tributes have been paid to the comedian and actor john sessions who has died, aged 67.k. he was best known for his work on spitting image and whose line is it anyway? he was also a character actor, appearing in films like kenneth branagh's henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. today, the editor of private eye, ian hislop, who was a friend, earlier today, we heard from john lloyd, the bbc pursues her who was freezing his performance —— bbc producer. —— praising his performance. earlier, simon mccoy spoke to editor of private i. today, the editor of private eye, ian hislop, who was a friend, said he was the funniest man you could ever meet. he was an old friend, but also an absolutely brilliant actor, comedian, improviser. it's difficult to do any summary, but he was a fantastic stage actor. he is one man shows, particularly west end, extraordinary. john could do everything, film acting, and from a vacation —— improvise ation, voices. he was an amazing actor and amazingly versatile, and i think he would've been really flattered. he been very flattered at

the comedian and actor john sessions has died, aged 67. anyway? he was also a character actor, appearing in films like kenneth branagh‘s henry v and tv series including itv‘s victoria. the editor of private eye, ian hislop, paid tribute. he was an old friend but he was also an absolutely brilliant actor, comedian, improviser. it is difficult to do any summary but he was a fantastic stage actor. his one—man show in the west end about napoleon or when he started in my night with rage, that extraordinary comedy drama, john could do everything. film acting, improvisation, voices. i met him in the early days on spitting image but he was an amazing actor and an amazingly versatile. i think he would have been really flattered, he was a very modest man. he would be very flattered if the attention he has been getting i was delighted to see him described as a start date because he probably thought he wasn't. but he was and he was quite the funniest man in real life. —— but he was. let's speak now tojohn lloyd, comedy producer and writer, and creator

the comedian and actor john sessions has died, aged 67. work on spitting image and whose line is it anyway? he was also a character actor, appearing in films like kenneth branagh's henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. let's ta ke let's take you to austria, because the interior minister has been holding a news conference on those attacks and we can hear from him now. transition, ladies and gentlemen, we have to correct the figures. we have fourfigures gentlemen, we have to correct the figures. we have four figures who are dead and we have heard that 22 people have been injured. what about the difference in these numbers? this is due to the fact of the operation when there was a great deal of threat, the security forces had to act very quickly. they did great things. and the wounded were separated amongst the various hospitals in vienna and then it was difficult to allocate all the victims at this terror attack. i would like to give my condolences and do condolences to all the families of the victims. —— dear condolences.

the actor and comedian john sessions, best known for his roles on the television shows whose line is london from a heart condition. rory bremner said he was simply the best, a man of brilliance. before we go, an update on the main story tonight, the us presidential election. with polling stations starting to close in under two hours' time, our north america editorjon sopel is in washington. you have been following every day of this campaign and indeed the full presidency of donald trump. what about your sense tonight? we had from nick earlier that abide biden camp sounded confident so what is your sense of the trump camp? —— is abide in camp. i think it is matched by nervousness. there is an uneasy about the way things are going. if you

the comedian and actor john sessions has died, aged 67.lso a character actor, appearing in films like kenneth branagh‘s henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. the wales manager ryan giggs has denied an allegation of assault — and says he's cooperating with police enquiries — after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. and in the past hour it's been announced giggs won't be involved in the upcoming international camp for the wales team. earlier i heard from our sports news reporter laura scott: what we know is that it emerged that shortly after 10pm on sunday night police were called to reports of a disturbance at ryan giggs‘s home in sa lfo rd. disturbance at ryan giggs‘s home in salford. the former manchester united player was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and assault, but he has been released on bail pending further inquiries. according to greater manchester police, a woman in her 30s, believed to be his girlfriend, sustained minor injuries but didn't require further treatment. a statem

the comedian and actor john sessions has died, aged 67.ng in films like kenneth branagh's henry the fifth and tv series including itv‘s victoria. the editor of private eye, ian hislop, paid tribute he was an old friend but he was also an absolutely brilliant actor, comedian, improviser. it is difficult to do a summary but he was a fantastic stage actor and particularly on the west end, or napoleon that extraordinary comedy drama stop john could napoleon that extraordinary comedy drama stopjohn could do everything. film acting, improvisation, voices, i met film acting, improvisation, voices, imet him film acting, improvisation, voices, i met him in the early days on spitting image. he was an amazing actor and an amazingly versatile. and he would be really flattered. he was a modest man. i'm happy to see them described as a star because he probably thought he wasn't. and he was quite the funniest man in real life that you could ever meet. now, the weather with helen willetts. good evening. it won't surprise you when i say it's been the fifth

