On cspan. Org. The senate is weighing in on defense policies for 2021. And now to live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. To or. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for the gift of this day. Open the minds of our lawmakers and give them a vision of the unlimited possibilities available to those who trust you as their guide. May our senators embrace a hugh millty embrace a humility that seeks first to understand rather than to be understood. Inspire them to seek your wisdom as you sustain them with your grace, mercy, and peace. Lord, remind them that you will judge their fruits, productivey and faithfulness. We pray in your strong 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.
Mr. Durbin madam president . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin madam president , mr. Durbin madam president , madden president. John lewis was a great american. There was a humility and his heart to show his greatness evenhe more. Who among us can forget his trademark speech explaining how as a young man growing up on the farm he practice public speaking to an audience of chickens and tell that story over and overan again. People come up into the airport and say they will cry or passouti he says please dont passout im not a doctor. That he was a healer. For s troubled souls. And to talk about an incident january 2009 a former kkk member confessed to be part of a white mob that bloodied john lewis and other freedom riders in sout carolina 48 years before. And then to apologize for his actions and then meeting lewis facetoface to ask for forgiveness. Without a moment of hesitation i said i accept your apology. This is a great testament to overcome hatred. And an
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Defense secretary mark esper faces a number of issues and south korea as he begins a trip to asia. President trump has demanded pay five times more to host american troops. Meantime, and intelligence sharing agreement between the u. S. And japan expires in two weeks. The u. S. Saw that as a breakthrough between the frequent adversaries. Brazils capital city is playing host to this years bricks summit. Convened to discuss trade initiatives, the paris climate accord, and security. The nations issued a joint shorn of committed to multilateralism and boosting emerging markets. Thelso vowed to protect United Nations role in international conflicts. Global news 24 hours a day, onair, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Shery live from bloomberg World Headquarters in new york, im shery on. Amanda live in toronto, im amanda lang. Welcome to bloomberg markets. Here are the top stories we are follow
Hello, welcome to the programme. The Prime Minister of luxembourg has attacked borisjohnsons approach to brexit calling the situation a nightmare and saying that the British Government has failed to put forward any serious proposals for a new deal. Xavier bettel also accused the british Prime Minister of portraying the eu as the bad guy. His outspoken comments came at what was supposed to be a joint press Conference Following mrjohnsons first face to face meeting since taking office with the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. But borisjohnson pulled out of his media appearance because of noisy protests from remain supporters nearby. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Air miles cant be exchanged for a deal. Today is not going to be a breakthrough day. Time for borisjohnson to see some of those he needs onside. I mean, its september already and you moved into number 10 injuly and its only now that youre going to see jean claude juncker. You could have