With myself representing Missouri Press association representing komu. Our moderator is from the associated press, david leap. David i would like to introduce the candidates and go over the rules. Today the candidates drew numbers to the term of the order in which they will be making opening remarks. They are arranged on the stage starting farthest from me, Democratic State auditor Nicole Galloway, Libertarian Party candidate rik combs, republican governor mike parson, and green Party Candidate jerome bauer. After Opening Statements, i will ask the first question. Then we proceed to questions from our panelists. Candidates will have one minute to answer each question. After each has had a turn, i will decide whether any rebuttal time is necessary. If so, candidates will receive an additional 30 seconds, but rebuttals will be reserved only for those candidates involved in criticisms. If candidates fail to answer a question, i was are the right to ask them to try again during rebuttal ti
Good afternoon. Komu, welcome to the Missouri Press association governors forum. This is an event of the press Association Sponsors every four years, and we are pleased the university of missouri has partnered with us to broadcast this year event from the historic missouri theater. Like everything in 2020, things are little different, beginning with the fact that the theater is not open to the public. Our stage does allow everyone to stay physically separated, so that is why i am not wearing a mask. A few Campaign Staffers and members of the media are joining us in the auditorium, but i still need to remind everyone to avoid applause or other reactions during todays forum. Stage, our candidates on the executive editor of the colombian missourian ruby bailey, gary castor, managing editor of the Jefferson City news tribune, tricia miller, editor and publisher of the washington missourian, along with myself representing komu. I am pleased to announce our moderator from the Associated Pres
Basis points reduction and that has perhaps helped. Certainly in the uk itself as you see the ftse 100 up 1. 3 . Our 10year note yield hovering lets call it around the 1. 5 level and crude, which has been an important story in the movement of our broader markets during the course of this week, look the that, flat, 40. 83 after dropping below 40 this week. Lets get to our road map and it does start with the bank of england rate cut as it ripples across the globe. Markets we will get mark carneys take. Major media earnings, fox and viacom shares both moving this morning in different directions. Whats behind the quarters at fox and viacom, what about the turmoil. Frankly at both companies. Tesla misses estimates, but that didnt stifel, what is this all in the family, stifel elon musks optimism. We hear his outlook for the companys future. Futures on the rise a bit this day after the dow broke that sevenday losing streak. The bank of england cutting its benchmark Interest Rate for the Firs
Real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, to tell us what is on your mine by tweeting at, and facebook. Com. This was a day of protests in cities across america and around the world. Hundreds of fastfood workers demanding higher pay walked off of their jobs. It was part of a cou court coordinated one day strike. Here in the United States labor organizers from the service employ International Union join the protest to call for raising the minimum wage in this country to 15 an hour. Right now the federal minimum wage is stuck at 7 25 an hour. President obama is calling on congress to raise the federal minimum to 10. 10 an hour. Most fastfood workers make more than the National Minimum, but not by much. They bring home an annual income just under 19,000 a year for fulltime work. That falls behind the poverty line for a household of three. But businesses like mcdonalds dont like higher wage mandates. They say the increases cut into profits, raise pric
This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, to tell us what is on your mine by tweeting at, and facebook. Com. This was a day of protests in cities across america and around the world. Hundreds of fastfood workers demanding higher pay walked off of their jobs. It was part of court coordinated one day strike. Here in the United States labor organizers from the service employ International Union join the protest to call for raising the minimum wage in this country to 15 an hour. Right now the federal minimum wage is stuck at 7 25 an hour. President obama is calling on congress to raise the federal minimum to 10. 10 an hour. Most fastfood workers make more than the National Minimum, but not by much. They bring home an annual income just under 19,000 a year for fulltime work. That falls behind the poverty line for a household of three. But businesses like mcdonalds dont like higher wage mandates. They say the increases cut into profits, raise prices, and lead to la