There, senator mike lee, senator ron johnson, thom tillis, i believe Chris Christie was at this event. Reverend john jenkins, notre dame president , have tested positive for the virus here. This has gotten to be the source of confusion here. If so many have tested positive there, who is running things in the white house . Now all of this, of course occurs as people are waiting with bated breath to see if the president will indeed make it back to the white house today. There is growing hope from some of his doctors at least that is a distinct possibility. You have to remember with the ongoing concern how far this virus has spread, whether it would be a good idea for the Vice President himself, who was by the way at that event and with others Kayleigh Mcenany, hope hicks since, whether it would be a good idea for the vicepresident ial debate to happen . No one posited that that would be called to question, cancel that, outside of your screen in walter reed hospital. Were expecting a anno
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
Only hear from the voters, we also have Ohio Republican senator rob portman coming up. This is a big show, stay with us throughout the entire hour. We start the with fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman at the white house. Well get to black in a moment. We begin this afternoon with Lauren Simonetti on the markets. Lauren. Lauren today, guys, wall street took a little bit of a breather with the first down day in four days. Three main concerns here, mainly stimulus, the whole question mark when well get more of it. But also a rise in coronavirus cases in new york which was once the epicenter of the virus, raising fears of another lockdown. Yes, two lesser extent, investors waiting to see whats going to happen. Who will emerge the winner if there is it one after the president ial showdown tonight. This is how we finished the session. You can see the dow, the s p 500 down half of 1 each. The nasdaq down a quarter of 1 . This is the second to last day of the terrible month of september.
Despite election polls moving against the president , despite the media aggressively questioning his treatment and his doctor statements and his hospitalization, all of that despite it all and by the way they really hated this, the president ial driveby, thinking his supporters, cnn said he exposed his secret service driver, the president had a good night, hes been treated with remdesivir in a steroid and his doctors will update his position in two hours, you will see it, that could move the market, i have a sign of the virus time story for you, the regal chain of theaters will shut down indefinitely, 540 in america, 120 in britain, they cannot handle the delays in the release of big budget movies, james bond never say die and they cant handle the publics lack of enthusiasm for watching movers out of the home, the virus rippling through with all kinds of indications, throughout the show we are checking the president s medical condition, his possible return to the white house and the ma
Continue to own the majority stake in tictac something President Trump says he does not like were looking into that from the standpoint of buy dance we dont like that ive been just conceptually i can tell you i dont like that. That has not been told to me yet that has been reported but it hasnt been told to me it could be very accurate reporting for a change so if thats the case im not going to be happy with the only this is china which i think it probably is yeah the Chinese Foreign ministry also responded to the latest reports thursday continued to label the situation as unfair. So we urge the u. S. To respect the principles of market economy and fair competition abide by International Economic and trade rules stop politicising normal economic and trade cooperation we can provide an open fair and nondiscriminatory Business Environment for Foreign Companies in the u. S. And joining us now to discuss our boom bust cohost Christine Benz swan and thank you both for being here as always k