For President Barack Obama were to endorse her and he was taking an approach similar to 2020, watching this unfold and then hoping to unify the party when a democratic nominee was chosen. And that does appear to be Vice President Kamala Harris, or at least shes very well on that track. So of course this has been a divisive several weeks for the democratic party. And the Vice President has Made A point over the course of this week to make calls to make sure that democrats are im standing behind her. Because again, foreign President Barack Obama statement On Sunday was very focused on president Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the race. Now, one of the challenges for the Vice President over the week is striking a balance between acknowledging a president who abruptly withdrew so from the president ial race, while also defining her campaign. And that is more of what we anticipate getting in her remarks today. Shes expected to talk about labor, to talk about her for longstanding
Keene, joe biden becoming the next president of the United States. Tom jon, unity is the theme, always the thing. We got great video that we will show, as well, and across the era, it is unity until it is not. You wonder what exactly do the republicans look at 2022 . Jonathon an emerging crisis, which we are still in with the pandemic. Once that starts to fade a little bit more, once that vaccination rollout improves even more so, tom, how do you start to get together in d. C. . That bipartisan effort, does it fade and how quickly . I think they all think it fades ready fast. Tom there will be a lot of symbolism today on that effort. You have efforts like a bipartisan attendance and st. Matthews church by the president elect. Mr. Mcconnell will be there, as well. You have the other symbolisms through the day, including President Trump, heading out to florida. I believe we will have images of that in a bit. You have got to get beyond this wednesday to what they do with the impeachment a
Jonathan ferro, Lisa Abramowicz, and tom keene, simulcast on the beetle friday in new york city. We welcome all of you on radio simulcast on this beautiful friday in new york city. We want to talk about the seriousness of the pandemic with a great guest lineup. Mike wilson of Morgan Stanley will be joining us in moments. Jon, what i find fascinating about the pandemic is how local each story is here yet, it is all the same. We forget it is a natural disaster. Jonathan the outlook is changing though, tom, and i think we came into this youre thinking more about synchronized global growth, and that may still be the story for the back half of the year. But as january grows older, it is a much more fragmented outlook because the vaccination rollout is so different. The u. K. Relative to the continent, the mainland, europe relative to the United States, and i think that builds to a conversation about where the opportunities are within asset classes, between different iago fees. Tom germany r
. O a presumed debate october 15 crisis, go to cash. Do you understand we are 3 from a dow record high . Jonathan the narrative has really shifted away from the worries about a contested election, and now the conversation about the potential of a blue wave. No question about it. We like to see more polls coming out. The candidates really migrate to arizona today and tomorrow to come off the messaging from utah. Have you seen the polls for going to be at polls from quinnipiac . A fivepoint lead in iowa for biden. The average right now, 9. 4 points to biden. I feel you, tom. I get it. Everyone else does, too. They are conditioned by the experience of four years ago. That is a conversation with kevin later this morning. Tom again, i look at the markets. The doom and gloom out there, the vix, the volatility at 28, im sorry. Look at the equity recovery and look at corporations adjusting. This breaking ibm news is important. Jonathan after a big acquisition last year of red hat, the restruct
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