A new era in commercial space travel. And the refugees and migrants bringing a new and personal touch to exhibitions of artifacts in u. S. Museum. People around the world are facing heavy new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year a global tally from Johns Hopkins University Shows the number of cases hitting 18000010600000 have recovered and about 690000 people have died on kong believes its dealing with a 3rd wave of Health Workers from Mainland China have been sent in there to help however as difficult pollen reports their arrival is also provoking concern and suspicion. Hundreds of beds ready for patients a hole next to the International Airport once used for exhibitions and conventions now converted to a hospital hong kong is facing its 3rd and worst wave of corona virus with daily new infections in the triple digits the government says hospitals are reac
The nomination of the white house budget director. A vote on that is exacted at 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. This week Senate Lawmakers are expected to continue work on the Defense Authorization for 2021. This is live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, as our lips are open in prayer, so may our hearts be open to receive your holy spirit. Help us to bow to your will and live lives devoted to your providential leading. Lord, we thank you for your providence that brought us the gift of representative john lewis. Were grateful he was a drum major for justice, truth, and righteousness. May his exemplary life and legacy remind us of the Transformative Impact one dedicated person can make on our nation and world. Today, please our senators in their work. Let faith, hope, and love abound in their lives. May they seek to heal the hurt in our world
Left. Biden taking out a chapter of the president s playbook in buy american plan and take a look at futures pointing to lower opening, down 120 on the tow and s p 500 right now down 11 points. Nasdaq closed at record high yesterday. Dow and s p 500 were in the red as coronavirus spikes raise more concerns about economic recovery. The Supreme Court delivering a mixed ruling for the president saying Manhattan Das Office can get tax returns but denying Congress Access for now, plus this could be the worst tick season ever, many symptoms mimicking coronavirus, what you need to know to stay healthy coming up next hour. Mornings with maria is live right now. Purposan markets look like this. We have gains in europe. Cac quarante up 15 and dax up 47 points. Pretty good positive tone in europe. The two of the uks biggest retailer booth and john lewis cutting more than 5,000 jobs. In asia overnight red across the board. China shanghai composite snapping winning streak after rising nearly 17 in
Mr. Portman mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. The presiding officer mr. President , im here on mr. Portman im here to talk about the steps congress should take with respect to the coronavirus pandemic. Im start with the legislation that majority leader senator Mitch Mcconnell introduced yesterday, one of the aspects of it that hasnt gotten much attention and i think is very positive and an effective way to get the economy moving in a safe way is some tax legislation. These are tax credits and Tax Deductions that help to encourage the hiring of new workers but also to do so in a safe way. These are the kinds of things that make a lot of sense and have a lot of bipartisan support and appeal. So i think it should be part of whatever final package we end up with. The goal of these tax incentives is to say that we want people to reenter the workforce but do it in a safe and sustainable way. For example, in the mcconnell proposal is legislation i introduced called
Benefit pension, and now they are seeing the possibility that that could result in up to a 90 cut in their benefits. Over the past several years weve been working on this, ive been involved with it. Ive been working on the finance committee which is the committee here in the senate that has responsibility for this issue. In 2018, going back two years ago now, iowas participating in hearings as a member of the joint committee on solvency of multiemployer Pension Plans. It was a oneyear committee. House and senate, republican and democrat. Woe were we were supposed to get to a solution for this problem before it gets worse. We spent countless hours trying to do that. I spent countless hours in meetings, with beneficiaries, retirees, spouses. Ohio is one of the states thats hardest hit. I have heard their stories about how years of mismanaged Pension Plans have put them on the hook for unthinkable cuts into pensions that they just assumed were going to be there. Let me spell out how preca