Thanksgiving week. Founder and executive chair of share our strength to end childhood hunger. We have all seen the images of the food lines. Help us understand the scope of the problem. How many more children are food insecure this thanksgiving week then compared to last year at this time . Guest thanks. We are in a position we really have never seen before. It is shaping up to be possibly the hungriest Holiday Season in memory. There are lots of different ways we measure hunger. It looks like we have gone from one in seven kids being at risk to one in four. As many as 17 million American Kids at risk of hunger. Not just during the Holiday Season but especially poignant during the season but since the pandemic began. Bureausure is the census does a pulse survey. They take a regular survey of americans. They found that 15 of adults say their families are struggling to feed their kids. That is up from 1 just a year ago. Really remarkable change. Host struggling to feed their kids. Define
We will tell you what he is saying. The cdc says School Closings are a terrible way to fight rising covid cases was we have a doctor who agrees with him coming up, sounding off later in this hour. Lets look where stock prices are right now. We see the Dow Jones Industrial down 91 points, the s p down 9. 25 and the nasdaq down a tick as well. We will follow the progress on the market says they are due to open in 29 minutes and you will see the president today for the First Time Since saturday, he will be delivering remarks on lowering drug prices for all americans it to 30 p. M. Eastern time. You can watch that on foxbusiness. Joe biden is set to meet with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer today and we cant leave this out, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is in order to get the virus under control we should close businesses and pay people to stay home. Forget about businesses going bankrupt, the government can take care of all your needs. Isnt that pure socialism and dont we all know how that stor
Mayor gimenez this is a balancing act. Starting to shut down again could cause damage, irreparable harm to their livelihoods. There will not be a job for them to have. Karen good afternoon. I am a Political Columnist at the washington post. Please pardon the technical difficulties in my hand. I want to welcome you for our conversation with miamidade mayor, carlos gimenez. Thank you so much for giving us some of your time today, which i know is very, very precious. By asking youart how things look right now. Florida has seen, within the last week, some of the biggest increases in coronavirus infections. And miamidade area is the epicenter of florida. So, how are things looking at the moment . Mayor gimenez actually, today, the last week or so, we have actually slowed level, Positivity Rate start to level off and go down. That is pretty good news so far, so, not to say that we dont have a lot of people going to hospital or other people in the hospital, we do. 2200 people in the hospital.
For republicans, 202 7488001 and for independent voters, 202 7488002. Joining us now is the chair of the Florida Republican party. Thank you for being with us. Thanks so much for having me on. Steve the message from the president tonight, what was it . What was he telling his face, and he was and was he trying to band is based. Plex trying to expand his face . First of all, it was great to be out on the road. And i think his last line, the best is yet to come. What he can do with the economy, he is focused on having a strong resurgence in getting people back to work, because people want to be a good provider for their family. I think the president can deliver once again he talked about the forgotten man. I think that will be a central because at the end of the day, who is out there working for all those American Workers out there . Whether it be unfair trade deals, regulatory changes, the president has gone to bat over and over for the american worker. And i think that is going to lead
Steeper decline. We will have the first numbers. First contraction in 6 years and also hearing from Federal Reserve jay powell later today. Also another big day for earnings, boeing is in focus this morning, wall street journal reporting reporting thae aircraft maker is facing criminal probe into Quality Control issues on still grounded 737 max fleet. The company also reported looking to raise capital to major bond sale. On tap before the bell this morning, General Electric is out with its earnings along with master card and ensurers anthem and humana, after the numbers attention to microsoft, facebook, tesla, markets are higher, take a look at futures, gain at the start of trading, dow futures right now showing a gain of 180 points, three quarters of 1 . S p is up 25 and nasdaq higher by 93. This after the dow, nasdaq and the s p 500 erased early gains yesterday to actually end lower. Dow industrials were down 32 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street yesterday and nasdaq down 122 and s