Those who needed it most. So today we are not any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unanimous consent to get Something Real done that should have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle. Who can be against transparency . Who can be against accountability . An to know where close i to 700 billion of the taxpayers money is going . Is it going to the right places . Unfortunately today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed to secure ppp loans, and most of those are not very small, including some Companies Whose owners are large contributors to President Trump. Truly, Small Businesses, however, hundreds of thousands of momandpop shops with less than 20 employees, the proverbial restaurant owner, or the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker have been mostly shut out because they didnt have a standing relationship with a big bank. Thereve been great despairs when it comes to minorityowned businesses. Ac
White house goes on joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he be still trying to join us for continuing coverage of the u. S. Election 2020 on aljazeera. To be ok and you mean. The coronavirus time to make in Different Countries around the welsh there are certain similarities that weve gotten used to seeing the medical professionals have the equipment they need when i see house cases tonight how resilient is it how people handling look damn lucky jaimie going to look at those 200 years in the context of a russian so if you have experiences or stories or questions that want to ask and im not sure you can do that im jumping in the. Let me introduce you to our guests most of all we ought to. Welcome to the screen please tell our audience who you are. Thanks for having me. Russian journalist based in moscow working for the most part im. On the ground journalist. At the oldest independent newspaper in english language newspaper in moscow. Good to have you
At 10. 01 per barrel. It did manage to scratch back about 126 of yesterdays 300 plus loss but energy has swamped the stock market over the past 48 hours, completely wiping out fridays 700 plus point gain for the Dow Jones Industrials. Right now we are looking at the dow swooning at the moment, down 562 points. Thats good for a 2. 33 loss. All three major indices are facing a second straight day in the red. Could a lifeboat arrive within just an hour or two . Word is congress is coming together as we speak to replenish the Small Business rescue plan with a fresh 310 billion round of loans. As some big banks, though, play favorites with the First Tranche of money, nontraditional lenders are fast gaining more respect. Weve got the chairman and ceo of one of them. He has already delivered 2 billion to Small Companies and is ready, willing and able to do it once again. Got to hear how hes doing it. And hollywood is on hold as the sopranos prequell sleeps with the fishes. Steph patt ernot is
Pro forma session, we do expect Mitch Mcconnell to ask unanimous consent to pass the latest Coronavirus Relief measure. Reports are that ideal has been reached on nearly 500 billion for Small Businesses, hospitals and further covid19 testing. The House Majority leader says members are ready to return to the capital quickly to pass the measure. Likely by the end of the week. Take you cliff and after the senate floor on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, april 21, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable daniel sullivan, a senator from the state of alaska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent to be recognized notwithstanding the order for a pro forma s
Justice for all. Thank you. We have had the fortune of having Many Political journalists, both print and broadcast, speak here over the years. The one we have with us tonight has covered six u. S. President s beginning with president reagan. Speaking of president reagan, we were first introduced to canada back in 2002 when he and a handful of other experts came out to the Reagan Library to share stories about president reagan and our air force one tail number 27000. Stories we then used to make our visitors experience and our air force one pavilion that much more rich. Since then hes come to other times to discuss and find copies of his book, prisoners of the white house in 2013, and ultimate insiders white house photographers and how they shape history in 2017. Since he has been covering the white house since 1986 i am sure he is no lack of material for many more books, especially since today he continues to provide insight into the white house of donald trump in the world of presiden