I do want to highlight a 10 year yield in the u. S. , the yield is lower by about one basis point. 60 to 70 basis points, and how much can we tolerate on higher upside when it comes to yields . The Democrat National convention will be focusing on joe bidens vision of the party. Last night focused on trumps performance in office including his handling of covid19. To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary, and to those who may have voted for donald trump in the last election, the failed federal government that watched new york get ambushed by their negligence and then watched new york suffer but all through it learned absolutely nothing. Itay, six months after began, the nation is still unprepared. Magic if we had a national strategy. So everyone has access to a safe vaccine. More than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president downplayed for too long. That even before trumps negligent response to this pandemic, too many
Entire party further to the left . To get a sense of that, we welcome someone with vast experience on wall street as well as in washington, he is Ralph Schlosstein, cochairman and coceo of evercore. Great to have you with us as always. Youve described yourself as a fiscal conservative but a social liberal. Side, fiscal conservative are you concerned joe biden is tacking to the left to make sure he keeps the bernie brose with him . Ralph not really. If you look at Vice President bidens record in the senate and when he was Vice President to squarely obama, he is in the left center of the Democratic Party, the center of the Democratic Party. E is a procapitalist his selection of Kamala Harris as a Vice President , who while i also believe is procapitalism, sets of course which i believe is a right course for the country. Commitment to private enterprise , but also a more balanced distribution of wealth and access to health care and education as more of a right in our society than a privil
This morning my interview with senator Bernie Sanders of vermont. Plus our brandnew nbc news wall street journal poll on the eve of the Democratic National convention, also as covid relief talks break down. Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gave a damn. President trump says no deal, no new Postal Service funding for mailin voting. Its very simple. How are they going to do it if they dont have the money to do it . Sabotaging the mail in order to help his reelection chances what weve never seen before is a president saying im going to actively kneecap the secures a agreement in the middle east. Ill talk to National Security adviser robert obrien. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent casey hunt. Former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, carol lee and Charles Benson from our nbc affiliate in convention city, milwaukee. Welcome to sunday and our coverage of the Democratic National convention. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washingto
We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Down every statue, symbol and memory of our national heritage. My guests this morning, governors phil murphy of new jersey and Asa Hutchinson of arkansas, and infectious expert dr. Nahid beddalia. Plus about face. Allies of the president now urging people to wear a mask. Wear a mask. Maga should now stand for masks are great again. Governor of abbott of texas orders it. That is why today i am ordering a Face Covering requirement for all counties with more than 20 covid cases. Also, did President Trump ignore warnings of russian bounties on americans . It is dereliction of duty. Or was he not told . He didnt know about it, and im convinced of that. Ill talk to former National Security adviser for president obama, susan rice. Joining me for insight and analysis are former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, jay apka, and White House Correspondent Peter Alexander. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longestrunning show in television history. This i