credit spreads really came in a lot. basically, this tug-of-war. do you look at near-term challenges or 2021? jonathan: looking forward to this conversation. gershon distenfeld is with us. good practice social distancing. you can take it off for the interview. great to catch up. the short-term risk versus the long-term risk. that is a part of the conversation at the moment. one thing that you said that is important, you cannot draw a hard distinction between the short-term and long-term. short-term can actually shape the long term. can you walk me through your thinking at the moment? gershon: absolutely. the mask is not what you think. it is a plea for you to come home. know howuse we don t to run elections here doesn t mean that you cannot come home. you may have voted for brexit over there, but you don t really know what you are doing over there. jonathan: i don t think you want me to weigh in on the election right now. you don t need the view from london. i will come
member at your place of worship. maybe it saves the lives of one of your children s teachers. maybe it saves your lives. so, please, i implore you, wear a mask do it for yourself do it for your neighbor. a mask is not a political statement, but it is a good way to start pulling the country together i want to be very clear. the goal of mask wearing is not to make your life less comfortable or take something away from you. it s to give something back to all of us, a normal life the goal is to get back to normal as fast as possible and masks are critical in doing that it won t be orever, but that s how we ll get our nation back, back up to speed economically so we can go back to celebrating birthdays and holidays again so we can attend sporting events again, so we can get back to the lives and connections we shared before the pandemic. it doesn t matter whether or not we always agree with one another. it doesn t matter who you voted for. we are americans and our country is under
terrifying early days and with it a reason to be hopeful. and president trump saying nope to the virtual debate he wants to get back on the road it is friday, october 9, and this is worldwide exchange right here on cnbc everybody s working for the weekend especially wants a new romance with all due respect to lover boy, no, we are not. let s all agree, you and i, i m looking at you, it is 5:00 and we re not working on the weekend, we re going to rest and i m going to sleep all weekend good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome happy friday, even i m brian sullivan let s kick it off with stock futures because they are higher. dow futures up 96 points, the major averages all coming off their third positive session in the last four. and the dow quietly on track for its best week since early august and file this under you can t keep a good market down. the dow transports higher once again yesterday hitting yet another record high, that index up more than 4%
markets slightly lower, flat, off the lows of the session as charles said. no doubt, though, before making any bets, many want to hear what each candidate has to say about the major economic issues affecting the markets and the economy. so we in this hour are about to give you a jump on that. our special presidential debate economic undercard, a powerful lineup for you. larry kudlow, the national economic council director, is here to defend the president s record. former biden chief economic adviser ben harris explains joe biden s tax plan, his infrastructure plan and more. what happens if this election is not settled on election day? how should you invest ahead of that possibility? billionaire investor marc lasry, ceo of avenue capital, owner of the milwaukee bucks, reveals how he s investing and our power panel. biden donor mike novogratz and trump supporter robert kiyosaki face off on which candidate is better for the stock market. all right. so here s a live look inside t
does not end. plus the secret of silicon valley company palantir will become the latest unicorn to go public this week. we will find out why 2020 is shaping up to be a banner year for new listings and that s despite the coronavirus pandemic. and tomorrow, the first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign. the fox bet ceo here to tell us how you can cash in on the political face-off between president trump and joe biden. less than an hour to the closing bell, i m cheryl casone in for liz claman. let s start the claman countdown. cheryl: we start with virgin galactic reaching for the stars after two bullish calls. bank of america global research initiated the space tourism firm with a buy and street-high price target of 35 bucks. the stock is up more than 23% right now. susquehanna with a positive rating. definitely a stock to watch. from space to the air, airline stocks taking flight after american airlines said it secured a $5.5 billion government loan and it could t