People . Have remote 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The hearing will come to order. I believe we have some of our colleagues who will be remote. I dont really have an opening statement. We will hear from judge wilson and a bit. We will let our colleagues from mississippi to the introduction. I will defer to senator feinstein if she was to seining first. Senator feinstein thank you very much. Today we will hear from cory wilson, nominated to a mississippi seat on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals. As i stated during the nomination hearing for the District Court in january, i am interested in judge wilsons views on a number of issues including health care, Voting Rights, womens reproductive rights, gun safety and the rights of lgbt americans. His record of opposition to the Affordable Care act is troubling, particularly because we are concerned with covid19. I hope people straighten us out on that. It has been reported judge wilson has a commitment to undermining the Affordable Care act. He has called
The challenges we face. Lord, we can meet these challenges with your power that transcends human understanding. When you whisper, dangers flee into the darkness. The sound of your footsteps causes tribulations to hide. Almighty god, permit our lawmakers to be aware of your providential guidance. May they depend on you to lead them according to your will. Give them the wisdom to trust you when they cant see the road before them, believing that you will be their light in the darkness. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley permission to address the senate for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley ame
Assistant democratic leader. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin i learned the et quit of the etiquette of the mask. Mr. President , i listened carefully to the remarks of the republican majority leader. He spoke about the reconvening of the senate this day and he talked about the work we achieved a few weeks ago passing the cares act. 2. 2 trillion in rescue funds for america 960, and by a voice vote we passed 48 million more. Almost 2. 7 trillion. That is an amount far in excess of the annual federal budget of the United States of america for domestic discretionary spending, and we did it in a matter of days and weeks. We knew that we were facing, as the president characterized it, a national emergency, and we still do. The senate is here today because the majority leader has brought us back to washington against medical advice. We know what the standard is in the District Of Columbia for the people
San francisco and san joke holding on to some upper 60s more on your forecast ahead robin alright, checking back in on the bay bridge toll plaza we have another wave of heavy traffic into San Francisco. This is what i was talking about like 20 minutes ago it was standing out and looking good which makes you think oh the commute so bourbon. Not so fast. We have traffic in ways and this is that second wave of heavy traffic coming in so still crawling backed up the on west grand and the drive time is back up to 60 minutes which is not terrible but its slow. Both intimate and 5. 80 are busy but id avoid the amendments because were at 40 minutes to downtown oakland youll save a little bit of time by taking 5. 80 instead its only a 35 minutes and then 2. 80 averaging 23 minutes from san jose to Cupertino James darya thank you very much rob and 9 oh one and the top story, the coronavirus it is spreading around the bay and around the country. Yeah and this morning we have Team Coverage of the
Happy monday welcome to fbn am im Lauren Simonetti here we go. Not cooking a turkey but many will be this week. Even if teases meatless good morning everybody im Cheryl Casone we like to welcome you to the show. It is a holiday shortened week happy early thanks give everybody your money is moving up arrows across the board dow gain hg 74 and s p up 7 nasdaq up 30 this morning theres optimism on a u. S. China trade deal. On heals it that have prodemocracy vote count in hong kong and ongoing trade you see between u. S. And china take look at all of the green arrows in asian markets. Japan the shanghai all raising substantially higher. And in europe stocks at this hour also trading to the upside will a 2 gain by the one hundred in england. Top story as if 2020 Playing Field couldnt get bigger former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is officially throwing his hat into the ring and not everybody is happy about it. Foxs lauren is in washington with more. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve