[music] i titled it the Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experience hardships and disappointmentsalong the way , i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit but a moreperfect union. [music] good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post live. Im michelle noris, opinion columnist for washington pos and founding director of the race cd project and for this special conversation this morning i enjoyed by my dear friend elizabeth exander, poet, scholar and president of theandrew w mellon foundation. Good morning elizabeth. Good morning michelle, its wonderful to be together. It is wonderf to be together and together we both welcomed our guest for ts conversation, the 44th president of the United Statesbarack obama. I assume you recognize that guy there, good moing. Hey guys. The Washington Post brought outthe big guns for this. Are so excited to see you. I am very gratef that you
I title this a Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes even if we experience hardships and disappointments along the way, i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect, not a Perfect Union but a more Perfect Union. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of Washington Post lives. I michelle lewis, opinion columnist for the race card project and for the special conversation this morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning. Wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and we both welcome our guest for the conversation. The 40 fourth president of the United States, barack obama. Assume you recognize the guy in the middle. Washington post brought out the big guns. We are excited to see you. Im grateful you took the time. This is a News Organization so we have to begin with a little news. Overnight we learned astrazeneca has joined two other D
A series of similar islamist terror attacks this president takes pressing solidarity with vietnam. And in the u. S. The 1st to balance the cost on election day which in keeping with recent tradition was preceded by talk of foreign meddling we hit the streets of moscow to find out which candidate is russias is in russia is a good graces this time around. The famous for the northeast the conceit. Is to. Put it all to abide. By the what you know. Its. A very warm welcome to you youre watching R T International with me thank you and good to have you with us. We start with an ongoing manhunt in. The austrian interior minister says an islamist terrorist was behind an attack in the austrian capital at least one attacker is at large following gunfire that left 3 people dead one attacker has been killed these are images of the chaos. I. Upon hearing some shots downstairs. And i saw the attacker running into various passenger restrooms are lined up on our street. And people running away i. Am my
Growing inequality. Welcome to d. W. Business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us. And the british pound rose 1. 7 percent against the u. S. Dollar its biggest jump since march that of course as britain and the European Union move back to the negotiating table now that move comes after the chief negotiator offered asked london put it all if branch its a last ditch attempt to strike a deal to avoid a messy breakup at the end of the year only a few days ago british Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to quit talks on unless the bloc offered a quote fundamental change in policy. And all of this comes as u. K. Government borrowing is source amid the coronavirus pandemic taking public debt to its highest level since 1960 and the increase borrowing to total public debt above the 2 trillion pound. Or 103. 5 percent of g. D. P. Though in comparison germanys finance minister expected to make up just 75 percent of by the end of the year the European Union as a whole is sti
States right now in washington, fragile hopes for a stimulus deal remain Speaker Pelosi and secretary treasurer mnuchin are expected to talk this afternoon in hopes of getting a deal done. A full economic recovery has a long way to go and another expert said many lost jobs may not come back. All 11 s p sectors are lower 59 minutes to go we are making new session lows with the dow down 400 points. Lets get to the market downturn we just referenced. Mike santoli is tracking all of the action no trigger but a clear response. The only trigger that seems clear at all is the mark of 2 30 eastern time, when the downturn accelerated. It seems as if it is essentially kind of getting ahead of the close, peeling down exposure we did have that good rebound into last week from the late september lows we had some positioning indicators suggesting people were full up on equity there has been a pattern of strength overnight in equity futures opening up strong and selling throughout the day it seems li