Following his arrival, president truman reviews the second armor division. Accompanied by the secretary of state burns, he rides on the autobahn to berlin where men, tanks and vehicles are lined up for the president ial inspection. On july 18, the president and mr. Burns are guests of mayor of premier stalin and russian commissar molotov at soviet headquarters. Stalin acknowledges a request for photographs and the group proceeds to the garden of the villa. The formal sessions of the Conference Get underway with president truman chosen to preside over the meetings. Premier stalin exchanges handshakes with Prime Minister churchill and British Foreign secretary anthony eaton. Churchill and eaton are to be replaced as britains chief spokesman at the conference. Atlee becomes britains Prime Minister by virtue of his partys victory. Ernest bevins succeeds anthony eden. After daily sessions for eight days, the conference recessed until the Election Results became known. Between sessions, pres
Sharp selloff by friday. Look at the week that was with dow industrials down 4,000 points on the session. Thats 17 on the week. The nasdaq was down 995 points, 12 and a half percent lower and s p down 406 points, 15 lower on the week. President trump deploying the National Guard to new york, california and Washington State to fight what he calls the invisible enemy as more people are told they must stay home in the heavilyhit states. More companies stepping in the fight the war against coronavirus, meanwhile, they are working with the white house to manufacture mustneeded supplies and medical equipment. Plus more businesses forced to shut down as tighter rules go into place. St. Louis Federal Reserve president warning that Unemployment Rate could soar to 30 . Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check Global Markets with ftse 100 in london 236 points, european indices red across the board. Cac quarante down 150 points and dax index down 243 down. In germany Angela Merkel i
Grieves for the court and they will take a vote at 1 45 eastern. Now, live coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of might and mercy, thank you for providing our lawmakers with opportunities for courageous and noble service. Inspire them to labor for your glory in all they say and do. Illuminate their minds with the light of your divine precepts. Equip our senators for their tasks that they may be physically fit, mentally alert, morally straight, and spiritually strong. Create in them the life of purity, honesty, and altruism that contributes solutions to the problems they face. May they work with perseverance and magnanimity for the new and better day toward which your divine intentions guide them. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
Killed in the helicopter crash. Baseball agent scott boras says he will create that internship for altobellis daughter. Longtime ceo bob iger is stepping down as disney chairman, capping an extraordinary run navigating disney through some of its most transformative years. Here is ska inkayna whitworth. Reporter passing the torch at walt disney company. Bob iger stepping down as ceo effective immediately. Iger saying its an optimal time to transition after 15 years leading the company to focus on creative endeavors at disney. I needed to spend more time on the creative side of our businesses because theres really nothing more important, particularly with the new strategy we have in place. In order for me to do that, i had to pass the reins on to someone else, this gentleman as it turns out. Reporter as disneys sixth ceo, iger oversaw tremendous growth, acquiring pixar, marvel, and its avengers franchise, including revolutionary blockbuster black panther. Iger says attending its premiere
And inception in 2004. And prior to joining, she worked in two networks that were here in western massachusetts both in holyoke and in north hampton. So it is a special honor to be able to welcome her back to western massachusetts. [cheers and applause] so i know that we are all excited to hear from her and this New York Times bestselling book, option three, ukraine. So those are your three options. [applause] so you want would you prefer showing hands or shouting . Shouting, okay. Number one, walruses. [cheers and applause] number two, alaska. [applause] number three, ukraine. [cheers and applause] [laughter] i think some people voted for both walruses and ukraine. Im going to demand a recanvas. All right. Ill read the bit on walruses in particular. Just the thing that weirded me out about the publication of the book when the book came out last month, earlier this month, is that right at around the time i got to my pub date, a couple of Different Things happened in the news. One is th