Coronavirus is spreading,the surge is putting a massive strain on rural hospitals and pushing Health Care Workers to the limit. We are live in paris where theres new reaction to the brutal beheading of a teacher as protesters lash out over the weekend. Spacex launches another rocket to deploy another 60 satellites its part of a massive undertaking to blanket the globe with orbiting satellites. The Los Angeles Dodgers have punched their ticket to the world series in dramatic fashion. Its mont, october 19th, and early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. Glad to have you start your week with us im Frances Rivera we are just 15 days out from election day and the president ial campaigns are laser focused on key battleground states President Trump spent his sunday rallying his supporters in nevada, a state he barely lost in 2016. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell starts us off. Reporter an unusual start to the campaign day lets welcome our president , donald trump reporter making a return
The dow down by almost 1,000 points the decline of 1. 8 . S p by over 8 the nasdaq a miracle come back after a laydate rally weve been bouncing around positive territory right now, the dow down around 14 points, s p up about seven points and the nasdaq up about 70 points. We are talking about a town month for the markets, we are looked at four sessions in a row. Thats the longest losing streak looking at these numbers, you are talking about these lower numbers. Month after month i think we had april, may, june, july, august are all up. Stocks only go up not in september. In an Election Year it can take on significance. The nasdaq can move. We can see it down 400 or more points can that close higher again today . Thats a good move you could look at it midmorning and then it seems like it is not the tale at this point kind of the log. Faang, tesla and the leadership move. Apple made the rally yesterday too. Gold is supposed to go up bitcoin, supposed to go up weird. Thats where you think
Pretty well, you might have been left with a question in your minds what was the legacy of world war i for American Society . Now the politics of the United States definitely veered to the right during the 1920s. Republican president s, fairly conservative ones were electedly landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was under the control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, generally, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were theon the defensive during 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died o
One of governments main initiatives is the goto travel campaign. They kicked off last week and promotes Domestic Travel by y offering discounts on transport and accommodation. Translator i think its necessary to strike a balance of social and Economic Activities while taking effective measures to prevent infection. But many worry the campaign could fan the spread of the virus. Tokyo has been the hot spot and excluded from the travel campaign. They reported 131 new infections on monday with a daily figure exceeding 200 the past six days. And over the weekend, several prefectures had record numbers. 32,000 infections have been confirmed in the case. Over 1,000 people have died. Clusters have begun emerging in the most out of the way parts of the country. People on remote islands are especially worried, as hospitals there arent wellequipped to deal with infectious diseases. On the southwestern resort island, 36 cases reported over the past six days. 10 cases are linked to the islands Gene
Bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were all on the offensive during the 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died of a heart attack and then was reelected by a landslide in 1924 famously said in the mid1920s, the business of america is business. It was a prosperous time for a lot of americans, though certainly not all. Stock prices were fairly high. Wages were either stable or going up, depending on what occupation you were in. Farmers are not doing as well as theyve done during world war i when farm prices went really high as they often do in wars but n