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At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That ....
We were up 259 earlier. S p 500, as you can see, it is up more than. 5 . We just came off the best sixmonth performance for the s p actually since 2009. Youve got the nasdaq higher right now, up 1. 5 . All of this, were watching. Were watching washington. House speaker nancy pelosi, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin are continuing their discussions over this coronavirus stimulus bill that could pour trillions into the economy and help airlines, Small Business owners and the unemployed. We will have up to the minute details on the state of negotiations as they go on right now in washington. Then the travel industry is desperate for help from congress as a new study says the Hotel Industry might not be able to hold out much longer. One of the nations top hotel owner operators is here to tell us how his company is handling ....
Points the s p which is then up five out of the last six weeks and up the last six sessions in a row is up by 5. 5 this morning and then the nasdaq which has been this incredible out performer for months on end is the other performer this morning its down by 13 points but remember nasdaq was only down friday after being up for several sessions in a row. Setting a new high every one of the closes. The s p is less than 1 from its all time high. Its up back in february the treasury markets youll see right now. The treasury yields are where they have been the ten year is at 0. 556 . Melissa. We have an update on the pandemic the United States surpassed covid cases. It took just six weeks for u. S. Covid cases to double. The growth appears to have leveled off at an average of 54,000 per day over the last week in College Sports news over the weekend the mid american conference scrap ....
And breezy. Southwest 6. 55 degrees. Same as mint hill. Everybody is stuck there. Ive seen he 53 to 55 in the city. A robust onshore breeze. Fairfield gets stronger gusts to 32. Those two lows will sync up and keep us on a cooler pattern for this time of year. So temperatures below average, coast, bay and especially inland. Over to sal now. See if theres anything new at 5 01. Good morning, sir. Nothing new right now, steve. As a matter of fact, we look pretty good so far. As a matter of fact, i am looking to see i have a picture of downtown oakland up. So let me change that to the bay bridge and see if i can get that for you. You can see traffic is moving along very noisily. Lets look at one more thing. What can i dial up here. Lets talk about the Golden Gate Bridge i am sorry the richmond bridge. This traffic looks very light. So, we are off to a good start. At 5 01, lets go back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. W ....