Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Anchor alibaba investors headed to hong kong. Under threat for the covid19 resurgence, the Unemployment Rate will jump in the next two months, and the republicans launch their National Convention on monday, with a new poll that suggests their supporters like the economy and the government handling of the coronavirus. Lets get a quick check of how the markets are trading, up 2 10 of 1 , this, of course, after we had another rally on friday session, the nasdaq gaining 4 10 of 1 . Data,e plaza positive and a record in july helped by chief borrowing costs. Homebuilders lead that round in the s p 500, which was up for a fourth straight week. We have seen really records for the s p in the last week, and the sector that gained the most ground was tech. In the moment, Holding Steady after gains on friday, but we trend, down around 10 since the march i. Taking a look at what oil is doing, reversing some of the losses we saw on friday, above 42 a barrel at the moment. We saw it pare back the wee
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In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Quite often, and many of our most famous decisions, there once the court took that were quite unpopular. You lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it beans to live in a society of 310 different people who have helped stick together, because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases, our series that explores the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout our history. This week, the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and two Company Versus soy or. To get us started, we will start with a piece of vintage film from a documentary. It features president terri truman on april 8th 1952 as he announces to the nation his seizure of the nations Steel Industry. With american troops facing the enemy