Serena williams in a shocker at the u. S. Open. Lebron james had a double double early today starts right now with 16 pointsf 11 shooting good friday morning, im from the floor phillip mena with less than 30 seconds and up im frances rivera. President trump hits the by eight lebron added an extra campaign trail dogged by revelations by the now bob wordward book. Umf. Bill karins is with us today. Hes keeping a close eye on west he reflected blame on the Coast Weather very related to those wildfires weve seen author reporter President Trump still underfire for telling bob burning in 13 states now bill, good morning good morning. Woodward he was minimizing the the windsant as bad but its coronavirus threat still hot and dry and now we i still like playing it down because i dont want to create a have poor air quality because all that smoke is sitting there. Panic. Reporter that he privately we have 84 large uncontained warned about this is deadly stuff. Fires burning across the country wh
And the speechesly senator tim scott, republican of South Carolina. Former South Carolina governor nikki haley. The significance of their speeches and their mess messages tonight. I think it is notable they were chosen to lead in the second hour, that is the hour that republicans have said would more prominent speakers beholden to the primetime hour to have network news coverage. Just to start with senator tim scott who wrapped up the first night of the convention. He gave a very powerful speech on race and given he is the only black republican senator, he is very poised to speak at this and he was the lead behind the Police Reform bill that the Senate Republicans had put forth following the george floyd protests. A very powerful speech from him. He also shows that the Trump Campaign and the administration and republicans in general really see him as a future leader of the party. That was a big scene tonight and well see that carry on through the rest of the week. At the convention the
Official renomination of President Trump and Vice President mike pence. It was a split Program Beginning this morning in charlotte, North Carolina, with the president making an appearance there early this afternoon and tonight included speeches live and taped. Coming up in just a moment, the perspective of two former moverbs congress from northern virginia. First elena is joining us from weaker. She covers politics and the white house. I want to begin with 10 00 hour and the speechesly senator tim scott, republican of South Carolina. Former South Carolina governor nikki haley. The significance of their speeches and their mess messages tonight. I think it is notable they were chosen to lead in the second hour, that is the hour that republicans have said would more prominent speakers beholden to the primetime hour to have network news coverage. Just to start with senator tim scott who wrapped up the first night of the convention. He gave a very powerful speech on race and given he is the
Scandal. Government buildings are being targeted. 2020 race with less than 100 days to go to election day, major Bernie Sanders supporters say they cannot get behind former Vice President joe biden, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley will join me on more on 2020 race. Bringing critical supply chain back to america. Assistant to the president for trade and manufacturing, pete navarro with big announcement coming up plus latest tensions with china. Folks on earnings this morning, we will hear from 3m, mcdonalds. Jetblue among the names reporting before the name this morning. Futures searching for firm direction, we are expecting decline at start of trading, dow futures down 75, nasdaq down 40 and the s p lower by 8 and 3 quarters. U. S. Markets kicked off the week with gains yesterday finishing with near session highs as vaccine trials moving forward. Dow industrials up 115 points and nasdaq up 173 and s p higher as well, covid19 slamming the sports world meanwhile days into th
Are suing democratov to reopen e schools. But first, a stimulus deal between republicans and the white house is in the works. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is said to strategize in about half an hour with his caucus. He is expected to unveil the plan later today. Were getting details what might be in it and when might not be in it. Fox news Congressional Correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill with the latest and apparently a payroll tax cut deduction may not be in this, right . Reporter thats right. Well talk about that here in just a second. Ev this tenne particular set of spending, the easy part, the appropriations part. So Mitch Mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell will run through those details with his conference here in the next half hour or so. This is so fragile right now, we dont have a lot of meat on the bone. That is why Mitch Mcconnell has been hasnt said anything at this morning. I will run through what we do know here. There are a couple of details