john hickenlooper wins the senate seat beating cory gardner. >> republicans happy about this, picked up one seat, tommy to prevail defeating doug jones, that was an upset when he felt senator sessions's cornyn pending from mary hager. despite $100 million spent against him the senator graham get 6 more years, easily handling jamie harrison in that race, most expensive race in history. tom tell us picking up victories in florida and texas, key swing states including michigan and wisconsin still hang in the balance. >> susan collins's seat, she's ahead. peters live in lake worth, florida. let's check in with will kane in green bay, wisconsin. >> reporter: all due respect to peter hegseth, the action is here in wisconsin. it is for:30 central time, the pancake place in green bay will be filling up but the action is here, or live in wisconsin, not just wisconsin, on green bay, waiting for votes to come in. i imagine as the morning progresses this will turn into a watching party, the benedict hash. i have a pancake that overflows the plate as you would at the pancake place in green bay. the bar is set high. election results already called in florida, can't wait to hear what is going on do

. >> next, a session from a conference titled, "john marshall, the supreme court and the trail of tears." the principal chief of the cherokee nation talks about the tribe's history following their removal from the southeast to present-day oklahoma. he describes how the cherokee rebuilt and strengthened their culture despite much adversity. the conference was cohosted by the museum and preservation of virginia. >> it is my great

john higgins both made it through. higgins easing past fergal o'brien in the evening session by six frames to one.he moment. you will see you again soon. goodbye. hello. yesterday was a particularly chilly day for the time of year across central and eastern areas of england but over recent hours, those temperatures have been rising and so, tuesday, 6am, it will be much warmer than it was the one was part of the day yesterday, believe it or not, and the changes have been brought around by this warm front that has crossed the uk, south—westerly winds follow and that is what has been boosting the temperatures. a lot of cloud across the uk right now and some quite low, missed until fog around and we have more persistent rain to come for northern ireland and scotland, so the kind of temperatures as we start the kind of temperatures as we start the day on tuesday. a lot of cloud around andi the day on tuesday. a lot of cloud around and i suspect we will see a few breaks in the cloud particularly for south—east england and east anglia for a time in the morning, rainfor anglia for a time in the morning, r

research, i came across this one line in the book that charlie parker played at a jam session in l.a. with a young john cole train who was on tour in california unlike the late 40s. this is before cole train was anybody. and to imagine these three like legendary saxophonist, that is the entire book of jazz saxophones and one event. and all i could find was this one line and a book about this event. so i just kind of red is minty interviews as i could and tried to peace this together. i wanted the chapter to be from the point of view from a saxophone player who really idolized charlie parker. >> culture was more the voices. switch it yes. william clarkson the famous jazz photographer, he had the strange event where he went to your charlie parker play. then after the gig charlie was really hungry and the restaurants were closed. we took charlie to his parents house in the suburbs about 45 and it's away. charlie stayed up saying the whole and eating all the food in the house. >> very charming account. give you insight into the kind of humility and ability to relate to bibby don't hear very often. going to

when the senate comes back later that year to return to session then they take of approving john. now john which washington has never had anyone rejected that he is appointed so this is never happen in our young history well john rutledge has a couple of things going against him. number one, there are guys in the senate that think the guy is a little crazy. he is definitely had some kind of strange things that we have had to say at different times in the years of the 17 nineties. so he has got a bit of a kind of reputation among some people but also where he is going to get into trouble, is he made some very pointed comments about that but jay treaty that was by his predecessor. they tended to be a bit rambling speeches. he was very critical of some of the things he said about the senate itself, which of course senators would read the newspapers and they would read with the south carolina supreme court chief justice had to say about that and when he came in front of them, they would remember the sorts of things and then they would decide then that perhaps this guy is not the best

