Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 51, the nays are 42. The nomination is confirmed. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the walker nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 717. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination,
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to squawk box on cnbc. Im becky quick with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin well start with the markets after the dow fell for the first time in four sessions. Airlines, cruz and retailers all fell during yesterday sessions those have been the volatile stocks if you look at u. S. Equity futures this morning, youll see green arrows the dow indicated up by 28 points nasdaq up by 24 and s p up 4. 5 yesterday, the dow was down 170. During the course of the morning, we were watching the futures and up as much as 250 in the morning. Weve been keeping an eye what is happening with the treadsry markets. Right now, it looks like that 10year yield is just at 0. 71 andrew good morning. Thank you. United states pulling out of talks with europe to tax tech giants Steven Mnuchin saying international talks have hit an impasse and there wasnt even room for an interim deal it threatened retaliation if they move ahead with plans of their home a number of European Compan
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Lity now. Today the subcommittee will be having virtually. Does not have any of us would like to perform her duties but we essentially this is an necessity of the current moment. Our question and slowing the spread of covid19. Reminders to the members but the conduct of the sintering. Keep their video feeding on as long as they are present at the hearing. Memos are responsible for minting an un meeting their own microphones pretty please keep your microphones muted. Especially love your family dogs, finally, members of documents on which to submit to the record. Address are circulating prior to the steering. Welcome to the First Virtual hearing on investigation of oversight. Today critical issue. Repurposed income existing therapeutic drugs of the covid19 treatment. As well as the scientific basis of the evaluation of such drugs. Appreciate our witnesses being here. These are very important issues and we look forward to addressing these. One of humanitys most promising Public Health re
Also tonight, weve warned you about a domestic spying operation under biden. Wait until what you hear some experts are pushing through a new New York Times article. We unpack it. But first, chinas useful idiots, thats the focus of tonights angle. The u. S. Medical cartel lets the truth slip out. They get comfortable when theyre gabbing with their friends like when dr. Fauci appeared in his millionth on Camera Interview with david ignatius. When do you think life will get back to normal . Is it september, november . You cannot give a definite answer when you have so many moving parts. Because when you give a definitive time and it doesnt work out, they say, ah, the scientists were wrong, they gave us wrong information. It depends on so many factors. Laura i warned you about this. Fauci is always shifting the goal post. Listen to what he says, no definitive answer. Were supposed to spend 1. 9 trillion . To do what, exactly . Dr. Fauci says none of it matters, so many moving parts. Fauci