Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Some signs of nervousness is also showing for the banks. Bonds are rallying a little bit so that means yields come in and that weighs on the bank so thats a little bit of a pause in the cyclical rally. How does the market really react to what the economists are seeing . They say we will be good in the second half of next your but have a really tough spot between here and there. Have the markets price that in . Abigail the markets do not appear to be pricing it in all that much. As you know, some of the longer term charts are starting to show the possibility that equities in particular are stretched and there could be some sort of sharp pullback for the end of this month or the beginning of next year. That could very well reflect the air pocket the jobs report for november is very disappointing suggesting december and january could be worse. It appears theres some sort of awkward middle ground in the First Quarter of 2021 and maybe beyond. The optimism that the vaccine will bring to the
Margins in two Senate Runoff races in georgia that will dictate policy for america for years to come. The man leading the recount in georgia congressman doug collins on the back and forth recount on what it means for the senate races on january 5 as outside money pores into georgia and some democrats threaten to move there to affect the election and also the wins keep on coming, fresh off of his own victory in california, the new face of the House Republicans, and the man staring down the speaker s gavel in 2022, midterm elections gop leader Kevin Mccarthy is here, as he sits atop a larger and more diverse membership, plus the Ranking Member of the Gop Intelligence Committee on the crimes that will not go away , no matter who is president congressman devon nunes on the whereabouts of john durham and bill barr on a case that is still pending for the former leadership of the fbi. So, coming up right here right now, as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. And first this morning congre
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