To start in september. The s p 500 is therefore positive though not at a record. Were 59 minutes left to trade and we have two big exclusive interviews coming your way on todays show delta Ceo Ed Bastian will join us with the latest view from 30,000 feet on the state of the Airline Industry and his companys announcement today to keep middle seats blocked until at least the end of the year. Plus, well speak with marc short about stimulus negotiations or the lack thereof. China trade talks and the latest signals on the economy you dont want to miss either of those conversations. Lets get to the big stories were tracking a volatile day for the lows we have a look how the economic recovery hasnt benefited everyone but we begin with the fast moving developments surrounding uber and lyft in california. Fast moving indeed. We found out just moments ago that uber and lyft have won a delay for converting drivers to employees. The i was about to come on tv and tell you that both apps were going
So we have an election this year. I heard the music and that so we have an election this year, mika . Yes, we do. Do we really . Yes. 60 years in 60 seconds for you. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off today and because of the coronavirus, it will be unlike any of the Party Conventions weve seen to date. Wont look like any of those. Good morning and welcome to morning joe it is monday, august 17th. With us we have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire wait. Jonathan, this is important. Jonathan, so the great thomas ricks who has a wonderful book coming out in a couple months said that what the Boston Red Sox are doing are nothing less than a remarkable experiment. He said they decided to elevate an entire triple a pitching staff to the major leagues at the same time, of course, tom is a little off. This is single a, double a pitching staff the red sox have sent up. But its just its beyond words how bad the pitching staff is. I dont know if you know thi
Numbers. As we have said on this show for weeks, months now, there is a third option. There is a door number three. Door number three is a system of testing, physical distancing and Contact Tracing that allows a society to have an economy and society approaching normalcy amidst the virus and there are many places that have successfully walked through door number three. There is south korea and taiwan and hong kong and australia and new zealand and germany, which is now reopening beer gardens and shops and sending kids back to school hallelujah. All these countries have put together a combination of testing, physical distancing, mask wearing and Contact Tracing to have Something Like normalcy during this pandemic. There is actually another small little land thats done this. Think of it as a tiny principality that sits on 18 acres of land in the u. S. Theyre also doing this. Its called the white house. As we noted yesterday, you have seen donald trump has continued some version of his no
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get on a flight and trust a pilot you ve never met before, get in a car and drive with people on the road why not take a risk and save your life? reporter: 11,000 is the limit. obviously a stark difference from the 2004 record of 120,000. if you re a betting woman, alex, essential quality is the favorite today. okay. i love that wise father s words that he shared. absolutely great. and essential quality, duly noted, my friend. if you thought you heard the last of post master luis dejoy, think again. he s still on the job but now under fbi investigation. frank figliuzzi joins me the next hour to talk about how much trouble dejoy may be facing. tah trouble dejoy may be facing. breeze drifting on by you know how i feel [man: coughing] it s a new dawn, it s a new day. no matter how you got copd it s time to make a stand.