We will be standing by for that. Looking at the markets, stocks rising to the highest level since february. This as a number of stocks including amazon and zoom continuing to rise because of extended shelterinplace and work from home orders. More earnings out this week, watching microsoft, intel, tesla as new cases are being set in states across the country including the first death of a child being reported in minnesota. This as the president , governors, teachers unions and parents battle it out across the country over whether or not schools should reopen. You have got u. S. Lawmakers starting to put together another Coronavirus Relief package this week. That is what our next guest is here to talk to us about, the cofounder of aol and the chair of revolution, with a new oped in the washington post. He talks about what congress should be focusing on. Start with your headline. You say the prepandemic economy is not coming back, not coming back ever. What about the new economy will be d
Pointing upward the wall street journal is calling the last four months a melt up and thats what it looks like. Dow up by 83 points. S p 500 looking to open 12 points higher. Treasury yields as well. Were at. 572. Theres a mix of what theyre thinking and what the equity markets think, right melissa okay we have a we will work on the audio and hopefully get that a busy week ahead. A twoday fed meeting with a policy announcement. No major change is expected. That will tell you that but investors will watch for clues about what the central bank might do next and then on the corporate front earnings season kicks into overdrive 167 of the s p 500 companies will report. Well hear from 12 dow components and among the names likely to get a lot of attention, apple, amazon, boeing, mcdonalds, 3m, exxon and many others. This is if you like earnings, if youre excited by earnings this is going to be a big week. So far this season we heard from 128 of the s p 500 companies so well more than double t
The coronavirus has changed so many norms and patterns of gathering as family, community, and here in congress. Send out your spirit that those who find themselves at odds with their colleagues might continue the Productive Work that must be done and which does not draw contentious attention, and addresses well the issues which are pressing upon our nation. Lord, have mercy. Continue to bless the men and women who attend to those who are sick, the number continuing to grow throughout our country. Keep our Health Care Professionals safe and inspire those who labor to find treatments and cures for this dangerous virus. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for whi
A virtual discussion. Florida senator marco rubio on americas response to the coronavirus. The cold war ends, and obviously these countries are no longer developed and so forth. Imagine, beginning in about the mid to late 1980s, china decides and will want to come out and build its own capacity. China has used the last hundred and 50 years and that is a rightful role in the world to be a great power. The u. S. Makes a similar deal, and that is that we are going to help you work your way out of poverty and build your industrial capability because we think once you do, we set this to ourselves, once we do, this once they get rich and powerful, they are going to be described for global rules, trade and power. They will probably not be communists anymore, they will walk away for that and they will become like us. As it turned out, with the chinese have figured out is they have certainly availed themselves of the benefits of these policies through a combination of protectionism and anti cap
The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr