Funds them. So it is no wonder that americans question whether their representatives are listening to them, or listening to the wealthy and wellconnected heard and this loss of faith in our democracy is a real foundational problem. So it requires a fundamental foundational sponsor. We haves foundational response. We have seen a groundswell of support for fixing our democracy , for making a foundational change. It is making an impact. We have seen the Congress Take steps to reflect the energy they have seen nationwide for reforming our democracy. This congress, the house of representatives, made the for the people act their top priority. This democracy reform bill was their number one goal and they debt it, it was their hr one. [applause] and they did it. We want our president ial candidates to do the same, to prioritize democracy reform, to campaign on it, to talk about it. That is what today is all about, we want to see president ial candidates telling us how they are going to fix our
Convenience store chain warning customers of a major incident. It is friday, december 20. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning and welcome to today. Im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan the markets here, s p 500 would open by about up one point dow by about 10 points and the nasdaq fractionally down record highs those moves kicking that day off. Treasury yields now. The 10year currently ticking slightly higher again. 1. 942 twoyear, 1. 642. The spread between these two the highest since october last year. Looking at asia. A plicmixed session there. Hang seng up similar but to the upside shanghai down about half a percent there as well. In european trading, lets spin that around. The german dax up around 0. 2 . The cac is flat there as well. Green but marginally so. Making headlines, the house approving the usmca trade deal following a years more worth of talks. The deal will go to the senate which is expected to ratify the measures passed the house. They need to sign the b
Against Pension Reforms adds the government seeks to calm fears but push ahead with an overall of the system. And checking out tesco trades near the top of the stock 600 as the retailers considers a move that could generate 9 billion. Well, a very warm welcome to street signs this morning. Lets kick off with a look at fx markets because we have seen a pretty strong move higher in the pound. You can see here trading around 131. 59 sterling has hit a sevenmonth high against the dollar after a opinion pollex the ended their lead over the labour party the british currency hit a two and a half year high against the euro very strong reaction in fx markets. That seems to be the main way they play. Very strong move there, just under the 132 mark now, were going to have more on the upcoming uk election in about half an hour with managing director at teneo. Lets look at equity markets a slightly weak estart to trade 234 europe following a positive day on friday, not only for european stocks but
[ applause ] thank you. Mayor, welcome back. Thank you. You were here in february before you actually became an official candidate. And i see youre playing bigger rooms now. Seems that way, yeah. Do you ever stop and say to yourself, how the hell did this happen . Every now and then. Go from here to there. At that time, you were essentially an asterisk. Well [ laughter ] maybe a little more than an asterisk. You were an asterisk plus. You were largely considered one of the flock of many small town mayor, young guy, and now youre a contender. And what have you learned about the country, what have you learned about yourself through the journey from there to here. The biggest thing i learned is you arrive presenting something thats different if youre not like the others and you can get your ideas across that anything can happen. We didnt know. I believed but didnt actually have any way of knowing, as of january or february that if we did this, that we could build a following, that we coul
Thank you. Mayor, welcome back. You were here in february before you became an official candidate. I see you are playing now do you ever stop and say to yourself how did this happen . Every now and then. Go from here today are . At that time, you were essentially and times. [laughter] maybe a little more than that. You were asterryas k plus. You are one of the flock of smalltown mayor young guys and now you are a contender. What have you learned about the country . What have you learned about yourself, the journey from there to here . The biggest thing i learned is you arrive sensing Something Different if you are not like the others, you get your ideas across that anything can happen. I believe the but didnt actually have any way of knowing as of january or february, that we could build a following, that we could attract a movement. That has proved out from the south bend, april through the debates, we have been able to advance past the first 20 or so, my competitors. The biggest hill