A Religious School in pakistan and well tell you why a new abortion law in poland has triggered mass protests across the country. Thank you very much for joining us with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Elections says been a surge in early voting partly due to when despite the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night thats 4000000 more than all early votes 4 years ago National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states but the coronavirus pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign infections are surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with. More than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stock markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest one day drop in a month on monday as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery and rescue package remain
Battlegrounds to watch in washington, d. C. Is senate is set to vote on the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett after clearing a key hurdle over the weekend. Time to make the donuts. A possible 9 billion deal topping this mornings news that is sure to get your coffee brewing. Its monday, october 26th, 2020. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc good morning welcome to the show im dominic chu kicking off your monday morning with stock futures pointing towards losses right now. As you can see the implied open for the dow is roughly 308 points to the downside s p is implied lower by about 39 and the nasdaq down by 129 points if these futures holds into the opening bell for regular cash Equities Trading the major averages coming off their first down week in the last three the nasdaq taking it the hardest with more than 1 loss on that side of things on the flip side, youve got the russell 2,000 small caps continuing its run higher. Seeing third positive week in the last f
Sanctions forced Western Union to close operations in cuba and a big blow to those depending on money sent from abroad. Heads one week to election day in the u. S. And the candidates are hitting the battleground states polls indicate Democratic Party contender joe biden holds the lead nationally but its a close race in a number of must win swing States Mike Hanna reports. A final frenetic week of campaigning before election day president trying doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he is neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brask. Attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting Fake News Media is going full on. We are rounding the turn 99. 9 percent. And hes attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have provided its trouble believe the number one reason that im standing here because of trade and how we turn that around thanks 7 days from now were going to win the great state. Were goin
Handling the pandemic. Polands conservative government remains defiant as protests well against a courts ruling that severely restricts abortions. Wildfires force 100000 people to leave their homes in Southern California. 7 days to the u. S. President ial election and both candidates are making their final pitches to voters democratic candidate joe biden has gone on the offensive on coronavirus making his 1st campaign visit to whats normally the republican stronghold of georgia but where polling now shows a tight race this administrator yet to offer a single plan. Thats one of the reasons why the most one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world the new england journal of medicine call the president quote dangerously incompetent went on to say president turned a crisis into a tragedy im ready to act i know what to do starting on day one of my presidency we will do it meanwhile donald trump is maintaining a hectic schedule hes held rallies in michigan and wisconsin and hes
First Vice President ial debate. What to expect, coming up. Markets are higher, take a look at futures, a gain in the triple digits this morning, the dow industrials up 129 points, nasdaq up 43, s p 500 higher by 13. This after markets fell yesterday after President Trump walked away from the stimulus talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The president tweeting no more stimulus talks until after the election. Causing an afternoon reversal. The dow industrials down 376 points at the close, the nasdaq lower by 177 and the s p 500 down 47. Briefing bracing for impact, hurricane delta churning toward the gulf coast now, some Southern States declaring a state of emergency. Raining reining in big tech, lawmakers weighing whether or not top tech firms should be broken up. Getting away from it all during election week, the 5 underground adventure to get away from it all making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning look like this on the heels of ga