Investors weighing a reaction that could further destabilize the Global Economy. President down to asias major market opens. These are our top stories trumpe for social media after his tweets are fact checked he says twitter and others are trying to silence conservative voices. Breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Industrial Production numbers for the month of april and we are seeing a huge contraction month on month, a plunge of 6 . The expectation was for a decline of about half of that and this of course also is after gains in the previous month. Year on year, it is a contraction of 4. 5 percent. Again, really a much bigger contraction than expected. Hearing year, we are talking about the biggest contraction since the financial crisis. We have not seen such a big decline since 2009. In the month of april, and south korea, we have continued to see the restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic. Already, we are seeing a second wave of infections in south korea and talk
Focus today executive nominations, including brian miller for pandemic recovery. And the vote for mr. Miller setting for 4 30 p. M. Eastern. Take you live now to the senate floor on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord god, have mercy upon our nation for the winds of suffering buffett our land. We hear the cries of the voiceless and the anguish of the unheard. We see the criminal actions of those who threaten freedom. Lord, snatch this nation conceived in liberty from the precipice of its own destruction. Extricate us from traps we have set for ourselves. Remind us that you are a god of justice from whom we borrow our heartbeats. Arise, mighty god, and make those who defy your purposes tremble with reverential awe. Hear the prayers of our senators, and give them wisdom, courage, and integrity for these challenging times. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presid
Down plus well take another look at the global spread of the coronavirus and action taken by governments around the world and the markets are in the red again and being dragged down by poor big performance we have expert analysis on hand to go over the details with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And a huge agreement has been reached between the Trump Administration and u. S. Airlines for a bailout package in the billions included in the 2 trillion dollars stimulus package signed on march 27th was about 25000000000 dollars for the Airline Industry but until now the Treasury Department and the airlines had not come to an agreement on exactly how or under what conditions the airlines would receive that money now the greenman which came together late tuesday includes warrants that could lead to the federal government owning equity stakes in the companies and requirements that 30 percent of the assistance would have to be paid back now according to treasury secretary kerry steve
You can see the peninsula is where we get a wet start to the day. Down through South San Francisco and from san mateo over redwood city. Moderate rainfall. That goes into palo alto as well. Mid30s. A chilly start. 47 in San Francisco and 40 in concord. As we head through the afternoon, date time high will be on the cool side. 57 in oakland and fremont and 59 for a high and san jose. We will time out the rest of the showers for today and tomorrow. Details on that are coming up. Lets go to gianna for your commute. Look at the roadways. It is quiet. A heads up if you are on the roadways early, there is roadwork with lane closures on the southbound side of 101. Northbound is not seeing trouble. They may be changing the clone cones and opening the bridge early. We have some slick surfaces out there. A very easy commute into the city. The bridges are very quiet. No delays on the san mateo bridge. This is an overview. You can see red and yellow on the 101 22 roadwork on the Golden Gate Bridge
This is three and a half hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, ill now recognize myself to give an opening statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january of 1945, the auschwitz berknau concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than a Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. I am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today, i have asked