The dow down as much as 123. The s p is up and the treasury at this point, it looks like the yield has been something people are watching again you dont want to see these move up too quickly it has shown some strength wti, yesterday was down 24 . That was the third worst day ever for oil prices. 18year low. This morning, wti is up better than 13 last i looked it was around 23. These moves with the dow, s p and massive moves yesterday in the market, all of us were a little relieved when the 4 00 p. M. Bell range. I was happier like you. I dont even know what you are thinking at 2,300. When it comes back 1,000 mike spointed out at one poit the dow was down 2,300 points. Im reaching for straws in the ocean but walmart. New highs. Close to alltime highs. I know why i know all of that if walmart lives, i think im going to live. I hang my head on amazon hiring another 10,000 people you saw amazon hiring like 10,000 people. People are still shopping. Becky, i saw we wrote an article. Higher y
Have to radically change within the last 24 to 48 hours this has gone from something that weve been talking about that affected a relatively small number of people in this. Country but now what weve seen with the stock market were now in bear territory. For the first time in 8 plus years and that has had a huge effect on the economy and a lot of volatility there so were starting see whitening affects weve had the bands in San Francisco plan in Santa Clara County on large gatherings of people over brooks of 1000 are banned in both those cities now oakland joining making that announcement today as well as San Francisco. It was we reported last night there was an elderly patients at a nursing home a Sacramento County who passed away in california. Lets check in now see if the president is at the podium ready to speak. My fellow americans. One to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak. That started in china and is now spreading throughout the wo
Statement from me and from mr. Cole then well go tow our distinguished witnesses. Today the rules committee will hold a hearing to discuss how the constitution separated powers between the legislative and executive branches and how the balance of power between these branches has shifted over time. We are doing this in the hopes of finding concrete Bipartisan Solutions to better ensure congress is playing the role our nations founders envisioned. Thats a lot, i know. And while a constitutional debate may be fun for law students and legal scholars and mr. Raskin [ laughter ] the it wasnt fun when i was yeah. For the rest of us, it could feel a little in the weeds. So, so for the rest of us, let me simplify. You know, we throw around the phrase, the peoples house, a lot around here, but this really is but this really is about whether we remain the institution that our nations founders created to be the voice of the people. The constitution entrusts congress with deciding how to spend fede
Testing limit down down by 5 as far as they are allowed to trade down before the open the number to watch this morning is down 136 for the s p. We have touched those lows and bounced off. We are not far off dow futures are down by 4. 74 . Nasdaq down 4. 6 after the opening bell, there are other Circuit Breakers you with watching. They would be kicking in with trading halting over a period of time down 7 this morning if that were to happen, youd see a 15minute halt after trading started. Next is if markets dropped by 13 . Then the third level is after 20 . That would be a halt of trading for the day. We have not seen these tested since 1997 until the last week of trading thats what we are watching so closely. If you take a look at the treasury market, you see the 10year note is 0. 71 . We got back to. 8 or so yesterday. With the yield, i was hoping they would have sold off talking to folks yesterday worried about what looked like it was better than going and maybethere could be problems
Yeas and nays are ordered. He orvotes objected to under the house irule 20. Proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Madam speaker, i move hat house suspend the rules and pass that the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2227, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2227, a bill to amend the Service Members civil relief act to authorize spouses of Service Members to incur a catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service to terminate leases of premises and Motor Vehicles and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Roe, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Takano. Mr. Takano madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days