Now, tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself, if i think there needs to be continuity and balance, and sometimes i might ask the candidates to respond to what another candidate may have said. Now, the format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and democratic campaigns. And there is no subject matter that is restricted anything goes, we can ask anything. After the debate, the candidates will have an opportunity to make a closing statement. So, president bush, i think you said it earlier, lets get it on. Pres. Bush lets go. Ms. Simpson and i think the first question is over here. Yes, id like
Tonights 90 minute debate coming from the university of richmond in richmond, virginia. Tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history. Were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing. Anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself if i think there needs to be continuity and balance, and sometimes i might ask the candidates to respond to what another candidate may have said. Now, the format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and democratic campaigns. And there is no subject matter that is restricted. Anything goes. We can ask anything. After the debate the candidates will have an opportunity to make a closing statement. So president bush, i think you said it earlier, lets get it on. Lets g
Stocks into value encyclicals keep up . Havens are bringing back some ground. The Federal Reserve warns there could be major downside for asset prices if the Economic Impacts of the virus is not mitigated. Will a vaccine or stimulus come soon enough . Welcome to the program, happy tuesday. Picking news from the u. K. , jobs data giving us a picture of the damage done or avoided on the u. K. Economy. The unemployment rate, a three month figure, we get an ,nemployment rate of 4. 8 exactly what was anticipated. It was on the rise. Very cushioned by the furlough scheme over the summer, and the end of september. Where we are on the jobless claims number, we have i go to this because we do not have survey data but it is interesting because it is october data, a little more impactful. The jobless claims change down by 29,800. , that looks lower than the prior period. Some of the data seems an improvement on the previous period. I go to that redhead line on the u. K. Unemployment story. 164,00
The sessions you want to take a look at whats happening with u. S. Equity futures this morning. Dow futures up 10 points, s p up by three we are still under water for all three major averages even after the gains we saw yesterday the dow down about 3 . The nasdaq is down 5. 6 also bumping up against the end of the quarter. Major averages still in positive territory. Youll see now, it looks like the 10year is sitting at 0. 65 of 1 . Andrew, welcome back thank you, becky House Speaker pelosi said democrats proposed a new 2. 2 trillion relief bill saying it is a compromised measure with in funding for schools and airlines white house chief of staff saying President Trump would be willing to sign a 1. 3 trillion relief package well see, guys where this all heads. Inching along we went from 2. 3 to 2. 2. I dont know where the white house is Vice President mike pence said yesterday americans should expect a rise in covid cases in the days ahead as testing increases in some midwestern states
Forward to the event on october 15th in miami, but there are safety concerns now that he and several top aides have tested positive for the coronavirus. On the campaign trail, biden express ed reservations. I think if he still has covid, we shouldnt have a debate. He added strict guidelines would need to be followed if the event dowels go ahead. Hours earlier trump claimed false ln on social media covid19 is far less deadly than the trushl flu that. Prompted twitter to mark it as false information while facebook took down the post outright. Trump also announced negotiations on the covid19 relea rerelief package are suspended. Thats a day after trump returned from the hospital being treated for the diseaease which has killed over 200,000 in the United States alone. Trumps doctors say hee had no symptoms as off t tuesday morni. Conflicting stimts about his condition over the weekend have raised questions about the true state of his health. The coronavirus continues to spread through the