Coming up on this mornings washington journal, we will take your calls and comments on the news that the president and first lady have tested positive for covid19. Host good morning. It is friday, october 2. People around the country and the world are reacting to the news that broke overnight that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus. We have a two hour washington journal for you today before the house comes in and we want to get your reaction. There is how to take part in the conversation. Epublicans call 202 7488001 democrats, 202 7488000. If you are an independent, call 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, 202 7488003. Please leave your name and the town you are texting from. Broke just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern time when the president sent out this tweet, tonight, flotus and i tested positive for covid19, we will begin our quarantine immediately. We will begin this immediately and get through this. Eastern. At 12 54 a. M. The
Disasters as it tackles the worst flooding in a century. U. S. President donald trump says he could announce a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg as early as next week ginsburg died on friday after a long battle with cancer democrats and even a few republicans say the replacement should not be nominated until after the president ial election but trump says he will most likely nominate a woman. Elaborate your plan ive had a shortlist for a while we added up for. People on the list to read his list we have about 45 altogether i do indeed have if you are ive got to know ive got to know many of them by that is probably from a legal standpoint from a. Sophisticated understanding of the law from a constitutional standpoint i think its the greatest list ever several and i think that the other side should show their radical left list and i think youll be surprised at what youre going. To. Well hes very highly respected i could say. I could see most likely it would be
Taking a break yesterday, but we have apple climbing again. Investors want in on this defensive and growthy tech stop. Facebook up 4. 7 after facebook and twitter both blocked President Trump, a video on covid misinformation. Facebook getting a bounce on that considering they had not taken a strong action in the past, something some investors wanted to see. Making it interesting, when we take a look at the vix on the nasdaq 100, it is higher. That tells you going into the payrolls report or some expectation volatility tomorrow could pop. David stocks may not be moving much yet, but there is action on the bond side. My question is how low can the 10 year yield go. We are well into negative territory on the real yield. Abigail this is a great question. We have had this rally for stocks, not just out of the march lows, but more recently as the nasdaq has been carving out alltime highs. Over the last five weeks, bonds have been rallying. A very persistent rally in stocks and bonds. Many fo
The dow up. 2 . Moves. Elping those , back above 42. The dollar index at 92. 74. Stronger sterling, stronger euro, stronger yen. Pandemic an interesting time for investors, distressed investors among them. Erik schatzker is speaking to howard marks of oaktree. Always terrific to have howard marks with us on bloomberg television. Weigh in on tenterhooks for your memos. A lot of them in march and april. Not so many as of late. You are out with another one, time for thinking. You raise a number of provocative points and questions. Them states the obvious, the Financial Markets are at the center of a titanic struggle between the pandemic on the one hand, and the government effectively on the other, recession versus the fed and treasury department. You and i have talked about this before. As recently as may, youre thinking was that the fed could not keep it up forever. Am i to divine that perhaps youre thinking has changed on that subject . No, i still dont know if they can keep it up forev
Collective health is at stake as we work furiously for a pandemic taken more than a 500,000 lives. And there are deep fissures in the health industry. Covid attacked us and now its our responsibility to fix the gaps and make sure that it has affordability. Todays summit. We have a fantastic lineup for the events which will make part in three parts. Well kick off with an interview with dr. Anthony fauci and examine prescriptions from the pandemic. If immunity passports are our future are we spending time and money to fend off future attacks. How can we support physicians and nurses . The First Responders on the covid era, locust on healing and build capacity with the infrastructure. The second band 1 00, 1 30. Reimagine health care, alex azar the health and Human Services will join us, then you get a break and i get a break. At 2 30 eastern will shine a live on race, affordability and access, issues that have laterally become matters of life and death. My main guest c. D. C. Director re