>> it's not good enough just to look at ecomic growth.last 45 years despite unbelievabow , and real inflation, the arage worker is re no bart off than 45 years ago. half the people todayyc lichaj ck to paycheck. >> the growth is the wrong measurement. >> of course it's wrong. what the question is is the economy working for the people here? is itin working for oy americans? that's -- that's the criteria. >> wld it be your intention to appoint democratic socialists to big. >> you're going a little bit too crazy on the word here. >> okay. >> i will appoi people who believe in the working class and the working families ofhis country who are prepared to stand up to the incredibly powerful corporate interests that today dominate our ecomic and politicalife. so when i talk about democratic socialism, you want to talk about what it means. let's be clear what it means let's not get people overly nervous about it. whatat it means is health care is a human right, not a radical idea.ea we are the only major country on earth that doesn't allow that re

i ask you to fight for the america that we want to ecome. for myself, i can only tell you -- promise you this. i will continue to do all that i can to live up to the lasting example set for us by former congresswoman barbara jordan when she declared in 1974, my faith in the constitution is whole. it is complete. it is total. and i am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the dim anything and subversion or the destruction of the constitution. ladies and gentlemen, as citizens of a still-great republic, we must be clear, this is our time, and this is our challenge to meet and to overcome. even as americans were forced to rise up to the bad, the threat to our democracy once again demands that we respond. please consider what as a nation we have been experiences. once again, as in our past, our nation is struggling to overcome forces of societal conflict, official inhumanity, calculated distrust that far surpassed anything that we have been forced to endure in the last five decades. once again, there are those in national power who s

and second becae of the global slowdown in ecomic growth.we have had a little bit of easing on the trade tenon was the ttative dealith the chinz from last we can. but we are stillng loot the other risks still present. we have the global slowdown. we know thatan ouracturing sector has slowed cocoiderably. it's really been hurt. s an wll are slated -- unless there is a solid trade thedor and sig we still have slated to get more tariffs either the ones that were ptped a little bit -- supposed to go into effect two days ago and another set for dember 15. those risks are still around and enough reason i think forfe the to be lowering rates one more ime this year. >> and then the retail salesay number yeste that were negative actuallyor the month of september. was that an outliar in your view or something elsng gn there. >> the retail sales number was weak on month over month basis, bill, as youoint out. they had been strong in the months before. they can pounce around a b. really tuestion for the fed is whether the slowdown in manufacturing -- an

from late july and mild recession stocks fall 20 peppers suggesting equities would not shrug off the ecomicrop in economic activity fromro curren levels. if the s&p is fla for the past year on the sectors tide to the economic cycleyc lagged badlynd stocks that have carried the indexes. nachkt, banks, retailers,or trantion companies and energy producerers are now valued near the cheapest lev s of the past decade. suggesting the pain has been belt in the mostll economica sensitive parts of the market. ow whether they are che enough comes dow one esestion. is the u.s. undergoing a temporary lull in economic growth true to trade frictionance the tax cuss receding into the past allowing for the soft landing helped for federal reserve rate cuts or will poor global growth drag in recession despite lower interest rates? it's hard to have certainty about the answer. which is why every fresh bit of economices a high stakes moment for an anxious wallet st that very much includes omorrow's jobs report for septembe fornightly business report," mike soonlty. >> this weeks's economic data hac d you a b da

gordon with university of michigan's ross school of business and mark weisbrot at the center for ecomic and policy research. >>> still ahead, the brewing battle between policians and social media companies. but, first, a lookt how commodities fai s fared because the bond market was closed today. >>> booking holdings, formerly price line, is the iast one to back away from libra. the decision follows similar moves by ebay, master rd, visa and stripe. libra says it remains focused on moving forward with the projects treasuretary mnuchin said he toldai libra representativese would take action if the crypt kurpgs si did not meet regulatory standards. > elizabeth warren and mark this time the democratic senatoi and facebook ceo are feuding over fake ads and they're not thenly ones. ylanmui hasur o story. >> reporter: senator i warren accusing facebook to allow people to put fake ads on the platform. she proved it by run a fake ad herself. or claed zuckerberg endorsed president trumppresident. it argues what it does is give trump free rein to lie and pay facebook gobs of money to push out thos

>> ecom is only about 30% of the market in most categories. in apparel, it's about 25, 57% of the overall spent. so call it is still taking place which is still in stores and then potentially making those purchases online or looking at these items online thinking about going to stores potentially touch, feel, try them on, and then making that purchase decision. so people are living in this omni channel world that they are looking online, buying in store or vice versa. and so we want to give our customers the ability to do that as well. we also want to give customers the ability to come and rent in the stores which was not possible until very recently. so we are going to be launching a lot more unique products and services in stores which will create incentives for people to come into stores, give customers the real reason to come into stores and have a curated experience just like they have online. today customers are looking for more personalized curated offerings to them. so imagine we've got feedback and customer data on yo based on your pa

it unmasks influence, and it stops our democracy from ecoming vulnerable to foreign governments, nonstate actors, and shadowy influence groups won to -- constantly working to distract the american people. strengthen would the disclosure. my amendment would have an ad statement whenne the person is acting as the agent of a foreign principal. ot only would it include language making it clear that they're acting on behalf of a entity, but it would require the online platform to principal e foreign involved. that principal could be a foreign government, nonstate actor. amendment to the shield act would put the power back in the hands of the american people. it would help address the underlying question, who is in charge of deciding american elections? abroad working to influence the american people or is it the american people themselves? by requiring online records of purchase requests that include public information on the principal behind these advertisements, the american people will be able to see learly who is attempting to influence their decisions. as congress acts today to restore th

>> the world's two ggest ecom f trade talks. the white house is weighing a currency pact with china. boris johnson goes face-to-face with ireland's varadkar. with weeks to go, can they bridge the divide? and with of the euro area split over stimulus, bloomberg is told that it is time for policymakers to unite. if you are divided, you tend to lose games. if you are united you tend to score and win. ♪ nejra: welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." francine lacqua is in helsinki at the nordic business form. first, let's check in on the markets. european equities turning negative of the stoxx 600. the 10 year yield moves lower after jumping i've basis points yesterday. so a little bit of risk off in terms of equities and yield. but the weaker dollar suggests there might still be optimism out there. conflicting headlines ahead of the trade talks. francine lacqua is at the nordic business forum. do not miss her interview with the ceo and founder of zuckerberg media. that's coming up just after 9:30 a.m.. and later, francine will speak to

stand here at the podium where he spoke, next to his photograph, as i felt privileged to know him we ecome a friend, when spoke over here when he was in a wheelchair and in the speaker's lobby before votes and during votes. i was home this weekend, more people came up to me in memphis, people on social media, and expressed their condolences, their appreciation of his life. and their knowledge that congress had last a person who was irreplaceable. elijah cummings was one of the great people i have had an opportunity to interact with in my life, in congress and other places. truly a giant has fallen. he had grace, he had knowledge. he had judgment. and character. i remember seeing him on television walking in baltimore. some risk to himself during the riots. to help bring calm to baltimore. leadership, where he put his community first and his safety second. he talk -- he talked about, we're better than this well, we are better than this hopefully one day we'll be as good as him. he knew we were only here for a minute and you should make that time worthwhile. and he made it worthwhile. last f