Over his treatment escalates. Edelweiss, edelweiss. Tributes to the actor Christopher Plummer star of The Sound Of Music who has died at the age of 91. No, they cant, because the vice chair s here. I take charge. And the perils of parish politics. Read them and understand them meet Jackie Weaver the woman who went viral after their rather heated zoom meeting in cheshire. And coming up in sport on bbc news a fairy tale in chennai. Joe root scores a century in his 100th test appearance, as england take control in india. Good evening. Almost half the uk population 32 Million People should receive their first dose of Coronavirus Vaccine by may. The government says it expects all adults over the age of 50 as well as the clinically vulnerable and those working in health and social care to be offered their first jab by then. Almost 11 Million People have now had their first injection. The uks medicines regulator says the latest Research Shows side effects from all the approved vaccines are mi
They are finished speaking, consistent with the regulations accompanying a tourist night 65, the staff will only meet members and witnesses as appropriate, when not recognized in order to avoid background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules, relating to order in the courtroom, apply in this hearing. This hearing is entitled Insider Trading, stock option grants, and examination of corporate integrity in the covid19 pandemic. We know that we have votes on the floor, we will not have any delays of this hearing in order to allow members to vote. If members should go vote, and return, and while we all have part of the alphabet to vote in, im sure there can be some accommodation made so that when they return you can ask questions, and vote with the others not appearing on other alphabetical characterizations. And when im voting, i believe mr. Meeks, has agreed to serve as chair until my return. I will now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Our Capital Ma
California congressman brad sherman chaired the hearing. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The full committee not on the subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times. Members are reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after theyre finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying the resolution, the staff will mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized in order to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this hearing. This hearing is entitled Insider Trading and stock option grants, an examination of correspondent integrity in the covid19 pandemic. We know that we have votes on the floor. We will not have any further delays of this hearing in order to allow members t
Markets slump as warnings from the fed on the need for more stimulus ignites fresh jitters. Powell and mnuchin take the stage again today. Partial measures. France cracks down on gatherings and bars but will not impose a full lockdown to stem a surge in virus cases. Do it like the germans. Richie soon act will set out a new crisis plan to protect jobs today. One proposal is for a wage top up scheme for workers who return parttime. Otherwise known here as we are under no an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Big drops anticipated for european stocks. You can see ftse futures down 9 10 of 1 . Dax futures down 1 . Down even futures more. U. S. Futures dont look as bad. Remember, u. S. Stocks took a big hit yesterday. Europe escaped losses. Europe has catch up play on the way down. Set, at least in the s p and dow, to stabilize. Anna absolutely. Thats a crucial transatlantic difference in time. We ended in very different places yesterday. Lets have a look at the gmm. You c
Wells fargo a bad day as they put up a disappointing quarter. The first loss since 2008 and they cut their dividend from . 10 from . 21. A choppy day in a choppy time. David we are also getting mixed messages about the coronavirus. Yesterday it seemed like the news coming out of california may have triggered some of that happening. Why would that hit the faang . I thought if we had more coronavirus we like the faang better because we have to use it more from home . Abigail i think the two are a bit separate. The news out of california did take stocks lower, but the faang started to turn lower earlier. Au have these stocks up in huge way because of the stayathome element. Also these Companies Put up great quarters in april. We are into the earnings season now. We will be curious to see how they have fared over last three months. There is Something Interesting also ahead later this month. , jeffe the ceos of amazon bezos, Mark Zuckerberg of testifiedand alphabet before Congress Later thi