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Now, to meet the panel of correspondence. Nbc news. Charles, cbs news. Douglas, reporter magazine. New york herald tribune. Noted, the four reporters include a newspaperman and a magazine report. These two selected by the press secretary of the candidates from among the reporters traveling with the candidates. Representatives were chosen. The rules for this evening have been agreed upon by the representative of both candidates and the radio and television networks. There will be no Opening Statement by the candidates nor any closing summations. Will be devoted to answering questions from the reporters. Incandidate to be questions turn with opportunities for comment by the other. Toh answer will be limited two and one half minutes, each comment in one and a half minutes. The reporters are free to ask any question they choose on any subject. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine who will be asked the final question. The first question is from mr.
Will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who makes us one, use our lawmakers today as agents of reconciliation. Give them the wisdom to build bridges that will enable Diverse People to accomplish your purposes on earth. Lord, inspire our senators with such oneness of spirit and resolve that they will provide our nation with a model of cooperation. Remind them of the wisdom of matthew 12 25, which states that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Lord, we thank you for giving senator grassley another birthday. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gr
Demand and saving live music helping independent venues and theaters across the country survive. It is tuesday, september 1, 2020 you are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning im Frank Holland in for Brian Sullivan the markets kick off a brandnew trading month. Stock futures slightly in the green here the dow jones looking like it will pop four points nasdaq on pace coming off a winning streak. Seven out of the eight days. The dow and s p wrapped up the best august. Similar for the s p, rising 7 percent e for the fifth straight move gains the story continues to be all about tech nasdaq surging 9. 5 in august for the best monthly performance since 2000 taking a look at the bond market and the yield trading around. 723 and the 30 year at 1. 5 we continue to follow the markets, lets go worldwide now. To julianna tatelbaum. Lets get a look at the Global Markets with you how are you . Im doing great we had a strong start to trade here in europe benchmark opening higher we ha
Well take you there live as soon as we can. That much and more on making money. Charles so it was a major beat on the labor front on all parts of, right . Initial jobless claims declined 1. 2 million. Down 249,000 in one week. Well below consensus. Wall street was looking for 1. 4 million. Continuing claims declined to 16. 1 million. Down 844,000. Pandemic employment assistance swooned to 655,000. It was above 900,000 a week ago. Yesterdays adp number, tally of jobs created, 4. 3 million. Initially they thought it was 2. 4 million. All of this dovetails with better data on the economy and service economy. I know it sounds nuts. It against conventional wisdom of all talking heads but i think the v is getting stronger so am i nuts . Lets ask Keith Fitzgerald of the Keith Fitzgerald group, jack ablin and walser Wealth Management president , rebecca walser. Rebecca, am i nuts . All im looking at the data and it is getting stronger no stopping engine newt of the american machine and Economi