Seema mody is here with those numbers. The month of october, but off the highs. Were currently up, the nasdaq, though, leading again up around 1 for a second weekly game over the last couple days, continuing to fuel the that tracks them actually notching a fresh alltime high today. But rebounding much here it is again, a nice gap between the housing sector and the s p 500 pinterest up another alltime high etsy just 7 from its record high palantir just flagged below that 10 opening bryce. Kelly, back to you. Nancy pelosi appeared the treasury secretary are meeting right now. The white house has said pelosi is not interested, the white house but thor pelosi made it clear she doesnt want to do piecemeal legislation. It condition as tune cost because theyre wealthy, theyre successful, at the expense of the poor were not going to exploit the needs that people have to help the high end other areas of disagree, state and local aid, kelly, mnuchin had said whether or not and what i find out, b
Cspan radio area cspan, your unfiltered view of politics area. This week cdc director doctor Robert Redfield took questions from senators on the us Coronavirus Response and how soon a vaccine might be available to the public. He said a vaccine might not be widely available until next year and that facemasks are an effective way of fighting the disease. Afterwards President Trump contradicted doctor redfield coronavirus treatments on timing for a vaccine. Heres a look at thatsenate appropriations hearing from wednesday. Appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Ri want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today. To provide an update on where we are on the areas that they are so involved in on the covid19. As we continue to be challenged by this pandemic in the country we know that 195,000 961 americans have died as part of the pandemic and 6. 6 million have tested positive during the process
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis
Good morning. The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First i would like to go through a few administrative matters that weve adopted because of covid. Weve consulted with the attending physician and the department of health and human services, centers for disease control. Individuals in the hearing room are six feet apart. Theres no room for the public in person. The press is covering as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by video conference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. So, thats why my mask is off. When im not back here, im wearing my mask in the hall. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the arkt te
[indistinct chatter] thank you, everybody. Thank you. As we begin Labor Day Weekend americas unprecedented economic recovery continues. You see what is going on. It is pretty amazing. The United States economy as of this morning, 1. 4 million jobs les last month bringing the total to over 10 million jobs which is a record. In august, we added 240,000 retail jobs, 174,000 leisure and hospitality jobs, and 29,000 new manufacturing jobs. The Unemployment Rate plummeted to 8. 4 , the second largest month job ever recorded. It is surpassed only by our decline in june. Last month we saw declines in the Unemployment Rate for africanamericans, and hispanic americans, and asian americans. We are witnessing the fastest labor Market Recovery from an economic crisis in history by far. By contrast the last demonstration had the slowest, weakest, and worst recovery in american history. That was well documented as you know. This year the United States has seen the smallest Economic Contraction of any