The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 89, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All 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 and consider calendar number 533. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. 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, the judiciary, patrick j. Bumatay of california to be United S
From the Hudson Institute, this is an hour and a half. Good day, welcome to the Hudson Institute, and thanks for showing up for this panel on Multilateral Institutions, indispensable or irrelevant to global peace and prosperity. I will be the moderator, im a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute who put together this panel, which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. Its talked about a lot, but there arent that many panels about the topic around town. So i look forward to this discussion. So as i mentioned for the past couple of years, theres been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of these institutions and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises then, does that make the institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions and
I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And partly take over responsibility for them . Another key issue is the one on fragile states. They seem to be continuously bogged down in poverty, lack of education, etc. Although we have spent decades on development aid, peacekeeping, et
From the Hudson Institute, this is an hour and a half. Good day and welcome to the Hudson Institute and thank you for showing up for this panel on Multilateral Institutions. Indispensable or irrelevant to global peace and prosperity. I will be the moderator. Am Liselotte Odgaard i put together this panel which i think is on a key issue in d. C. And globally indeed. It is talked about a lot although there are not that many panels about the topic around town. I look forward to this discussion. I mentioned to come up for the past couple of years, there has been a lot of debate about Multilateral Institutions and on chinas influence and how that is quickly growing and leading to changes in the fundamental rules of the since to two nations and also giving rise to alternatives to the old ones. And one question that arises the is does that make institutions that we already have counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order when authoritarian states rise within the institutions . And p
Raised substantially. Anna hong kong protests smashed the hang seng. Trade is prepared for volatile results. Capital is set to make a bid as the burger king owner looks to diversify. Welcome to the program, 20 minute 20 nine minutes into the start of the trading day. On teachers we are expecting to follow asia to the downside. On futures we are expecting to follow asia to the downside. The Asian Session has dominated more than the u. S. Session last night on what President Trump had to say on the gloomy side around trade and the possibility of higher tariffs. The psyche inated asia. The protest activity in hong kong, we see futures in the u. S. Going weaker. We have selling more broadly even in hong kong, but that is down by 32 . Further disruption in hong kong. Is this something we can move on from at some point . This is the impact from hong kong, and also what President Trump had to say. He said there could be a deal but also about the possibility of tariffs going higher. New zealan