It is monday october 5th, this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, afternoon and good evening and welcome from where ever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan i hope that youre having a good start to your week where ever you may be its a very light data and earnings week on wall street that wouldnt matter much anyway all the attention and focus of the Financial Markets remain firmly on President Trump and the first lady and their help as well thats the key question on wall street right now the help of the president. So that is where were going to have our focus and futures, they are higher by about 141 points the polls right now have swung wildly in joe bidens direction and agree or disagree with the validity of polls and their accuracy, investors see reduced chances of the possibility of a contested election which as we have shown you can send stocks sliding. Theres also more hope for another round of stimulus perhaps closer to the 2 trillion nu
The middle east, china, russia and other topics at an event hosted by Johns Hopkins school of advanced international studies. He also responded to the news of President Trumps decision to withdraw forces from syria. This is one hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is eliot cohen. Im the dean of sais and its my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 lecture on International Affairs with general David Petraeus. The four i introduce general petraeus i i want to share a little bit more about the lecture series at sais. The series is named after charles ross off, steps in 1990 by his wife dorothy as a treatment to his life and he was on the interest in International Affairs. Charles was a hopkins alumnus and was a dedicated supporter of the universities efforts to improve our understanding of the world. That of course is the sais mission. Were particularly glad today that we have with us charles daughter kerry and his son and his wife to
A senate agent on robo call fraud. A pennsylvania sheriff, u. S. Postal inspector and Telecommunications Consultant testify on the impact of robo call scams and how to better educate the public. An hour and 45 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Good morning. Protect american seniors from scammers who seek to defraud them is a central goal of this committee. In the past six years we have held 23 hearings on fraud and scams targeting our seniors. Using phones and the internet, they have proven to be relentless. To protect our nation seniors, we must continue not only to prosecute con artists who steal literally billions from our seniors, but to also find new, more effective ways to block a legal spoofing and robo calls at the network level. Last year robo callers generated more than 26 billion unwanted calls that reached American Mobile phones. When land lines are included, the number soars to 48 billion. In may alone, our residents received an astonishing 93 million robo calls las
The u. S. Senate and on this tuesday scheduled to hold a brief pro forma session. No votes are typically scheduled during these sessions. Lawmakers meeting every three Business Days during their district work period and legislative work expected to resume on monday, september 9. This is live coverage here on cspan2. The floor of the u. S. Senate empty on this tuesday morning. The senate remained on their summer break, but during the break they hav had been holdingt are known as pro forma sessions, typically brief gavel in cavil at sessions. No votes are typically scheduled during the sessions, and as we await the start of this pro forma session which was expected to begin at 10 00, we are now 10 12. Live live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We are Still Standing by with this live picture of the use senate chamber. The Senate Schedule told a brief pro forma session that was set for 10 a. M. Eastern. Obviously running a little bit behind. The Senate State Work Period continue. Law
balloon after it reveals it was capable of collecting evidence. the president s critics say it should have been shot down sooner. they had a chance to shoot it down over water and they did and recovered major pieces of it. have relations now between u.s. and china taken a big hit? no. no. owl speak to former defense secretary leon panetta whose criticism of the spy balloon and its response has caught the president s attention. and as the death toll rises to 19,000 people, and hope fades to find any more survivors, we ll talk to david milla land, the president of the international committee helping thousands displaced across turkey and syria. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 2024 campaign is right around the corner it seems with president biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than