And retired vide admiral james stockdale, who is a Vice President ial nominee law for independent candidate ross perot. [applause] now the ground rules for tonights debate, each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. I will then present the issues to be discussed. For each topic, the candidates will have a minute and 15 seconds to respond. This will be followed by a five minute discussion period, in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. Now, leo theyre up, responses to be determined by a draw. And we will rotate with each topic. At the end of the debate, each candidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. Already our tv audience should know that the candidates were giving given equal allocations for his supporters. So i would like to ask the audience, here in the theater, to please refrain from applause or any parties and demonstration once the debate is underway, because it takes time away from the candidates. So with that plea from
My board is taking action to make sure america has the equipment needed to fight the Global Pandemic. Beijing hits back after President Trump questions the accuracy of chinas coronavirus data their numbers seem to be a little on the light side im being nice when i say that, relative to what we witnesses and what is being reported Cruise Companies forced to issue stock at 8 a share and raise debt with a staggeringly high coupon. Very warm welcome to street signs. Lets get you a check on Market Action it has been a choppy session for market equities. All four of the Major Regions are seeing gains we saw the dax lower and the ftse 100 before rebounding now we have seen an uptick we have seen on both sides of the atlantic, a plunge in equity prices today, a little more optimistic. Clearly overall, investors still lack conviction of where we go from here. More to look at the severity of the impact even more americans filing unemployment we saw a record of 3 million americans filing for bene
And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Not Much Movement in the market right now at the headline numbers. Little change d but to the down side right now. Hitting alltime highs, squared, dunkin brands, johnson and johnson. Wendys pulling back from a tenyear high after nelson pelts discloses a 22 stake and the gold miners on pace for their best day as gold nears a seven week high. Im Courtney Reagan. Here is what else is happening this hour. A man was shot by Police Outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in paris after he tried to attack an officer using a hammer. They are treating this as a paris incident and the area has been closed. U. S. Jobs openings rose to a record high but the pace of hiring slipped to oneyear low. Openings climbed to 6 million with more than half in the hotel and restaurant industry. And Chain Store Sales rose year over year as traffic trends improved with memorial day promotions driving demand supporting red book. Courtney, thank you very much. But we begin, whe
Manager at 3 00 a. M. Welcome to countdown, im anna edwards. Im manus cranny. Anna theyre sticking to their full year forecast of 1. 375 billion and given what weve heard from lufthansa about the the state of the aviation industry, perhaps that would be seen as no mean feat. They see Second Quarter fares falling at least 6 . We previously heard that ticket prices would fall 5 to 7 in the first half of fiscal 2017. So that that would have been the first two quarters. Not right out of the ballpark. Theyre cutting, theyrey cut winter capacity due to brexit. This is something we heard from another company a week or so ago. That the Eastern European focused airline would be cutting capacity to u. K. As a result. Theyre pivoting growth away from u. K. , this is what was warned about previously. They see second half fares eclining 10 to 12 . They talked about weakness in prigses. Although theyre staking with it, theres Downside Risk. Well speak to ryanairs c. F. O. Joining us at 7 00 u. K. Ti
Funding bill. We begin with john roberts live at the white house. Hi, john. Good morning, to you. The president is expected to leave the white house in about an hour headed for his christmas vacation at maralago. Yesterday we were told the president may have a full blown press Conference Today but that wouldnt leave a lot of time between now and his departure for the press to get together and ask questions of the president. Im told that he may stop and talk to the press on his way to the helicopter but likely we may not even hear from the president this morning. Tell you whats on his agenda for today, though. He will sign that continuing resolution which includes the socalled paygo waivers that prevent cuts to entitlement programs to pay for tax reform and hell put pen to paper to sign the his historic tax cut and reform bill. He said it has taken on a new source of love, Big Companies and corporations showering their workers with bonuses. This is a phenomenon that nobody thought of an