like a stodgy principle but it's the key to this case and chief justice john roberts and justice kavanaugh both wrote last sessionr, that if there's a part of a law that is flawed constitutionally, what you do is you use in the chief justice's words a scalpel not a bulldozer to remove that part. justice kavanaugh said that the severability question, as i said, a stodgy word but an important word here, it shouldn't mean a game of gotcha against congress. if congress messes up in one way or another and that's yet to be shown whether that 2017 amendment really does -- really is unconstitutional, whether that should bring down this entire law that has managed to survive two other challenges and ten years so far in america. >> just very briefly because we have to go, joan, but how quickly do we expect a decision or do we know? >> both times before when these cases have been heard we didn't hear until june, i expect sometime early in 2021 we will know the results of this third big challenge, jim. >> gotcha. okay. so patience. joan biskupic, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> el paso's two-week shutdown is set to end t

>> next, a session from a conference titled, "john marshall, the supreme court and the trail of tears." the principal chief of the cherokee nation talks about the tribe's history following their removal from the southeast to present-day oklahoma. he describes how the cherokee rebuilt and strengthened their culture despite much adversity. the conference was cohosted by the museum and preservation of virginia. >> it is my great pleasure to introduce chief kenneth adams. as mentioned earlier today, chief adams serves on preservation virginia's board of trustees. it was at his urging that this symposium came to be. the chief served as a strong advocate for the federal recognition of the upper mattaponi. in the lead up to 2007, chief adams actively participated in the jamestown committee and activities associated. i can say we spent a lot of time together. at various events around the state. his leadership and persistence ensures that commemorative events reflected the respective indigenous people, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. he brought the lac

broadcast includes an extended question and answer session and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >>> from houston's rice hotel senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial association to which he has been invited. during this telecast senator kennedy will participate in an informal question and answer period. the telecast of this meeting is sponsored by the kennedy johnson texas campaign committee, and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22-station network. the audience you are seeing is composed of clergyman of the houston area who have been invited by the association. reverend herbert mesa will introduce the democratic presidential candidate. the meeting is about to be called to order by the president, reverend george reck. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order? let us stand for prayer. god be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us that your way may be known on earth,thy saving health among all nations, god shall bless us and the ends of the earth shall praise him. with these words

they're off the highs of the session but the story goes like this. johnnd justice brent cavanaugh said they were inclined to leave the health even if intact republicans successfully invalidate the individual mandate that requires people to get insurance. if they did not they have to pay a fine. if it is struck down, it seems like the aca would be struck down which would be a big win for hospital guys which would really hurt if 20 million people lost insurance. guy: absolutely. this was something the former administration, the outgoing administration in washington said it would be striking down. it was one of the key planks in terms of a deliverable for the trump administration. it seems the aca has largely survived to this point. portions of it could be going but not all of it. alix: that wraps it up for me and guy in the u.s. and london. coming up, former congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio will be joining david westin on "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york to

when the senate comes back later that year to return to session, they then take up the question of approving john rutledge. now, george washington has never had anyone rejected that he's appointed, so this has never happened in our young history. well, john rutledge has a couple things going against him. number one, there are guys in the senate that think the guy is a little crazy. he's definitely had some kind of strange things to say at different times in the years of the 1790s, so he's got a bit of a kind of reputation among some people. but also where he's going to get into trouble is he made some very pointed comments about that jay treaty that was negotiated by his predecessor. he was very critical in some speeches, and they tended to be a bit sort of rambly speeches. he was very critical in things he said -- even though he would actually run the court for a little while, the first rejection of a presidential nominee. again, here in philadelphia, you're seeing the constitution in a lot of different directions being explored and used for the first time. and, of course, you go through our his

speak on the floor in the house of representatives while the house is in session is actually a man who was elected but never seated. john willis menard from louisiana was elected in 1868, and his election was contested. that's a story that kind of runs throughout the 19th century for so many of these african-american members who were elected to congress. their election was challenged. and a number of them had that experience. menard was in february of 1869 allowed to speak on the house floor to defend himself in his contested election case. the house chose not to seat him or his opponent, and he never was seated, but he won the election, the house just exercised its right not to seat him. the first african-american who was elected to the house and seated in the house is joseph rainy of south carolina in december of 1870. and following him are another 19 african-american members throughout the course of the 19th century. raney wasn't actually the first african-american in congress. that distinction went to hiram rememberables of mississippi elected by the state legislature as senators were back in the 19th century and he

