alison phillips has been the editor of the daily mirror since 2018. the last time we spoke, you were just the editor of the mirror. since then your remit has broadened, for which congratulations. you're now editor in chief of the daily mirror, the sunday mirror and the sunday people. just tell us what it like running a seven day operation at the moment? it is really exciting, it has been an incredible year for news and i think what has been most interesting is seeing how much readers have come back to news. i think there is always that slight concern in journalism that one day you are going to run out of stories or one day there will be nothing that people want to read and there has been so much doom and gloom, i think, across the industry over recent years about people turning away from news for a whole host of reasons, but this year with the pandemic we have seen our numbers could digitally the numbers are the highest numbers we had ever seen and in print as well, obviously we took a bit of a hit at the beginning of lockdown, but they had virtually

the daily mirror reflects on the victims of the yorkshire ripper, who died today, saying they can now rest in peace. and the yorkshire post also carries pictures of sutcliffe's victims, saying his deaths ends one of the most hauntingly notorious chapters in yorkshire's history. 0k, ok, let's begin our chat. hello again, both. faiza, we're good to with, it's got to be dominic cummings, and it's the front page of the ft we are going to kick off with first —johnson the ft we are going to kick off with first — johnson cuts cummings list. what details did you pick out in this that you found intriguing? one of the things i want to say, this is the story that is dominating across the story that is dominating across the papers, a picture of dominic cummings, whichi the papers, a picture of dominic cummings, which i think is really interesting, him walking out of number ten with a cardboard box. he does not have to walk out that way, and this speaks to me to the drama in numberten, to and this speaks to me to the drama in number ten, to the spectacle of him wanting to be seen to walk out i

who used to be a journalist for the daily mirror who just be a journalist for the daily mirror whojust up be a journalist for the daily mirror who just up as a chicken to talk to tory ministers —— dressed up as a chicken. he has come a long way from his early days as a chicken. number ten is trying to work and effective operation, and i bear no ill will towards dominic cummings, but i do worry that having a number ten that's structured to intensively around campaign skills will be problematic when it comes to governing, trying to influence and leave the hundreds of thousands of public servants. they should instead, in my view, and the public administration committee was holding on inquiry in parliament today, around how you build an effective number ten that can be an effective government. i'm afraid boris johnson's is struggling. i want to see them appoint really great public service leaders. is this more about getting brexit done, dia?|j generally don't know because brexit is on the trajectory and going the way it is going. we are going... the transmission period is going to end

the daily mirror's front page, whereas jabs for all april, there is hope hopefully for us this can be rolled out in the way we help? yes, it is potentially very good news this first came about today from a report in the health service journal specialist magazine which had seen these documents saying that a vaccine was on its way and potentially could be ruled out for everybody by april. then matt hancock gave a press conference this evening and more less confirmed it. now, there's a lot of hurdles to overcome. i quite like the phrase used by the deputies medical officer for england in the press conference when he said, are we on the glide path? yes. could there be side wins? yes that is a possibility as well, so yes that is a possibility as well, so it needs approval. as you said, this pfizer drug is getting fast approvalfrom the this pfizer drug is getting fast approval from the american regulator, the fda, and matt hancock is saying that he has asked uk regulators to do likewise. but that is the key thing, will he get approval? side wins indeed, could put this of course. how do you

‘tiers of despair‘ reads the front page of the daily mirror, as most of england is placed in tiers 2 and 3 once the country emerges from national lockdown next wednesday. the times suggests that 99% of the country faces the strictest two tiers of coronavirus restrictions until well into january. the metro's headline ‘the north sees red' comes after the prime minister today announced that large swathes of the north of england are amongst the areas being placed into tier 3 — the highest tier. with much of yorkshire landing in this category, the yorkshire post reports on number 10's defense of the tier system — the paper says the high restrictions are despite infection rates in the region falling faster than almost anywhere else in the country. ‘don‘t hug gran this christmas' is the message on the front of the i — as families are urged to avoid risks to avoid further lockdowns after the festive period. elsewhere, the independent shows fans in naples ‘mourning an icon‘, with fans paying tribute to footballer diego maradona before his former club‘s european tie last nigh

