Not a threat for the european economy. Weaker crude prices also weighing on oil stocks. Saudis Energy Minister hints that the Oil Market May not need a producer deal to rebalance itself. A resounding victory for francois fillon. The second round of conservative primaries putting the Prime Minister in position to win next years president ial election. And aberdeen hitting the top of the stoxx 600 after the value of its managed assets rises by 10 despite a net outflow of funds amid political volatility. Speaking to this program, the ceo downplayed the impact of the u. S. Election. Obviously, weve seen a temporary setback with donald trump being nominated as president , but i agree with the sentiment that great opportunity for 20172018. Hi, everybody, and welcome to the show. Very glad that youre with us for this full hour. Weve got a packed show for you, and indeed kicking off with some data just hitting our wires, the italian november Consumer Confidence figure 107. 9. Thats slightly hi
the rounds on the campaign trail both here in new hampshire and ohio, his boss mitt romney is hunkering down, getting ready for the debate on wednesday, the first presidential showdown between him and president barack obama. romney spending a lot of this weekend in debate preparation. the same thing for the president. he s off the campaign trail today, tomorrow he does go out to nevada, but he s spending a lot of this weekend, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both campaigns are playing the expectations game, trying to lower the bar for their candidates. even the candidates themselves are doing it. take a listen to mitt romney recently on the campaign trail. he s president of the united states, he s a very effective speaker. he s a very eloquent speaker, and so i m sure in the debates, as last time in his debates with senator mccain, he ll be very eloquent. it s not only mitt romney and his campaign playing the game. so is the obama campaign. w
just by the fact that they re standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them, and they normally come into these things as underdogs. we re coming into this debate very realistic. mitt romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. making those comments on piers morgan. what s the idea, try to bring down your candidate, lower the bar, so if your candidate does better, it s considered a big victory. how much are americans paying attention to that? what they want to hear is what they ll do to make the country better. thanks so much, paul. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night, october 3rd. watch it live at 7:00 eastern time right here on cnn and on cnn.com. the first vice presidential debate is a week later on october 11th. and today vice president joe biden campaigned for a second straight day in the battleground state of florida. in ft. myers today, he blasted mitt romney and paul ryan for their medicare reform plan, claiming it will
about 2% lower. they are one of the first gauges of investor attitudes to s&p s down grade. timothy geithner this evening taking part in a conference call with other member nations of the group of seven nations strategizing as republicans call for his head over the downgrade. a downgrade of america will be a line in the history books someday but what does it mean for your pocket book today? we ll break down how and why and we ll do it with the help of our own richard quest and candy crowley. we ll get to them in a moment. to help us make sense of all of this. first to the white house. president obama returned there earlier after spending the weekend at camp david. our white house correspondent brianna standing by live. the administration is striking back sharply against the s&p assessment in the s&p downgrade. isn t it? certainly. the white house is, top officials are. we heard white house official and surrogates blanketing the sunday shows, calling this amateurish, calling