One hundred thousand cases a day. New york expanding the list of states on quarantine list as well. Markets this morning the first day of the Third Quarter, futures indicating this morning we are going to see a decline at the start of trading to kick off Third Quarter. Dow futures down 109 points and s p futures down 9 and a quarter. Yesterday u. S. Markets closed strong Second Quarter in the green in hope of additional stimulus. S p 500 yesterday up 47 points at 4 00 oclock on wall street. Markets had their best quarter in more than 20 years, take a look. Secondquarter numbers, up 17 on the dow, 30 on the nasdaq. Defunding the police, new york city cutting the Police Budget by 1 billion, some including like alexandria ocasiocortez says it isnt enough. Ray kelly will join me live at 7 30 a. M. Eastern joining me on the movement and what it means for already rise in crime throughout the country. A new era of trade begins the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement is in effect. Wilbur ross w
The changes could keep putin in power for years to come. Ethiopia erupts in anger and violence after a celebrated singer is shot dead. Im brent goff. Reviewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Police in hong kong have made the first arrests since a controversial new security law imposed by beijing came into force yesterday. As thousands of people defied a public ban to protest the law, authorities responded with water cannon and tear gas, taking hundreds of demonstrators into custody. Under the new law, the symptom at the simple act of publicly displaying a proindependence banner or flag has now become a criminal offense. Despite the new law and a ban on holding marches during the pandemic, hundreds of protesters showed up. It just took minutes for police to roll into action. One protester was arrested for holding the hong kong independence flag. Dozens more were arrested later. At a news conference, prodemocracy lawmakers found themselves in a bizarre sit
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. Mighty god, you are the strength of our lives, our safe fortress and shelter from lifes storms. During this season of a raging tempest, speak your peace to our senators. Remind them that you continue to rule your universe through the unfolding of your prevailing providence and that your truth continues to march on in our nation and world. Lord, prosper the works of the hands of our legislators, as they strive to glorify you with their thoughts, words, and actions. May faith replace fear, truth defeat falsehood, justice triumph over greed, and love prevail over hate. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting 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
Strongs comments yet on ties to beijing. Debates travel bans. Job numbers underlie the impact on the economy. Do a quick check of trading atarkets are the moment. U. S. Futures are flat after stocks ended mixed in the regular session. We had markets really searching for a catalyst. Sentiment was a little bit pressured. Trading at u. S. Weekly jobless claims above one million for the 13th week. Andad gains in Energy Consumer staples on the s p 500, but at the same time, real estate industrials weighing on the index. The nasdaq composite did gain and ended at the highest level in a week. The dow lost about 40 points. Take a look at what oil is doing. Prices finished higher in the regular session. It is up and trading above the 38 a barrel level. We did get opecplus looking to make up for mixed Production Cut targets, boosting prices to the highest in more than a week. Lets see how things are shaping up for the asian markets now. We are looking at a mixed session for this friday. Volumes
Objection. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. Im here on the senate floor and with my colleague from maryland. Im here this morning in part to condemn Chinese Communist partys actions, their efforts to swallow hong kong into the mainland, and silence the dissent of the people of hong kong, but im also here to do something about that. You know, for decades, hong kong has been one of the most successful, thriving societies on the planet. An indispensable part of their success has been their freedom. Hong kong has enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship. They have had an independent judiciary and a partially Democratic Electoral representative system of government for a long time now. Hong kongs one of the freest places in asia, and because of these freedoms and the hong kong peoples natural entrepreneurial spirit, hong kong is just one of the most successful and vibrant cities there has ever been. And yet for years, maybe because of this, the Chinese Communist par