Between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate a. M. Nue beyond 10 50 the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, minutes. , for five ms. Adams thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to honor two North Carolina women who left us this year, former former dr. Dorsett, representative mcalister. I admired and was friends with them. Of they were both educators who service. Public proud graduates of historically colleges. Founded and led organizations to cell a anemia. Lows of personal tragedy, both women were predeceased by a child they loved like a best friend. They were both county commissioners and state legislators. All, trailblazers. Katie dorsett was the first black women on the greensboro i was proud to follow in her footsteps. After serving on the security she was elected to the county board of commissioners and went on to serve in governor hunts administration an
The markets. Ashley, first to you. Ashley well, guys as we say good riddance to september where all the major indexes posted a loss we embrace a new month but we havent come exactly flying out of the gates although green across the screen. The dow finishing slightly higher as you can see, about 1 10 of a percent after being down more than 100 points. S p up half a percent. But it was nasdaq showed the best performance of the new month up 1 1 2 . Like Charlie Brown with a rain cloud over his head investors are frustrated by congresss inability to agree on a new stimulus bill. With the markets going up and down with each competing headline from nancy pelosi and the treasury secretary and everybody else. As a result we saw stocks move for the most part today sideways in somewhat flat trading but as i mentioned the big tech stocks did manage to give the Broader Market some impetus. Amazon, microsoft, facebook, Alphabet Google all managed to make nice gains today which you can see gave the
The president ial election. We will take your calls and you can join on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Live shot of the Supreme Court. Good morning, everyone. Its monday, september 21 read we begin this morning with the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death friday night of ruth ginsburg. We want to know, does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . The president has vowed to move forward and Mitch Mcconnell says a vote will happen in the coming weeks. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can text us, with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003. Or post your comments on or facebook,anwj, facebook. Com cspan. How does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . We have divided the lines, democrats, rojo skins democrats, republicans, independents. Tom cotton on the sunday shows yesterday, heres what he had to say. The president said that hes going to submit a nominee as early as this week and the senate will ex
Congresss role in funding fema and other support. The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted the event. I am so excited to bring you this event today. We have an amazing several panels of speakers. Project thatture buildars said we need to the loss ofreduce property and life and bring down the cost of a Natural Disaster response. Hit, we convened a task force of former state and federal officials who oversee Disaster Recovery and have had to secure overseas and federal funding. Many of the programs are being withd as never before covid. As we saw with the recent hurricane, there has been a lot of attention about how you safely evacuate and safely shelterinplace during a hurricane and still maintain social distance to prevent spread. These are challenges Emergency Managers are facing day in and day out, especially with Hurricane Season having nine named storms since june. I all indications, there will be more. We are joined by a number of folks to talk about these two distinct crises. First, w
Warning for a wide swath of the bay area. From 11 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Next wednesday. The temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s to around 105, 106, 108 degrees, increased risk of heat illness. For the northern most parts, napa and sonoma counties, the high temperatures oh the next few days will range from 100 to 110 degrees. And our spare the air alert is in effect for tomorrow and you can see even on saturday, as we look ahead a little bit, the triple dimming it is will be with us. The triple digits will be with us. It is a hot on and t even imane110. Now ln brinkley j u live fr reporter were all told to consider dining outdoors, do business curbside. But all of. Is pretty difficult with this heat and having to wear a mask. High noon in walnut creek. A lunch rush at these outdoor tables is just not materializing. Normally, i come down to get the mail or one of the other girls in the office and these tables are fulfill now here we are, not only covid but now heat on tth othe