the daily mirror. we are all burnt out. aren't we just. the daily mirror. we are all burnt out. aren't wejust. caroline? this is grim. it's all very understandable. i don't know if you remember, matt hancock appeared on the andrew marr show in march, april, andrew marr pressed him and even then saying will these nhs nurses be getting a pay rise? matt hancock just sort of nurses be getting a pay rise? matt hancockjust sort of pushed it away, said it's not for now, let's praise them, be grateful, all of this, celebrate their work, and we have those weekly rounds of applause, and now these nurses are quite rightly saying never mind the applause, show us saying never mind the applause, show us the money! they are in a clearly morally strong position to make that case, whether or not the government will answer it in the appropriate fashion they are asking for, that's another matter. they seem to have made various u—turns when pressed. i think they need to get a high profile sports player on side to press their case in the social media spaces because that seems to do the trick. tony

the daily mirror shares fears over a possible christmas lockdown. it says labour leader sir keir starmer is warning new measures will be tougher due to delays in introducing them. the guardian reports that the prime minister is facing what it calls ‘tory fury‘ over the lockdown meaures in england. and the telegraph says borisjohnson will seek to end the national lockdown at the beginning of december, but that will not rule out further measures. it also leads with a photo of the england world cup star sir bobby charlton, who has been diagnosed with dementia. so let‘s begin. rob and olivia, great to see you. olivia, if you could start us off with the front page of the ft, and it isa with the front page of the ft, and it is a business demand for more support. yeah. it seems pretty clear that businesses are pretty furious. they spent the last few months desperately trying to make their shops coronavirus secure and lots have spent millions and millions of getting those perspex greens up and their queueing systems in place, their queueing systems in

let's move on just now to the daily mirror because they are focusing on the very young here in the picture here these three girls, 4 million people living in poverty, —— children living in poverty, offering new hope if not ever made a national tragedy. poverty, absolute poverty, this relative poverty. it's confusing, isn't it? in terms of the definition of poverty. definitely can but there's no question that poverty has a worsening in this crisis and the mirror, it's give me five campaign and out of it they wa nted five campaign and out of it they wanted increase in child benefits, they also want an increase in the national minimum wage to £10 an hour. that's not likely to happen tomorrow if the briefings are anything to go by. it chancellor is expected to cancel an actual living wage rise because of concerns it could put companies out of business, because it would be too expensive to pay people a higher wage, it was supposed to go up from £8 72 to £9 21 but only expected now to go up in line with inflation. but you know many people who are on those really low wages have been at the

the daily mirror, we are all burnt out. it's not a good story either. nurses and doctors quite rightly saying we had a year of it, can we please have some money? we saw matt hancock rushing away saying that for another day. the months have gone by. another day. the months have gone by, we are not through this crisis. they're still working. all the days and hours they can. they are at the front line and lots of them have suffered from the virus themselves asa suffered from the virus themselves as a result. we know they were working at the beginning of the year. let's not do the weekly clap this time, let's actuallyjust put some money in their bank account instead. tony, take us to our last paper, the times. this is a really worrying story. you start off reading it and you think gold—diggers, beware. it's pretty serious. we are talking about debts here. i don't not surprising that people keep things from their partners and don't voice to close whatever debts they had, but it is obviously a worry and particular worry because as britain, if we ever leave

yes, that's exactly what the daily mirror is saying. high street plea, go shop for britain. i did this last christmas, i'm going to do it again, trying avoid online shop if you can. there are some wonderful independent shops out there to support. yeah, absolutely, and that's a great campaign and what i would absolutely support. partly because also the amazon beast has now taken over the world and we all need to be doing oui’ world and we all need to be doing our little bit not to let it grow monstrously bigger yet again. so i think... but the same time, people's incomes are low, people are frightened. i doubt there will be big sprees, but it is lovely if you can have some way of supporting your local butcher, your local florist, why not? yeah, some people will struggle to buy very much at all the ship because times are so hard and some of people have lost theirjobs. letch —— lets fitness, though, with the guardian. and it just —— lets fitness, though, with the guardian. and itjust to use celebrities to drive encourage covert vaccine taken. i think it is a good idea

