1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: Leslie Latdo. Citizens living in the Gaza Strip are being 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: urged to leave. Food and medical supplies began crossing in 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: from Egypt for the first time since the Israel Hamas 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: war erupted two weeks ago, addressing a key demand for US, 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: European and Arab leaders as the humanitarian situation worsens. At 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: the same time, dozens of leaders and senior officials from 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: the Middle East, Europe, and Africa met in Cairo, searching 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: for ways to prevent the war from becoming a wider conflict. 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 1: President Biden has spoken with the two American hostages who 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: were released by Hamas. In a video released by the 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: White House, Biden told Judith Rannon and her daughter Natalie 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: that he was delighted they were released and hoped that 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: they were both in good health. 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: I hope, I hope you're both ruf how were feeling 16 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 2: you but in good health as well. Yes. 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: The President added that he is working to get the 18 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: remaining hostages released. The two women were kidnapped on October seventh, 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: when Hamas gunmen stormed across the border into southern Israel, 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: killing hundreds and taking dozens of hostages. The chaos for 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: a House speaker continues as Democrats in Congress are now 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: calling for quote a less extreme reasonable candidate, according to 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries califringa moderate Democrat, Josh Harder says, 24 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: the only way to govern in an era of divided 25 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: government is from the center. 26 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 3: Somebody who can work across party lines to keep the 27 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 3: government open and ensure that we get back to work. 28 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: We have real things that need solving. We have to 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 3: make sure that we're pushing for a humanitarian aid package 30 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: in Gaza and Israel. 31 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: Harder also points to the need for a continued support 32 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: for Ukraine and the US domestic agenda. Another federal funding 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: crisis looms next month. Harder points to what he calls 34 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: a few radical extremists on the far right for causing 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: a quote civil war of dysfunction in the GOP. Members 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: return Monday to continue the search for new speaker. Fears 37 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: of an atomic arms race grow after the US conducted 38 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: a high explosive experiment at a nuclear test site in Nevada. 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,679 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Jonathan to Ne covers international energy markets with a 40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: focus on nuclear energy and says actions like the experiment 41 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: last Wednesday, can be misinterpreted by other nations. 42 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: Since nineteen ninety two, the US has had a voluntary 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: moratorium against nuclear tests. Nevertheless, the US has five thousand 44 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: nuclear weapons and stockpile and needs to maintain the integrity 45 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 2: of those weapons. Therefore, they conduct tests of the mechanics 46 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: they called physics experiments Basically. This test was conducted just 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 2: hours after the Russians revoked their participation in the Comprehensive 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 2: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 49 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Jonathan to Rone, reporting from Vienna. Analysts say they 50 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: are concerns tests by the National Nuclear Security Administration could 51 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: be misinterpreted and lead to further escalation from Russia. Americans 52 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: are falling behind on their auto loans at the highest 53 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: rate in nearly three decades. We get more on that 54 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: story from Bloomberg's Denise Pellegreene. 55 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 4: The share of subprime auto borrowers at least sixty days 56 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 4: past due on their car payments rowse to six point 57 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 4: one one percent in September, and that's the highest in 58 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 4: data going all the way back to nineteen ninety four, 59 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 4: according to Fitch Ratings. Couple things behind this the surge 60 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 4: of course in car prices is in helping, but of 61 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 4: course the big thing is borrowing. Costs on the rise, 62 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 4: and with the Federal Reserve indicating it does plan to 63 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 4: keep interest rates higher for longer, this problem is likely 64 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 4: to stay with us for a while, especially as millions 65 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: of Americans are now required once again to start making 66 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 4: payments on their federal student loans. Denise Pellegrene Bloomberg Radio. 67 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: Thousands of jobs could be cut as British Steel overhauls 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: its operations and looks to reduce pollution at its sites. 69 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: Its owner, which rescued the steelmaker in twenty twenty, is 70 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: in discussions with turnaround consultants to oversee a cost cutting program. 71 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: The Times reports there are no final decisions yet, but 72 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: as many as two thousand jobs could be slashed as 73 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: part of the company's plan to convert blast furnaces to 74 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: electric arc furnace technology, which could bring in fresh funding. 75 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now, 76 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: I'm Leslie Lado and this