Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken further, i ask to be able to speak for up to 20 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken and i would request that my staffer, ed shelby, be allowed to come to the floor. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken thank you. Thank you, mr. President. I rise today to speak about reopening the government. Were now five days into a Government Shutdown that should never have happened. Minnesotans do not want a Government Shutdown. They want us to do our jobs. Not refight the same old political battles over and over again. With each day of shutdown i hear more and more reports about how it is affecting minnesotans, as im sure the presiding officer hears about it affecting the people of maine. Minnesotans seeking basic Government Services are being turned a
As well as your backyard. It is monday, so they will try to stump me with my mystery guest. We will see if they can do so. But first, headlines from carol massar. The big headline today was the continued drop in u. S. Stocks. The s p 500 losing more than one percent. The index now at a three week low that has erased the benchmark game for the entire year. Coke Industries Run by the Koch Brothers and Goldman Sachs are near buying flickr group for cvc from cvc capital partners. Deal may be announced as early as this week. And consumer borrowing in the United States rising more than forecast in the month of february. The 16. 5 billion dollar credit exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg Survey of economists. Back over to you. Mergers and acquisitions. Over 400 billion so far this year in the United States. Today, five deals each worth more than 1 billion an ounce today. One of them involves a group that agreed to acquire alabama gas from energen. About 1. 3 billion in cash. Joining me now
Stump me with my mystery guest. My producers. We will see if they can do so. But first, headlines from carol massar. Pimm, thank you so much. The big headline today was the continued drop in u. S. Stocks. The s p 500 losing more than one percent. The index now at a three week low that has erased the benchmark game for the entire year. Coke Industries Run by the Koch Brothers and Goldman Sachs are group deal with flint from cvc capital partners. The deal may be announced as early as this week. And consumer borrowing in the United States rising more than forecast in the month of february. The 16. 5 billion dollar credit exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg Survey of economists. Pimm, those are some of the top hedlines at this hour. Back over to you. Mergers and acquisitions. Over 400 billion so far this year in the United States. Today, five deals each worth more than 1 billion an ounce today. One of them involves a group that agreed to acquire alabama gas from energen. About 1. 3 billi
The president of turkey has visited the area. Back to our top story what is the data driving the governments decision to move to a National Lockdown . Our health correspondent, katharine da costa, has been looking at the statistics. Many still exhausted. Some still traumatised. Nhs staff know whats to come. They are better prepared than in the spring with my ppe treatment and better understanding of the virus. But this time hospitals are trying to keep other Services Running whilst seeing rising numbers of covid patients. In april they were nearly 20,000 patients with coronavirus in hospital across the uk. We have been arguing clearly quick and decisive, clear lockdowns. Two questions. Is this coming quick enough and secondly, will people actually follow the rules . This slide shows that we are currently around 1000 admissions a date with the projection they had passed the spring peak in the next six weeks without urgent action. The latest estimates show even with the tougher tier thre
After a long battle with illness. Stiles played every minute of englands victorious 1966 world cup campaign. And he would go on to win a european cup with his boyhood club, Manchester United, two years later. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss has been looking back at a remarkable career. He was one of sports more unlikely heroes the world cup winner with the toothless grin and the dancing feet. Commentator i have never seen nobby stiles like this before. Thatjig of delight ensured nobby stiles place in footballing folklore. Its nice because people remember you for it. And they say, oh, yeah, irememberyourjig, and they pass it onto their children and whatever. And so when its seen, its nice because, teeth or no teeth, it doesnt matter. You know, it was just the total enjoyment which i was doing. But his talent had been a long time in the making, from his early years growing up in manchester, through to a debut for englands schoolboys at 15. And in 1960, Manchester United came calling.