u.s. history shows that actually the u.s. military is an equal opportunity employer. harry truman in the 1940's had an executive order to desegregate the military and talk about it being an equal opportunity employer. we did have a rebuttal moments later won south carolina congressman james clyburn joined us, and he said tommy to prevail -- said he has

tommy to prevail -- time to prevail. schumer also advanced confirmation votes to fill vacancies atop the u.s. army and marine corps. senator turberville has -- attorney general merrick garland wednesday, has defended the justice department's handling of its criminal investigation into president biden's son hunter biden, who was indicted last week on three felony charges related to his possession of a firearm. special counsel david weiss brought the charges after a federal judge in july rejected a deal that would have seen biden plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts in order to escape more serious charges. testifying to the republican-controlled house judiciary committee on wednesday, attorney general garland insisted he has kept his promise to not interfere with the investigation. >> i am not the president's lawyer. i will add, i'm not congress' prosecutor. the justice department works for the american people. amy: in colorado, a court heard opening statements wednesday in the trial of two aurora police officers whose violent arrest led to the death of elijah mcclain in 2019. mcclain, a 23-year-old black man, was walking home fro