Washington is longtime political reporter and columnist of the washington post. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Host thank you for being with us. What a year it has been. It is only october 4. It has been an unbelievable year. As i wrote this morning, no one could have written a script for this year. It seems as though not just every week but every day, something dramatic happens. Shakes the country. Weve had unrelenting bad news for most of the year. Pandemic, terrible economic collapse, a recovery that is uneven where the people were stuff are having it the worst at this point. Ande had racial protests violence in the streets. Violence from both sides in the street. We had the death of john lewis, ruth bader ginsburg, now we learned just a couple of days ago that the president of the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus. Get aoes the country ever break from any of this . We are 29 days from the election. Its an unbelievably important election. They
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica
Sector trading higher and you also have the tech sector higher , both up more than 1 . You want to see those financials and Industrial Companies take the lead and that is exactly what is happening today. Another way of looking at that is the reopening trade is doing well, even as this years defense is holding its own. David the one thing that does not move at all our bonds. It seems like the fed has nailed those to the floor. Abigail it is amazing that we have had bonds trading in this range. It does feel that the fed they have even said they have nailed them to the floor until 2023 unless there is a risk off scenario that would cause a bid to bonds, which would mean yields would fall lower. You may see yields hang out in place. It is interesting, your point is proven today because you have the major averages up more than 1 , up for a third day in a row and yet bonds are basically flat. On a day like today you would want to see bonds selloff. That could also signal anxiety around the d
Have either a legal or moral there to stand on. A good evening here with our protesters close to the white house did attempt to shank down donald trump during his speech on the final night of the Republican Party congress. And chancing langley hundreds tried to disrupt the event and a number of were carrying black lives matter banas but that didnt stop the president from claiming hes done more for black people and almost all of his predecessors. I say very modestly that i have done more for the Africanamerican Community than any president since Abraham Lincoln our 1st republican president. And i have done more in 3 years for the black community then job. Biden has done in 47 years we will when im reelected the best is yet to come. From a speech that came is furious black lives matter protesters once again poured onto the streets of can osha in the wake of Sundays Police shooting of a black man would have warning you might find the following footage to stir. Was. Thanks. Thanks. So. Muc
Security we have a show for you today so lets go into. The Global Pandemic still taking thousands of lives the universal death toll is now at nearly 94000 that with more than 1500000 confirmed cases the u. S. Remains the country with the largest number of cases with more than 451000 the death toll continues to climb with nearly 16000 fatalities the main model used by the white house now predicts even fewer deaths its down 260400 15 thats down from the 82000 shown on tuesday well new york state alone has more confirmed cases than any other country with more than 200000 the centers for Disease Control and prevention put out new guidelines for essential workers. If theyre asymptomatic is the vice president. They could go back to work if they do so several things as we say here take their temperature before they go to work wear a face mask at all times and practice social distancing when theyre at work meanwhile europe is also seeing signs of a potential slowdown but its models show the de