Broadcasting series moderated by marvin kalb. We have dr. Francis collins, director of the National Institute of health. We are pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially our journalists tuning in. I will ask as many as time permits. Headliners p ress. Org. Medicalur Nations Research agency. It is the largest public funder of Biomedical Research in the world, investing more than 32 billion a world to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. Nih comprises different components each with its own Research Agenda often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. Receive their funding directly from congress. The director of the Central Office is responsible for setting policy and planning, managing, and coordinating programs and activities of all the nih components. In 2009, dr. Francis collins was appointed by former president barack obama to serve as the 16th director of nih and he was selected by President Trump to continue in that position in the current admini
President trump who has been flooding facebook and twitter with unfounded messages that the election was stolen. The new administration expected not to play so nice with big tech. Expect more public engagement, public oversight, and regulation. Those stories in a moment. First, u. S. Stocks paring gains. Markets widely mixed at the end of the day on a bit of an ugly close despite intraday record highs. For more on the markets, lets hasto Abigail Doolittle who been watching the ups and downs. Abigail, what are we seeing here . Abigail if you had a dollar for every time i said this, you would have a nice pile of money. It was another wild day. Stocks surging out of the open. The dow up nearly 6 . Russell 2000 hitting its first record high, more than 6 . At the close, we had stocks pullback to some degree. The dow closing up. Where we had losses, the nasdaq 100 down 2. 2 . The faang complex, those make a cap stocks, down 3. 2 . The reopening trade clearly doing very well with pfizer which
Now its 3 as we approach halloween, the holiday as we know is going to be looking a lot different this year, San Francisco mayor london breed is warning people to stay vigilant about physical distancing. And maskwearing good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman now San Franciscos mayor is saying were starting to see coronavirus numbers spike and she does not want people to relax just because the city and the county is in the least restrictive tier kron fours Maureen Kelly was with the mayor today she joins us live now with the halloween. Warnings that are out there good afternoon maureen. Good afternoon just seen thats right. I mean this halloween was shaping up to be an epic halloween right is on a saturday theres going to be a full moon, its in San Francisco. I mean its really a beloved holiday here with kids and adults with dressing up getting out partying. But and its also the mayors favorite holiday. She says she was really looki
[ cheers and applause ] for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions in the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for the killer . No, i dont. I think you know i opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent. I think there are per and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. We have down so in my own state. Its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america, why we have the lowest murder rate in any industrial state in america. But we have work to do this nation. W
Michael dukakis. Candidates took questions on taxes, the budget deficit, defense spending, and each candidates choice of running mate. Good evening, on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to the second president ial debate. Im bernard shaw of cnn, cable news network. My colleagues on the panel are and cotton of abc news. Margaret warner of newsweek magazine. And Andrea Mitchell of nbc news. The candidates are Vice President george bush, the republican nominee, and governor michael dukakis. [applause] for the next 90 minutes will be questioning the candidates in a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening. And the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to governor dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and