Thank you, chairwoman brown. I now recognize mr. Gardner, you may proceed. Mr. Gardner thank you, chairman lipinsk lipinski, the Ranking Member, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today Service Transportation boards key role in enabling amtrak to effectively serve the nation. Strongly support the s. T. B. Needs ieve the board updated authority for Passenger Rail so we can achieve the ontime evels and erformance your constituents deserve. Ongress took amtrak on for the job. Common carrier obligations for assengers and the associated operating losses for passenger service, the freights agreed to whereverrak to operate and whenever it wanted over their lives. Trains with trak dispatching preference over freight and to empower what is the s. T. B. To ensure amtraks access to the rail network. 50 years since the Freight Railroads agreed eagerly to this bargain and yet many of our host railroads fall short in ulfilling some of these key obligation obligations. Mr. Gardner, if youll
Today about a labor picture. And the shift from a pandemic and furloughed over to a real question about job layoffs. Francine yeah. I think this is the time. In the u. K. , we had the many budget yesterday that gives a little more support to workers. If you look at most of the furlough schemes in the u. K. And what is happening in the u. S. , you can assume some of the money would run out by the end of the summer. This is the exact time to look at the permanent shift to the labor economy and what did come in two to three years. Tom we have a terrific our for you. We will talk to our guest about mr. Buffett, mergers, and acquisitions. We acquired the first word news in new york city. Ritika joe biden will call for a moderate approach toward reviving the u. S. Economy today. In his speech in pennsylvania, the democratic nominee will stay away from more ambitious proposals pushed by progressives. He plans covers several areas including a push to buy american and incentivize american jobs.
Weigh s wider restrictions on huawei road map begins with apples coronavirus warning cautioning it does not expect to meet quarterly revenue forecasts. Shares are sinking and dragging the dow down with it plus big tech needs more regulation. Why Mark Zuckerberg is calling for more scrutiny of facebook. And walmart earnings look to fall short as the whole day season takes a hit well hear exclusively from Doug Mcmillon in a few moments. Apple warns it will not meet prior revenue projection due to the coronavirus outbreak the virus limited iphone production and resulted in weaker demand in china jim was talking about getting hit on the supply and the demand side although that original range was above estimates. So how much are we really losing i think that people dont want to hear this. Everyone that i spoke to the chatter is come on, jim, its really bad i disagree in terms of the rest of the world its gotten better part of what i hear, the work i do dont forget, a lot of Service Revenue
Dagen joining the conversation dierdre bolton, former economic adviser to president obama, robert wolf is here. And president ial candidate steve forbes. Great to be here. Maria optimism pushing futures higher, markets up 152 point, s p up 14 and nasdaq up 44, unchartered territory as china and the United States agree to roll back tariffs as part of phase 1 trade deal, two sides to eyeing the december signing with various venues being discussed including london, perhaps President Trump and xx jinping could meet there after next months nato summit. Interesting development, the fato summit, apec summit we expected the signage which was november 17th. We also have British Election at the time, who is going to be the Prime Minister presiding at this wonderful signing, but this gets to something that weve known for a year and a half, maria, that is get the trade worries out of the way, get the trade scrimmages knocked down, you will see the market react and you will see the economy react in
A second and third tier are hoping to break through but still in single digits. Bidens lead is shrinking mostly because of harris and warren. Who are also ahead of sanders for distinct reasons. After months of rolling out detailed policy plans after months of rolling out detailed policy plans a majority of democrats feel warren will fight a great deal for them and after a standout debate last month, harris is seen as one of the strongest in the field and one of the main reasons people are considering voting for her. Odonnell and ed, what did we find out about the issues . That democrats care most about. Reporter healthcare, healthcare, healthcare, and voters are less concerned with how theyre covered and more concerned about the cost. Thats notable because these days candidates seem to be focused more on how americans get the coverage, not the out of pocket costs. Well see how it changes in weeks. Odonnell ed okeefe, thank you. Were going to stay on the topic of healthcare because a ne