Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
Probably not today ahead of another call between Commission President ursula and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson. U. K. Banks and Home Builders suffered the brunt of the selling as the ftse 100 outperforms the spot 600 and the pound stays under pressure well, a very good morning and welcome to street signs, everybody. Our top story of the day, no surprise, brexit as talks enter the 11th hour. And we have plenty of coverage this morning were going to get into all the detail, all the latest in just a moment but i want to kickoff by showing you the Market Reaction because its been pretty interesting the moves weve seen so far. Starting with sterling, which is trading up 1. 5 versus the dollar, so currently around the 1. 3240 level this as volatility in sterling has reached an eightmonth high. So a substantial sell off in the currency this morning on the back of this weekends developments as we head into the final talks. The ftse, meanwhile, the main benchmark in the equity market for
Politics. Today, joe biden spoke about inike rotavirus cases coronavirus cases across the u. S. Going to make a short statement here and then im going over to vote with my wife and i will be happy to take your questions after i dont. Competed completed another publichealth briefing with my team of health experts. We looked at the latest data that indicates we are on the upward slope of a bigger wave of confirmed infections then anything we have experienced today. We talked about what actions would be needed to turn it around and how it would be made worse by this administrations declarations of surrender to the virus and we discussed again the vital depart importance of wear masks, protecting your neighbor and saving hundred thousand lives in the months ahead between now and the first of the year. This is not political, it is patriotic. Ring a mask, where one wear one, period. We focused on the ways this virus is hitting these harder. We are seeing a race based disparities across aspec
But even a classified and we will leave this event at this point and you can see the rest on our website. We will take you less to michigan for remarks from 2020 democratic president ial nominee joe biden. He is expected to talk about health care in a suburb of detroit. Live coverage here on seized and on cspan. Thank god joe biden stood up for the Auto Industry and continued to make sure Michigan Center of the Auto Industry and i am so proud to be here with Governor Whitmer and the work she has been doing to keep people safe. Governor whitmer believes in science. , our state is in a much better position than we would be otherwise. And it is a pleasure to be here with my colleague Debbie Stabenow. Passion toes our make sure that everyone has access to quality care, reducing the price of Prescription Drugs, dealing with Mental Health challenges. We are the onetwo punch. We are here today to talk about health care. It is to focusnt on the fact that everyone in this country should have ac
Governor whitmer believes in science, and facts. We are in a much better position than we would be otherwise. We share a passion for health care. To make sure everyone has access to quality care. We are the hunch that comes to representing michigan in the senate. But we are here today to talk about health care. What we have learned during this pandemic is we need leadership. We need National Leadership to lead us through this. Canbiden has proved he deliver that kind of leadership. It was joe biden who helped lead us through a reality. He has helped thousands of people. I remember that fight. Folks were trying to demonize it and attacking it. A republican district. This really moves us forward in a meaningful way. We had a situation where tens of thousands of people died every year in this country. Said im voting for this. I dont care what happened. Remember pushing the green button we went up to vote. How often can you push a button and save thousands of lives . That is what we made s