At a record high for the dow the s p set a record high on friday up another 30 points and the nasdaq, an underperformer last week, is indicated up by close to 60 points stocks have been on a big run. If you look at last weeks returns the dow was up just over 4 last week the s p was up just over 2 . And the nasdaq was down only by half a percent you are talking about the third week out of four that is seeing negative returns and that has been the underperformer. Really across the board a lot of strength the russell 2000 hitting a record high last week and big, big moves. Remember, its only been a week since weve heard from pfizer. That set things off especially ones underperforming as people stay home. The ten year is yielding 0. 885 . Joe, that was a wild ride last week, too, watching what happened with treasury yields. Potentially getting up to 1 but now were back where we started. All part of, i guess, reopening. The market given the backdrop i will talk about right now the market is
Bouncing back a little. Remember, please, this is how we started out monday. It ended badly. All right, walk into a super market just about anywhere in the world and several aisles will be dominated by proctor gamble. Here is the news. They are doing very well. Profit is up, revenue is up, outlook outbeat and p j, one more example of companies turning in Strong Financial results and the stock is up. On the campaign trail, joe biden stays home. No media appearances for 4 days. How convenient. Hes safe from pesty reporter questions and gaffes and fatigue. Hes preparing for thursdays debate and for the rules for that debate have changed. Theyll be a mute button to kill mike mic of candidate if he he running over time. So keeping it out of the debate is in my opinion a form of bias against trump. Another development, in pennsylvania, the Supreme Court says they can keep counting mailin ballots for 3 days after election day. That means the delayed result in a swing state, dispute guarantied
Protesters in the bell of racine capitol face warning shots and stun grenades as they renew their demands for president lukashenko to step aside its the 12th straight weekend of protests following things disputed election. And in formula one Lewis Hamilton wins again this time in italy to extend his record breaking number of victories to 93. And at the held welcome us President Donald Trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters ahead of tuesdays election trump is holding Campaign Rallies in 5 battleground states on sunday including michigan North Carolina georgia and florida biden is focusing his attention on the pivotal state of pennsylvania a record 900. 1000000 early votes have already been cast as the contest heads towards the biggest turnout in at least a century. Joining me now is our chief Political Editor from washington d. C. To minus 48 hours why. Biden and trump visiting these states in particular. Well because there are 2 parts essentia
Never before has that enduring promise of protection stability and opportunity mean more important than it is today allow me to explain why. First europe must come to new to protect lives and livelihoods this is all the more important in the middle of a pandemic that shows no sign of running out of steam or intensity we know how quickly numbers can spiral out of control so we must continue to handle this fantastic pandemic with extreme care responsibility and unity in the last 6 months. Our Health Systems and workers have produced miracles every country has worked to do its best for its citizens. And europe has done more to gether than ever before. When the Member States closed borders we created green lanes for goods when more than 600000 european citizens were stranded all over the world the e. U. Brought them back home when some countries introduced export bands for critical medical goods we stopped that and ensure that critical medical goods should go where it was needed we worked
Control. Their children will be compelled to live lives of poverty unless the cycle is broken. President johnsons war on poverty has this one goal to provide everyone a chance to grow and make his own way. I think everything in life thats important really lives in the grey like theres no black and white theres this gray how do we make it more clear of what the problem is there are so many different Life Experiences of poverty and we dont have a real clear definition of the federal government does that. They say if your family is more. About. To take care of your family for a year in 2000 does that mean that if youre making more united red and that thats not the case i think the most difficult challenge. Your way out of your current predicament. Of course people cannot contribute to the nation if they are never taught to read or write. If their bodies are stunted from hunger. If their sickness goes on 10 didnt if theyre alive to spend and hopeless poverty just drawing a will search. So