App. Coming up next washington journal, your reaction to last ninth Vice President ial debate between Vice President mike pence and senator Kamala Harris. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 8, 2020. Last night, mike pence and Kamala Harris stepped on the debate stage at the university of utah at 9 00 eastern and stepped off at 10 30. It was a 90 minute class mostly over the leadership of President Trump and the policy plans of joe biden. We want to hear about you about those exchanges and who you thing one the only Vice President ial debate of campaign 2020. Give us a call on the phone lines. If you support the trunk fence ticket, 202 7488001 is the number. If you support the biden harris ticket, 202 7488000. If you are undecided or supporting thirdparty candidate, 202 7488002 is the number. You can also send us a text text, and that number is 202 7488003. Catchise, catch up was up with us on social media. Andwitter, it is cspanwj we are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Head
Be changing of course were going to be anywhere from mild. So even warm in some spots not hot though were going to be very below normal for this time of year. So i will get to all those details in just a few minutes now back to the news okay. Thank you very much were back at 6 oclock weve got update you on the latest with the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is set to very soon now pass. Another grim milestone with a 141,000 americans dying from the virus across america nearly 60,000 people are currently hospitalized with infection. The cdc now forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will be killed by the virus. By august 8th, and now Health Officials and government leaders are pushing for americans to where masks. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended doing it President Trump is now also telling americans that its necessary to wear masks in fact tweeted a
Spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended putting masks on your face President Trump is finally catching up telling americans to mask up and tweeting the first photo of himself wearing a mask. Himself tweeting that out saying it is a patriotic to wear a mask. Well happening today, President Trump will be restarting his daily coronavirus briefings for the First Time Since april but cnns reporting that apparently doctors Anthony Fauci and deborah birx who are the lead doctors in the Coronavirus Task force are currently not scheduled to be there and that has some people worried that thats going to turn into a Televised Campaign speech for the president joe johns has more. President trump announced his regular coronavirus briefings are making a comeback. Were going to give you a lot of briefings and the next. We can over the next few weeks. Instead of focusing on the recent surge in cases in the high human cost of the virus across the country. Trump gave his attention to
Testimony from the white house is Coronavirus Task force. And . They are testifying about the governments response so far to the pandemic and expressing some concern. Little spikes in the virus could lead easily to more widespread outbreaks, taking a live look right now at capitol hill with that testimony is coming in remotely today, because members of the Coronavirus Task force were exposed to a white house staffer who tested positive for covid19. They say they are focused on beefing up testing and tracing to allow states to safely reopen and gave a warning if that is not properly done. There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control which paradoxically will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death the could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to try and get economic recovery. Doctor bhati warning that the government needs to be able to respond to new outbreaks. President trump is ready normal there just seem
President moon says they may be forced to retaliate. Deutsche bank swings the ax from asia to america, the savings latest turnaround plan fails to impress the market. Shery later in Bloomberg Technology global link, samsung being stung by japans new restrictions on tech. Saysll be joined who problems in the electronic industry goes much deeper. Lets get you started on the quick check of the monday close in the u. S. The s p 500 fell for the second consecutive session. Health and tech stocks as some of the big decliners. Apple falling more than 2 on the downgrade, but german manufacturer besf falling after they cut their outlook. Overall, we felt he lingering impact of the strong u. S. Jobs data that we got last week. That really clouding the outlook for fed rate cuts. Investors pretty much focused on what chair powell will stay in Congress Later this week. Meantime, we also saw a big gain for energy stocks. Wti gaining ground on rising geopolitical tensions. U. S. Futures not doing muc