for the very latest, we have emily wilkins on the line from d.c.e are getting some reports from the new york times, saying they won't be doing contact tracing for the event in the rose garden. we are hearing the second presidential debate may turn out to be a virtual event. what is the latest we know and what are these concerns that once the president leaves hospital, that is really going to chart his own territory on how the rest of his recovery goes? emily: sure, this has been a story we have been following since friday morning, all weekend long. news after news after news. definitely looking forward to what's going to happen with the debate. yes, trump is supposed to leave walter reed. he is still infectious so he supposed to be quarantined in the residence area of the white house. however, there are a couple of questions of who is going to prevent him if he wants to leave and walk to the west wing? you saw some of the images coming out of president trump while he was at walter reed. the white house is trying to reject an image of a president st

let's go to government and congressional reporter emily wilkins and d.c.. ily, where are we, given it seems like it is closing a gap 2.2een $1.8 trillion and trillion dollars. emily: it is definitely part of that. there are other factors, responsibility for protecting workers from coronavirus, as well as customers, still bits and pieces being geared up beyond the top number. the whitee right, house and democrats have begun to come closer and nancy pelosi thinks they can get an agreement by the end of the week. she and secretary mnuchin will be speaking tomorrow. we are not at the end of the tunnel yet, but we might have gotten a little closer within the last 24 hours. shery: we are watching closely because it is starting to feel like groundhog day at this point, isn't it? what is happening between the white house and senate republicans, because we are not going to get a package until senate republicans are on board? emily: at this point, that is the biggest obstacle to any potential deal. senate jordi leader mitch mcconnell -- senate majority leader mitch mc

let's get the latest on negotiation from our government reporter emily wilkins in washington. e have been getting conflicting signals when it comes to the future of the stimulus package. but we just heard from the white house, saying the president is open to something bigger than a skinny bill. give us the latest on where we are, and how soon could we expect to see something? emily: all very good questions. i think yesterday, after we saw the markets fall after trump said he wasn't interested in having a deal, i think it made him reconsider a little bit. the president has always been focused very much on the markets pick today, we saw speaker nancy pelosi and the white house may negotiator steve mnuchin have another conversation. they spoke on this pound -- on the phone this afternoon for 40 minutes per its of the does team to be hope for something comprehensive, but remember, the negotiations have been stuck since early august. there is still no agreement on how much money, no agreement on language, so that we don't need to come together and then they would have to go through

congressional government report emily wilkins is in washington.resident trump had high hopes of flipping nevada. i'm wondering what his chances are now and if texas went to the democrats, with that put to rest any notion of a contested outcome? emily: well, we are going to have to see how close it is in some of these states. the big states, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, nevada did go for clinton in 2016. trump was hoping to flip it. but it seems like biden is maintaining his lead their. there are a number of other states that tend to be republican strongholds. i'm thinking about georgia, arizona, texas as you mentioned. trump still might be slightly ahead in the polls bud biden is closing that gap and making it a very, very tight race in those traditionally red states. shery: president trump also seemed resigned to not having a stimulus package ahead of the election, the head of the vote. how much does this hurt him? emily: i think it has been going back and forth for so long on whether or not we will have a stimulus before the election. i th

bloomberg government congressional reporter emily wilkins joins us now and emily, really, coronavirusases are searching around the u.s., especially in the midwest. how does this factor into the election? in a couplectors in of different ways. number one, what are the biggest messages biden is trying to push? that trump has done a poor job handling this coronavirus and therefore needs to be voted out of office. these numbers play into that narrative. trump has continued to downplay the virus. surgingk, he called cases a fake news conspiracy, and that is one aspect. the other aspect is people have to come out to the polls and vote, particularly people who have thought that terms mornings on mail-in voting and absentee voting is inaccurate or good, now these people put themselves in a situation where it's too late. they are going to have to stand in line. cases are spiking and perhaps even more and more people are getting symptoms. heading into this final week, the president continues to be struggling in the polls. intogave us all a lesson taking those with a grain of salt. that aside, w

emily wilkins joins us now with the latest. emily: if anyone is confused about where things are with the stimulus deal, you are not alone area senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said yesterday he was feeling some with lash -- some whiplash with all of the back-and-forth we have seen this week. house speaker nancy pelosi is still holding out after months for a larger stimulus package. she and the white house negotiator, treasury secretary steve mnuchin, spoke by phone yesterday. it seems like there still could be potential for larger stimulus to occur. the question is when, and the answer is probably not before election day. we are 25 days out. the house and senate are currently gone. the senate is focused on filling that supreme court seat. even though both sides have got to the point where they might .ant a larger agreement there's a lot left here that needs to be done before americans are going to see more relief. guy: more focus on this record that may be on the stimulus story. why don't people talk about the fact that he

