Junior, three writings and kenneth wallick. This marks their first joint on camera appearance ahead of the 20 general election. Studied thens have legendary douglas debates which were not president ial debates, but for eight u. S. Senate seat. The candidates met facetoface seven times that year, and the subsequent election was won by stephen douglas. Stage for set the abraham lincolns campaign for the presidency two years ago in 1860. 102 years after those debates on september 26 1960, at the cbs studios in chicago, senator john f. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon came together in the firstever general election president ial debate. A televised affair that changed the nature of politics. Strick kennedy and mr. Nixon debated four times in 1960 and john f. Kennedy went on to win the presidency by a slim margin. Looking back at the Campaign Years later, mr. Nixon said i should have remembered that a picture is worth a thousand words. Those debates were sponsored by the three Major
We your sweety than the love sign . Kim jong un from north korea conducted one of their balistic miss aisle tests. This will be tough for donald trump to figure out his response. Specially because can he only use 140 characters. We actually have photo of kim jong un celebrating the miss aisle launch. Sorry, no. Thats no. And james cord on still ride that grammy high on late late show last night. We will never forget that seelo outfit. Still canned understand that outfit. I dont know. Katie, lets get out to katie. Katie hopefully has more clearer news for us. The weather should be nice today . Yes, always say forecasting is an inch act science. I do have very strong feeling, that we will verify the forecast here today with more sun than anything, you may see few clouds, initially, but overall this is mostly sunny forecast, and thankfully heck of a lot calmer winds. Quick peak storm scan3, again, couple of clouds overhead, but even as i look above me, im still having an easy time seeing
Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs. Taylor republican president ial nominee donald trump is pushing back against allegations of Sexual Assault. The womenhe says accusing him of misconduct were lying at a rally in florida and in two appearances in ohio, calling them vicious and false. He is back on the campaign trail today with two appearances in north carolina. In europe, the president of the European Union is offering a stark choice to the u. K. Hard brexit or no brexit, take your pick. Donald tusk delivered his hardline stance in brussels, signaling that the departure may take longer than two years, and it is when theresa may realized it will be painful for britain. And thailand is beginning a year of mourning for the worlds longest reigning monarch. He died yesterday at the age of 88. The government signaled that his only son will ascend to the throne. He was a symbol of unity in the country rocked by 10 coups. He has been ill for years, making limi
Bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Breaking news from the iea, the International Energy agency. The report is out and the iea says opecs supply they see opecs supply jumping the most in four years on saudi surges or beget we had a story saying iran is the latest country to jump on the bandwagon, asking for opec production to the cut. Nymex at 54 brent 59. Chinas economy is in the spotlight with all Global Economic indicators pointing to a deepening slowdown. Stocks are headed for their biggest drop in weeks. Bloombergs chief asia economist joins us now from beijing. Tom orlik. Gdp came in target on 7 . The data actually disappointed. What should we read into all this . Tom i think that is right, francine. There was some good news. The premier said he wanted 7 growth for the year. In the first quarter, he got it. Gdp coming in at 7 . There was also bad news. A lot of the monthly data was disappointing, in particular industrial output which is the main monthly measure of growth.
Welcome to countdown. Anna is off today. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. John has more on what we can expect from the ecb. John dawson has the highlights from hong kong. , set toe hathaway report record profits tomorrow. Latest. Hyde has the later, the uks thirdbiggest insurer. Julian roberts will join us after the earnings break at 7 00. Hollywood make it all of the attention when it comes to movie making, but what about nigerias Film Industry . We will hear from the man behind the socalled nigerian netflix. That is later. Chair janetrve yellen said the central bank is likely to keep trimming asset or justice. Policymakers asset purchases. What we need to do and will be doing in the weeks ahead is to try to get a firmer handle on exactly how much of that set of soft data can be explained by weather. Is not mostly weather, would you consider changing the rate of tapering . Have said in our statement, asset purc