Politics. Im manu raju. John king is off today. If america is at war with what President Trump calls the invisible enemy, it is losing. More than 125,000 americans are dead. And at least 2. 5 million have been infected. The Novel Coronavirus is raging across much of the country. 36 states are reporting a rise in daily case counts versus a week ago. And just two states are registering a decline in new cases since a week ago. And this is about as bad of a map as you can imagine. But listen to how Vice President mike pence described things on friday. We have made truly remarkable progress in moving our nation forward. We have all seen the encouraging news as we open america again. Were opening up safely and responsibly. Were in a much stronger place. The truth is, we did slow the spread, we flattened the curve. Take a look at the curve here, it has not flattened. The number of new cases in the United States set yet another new record on friday with more than 45,000 cases. The situation is
President trump will we hear tonight . Lets start with Cnns Kaitlan Collins at the white house. Kaitlan, obviously arizona an important state. Trump carried it in november. Immigration is a hot button issue. Hes been critical of both republican senators. What are we expecting to hear tonight . We are not going see the President Trump we saw last night where he was scripted, as you said, very measured and careful as he outlined his afghanistan policy. Instead, we will see the trump we typically see at these campaignstyle rallies, rambunctious and shoot from the hip. Will he go after members of his own party . Theres a lot of tension in arizona with the mayor of phoenix telling the president to delay his rally there tonight because of the tensions in the country because of the violence in charlottesville. Its obvious the president decided not to go do that, instead Going Forward with the rally. Also, he has been at odds with the two republican senators from there. We know he is still fru
Our strategy from now on. While fog hovering over the future for u. S. Troop, the president sounds an awful lot like the past. Our commitment is not unlimited, and our support is not a blank check. This effort must be based on performance. The days of providing a blank check are over. From now on, victory will have a clear definition. As your commander in chief, i owe you a mission that is clearly defined. And where other republicans see equivocation on neonazis that compromise the president s moral authority and raise questions about his competency, his Vice President sees pitchperfect consistency. I know this president. I know his heart. And and i heard him. I heard him on the day that the charlottesville tragedy happened. When he denounced hate and violence in all of its forms from wherever it comes. I heard him on that monday and on tuesday as well like millions of americans did, where he condemned the hate and the bigotry evidenced there. Here to share their reporting and insights
They think the economy is so good. The same Jerome Powell that President Trump reportedly wanted to fire or was considering firing or asking if he could fire but recently realized that he does not think that he can. The trouble on wall street could mean another casualty in the cabinet. A source telling cnn that Steve Mnuchin could be in serious jeopardy with trump after mnuchin tried and failed to calm wall street with his call and the bizarre statement that he put out afterwards. Alison kosik has the latest at the new york stock exchange. Im seeing red arrows. The rally that the dow had quickly fizzling out. It is interesting to see the downward momentum creep back in as we see the dow and the s p get close to bear market territory, a drop of 20 from the highs. There is a lot of pessimism in the market, Political Risk is now added on to the list of worries for wall street and for the worries about the fed pfs rate hiking path and Global Economic growth slowing down and Earnings Growth
Family, friends and advisers and decide whether to run for reelection which has been my sole focus or now begin to think about running for president. We begin with more market instability, an up and down day on the dow. New assurances that the fed chairs job is safe. On the white house lawn this morning, this guarantee from the white houses top economic adviser. The fed chairmans job safe . 100 , yes. Not in jeopardy . Absolutely, thats correct, yes. The president blames the fed for the worst stock since 1931 and today, the white house blamed the markets no good very bad december on the slowdown but the u. S. Metrics, or the ones that matter and they remain solid. All the anecdotal information were getting is the fundamentals remain extremely sound. Christmas sales are through the roof. Gdp in the Fourth Quarter is looking like its going to be very close to, if not above 3 again and so i think that the momentum that we saw this year is carried forward to next year. Cnns alison kosik in