Laws. End ite will have to there, alex. Alex, our last caller on washington journal. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by he guest chaplain, pastor zack randles, waterfront church, washington, d. C. The chaplain got, we come before you today as a nation staring into a fog of uncertainty with less than a onth to the election and a Global Pandemic affecting every aspect of life. May we remember today the intensity of the present will not last forever. Our struggles, though very real and all consuming are only for a season, while it is day, may we tirelessly work to complete the task you have set before us. God give us the tools we need to humbly lead, listen, and strengthen those around us. Let us speak with wise words laced with courage and faith so that when the fog is lifted, we do not need to feel ashamed of these days, it is in the name of jesus we ask these things, amen. The speaker thank you, pastor. Pursuant to section 4a of House Reso
Along with kelly evans, im Tyler Mathisen stimulus hopes, the s p reviving overnight. But what about investors are their hopes a little too high this deal is going to get done well discuss that one plus, check out chip maker xilinx upping 14 . Well look into what could be a Seismic Shift for the semis. And jim cramer will lay out his seven sectors of opportunity, including his best picks in the restaurant space as power lunch begins right now. Tyler, thanks. We begin with new developments on stimulus negotiations a short while ago the president tweeted that covid relief negotiations are moving along, go big and reportedly raising his offer and maybe even raising it again ylan nmui, give us the latest. The question is is it big enough they will present a 1. 8 trillion offer to nancy pelosi this afternoon thats still 400 billion less than where democrats are at. Economic adviser larry kudlow said that would include aid for the airlines, direct checks and ppe and mentioned extending hanes
Reporter good afternoon to you, melissa. Lets look at the market as theyre settling out. The dow looks like it is finishing down by 524 points. You mentioned the s p 500, that is important too, down 8 1 2 from the record high on september 2nd. 3580. You see the s p closed to 3236. You mention what dragged us down, it was selloff in tech late in the day. Well get to that in a moment. There was optimism early on in the session with respect to coronavirus vaccines, Johnson Johnson entering the latestage three trial that was a little bit positive for investors to get their heads around but again look at these dow losers here. Sales force. Chevron. Apple was one of the big ones, amex and boeing. On nasdaq, losers, fedex, amazon, netflix, align and liberty global. It was a rough day when it came to some of these stocks. It was sort of stock specific and then dragging all the indices down together. Remember this has been choppy for the last couple weeks right now as were heading in and gettin
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Expect dont trump said hes going to push ahead with the nomination hes already unveiled a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court if he was given a 2nd term well pick one of those names and put it into the mix Mitch Mcconnell who is the leader of the Senate Republicans he said he will take that nomination and he will put it to a vote as quickly as he possibly can and thats interesting because 4 years ago when Antonin Scalia a conservative justice died Mitch Mcconnell said that he wouldnt put forward anyone for a vote during an election year. More than 600000 people have now been affected by flooding in sudan at least 100 people have been killed while the river nile not expected to return to normal levels for days there are warnings that fresh rain on Higher Ground could cause more flash flooding downstream International Agencies are increasing their support to fight any outbreaks of disease chemicals have been sprayed to fight malaria with many people also now risk of