Hillary clinton appears to be expanding her lead by as many as 12 points over donald trump. The billionaire businessmans campaign bogged down by a multitude of issues. Our Political Panel on how both of these candidates must handle these topics at wednesdays debate. On wall street, markets spooked and its not even halloween yet. The federal roadway serves number two reserves number two sending a public message to congress on how to stimulate the economy. Plus, the the fight for mosul is literally happening right now. Elon musk stops the clock before his big announcement, and charlie breaks it live from sin city. So glad youre with me on this monday, lets start the countdown. Liz breaking news, stocks are skirting session lows at this hour as investors digest a trifecta of Market Movers. Number one, Stanley Fischer came out in a speech before the new York Economic Club with a dire warning. He is saying that low Interest Rates the likes of what we have right now can lead to longer and de
States, the district of columbia and five territories, all of them in ohio to select donald trump as the next gop nominee for president. Todays theme of the convention, make america safe again. A take on trumps make America Great again campaign slogan. The festivities kicking you offt one day after deadly events in baton rouge where three policemen were killed and two days after that failed but deadly coup attempt in turkey. We just got this news, an update on the situation in baton rouge from the governor, News Conferences there any moment. Itll happen, weve got our cameras there too. Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson with us live from cleveland on how trump intends to keep americans safe. But there is also this, folks. Developing news at this hour that senator ted cruz loyalists are possibly trying to work the rules to allow cruzs name to be placed in nomination from the convention floor. And Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters on whether that make america safe again slogan is real or ju
But the balance for the power in the senate has gone the very serious in the last couple of hours. Senate minority leader harry reid seizing on the lull in the president ial campaign to roll out a strategy for socalled down the ballot candidates. Reid unveiling the strategy tying Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker paul ryan very tightly to, quote, the party of trump. He is criticizing the gop frontrunner and then tying the entire party, even conflicted republicans who dont support donald trump to the controversial billionaire. Our Political Panel on why the gop might want to take a page out of harry reids book . And the fight over president Obamas Supreme Court nominee playing out on capitol hill at this hour as judge Merrick Garland meets with senators on both sides of the aisle. Phone calls, too. Republican senators have thrown up the blockade to stymie the judge, but is this the right way to treat a man some call the most qualified Supreme Court nominee in hist
Investor john calamos here with his take on what investors should be doing right now. Could apple help pull this market out of the funk. Apple due out with earnings at 4 30. Well have the crucial numbers the moment they cross with the analysis they need. Apples results will be watched closer than ever. Regardless, it will have a huge impact whatever apple does because of the size of that company. It will have a big impact on markets tomorrow. Lets look again at this hour of where we stand. The tenyear u. S. Treasury yield is pretty flat. As a result earnings moving the indexes to some extend. We have caterpillar contributing in the range of 40 points to the dow which is up 47 at this hour. Take a look at the nasdaq. This the underperformer today and its the social media names which we have to watch. Its off about 0. 4 or 16 points. And the s p 500, as mentioned, is fighting to return to positive territory. You can look there at the chart and see this turnaround weve had since midday. L