Welcomeuld like to visitors joining us across the state on montana public radio, yellowstone public radio, and the northern news network. We utilize our inclusion requirements, which are available on the website at montanapbs. Org. In our studio this evening, montanas United States representatives, welcome. And the Lieutenant Governor, democrat mike cooney. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We are safely distanced and ready for a debate. We have a slightly different format tonight. Each candidate will have an initial 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards, there will be an open discussion period with a chance of rebuttals and direct exchanges. Afterwards, there wiln open discussion period with a chance of rebuttals and direct exchanges. We will then finish the debate with a 90 second closing statement from each candidate. The pandemic. Montana is seeing a recent spike in covid19 cases. Just today, the states i record 504
This as cia head gina haspel tries to stop for document declassification as part of the origins of the russia probe. Ohio congressman jim jordan joins me live next hour to discuss. Markets this morning slightly in the red, take a look at this, despite President Trumps recovery and growing talks on stimulus, weve got a market that is fractionally moving but in the red, dow industrials right now down 31 points of, nasdaq lower by 56 and the s p 500 right now down 9 andahalf. This after big rally yesterday finishing near session highs, markets at the close yesterday up 465 points on the dow industrials. The nasdaq up 257 and the s p 500 higher by 60 points at 4 00 on wall street. Worker information compromised, a popular fashion brand is fined for allegedly keeping track of hundreds of employees personal lives on the companys database. Airlines meanwhile looking for a rescue, one carrier hoping workers will take pay cuts in order to avoid furloughs. Plus, plant based fashion, the new team
Worsen, suspending imports of australian coal. Disney jumping a late trade on a management shakeup and a focus on streaming through a newmedia unit. We hear from the ceo. Check of howget a the markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online pretty much flat. We saw u. S. Stocks climbing to an almost sixweek high we had a rally. The s p 500 gaining ground. We also had financials pretty strong, gaining more than 1 ahead of earnings season. Jp morgan and citigroup reporting tomorrow. It was really about this years trade that really led the rally. The nasdaq composite gaining more than 2. 5 . Amazon soaring ahead of its prime day. Apple also jumping. The product unveiling but its price target was raised by rbc Capital Markets. Take a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of those losses it saw during the u. S. Session when it fell below 40 a barrel. Gulf operations restarting after hurricane delta. Sourcesention, libya saying we could see output there doubling within 10
Willis, white house positions saying the president can work on erected without disruption, he is continuing to do that, the president of first lady seen mild symptoms from the coronavirus, today a flurry of phone calls from the residence of the white house behind me too a number of folks because the president is continuing his or workload, this morning the president spoke with Mitch Mcconnell and also chief of staff mark matos focused on the job. I think the good thing about this president , not only is he staying committed to working very hard on behalf of the American People, his first question to me this morning is how the economy is doing, how are the stimulus talks going on capitol hill. A lot of communication back and forth with the next stimulus talks, the next Coronavirus Relief package between treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker nancy pelosi speaking for 60 minutes, management testing negative along with other cabinet members. A source tells me because of my ne
And values of importance to montana. From the montana pbs studios on montanaus of university. Good evening, welcome to montanas debate. We would like to welcome listeners joining us across the state. We utilize our inclusion requirements which are available on our website. The candidates meeting the criteria are here tonight. Republican congressman and montanas Lieutenant Governor, democrat mike cooney. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We are safely distance. And ready for a good debate. Each candidate will have an initial 90 seconds to answer each question. Then there will be a chance for rebuttal and followup questions. Debateill finish the with a 92nd closing statement from each candidate. Lets start with a topic that montana continues to deal with. Seeing a recent spike and covid19 cases. Just today, the state saw a record new cases. According to a group that tracks covid19 affections across interstates, we are currently fourth in the nation for infections. If elected