For a u. S. District court judge in ohio. It is also the first opportunity for members to speak on the floor sense election day. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2 and the house on cspan. Amtrak president and ceo William Flynn was on capitol hill to testify on how the coronavirus affects the Passenger Rail system and what amtrak is doing in response. The Senate Commerce of science and Transportation Committee also heard from representatives of the freight Rail Industry and about the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. This hearing is just over two and half hours. Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network
Coronavirus Advisory Board and called on all americans to wear masks. From wilmington, delaware, this is about 15 minutes. So that we can reopen our businesses safely and lives,ably, resume our put this pandemic behind us. We just received positive news in this fight with an announcement that there has been progress made toward a successful vaccine. Soon, the expectation is the fda rigorousa process of reviews. In process must be grounded science and transparent so the American People can have every confidence any approved vaccine is safe and effective. At the same time, it is clear that this vaccine, even if approved, will not be widely available for many months to come. The challenge before us right now is still in mens and growing. Although we are not in office, i am laying out what we expect to do and hope can be done, some of it, between now and the time we are sworn in. The purpose of this is to let you know what we are going to do once sworn in. There is a need for bold action t
Mr. Chairman, are you ready to begin . Please begin your five second countdown. Chair pappas five, four, three, two, one. Good afternoon. I call this hearing to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. We have a number of members participating remotely today. And before we proceed, i would like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if youre experiencing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participating remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing, unless they experience connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member fully unable to participate on camera. It is committee and subcommittee policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning on your microphone on and off during an inperso
But cannot markets after the holiday weekend, feature showing it lower to flat opening for the market. Premarket s p flood down more than eight. European markets remain closer to asia overnight. Gains in the shanghai, the hang seng was closed. But then again, the crib to a currency bounces back whether it can retain its shine. Well talk about it. Controversy over it congresswoman seed in the air. United apologizing after booting a firstclass passenger for Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson lee. Airline response to the growing outrage over that move. The retail rebound weve seen christmas shoppers give pretty married this Holiday Season. All the numbers became pretty darn good. Their rush to a trillion, while baron says apple could hit the number in 2018. Jumanji sings into the Christmas Box office. We will see whether its enough to force the last jedi off the top spot. All of that coming up through the former Lieutenant Governor of new york. Betsy mccaughey is here, former fbi joint Terror
Barrel. 60. 12 a barrel. Lauren in europe this is how stocks are trading this friday morning. Mixed bag. Cac down 4 in paris. Markets were close nod south korea, nikkei lower by just fractionally. Lauren too little too late the socalled fix apple is calling for your iphone. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren it is 5 01 a. M. In new york on friday, december 29th, good morning, im lauren simonetti. Lea good morning, lauren, im Lea Gabrielle in for Cheryl Casone this morning. Last show of the year. It is, indeed. Lauren lets begin with strong words from the oval office, President Trump is criticizing north korea and china after the country reportedly and here is the image spotted illegally selling oil to north korea obviously in defiance of un sanctions against the north, trump spoke to New York Times, he says his position on trade with china has been soft and hopes the country would help end north koreans Nuclear Program but now trump says, quote, oil going into north korea, that wasnt my d