. >> so, john, during the course of one of the sessions it's an eight-week -- essentially a book clube of the incarcerated men were reading the book "through the river of the kwie" and they were so moved by the story they decided to start a scholarship for young men outside of prison to be able to attend that prep school. over the course of two years they raised over $30,000. as you just heard some inmates make 8 cents an hour. so this past year a young man graduated from the school having had almost his entire education paid for by incarcerated men at the ctf president in soledad. >> it is such a great story. i love it. really quickly, you touched on this other episode really helping to break these boys down who are struggling with a host of issues. it's remarkable to me, too, you were the first woman who was ever allowed to attend. how did you convince them? >> well, they take this very seriously and i think that you would have to be hiding under a rock to not recognize that a lot of young men are struggling right now and there's so much going on, you know, boys drop out at a far hi

johns hopkins university. the global death toll stands at almost 1400000 . meanwhile, india is planning to put off the winter session of parliament to sow the rising number of virus cases in the capital delhi and china is testing millions of people . imposing local law down south are multiple new cases were discovered in 3 cities across the country. last week 3, prominence, hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to their involvement in last year's pro-democracy protests. joshua wang ivan, lamb, and agnes cho are due to be sentenced next week and could face up to 5 years in prison. when they arrived, knowing it could be their last moments of freedom, it would not raise surprising if i'm sent to the me they made haitian today. and that proved correct. this prison vehicle, transported to hong kong democracy activist, joshua long agnes child, and ivan lam, into custody after they face trial of a very role in massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. perhaps the uproar, this wish me to stay in prison. but i'm persuaded that neither person both know election baez, nor any other arbitrary power will sto

when the senate comes, back later that year, to return to session, they then take up the question of approving john roth luggage. now, george washington's never had anyone rejected that he's appointed, so this has never happened in our history, while john rutledge has a couple of things against. in one, some people think he's kind of crazy. he's had some things he said sometimes in the years of the 1790, so he's got a bit of a kind of reputation among some people. but also, where he's going to get into trouble, is he made some very pointed comments about that jay treaty, that was negotiated by his predecessors. he was a very critical in some speeches. and they tended to be a bit sort of rambling speeches. he was very critical, some of the things he said about their senate hip -- itself. which, of course, senators read the news papers and they would read but the south carolina supreme court chief justice had to say about them. and when he actually came in front of them, they would remember these sorts of things, and then they would decide that perhaps this guy is not the best choice to be the chief

former winners mark selby and john higgins both made it through — higgins easing past fergal o'brien in the evening sessionu again soon. bye— bye. hello there. monday was really quite a chilly day, particularly so across central and eastern england, where temperatures quite widely only got to around 7—8 celsius — just six there in north yorkshire. but one of the things that brings us the biggest temperature rises this time of year are warm fronts. and we've had one of those across the country, south—westerly winds have been following, and hour by hour we've seen those temperatures rise recently — such that by the time we get to tuesday, 6am, those temperatures will be far higher than the highest temperatures we had all day yesterday, at around 10—11 celsius quite widely. so milder air is on the way, south—westerly winds to thank for that. but we'll also have this weather front which will be one of these slow—moving weather fronts — it's bringing rain at the moment in northern ireland and scotland, and it will continue to rain for these areas through much of the day on tuesday, as well. now further southwar

near the lows of the session, john back over to you. >> thank you, dom. >>> joining us once again, austanelor adviser chairman under president obama and informal adviser to the biden campaign, and jeff hensarling, chairman of ubs americas good to see you guys back. jeb, i want to ask you about implications beyond now. whatever the results are we don't know. it looks like we're not going to know tonight particularly when it comes to state and local governments that have been having such a difficult time budgetarily through this pandemic, it looks like they're going to have to do potentially major cuts, particularly unless the federal government gives stimulus help to them specifically republicans seem hesitant to do that what do you think happens? >> again, as you've heard a thousand times tonight, it's still too early to say certainly one of the major bones of contention is they were trying to negotiate this last recovery package was republicans felt strongly that a lot of this money was geared towards saving blue states that had committed fiscal irresponsibility prior to covid. that was

