Prices decline. The asx down nearly 1 . We dont have trading in india either because it is mahatma publics birthday, a holiday. Futures are trading on the nifty in singapore down zero point 3 . The 10 year yield slipping back as anticipated. A slight move to the downside with regard to the futures contracts. You see the currencies and weakness creeping in into the dollar overnight. We have seen a reversal of that this morning. You have the yen a tad weaker. Sterling had rebounded to 1. 29. Seenis after we have brexitinduced losses. The aussie dollar unchanged. Haslinda lets get the first word headlines. Top white house aide hope hicks has tested positive for covid19. She traveled with President Trump on air force one to tuesdays debate in cleveland. The president says there is no indication he contracted the virus. Tested positive, National Security advisor robert obrien. He has spent as much time with the president as hicks has. Coronavirus infections continue to surge with the new yo
States. Bothth president ial candndidatee campaigning. Chinese owned tiktok wont be downloadable in the u. S. From sunday. President trump says he is still open to a deal. A surge in coronavirus cases has forced several governments to reimpose restrictions. Infections worldwide have now topped 30 million. Spain is limiting movement around the capital of madrid. The british Prime Minister is morning that a second wave is inevitable. Israel has been forced to impose another nationwide shutdown. The situation in europe. Reporter early on in the pandemic, spain was hit as hard as anywhere in europe. Now in the capital, the Health Systems are under renewed pressure. Covid19 cases rising. One in five hospital beds is taken up by someone with coronavirus. We are saturated with people who need health care and patients that need care. We are doing the best we can. We need more help. We need more resources. Reporter spain is one of many european nations now bringing in localized lockdowns, warni
A new middle east. The agreement signed between israel the United Arab Emirates and bahrain formalizes relationships already of place but now includes the opening of embassies its a pivot point they hope will end old conflicts that lead to new Cooperation Among israel and eventually even more arab nations to all over israels friends in the middle east. Are with us today. And those who will join us tomorrow i say. Earlier in the day trump hinted that other countries will also be signing diplomatic pacts with israel but well have at least 5 or 6 countries coming along very quickly and were already talking to him but noticeably absent from tuesday steel signing the palestinian leadership the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates acknowledge their participation in the agreement require the preservation of current palestinian land. I thank you for choosing peace and for halting. Territories at position that reinforces our shared will to achieve a Better Future for generations to come
About the agency being politicized since its head, michael pack, started the job the june. The executives were fired or quit working for the agency. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record subject to the length limitation in the rules. To insert something into the record please have your staff email the previously circulated address or Contact Committee staff. As a reminder to member staff and others physically present in this room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except when a member or witness is speaking. Please also sanitize your seating area. The chair views these measures as a safety issue and therefore an important matter of order and decorum in this proceeding. For members participating remote
For a bill combining several Clean Energy Initiatives followed by five measures dealing with veterans issues. Live now to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. Orde the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The advance of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise in a number of states around our nation, send your spirit of healing and wellbeing among those who suffer and your angels to protect the Many Health Care workers who place their own wellbeing in danger every day. Comfort those today in the Supreme Court who begin the blic mourning of a beloved colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and console those who worked with over so many years. Bless the members of this peoples house who labor today to pass bills to advance the common wheel of our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolut