We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by monsignor anthony j. Marcaccio, pastor of st. Pius the tenth from greensboro, north carolina. The guest chaplain let us pray. Blessed are you, lord god, of all creation. You are the gifter of ever good gift, of life and liberty, of peace and prosperity, of wisdom, understanding, and right judgment. We ask that in your divine mercy you would bless our republic and in a special way the work of our senators, that they may discern all that is true, all that is honorable, all that is right, all that is excellent and worthy of praise for our nation. In this moment, make us mindful of all that has brought us together as a country and how it foster passes that which can divide us. So when all is deliberated and done here, we may be preserved as one nation under god. Amen and amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
Actually ending the day in the green, but are we out of the woods yet . Welcome, everybody. This is bulls bears. Thank you for joining us. Im david asman. Joining me on the panel today is robert wolf, susan lee, scott martin, and my man steve forbes is with us as well. Fears of a global recession driving investors to the safety of gold, which was way up today, soaring to its highest level since september 2013. Bonds with a ten year treasury yield hitting lowest level since october 2016. At least one bond analyst says it could actually go negative after all is said and done. But is this all just an overreaction, or are we really on the brink of some kind of financial disaster . Were not on the brink, david, but the markets are worried that this trade war were having with china may not be resolved the way they thought it would a few months ago. What would be the implications of that . Creates more uncertainty. Whats going to happen with the tariffs with autos and auto parts from europe .
Step out of partisan boxes and work with me to find Real Solutions to real problems. Weve done it time and time again. This time it didnt work. Nearly four months later, im still deeply disappointed that we didnt solve the border crisis for my state and for our country. But to use this failure as a political punching bag only punishes those who were courageous enough to do the hard work of finding compromise in the first place. So, who will be courageous next time . Who will stand up and do the hard work . Who will take the risks . Who will say yes, ill help solve this big challenge our country faces . Why would anyone . We dont leave today with a political victory. No one wins. No one gets the higher ground. Instead, were saying to each other, dont step out, dont try to solve big problems, stay in your partisan corner, yell some more, blame the other side. Today, yet again, the senate has chosen politics. But my state is still suffering, and as i said on the floor back on february 7,
In his physical eternal rest, jennifer said then, do you see that smile on his face . My husband is going to heaven hes already gone, and with that she had peace. So i hope that we have peace and we continue this, and make sure that we keep these doors open and keep this family wrapped around with us. Thank you. I hope that we welcome jennifer to the senate and give us a moment and we can be at ease and we can all go and greet her. The senate will stand at ease. So the South Carolina senate has voted to remove the Confederate Flag, and it was 36 yeas to 3. They are greeting the widow of senator pinckney gunned down a few weeks ago in a shooting that took place in South Carolina. The Associated Press is reporting that the bill that was just voted on faces a less certain future in the South Carolina house. Republicans met behind closed doors on monday and struggled to reach a consensus on what to do next. The senate bill would remove the Confederate Flag in front of the state house on th