Narrator hello, im george stone. The big count of the population in these United States is made every 10 years. This is the time when Census Bureau enumerators visit every household with a list of basic questions such as, where were you born, how many people live in this house, how many headed to work last week, and so on. This is not the whole story. Between the censuses, the bureau conducts other counts of agriculture, business, housing and many others as well. And the results of all this questioning appear as statistical tables in this fivefoot shelf of books. I dont suppose many of you reach for a volume of census reports when you feel the urge to curl up with a good book. But still, these columns of figures have a great deal to tell us about who we are, what we do and how we live, about the american drama and the American Dream. And my authority for that statement is dr. Philip hauser, professor of sociology and director of the Population Research and Training Center at the univer
There is no question, in all my years, this is the oddest jobs day, with a bomb shale with a bombshell earlier this morning. The president had the first have contracted the virus. We will show a shot of the white house here in a bit, describing the second floor and the president s president ial rooms. Right now, we are beginning to hear with our bloomberg reporting from people in washington. Jonathan heard from jen jacob in her reporting before the top of the hour on the aids close to closeesident the aides to the president that were concerned. We understand the Vice President has tested negative, so that is good news for mike pence. What we dont know yet is whether former Vice President joe biden is out. We understand he will be tested at some point today. It is a highprofile track and trace. Everyone that has been in contact with the president , with hope hicks over the last week or so. Who where they . Have they been tested . It is an odd payrolls friday because 29 minutes away from
Debate in cleveland on wednesday, there is no word yet on how this could impact the next president ial debate, that is set to happen in a week and a half on october 15. Here is alex presha. Reporter and hicks travels with him often including multiple times this week. This morning the coronavirus pandemic reaching the oval office, President Trump tweeting overnight the first lady and i tested positive for covid19. We will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately. We will get through this together. The first lady adding, as too Many Americans have done this year, the president and i are quarantining at home. Please be sure that you are staying safe and well get through this together. The White House Position saying that both are well and they plan to remain at home within the white house. Late thursday, President Trump announced plans to quarantine after one of his closest advisers hope hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. Sources telling abc news hicks is experiencing
High level talks end with bipartisan deal. Office of trade and manufacturing policy, Peter Navarro joining me at 8 00 a. M. Hour live coming up. It is jobs friday. Economists are predicting 850,000 jobs added to the economy in month of september. Unemployment rate to tick down to 8. 2 . Special long coverage begins this morning, all hands on deck at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Markets reacting to the President Trumps coronavirus test. They are negative. Dow futures down 440 points. S p down 57 as the markets react to the president s diagnosis. This after choppy first session of the Fourth Quarter and ended in positive territory. Dow industrials up 35 points, nasdaq up 159 and s p higher by 17 at oclock on wall street. Mornings with maria is live right now. Take a look. European indices down, dax index lower by 139. Korea, hong kong all closed for holidays but nikkei average in japan open was down twothirds of 1 , breaking news overnight President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by