Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
600,000. Los angeles is facing a new lockdown. Tokyo and hong kong reporting record numbers. Australia is set to deliver a new budget, may be the biggest blowout since world war ii. Lets take a look at how we are setting up when it comes to markets. Ures this is how it is shaping up when it comes to the future contracts. A Third Straight week of gains when it comes to the s p, managing to withstand the lakesession latesession wound. Slow but steady rotation away from growth in tech. Much more going into value. Futures are up by about 0. 1 . Positivity when it comes to the trading in tokyo, just about 0. 2 higher. Chicago nikkei futures are higher, all eyes on whats going on in brussels with now three days of negotiations in the eu to reach this agreement on the stimulus package and hand out details. We are hearing details, including that the netherlands and austria remain the strongest holdouts in the eu recovery talks. A bit of anxiety playing through when it comes to the eurodollar t
And promotions staff within Population Health, and those folks are under this yellow block under operations, but that means that theyre also overseeing the Human Services, which is doing housing and feeding. [inaudible] within Population Health, and that modelling that theyre doing is both our normal work of taking in public results of Infectious Disease tests, but its also new work that i think is really an advancement of what we normally do in the department, working with outside assistance for modelling and making sure that we are able to project into the future. And that is led by jim marks, who is an anesthesiologist and many others in that structure. Go forward. Ill let you know that all of the guidance that comes out is part of the information and Guidance Group that is headed by reeta nguyen, dr. Rita nguyen, and she is part of Population Health and leads a team of doctors and physicians and they write all the research about what the current recommendations are. That group had
Exports from france and the u. K. In what could become a wider transatlantic trade fight. Just what everyone needed. Correspondent mike mckeen is going to break down those details. You missed it right . Terrace man, he is back. The Trump Administration getting ready for another round of tariffs on the European Union. This time legally permitted by the wto which the administration billion ino 7. 5 tariffs because of illegal subsidies to airbus. The initial round only targeted half of those. Ony put in 15 taxes aircrafts and parts, 25 and including Gourmet Foods like scotch whiskey. Also industrial goods like pipe cutters. Now they want to impose a new round using up the rest of the money, they would put tariffs on things like all lives, be your, trucks, beer, clothing. Good news for guy, bad news for alex. Edition jin would get more expensive at the height of gin and tonic season but maybe an excess of supply would help guy in london. This is something called carousel retaliation. They
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, give our lawmakers the wisdom to remember and be grateful for all the things you have already done. Lord, you have sustained our nation during seasons of war and peace. You have helped us to find creative ways to strive for a more perfect union. You have provided us with solutions to difficult problems, just when we needed you most. Let this day be a time when senators find time to thank you for your bountiful blessings and faithfulness. As our lawmakers strive to live one day at a time, may they keep their focus on your power and love. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding