Unchanged policy. Coming back from the typhoon slower by 116 points. We are talking about hsbc, one of the laggards here, missing out. The largecaps under pressure, 4819 right now. We are looking. When it comes to dollar dynamics, we did see a stronger dollar, which led to a hit. 379 right. 7 now. The china 10 year yield, we just got the pricing on the dollar bonds. Gold taking a retreat. Brent crude Holding Around 42. Tom lets bring you back to the top story in this region. Xi jinping will bring a major policy address later, in the next 20 to 30 minutes or so. Across the border in shenzhen, to talk about an integrated tech corridor to rival silicon valley. Stephen engle is following the story and joins us from hong kong. Steve, what are you looking for in this speech . Stephen i am looking for a better tagline. They are calling this a chinese socialist pilot zone with chinese characteristics. I think the greater bay is the grander scheme. And xily china wants to jinping with a trip so
Blotting the damage to our economy. The senate will continue to work on this front. Well find more ways to keep strengthening our healthcare response and pivot the nation toward recovery. That will include strong Legal Protections to defend healthcare workers, small businesses, and other institutions against a trial lawyer feeding frenzy as they work hard to keep serving their neighbors. But madame president , amid the pandemic, we cannot lose sight of the other threats we still face as well. The challenges that we face before covid19 began to spread from wuhan, china, are still with us today, alongside this awful virus. There are terrorist cells, Hostile Foreign Intelligence Services and adversaries all over the world who would love nothing more than for the United States to apply social distancing to our presence on the world stage as well. Iran has not let popular unrest, a mismanaged economy, or even covid19 slow their aggressive meddling from yemen to the mediterranean. Tehran and
Heavens that bring blessings to our earthly pilgrimage. Today, guide our lawmakers with your glorious wisdom. In the greatness of your majesty, fulfill your purposes for their lives as you order their steps. Show them such unfailing love that they will walk before you in wholehearted devotion. Lord, place your Healing Hands upon our nation and world, delivering us from this Global Health crisis. We pray in your powerful 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 for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley permission to speak in morning business for 90 seconds. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley my iowa offices are located in cedar rapids, council bluffs, davenport, doims, sioux city and waterloo. My state
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Angst breakfast by the new England Council at the New Hampshire institute of politics, life in manchester. If i could have your attention so that we can begin the speaking portion of the program and allow you to leave early to go shopping. This is speak, after all. We absolutely this is christmas week, after all. And our guest speaker would agree, this is why New Hampshire is so unique and we fight very hard to maintain, first in the nation a good residence of this wonderful state take their politics very, very seriously. They are to be commended, but i think it is also a sign of white beshould be and continue to the number one in the United States. [applause] i want to thank all of you for being here. Council the new england and our final event of the year 2019. What a year it has been for the new England Council. We have hosted a little over 80 events throughout all of new england and in washington, d. C. With all of the members of congress, the 21 members of congress that represents