Good morning. Im jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post and 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 nomination, the coronavirus, stimulus talks and, of course, last nights dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump, the other performer Vice President joe biden, the democratic president ial nominee. To get it started to talk about all of this is the Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Thanks so much for being here. Thanks for having me, jonathan. So on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve its t aim, scheduling the trump townhall at the same time as biden . Well, its the aim in some way was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden. I think yes. Anecdotally, or people seems to be watching thetr trump townhall in real time than the joe bide
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
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The most ever raised in the history of the senate. Theised for the 8 million, most any republican has raised. I think the contest in South Carolina has taken on a national profile. What has happened in my case is i stood up for cavanaugh and that made some people upset on the left and i have been helping President Trump but i trust the people of South Carolina to get it right, the state is not for sale, and i feel good about my campaign. I have never felt better about my campaign than i do now. Going to work hard. Do you regret saying in 2016 and 2018 that you would not move forward with a nomination in a president Election Year . Sen. Graham i was hoping we would not find ourselves where we are after cavanaugh. Sheink in normal times, would have gotten a big vote. These are not normal times. I dont regret anything i have done on the committee because i did vote for two highly qualified nominees after the destruction of judge kavanaugh, things have changed. Here is the good news. That
Beijings anger appeared Cotton Australia says chinese mills are being told to halt imports. The last day of campaigning for saturdays election indicating the Prime Minister will be a comfortable winner. Futurese are seeing you coming online at a 10th of 1 higher. Does after we saw u. S. Stocks session. N the regular had surging virus cases in new york. Not to mention the stimulus talks in the u. S. Remains stalled. The s p 500 fell 2 10 of 1 . Financials and real estate higher. The afternoon session solve sawical shares session cyclical gains. Jobless claims unexpectedly rising last week. We also had the dollar gaining ground the most in three weeks. Take a look at what oil is doing. It remains under pressure. It is around the 40 a barrel level. We saw the continued pressure following the jobless claims data. We saw a rebound in prices and a than york session after we had data that fuel inventories were lower and that eased some of the demand concerns. Lets see how asia is shaping up.