Action in 2020. I am rebecca, director of George Washington university is a different data, democracy and politics. Im pleased to welcome you to our conference. Today, we have the opportunity too speak to a number of renowned experts, academics, journals, medical and Public Health professionals, as well as grass roots activists about how the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped digital communication, campaigning and activism and lead up to one of the most consequential elections in this nations history. We will discuss the challenges of Fact Checking political claims in real time. The targeting and impacts of disinformation on communities of color. Potential postelection violence being organized online, and much, much more. However, before we begin our first panel, i would like to invite you to watch a few remarks from George Washington universitys president. Sue met good morning. I am president of the George Washington university. I am pleased to welcome you to todays events. Posted by g
Breakthrough could happen any minute. Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. The focus of courses on the markets, because we are expecting a lot of earnings, banks, roche coming out, and later, u. S. Stocks. Poundlso looking at the on the back of the selfimposed brexit deadline. If you look at some of the earnings, they reignited a bit of concerns about the number of cost cuts and job cuts. Time, you can see european stocks down 1. 7 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Here is leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. Disappointed by the slow brexit trade talks, and a call with eu leaders, he said he will decide after this wiis key summit if it is worth continuing to work for a deal. He previously indicated the u. K. Will walk away if no agreement by october. Germany is still optimistic a deal can be reached. Always the right way to discount questions that can be difficult, and sometimes at the la
Many heated exchanges last night. Take a look. Vote now. Are you going to pack the court . Answer the question. Im not going to answer the he question. The question is radical left will you shut up, man . Dagen we have full analysis this morning, this hour well get reaction from michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell, ohio congressman brad winstrop, political commenCandace Owens. Something Maria Bartiromo first reported, now backed up by the director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe. Obama Administration Officials briefed on an investigative referral to the fbi that Hillary Clinton started the entire russian witch hunt and approved the plan to stir up a scandal to distract from her own email scandal, as jim comey is set to testify today. We will bring you the latest declassified documents all morning long. Futures in the red on the final trading day of this month, wrapping up the Third Quarter as well. We have losses across the board, 240 point loss on the dow futures right now.
We are expecting a tripledigit move on the upside with the dow industrials up 231 and s p 500 higher by 19 points after technologyrun yesterday finishing near record highs. S p up 34. A probe into election bribery. Florida congressman matt gaetz wants to know if Michael Bloombergs pledge to pay fines and donations to florida is actually illegal. We will ask congressman gaetz about next steps. How the deal can get out of limbo. Then out of this world, nasas newest plan to get a man and a woman back to the moon. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning have a firmer tone. Take a look at european indices. Euro zone manufacturing, purchasing slight gains in the month of september. As you see the ftse 100 is up 143 points. Dax index in germany higher by 23. Asia markets overnight take a look and as you see here after the rally on wall street yesterday, weve got mostly a firmer tone but for the most part fractional moves across the board. Some of the stop stories
Moreyou have got one georgia seat with im having a pres. Trump labor day. That was a very special time i had speaking to some of the labor union heads and other people. They are very happy with the way things are going, as you have probably seen the numbers are terrific. So we called some people, wished him a very happy labor day. They told us how they are doing and we celebrate the American Worker. We are in the midst of the fastest economic recovery in u. S. History. So we have a lot to be thankful for, including this beautiful day. I thought we would do this outside as opposed to in your more normal place. The United States experienced the smallest contraction of any major western nation. You probably know that. You look around and see how we are doing compared to every our rise is and spectacular. We are rebounding much more quickly from the pandemic. The economy added 1. 4 million jobs last month. We have added a recordsetting 10. 6 million jobs this may. 10. 6 million jobs since