Good morning. Im jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the Washington Post and welcome to first look, Washington Post onestop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. This morning we are reviewing an actionpacked week, Amy Coney Barretts nomination, the coronavirus, stimulus talks and, of course, last nights dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump, the other performer Vice President joe biden, the democratic president ial nominee. To get it started to talk about all of this is the Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Thanks so much for being here. Thanks for having me, jonathan. So on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve its t aim, scheduling the trump townhall at the same time as biden . Well, its the aim in some way was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden. I think yes. Anecdotally, or people seems to be watching thetr trump townhall in real time than the joe bide
Competing candidates townhall forms, joe biden may have got the better of the president s ratings, ive not seen an official reaction but the dueling in separate separate town halls got a little heated. Take a look. The president was informed how dangerous his virus was, americans dont panic, he panics. We were expected to lose 2,200,000. You were asked pointblank to do now White Supremacy. Id noun White Supremacy for years, you did not asked joe biden whether denounces antifa. We are hearing the senate is busy not only dealing with the nomination of judge barrett but separately taken up the issue of jack dorsey, they want the twitter ceo to come and talk to the committee and he will not do that voluntarily, they will issue a subpoena to make sure he does, in the meantime, the cool front in all places happening in West Virginia, the hyper loop one, supposed to be the future of modern transportation, they have this and brought in europe and asia but nothing quite like this, we will explo
President , he has announced hes free of the virus in immune and up dressed in airport crowd in florida today. This is important, the virus and how to deal with are central issues of the election. The president is taking the lead in opening the economy and returning to work in promoting the successful treatment, that is important stuff. Meanwhile joe biden always wearing a mask except for when hes coughing is bogged down with questions about packing the court in fracking, he will hold to events in ohio, lets see if he answers as important questions. Lefthand side of the screen, Supreme Court hearing for Amy Coney Barrett started an Opening Statement the judge said she learned from her mentor, Justice Antonio scully out. A judge must apply the law as written, not as a judge wishes it were. Vice president ial candidate Kamala Harris will participate virtually for safety reasons. Lets get to the market, the dow industrial is up for 50 on point, the s p up 20 thereabout look at the nasdaq,
Former fbi attorney Andrew Mccabe is slated for october 6th on entrapping general Michael Flynn. The lawyer for general Michael Flynn Sidney Powell live at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Markets showing firmer tone. S p 500 higher by 30 points. Wednesday marks it final trading day of the month and Third Quarter. Weve got a look back and a look ahead. Friday saw a day of green largely boosted by a Technology Stock rally. Pushed nasdaq in positive territory for the week. Nasdaq up 240. 2020 election is over a month away. Both candidates are preparing for first debate of the season tuesday night. We will preview. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany is here with the latest. Plus President Trumps pick for the Supreme Court and its impact. Amazon prime day revealed. New date on when you can score the best deals for Holiday Shopping season. Keeping it real paltrow making a buzz this morning. Global markets this morning are having a firmer tone. Take a look at european indices here. Dax index hi
A row of losses for both the s p and the nasdaq. That is the longest losing streak weve seen there in seven months. So with all of that, a a lot to get through. A lot of angles. Fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman is at the white house. The president will be moving shortly we think. Gerri willis following the Market Action for us. Gerri, lets start with you. Reporter yeah, lets start right here. Yeah, big selloff today. Many, many, worries, stimulus, virus, political uncertainty. Money laundering among the banks a lot going on. Let me make you feel good about the selloff, originally the dow was down 942 points. Obviously correcting in the last few minutes in the afternoon, doing better indeed. That is good news. The s p flirted with correction territory. Didnt get there. So that is good news, finishing much better than expected. The nasdaq real turn around for the index down 14 point as after being down as much as 273 points. So it has been a major turn around for this market a hu