Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im Caro Quintanilla with jon fortt. Deirdre is with us for the hour. Nasdaq is trying to come back after a couple of days of losses as we turn our attention once again to covid levels in the United States. Were going to start the hour, though, with alibaba, a big drop for the stock despite these new sales records on this singles day. Hi, eunice hey, carl live streamers in china are wrapping up whats been a very long day pitching to Chinese Consumers and it seems as though the efforts have paid off. For alibaba, the value of the orders that crossed the site have just come in at just shy of a 500 billion, about 75 billion u. S. Dollars these numbers cap an extended 11day campaign thats a little different this time around not the usual 24hour singles day shopping extravaganza. There were some interesting trends that we saw that were generally pandemic related, where consumers were looking to buy goods that they probably would be buying if th
Here. Good morning to discuss the status of the National Rail network to have 140,000 miles of rail seven class one railroads and thousands of companies to ship products ands Raw Materials also and Intercity Passenger Rail Service operating on 22000 miles of that same network todays first panel president and ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation and the Economic Developers association testifying we will be. The Vice President corporation on behalf of the American Council mr. Randee gordon and the chairman to testify remotely and he didnt jeffries president and ceo association of american railroads and dennis pierce president of the teamsters rail conference. During this covid pandemic. In 1970 the real Passenger Service act was adopted to relieve our railroads on the common carrier to carry passengers. The statue created amtrak and provided real runs can be used by amtrak to offer intercity passenger real service, returns and compensation that are just
This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation in Montana Development association who will testify remotely. Todays second panel will include mr. Frank Vice President Global Supply chain on behalf of of the council testifying remotely, mr. Randy, the president and ceo of the association, the chairman and National Council testifying remotely in the association of American Railroad and mr. Dennis pierce, president teamsters real conference testify
On cspan. John we have both candidates on the ballot in our studio tonight, incumbent republican steve daines peered welcome, senator steve daines and democratic governor, Steve Bullock. Welcome to illinois. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We are safely distanced and ready for serious debate. Anna we have a slightly different format. Each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards there will be an open discussion period for that topic with a chance for rebuttals, comments and exchanges. We will finish the debate with a 92nd closing statement from each candidate. With thes get set Supreme Court justice confirmation. The justice past saturday, President Trump announcing his nominee, anna kony barrett. Promises to be another contentious process following the ugly scene with the kavaa naugh situation. Possibly term limits for the justices or changing the size of the court itself. Our first question, as montanas senator, would you vote for any changes in
Montana by 20 points in 2016. John good evening and welcome to the Montana Senate debate. I am john twiggs. Anna and i am anna rau. We would like to welcome visitors and viewers viewers joining us nationally on cspan. John we have both candidates on the ballot in our studio tonight. They are incumbent republican steve daines. Senator daines. And democratic governor, Steve Bullock. Welcome to illinois. We appreciate having everyone here in person. But we are safely distanced and ready for a spirited debate. Anna we have a slightly different format. Each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards, there will be an open discussion period for that topic with a chance for rebuttals, comments, and exchanges. We will finish the debate with a 90 closing statement from each second candidate. John lets get set with the Supreme Court justice confirmation. Just this past saturday, President Trump announcing his nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. This promises to be another contenti