with me are the assistant editor of the daily mirror, jason beattie, and deputy comment editor at the telegraph, madeline grant. let's ta ke let's take a look now at tomorrow's front pages. the telegraph reports that families will be allowed to meet for up to a week at christmas — but tough restrictions may remain in place until then. the mirror leads on news of the vaccine, writing that it's seen an nhs document that says the roll—out could begin next month if supplies are ready. the express adds that everyone in the uk could be given a vaccine by spring, if it's approved by the regulator. the times reports that borisjohnson told tory mps to "form a square" of protection around the home secretary, priti patel, after an official inquiry found that she had sworn, shouted at, and bullied senior officials. the guardian adds that the prime minister drove his own ethics adviser to quit when he refused to sack priti patel. meanwhile, the financial times writes that the uk has bet half a billion dollars of taxpayer money in the race to become a global satellite internet provider, competi

the other point is that the daily mirror is picking up on this desperation at the lack of support for struggling firms. as always, we think about the front—line workers and we have to think about all those different companies, those businesses that, as the paper says, is struggling. there is a couple of ways you can look at it. there are the people who were the organisations and some of them are exhausted because they've been working so hard, but for some they become disassociated because they have been furloughed and some are feeling guilty because they are still able to have money or whatever it may be, and i start to think of the hospitality, the pubs, restau ra nts, the hospitality, the pubs, restaurants, entertainment venues and in the role i do, i produce comedy, so there are comedians and their work has been decimated. we can struggle on and do video comedy events performances, but it's not the same and these things take a lot of planning. you cannot do it overnight, you have to planet and you don't know whether it will happen. it is immensely difficult and the support throug

"the cost of christmas" — that's on the front of the daily mirror, with ministers reportedly looking at a five—day break from coronavirus rules to allow indoor mixing over the festive period. the daily mail has the same story, writing that families will be allowed to meet up at christmas, but it may result in a further month of lockdown. the paper also features an image of bbcjournalist martin bashir, as it's announced prince william has welcomed an investigation into the panorama interview with his mother, princess diana. the guardian reports a senior home office employee resigned due to complaints of racism and discrimination in the department's schemes which were set up to address the windrush scandal. the paper leads with the news that borisjohnson has agreed a four—year £16.5 billion increase in defence spending, despite the financial pressures of the pandemic. and the daily express says it's a double dose of good news, with two coronavirus vaccines producing promising results. the times has a similar lead, reporting the first coronavirus vaccine could be ready for use with

this story, and it is picked up in the daily mirror as well, is really horrific, this time when women when living in yorkshire —— when women living in yorkshire —— when women living in yorkshire lived in such fear. it is really important to remember those who were brutally murdered and the applications for theirfamilies murdered and the applications for their families —— implications murdered and the applications for theirfamilies —— implications for theirfamilies —— implications for theirfamilies. there theirfamilies —— implications for their families. there has theirfamilies —— implications for theirfamilies. there has been a sense of a leaf from the families there is some closure now that this man has died. michael. yeah, it is good to see that sutcliffe is not on that front page and it isjust the memory of those women, and again, today, we heard from west yorkshire police, who apologised for not really treating them like human beings, not you do them as individuals. some of them, they were stigmatized by being called sex workers, and i rememberthe last

