His new book that chronicles the rise and fall of general electric, a corporate titan. All that coming up. But first, lets take a look back at some of the weeks big moments and the top news item makers on mornings with maria. Heres this weeks edition of talkers. Republican aides say a two month extension of the unemployment aid expansion is being considered. Do you want to see that . No. The white house is not there yet. The president s not there yet. We know this expiration, we suggest that we make a deal. Maria whats your take on a middle ground in terms of the federal Unemployment Benefits right now . With respect to the 600 a week benefit, that wassing . Extraordinary that was done back in march. It was important when we were closing our economy. Maria do you have a sense of what industry you are, youre looking toward . So were looking for what we call the superdurable growth company, a business that can grow for a very long period of time, very high barriers to entry, its difficul
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
The Senate Committee on finance the subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange but an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair treatment practices of foreign governments and especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because of its growing of facts on this list in the United States as well as culture. Last fall for example the National Basketball association had its Market Access lock in china because individual american citizens used to media platform not allowed in china to express a political opinion. Now the topic is become much more important to the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contri
Countries, targeting the development of treatments and vaccines. You heard it here first, back in april, when senator tom cotton joined me on sunday morning futures. You believe that they are stealing intellectual property right now as we speak. I have little doubt that the Chinese Intelligence Services are actively trying to steal americas intellectual property as it relates to the virus that they unleashed on the world. Maria and now we have the of usual word. Breaking the official word. The u. S. Ordered china to close the consolate in houston as reports come in of documents being burned on the site. We have the late echt. Markets looking at a lower opening for the broader averages, futures indicating a decline at the start of trading, 88 points lower on the dow, nasdaq lower 17, s p 500 lower by 10 and a three quarters. The dow and s p 500 continued a winning streak yesterday. The nasdaq took a breather. The nasdaq was down. Its one of the busiest days for earnings this morning, bi
Recommendations for the next pandemic. Several members also pay tribute to representative john lewis who sat on the house ways and Means Committee. Appreciate everybody joining us today. This is a terrific turnout, considering all of the activity and turmoil going on around us. Many of us are back in washington today. We are holding this committee virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This authority allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families, and the Broader Community safe. We have all started to become familiar with navigating this technology, i do want to remind members of a few procedures. First, consistent with the regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members and witnesses must have thei