Thai im Judy Woodruff im thrilled to be joining these three amazing others today. You see them on the screen. They are George Packer whose latest book our man Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American Century and Susan Glasser and peter baker his book is out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james a. Baker to third. Two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart baker in houston in 1930 and holbrooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer holbrooke a democrat a Foreign Service officer a student of foreign policy. Their lives took very different trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Picking up on that this is a man with great vision and it was there before he came to washington. It was. He was a family feud aristocracy. He was expected to great things. He had a very dominating father who imparted on him the legacy of his family or the bakers
The swing state of pennsylvania. How will voters react one week from the election . Its the final sprint to november 3, joe biden will leave his house to attend to events in georgia and when questioned about his relaxed schedule, he said every day is a 12 hour day. The president keeps up eight torrid pace heading to three states today pulling in huge crowds with tens of thousands attending the three events in pennsylvania yesterday and by the way, 62 million have already voted, 20 million in person and 40 million by mail. To the markets, way down yesterday, closing down 650 with the most modest of bounces this morning no bounce at all actually the dow jones will be down a couple points. Lots of corporate profit reports, they remain strong and we will bring in the highlighted a moment. The big earning report comes as afternoon. Microsoft reports and that may set the tone for the markets. As always, a big show for you with the president on the campaign. Rachel campos who wants her nine k
People have to have confidence that their vote counts. If you dont trust it, youre not going to make any effort to be a part of it. Not only that but youre going to reject it. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff u. S. Senators have spe
President tells our jazeera that what he calls radical islam is a threat to all people amid global protests over his comments. As fighting escalates in nagornokarabakh there are now allegations illegal weapons are being used. And hollywood loses a legend tributes pouring in the for scottish superstar sean connery the worlds 1st james bond. Hello the u. K. s Prime Minister has ordered a National Lockdown for all of england as governments across europe race to tighten restrictions and prevent surging coronavirus cases from overwhelming the continents hospitals more than 1000000 people have been infected in the u. K. Which is europes worst hit country and deaths have been climbing daily covert 19 has killed more than 46500 people hear from to the government to close nonessential shops and restrict Restaurant Services until the 5th of december meanwhile austria has announced a curfew and partial closure of cafes bars and restaurants after 5600. 00 new cases reported on friday the governmen
We will get insight from the director of of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe at 8 00 a. M. This morning. Take a look at tripledigit move, dow industrials up 218, nasdaq up 29 and s p up by 29. Friday industrials were up 112 points, nasdaq lower by 42 and white house trade adviser Peter Navarro on focus on swing states. Out with a report on swing state economy and we will look at michigan. Online outrage. Twitter executives online posts revealing deepseated hatred for President Trump. We are following the accusations of Technology One sideness this morning. Real november surprise. Neil degrass one day before the election making a buzz. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets take a look at european markets this morning on the heels of strong performances in the u. S. Ftse 100 down 2 points but cac quarante is down 40 and dax index is higher by 15 and a half. China out with some important Economic Data reporting 4. 9 expansion in Third Quarter gdp, from a year earlier. Sale