Keith dayton, to be u. S. Diplomat to ukraine. Several members pressed mr. Dayton on his willingness to report back to the committee of any knowledge of russian interference. If confirmed, he waited replace marie yovanovich, who was removed from her position last year. The nominees today are representative to the general assembly, the second one, to be deputy chief executive officer corporation,e Lieutenant General keith dayton be ambassador to Ukraine Special Political Affairs at the u. N. And alternative representative to the general assembly. Our nominees they have distinguished individuals. Senatorcotton and romney will be introducing mr. Wong, and we are glad to represent have former ed rice with us today. Suspend my Opening Statement and ask the Ranking Member to do the same until after introductions are made by our distinguished guests. With that, mr. Romney, member of this committee, we will start with your interaction of mr. Alex ron, so senator romney . And legal policy direc
Have and aircraft. Some say that federal officers arent welcome in oakland. You are not invited here. We do not want you to come here, and well do what we can within the law to prevent you from coming here. Reporter cobb said the council is set to pass a resolution on tuesday that tells city officials to take any and all lawful steps. Thats a legal strategy. You dont telegraph that in advance, right. Reporter in mayor libby schaaf is making a distinction between Peaceful Protesters and others out to break the law. In a statement from over the weekend, schaaf said we celebrate passionate protests, but oaklanders need to know that when they attend protests after dark, they may be providing cover for agitator that are more entered in stoking unrest than advancing civil justice. Another night of violence on the streets of portland. Protesters gathered for the 60th night in a row, and just as weve seen for much of the past two months, the demonstrations there took violent turn, with protest
For you. Mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. One second. Oh no, its okay. Give me just one second to back up to that. Those are very concerning numbers. We see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but wed still see as many as four times of deaths here in San Francisco. But if we continue on this same scale, we could see deaths up to 800, and number of hospitalizations, 1,000 to over 3,000. That could clearly overwhelm our Hospital Systems. I know weve seen footage of people gathering in dolores park this weekend, and the possible impact that could have. Could you just speak to what kind of effect that behavior could have, not just on our people, but our ability to serve the health care needs. Yes [inaudible] i thi. Dr. Colfax i think its really important that we stay vigilant and do what we know works to stop the spread of the virus. That includes not going to large gatherings, and on beautifu
Childrens hospital cat after the ports explosion in that. And stranded with nowhere to go al the coronavirus and then make you stop the hundreds of nicaraguans from returning home. Welcome to the program out top story tens of thousands of people have rallied in the battle russian capital minsk for 6 nights of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections despite a ruthless crackdown in which heavily armed police were deployed against Peaceful Protesters and thousands were arrested president Alexander Lukashenko has refused to open dialogue with the opposition to this atlanta taken off sky she is calling for more protests this weekend set boston has more from minsk. Was. Was slowly but surely thats islam in scottie king over the citys main streets after days of Police Violence as demonstrators were beaten detained and chased away protesters came out in large numbers friday they were joined by workers from a state owned tractor factory throughout the country thousands of work
It sums up everything that you need to know in the markets. Equities are down, which means you are getting a flock into full faith and credit. You are getting massive dollar weakness for three straight days. The weakest we have seen on the dollar since 2018. The story of the week, all about gold. Investors watching back in as a hedge against low rates. Big concern about the trajectory of this economy. As i mentioned, some of that trajectory is coming from the fed. They are extending most of their emergency Lending Program until the end of the year in an effort to support the economy amid the pandemic. The fomc kicks off their twoday meeting in washington with a Rate Decision due tomorrow. We are joined by Kevin Nicholson riverfront investment group, Global Fixed Income ceo. I love days like this where i can get a fixed income guy talk about equities. You are talking about the tactical favoring of equities. How much is relative value, where a dividend yield is worth it to basis points o