the daily mirror shares fears over a possible christmas lockdown. it says labour leader sir keir starmer is warning new measures will be tougher due to delays in introducing them. the guardian reports that the prime minister is facing what it calls "tory fury" over the lockdown meaures in england. and the telegraph says borisjohnson will seek to end the national lockdown at the beginning of december, but that will not rule out further measures. it also leads with a photo of the england world cup star sir bobby charlton, who has been diagnosed with dementia. let's start our chat. and this time around, rob, iwonder let's start our chat. and this time around, rob, i wonder if you could kick us off. we will be looking at the front page of the times, and lockdown could last to next year, that's the warning. yes, more ugly news, remember that the lockdown sta rts news, remember that the lockdown starts on thursday and is supposed to end on the 2nd of december. when he announced yesterday, the prime minister described as time—limited, stressing that it w

the daily mirror reports that whilst aracadia stands on the brink of collapse, sir philip green is planning a christmas getaway at luxury resort in the maldives, resort in the maldives. so, let's begin. some of the papers we already have, and it's always lovely to have you, i appreciate it when people give up their time for us, so thank you. let's start, as we saw, a lot of the papers focusing on what's happening with arcadia. maya, these are some of the huge huge shops that we know, real high—street staples like topshop. i don't know if you and your friends, topshop. i don't know if you and yourfriends, i spent topshop. i don't know if you and your friends, i spent many an topshop. i don't know if you and yourfriends, i spent many an hour waiting for my friends outside the top shop, the mega one on oxford circus not far from top shop, the mega one on oxford circus not farfrom here. waiting for my friends to do that shopping experience and to think that that could potentially go, not least the thousands of jobs, it's could potentially go, not least the thousands ofjobs, it's a big story.

according to the daily mirror, the government could face court action over the deaths of 20,000 care home residents from covid—19. the daily mail reports millions of public sector workers face a pay squeeze to help pay for the pandemic. the guardian also says the chancellor, rishi sunak, is preparing to announce a renewed squeeze on public sector pay in next week's government spending review. according to the times, borisjohnson will defend his home secretary, priti patel, as it quotes sources saying she did break the rules on ministers‘ behaviour, according to a draft report. she has always denied any wrongdoing. the metro reports the price comparison site, ‘compare the market,‘ has been fined nearly eighteen million pounds by the competition watchdog for making home insurance premiums artificially high. and the daily telegraph is one of a number of papers to feature a picture of the queen and prince philip on its front page as they celebrate 73 years of marriage. while, congratulations to them. let's begin. as always, lovely to have you both with us. digby, let's start with

and the daily mirror's front page features england's 1966 world cup winner, geoff hurst, giving his backing to research into the affects of heading in relation to the onset of dementia. a lot to get through. welcome back, both of you. now we know, instead of the 12 days of christmas, it'll be five this year. it's like revamp. a similar story in the i to a degree on what scientists are now looking at, the idea of having a brief period where different households can mix indoors. there have been some speculations it will be resigned to christmas and a tent outside at christmas and a tent outside at christmas dinner, but what being discussed is a limit to... what the report says is that there cannot be a week long. it's not going to be over after christmas. they expect this to start from particularly christmas eve. i think we have to wait to see what's actually announced, but i think it does give us an announced, but i think it does give us an indicator where people are looking. and also what the rules are because clearly, lots of you want to travel for christmas, myself included, and that can

mirror pension fund being used to finance epstein and israeli intelligence being involved i am totally convinced that bass completely false is false as the accusation against me and my case the accusations we have emails that my accuser tried to suppress and which she admits she never met me we have her lawyer and take it meaning that she was wrong we have the f.b.i. former f.b.i. investigating it i have been totally completely exonerated and the proof is overwhelming that my accuser made up the whole story and i think people making up stories about them aside i don't think there's any truth to that at all why do you think people who knew epstein i'm actually saying things like that. well you know he's a mysterious character people now know a lot about him visited me once in israel i think it was the only time he was ever it is really he didn't seem to know anybody there i arranged 'd a lunch for him at the time before i do anything wrong or anything improper that he had done i arranged a lunch with him with the judges and justices and important people he had never met any of those peo

