Day. Thet issues and trade, ongoing battle between the u. S. And potential cyber warfare. Here in california. A lot of people commute. It is a feeling our colleagues in asia have been living with for weeks. How are markets opening up over there . Paul some unambiguous signals. New zealand has been open for an 2. 5 , aready off by move down of similar magnitude for futures in australia. 4. 5 , theures are off kospi weaker as well. We continue to see strength in the japanese yen. A lot of data coming out of japan today, retail sales, tokyo cpi, both of those contracting, even before the coronavirus outbreak. Take a look at the yields, big move down. Of at a fresh record low. 83. Global stocks plunging to fourmonth lows, u. S. Equities falling the most since august 2011 as anxiety over the coronavirus deepens. Lets get to Abigail Doolittle in new york. A lot of red. And id be on the close. Averages all down more than 4 , there was a rebound rally attempt. Turned briefly higher, but that i
The 10 most talked about news stories of the year but 1st homelessness in the usa how our tax dollars are literally paying to dispose of the most vulnerable americans. Cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. Thousands of homeless families who used to live in new york city shelters have moved elsewhere their move funded by a new York City Program called sotto meaning special one time assistance the soda Program Provides one years full rent up front to move within new york city to other new york state county is or to another state or puerto rico or washington d. C. See so to it can be accessed by working individuals and families and those who receive s. S. I. S. S. D. Etc as long as there is the future ability to make rent payments based on the households rent not exceeding 50 percent of the households income but what if they cant pay their own rent after that 1st year the mayor of nearby newark new jersey says the soto program is already failing those so 2. 00 m
Would make the balkan a debate on executive damnation of the 2020 spending. We taking live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain of the senate, doctor black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we find shelter in your shadow, for you are our refuge and fortress. Lord, we place our trust in you. Rescue our senators from the forces that seek to threaten freedom. Remind our lawmakers that nothing is impossible for you. Be with them this day as they strive to serve you and country. We call on you because you have promised to answer us, so satisfy our longings with your saving power. Lord, use us all to help heal the wounds of a divided nation. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, ind
Recent investigations or i should say to the recent revelations regarding the president s dealing with ukraine, and its president , evidence indicates that the president is not only willing to take actions which amount, in my judgment, to an abuse of power, in fact, i think the behavior of the president on the phone call with the ukrainian president was a textbook case of abuse of power, but apparently, he wants to enlist others to defend the indefensible, this behavior and has said other things which are troubling to so many americans. I think its important to provide some Historical Perspective on impeachment. Ill seek to do some of that today. This is by no means a full review of the history, but i think its important to talk about some of the questions that our founders were wrestling with. Our founders grapple will many p different questions, particularly the nature and the power of the office of the president of the united states. As our founders debated how to hold the president
[inaudible conversations] we will call the meeting to order. Thanks for coming today. A couple of things to start with. Number one votes are starting at 3 00 oclock we will deal with that when we have to but second this committee does not meet as frequently as others but the primary reason is the issues we deal with our sufficient magnitude they are dealt with by the whole committee. In any event to be an appropriate subject for the subcommittee the complexity of dealing with the issues in north africa certainly are worthy of our consideration. We have a very good panel for people who deal with this all the time. Ambassador i know your travel schedule is quite robust and as a result i appreciate you accommodating us to be here yourself north africa is the important region as well as transatlantic security some years ago we watched the arab spring began in tunisia spreading across the middle east. One better life of the slow pace of change despite her aspirations and has not met their e