Spike in cases across the u. S. We looked at the latest reported data how we are on an upward slope of a bigger wave of confirmed infections than anything we experienced to date. We talked about what actions would be needed to turn this around and how we made worse by the administrations declaration of surrender to the virus. We discussed the vital importance of wearing masks, protecting yourself, protecting your neighbor and to save around 100,000 lives in the months ahead between now and just after the first of the year. This is not political. It is patriotic. Wearing a mask p, where one,eriod. We focused on the weight this virus is hitting communities of latinoparticular black, and native american communities. We are seeing racebased disparities across the aspect of this virus, higher infection rates lower access to testing and harder time quarantining safely because of their financial circumstances. Lower access to quality treatment when they are infected and tragically, higher mor
Wall street expects some kind of stimulus. We have another monday morning rally with plenty of green and the dow jones is closing about a gain of 150, but nasdaq up over 100 points. Big tech up this morning i think pretty much across the board, yes. Its all green. Even though three top executives will be hauled before Congress Next week, both sides of the aisle angry over big tex wealth, power, influence and serious discontent about censoring conservative opinions as some senators subpoenaed jack dorsey concerning twitters suppression of conservative voice service. On the campaign trail absolutely no change. The president continues his rallies hammering his message home in the battleground states and joe biden will hunker down. He appears to have put a lid on the week staying home preparing for thursdays debate. That debate is controversial with the moderator who is supposed to be neutral anything but. Her family has donated tens of thousands of dollars to democratic campaigns and in t
Tom francine, did you stay up and watch this . Francine i went to sleep and set an alarm to wake up. It is a bit messed up. That ist talk today, why. Tom for an international audience, to be kind, it was absolutely original. My goal today come cross the hours of surveillance, is to spin forward. Do you realize we are going to do this on october 15, in miami, with the great steve scully of cspan, in a town hall format. I cant get my head around that, but thats what we will do with Bloomberg Politics and david westin and s kevin cirilli, to recoup and prepare for the eyes of october. Francine the focus is on the polls. We had an initial post it will be interesting over the next 24 hours. We will have Leslie Vinjamuri on, polls. Leslie was tweeting last night around four clock a. M. I think she was in a pub with ferro. I dont know what she was doing. Francine lets get to bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika it was billed as the first president ial debate, b
Vacancy in this report, we want to turn to what he said back in 1982 on the senate floor. It is my view that ofticularly, if the reality divided government during a time of great change in the courts continues in the next administration, future confirmations must be conducted differently than the preceding ones. Presses intentions on processes existing make a restoration of what came before judge thomas is thomasignite ration was a practical possibility. Having said that mr. President , we face one question, can our Supreme Court confirmation process, so wracked by discord be prepared in a president ial Election Year . Mr. President , history teaches us that this is extremely unlikely. Bitter our nations most and heated confirmation fights have come in president ial Election Years. Confirmation fight over raji , thes confirmation senates refusal to confirm four nominations by president tyler in 1844, the single vote badgerons of nominees and black by lameduck president s omar and bucha
The time of great change at the Court Continues in the next administration, future confirmations must be conducted differently than the preceding ones. Mr. President , the president s intentions on the existing process which exploded during the thomas nomination fight make restoration of what came before judge thomas nomination even if it was desirable, a practical impossibility. Having said that, mr. President , we face one immediate question, can our Supreme Court confirmation process sow discord and bitterness in an Election Year . Mr. President , history teaches us this is extremely unlikely. Some of our nations most bitter and heated confirmation fights have come in president ial Election Years. A bruising confirmation fight over roger taunys nomination in 1836. The senates refusal to confirm four nominations by president tyler in 1844, the single vote rejection of nominees badger and black by lame duck president s filmore and buchanan in the mid19th century and narrow approval of