the daily mirror reports that whilst aracadia stands on the brink of collapse, sir philip green is planning a christmas getaway at luxury resort in the maldives. lovely to have you both back with us, good to see you here on a friday night. i‘m sure you‘ve got better things to do but good to have you with us. let us start we will start with us. let us start we will start with the times, and let‘s start with you, allie this time. this is a warning from michael gove, we‘ve been hearing much more about these tea rs systems been hearing much more about these tears systems that england will go into after the second lockdown ends. 90% of england will be in these two top tears, and mps need to vote this through, and so what is michael gove saying to them? he tried to for rebellion, a vote next week as you rightly say only three places in the uk you can go, cornwall, the isle of wight or the aisles of silly, but it rest of the country he were going to be in tier2 rest of the country he were going to be in tier 2 or two or three. a lot of backbenchers are saying, particularly deeming green ba

the daily mirror reflects on the victims of the yorkshire ripper, who died today, saying they can now rest in peace. and the yorkshire post also carries pictures of sutcliffe's victims, saying his deaths ends one of the most hauntingly notorious chapters in yorkshire's history. 0k, ok, let's begin our chat and start with the guardian. michael, could you kick us off? i'm interested to know, what you think is the legacy? while i'm not sure exactly what the legacy is. to brexiteers, he's the man who got brexit over the line. i think a lot of people who support brexit will think fondly of him for that. there is going to be a lot of people in westminster who are glad he's gone. it sounds like a lot of people in downing street are glad he's gone. if you look at the headline, i think that sums it up for a lot of people — the politicians wanted all to be about them, they're the ones who are elected, we put them in there. we don't expect it all to be decided by one guy. and as that headline goes towards, it was getting to a point where it was all about one guy, reading across the papers toni

it's no surprise that the daily mirror it be a big band. not many people are either within business journalists world which i use to inhabit more than i do now. he's not very pop popular figure he sort of a pantomime figure. asjoe was saying, he missed the boat with getting on board with e—commerce. also, i have a teenage daughter and she's never once been into top shop in the last few years. and she's a shopaholic. that kind of tells you all you need to know. their product is not as good as it used to be in the way they sell it isn't modern. he might‘ve missed some bows but he‘s got others. let‘s go on to... by he‘s got others. let‘s go on to... by guardian. labour delivers blow to johnson‘s covid plan as tory rebels circle. we talked about this before interesting, steer clear that keir starmer should have chosen that route, to abstain because it allows other people to inflict the real damage on the prime minister. up until now keir starmer has broadly stuck with the government but then on occasion has taken a different stanc

mirror. welcome back, both. lots to talk about, so let's get started. and we are going to start with the new york times. "biden clears a path to victory" is its front page as the former vice president leads the us election race in a number of key states. the times says "history calls as biden heads for the white house", after those gains in pennsylvania, georgia and nevada. moving online — politico's us website says the republican party are now pushing back against president trump's false election claims, although some have jumped to his defence. the mirror say trump is still in denial as biden closes in on election win. the philippine star says the "truth shall prevail" and shows a picture of president trump during a news conference that many major us networks dropped halfway through. the express is covered by a picture of a large exit sign next to the president speaking yesterday at the white house. they say he "refuses to face reality". the straits times calls the united states the divid

earlier he spoke to the daily mirror's chief football writer john cross he believes that being a former united player soldier is really helping his cause. well i do think the pressure is mounting or so scar i think another defeat if it's in will really start people talking even more so i just don't think you can lose out on 2 to ask to suffer that sort of defeat week in the champions league and be manager of a club like manchester united and expect not to have that very immediate threat i think is made worse probably for some skill by the fact that you know. an obvious suited for the job is available 'd he's underlined how much he likes english football this week and he's clearly the the man in the background ready to take charge so do you think the pressure is certainly mounting. i still think the social probably because united puts so much faith in he's a club legend and i think you'll probably be afforded more time perhaps if he wasn't given those who started this do you think the pressure is mounting also on wednesday in the champions league rb leipsic upset p.s.g. to want the germa

