108 points hire. So good news all around. Lets see if it can stay this way. Treasury yields, you can look at a 10year note at. 681 we have so much going on the fed kicking off a twoday meeting. The first since it put new framework into place isnt expected to change Interest Rates fed chair powell planning to answer questions about the outlook during tomorrows News Conference then we have the data coming in today where we get august import and export prices. The latest productions numbers and the earnings, we have fedex and adobe. A lot of other news, joe i can hear the bounce in your step i hear it in your voice. I think it might be the guests we have again today. I know you are excited for the hour we had great guests yesterday and great guests today we have bob from viea come cbs Jared Kushner coming up in the 7 00 hour. Kevin mccarthy then i realize we miss becky whenever shes out but you like to talk and i guess i do too so it is 50 50, instead of 33, 33, 33 you dont have to admit
Testify today. Before the hearing we will discuss the Postal Service with kevin gosar. Washington journal is next. Former Vice President biden. I am proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election with great honor and humility paid i accept your nomination for president of the United States of america. That is joe biden from last night. Hey did not mention the president by name, but he criticize the president on several fronts. He expressed aspects of what he would like to accomplish if he becomes president. For is washington journal today, august 20 first. Today we will take you to the Senate Hearing featuring the post mentor postmaster general. Heres how you can call us and let us know your thoughts, 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001 if you support the president and if you are undecided give us a call at 202 7488002. You can text us if you wish at 202 7488003, and you can tweet cspanwj. One writer says he gave his remarks absent a crowd because of the
A twist in france they were mostly limited to balconies and rooftops elsewhere though locked on social distancing rules dozens arrested. Live from moscow. Here with a weekly roundup of top stories. Being with us. Lets begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the Global Pandemic is into a new month and those confirmed cases of. 3 and a half 1000000 there is some hope though 1100000 people have recovered but the grim number you can see fatalities more than 247000. Only half of all workers across the globe are at risk of losing their jobs thats the stark warning from u. S. Experts and although this crisis has been provoked by covert 19 kellam open now explains why the labor market was already under threat the jobs of 1600000. 00 people are in jeopardy due to coated 1000. 00 lockdowns around the world hours have been cut incomes have decreased unemployment is rising but the problems did not start with the pandemic for millions of workers knowing come means no food no security and no futu
We were just reading the story about Myles Garrett and the med it after you read it, it broke he has been suspended indefinitely. Hes going to miss the rest of the year and the playoffs. Note telling when hes going to come back. Thats a bad sign. Less than 12 hours in the nfl ruled you are gone for the rest of your. When you grab someones helmet and you start swinging at someone. Yeah. Im sure other suspensions will come down. We are friday and the commute was better today. I have that friday feeling. Im hoping to get there myself. We will start duckies theres been some explosive testimony in the second round of impeachment hearings on capitol hill this morning. Former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testified about being fired by President Trump and now trump is being accused of witness intimidation after tweeting insults about yovanovitch during her testimony. Lisa harrington has more on the story. She took the stand in the middle of her questioning, President Donald Trump live tweeted
Well ask general jack keane on whether President Trump could get a new nuclear deal with iran. French president macron is proposing a meeting with trump and iran. Well show you the media doing the heavy lift for the 2020 democrats. They say trump is ruining obamas Strong Economy econo. Another mexican journalist murder after reporting on corruption in mexico. This after the massive seizure of fentanyl head into mexico from china. The 2020 democrat raising eyebrows. Hes trying to argue that President Trump is a threat too the border. Elizabeth warren overtaking joe biden in a new poll. She is now taking shots sat biden. Also this debate. Will birdens campaign put his appearances on ice again after his new and shock mistake. Republican joe walsh challenging trump for the nomination saying hes unfit for office and is a racist. But we have joe walshs string of racist tweets. The Justice Department may decide whether to indict Andrew Mccabe. You wont believe what we found. Thanks for joinin