We have that manying up. The number of americans seeking unemployment aid popped last week. Add to that expiration of emergency programs, increased lockdowns. One has to wonder will Congress Step up . Or will this be a Blue Christmas for Many Americans . I will ask tennessee congressman mark green. President trump fights for reelection and targeting vote if iification in a number of states. Well get that from the trump campaigns erin perrine any. All that and more on making money. Charles the market seesawing back and forth in a narrow range. This is normal consolidation after of a recent weeks. Lockdowns impacted market only when it hit wall streets backyard did we see noticeable selling. The market understands it will take some time to reach socalled herd immunity which near term the economy could get rocky. The market understands there will be huge Central Bank Accommodation and maybe fiscal health. There are huge winners every day in the stock market. That is what investors are lea
The heated rhetoric not helping the markets at all as we head into the final hour of trade. Neither did the weekly jobless claims number that came out this morning. It rose for the first time in 15 weeks. Then you have goldmans morning call that apple is bruised and should be tossed from your portfolio. Weve got red acheck it here. Dow down 341. S p down 38. The nasdaq down 227 points. This china situation, American Farmers dependent on selling their product to china, are bracing to be pawns once again. We will talk exclusively to a wisconsin soybean farmer about how his business was first affected since signing of the phase one trade deal and who knows whats going to happen to that phase. From massages to a whole different business of medical testing. How one chain flipped Business Plan to survi the covid crisis. Weve got the ceof express supspa group. They have the airport chains where you get massages. Hes here to tell us how hes pulling the 180 and offering covid tests. Its a fox b
For the Government Accountability office. Guest thank you for having me. Host tell us why the gao did this report. Guest the cares act passed in verch required us to ha oversight of the funding and activities of the federal government, specifically it requires us to provide oversight of the governments efforts to respond to and recover from covid19. And it includes us assessing the impact of covid19 on Public Health, as well as at the economy, as well as track the funding and use of the funding. The act requires us to report everything, starting 90 days after an accident, so the june report was our first report, and we will be issuing additional reports every other month. Host as soon as the legislation assigned, enacted and signed, the gao is monitoring . Guest absolutely, we are providing realtime oversight. We have experience doing this. Going back over a decade ago, for example, under the Lease Program that provided assistance to the Financial Sectors after the global crisis, we we
Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Government, specifically it requires us to provide oversight of the specifically, it requires us to of the ongoing oversight governments efforts to recover covid19. The act requires us to report every 60 days, starting 90 days after an announcement, so our june report was our first report, and we will be issuing additional reports on the other months. Host basically s s this is signed, the gao is monitoring its spending . Guest absolutely. We are providing realtime oversight of the fund and we have experienced during this, going back over a decade, for example, under the troubled Asset Relief Program that provided assistance to the financial sectors after the financial crisis. We were required to provide ongoing oversight and issue a report every 60 days. We have experience and build on that experience to hit the ground running to provide immediate oversight and help ensure accountability and transparency of how the funds are being used. St lets take a look at the numbers. 2. 57 host l