Arizona. In the grand canyon state, former astronaut mark kelly is challenging republican incumbent senator Martha Mcsally. Good evening, welcome to the special election 2020 debate between u. S. Senate candidates republican senator Martha Mcsally and democratic challenger mark kelly. This is the only live debate between these two candidates. It is a joint effort brought to you by the Arizona Citizens Elections Commission and media organizations from across the state. Im ted simons, host and managing editor of arizona horizon and joining me tonight, political report we are the Arizona Republic and also the host of arizona 360 on kuat and the host of the show on kjzz radio. We are broadcasting to you live from the studios at arizona pbs and asus Walter Cronkite school of journalism in downtown phoenix. Tonights debate is also being live streamed on participating medias websites including ez central. Com, kjzz, azpbs. Org and azpm. Org. Topics were chosen by journalists from the four par
Africanamerican unemployment is at the lowest level ever recorded. Female unemployment is at the lowest level in 17 years. Hispanic american unemployment has hit. That was President Trump talking tax cuts and growth just moments ago. The factory outside of pittsburgh. In the fight to win a house seat house seat now up for grabs. The government has very barely 29 hours to avoid a Government Shutdown. The house will start voting for now we have the latest. He just admits that the president can take some credit. Weve an allstar guest lineup. Dr. Mark siegel. All here all tonight. Politics and money weve got you covered. Risk and reward starts right now. They want to see a shutdown. It was not working. The tax cuts and tax reform has not been working well for the democrats. I am really happy. And to be honest the tax cuts not only do they work but they work in much bigger and faster than we ever thought possible. Lets get your money first. It did cross the 26,000 milestone. It could happen
Why . Because of comments out of the delayed speech. Mark carney seemingly talking of holding off weight kite rate and weaknesses in domestic inflation pressure. This affects the u. K. Yield, so bonds are rallying. Up about. 1, but not seeing that correlation we usually see with the british pound. That seems to have broken down and barclays, down. 25. Four former executives charged of conspiracy to commit fraud. We will be taken that further as we go on. We have had a weaker day for the pound. This is on the back of england government saying they are worried about the impact of brexit on the economy and mark carney signaled they will not be rushing to raise Interest Rates. Given the mixed signals on Business Investment and Consumer Spending, and the inflationary pressures that are subdued and anemic wage growth, now is not yet a time to begin that adjustment. Francine joining us is , and they willr give us their take, simon, it seems as though from philip view,ds points of finances rea
Important for the country and the people we love. Charles on one side they want more spending for medicaid and opioid treatment. The other side, they want to get rid of the exchanges and stability fund. Can the negotiatorinchief bridge that gap between big and small government fan generate a passable healthcare bill . John, you came out pretty hard today. Your organization saying flat out you did not like this bill, it does not adhere to conservative principles. Point the finger at ted cruz and others saying if this doesnt get through, they will have to batter consequences. We were promised a repeal of obamacare for a decade and that isnt what this bill is. Charles Mitch Mcconnell says its unfair for you and other folks to say this. Because to do what you want, you will need 60 votes in the senate. They are trying to get a compromise done through reconciliation. Because anything at this point is better than nothing. Why do you disagree with that . Freedom works is not saying this is no
Press secretary. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy monday. Ok. Tuesday. Oh, my gosh. Giving myself an extra day. All right. Well. Good to see you guys on tuesday. So we are closely monitoring the impact Hurricane Fiona is having on puerto rico and as the president has said, we are keeping the people of puerto rico in our prayers. I want to provide a brief overview of our response to date. On sunday, before the hurricane made landfall, President Biden issued an emergency disaster declaration to ensure the federal government has was ready to surge resources and Emergency Assistance to puerto rico. Yesterday, as you all know, the president called governor from air force one to discuss puerto ricos immediate needs as the storm made landfall. Karine and today fema administrator will be on the ground to assess the Emergency Response. Right now hundreds of fema and federal responders are on the ground in puerto rico, including u. S. Army corps of engineers, power restoration experts and urban