On what the decision means for the country, and the grave danger of this moment, regardless of the courts findings. Plus, as the president threatens the fda, what we know about vaccine authorization with a member of that fdaAdvisory Panel. Then, more cabinet picks for the president elect. New concerns over his reluctance to use executive power. All in starts right now. Good evening, from new york, im chris hayes. Tonight, we saw, yet another, legal defeat for donald trump and the Republican Party. This time, in the highest court in the land, Supreme Court. Overwhelming, humiliating rebuke. We are going to talk about that, in just a minute. But, of course, that news comes, in the midst of the worst humanitarian crisis the u. S. Has faced in, arguably, 100 years. President trump and the Republican Party are staging their fullscale attack on democracy, even as they collectively allow a 9 11s worth of covid deaths, every single day. In fact, the head of the cdc warned, yesterday, the u. S.
Supercharge earnings for the company. All that and more coming up next. Here we are heading to the close. A market in mixed territory right now. The dow slightly lower. The stocks we are. Julie hyman keeping an eye on them. About the big stocks out with earnings. Expandinggins it also lets the earnings estimates and those shares have been higher. We have been watching Morgan Stanley reporting an increase in trading revenue, specifically in fixedincome trading. And its equities training revenue also better than competitors. On the flip side, we have google. We talked a little bit about it yesterday in the close. Of migration, still a lot eyeballs looking at ads, which is good for google. But it is a smaller screen. Cant fit as many ads on their. We will check in with you in just a bit. Lets move onto our big story, the strike that is shaking china to its very core. The largest sneaker manufacturer is in his fourth day of crippling protests. Potentially disrupting supply for Companies Li
Forsaken us in our hour of need. Lord, give our lawmakers a desire to seek your wisdom and to follow you where you lead. May they claim your promise that no weapon formed against us will prosper. Help them to not permit the world to squeeze them into its mold, as they seek to be transformed by your powerful presence. Thank you for our many freedoms, and empower us to use them to bless others. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 309, the child care and Development Block grant. The president pro tempore the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to calendar number 309, s. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and i
Blog. If theres a sentencing case, we look at another blog. There are legal specialty websites out there that offer instant analysis, or instant takes on the news and Supreme Court cases that we didnt use to have. Finally, i would just say, tony did, the court is very slow to embrace the digital revolution. This is after all a court that not only has tor us the ties but still gives pens to arguing counsel. You can see the briefs on the Supreme Courts website. You can get transcripts of the oral arguments. ,ou can hear the oral arguments but you have to wait until all the news value is completely drained out. [laughter] to give you a little brief it sight of how eager the court is to embrace this Cutting Edge Technology known as radio, in the olden days going back to the bush v. Gore case, the Supreme Court agreed to release the audio of the oral argument the same day. It used to be at the end of the term they all got in a box and went to the national archives. I dont mean the justices
Roll it up, stick it in a pneumatic tube, youd get it down below. Decision you would get the back half first because you thing in it the whole the tube and youd write your story and hope it wasnt the part decisions and takes all of the puzzle pieces. On the ago if you were outside keenly interest in what the Supreme Court was going to do, you would hear it on the radio. Yes, before social media, there coverage. You might read about it in the afternoon newspaper assuming still e city you live in had one. A case of national interest, you might learn about it on one of network tv ening newscasts, but your best chance would still be to read about it the next spaper morning. Are he pneumatic tubes gone. So, for that matter, most afternoon newspapers. E havent gone the way of the pneumatic tube. The way we cover the court has changed but not as much as you might think. Course, for me, the big change is not so much social television. Le when i started covering the court, there was only one ca