Five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay released. We want to get your take. Should the u. S. Negotiate with the taliban for the only prisoner of war . Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. You can send us a tweet, cspanwj or post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. You can email us at journal cspan. Org. Have a fourth line for active and retired military, 202 5853883. No negotiating with terrorists versus leave no soldier behind. With the war in afghanistan boding down, the plight of bergdahl has left the u. S. Government trying to reconcile those two longstanding policies. The official declined to be identified. The Defense Department is also involved. Declined comment, but Bowe Bergdahls family welcome d the statement. We welcome this development and we applaud the unity and purpose and resolve of the white house and other u. S. Government agencies involved. We hope everyone takes this opportunity seriously. We are cautiously optimistic these discu
We continue to move to the down side. We should add as we enter this hour, were off about 41 points. The nasdaq, though, bucking that trend. We should show you the tenyear yield as well. Thats been up ten basis points today. That gdp number had a big impact on that. Its up nine basis points to 2. 55 , and the 30years 3. 2 right now, so moving quite higher. But im stealing oh, now its at 3. 30 , as a matter of fact, 3. 31, do i hear 3. 32 . Im stealing Rick Santellis. Troubling reports out of russia and ecrane, things that may be escalating. Stocks may have lost early gains on those worries. Well talk about all that coming up. Also, forget tax inversions. Now outversions are the new Corporate Tax trick. Oh, thats right, yeah. Youve got to look up on cnbc. Com. You wrote about that on cnbc. Com in a story thats getting a lot of interest right now. It involves companies spinning off their Real Estate Holdings into Real Estate Investment trusts, all, of course, blessed by the irs. Some sto
Average daily death toll dipped under 1,000 after topping that number multiple times last week. But while deaths are down nationally, they are spiking in certain states. According to the washington post, the average death toll over the last week reached highs in nevada, texas, mississippi and north and south carolina. On sunday, dr. Deborah birx said shes worried the rising infection rates could overtake states further north as well. Governors in kentucky, tennessee, ohio, indiana and virginia should seriously consider closing bars and limiting crowds in order to stop this spread. And finally, this could be a very big week for vaccines. Thats positive news. Today, moderna is set to begin phase three trials expanding its vaccine testing to 30,000 people. Johnson johnson also set to begin Human Vaccine trials in the United States later this week. Weve got our reporters spread out across the country this morning. Lets take you there. I want to start with some possible good news out of ari
It is 11 00 a. M. Out east. Today both candidates are focusing on canada. Donald trump are campaigning 240 miles apart from each other in california. Policy wise they might as well be on opposite ends of the planet. You can see it on the lefthand side of your screen. The president has been brags that the pandemic is almost over and the economy is roaring back. While biden has consistently warned that the pandemic is still raging and our recovery under donald trump is uncertain. You would not be able to tell, but the coronavirus surge is here. Cases are climbing in nearly every region of the country included in states that the president needs to win. Perhaps that is why if polling is our guide the president s reelection message is not exactly sticking. According to a brand new poll, he is holding a late among voters. And any minute were expecting new polls out of four swing states. Were going to get those in just a moment. Lets get right to it right now. Joining me now from florida is m
If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. From today, everyone living or working in liverpool will be offered coronavirus tests, whether or not they have symptoms in the uks first Mass Testing Programme. Businesses and employees digest the extension of the uk furlough scheme to the end of march and work out what it will mean for them. Students at the university of manchester pull down metal barriers on the first day of englands new lockdown as hundreds of students who said they were not warned about the measure protest. An advert for a coronavirus passport app, which has been promoted by zara and mike tindall, has been referred to the medical regulator over concerns it contradicts health guidance. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Joe biden is closing in on the white house in with just a handful of states still counting votes. President tru