China the stock set to add 100 points to the dow in todays session. There is a countdown to election day 41 days to go, former Vice President joe biden heading to North Carolina today, meanwhile President Trump also getting ready to announce his pick for Justice Ginsburg Supreme Court seat, democrats threatening for pack the court if it is filled before election day. Justice ginsburg will lie in her pose at the Supreme Court building and then on friday she will become the first women in history to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol building, also happening on capitol hill, dr. Fauci will testify before the senate at 10 00 a. M. Eastern and Jerome Powell will testify before the house select subcommittee on the pandemic. And the president expected to speak to veterans and their love and a coward. It is a live action show today and Varney Company starts right now. With your help, your devotion and your drive, we will keep on working, we are going to keep on fighting and we are going to kee
It is a little unusual for the secretary of state to be involved in politics of any shape or form, but it sure does sound like good theater and im anxious to see if youd see it. David ok, many thanks. You will be back with us tomorrow night. We will have live coverage again of the second night of the Republican National Convention Starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. As we said, secretary of state mike pompeo will be appearing from jerusalem as well as First Lady Melania Trump headlining the night. This is coverage of the Republican National convention on Bloomberg Television and radio. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets asia. Asia looking set for gains after wall street extended its record run, investors increasingly optimistic for a virus vaccine and that the Global Pandemic will not drag on the recovery. One progress,e the u. S. And china held trade talks and say they have made advances and both sides insist they are committed to the deal being a success. Rishaad and the Republican Conve
Acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan testified the Senate Homeland security and government official. Pretty discuss the challenges they coronavirus pandemic posed to his agency including passenger travel restrictions. The hearing will come to order. Im looking at the title of this hearing. Cbp oversight unit i was talking to mr. Morgan earlier. Wondering if he wouldve broken of four told the future before he took this position. He wouldve done so. Is been challenging yes. Crisis after crisis after crisis. So first want to say i want to thank the witnesses mr. Morgan or your perseverance and your service to the nation. About the past and present and in the future. Things are not getting a whole lot better anytime soon a fear. I would ask consent to my Opening Statement be entered into record. This hearing on the border that we have not had of quite a few months. Obviously need to is a chart. This really what i want to talk about in my opening comments. I think c
I would like to call the meeting to order at this time and i would like to come if i may give just a brief overview of what you can expect. There will be an Opening Statement of the chair. An Opening Statement of the Ranking Member. And Opening Statement from chairwoman waters. Introduced andbe will give their Opening Statement. And then there will be q a. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic. Oversight of Mortgage Services. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at anytime. Also members of the committee who are not members of this Sub Committee may participate in todays hearing the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times even when they are not recognized by the chair. Embers are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unyielding themselves. This is Something Worthy of repeating because i have
Fears. And companies from roku to Western Digital have been tempering expectations thats hurt sentiment a bit. Gold is at a record high nasdaq set for another record close, comfortably now up a full 1 . Continuing that breathtaking rally, coming up on todays show, the bet on pets. The ceo of the company that makes medicine for pets and l e livestock. And more earnings rolling in today after the bell, including uber, dropbox and t mobile also a first on cnbc interview with mike seifeieve seavert eamon javers has the latest on the stimulus stand offin washington, and phil lebeau is watching the airlines. Start us off with the broader market, mike. Today is a good example of how we are now in a market moment where the threshold for rallies on news is much lower than the threshold for a sell out. Nertsd, the market takes most good news and kind of shrugs off the less good news we got the better than expected but still kind of ugly jobless claims number. That palmback went away. We were fla