And policy. From john hopkins university, this is about 40 minutes. I am honored to be here to launch our quarterly Johns Hopkins form. Schedulingstminute change, the president is unable to join us. We can think of no better person with whom to begin a series of dialogues about policy then dr. Anthony franchi. For millions across the country and indeed the world, dr. Kouji has emerged at this moment as a trusted source. For four decades to make he has exemplified the role of scientist and public servant. During the early years of the aids crisis in the 1980s, dr. Found she was among the first toentists to collaborate advance treatment. He advised president s of both parties in the following decades on every pandemic the world has seen from sars to the asian flu to the ebola. Era, hethe cove it continues to provide the best information to policymakers and the public. A, dr. Couch05 as he revealed the three Guiding Principles of his life. To seek and learn every day. To strive for excell
Jonathan good morning. Im an opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, Washington Post, onestop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. This morning, we are reviewing an actionpacked week, Amy Coney Barretts Supreme Court nomination, stimulus talks, and last night, dueling banjos of town halls, one for President Donald Trump and the other for joe biden, the democratic president ial nominee. To get us started and talk about this is the Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Ashley, thanks for being here. Ashley thanks for having me jonathan. Jonathan on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve its aim, scheduling the trump town hall at the same time as biden . Ashley if the aim in some ways was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden, i think, yes, anecdotally, more people seem to be watching the trump town hall in real time than the joe biden town hall. The real question to
We have had the s p 500 higher for the third week in a row. We have the nasdaq down. The first down week in three weeks and a lot of that has to do with netflix having its worst week since 2019. They put up a disappointing quarter, messy Second Quarter but weighing on the stock is the subscriber view for the third quarter. An important peas of information comes out of that netflix result and what is happening with that stock, down 11 , the fact the stocks have been up so much out of the march low, the stayathome stops, it tells us investors have priced them to perfection. If results are messy and anyway, you will see a selloff. That might be something we see in the next two weeks as the apples and amazon start to report their june quarters. David thank you so much Abigail Doolittle for that report. The coronavirus is surging in so many areas around the country, with more than 75,000 new cases in the United States in the last 24 hours. We welcome dr. Marc boom, the president and ceo of
Of people. Much like us, advantage with jobs, but the United Kingdom request of aid is extraordinary, the size of people struggling. Francine that figure which you say is very much like we are seeing in the u. S. , was quite shocking. We know this is big and millions of people are losing their job, but the government saying 66 of businesses have asked for Government Support to pay wages. When you look at what Central Banks can do and this was clear from jay powell yesterday if you look at the stimulus they are putting in place for the recession are when the pandemic is here, now, and the second phase when a recovery takes place, three months, six months, even longer, what kind of tools and stimulus support will need then. Tom it is absolutely fascinating. ,or those waking up in america i cannot convey that rotation of earth and data coming out of asia. Data hasy of european been absolutely shocking this morning, and we will give you a brief on that. Us Nouriel Roubini will join and we
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