Lets take a quick check of the markets. We started off on a green note but we have been deteriorating ever since. 4 . P 500 down the nasdaq down just six points. This is all to do with crude oil. Down for 4. 5 . I wanted to show the context, 1900 anading toward ounce again. Before the debate tonight, both thehe campaigns released tax returns for people. Joe biden has released his tax returns. We will be going through that. For more on these volatile markets, what we anticipate in the weeks to come, we are joined of manr Van Dooijeweert solutions. What do you make of these markets . What are they trading on now, given we got no new consumer data, a lot of conflicting data out there . Peter there is a lot of uncertainty. From my perspective, and option market participant, the uncertainty feeds through pretty quickly in the market. Whether you are worried about the election, pandemic, Economic Impact, whatever you are worried about, there seems to be a lot of it. Are closer to the highs t
London. The markets are actually on the up today in hopes that we will get some kind of stimulus in the u. S. Lets bring you exactly what we are looking at. European stocks are opening higher. Again, there seems to be progress in washington toward a fresh stimulus package. The dollar falling on thursday after ending the fourth quarter. The Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading after its worst breakdown. Coming up later, the world pose halts. Etf trader we will speak to ishares stephen cohen. The first, lets get to bloomberg first word news with laura. Laura continued because of Economic Uncertainty due to the pandemic, disappoint lenders such as jp morgan, which had already indicated it wanted to resume buybacks. The potentialed Coronavirus Vaccine from Oxford University and astrazeneca. The socalled rolling review allows them to see a trial basis of what is ongoing. Rises to the investigation that led to a halt in the trial. The format of the president ial debate is changing after the f
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. Widespread and intense reaction today to a Washington Post report that the c. I. A. In a secret assessment has determined covert russian hacking was in fact an attempt to help donald trump win the white house. A month before the president ial election, u. S. Officials said they were confident that russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails for the purpose of undermining the voting process, but it may have gone further than that. Citing u. S. Officials, the post said individuals connected to the russian government gave wikileaks hacked emai
Desecrates aim kout on thursday in support of him. Heidi height camp of north dakota, those are two states that trump won with big mar jinz begins. But in addition there are eight other democrats to watch as well as an independenting ingis king of maine. The eight democrats are dianne feinstein, the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, she is worried about row v. Wade being overturned and theres an argument to be made its better for the democrats to allow gorsuch to go through so that they did not lose the ability to filibuster the next Supreme Court vacancy which could make a difference with abortion rights. The oj toerz watch include members like clair mccass cell, jon tester and joe donnelly who came from states that trump won by double digits as well a pragmatist mark warner and chris kunz and delaware respectively. Theyre going to be swayed by arguments that goe such is too pro business to be open the court. You mentioned filibuster alex. Democratic leaders have anournsed
Ratification would solidify the strong u. S. Commitment to equal opportunity for disabled persons, protection for disabled americans abroad, wounded veterans. Greatear we missed a opportunity. Its my hope that we dont make the same mistake again. Mr. Secretary, this entire hearing strikes me as revisiting important fundamental issues that need to be asked and answered to reassure those of my constituents who have not heard yes yet. In your view, what is the response to critics who charge the sea rpd that would violate u. S. Sovereignty, and the Disabilities Committee would be empowered under this treaty to dictate how the iron states treat people with disabilities here at home. Sovereignty,ct to there is absolutely no ability whatsoever for any country or treatyity through this to gain any legal redress or to compel the u. S. To do anything. There is no oversight, there is a committee that works on issues. The most they can do is make a suggestion. There are 18 members elected on a glo