robin niblett and david page state with us.have a couple of currency moves, and we speak with neil ferguson on radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: it is the sixth visit to latin america. he is from argentina. chile andf visiting peru. in the meantime some political le and realin chi effort in peru to meet with the indigenous people of the amazon river system. he will speak to them about the rainforest and some of the hardships they faced. . good morning. this is bloomberg surveillance. from london, francine lacqua and tom keene. republican congressional leaders are trying to over a government shutdown on friday. they don't believe they will have the votes to pass a spending deal by then. there considering a short-term spending bill that would keep the government running until february 16. there is a report that counterintelligence officials son-in-lawld trump's about rupert murdoch's ex-wife. be using her friendship with jared kushner to further the interests of the chinese government. a spokesperson for murdo