National interest and be shoulder to shoulder with the president in confronting more threats, more crises than any president since abraham lincoln, it is stunning to see what has actually been the result. I understand the president is on the phone now, and i want to go to him straight away. Mr. President , were delighted to have you with us on the broadcast. We hope that you can stay with us a while to go through all of these issues. But my first question would be at what point, at what point do you expect or do you expect the Democrat Party to align itself with the National Interests and the welfare of american citizens . Well, maybe the point of great success. You know, we were at that point where we had a tremendous, nobody covered it better than you, lou, we had a tremendous economy. We had the best employment numbers, best stock market numbers a although theyre catching up, were very close. But we had the best numbers that youve ever seen and the best numbers anybodys ever seen. P
The nasdaq off 95. The dow off its session lows but still taking a hit today. The uncertainty boosting gold prices above 1900 an ounce. Take a look at gold as well. 1900. Okay. We will also take a look at johnson johnson, merck, fiedzer and fiedz pfizer and regeneron, on pins and needles awaiting the president s announcement. Lets go straight to Edward Lawrence for a preview of what we are expecting to hear. Reporter exactly, the president signing any minute an executive order that in one way will get departments the look at ways they can further reduce drug prices going forward. Also, we have heard it may include the provision that connects the prices the u. S. Pays with foreign prices. The prices Drug Companies charge Foreign Countries. That is the deal exactly the president worked out between gilead in the United States where the United States will basically buy the entire supply of remdesivir. Remdesivir is a drug that helps coronavirus patients. The president puitched a simila ide
President trump saying they can pursue a deal but if it does not get done by september 15, it will shut down. We are standing by for the president to give a news briefing, where he might elaborate on his position. Also, the administration indicating it will pursue extending Unemployment Benefits on its own. Joining us now to discuss the market moves, abigail doolittle, how has been covering all the ups and downs for us. Today, a was mostly up. Sort of a perfect storm of events. Last week, we had decreed earnings reports from apple, amazon, and facebook. We also had Strong Manufacturing data in the form of the ism manufacturing number. At the end of the day, the s p 500 up. The nasdaq carving out another record high of 1. 4 . Apple and microsoft, those were the big winners. Also, biotech. Againste for a vaccine the virus. Not everyone is buying into this rally. But there you have it in terms of the big winners on the day. Over the last two days, it is incredible. 15 rabolic spike of bou
His 2016 president ial campaign, a promise to protect American Workers, to put an end to the abuse of the h1b visa program. President trump signed an executive order at the white house today banning federal agencies from firing american citizens or green cardholders from their federal jobs and or suring Foreign Workers and hiring Foreign Workers to replace them. Todays action also orders a study to determine just how many federal jobs are now held by foreign visa workers. President trump today heard from a number of American Workers, workers who were forced into the degrading, humiliating process of training their less qualified foreign replacements. Thats right. H1b visa workers trained by the reporters they were the workers they were replacing from the Tennessee Valley authority. The federallyowned corporation that provides Utility Services to residents in seven states. The tva recently announced a plan to outsource 20 of its Technology Jobs to Companies Based overseas. Do you suppos
Rico and the Virgin Islands endive issued emergency declarations for both of those areas, puerto rico and the Virgin Islands. This week, the storm passed just east of florida. Got a little lucky. Working with the governor, working with everybody, but did not it did not hit directly. It is currently off the coast of south carolina, heading northward to north carolina. Its expected to make landfall sometime this evening as a category one hurricane very serious, a lot of water, a lot of water coming from that storm. Ive already issued emergency declarations for florida, north carolina, south carolina, and femas personal, they are great, they are doing a great job, they are already on the ground in all areas, every single area we have mentioned is covered. Over the next several days, there is expected to be heavy wind and rain in the coastal areas of north carolina, delaware, new jersey we are working with each of those states, in particular as it relates to fema, the military, law enforce