News when he was asked about Election Night he said we are going to see what happens. From your standpoint, what does that mean . Guest of course the president is going to accept the results of the election, but i think that the president is concerned, as am i. , about many of the walls across the country being changed by democrats that are undermining the ability to get results, allowing ballots to be counted in some cases up to 14 days past election day and i think these are real concerns we have and why we are engaged in many lawsuits across the country. I dont understand why democrats are systematically in such an uncertain time with the country so divided going state by statee in trying to undermine the integrity especially when it has been said that its safe to vote in person. With michigan they had a Million People vote in their primary and there was no uptick in the coronavirus across the country democrats are undermining many of the processes that have been indicted and tried
Recover. Jay powell made it clear that the Interest Rates will stay low until 2023, but investors were positioned for a dovish surprise, and there was disappointment he did not provide new details or a further breakdown of the qe program. Perhaps he is saving the option for later. He made clear that the fed has not run out of ammunition. The question everybody is asking, is if this is simple or something bigger. This adjusted Downside Risk is limited. David it is equal it is interesting to position yourself for a surprise. What about other Asset Classes . What about bonds . Scarlet bonds are higher, the dollar has been fluctuating. And credit is down. If you look at tracking highyield credit i am also looking at net gas, it is tumbling. This is another asset falling from august ties. Commodities and especially the energy complex, they move on basic supply and demand dynamics. He was supplies here are increasing. And right now with the weather turning cooler, that would reduce the deman
1000. The airlines are taking it on the chin, first signs where so many in the industry seem to be tell of telegraphing problems, unless they get a new batch of a. The aid in march, april, may, is essentially running out. There is talk after 85 billiondollar relief package. No one agrees what it should be, when it shut be doled out. That is hitting airline stocks. Were watching that very closely. Were watching day two of the Republican Convention right now. Hillary vaughn following all of those developments for us. Hillary . Reporter neil, day one of the Republican National convention was really about President Trump and the Republican Party pitching themselves as the law and order party. What is interesting is when joe biden first got elected to the senate, he campaigned on exactly that, law and order. Every time Richard Nixon when i was running in 1972 would say law and order, the democratic mantra the response was, law and order with justice. Whatever that meant. I would say lock th
The great debate, the fractured republic and a time to build. This is two hours. Host author yuval levin, what is your assessment of the United States . Guest thanks for having me here. That is a wonderfully broad question to open within a challenging one. They are living in a moment of crisis. It is hard to deny. We have been through a spring dominated by a Public Health crisis. We are facing now also a social crisis and the struggle for racial the quality and very much of this moment that forces us to confront challenges that weve had trouble with in recent yea years. In th a time of crisis, you kno, its because it is the time of testing its also the time to think about what americas strengths are, what they are good at as a country and how we can build on that address the enormous problems in front of us. Host how did we get here . This is that an era marked by crises from 9 11 to the financial crisis to a pandemic that forces us to look to the sources of restraint what the politics
Our society had trouble with in recent years. That makes us wonder how strong our institutions will prove to be, how we will rise to a challenge like this. You cant help but see it as a time of crisis but because it is the time of testing it is also time to think about what americas strengths are, what we are good at and how we can build on that to address the enormous problems we confront. Host how did we get here . Guest that is an awfully complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and the quality of the individual on the one hand and some form of strength of community on the other. Every free Society Faces that. Our society has in the past century emphasized the individual, emphasize liberty, emphasize freedom and diversity and that has brought some enormous advantages and benefits but there is another side to that coin and the other side look Like Division and fragmentation and isolation, it can look like alienation and loneliness and