Nations other recent racially charged incidents. The president had strong words about violent protesters and for Law Enforcement. President obama when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot they are not protesters. They are not making a statement. They are stealing. It is important for organizations like the fraternal order of police and other Police Unions and organizations to acknowledge that this is not good for police. I cannot federalize every police force in the country and force them to retrain. What i can do is to start working with them collaboratively so that they can begin this process of change themselves. Mark john, given the continuing run of Police Related violence in america, is todays response from the president enough . John in a word, i think the answer is no. I dont know if barack obama in any way can wave a magic wand and solve this problem. It is deeply enshrined in america. In big cities, small cities, any place where there are white Police
Plus, stunning anew reporting o how President Trump is profiting off the presidency with Campaign Donations flowing into his own private revenue stream. More from rachels interview with mary trump. We have a brandnew portion of their conversation that has not aired anywhere else. Settle in, get comfy. We can do this, it is just one night. Over the past few weeks as coronavirus cases have been surging in this country, the president has been trying to seize on anything that will paint his handling of the pandemic in a more flattering light. Even though it is bizarre, totally bizarre, weird thing to brag about, President Trump has been telling anyone who will listen that our countrys death rate from coronavirus is quite low. He has made this point over and over again, insisting that despite all of the other abysmal metrics things are okay because we have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere. But it turns out that isnt even true. In terms of coronavirus, we have one of the highest mo
Captioning sponsoredy Macneil Lehrer productions ifill the Dow Jones Industrial average closed at an alltime high today, erasing losses from the financial crisis. Good evening. Im gwen ifill. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we assess whats behind the market rally, coming as corporate profits surge amid continuing worries about unemployment and other problems. Ifill then we turn to venezuela, where president hugo chavez died today after a long battle with cancer. Margaret warner looks back at his life, and at what comes next for his country. Suarez we examine the budget battles in washington, as Congress Begins negotiating yet another stopgap measure. Ifill Judy Woodruff talks with Virginia Attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli about his new book on political power. Suarez and we close with the details of two new studies showing Life Expectancy for women in many places in america is actually falling. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Ma
Several other indexes are also rebounding. The s p 500 was up 14 points to finish at 1539, within striking distance of its record of 1565, set in 2007. We look behind the rally and these numbers with Barry Ritholtz, a market strategist, author and c. E. O. Of fusion iq, an Online Research firm. He blogs at the big picture. And Matt Phillips, who writes for quartz, a digital news site that covers the Global Economy for atlantic media. Is welcome to you both. Starting with you Barry Ritholtz, whats behind this sudden rise . Well, its a combination of a number of factors. First and fore most going to be really good earnings that weve seen over the past couple of quarters, past couple of years and a lot of this has to do with the massive intervention of the Federal Reserve. They kept rates so low its made it very inexpensive for corporations to borrow and invest and its created a lot of liquidity which drives equity prices higher. Ifill Matt Phillips, because of the intervention of the Fed
Several other indexes are also rebounding. The s p 500 was up 14 points to finish at 1539, within striking distance of its record of 1565, set in 2007. We look behind the rally and these numbers with Barry Ritholtz, a market strategist, author and c. E. O. Of fusion iq, an Online Research firm. He blogs at the big picture. And Matt Phillips, who writes for quartz, a digital news site that covers the Global Economy for atlantic media. Is welcome to you both. Starting with you Barry Ritholtz, whats behind this sudden rise . Well, its a combination of a number of factors. First and fore most going to be really good earnings that weve seen over the past couple of quarters, past couple of years and a lot of this has to do with the massive intervention of the Federal Reserve. They kept rates so low its made it very inexpensive for corporations to borrow and invest and its created a lot of liquidity which drives equity prices higher. Ifill Matt Phillips, because of the intervention of the Fed