And then second beginning at 315 with the problems of tackling disinformation and we are delighted to start off today with remarks of those run the frontline we have the director performance security and infrastructure security at the department of Homeland Security and then coming right from the frontlines to deal with these issues he will give us an overview of what that government is trying to do to tackle the issue head on. And then most recently was the National Security council and the director for resilience and then to be engaged in Election Security and integrity. At that the Harvard Institute of politics and with that Public Outreach and the various issues so we would be concerned since the 2016 election. Mark will be joined by a david founder for the center for election and research one dad is devoted to this precise issue and has spent many years at the Pew Research Foundation looking at public am pulling opinion. And last but not least and that many of you will know in the
They were next scheduled to meet march 17, so essentially coming out today and saying we will use the tools we had to keep monitoring the situation. Comes at a day the g7 finance ministers all got on a call and talk about what to do about the coronavirus. Is that a coincidence or is there some connection . The financetially ministers, led by Steven Mnuchin because the u. S. Is the host country for the g7 meeting, had a policy morning to talk about the coronavirus and the effect on the economy. Only hours later we saw the fed said they were going two. , he wasy as powell said going to talk to central bankers around the world. We think this will put more pressure on other Central Banks to potentially make a move. There was some talk in the markets about how whether or not the banks will make a coordinated move. The banks will move first. We will talk about what happens next with the boe, the bank of canada, etc. Guy did jay powell explain why this move will address this problem . He admi
Welcome back. We didnt solve all the problems in the last pane panel so we wiy to solve them on this one so there will be an easier time when he comes. Right now we are going to shift over it to thinking about some of the more diplomatic aspects of the problem set and one of the things we heard from the Previous Panel is a lot of Solutions Come from the diplomatic toolkit we have another remarkable panel to help us think through the. On the right from your perspective, ambassador patterson is the former assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. She was ambassador to four different countries, egypt, pakistan, colombia and el salvador and she was also the assistant secretary of state for national law enforcement, the aptly named drug and food portfolio than she was the acting ambassador and deputy ambassador to the united nations. Next, we have ambassador doug silman of the institute in washington. He previously served as the u. S. Ambassador to iraq and kuwait and was the d
Would make the balkan a debate on executive damnation of the 2020 spending. We taking live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain of the senate, doctor black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we find shelter in your shadow, for you are our refuge and fortress. Lord, we place our trust in you. Rescue our senators from the forces that seek to threaten freedom. Remind our lawmakers that nothing is impossible for you. Be with them this day as they strive to serve you and country. We call on you because you have promised to answer us, so satisfy our longings with your saving power. Lord, use us all to help heal the wounds of a divided nation. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, ind
Tumble. Paul the services session in the u. S. The board. On across treasury yields rallying. The s p 500 jumped into a fiveweek high. The 50 day moving average. Tech shares let the gains on renewed optimism over trade and we had rally at the twoyear yield. At one point, it jumped by the most in about a decade. We had very strong Economic Data when it came to the private payrolls numbers but also little changed when it came to the jobless claims, so the focus is turning to the u. S. August job reports that are coming out tomorrow. U. S. Futures unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for asia. Sophie it remains to be seen whether this will continue after global stocks posted arrest day gainin since two since january. Hong kong on the radar after Derivatives Trading faced pickups on thursday. We have the nikkei futures in chicago looking to gain ground after the nikkei 225 rolls to a win month high on thursday. Japanese data on cap. Tap. Sydney futures gaining ground, climbing to a on