flow and that is a macro positive. week, itked about last suggests there is some optimism on the part of traders that may be some sort of scenario around airlines could some serve stimulus could get done but there s so much uncertainty. airlines have been outperforming more recently. getd: are we starting to something on the 10 year yield? abigail: we are still in that range. the 10 year yield is trying to move to the top of the range in the range is about 50-80 basis points with the fed as a buyer keeping bonds in that range. it s hard to know whether it will be broken. another market is amazon. the s&p and the nasdaq are down in amazon in amazon s down for its for the day in a row after the prime day event, suggesting some folks may not be to my optimistic about those results. maybe americans of had online shopping fatigue. david: one of the risks of the is the continued possibility of more stimulus and the election which is now 15 days away. is with us, always a deligh
headlines. later, we are joining joined by terry madonna of franklin & marshall to talk about pennsylvania s role as a battleground state this election year. we have an obligation under the constitution, should we choose to take it vantage of it, with a president of the same party as the senate to advance a nomination. republicans say we do not care about anything. senate, thehe institution. just move forward. everything americans value hangs in the balance. the looming battle over president trump s upcoming supreme court nominee dominates capitol hill come out with senate democrats warning they will retaliate if they win control the chamber and the white house on election day. we will talk with democrats only on this wednesday, september 3. what is the best strategy for your party on filling supreme court vacancy? eastern,ve in the central part of the country, (202) 748-8000. mountain pacific, (202) 748-8001 . you can also join us by texting with your first name, city, a
changed since 2016, what s motivating voters this year and look at trends that could give us clues on how people might vote in each state in november. today, we turn our attention to the keystone state of pennsylvania, and franklin marshall college professor joins us from harrisburg, this morning. so, let s just begin with what happened in pennsylvania in 2016. well, in 2016, then-candidate donald j. trump carried the state of pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. and essentially he won the state because of the turnout and the high proportion of votes that he got in central pennsylvania and also in the south western part of our state in the old mining and mill towns. i call it small town in rural pennsylvania and up in the north eastern part of our state, largely because he developed what has generally been referred to as the rust belt strategy, where he campaigned in parts of pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin and michigan, making the argument that the obama administration had done bad
journal looks at key battleground states with political reporters and analysts on the ground. focusing on key battleground states, with reporters on the ground, what has changed, what policy issues are motivating this year. and clues about how people might vote in each state in november. today we turn our attention to the keystone state of pennsylvania, and franklin & marshall college professor and poster terry madonna joins us from harrisburg this morning. let s begin with what happened in pennsylvania in 2016. 2016, then candidate donald j. trump carried the state of pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. he won the state because of the turnout and the high proportion of votes that he got in central pennsylvania, and also in the southwestern part of our state, in the old mining and mill towns. i call it small towns and rural pennsylvania, and in the northeastern part of our state, largely because he developed what has generally been referred to as the rustbelt strategy, ofre he ca
this question, should the federal gas tax be raised in order to pay for america s infrastructure. if you say yes, (202) 748-8000. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. also, send us a tweet, [video clip] .- tweet, @cspanwj thank you for being with us on this memorial day weekend. we want to get your calls and comments on infrastructure and the federal gas tax. the highest gas taxes per state, pennsylvania has a gas tax in gallon,e of $.77 per followed by california, $.74. washington say is $.64 per gallon. hawaii is $.65 and new york gallon. $.64 per those with the lowest state taxes in gases, leading off is alaska, 30 three cents. followed by missouri and $.36. mississippi and new mexico at $.37 along with arizona. we want to focus on federal gas taxes that have not been raised since the clinton white house. this past week eleanor holmes delegate from washington, d.c., talking about america s infrastructure and what needs to be done. stumped the congress for 25 years now. there has