john mears suffered the spectacular crash as a practice session ahead of the violence to go on. a spanish driver lost control of his bike by escaped unharmed leads the standards by 37 points and is one podium finish away from lifting the moto g.p. title for the 1st time. that's it for me, kim. thank you for that. well, hundreds of drones have lit up the sky in south korea, forming colorful messages of hope. in the midst of the pandemic, they flew over the olympic park in seoul and to organize themselves and to the forms and passions. washing hands and cheer up was some of the messages that were displayed. well, that's it for me, kevin alpha, this news, all of that merry mozzie will be here in a moment with more of the day's news. so keep it here on al-jazeera gang life. this was our foundation. i tried to do something different. when i met daisy, it was the best day of my life. i wish that they could have gone on forever. caught up with me and made us all pay the price. knocks on al-jazeera. this is life on the streets of and from the discovery of the tower is an opportunity to

john boehner, on the state of the republican party following the 2020 elections. then the former chief of staff to former democratic congresswoman nancy pelosi talks about democrats' agenda in this -- in the next congressional sessionbe

johns hopkins university. the global death toll stands at almost 1400000 . meanwhile, india's planning to put off the winter session of parliament due to the rising number of virus cases in the capital delhi. and china is testing millions of people and imposing local lock downs after multiple new cases were discovered in 3 cities across the country last week. thank you and i'm going to sleep on sunday. minds' picked up their 1st win of the season with a 31 victory over fellow strugglers, freiburg french, a striker was the hero for the away side, scoring all 3 of their goals. yeah, and maurits least is struggling mines, arrived in freiburg looking for a change in fortunes. much would depend on the form of join felipe. the strikers 4 goals in 7 games, the only bright spot in a terrible start to the campaign, and metate to show his worth with less than 2 minutes on the clock. the frenchman charging clear before slotting home, cooley, one nil to the visitors. but taitz was on hand again to make it 2 nil in a 34 minutes. rival keeper, florian muller, making it far too easy for the frenchman. imitative completed a stunni

johns hopkins university. the global death toll stands at almost 1400000 . india is planning to put off the winter session of parliament due to the rising number of virus cases in the capital delhi and china is testing millions of people and imposing local lock downs. after multiple new cases were discovered in 3 cities across the country last week, 3 prominent hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to that involvement in last year's pro-democracy protests, joshua won ivan lomond agonist due to be sentenced next week and could face up to 5 years in prison when they arrived knowing it could be their last moments of freedom, it would not freeze uprising their father sent to the me. they did haitian today. proved correct. this prison vehicle a school. it's hong kong to baucus, the activist, joshua wong, magnus channel, and i have been led into custody after they face trial over very role in massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. perhaps the protests wished me this day in prison, but i'm persuaded that neither person both know election battle is not any other arbitrary power. will stop

speaking of comparisons, john let's look at the market the nasdaq was positive earlier in the sessionalmost 1% at session lows for the dow, it is down 410. >> indeed. s&p also down more than 1% you know, we have had runs higher you know, things tend to balance out. we'll see where things go, especially with these virus numbers, some really concerning numbers continuing to stack up. >> yep we spoke to a fitness owner trying to make the case for keeping gyms open. it is going to be a tall order chicago coming out with an advisory starting monday for all citizens to stay at home the market not loving that news. it is the only news we have had in the last hour that is pushing us lower thank you jon fort for joining u.s. today that's it for "power lunch." "closing bell" picks it up right now. >> welcome to "closing bell" i'm wilfred frost along with sara eisen. stocks off their worst levels of the day those close to them. the nasdaq giving up 61 points and the dow falling more than 400 points let's look at what is driving the action chicago issuing a new stay-at-home advisory starting mond

