Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Ashley three breaking stories, President Biden speaks from the Oval Office Later today. Lawmakers just meeting, members still looking for a speaker, Jerome Powell about to take the mic at the new york Economic Club. Lots of news, any of these events could move the markets, stocks basically looking for direction treading water and they may get that direction from the fed chair but investors wont get much clarity from congress, the speaker battle could now go on until january. As for the white house address investors focused on making money but the focus will beyond spending money on war. We are digging into all of that over the course of the next hour. Welcome to cavuto coast to coast. Im Ashley Webster in for neil cavuto. President biden will formally ask congress for 100 billion in support of israel and ukraine. Alexandria half live at the white house with more on what we can expect from the president s address tonight. Reporter the president will make an appeal to american citizens a
Joe biden up 1. 5 . Trump and biden trying to make a lastminute appeal to voters. Watch. I am running against the worst candidate in the history of president ial politics. He is spreading division and discord. We need a president who will bring us together. Not pull us apart. This election is a choice between the American Dream and a socialist nightmare. The middleclass built this country. You are the ones who will save the country now that you built. Biden talks about covid. He didnt call it the china virus because china has him paid off. He is doing nothing. Donald trump waved the flight flag and surrendered to the virus. Florida not the only state up for grabs. The president postponed a rally in North Carolina tonight due to the weather. He will be in michigan, wisconsin and minnesota tomorrow and biden will head to iowa and wisconsin and added a stop in minnesota. President trump looked at minnesota as a possible pick up state. Maybe joe biden thinks the same thing. Minnesota is ve
He went to pyongyang in 2011. It would be the first between the United States president and socalled dear leader of the hermit nation. Met last week in finland to discuss the parameters of this possible would be historic summit. This as we watch the markets roller coaster on a looming trade war with china and rally in recent sessions on the possibility that china might be coming to the table to potentially renegotiate some of their deals. Today, the president was on the phone with Prime Minister Angela Merkel of germany and president macron of france. He was urging these two allies to join forces in pressing china for better terms and to halt the theft of intellectual property. All of this as russia continues to react, somewhat mutedly to the largest expulsion of intelligence operatives in the u. S. And around the globe in history. All of that with a back drop the president s approval numbers have been inching upward to their highest approval numbers in months. The latest fox news poll