shery: emily wilkins in washington. let's turn to karina mitchell for the first word headlines. karina. [no audio] exceeded its authority. a parallel effort by the wechatnt to block $.10 messaging service has also been halted in court. the administration appealed that ruling last week. a check on gaming activity in macau says gross revenue was down 76% from a year ago. bernstein looked at casino activity in the first seven days of this month and says the results are disappointing but not unexpected. was gamingy macau revenue falling well over 70% this whole year before a robust recovery through 2021. the mood among merchants in japan rose last month to its least pessimistic and more than two years, adding signs that the recovery is taking root. store managers, taxi drivers, and the others rose to its highest level since april 2018. news will be welcomed for yoshihide suga and one of his key advisors says he may call an early election next year. malaysian opposition leader -- says he will meet the king next week to offer proof he has enough support from lawmakers to form a govern

us, constitutional expert emily wilkins from capitol hill.l voting up on the 25th amendment may be coming out of the hidden illness of woodrow wilson, the tragedy of the jfk assassination, but as greg valliere mentions this morning, with much more, the assassination attempt on ronald reagan in 1981, what would you respect to see on capitol hill today from the speaker of the house? emily: both of them, i'm sure they would probably want the president to get well soon. this is coming at such a critical time in the campaign for trump to get this diagnosis. he is trailing in national polls, he is trailing in the number of swing state polls. this could keep him off the campaign trail for 10 days. the white house is canceling all public events. at this point the first lady tweeted out that she and the president do feel ok, so this might be the case where both of them have it but show no symptoms. this now remains to be seen. this is going to be a huge new story for the next week. does this mean for a stemless conversation and stimulus negotiations?

shery: emily wilkins with the latest on president trump's status after he was released from walter reed hospital and he is now back in the white house. we have breaking news out of south korea. we have gotten the september consumer price numbers, and they have risen 0.7% month on month, which is beating estimates. also, for the year on your number, rising 1%. really a much faster acceleration than was expected. we were already expecting these consumer price numbers to get a boost given we have seen food prices in south korea rally because of this very stormy monsoon season, not to mention that perhaps we have them base effects as well. we are now seeing core consumer prices rising 0.9% year on year for the month of september, which is also beating estimates. that year on your number coming in at 1%. acceleration for consumer inflation, the estimate was only for .5% gain. haidi. aidi: of course, on what is very busy day in australia, marking it as super tuesday with not just an rba decision but also the delivery of monstrously expansionary budget later on this evening. we are seeing auss

emily wilkins of bloomberg government.dlines from a conversation my friend matt miller has been having with the german finance minister, talking about the fact it is on brexit he is talking about, but it is always good to talk until the last moment, slightly anticipating we could get a last-minute deal. in terms of some of the other headlines, confident that germany has stabilized and finalize the recovery fund this moneygermany has enough to support the economy through 2021. will be playing that interview out as soon as we get it. bringing more details to that conversation as we have it. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy.live from london, i am alix steel in new york. ens is "european close" bloomberg markets. let's get back to the big banks reporting this week. bank of america and wells fargo down more than 3%. goldman sachs which does very well in fixed income having a better day, up .1%. sonali basak has been on the calls parsing all the numbers we have been getting. what is the reading for morgan stanley tomorrow and what have

we are joined by congressional reporter emily wilkins in washington. of course, we have seen this vote being postponed. the vote that will lead to the house passing the proposal but really being shot down in the senate. what does the fact that we are expecting a vote tonight say about where the stimulus talks are going? >> almost two different things. the message from the stimulus talks. she has spoken to minasian a number of times today -- steven mnuchin a number of times today. they are continuing these negotiations. when you look at the bill, we think about it a little bit for the terms for the election. a number of democrats in the house, very competitive races, going back to districts hurt by the coronavirus. lawmakers want to be able to look their constituents in the eye and say we have gotten something done. pelosi continues to negotiate with steven mnuchin. nancy pelosi also shared with us her thoughts about the debate between joe biden and president trump. let's take a listen. >> it was a sad occasion. people say, well, they should have had a