johns hopkins university. the global death toll now stands at almost 1400000, and india is planning to put off the winter session of parliament due to the rising number of right cases in the capital delhi and china is testing millions of people and imposing local lock downs. after multiple new cases were discovered in 3 cities across the country last week. now of the other stories making headlines, this hour 3 problems. hong kong activists have been detained after pleading guilty to charges of organizing an unauthorized protests last year. joshua while i've a lamb, and agnes show all expect to be given prison terms on congress to mock receive movement has altered since beijing imposed a sweeping national security. all israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has refused to confirm or deny media reports that he made a claim. the stime visit to saudi arabia for a meeting with crown prince. mohammad was so much the alleged visit would mark the 1st known encounter between senior israeli and saudi officials. meanwhile, riyadh as deny the claims and effect. if europeans accuse rebel forces of destroying the airport i

the s&p 500, cruise stocks as norwegian is near the high of the session for more on the market action, let's get to bob pisani. >> hello, john it's sort of a choppy, indeterminate day. the market can't quite decide what it wants to do today. we've had a great run in bank and material stocks. the cyclical names have done really well recently those are on the weak side today. tech is kind of flattish overall today here and then we had energy stocks and reits. so energy has been holding up very well today and so has real estate investment trusts on top of that. teak take a lock therok there there's the reits there. sl green up this month they are going to start getting traffic elsewhere in the quarter. what's getting action and volume today? they love small caps of any kind small cap stocks, small cap val value, small cap growth overall is doing well. even midcap value, we're talking 300% of normal value they're trying to trade small cap value, small cap growth, midcap value there's huge money going into equity etfs in general so far this month look at these inflows. very large inflows, small cap equities, s&p 500, we're seeing

john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston professors. it includes an extended question-and-answer session and parts of the film were used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial association to which he's been invited. senator kennedy will participate in an informal question-and-answer period. the telecast of this meeting is sponsored by the kennedy/johnson texas campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22-station network. th

setting a record with more than 121,000 cases on thursday according to johns hopkins data 59 minutes left of the session in what has been a crazy week. today though essentially flat, sara. >> holding onto the gains i would argue, which are very strong so far this week. ahead on today's show we will ask jeff sonnenfield how america's corporate leaders are thinking about the heated election race. big news out of cvs as larry merlo announces hi retirement. we will also speak with the ceo of hershey asking about how cappy sales fell during this year's unusual halloween season. let's get to the final hour of trade, the markets and the election mike santoli tracking all the action for stocks. frank has the vote count in pennsylvania ylan moi is covering the balance of power in the senate how georgia's undetermined races come into play health care and consumer staples are up everyone else taking a pause. >> a pause a breonna taylorer. s&p 500 up 7.5 this week to date in a week he is time we travelled as much distance as we did back in soefl in three weeks. not a surprise you would take a little bit of a pause

johns hopkins university. the global death toll stands at almost 1400000 india's final into put off the winter session of parliament due to the rising number of virus cases in the capital delhi and china is testing millions of people in the bosun. local lockdowns, after possible new cases were discovered in sea cities across the country last week . let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in the, u.s. joe biden is pushing ahead with preparations for office despite president donald trump's continuing. refute refusal to concede the election media say biden, or will nominate antony blinken. secretary of state where he announces when he announces the 1st of his cabinet picks, lincoln's deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the obama administration, with the russians with other partners, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said there should be no return to the 25th, 15 iran nuclear deal that was abandoned by u.s. president. trump. some observers see a netanyahu is common to a direct message to joe biden, who has said he'll do, rejoin

session or early next year. we've got major crises right in our face right now. >> and to that point, john, thank you. mj as well. we have news just in to cnn, more evidence of some cracks in the republican party. one of the senate's top republicans backing the idea that the president-elect, joe biden, should get access to classified briefings asap. let's get to capitol hill with manu raju. >> chuck grassley, the most senior republican in the senate. i talked to him on his way in to the senate chamber. i asked if joe biden should have access to those classified briefings. he said i would think especially on classified briefings, the answer is yes. now, he becomes the most senior republican to make that case. most republicans are not answering that question. or they say the president's legal challenges should play out first before the transition can take place. mitch mcconnell was just asked by a colleague if he believes the president should have access to the briefings. mcconnell would not answer any questions as he was entering and leaving the senate chamber. but chuck grassley made it clear he belie

