Dont bet against progress thats the lesson for todays stock market where the gross name came roaring back the nasdaq surged 3. 85 . I know what you are thinking. It feels like the whole republic fringes. Well, excuse me. We are having one of the greatest rallies i have ever seen despite all the worries, the woes about the market tanking if Election Night was in indecisive indecisive like it or not, the people spoke. Whether biden or trump ends up on top, it looks like buy den right now. The democrats will have the house and the republicans will have the senate. At least two years of boring do nothing government even with the pandemic and the high unemployment and of course just kind of anger, americans seemed satisfy with the status q quo. They certainly dont want higher taxes. Something that would have been on the agenda if the socalled blue wave has washed in. Thats a big deal. I know based on the polling, i was worried what may happen to stock with a blue wave just stocks. I am sure
Coming up in one hour, pittsburgh postgazette julian rao on pennsylvania as a battleground state. More on pennsylvania with susquehanna universitys Nicholas Clark. Host good morning. Well begin this morning with testimony on capitol hill yesterday we from yesterday from the ceos of google, facebook, and twitter. They were asked to talk about their social media influence. We want to know from you this morning, do you think these companies have too much power . Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can also text us with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003, or post your ,omments on twitter, cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. This headline about yesterdays ted cruz slams twitter political restrictions. Google, facebook, also face liability. Heres what the senator all what the senator had to say yesterday, questioning jack dorsey, alleging that twitter is biased against conservatives. [video clip] ondid twitter block stories copies of the pr
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. And as your nominee i expect to conduct by crusading an aggressive, fighting campaign. The republicans in we want willkie, Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. And as we watch some of the images of him on the campaign trail were joined here in rushville, indiana with david willkie. I want you to introduce our audience to some of the fervor were seeing from these Iconic Images of the 1940 campaign that really surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat franklin dellanor roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. Here wed come out of entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration, roosevelt was president , right at the height of his power and that opened up a time for a dark horse can
Have been hitting record highs all week, as President Trump and former Vice President biden race across the battleground states this weekend, that will decide the election. Former president Obama Joining joe biden saturday with President Trump campaigning in pennsylvania and praising supporters who surrounded a Biden Campaign bus in texas with their pickup trucks before police intervened. We have the latest from the campaign trail and chuck todd will be at the big map looking at paths to victory for both candidates. Then our sunday focus on making sense of the vote you will see on tuesday night. An inside look at how officials count hailin ballot and how long it could be until all of them are counted. Harry smith looks at disinformation about the campaign and how lies about Coronavirus Spread quickly online. A new virtual sunday sitdown i promise you do not want to miss with oscar winner oscar mcconaughey. He turned from romantic comedies to an Academy Award and the origin s of the mov
Coney barrett and later a look at the how the Affordable Care act is an issue this Election Year with the good morning. Its the washington journal for friday, october 16. Both president and joe biden held separate town halls. A variety of topics were the stuff discussed. Show you short bits from both of those town halls. In our first hour, we will ask you to comment. Us a callt to give and you support President Trump and mike pence, 202 7488001 is the number to call. If you support joe biden, 202 7488000. Maybe watch the town halls, you are undecided at this point, give us a call at 202 7488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can do that. You can post on our twitter feed. Our Facebook Pages available as well. Usa today offering a breakdown of some of the topics at the town halls you saw last night. Here are some of the breakdowns from that. When it comes to President Trump with Savannah Guthrie, they became heated at one point. The president called the moderator so cute and c