Learned. The number one risk here is not now. Its a week from now, and it is with any 74yearold weighing 244 pounds. Does the president get or not get pneumonia . That is a major concern now. Jonathan first and foremost, our thoughts and hearts are with the first family. We hope the president pulls through, of course. The focus youve had over the last couple of hours something we will replicate. We dont want to go too deep into speculation. For me, what is interesting right now is the substance of that campaigning. I dont believe in a single issue election, but this single issue now will be hard for the president to divert attention away from. Tom youve got to believe that, going from the depths of ruth bader in Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto this shock come onto the debate, if there is a debate. But i would go back to Jennifer Jacobs and her team in washington on the illness of ms. Hicks. And then this began to unravel with mr. Hannity at fox, and here we are on a jobs day with a changed sc
Absolutely extraordinary. Thank you for joining us on Bloomberg Radio and Bloomberg Television worldwide. What have we got . Mcdonalds just out with a dividend increase. Ibm with a seismic restructuring. Morgan stanley to take out the venerable eaton vance of boston. On and on we go. Guess what . None of it matters. Someone speaking to maria in two minutes. Jonathan the present will be on fox news. I imagine he will have a reaction to the next debate being virtual. That news out from the commission on president ial debates. Tom i really want to bring up this story, below the fold on the internet sites, but our Jennifer Jacobs reporting that the head of security for the white house is gravely ill with this horrific virus. Really a difficult illness as well. It is amazing how this virus story in the debate last night, commenting ondent this debate. Jonathan the president tweeting, saying that this is not a separable. He is looking forward to doing rallies. He is feeling goods. Those comm
There is no question, in all my years, this is the oddest jobs day, with a bomb shale with a bombshell earlier this morning. The president had the first have contracted the virus. We will show a shot of the white house here in a bit, describing the second floor and the president s president ial rooms. Right now, we are beginning to hear with our bloomberg reporting from people in washington. Jonathan heard from jen jacob in her reporting before the top of the hour on the aids close to closeesident the aides to the president that were concerned. We understand the Vice President has tested negative, so that is good news for mike pence. What we dont know yet is whether former Vice President joe biden is out. We understand he will be tested at some point today. It is a highprofile track and trace. Everyone that has been in contact with the president , with hope hicks over the last week or so. Who where they . Have they been tested . It is an odd payrolls friday because 29 minutes away from
Very much with us. Is greg joining us davis. I want to push you into a realm of speculation about the president or google hope he has a speedy recovery along with the first lady walk me through how you processed this. Ultimately, how soon will we actually got some simple therapeutics and when will a vaccine be available and how will that translate into the economy and allowing businesses to get back to usual. Do you thinkt about the degree to which consumers will engage or disengage in the coming months, given what is playing out in europe and the spark spike in the United States . Gereg when we start to see start to see effective vaccines, you will see a broader reopening of the economy not just in the u. S. But until people get back to facetoface activity and trash traveling and leisure and hospitality, it will be a drag on the economy. We still think the recovery will be relatively slow here when you think about the implementation and availability of the vaccine, it will go to front
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