Draws to a close the movie industry is hailing a pandemic reboot for global cinema. Tilton welcome to the Program Historic peace talks are underway between the Afghan Government and the taliban with the goal of ending decades of bloodshed the 2 warring sides are meeting face to face for the 1st time in the gulf state of qatar mediators including the United States are pushing for an agreement but the rival parties have vastly different visions for the future of afghanistan. A quran recitation to start the event many afghans have been waiting for for decades face to face peace talks between the government and the taliban United States secretary of state mike pump a. O. Flew to the Opening Ceremony in doha qatar and urged the warring sides to seize the opportunity. Of the choice of your political system is of course george to make in the United States we found a democracy notably the principle of peaceful resolution and rotation of political power works best. Democratic systems reflect th
Investors wanting to make sure. It is a shortened week so some traders might be taking off after all of the action earlier this year. David it has been exhausting for traders. He mentioned we had the best quarter last year. You mentioned. That might not be good news because i saw a note from you that said historic as we go back to big shift in the market and there is a recast in the bottom. Recast sixere was a or seven months after the 1929 low. A similar situation in the mid1970s. In 2000 there were several that went lower. 1987, the longterm is as of 2008. All of history does suggest that there is some sort of a significant testing of the s p 500 lows. There are also some options that i talk about saying that there are signs of that coming. When that may come is unclear. Investors are going with the fed and central bank liquidity. Unless there is a systemic shock that undoes what the fed has been able to emblem it and support markets implement, it seems that stocks could go higher. H
Ridiculous. It should be 28 . I would raise almost 800 billion a year. If companies not paying anything at all. They have a minimum of 15 . I would raise another 740 billion a year. That comment flew by last night without a question. Either by bidens competitors or the media. Look at this, Corporate Tax revenue last year was 230 billion. Total. Biden claims under his plan, Corporate Tax receipts would spike to about 1. 5 trillion. That is a 670 greater increase over whats now being collected. Its clearly impossible. Even one of the moderates in the bunch is making wild claims, what does it tell us about the economic claims we heard in general last night . Unfortunately, hes not good with numbers. This didnt make any sense. I know what hes talking about, he wants to raise the Corporate Tax rates by the way, there are a lot of them like amazon in the spotlight because our tax laws dont require them to payax. They have other benefits so joe wants to change that but look, at least hes putt
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 89, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. All opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session and consider calendar number 533. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, patrick j. Bumatay of california to be United S
So 10 u. S. Code section 119 discusses the ability to waive congressional reporting. However, the gang of eight is supposed to be notified if waived, and thats public law. I dont want to cut you off. How does a program like that get funded . Mr. Grusch i can get very specific in a closed session. Misappropriation of funds. Does that mean there is money in the budget that is set to go to a program but it doesnt and goes to Something Else . Mr. Grusch yes. Do you think u. S. Corporations are overcharging for certain tech theyre selling to the u. S. Government and that money is going through different programs . Mr. Grusch yes. Satellite imagery. We have satellites all over the place. Mr. Moskowitz were taking pictures of everything at every point and second. Mr. Grusch, are you aware do you have direct knowledge or have you talked to people with direct knowledge there are satellite imagery of these events . Mr. Grusch that was one of my primary tasks at n. G. A. Since we process, exploit