Special correspondent for Vanity Fair Gabriel Sherman joins The Hive to discuss the rise and fall of Steve Bannon. Sherman reports on his story regarding the rift between Bannon and President Trump.
Sherman talks about Bannon's flat-footed response to Trump's anger and whether he may have misjudged his own actions. Kelly, Scholer, and Sherman debate whether a return to Trump's White House is possible for Bannon.
They also discuss the possibility of Bannon starting another nationalist media organization and whether Bannon's fall from grace signals that he is not the political kingmaker some made him out to be.
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.