We begin with sweeping changes proposed for the next president ial debate. The move comes after wednesdays chaotic faceoff between President Trump and joe biden. We have more from washington. How could the next debate in two weeks look different . Reporter namecalling and personal attacks drowned out some of the issues voters were looking to hear the economy, coronavirus, and race bringing to question the structure of the debates and possible changes. President trump and democratic president ial nominee joe biden returned to the campaign trail a day after their contentious first date. Last night i did what the corrupt media has refused to do. T held joe biden accountable for his 47 years of lies. I describe it as a president doing everything he could to avoid talking about the issues. Reporter more than 73 Million People tuned in to watch on tuesday night. The two candidates had several sharp exchanges, but the debate was notable for how frequently the president interrupted his opponen
Whats happening. Certainly on the virus front and this is a big nagging and ongoing worry of right now, as we look at states that are dealing with a big spike in cases particularly in florida were also looking around at how illinois, michigan and some of these other states are dealing with this and the debate about whether you could really make demands on someone to wear a mask, and a debate in georgia as well, well get into that and we are focusing as well not only on the markets but the feeling that seems to be generating among a lot of folks that unless we get a pickup in activity here and unless we see more things beginning to stabilize on the infection count, then things really probably will not change a whole heck of a lot. Matt fin n has been following this very closely in naperville, illinois when its coming down to wear a mask. Sir . Reporter neil, naperville just outside of chicago is moving forward with plans to hold classes in just a matter of weeks. Every morning parents a
Continues to spread in the u. S. , these hotspots, all of it being pressured by the bloomberg dollar index. Does not feel like a huge haven bid, but the fact that you do have the dollar higher can create a sense of risk off for the risk assets. That is what we are seeing. A little bit of a catch up to reality. Investors not climbing that wall of worry at falling off it to some degree. David and of course we have the numbers out of florida, which were alarming. There was really an uptick. Then we had new york and new jersey and connecticut say if youre coming from a virus hotspot, you have to going to quarantine. That has to be raising questions about this recovery, how fast we will come back. If it is not the dollar, are there other safe havens . Rashad we are seeing a bit abigail we are seeing a bit of a bid for bonds. Earlier not quite so much. Now at the lows a decent bid for bonds. The yen not being bid up. Gold is being bid up. Psychologically it does not help. It has felt to many
Dow jones industrials, mark it at down 167 points, low of the session, a loss of 271 so we are off that. We have the s p down 12, the nasdaq lower by 11. So what we need to do is talk about right before we go there, the discussion which will intersect with the worrisome news that some states, including florida, texas, are now seeing sudden increases in new cases in the wake of reopening their economies. Lets go straight to the white house where blake burman is standing by. You are waiting with us for this event. What is expected to be the real focus here . Reporter well, we have seen this over the last several weeks here at the white house, liz, as governors, republican and democrat, have come over here to the white house to sit down with President Trump, talk about the reopening in their states and their future plans to reopen, going on down the line. Im told from a white house official this event coming up here is along those lines. As President Trump will be sitting down with the go
Industrials up 225 points, about 1 , s p is up 26 and nasdaq future higher by 84. Markets are erasing early losses yesterday as more states announcing reopening plans. Earning season rolling on this morning. After the bell, attention to disney as theme parks remain close. Investors watching Video Companies tonight. The virus taking a toll on business for sure. Golds gym latest to file for bankruptcy protection, list of bankruptcies coming up. Growing concerns over shortages of meat, cosco and other grocery chains limiting purchases now and pay to go social distance . Frontier air to charge extra for passengers who want to sit next to empty middle seat, mornings with maria live right now. Maria Global Markets this morning, green across the board. The cac quarante is up 79 and dax index higher by 174 points. Germany Central Bank President warning that quick economic bounceback in europe is unlikely. The markets nonetheless trading up. In asia overnight markets in japan and china and sout