A handful of cases inching down have tested positive so far and get the latest from china plus bangladesh brings in the Death Penalty for rape after a series of brutal sex attacks activists say a culture of impunity has protected perpetrators. Flow in turkey martin good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has held his 1st election rally since contracting coded 19 trump flew to florida the 1st of 4 battleground states hes planning to visit over the next 4 days with just 3 weeks to go until the election democratic candidate joe biden is ahead in several National Polls and is outspending his republican rival both contenders have held very different bets in key swing states. Back on the campaign trail after his own brush with a witness donald trump is no trying to revive his reelection fortunes. Trump tossed masks from the stage at the 1st of several events this week. Following attendee separation from his hardcore fans it appears absence makes the heart grow fonder. I went th
Today, david. David this no argue about it. We were supposed to have the second president ial debate last night. Instead we got dueling town hall meetings. One moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos and form Vice President joe biden. The other Savannah Guthrie and featuring donald trump. The contrasts were sharp including the economy and the president s response to the coronavirus. President trump i now it was a big threat. At the same time i dont want to go out and say everybodys going to die. We make up 4 of the worlds population. We have 20 of the worlds deaths. We are in a situation where we have 210plus thousand people dead. Whats he doing . Nothing. President trump we had the greatest economy in the history of our country last year. Including the state of florida where we are now and pennsylvania and North Carolina and every place. We had the greatest economy we ever had. We had to close it down. We saved two million lives. We are opening it up. We have a vshape and its comi
Hearing of judge barrett. The senate will be in session for the next two weeks. What are you looking for . Guest i think we can expect the majority to move forward with all deliberate speed. They will conduct hearings remotely as they have been doing with other nominees. The members who have tested leadive wont need to their quarantine. I expect we will see democratic opposition and republican support and the Movement Forward confirmation sometime this month. Host you think it will happen before the election . Happeni think it will before the election, presuming there are enough senators who can physically come to the floor to cast ballots. That would be the one factor that could interfere with that. It does not look like there will be an issue with that. Issuedhis statement was by Chuck Schumer. They are trying to slow down the process. Your reaction . Good theyve got a very spin dr. Who is writing this. The Committee Hearings dont have to be in person. They can be dealt with remotely
Giuliani. The dow industrials up 71 points and the s p 500 up 20 points. Higher for the week. A full Market Analysis coming up this morning as you can see, from ids close at the dow industrials down 134 points, mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning are higher, take a look, green across the board in europe, cac quarante up 37 and dax by 83, german economic minister proposing no tax increases during the pandemic. In asia overnight markets were broadly higher, take a look here with asian markets up on average better than 1 , china was closed for a holiday. Top stories that we are watching this morning, President Trump could return to the white house as early as today as doctors tout his recovery from covid19. Doctor Walking Around the white house medical unit without limitation or disability. Our continued monitoring of his cardiac, liver and kidney function demonstrates continued normal findings or improving findings. Maria the president giving an update to
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica