District includes contra costa and santa clara california. Thanks for being here. Good to be here. Thank you. I know you were affected by the shutoffs at your home this time around and for quite a while, too, right . About 48 hours. This morning we were throwing away everything in our refrigerator and freezer and im sure everybody had the same experience. Its not a small thing, im not trying to minimize but what other problems can be brought on by the poweroffs. The company thats doing this are doing it because they fear the wind event will create wildfires. It comes from a good point of concern, which we all have, but its because that their electrical grid hasnt been hardened and they think these winds can create the fire event were fearful about. So they created these Public Safety power shutoffs. There are people that rely upon power for life. Life meaning their electric wheelchair, keeping their medicines cool, heart and lung machines, and those folks are in great danger when you s
And the nasdaq. The dow is up about 100 points. The nasdaq 100 hitting a new record high. Your midcap names, jan bradys of the investing world, big standouts. Energy stocks a big part of that, led higher by names like denver, resources, sm energy and energen. Im michelle carusocabrera. Cleanup efforts from North Carolina to florida following hurricane matthew. 19 deaths have been reported here in the United States due to that storm. Samsung suspending production of its galaxy note 7 phones following reports that they catch fire. Oil prices are moving higher after Vladimir Putin said russia is ready to join opecs efforts to cap oil output. Begin with politics and new polls showing that donald trump is in deepening trouble. John harwood live in washington with the numbers. This one is, what, nbc news and wall street journal, john . Yes, this is a wall street journal nbc News National live interview telephone poll that was it is important for me to point this out, this is not reflecting a
A show you some examples. How did this become an important issue, this is a famous picture, who knows what this is. Los angeles immigration rally. Excellent job. Must be one of your students. In 2065 and 600,000 people rallying against hr 33 seven. Eventually they turned into thousand 10, the momentum continued. This was an app put together by republican candidate in nevada. Racializing the immigration issue, harry reid responded by leaning in very forcefully on the issue of bringing the panel together again. Now with maria was former reed staffer and campaigning with louise on behalf of immigrant rights. That puts us at the forefront it , it all came together with dock. Thats how how got on the issue. I would be remiss not to mention it. But then we have these pictures. Anyone read the shirts . Obama deep ports parents. Thats what we say about emotion, this is an issue people are passionate about you dont see rallies about this about changing the tax code. So this was in 2013 and 13 a
Got to terrapin donald trump down, who seems to be very, very selfconfident. That appeals to us, arched the american public, were not stupid. We get tired of the same machine running, i mean, im a member of a National Health care union and the first thing they want to do is go up to District Of Columbia and offer a lot of money. These people we elected should be doing the right thing, not whoever pays that, to me, is is is is like a mob. Thanks. That part of the trump business i was a businessman. I know how it works, thats the most powerful line in a donald trump speech. I think the caller speaks to that. I dont agree with the comparison about donald trump and reagan. Reagan was a twoterm governor in california. He was involved in politics. Donald trump has no elective or political experience before he started floating his own name for the presidency. Ishink a relative comparison arnold schwarzenegger. Anytime you look at the political states of schwarzenegger and trump, towards nager
And he wouldnt answer how to protect people currently cover bide obama care and by far inworst moment of this debate was a sitting american president given the opportunity to denounce White Supremacists multiple if i ams, refusing to do so and instead issuing a call to action to rightwing extremists. Are you willing, tonight, to condemn White Supremacists and militia groups, and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence at at number of the cities as we saw in kenosha and in portland . Sure, im plepaired to dodo that. I would say almost everything i see is from the left wing, not the right wing. Im willing to do anything. I want to see peace. Then do, it, sir. What do you want to call them . White supremacists and right stand back and stand by but ill tell you what, somebodys got to do something about antifa and the left. Right now, joe biden is seizingen the president s failure to condemn racists, saying this is a short time ago to the group you just heard the pre