Cable television history, the second highest overall ratings for television u. S. An event that President Trump today seemed pleased with with. I thought the debate last night was great. Weve gotten tremendous reviews on it. Were hitting what people want, law and order which biden was unable to even talk about because theyd lose the radical left, his radical left followers. I dont think theres too many of them left. But i thought it was a great evening. It was an exciting evening. I see the ratings were very high, and it was good to be there, felt very comfortable. And i appreciate all the good words. Lou well, last nights debate was tense and often times rough and tumble. President trump showed americans once again he is a fighter. The president offering razorsharp criticism of biden. He challenged biden on law and order, questioned his support among the Bernie Sanders radical left and, of course, his son hunters corrupt dealings overseas. China ate your lunch, joe, and no wonder. You
Actually lead to increased mortality. And the jury is still out how these vaccines are going to work against these variants. Reporter this is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its thursday, february 4 tth, 6 00 here in new york. A moment of revelation for the Republican Party overnight. Days ago, it was mitt romney who said, our big tent is not large enough to accommodate conservatives and kooks. Days ago, it was Mitch Mcconnell who said, loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer for the Republican Party. But last night, it was Kevin Mccarthy, the House Republican leader who said, essentially, hold my beer. No action against Marjorie Taylor greene, the qanonsupporting House Republican who endorsed the execution of democratic leaders, harassed School Shooting victims, called Mass Shootings a hoax, reportedly trafficked in antisemitic propaganda about jewish space lasers. No action.
With the dow gaining 6. 8 there has been some controversy about that too explain whats going on behind the numbers. In terms of how many jobs have been lost during the pandemic. Its fifth positive session. Its been up five sessions in a row. Its indicated higher and the 6th day of the week. That was up by 6. 8 . S p was up by 82 points. And then the nasdaq was up by 2 almost 200 points. The s p indicated up by 6. 5. And treasury yields and did see quite a bit of activity there too. The ten year yield picking up substantially last week and this morning its back at 0. 91 i cant remember the last time we had a ten year above 0. 8 let alone 0. 9. It could be a round number some day not that far 1 maybe cross your fingers. Oil too is almost 40. Oil looks like a bad break looks like it went down and it is such a quick one right back up and almost to the levels where it was almost prior to this the journal has the piece when the spiggots are opening here today. We have a huge show again today
[ cheers and applause ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause seth good evening, im seth meyers. This is late night. How is everybody doing tonight [ cheers and applause thats fantastic to hear in that case lets get to the news according to cnn, fbi director Christopher Wray has made it clear that hes frustrated that President Trump is not listening to his advice. Regarding a controversial memo claiming the fbi abused surveillance laws. Youre surprised trump didnt listen to advice [ laughter ] this is the same guy who heard about the eclipse, and told the sun to bring it. [ laughter and applause so President Trump yesterday, praised chicago cubs coowner Todd Ricketts appointment as the rncs new finance chairman, calling him a great addition yeah, great if you want to win one election every 108 years [ laughter and applause republican chair of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes, yesterday claimed the changes made to a controversial memo about the fbi before h
We just completed a very important meeting of the task force and they are really doing a great job, and that results are very good when you compare this to what is happening around the world, we are proud of our people. There has been a tremendous amount of coordination with , and thingsities are going well. They are coordinating with us, and i think certainly california has been terrific, the relationship. New york has been really good. Weve had some really good relationships in terms of the hotspots, and we are focused on them. Some areas we have no problem whatsoever and we hope to keep it that way. Before turn this over to our great Vice President to provide an update, i want to express my appreciation for the hard work done by the people behind me and the people back in the offices, including the fact that i just let the oval office. We have people there that are probably watching this or they are just working we are using the full power of the federal government to defeat this vi