Candidates couldnting more different, and the polls are very close. So the level of uncertainty is much greater than if we had a runaway frontrunner. Does the fear make sense . Should the averages have been merciless . Frankly, i dont want to make any determinations because at the end of the day, this is a political question, and that means its up to you. My expertise is picking stocks, not politics. There, even for one evening. But i just cant ignore the elephant in the room because that would mean ignoring whats driving the market, and thats whats coming up at 9 00 p. M. On cnbc. The first of the president ial debates between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Im tuning in. I hope you do too. So where do we begin . Lets talk about what business thinks first of this election. As the wall street journal reported in an amazing story last week, and i quote, no fortune 100 ceos back republican this kind of tsunami support for clinton explains one of the major reasons for todays decline. It
Dow tumbling 167 points. S p sinking 0. 86 . Nasdaq losing 0. 91 today because the styles of the two candidates couldnting more different, and the polls are very close. So the level of uncertainty is much greater than if we had a runaway frontrunner. Does the fear make sense . Should the averages have been merciless . Frankly, i dont want to make any determinations because at the end of the day, this is a political question, and that means its up to you. My expertise is picking stocks, not politics. And im uncomfortable even going there, even for one evening. But i just cant ignore the elephant in the room because that would mean ignoring whats driving the market, and thats whats coming up at 9 00 p. M. On cnbc. The first of the president ial debates between donald trump and hillary clinton. Im tuning in. I hope you do too. So where do we begin . Lets talk about what business thinks first of this election. As the wall street journal reported in an amazing story last week, and i quote,
He struck one officer, police returned fire. But the gunman surrendered without being shot. Its a busy intersection with gas stations and strip malls. Authorities say a vehicle pursuit that started in antioch ended with a suspect shooting at officers here in pittsburg. Our video shows to bullet two bullet holes pierced the front windshield. People outside a nearby restaurant tell me they heard the commotion. One woman, fearful for her safety, spoke with me on the condition we not identify her. Cant believe its happening again, this town is falling apart. Everything was peaceful in this town, and now you dont even want to tell what you saw or what you heard because you dont know who is around. Reporter people tell us this community has experienced escalating violence. Seeing the evidence markers, broken glass and damaged vehicles is unsettling. Antiochs police chief confirmed that one of his officers was not injured but that he was not life threatening. A contra costa fire marshal says
Because of a cough related to her diagnosis. More than 40 states and washington, d. C. , are experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases over the last 14 days, alone. There are over 500 deaths in just the last 24 hours. And on the economic front, the deadline is nearing for House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin to hash out terms of a possible covid relief deal. The markets, though, are currently up and we could know something as soon as their 3 00 p. M. Call is over. Well bring that to you once we get word on it. A new national poll, though, says 72 of voters actually support a new 2 trillion stimulus bill. Congressional republicans including Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, though, oppose a large package, but the president hopes to forge ahead, anyway. Would you pass it with mostly democratic votes . Id take all the votes you could get. Whether its democrat or republican. But we want to begin in pennsylvania, joining us now is nbc news political repo
Was actually dictated by President Trump himself, saying this, we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children. With no mention of dirt on Hillary Clinton. It wasnt until the New York Times was going to break the story that trump junior was promised damaging information on clinton back in july of last year. That was the New York Times reporting. At the time, trump junior and the trump team started changing their tune, saying the promise of damaging information turned into mainly an adoption conversation. They get into the meeting, and it quickly turns a pretext for Russian Adoption, according to his statement. The comments are about any type of information on Hillary Clinton were vague, meaningless. As you can see from the emails, the pretext of the meeting was, hey, we have information. There was some small talk. I dont even remember what it was. It was sort of nonsensical. Then it quickly went on to, you know, a story about Russian Adoption and how we could po