daily life for an african american in the thirty's was. you know frustrating there would be parts of town that you would not be able to go to or you would only be allowed to go to certain stores there were accommodations for there would be separate. surely screw example of why it would be separate water fountains. and they will usually be lower quality i've thought about this many times i don't even i don't know why more african-americans didn't. try to go. there has other places maybe it doesn't occur to them. to comb their will but i ceased to be sniffling meeting to push their nests. in the wood in the expressiveness to know i was because i stole the ducks the but the cup the poor you know of them i was freezing yet i'm slow about the sally is a story that still to be done deal it's got to be natural to start. when the soviet union collapsed the descendants of those african-americans had the chance to travel and to see their ancestral homeland for the 1st time george tines his grandson you'll be times was one of the few from whence to b

let's go to the daily mirror. similar to earlier questions, given the data you have seen, how confident are you the nhs capacity will be relieved by december the 2nd so national lockdown can be lifted? and for the prime minister, test and trace today reached a new low, having virtually no impact on the outbreak. is there any point at which the government will abandon its approach giving the bulk of funding to outsourced firms? wouldn't it be pragmatic to confirm the staff are better at it? as i said earlier with the animation that might have been too quick, falling foul of my own keep it straight forward dictum, but the point i think is that the infections that are already out there in different parts of the country last week and this week, they will be next week's hospitalisations and the week after, but if you look at three or four weeks, we are hoping and expecting weeks, we are hoping and expecting we will not see the large further increase in hospitalisations that the infectious disease experts were saying we

but i remember reading some old archive articles from the daily mirror saying don‘t talk about things like sex in public so as not to provoke maybe if the killer was in your presence, really strange things, putting the onus on women and the responsibility on women to keep themselves safe because of the threat of this killer in their midst. that is so striking, isn't it was and the way that a lot of the women who were attacked were portrayed, some of these women were sex workers, some of them. be language around that, the tone, the attitudes of the time, it is so interesting that the chief constable of west yorkshire police has, this afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was used. afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was usedm afternoon, apologised for some of the language that was used. it is interesting but it is just a shame it has taken so long and it has taken for this man to die for this apology because some of the language was abhorrent. i can remember when i first read the statement from one of the officers leading the investigation following the mu

"our little bottle of hope", is the headline in the daily mirror, which says britain will have doses for five million people by the end of this year, if it is approved by regulators. "0ne smalljab for man...", is the headline in the daily mail, which says scientists have hailed the "giant leap for humanity". it reports that the "dramatic announcement" of the first effective covid vaccine could see life return to normal by spring. the daily telegraph reports the nhs has plans to create 1,500 vaccination sites within weeks in anticipation of the roll—out of the vaccine, and is the only paper to use its front page to display the priority list of who will get it first. we will take you through some of the various details around the vaccine this morning. let's take a look at an article from bbc news online now, and it's a big weekend coming up for fans of the crown. the new season of netflix's historical drama about the royal family starts on sunday, and the bbc‘s arts editor will gompertz has awarded it four out of five stars. lots of talk about gillian anderson, who plays margaret t

"the cost of christmas," is the daily mirror's headline. the newspaper says five days of extreme lockdown equates to one day of fun. experts are warning that partying will lead to new crackdowns if infections soar. the guardian reports on our top story this morning and news that the prime minister is set to reveal a funding boost of over £16 billion for defence. the daily express says britain's coronavirus vaccine roll—out scheme is "edging closer." the paper also features a picture of princess diana and prince william, who has welcomed an independent investigation into how the bbc secured its famous interview with his mother. it is probably worth saying on the front page about defence spending and we are speaking to the defence secretary this morning. we will be asking questions about the allocation of money at the moment, the huge upgrading of money spent on defence. you may have thoughts on that and how the government is spending its money more generally. this has tickled me in the daily mail this morning. no one is saying you should

