The news flow in the United States and the pandemic i dont believe i have ever used this word before, it is just grim. Abi did in april. But the headline this morning maybe i did in april. The headline this morning is that we have a president. Just as importantly, as you mentioned, the Chinese Government has commented on this. It will be fascinating to see what President Trump does today and into the sunday talk programs. Francine and absolutely, we will see the executive order. I was looking at security briefings, which is something i know you want to talk about and is very significant at the moment. A security briefing for the president elect. Lets get to first word news in new york city. State and federal Election Officials are rejecting President Trumps claim for widespread voter fraud. They say that the election was the most secure in american history, that there is no evidence that any state lost votes, changed votes, or was, must. China has congratulated joe biden and Kamala Har
Points, bucking an otherwise weak trend. The dow and s p 500 finishing near session lows yesterday. We are counting down to novembe. We are six days away from the big vote before americans he hed to the polls. President trump and joe biden in the final stretch of their respective campaigns this morning. The president is headed to arizona today. The bidens in the hot speat as a former business associate of hunter biden speaks out. Hear from congressman guy reschenthaler this morning, tom fiten and ron johnson about the bombshell report and its impact. Earnings season rolling on this morning. Heavy hitters reporting include boeing, general lek particular, mastercard and General Electric and anthem. Well bring you the numbers. Mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey are set to testify on liability over their sites content. Roger wicker is here, he will lead the hearing today. The cost is out, my new book with James Freeman, we will take an exclusive peak into a chapter on taxes and regulation. We
Weaker byh pound is 9 10 of 1 . Picture withig tina fordham, avonhurst partner and head of Global Political strategies. She joins us from london. States we are 57 days away from the election and still no stimulus insight, even though the senate is back. It does not look like the president and democrats are ao any page that would be considered similao similar. Where do we go from here . Tina i think another round of stimulus should be a foregone conclusion. This haggling we are seeing, Congress Just back from recess, is what you would expect to see. Each side wants to see they are driving a hard bargain. Look at the language used by the two different sides. Republicans say the president wants nothing more then to write checks for american families. Democrats say the stimulus is not just skinny, it is emaciated. But we are going to get there because we have to. Ands a political imperative not just an election year, but with an election coming days nobody wants to pull the plug. Vonnie it
Be playing into sentiment. All of the sub indices in the s p 500 are lower now. A real pause in earnings reports from the Oil Companies to amazon, down 7 after saying it would likely spend all of its operating profits on covid related preparations to protect employees and customers. Also saying that revenue increased, which was a positive sign out of amazon, but again, investors selling that stock today. Barrelil was above 20 a , so i bit of a recovery, if you want to put it that way. It certainly doesnt feel that way. Then we had the ism manufacturing data earlier which really cast a pall over the earnings outlook. Ecb president Christine Lagarde is forecasting euro area Economic Growth to shriek as much is 12 this year. This is the central bank announced a series of further that effectively amount to do an Interest Rate cut. Thanks on the front line of the economic recovery puts banks on the front line of the economic recovery, but does it go far enough . Ofh us now is Marilyn Watson
By emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look across the history of this nation, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. In many ways that much more how ourly embodies relationship with immigration has been in the United States. One of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would pass in the years after that increasingly restrictive legislation. So we want immigrants to come. We beckon them with opportunity. We beckon them