Addressing the virus. Cases are on the rise nationwide and were nearing 240,000 deaths due to covid. And our hearts go out to each and every family thats lost a loved one to this terrible disease. In america, the vote is sacred. Its how people of this nation express their will and it is the will of the voters, no one, not anything else chooses the president of the United States of america. All right. Former Vice President biden urging people to stay calm and be patient and he says he has no doubt that when this is all said and done, that he will now we have yet to hear from President Trump. He is on social media. His last tweet was three words, stop the fraud in all cap, by the way, without evidence of any fraud, but with that we want to bring in our first guest, we enjoyed his conversation so much on midday that we invited him back. Dr. Derek madonna with the center for politics and Public Affairs and franklin and Marshall College coming to us from pennsylvania where its all happening
Flow and that is a macro positive. Week, itked about last suggests there is some optimism on the part of traders that may be some sort of scenario around airlines could some serve stimulus could get done but theres so much uncertainty. Airlines have been outperforming more recently. Getd are we starting to something on the 10 year yield . Abigail we are still in that range. The 10 year yield is trying to move to the top of the range in the range is about 5080 basis points with the fed as a buyer keeping bonds in that range. Its hard to know whether it will be broken. Another market is amazon. The s p and the nasdaq are down in amazon in amazons down for its for the day in a row after the prime day event, suggesting some folks may not be to my optimistic about those results. Maybe americans of had Online Shopping fatigue. David one of the risks of the is the continued possibility of more stimulus and the election which is now 15 days away. Is with us, always a delight to have you with u
Headlines. Later, we are joining joined by Terry Madonna of Franklin Marshall to talk about pennsylvanias role as a battleground state this election year. We have an obligation under the constitution, should we choose to take it vantage of it, with a president of the same party as the senate to advance a nomination. Republicans say we do not care about anything. Senate, thehe institution. Just move forward. Everything americans value hangs in the balance. The looming battle over President Trumps Upcoming Supreme Court nominee dominates capitol hill come out with Senate Democrats warning they will retaliate if they win control the chamber and the white house on election day. We will talk with democrats only on this wednesday, september 3. What is the best strategy for your party on filling Supreme Court vacancy . Eastern,ve in the central part of the country, 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. You can also join us by texting with your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003
You may be seated. You may be seated. Blessed is god the true judge. [ speaking Foreign Language ] god has given, god has taken, praise be the name. Psalm 23. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] a psalm of david. The lord is my shepard. I shall not want. God makes me lie down in green pastures. God leads me beside the still waters. God restores by soul. God guides me in the straight paths for gods name sake. Ye, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anounted my head with oil, my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and i shall dwell in the house forever. Today we stand in mourning of an american hero, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. In a moment, i will speak to what she meant to all of us. But first, i would like to turn
Changed since 2016, whats motivating voters this year and look at trends that could give us clues on how people might vote in each state in november. Today, we turn our attention to the keystone state of pennsylvania, and Franklin Marshall College Professor joins us from harrisburg, this morning. So, lets just begin with what happened in pennsylvania in 2016. Well, in 2016, thencandidate donald j. Trump carried the state of pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. And essentially he won the state because of the turnout and the high proportion of votes that he got in central pennsylvania and also in the south western part of our state in the old mining and mill towns. I call it small town in rural pennsylvania and up in the North Eastern part of our state, largely because he developed what has generally been referred to as the rust belt strategy, where he campaigned in parts of pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin and michigan, making the argument that the Obama Administration had done bad trade deals. N