The cabinet position since february of last year. He had been scheduled to appear in march but, of course, the china virus pandemic interrupted that. Chair jerry nadler further delayed the hearing today. He got into a car accident on his way to capitol hill. Once that hearing did get underway, the radical dems proved themselves to be nothing more than idealogues, scared to death of attorney general barr. So much so they wouldnt let him talk. They wouldnt give him even a moment to respond to any of their questions. And as it turned out, from one radical dem congressman to the next, they had nothing to say except spew more leftwing propaganda. The attorney general subjected himself to their insults, their rude behavior, and they seemed to be pretending to be his equals intellectually. It was clear to all that they were not. The attorney general stated there was absolutely no basis for the states prosecution of general Michael Flynn. I think what the counsel concluded was that the only pu
The cabinet position since february of last year. He had been scheduled to appear in march but, of course, the china virus pandemic interrupted that. Chair jerry nadler further delayed the hearing today. He got into a car accident on his way to capitol hill. Once that hearing did get underway, the radical dems proved themselves to be nothing more than idealogues, scared to death of attorney general barr. So much so they wouldnt let him talk. They wouldnt give him even a moment to respond to any of their questions. And as it turned out, from one radical dem congressman to the next, they had nothing to say except spew more leftwing propaganda. The attorney general subjected himself to their insults, their rude behavior, and they seemed to be pretending to be his equals intellectually. It was clear to all that they were not. The attorney general stated there was absolutely no basis for the states prosecution of general Michael Flynn. I think what the counsel concluded was that the only pu
Restrictions and stay at home orders but air travel has been steadily climbing over the last month and a half despite searches in cases of the virus in fact here in the United States over the 4th of july weekend more than 2 and a half 1000000 people travel by air but heres that issue according to figures provided by the Transportation Security Administration more than 1000 t. S. A. Employees have tested positive for covert 19 this accounts for roughly 2 percent of the t. S. A. Workforce now the agency says most of them are security workers who work in screen to screen passengers at airports across the country Heidrick Thomas the president of the union that represents these officers said of the situation right now were bringing people back to work and the social distance is not in total effect employees are still complaining theres too many of them in one area meanwhile the u. S. Hit a nother record for daily new cases with more than 60000 cases reported thursday and. With all this in m
Come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today, a select subcommittee is pleased to welcome our distinguished panel, dr. Ben bernanke and dr. Janet yellen. Dr. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve by president george w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserves response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chair, dr. Bernanke served as the chair of president bushs council of economic advisers. Dr. Yellen served as vice chair of the Federal Reserve until 2010 to 2014, before being appointed chair in 2014 by president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. This is the first time that either dr. Bernanke or dr. Yellen has testified before Congress Since stepping down from the Federal Reserve these extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from expert
Jes staley says lets get back to the office. Morei think the banks are of a pressing concern, absolute critical. If you think about the advantage that sector needs to make, the changes in diversity, in terms of gender and race, Corporate Culture really important in a bank as well when dealing with risk. All of these things, i can understand why he wants to bring people back into the office. I suspect it is going to be a little more flexible bringing everybody back to the 9to5. Tom Credit Suisse flexible as well. Francine lacqua in zurich. We will get her in the hour. With our first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta. Ritika negotiations resumed saturday on a compromise Coronavirus Relief plan. Areblicans and democrats nowhere close to an agreement, under pressure because of people losing Unemployment Insurance this week. A stopgap measure would extend those benefits. Federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell calls it the most severe economic downturn in our lifetime. Powell