Discusses his book. And the federal response to the coronavirus with democratic congressman jamie raskin. Video from yesterday of President Trump announcing further federal and military intervention in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd. After those comments, the president strode through ofayette park cleared protesters to briefly visit a historic church, st. Johns church, which had been partially burned the night before. Welcome to washington journal. Getting your thoughts on what you heard it from the president to end the continued unrest in cities. For those of you in the eastern and central time zones, 202 7488000. 202 in and pacific, 7488001. You can send us a text at 202 7488003. We welcome your comments on twitter as well. That is http twitter. Com cspanwj. About 12dent speaking hours ago in the rose garden before he made the trip to st. Johns church. Here is the reporting of the washington times. Forces onilizes anarchists. After he that soon spoke National Guard troo
U. S. iran relations. I should stress these events are strictly nonpartisan and not intended to offer any kind of policy, recommendations, or agendas. Therapy meant to give greater insight into how we got to where we are, which we believe helps us to understand how we can solve problems. A few thanks and then over to allen. The Melon Foundation funds building program. We are grateful to them. The room has been booked by chronicm congressman consequentnellys o. I will turn it over to the moderator of this event. Most of you will find these index cards on your seats. The intent of these is as the discussion proceeds, if you have questions, write them on these cards. We would collect them after formal remarks and use them to initiate the discussion, all right . Think about that as they are giving their remarks. Allen . Thank you, dane. Good morning. In 1941, the influential publisher henry loose declared that, in his view, the 20th century would be the american century. A time when americ
Bear market. You consider the fact of the last 13 days, nine of them we have seen a move greater than 3 . Today you have a move of close to 5 . 6 at one point. This after the move yesterday. This is clearly not normal and it does feel like we are trading in a bear market whether or not youve actually surpassed that. Certainly not normal. We havent had two backtoback gains in this market going back to february abigail taking a look at whats been happening in the markets right now, she is standing by to give us an update. Truly a brutal day for stock risk assets around the world but especially in the u. S. Coronavirus fears, what that impact could be on the Global Economy and growth estimates. Here in the u. S. We see the declines are greater than they are around the world. The dow down 5. 9 in a bear market. The s p 500 is you were talking about flirting with a bear market. It does feel like a bear market whether we are technically there or not with the relentless selling day after day
During the hearing, she discussed infrastructure projects, highway and rail safety, investment into the theons ports, and discretionary Grant Programs that address the needs of rural and urban areas. Rep. Price the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off our subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Infrastructure serves as the foundation for our economy and our quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects people to employment and educational opportunities, and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires a massive infusion of investment to repair deficient bridges, restore transit systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, and build new runways for our airports. We must also make f
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th