A very good day to all of you from new york. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We begin with a new Nbc News Poll with 44 days to go until the election. Kamala harris leaving Donald Trump 49 to 44 . The candidate best representing change, Kamala Harris with 47 to Donald Trump with 38. Steve karnak keep pointing out this Morning Harris is seeing additional growth. Some of the groups that have gravitated the most toward harris is independence, 20. Joe biden was putting up very poor numbers here. For harris you can see a 26 point jumped. As far as issues go, inflation is the top concern for voters. 65 of the people in your poles say the country is on the wrong track. Who is best able to solve the Crime Problem . Trump by six. Who is best on the economy . Trump by nine. Inflation, trump by eight. The election will be close. Weve always known that. Thats what happens in these president ial elections. We know this will be a close race. Vice president harris will be in new York City for an event.
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers john oliver, awardwinning sports announcer joe buck an allnew a closer look, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening im seth meyers and this is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . Well, thats good to hear. Lets get to the news. President trump on tuesday granted a ceremonial thanksgiving pardon to a turkey named corn no such luck for the turkey named cohen. Following the news yesterday that the stock markets Dow Jones Industrial average hit an alltime high of 30 thousand points, President Trump interrupted a White House Press briefing to take credit for the milestone. Dude, its because youre leaving. Thats like Harvey Weinstein taking credit for how much safer everyone feels in hollywood now. According to a new poll, 60 of voters would support president elect joe biden canceling up to 50 thousand of Student Loan Debt per person perfect for everyone who went to nyu for a week president elect j
Bill gates sr. And i know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling that loss. He was a tremendous man who i think many of us in philanthropy had a chance to get to know in various ways but not as much as you probably did. I think we feel his loss greatly. Let me just express that loss to you. Thank you so much. He was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. Indeed. So we are here at this unprecedented moment, and that word gets overused but it is kind hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. We have got obviously the health crisis. Er with got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Many of us are experiencing the wildfires and other signs of Climate Change that are striking the country. And thats only the tip of the iceberg. Your foundations care about some of these issues and working deeply on them and of course education is why we are here and it is central to what you all do. How do you wei
About to talk about Social Security. Tell us about the health or lack of for the Social Security program. Trillion has a 2. 9 that can pay all benefits in full for the next decade and 87 after. It is more important than ever providing not Just Retirement which is important but benefits from a life insurance. Host what is the best way to make of that shortfall you mentioned . Guest there are a number of ways to do it. The balance is a means to an end, the end is what level of Economic Security to be want to provide ourselves collectively. We think the benefits are too low. The number will expand the and have the wealthiest contribute more to Social Security. Host have there been changes made to the Social Security program during the last four years ring the Trump Administration during the Trump Administration . Guest there been regulatory changes that have made it hard that have made it carter that have made it harder to collect benefits. There are a no bird of radiations that have been
You can text us, 202 7488003. Include your name, tell us where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. We will look for your posts as well on our facebook page. We start this morning on the modernage of usa today, applied monday for an emergency use authorization from the u. S. Food and Drug Administration after receiving more good news about the safety and effectiveness of its covid19 vaccine. They are the second vaccine maker to request authorization from the federal government after similarly positive results from pfizer host we will start by asking you, when the back in comes out, will you get back native . Tell us your thoughts on that. F you will, 202 7488000 if you wont, 202 7488001. What are some of the next steps . We have a look at that and what you need to know about astrazeneca, moderna, and Pfizer Vaccines, in the third such announcement in as many weeks. Pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, the headline from last week, the chart onated what happens next. Resultss repor