let s get started. according to the new nbc polls out this morning, and for the first-time, donald trump is now leading in a hypothetical general election matchup. now, this isn t just bad news for president biden. this is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks, we ve been warning you on this show about the dangers of the second trump term. the former president after all, has promised retribution. pledged to round up protesters with the military, and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us. tonight, i want to pull back the curtain take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. and answer the question, what would a second trump presidency without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office in the land, the vice president of the unite
let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
Are hanging their future on his words though . The economy doesnt support whats being said. Theyre in for just another hit. Darrell issa president obama is not going softly into the night. Sharyl like the postelection retaliation against russia, the Obama Administration is also holding open the gates of gitmo , and allowing a u. N. Vote condemning israel for its settlement activities. Josh bolten the outgoing president can do a lot to make it either easy or difficult for the incoming folks to operate, and most outgoing president s tend to do some of both. Sharyl welcome to full measure. This week president elect trump held a press conference. Most of the questions and much of the post Conference Coverage had little to do with many of the key concerns of americans. But we have different questions. Will we be safer under the new administration . And what are the real threats facing america . President trump will be managing a diverse and some say growing group of foreign threats. We talk
50. 99. Of course it was the rise in rates, the rise in the dollar yesterday that really took stocks down. It did. You know, the fed tell you what im looking up right now. Are you on facebook . No, looking up a quick nate silver. Theres different places to look. You can look at the betting markets on the election. But the now cast nate silver is almost 90 for a Hillary Clinton win. Above 80 in the polls. That whole narrative that the market goes up when it looks like Hillary Clinton is going to win. Weve done it here on cnbc. People saying theyve seen this trend. I dont know what happened yesterday. I think it also, if you start to believe the senate and the house could both go because of the rifts in the gop, im not sure any of this has to do with the 200 points. I didnt think it does. If youre looking to tie anything to the election, theres something in it for everyone. You could say now if it was undivided government, you had a Hillary Clinton presidency in both houses of congress,
Here is what is happening at this hour. The Labor Department says there were 5. 4 million jobs open in the month of august. That number a little bit lower than expected. Hurricane nicole gaining strength as it heads towards bermuda. The storm not expected to turn towards the United States. Mercifully. And stocks are slightly higher as the street awaits those fed minutes that brian just mentioned. Right now, the dow is up 40 points after yesterdays big selloff. And speaking of the fed, just one factor in play in todays session. The election. Another as investors turn their attention to those socalled down ballot races. Congressional contests that are coming up in about three weeks time. A little more than three. Were going to hit the story from both sides, eamon javers, lets kick it off with bob pisani on the floor of the new york stock exchange. The market appears to believe that Hillary Clinton will be the winner. The problem is they dont want her to win by too much. There are specifi