On a ceasefire in the going to karabakh. Unrest in athens after leaders of the far right Golden Dawn Party a found guilty of running a criminal gang. And for the 1st time in its history the nobel prize for chemistry is said by 2 women that were developing the ability to edit d. N. A. The 2 candidates to be the next Vice President of the United States are preparing for a showdown in Salt Lake City in the coming hour as clear plastic barriers will separate my pens and call me the house who both reportedly tested negative for corona virus but the virus is likely to dominate the 90 minute debate which will focus on president Trumps Health and has been astray sions handling of the pandemic. Amidst the head spinning events of the past week the Vice President ial debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually v. P. Debates are side shows with the kids dates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger b
Your ears perked up on thursday night when President Trump declared at that debate that he thinks republicans are going to retake the house november 3. Is that possible . Current outlook is a democratic net gain in the house. Nancy pelosi is in line to expand her majority and there are a couple reasons why the picture in the house is pretty much a mirror image of what we thought a year ago when they be republicans pick up a handful of seats. That republicans are really being dragged down by trump in what i would characterize as second order suburb. Are suburbs of traditionally conservative metro areas. A lot of the democrats flipped blue were suburbs of really blue major metro areas like the suburbs of denver orner than virginia. Or northern virginia. Seeing st. Louis, omaha, cincinnati. Places that are more traditionally conservative but where republicans are struggling to rise above that drag. Is money. Factor democrats have outraised republicans all cycle. Their donor base is fired
Basement which i would have done anyway, and which i did. I have to tell you, i feel fantastic. I really feel good. Maria we will get into all of that coming up. First, the stage is set this week for judge Amy Coney Barretts hearing on capitol hill. Shell read her opening remarks later today. Senator Lindsey Graham telling me, laying it all out on the schedule and when he thinks shell become a Supreme Court justice. I believe she will be confirmed no later than tuesday, a week before the election. Thats my hope. Maria markets are fractionally lower this morning, its a mixed story. As you see, the dow industrials down 21, the nasdaq is up 111 and the s p higher by 8 andahalf. Investors preparing for a major week of earnings along with more talks on stimulus. Markets posted a gain of more than 3 last week. Take a look, we are lac lookingt momentum in stocks on the heels of a week that sent the nasdaq up 4 andahalf percent and s p 500 up almost 4 . Peter navarro here this morning, live at
Should be defunded, the left is worried that the president may rally the countrys morale and they cannot have that, Speaker Pelosi, treasury secretary mnuchin, they will talked again about the stimulus plan, the far apart on the size of the package but they agree on extending emergency payment, they are still talking, nbc held a town hall for joe biden last night, no questions about packing the court, offering statehood to puerto rico in washington, d. C. , who the democrats were put on the Supreme Court, it really was soft ball city, maybe that changes in the Vice President ial debate tomorrow night, mike pence faces off against Kamala Harris, plexi glass screens will separate them. 910 minute segments, the president s leadership on covid and mike pence pushing hard on the issues, this could be the turning point in the election which is four weeks away. All of that is politics, now money, big gains across the board monday for the stockpackas morning, the dow industrial looking at 130p
Allocated but hasnt gone out to anybody yet. So this bill will pass with basically democrat support, so reconciliation that allows them to squeak it by on 51 votes. And the compromise and unity that we heard so much about are not a priority at this white house so far. Republicans say this is a liberal wish list. President biden says that he will be the most progressive president in history. He told us that on the Campaign Trail and a promise that hes making good on and progresses are thrilled with it. Heres one progressive senator that said biden has been very good at the ending the garden so far. So are these passages about covid or about expanding the government here in the United States over the longer term . As this plays out, in the background of all of this about the money, theres a shift going on in the country. Take a look. Cases have dropped 47 since the daily average peak january 8. Very good news about where this virus is headed. Think about this. The governors that have rea