Also, counterterrorism analyst washington Thomas Anderson talks about the evolving threats facing the u. S. Since the september 11 terrorist attacks. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for september 11. Todays show will focus on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. You can see planned events at the pentagon which you are watching at ground zero in new york. On cspan, cspan2 and cspan3. You can check the website for specific channel and time information. Follow along on the radio app. We will take your calls on this remembrance day. Here is how you can call us. The eastern00 for and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific times. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. Post on our cspan feed. On this day, several papers across the United States devoted. Heir editorial page here is the tribute out of johnstown, pennsylvania. On the 19th anniversary, our nation is distracted by politics. We are obligated to pause on this september
Technology back to the 19th century, yesterday was a bellwether announcement. Applean the idea that made 26 billion worth of iphones and a shutdown is unbelievable. Tom that is a granularity job lisa job. Something on instagram, researches it on google, and buys the iphone. Jonathan you are describing yourself and projecting onto lisa what you are doing. Lisa [laughter] jonathan it will be about the nasdaq and big tech. Rumor, and it is not just us, it is our kids at home. We are trying to give them a screen and throw out parenting guidelines. As we look to washington, d. C. For guidance, there is none. Jobless benefits will expire without benefits past at the end of the day. U. S. Personal income and spending down over the month of june, but it will give us a sense of how much did ulster the saving and spending capabilities of americans bolster the saving and spending capabilities of americans. The university of Michigan Consumer sentiment speaking about a rollover. Jonathan keep your
Weakness. We had massive Dollar Strength in the last few weeks, given the funding issues, and everyone just wanted hands on dollars. The fact that that is easing a little bit could give us some hope that may the funding issues have worked themselves out. What is not working out is big tex. I was innto this year, san francisco. You had rbc saying google, facebook, top calls for the year on ad spending. It was an election year, the olympics, it was all going to be a huge advertising year. As we know, the olympics were delayed. Facebook coming out and saying they are seeing a big uptick in usage of whatsapp. The demand for news is there, yet it is not translating into ad sales. The first thing you cut when things are tough is discretionary spending, so firms are starting to pull back on some of that advertising revenue. That is why youre getting at uptick in usage, but it is not translating into sales. I wouldnt be shocked if we got a lot of analysts revising after the olympics are delaye
They were next scheduled to meet march 17, so essentially coming out today and saying we will use the tools we had to keep monitoring the situation. Comes at a day the g7 finance ministers all got on a call and talk about what to do about the coronavirus. Is that a coincidence or is there some connection . The financetially ministers, led by Steven Mnuchin because the u. S. Is the host country for the g7 meeting, had a policy morning to talk about the coronavirus and the effect on the economy. Only hours later we saw the fed said they were going two. , he wasy as powell said going to talk to central bankers around the world. We think this will put more pressure on other Central Banks to potentially make a move. There was some talk in the markets about how whether or not the banks will make a coordinated move. The banks will move first. We will talk about what happens next with the boe, the bank of canada, etc. Guy did jay powell explain why this move will address this problem . He admi
For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in