Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington where the candidates crisscrossed seeing the Battleground States heading into the weekend, we are 32 days from election day. But for many americans, voting is already underway, more than 1 Million ballots that have already been cast. But the two men at the top of the Gop Ticket still cannot accept former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Take a look at this you know, last time, last election, we did great in 2016, a Lot Of people dont know we did much better in 2020. We want the, Donald Trump win he yes, he did so, were you when you can see you can see if your opponent gets your opponent gets more votes. You concede. Really feel bad three alright, fact check, even though its been more than 1,400 days since that election, no trump did not win in 2020, the election was not rigged. And that rhetoric, of course, has consequences in more ways than one unapologetic unapologetic Election Denier and colora
Plus couldnt your vote in the upcoming election be influenced by something completely fake we are seeing Artificial Intelligence or ai show up in Campaign Ads on social media, even Robo Calls to voters trying to he convince you a candidate said something or did something that never happened. Tonight, were digging into the technology and the Warning Signs and leading this Hour Tomorrow marks one month until election day. And today, former President Donald Trump is in georgia, a state. He won in 2016 and barely lost in 2020 while Vice President Kamala Harris is in michigan, a state that trump won in 2016, but biden flipped in 2020. Lets go to cnns Eva Mckend in flint, michigan. Eva, this will be the second Event Today for Vice President Kamala Harris in michigan how worried is the Harris Campaign about whats going on on the ground there are concerned about michigan. Are the other Battleground States. What strategy here era of american voters here today. And now this. Rally is going to be
In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
Senior Investment Strategist at Edward Jones here in new york. Were seeing a dent in risk appetite. The market is grappling with a variety of worries tensions in the Middle East, a Port Strike and election uncertainty. Do you expect to see volatility . Are there any opportunities . Yes, it is great to be here, and we are moving nicely thus far this year and we are moving nicely thus farthis year in and we are moving nicely thus far this year in the snp 500, up far this year in the snp 500, up nearly 20 . As you noted, youre heading into a choppy October Period and facing mounting walls of worry in the market, including the upcoming election on November The 5th and the ongoing Port Strike on the Eastern Seaboard as well as growing escalations and tensions in the Middle East. We say investors in markets should prepare for bouts of volatility ahead of a 20 rally also, that is a natural next step in terms of what might happen in markets. We are probably due for a period of pull back, but w