session of reviewing these drafts to the constitution. again, they want deep changes the anti-government protesters, but the, the monarchist, want things to stay. the way they are about john estimates 14000 square kilometers of land in and around the corner is contaminated with mines and unexploded munitions back. i'll pose a danger to civilians and to the crews responsible for carrying the sites. reports from target nocona kind of buck revealed mammadov is a veteran of the car about war. now, his son fights on the front lines in the latest crisis between armenia and azerbaijan has destroyed his home in 1904, he stepped on an anti-personnel land mine. they kids later. he still struggles with his prosthetic leg because of her them. if i didn't step on that mine, i would have had very different ambitions and another future every time i think about it, the negative impact on my life fills me with sorrow and grief. decontamination operations are continuing in a very towns hit by armenian rockets. i mean another by john never signed the mine . and thousands of people have been wounded by landmines and explosives since the 1990 s. grad and smirch rockets, litter boarded. these

session of the court as chief justice. lead them through some cases. when the senate comes back later that year, they then take up the question of approving john rutledge. now, george washington has never had anyone rejected that he has appointed. this is never happened in our young history. john rutledge has a number of things going against him. there are guys in the senate who think he is a little crazy. he has definitely had some strange things he had to say at the time. he has a reputation amongst some people. but also, where he will also get into trouble is he made some very pointed comments about that jay treaty that was negotiated by his predecessor. he was very critical in some speeches, and they tended to be a bit rambling speeches. he made some comments about the senate itself. which of course senators would read the newspapers and they would read what the south carolina supreme court justice would have to say about them, and when he actually came in front of them, they would remember these sorts of things and they would decide perhaps this is not the best guy to be chief justice of the supreme court. so even though he had actually run the co

lots of experience, jeff sessions, certainly qualified, regardless of what you think about his politics to run the department of justice. remember, the adults in the room, john. so i think that the reaction to the cabinet of trump and biden has been mixed from the media. it hasn't been all one thing. but there's no doubt that the transition itself is being covered differently because the transitions are so different. one was chaotic. one threw out all the work that chris christie did and the other of one is plotting and what we would call more normal. howie: interesting that tony blinken was cnn's global affairs analyst, a number of people at msnbc leaving to join the transition. there was an interview with lester holt. let's take a look at some of that. >> this lineup, those you selected so far, a lot of familiar faces among them. what do you say to those who are wondering if you're trying to create a third obama term? >> this is not a third obama term because we face a totally different world than we faced in the obama/biden administration. howie: gayle, joe biden gets a lot of soft balls from reporters but did lester holt at least press him on a couple of

session, they then take up the question of approving. him now george washington hasn't ever rejected that -- so this is never happened in our young history. well john has a couple things going against him. number one, there are guys in the senate who are a little crazy, he's definitely had some kind of strange things that he's had to say at certain times in the 17 nineties so he's got a reputation among some people but also what he's going to get in trouble for if he's going to make pointed comments about the treaty that was negotiated by his predecessor. he was very critical in some speeches and they tended to be sort of rambling speeches. he was very critical about some of the things that he said about the senate itself. of course, senators would read the newspaper and they would hear with the south carolina supreme court justice had to say about them. when he came in front of them they would remember these things and decide that perhaps the sky is not the best choice for the supreme justice of the court but even though he runs the court for a little while he's sent packing home. so first rejection. in south carolina you are seeing the constituti

session before biden is sworn. in they say they want it to be bipartisan, but, kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, not here, john? john: all right. peter doocy for us tonight from wilmington. peter, thanks so much. this just in from the white house. the michigan senate majority leader mike shirky and lee chatfield were meeting with the president. upon exiting that meeting, it's reported that the speaker and the majority leader said that they're not aware of any information that would change joe biden's win in michigan. we hope to get more of this over the next few minutes. coming ucoming up next, more str for senators facing run off in georgia and look at how the democrats' ground game there flipped the state for joe biden. here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering around the country. fox 8 in new orleans as the attorney for police officer says a combination of furloughs and rise in crime is a recipe for disaster. the police association of new orleans sent a letter this morning to the mayor and the city council warning of what it calls a catastrophic staffing crisis. from fox 6 in milwaukee with the la

