The us President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary marc esper via social media esper clashed with trump in june over sending military troops to Disperse Protesters is being replaced by the head of the Counterterrorism Center Christopher Miller speak to a White House Correspondent can really help it in washington d. C. So what more do we know about this firing. Well it had long been rumored that this could happen in fact so much so that marc esper had a Resignation Letter that was all set to go but then the feeling was that in fact his job was secure in so this was never handed over is what we understand now it was expected that potentially if donald trump won the u. S. Election that he would fire mark asked for but it appears even though donald trump has not been the projected winner that this is happening anyway and. What the concern is and all of this and why this has been talked about for so long as the 2 of publicly really had some distance in terms of their positions fo
Both banks reported betterthanexpected results but they warned there are still risks looming for the economy. Today our swing state economy series continues from here. The state of florida, were now in Pinellas County which could actually endp deciding the election. It is really the Battle Ground of all battlegrounds. Well talk coming up why that is the case from here in Clearwater Beach. First the news, fox Business Team coverage of todays top stories. Blake burman is the a the white house. Hillary vaughn reporting on the Supreme Court hearings from capitol hill. Both Jackie Deangelis and susan li are in our new york newsroom. Blake, we start with you. Reporter connell, when it comes to covid relief here in washington there is seemingly a disconnect on both end of pennsylvania avenue. Lets start with the other side up on capitol hill because Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell today suddenly announced that he would be putting up for a vote next monday a 500 billiondollar relief pac
Well also hear from thom tillis, rick gates and arkansas senator tom cotton. Markets this morning look like this. Futures indicating this morning a decline at the start of trading. The dow industrials down right now 276 points, the nasdaq down almost 201, as you see, and the s p lower by 38. Markets finished near session lows wednesday on fading stimulus hopes of. Earnings season meanwhile rolling on. This morning we hear from walgreens, Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab among others. All the numbers as soon as they hit the tape this morning. The nfl is back in business, you can watch the biggest games on fox, fox nfl lead analyst and three time hall of Famer Troy Aikman is here previewing whats next for the super bowl and beyond. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning look like this. Weve got a negative showing there as well. The fq100 down 133, the cac down 107 and dax index lower by 363. This as we learned covid cases in europe have surpassed those in t
Thank you, so much. I just wanted to welcome everybody to todays meeting. I want to extend my appreciation to uesf and president and her team. Dr. Matthews team with him and all those that supported the mou that well be voting on later today. I know it wases a lot o it was d i wanted to express my gratitude moving forward. The first item is approval of the board minutes for the meeting of july 2020. I need a motion and a second. roll call thank you. Thats five ayes. Thank you. First and foremost i want to welcome everyone back. We are so close to the start of the school year which is next monday august 17th. Our Student Learning will begin for the 2020, 2021 school year. You should know that our School Staff Members are working extremely hard preparing to welcome our students on monday. This past monday was the fifth annual Digital District day. This year was all online. There was overwhelming consent. When we needed to close registration on sunday night. Those that participated, it wa
Team. Dr. Matthews team with him and all those that supported the mou that well be voting on later today. I know it wases a lot o it was d i wanted to express my gratitude moving forward. The first item is approval of the board minutes for the meeting of july 2020. I need a motion and a second. roll call thank you. Thats five ayes. Thank you. First and foremost i want to welcome everyone back. We are so close to the start of the school year which is next monday august 17th. Our Student Learning will begin for the 2020, 2021 school year. You should know that our School Staff Members are working extremely hard preparing to welcome our students on monday. This past monday was the fifth annual Digital District day. This year was all online. There was overwhelming consent. When we needed to close registration on sunday night. Those that participated, it was thirst first time attending digital event. Teachers with a wide variety of other roles, including para professionals, substitutes, coun