We're bringing you latest on the government shutdown's winners and losers.
And a record number of female candidates are running for office for the first time this year. We'll talk to 26-year-old Shay White about what made her launch a campaign for the Oklahoma State Legislature.
In our ongoing coverage of Sundance, we're bringing you the buzziest new films and stars from the festival. And we get a look at the newest category there: indie episodics.
Also, Caitlyn Smith has written songs for everyone from Dolly Parton to Meghan Trainor. Now she's dropping her own album. She'll tell us all about it.
Futures rebounded this morning in reaction to positive news from Merck that its covid-19 treatment pill is 50 percent effective at preventing hospitalizations and death. It comes after a rocky month on Wall Street, which saw all the major averages post their worst months in over a year. Chris Vecchio, Senior Analyst, at DailyFX joined Wake Up with Cheddar for more.
Makena Kelly, Politics reporter at The Verge, joined Cheddar News to break down Thursday's congressional testimony from Facebook's global head of security, as the company comes under fire for its plans to attract kids.
U.S. weekly jobless claims rose to 362,000 for the week ending September 25th, higher than the 335,000 economists had expected. This figure is also slightly higher than the 351,000 reported a week earlier. Louis Cordone, Senior Vice President of Data Strategy at AST joined Wake Up with Cheddar to discuss.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign financing linked to his 2012 bid for reelection after $54 million was spent on fake invoices. Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison.
