Died. And a lot more going to die unless he gets a lot smarter a lot mister president. Did use the word smart. So you said you went to delaware state, but you forgot the name of your college you can go to delaware state you graduated. Either the lowest or almost the lowest in your class dont ever use the word smart with me dont ever use that give me because you know what theres nothing smart about you joe 47 years youve said this to you would have had let me just tell you something jet. Now if you would have had. The charge of what i was put through i had to close the greatest economy in the history of our country and by the way now its being built the economy in the next segment sir, okay, its going up when it comes to how the virus has been handled so far. The 2 of you have taken very different approaches and this is going to affect how the virus is handled Going Forward by whichever of you ends up becoming the next president i want to quickly go through several of those reopenings V
Nashville. There will be one in between facing the Vice President candidates at the university of utah in salt lake city. Real quickly joined by charles payne, lou dobbs. Lou, what do you think the president has to do tonight . Lou first and foremost, be himself. And to use his original mind, as im sure he will, and his sense of humor. Those are two advantages he has that he exploited in 2016 to his great and winning effect. I expect him to do precisely the same thing tonight. Neil you know, charles payne, debates were going up over these in the years dating back to 1976 with jimmy carter and gerald ford, you have to present yourself especially joe biden, youre as well known. Not quite as well known, obviously, as the president of the United States, but you have to reintroduce yourself. Both men, essentially, reintroducing themself. Likability come up as some intangible, george bush had that against al gore, ronald reagan, certainly, in that one and only debate with jimmy carter. Your
Grounds. Nikei down. 4 . The japanese yen hold steady against the u. S. Dollar. Industrial production beating estimates. The asx 200 down 1. 5 as the aussie dollar continues to strengthen against the u. S. Dollar. Quarter end demand from iwiorters as well, and k stocks reversing yesterdays losses. Holding steady after falling for the lowest level in a week. Steady ahead of the first u. S. Debate. Continues to lose ground after a touched the lowest level in almost two weeks. We are seeing the offshore yuan holding steady. We might see some china bashing in that debate. That is it from daybreak asia. Coveragemarkets returns at 11 a. M. Hong kong. This is bloomberg. From bloomberg headquarters to our tv and Radio Audiences, i am david westin. Welcome to a special edition of balance of power, coverage of the first president ial debate. President donald trump and joe biden will share a stage for the first time tonight in cleveland as they debate each other at a campus shared by case western
Donald trump and joe biden will take the stage for 90 minutes. Six topics on the table. The big question, will the candidates do anything tonight to change the course of this race . President tru behind right now, has been for months. And our statistics guru nate silver at fivethirtyeight calculates that joe biden has a 78 chance of winning the white house. But there are three debates, five weeks to go and President Trump has a history of shaking things up. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl is on the scene in cleveland. George, donald trump goes into this debate with his back against the wall. By every publicly available measure, he is losing this race. Trailing in the national polls. No consistent lead in any of the top dozen most competitive battleground states. He needs to change the dynamic of this race and tonight is the best chance for him to do it. Hes been here before, four years ago, his campaign was collapsing and he turned it around in part with a debate. And goin
Joe biden. After months of lobbing longdance attacks, aides for both candidates say tonight the gloves and the masks will come off. The two men arrived at the debate hall at Case Western Reserve University in cleveland a short time ago. They were not expected to shake hands because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lets not forget as we come on the air tonight, this virus has killed more than 205,000 americans. This pandemic has led the u. S. Into its worst economic cracks since the great depression. More than 26 million americans are claiming unemployment benefits. And two late developments have thrown a lit match into an alreadyvolatile race. The republicans effort to quickly replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg with conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett and the latest revelations about President Trumps taxes. So the stage is set for this first showdown. There will be no opening statements. Chris wallace of fox news will be asking the questions. He was chosen by the president ial debate co