session he tried to explain himself. he said that previous, i mean administrations had conducted peace negotiations with us there, but john and the fate of as they call it call it was always on the table as a by john wanting to make putting it as a precondition for any kind of negotiation. didn't take long for the spokesperson of the foreign minister to put on facebook and letter of his handwritten resignation. every very short message. dear prime minister, please accept here by my resignation. no explanation. she however, said that what the prime minister said was absolutely false. that in the past it was all about those 7 districts occupied by i mean years since the early 1990 s. and the fate of that town had not been on the table. thank you, but that update from capitol. well, richard, going to go see him is the director of the regional studies center, which is a think tank in yerevan. he told us this domestic situation. and i mean, he has become increasingly unstable. well, i don't think it was enough because in many ways the prime minister's pressure, the threat to his position is much less in opposition that's large

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country with rampant impunity, john home and how does it or mexico city 3, former pro-democracy politicians in hong kong have been arrested for disrupting a legislative council session earlier this year. the hong kong government says the politicians acted illegally, but the former politicians say it's yet another attempt by china to silence its critics. in hong kong reports former pro-democracy legislated to head home. he was arrested at his home early on wednesday morning, also under arrest for 2 other legislators, right chan and eddie chu. they've been chance for this incident. the pro-democracy politicians through what was described as a foul smelling liquid at the president of the city's legislature. it was during the 2nd reading of a controversial bill which criminalizes the mocking of china's national anthem. emergency services were called in the chamber was shut down. as a result, delaying the passing of the legislation. police side are intended to cause harm. the politicians say their wrist is unfair and unexpected. i told them the other 3 arrests of the police and i told them what the regime is doing. i can't have people with democratic values, people who s

session alone was down 236. we're slightly off that s&p 500 is off the early lows as well zoom helping to lead the nasdaq 100, johnlooking forward to disney and cisco earnings to night. >> that is definitely true, carl the big themes, protect investors today. number one, game on. the play station 5 from sony is shipping and in stores as of today. joining the x box series x this marks the start of the biggest console refresh. really the only major console refresh in seven years it's happening during pandemic lockdown and then you've got china. i mean coming off of a record breaking singles day where the chinese online consumer is flexing. we have to think about that exposed deadline for tiktok to do a deal in the u.s. for those assets i don't know if the president is interested in shutting down tiktok anymore fair to say his attention is elsewhere. >> that's right, jon today was the day when the president said there needed to be a deal done to divest the assets operating here in the u.s. but, jon, that deal has not been approved by the chinese government yet it's unclear where things stand. one thing is for sure, t

our next session of our book talk series will be on tuesday october 20 with mark salter talk about his note book the luckiest man alike with john mccain to be moderated by senator joe lieberman. thank you again very much for joining us with this. >> current think slot coal. >> thank you hr. spent on her author interview program "after words" democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut was interviewed by counsel in criminal justi senior fellow thomas app about his n book the violence inside us. this portion of the program senator murphy elains why america became a more violent country than oers around the world. >> we are clearly an outlier when it comes to the homicide rate. in the boo talks about the fact that has n always been the cas in the united states. in fact, for much of america's early history, we wereot a global outlier. it wasot until the middle 1800s in which america's homicide rate started to diverge from the rest of the world. and it never came back to the ground. we have been a global outlier now for 150 years. there two things yourwo things explain expansion in the united states with the invention of the ther

>> john, just want to point out, nasdaq up over 4%, s&p up 3% the nasdaq driven higher by the tech giants. facebook up about 8% alphabet up 7% carl, strength in those tech giants today >> session highs, dow up 700-plus points. it's time for the judge. >> appreciate it, carl our breaking news coverage continues. welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner first, let me show you what's happening in the market at this hour a big gain for stocks is what. there's your picture right now dow is up by more than 700 points that is a better than 2.5% gain. stp is good for 3% nasdaq is the outperformer, the standout with a gain of more than 4%. let's go to the race for the presidency still up for grabs, crucial votes are still being counted this hour. the electoral vote stands right now, 224 biden, 213 trump. could be days prosecute we have final vote counts for key battleground states. maybe we're getting a little more clarity on that bottom of our screen right here, nbc news is projecting joe biden wins the state of maine. want to get that news piece in there as we continue to watch for those votes. even if biden ekes out a electoral vote, expectations could spell trouble for a