Analytical adrenaline going . I certainly hope so. Seriously, of all the times weve hosted this conference over the years, this has got to be one of the more fraught election cycles in our lifetime. Certainly a roller coaster counting process and still clarifying picture of what is happening down ballot for several weeks. So we have assembled a stellar team to help us navigate a couple of key questions what happened and why . Was there an expected gap between expectations and eventual results, and if so, what was the cause of that . And how are the two parties, democrats and republicans, now going to move forward in terms their programs and policies but how they position themselves electorally over the next couple of years. With that, let me turn the microphone to my coconspirator in this endeavor, ellen tess cano. Ellen im the cofounder of the inside american politics experience. Last year and this year at nyu. 2008 following the historic election of barack obama as president. , we co
Runs out and shares of Bed Bath Beyond are surging, the retailer reports comps of 6 , online sales soaring 89 , jim so earlier in the week, jim, and even last week you seem to be pessimistic about the prospect of a compromise coming together. Do you feel any different this morning . Look, i think the Airline Layoffs are looming large because with layoffs come a cut in roots, with a cut in roots is a pain point, but i think its the senate, we keep talking about mnuchin and we keep talking about speaker pelosi, but i think the senate is buying into the president s vshaped recovery and i think Mitch Mcconnell is buying into it which says why do we need more we have a v shape, its just Certain Industries that can be triaged. I know that the industries represent small and mediumsized business so im against that, but i would say in favor of the mcconnell position, at least if you are looking at the stock market, this set of earnings, now, that is not what they care about and i dont want to m
I have not gone vegan yet, because of my roots, but i am going organic. We start out with live doppler 7, and can you see from san mateo bridge southward where we have a healthy deck of clouds, and thats due to the winds. Remember, they were coming due west yesterday and now they are coming due north, and its bringing in drier weather and we will have sunshine later this afternoon. Its 51 at the exploratorium. A little cooler this morning. May need a heavier coat, and 50s at the coast today but look at 62 to 63, and sunny. More than we yesterday. Lets take a look at what is going on elsewhere. Back to you. Mike, thank you. Ordinarily warm weather in the forecast would have some of you making plans to go to the beach, cancel those plans, at least thats what one city in the bay area is telling people. Amy hollyfield is reporting live from pacifica. Reporter with the weather about to turn nice, officials in pacifica do not want you to plan to come here to enjoy the weather. The city wants
Fauci says we are headed in the right direction. Every day this seems to be a record of number of deaths. At the same time we see the increase in deaths we are seeing rather dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalization, that is going in the right direction. I say that and i always remind myself when i say that, that means what we are doing is working. Therefore we need to continue to do it. Ashley what we are doing is working says Anthony Fauci, voters seem to like how the president is handling the crisis. His Approval Rating hitting a high of 49 in the latest poll and by the way he has tied joe biden in the president ial race. Just last month he trailed biden in the same poll by nine points. Still there is work to do in america remains worried about their money in 79 say they all worry that the virus will lead to Economic Hardship for the family. The Chip Administration still targeting the reopening of the economy and for 8 weeks and heres what Vice President mike pence says need
Refusing to concede this morning saying the recount may be in order. Jones victory come in as republicans make a final push for tax reform. President trump set to deliver a major push on capitol hill urging lawmakers to get the deal done as the house and senate moved closer to a compromise lining up for a possible vote next week. The quest for tax reform coming out. Janet yellen set to deliver a final News Conference as head of the central bank. The Federal Reserve expected to raise Interest Rates for the third time this year. Markets like this going into the meeting was in gains across the board. Dow industrials up 14 points. S p 500 the fraction of those at this point throughout the morning. A look at the european indices than we do see gains for the ft 100. The cac in the dax powered by a fraction. Age overnight bus to age overnight mostly high with the exception of japan trading down one half to 1 . Hang seng in hong kong up 1. 5 . Antitrump tirade outrage after fbi agent who worke