Peril and from a products all backed by our guarantee, accustoming. Com rahel solomon in new york and this is cnn Closed Captioning brought to you by meso mesobook. Com if you or a loved one have mesothelial will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you, 808 to 14000 this is cnn Breaking News we begin this hour with Breaking News. Former President Donald Trump has Just Announced that despite hedging and saying that he potentially may skip it, he does plan to go ahead with the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris just two weeks from today, he made this official just moments ago, posting on truth social that he has reached an agreement to face off with harris in their first headtohead debate . On september 10 on abc. And for more on this, lets bring in cnns kristen holmes. Kristen, tell us what youre learning well, brianna, that what were told is that this impasse between the harris and Trump Campaign appears to be over and the big remember
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrapped its all football season delaying all fall sports until the spring of 2021 the logistics were too complicate
Washington journal program. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Secretary of state mike pompeo appeared today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to testify about his 2021 budget requested. He was asked about President Trumps tweet about delaying the president ial election. From earlier today, this is just shy of three hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Today we have with us secretary of state mike pompeo to discuss the state departments fiscal year 2021 budget request. Though, if history is any judge, secretary pompeo, you will face a wide variety of questions which i know you can handle. The United States and our allies and partners continue to face serious foreign challenges that will test us for decades to come. China is our chief competitor. Russia too remains a key advair. The efforts of these nations to sow discord and undue the free and open Intern
Expected to decide on thursday whether to lift the state of emergency for tokyo, osaka and six other prefectures. Last week, the government canceled the nationwide declaration for the other 39 prefectures. The governors of tokyo and three neighboring prefectures held a Video Conference on tuesdsday. They reiterated their call to stay alert and maintain social distancing. Translator more people are coming out of their homes. We need to remind residents to continue taking thorough preventative measures. Economic and social activities are gradually resuming following the partial lifting of the state of emergency. And an aquarium located outside tokyo reopened on monday after being closed for more than a month. Translator people have been mostly staying at home. I hope theyll enjoy spending time with various creatures here. Starbucks has started reopening more than half of the 1,500 coffee shops across japan. Other chains are planning to do the same. To help people cope with the financial
Attendees before many were greeted by the Vice President. [applause] mr. Biden you are very gracious. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The senator, i said, i know you have eyes in the back of your head. My mother had them. Every damn thing she caught me doing. [laughter] so great to see you all. What a wonderful, wonderful crowd. Me begin by just saying, stating the obvious. Four years, it begins in iowa. Its not high peshry. Democracy begins in iowa. You are the one that has the starting gun. Youre the ones that decide and have a Significant Impact on who the nominee in the democratic party. Republican ter, party, when there is not an incumbent president. Of it matters a lot because the values you all bring to the process are real. A little bit today about values. Im running ks, for i decided jill and i decided we are going to were going to run this time for three basic reasons. Most important one was is, we have to literally, figuratively, estore the soul of this country. Were in tro