Between. We were both voluntarily tested. Each candidate has a separate studio by himself. Changed are the rules, of which there are none. There is no opening statement, no closings, no time limits. We do have a lot to get through so please do not filibuster. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Good to see you both and thanks for joining us. Thank you for having us. We are going to start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend when the president tweeted that both he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. The university of washingtons study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. That number could be reduced by 96,000 if 95 of us wore masks. Lets start with you, Kevin Oconnor. Do you support a mask mandate where it is legally permissible . Mr. Oconnor a mandate . Yes. Mr. Oconnor i dont support a mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines that people should follow, and certainly within confine
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0. 719 andrew and we have numbers to bring you this morning from United Health group just out with its quarterly numbers. Reporting Quarterly Earnings of 3. 51 per share. It beat the consensus estimate of 3. 09 revenue also above forecasts, saying that medical care trends that had been disrupted by the pandemic are moving closer to normal you are looking at that stock up just marginally this morning and we have three more financials, bank of america this hour, Goldman Sachs in the 7 00 hour and then wells fargo in the 8 00 hour. Joe. Thankthanks, andrew. Another Clinical Trial halted over safety concerns, eli lilly late stage trial has been paused by u. S. Health regulation tors it used a Health Sample from one the first patients recovered from coronavirus ill given you more details. Because it leaves out something important. Of the trials ongoing of the antibody, they decided to add remdesivir along with the antibody and that is when they had to halt the trial for some kind of safety
And im going to be letting you know about it. President u. S. Unexpectedly leaves possibl hospital to greet supporters. Risk on returns. The president could leave walter reed as early as today. On stimulus, he tweets, get it done. France plans fresh restrictions amid rising cases. Boris once the u. K. Of a tough winter and the chancellor speaks today. London, 9 00 a. M. In dubai. Hey good morning to you. Well done on friday. The world looks this morning at where complete chaos is, for the moment, taken off the table. That is reflected in dollaryen, the dollar. We dont know the full status of Trumps Health, but for now, the complete chaos. Seems to have been tempered. Annmarie yeah, we are getting conflicting reports and confusion out of d. C. Regarding the president s health. There was a wild 72 hours from when he tested positive to what medical experts are saying. And pretty much set the bar this expectation the president could be released as early as today. What happens to the market
High money this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Off of the population of the disputed nagornokarabakh region is displaced as International Mediators prepare to meet in geneva. Brazil records its 5000000 case the coronavirus many warnings a lack of social distancing could bring a 2nd wave. Chaos in kurdistan the rival opposition factions claim control after the Prime Minister was forced to resign. U. S. Vice president mike pence and his democratic rival come along hours have squared off over the challenges facing the nation sitting about 3 metres apart and behind a see through screen baseball and over the pandemic the call to me Global Warming it was much less raucous than last weeks president ial debate between donald trump and joe biden brunells has the latest senator harrison Vice President pence thank you for being here the sharp exchanges over the trumpet ministrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic started the debate whatever the Vice President is claiming the a