Good Tuesday Morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. Its a mixed fwoog day retail earnings, amazon pharmacy, covid19 restrictions, fed speak. Were going to begin this morning on capitol hill as both Mark Zuckerberg and jack dorsey testify before Senate Judiciary on censorship, suppression, and, of course, the 2020 election our Julia Boorstin is monitoring this and can tell us what happened so far. Julia . Well, carl, senator Lindsey Graham focusing on what he sees as a need to revise section 230, thats the rule that protects social media platforms for legal liability for content. He says facebook and constituenter wetwitter were making editorial decisions and far more transparent standards are necessary. He called out the Mental Health risks associated with social media use. On the other side of the aisle, richard bloomenthal, he is calling for breakup of the platforms. Mark zuckerberg supports change to section 230 dorsey pointing out they need to walk a f
Im not running a false promise and being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch. But what i can promise you is this, we will start on day one doing the right things. We will let science drive our decisions. We will deal honestly with the american people. Biden and his wife jill cast their ballots in wilmington today. Meanwhile, democrat, democratic Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris held two drive in rallies in arizona. She criticized President Trump for putting the health of his supporters at risk by packing them together. Stocks tumble today because of worries that the pandemic in the u. S. And in europe will mean more restrictions on businesses and drag down the economy. The dow dropped 943 points, the nasdaq lost 426 and the s p was down 119. Early voting numbers continue to break records nationwide and if the trends hold, we could see historic levels of turnout. Our political reporter greg lee tells us whats driving the numbers. Reporter with less than one week until
Nearly 100,000 new cases in a single day. Why blunt new comments from dr. Anthony fauci are creating a new rift between him and the president. And voter turnout could shatter records. Well talk to experts about making sure your vote counts. And casting your ballot without getting sick. Stay healthy. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I believe that this is going to be loud and its going to be clear. Its time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. We are in the final sprint for the race for the white house. The president hinting hell challenge all the results. A lot of fraud and misuse can take place. The night of, as soon as that election is over, were going in with our lawyers. The fbi investigating the actions of Trump Supporters who swarmed a Joe Biden Campaign bus. Look at that. They were protecting his bus yesterday because theyre nice. President donald trump suggested that he may fire dr. Anthony fauci. Dont tell anybody, but let me wait until a
There is potential for it to move into the town and thats where we were just an hour ago. In fact, six miles north of our location along 128 here, you can notice this check point behind us. In the past hour weve seen families frantic trying to go back and rescue live to know left behind. In some places, people left with just the clothes on their back. As we found out today, not everyone was willing to leave. Dave babcock calls himself an ordinary guy. But to his neighbor, hes a hero. I have just been going around here and cleaning out the gutters on these houses. Especially this side of the street. Trying to make them safer. Often you see houses start on fire and it is the gutters. Overnight, hes been taking turns with his neighbor to track the glass fire and keep the six hopes in his street in angwin safe. Brave. What youre doing. Do you get scared in. Oh, no, im a Firm Believer in god. I pray a lot. The evacuee William Kenner is relying on his faith, even though he already lost every
When looking at fiscal years 20, 21 and 2122, its important to note the significant reduction in state revenue state reassignment, ab109 dollars and while they continue to remain fairly stable, ab109 allocation have been significantly reduced. We are projecting an increase in Grant Funding from the star, which grant through department of publichealth, which is the supporting treatment and reducing recidivism grant, and two additional grants that adult probation has applied for to assist in expanding housing opportunities and treatment for justice involved people with Mental Health and co occurring disorders. Both our bureau of justice funding opportunities that we are very hopeful that we be competitive and eventually decide. To help with that program and then certainly an increase due to the other two grant opportunities if wore fortunate to get those. The increase in rent from 20192021 is over a Million Dollars. And that is due to the departments pending relocation to 945 bryant in t