"virus jabs for all by april" reads the headline on the front of today's daily mirror. the paper shows a leaked timeline of a covid vaccination rollout. it also quotes union bosses who say the health secretary is ‘unlikely to deliver‘ on the plans. the express also leads on the leaked timetable, and reports on matt hancock's comments that the vaccine will be administered from as soon as next month — if it is approved. meanwhile, the telegraph says family meet—ups could be on the cards this christmas. the paper quotes government plans which it says are due to be announced early next week. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. i hope you are both well. good morning to you at home. looking at a mixture of weather around this weekend. for most of us, it will be turning cooler is that weekend goes by and good reason for that, this line of cloud, a cold front which will be pushing its way southwards as we move through this today and into sunday as well. as we go through the next couple of days, this cold air will be arriving across this cold air will be

that mirroring what we saw in the first days after the election. that is because investors expecting a joe biden presidency to be beneficial for the move towards greater legalization of cannabis. they have heard both joe biden and kamala harris being supportive of cannabis reform. more states act positively in that direction. getstors thinking they will action on a federal level. taylor: everything is higher, but you look at tilray in particular. increasing the cash flow with the debt swap. debt is free, everything is 0%. why not? right.hat is absolutely showing investor enthusiasm for that particular stock. we are seeing the debt convergence, converting $124 million worth of debt into about 6 million shares for an existing bondholder. also helping to strengthen the balance sheet for tilray and removing a big chunk of interest obligations. jeffrey's calling it a shrewd move. taylor: emme chandra, thank you as always for joining us. stay with us. up next, the role of the u.s. on the global trade -- of the global stage. we speak with eurasia group pr

this one memo leaked but my understanding is there were multiple memos, and i think maybe daily memos that really mirror this, and the fact that they didn't leak before this is i think suggestive of the fact that she does give her guidance privately. if you listen to what she has been saying when she goes around to the states it's consistent with what was in the memo, what was reported to be in that memo. i think her advice has been consistent all the way through she just, you know, is an internal adviser who doesn't speak publicly on a national platform about these, and in some respects, her role has been changed. she was more out front earlier, but other people have taken that sort of out-front role for the white house more recently. >> if that's the case, fair to say the president is not listening to her >> it doesn't appear that she's briefing the president with the same frequency that she used to, and she has said that in the press, so that's been reported in the press i don't know whether he's listening to her or not. i think her role has changed she seems to be playing a much m

janet: and a lot of it is looking through the year -- through the rearview mirror, and europe without a doubt is still -- we have yet to see the impact of the renewed restrictions being put in place on a daily basis across europe. i think we can take some encouragement. the better data that has come through in asia. the pmi, even better news on the infections in the likes of australia and new zealand, and in the u.s., there is so much uncertainty, not just about what has happened with the election, and whatever the government reaction is to the infections. the u.s., i think the jury is still out there. there is still attention that can be paid to the data for october. francine: given that we are in election week, and we really don't know what will happen to the senate so we don't know what happens to stimulus and we certainly don't know what happens to a possible lockdown in different states, depending on who is president, how difficult is it for you to forecast a path forward for the u.s. economy? tricky, and quite the markets themselves i think at the moment, as long as there is a c

welcome back to the mirror. and know you're not alone because this. come on jessie one more. is the reflection of an unstoppable community in the mirror. steve: this is a fox news alert. president trump is reportedly planning to pardon michael flynn. sources telling fox news the former national security adviser may be part of a number of pardons by the president between now and january. flynn has gone through a legal circus since resigning from his position just a month into the trump presidency all dating back to a 2016 phone call with a russian ambassador during the transition. fox news contributor and chief correspondent for "the washington examiner" byron york has been following the saga for the last four years. he joins us now. byron, you know, i remember hearing a couple of months ago flynn's attorney, it sounded like didn't want a pardon from the president. wanted to just clear his name on his own. now what happens? >> well, you are absolutely right. that's what flynn's attorney sidney powell said. look, this would be very, very popular ne among republicans because the