Some voting starts tomorrow. The fallout continues for Donald Trump following last Weeks President ial debate against Kamala Harris. Questions about how his campaign is being managed. Trumps peddling of Conspiracy Theories which was seen by more than 67 Million people just here in the United States has led to very real and some very scary consequences. Bomb threats and other threats of violence have disrupted the city of springfield, ohio after trump amplified unfounded racist allegations that haitian migrants were stealing peoples pets and eating. As a result, schools have closed. Hospitals were locked down and the citys Migrant Population has been on high alert. Trump has doubled down and continued to make yet more disparaging comments about springfields Haitian Community claiming theyve taken over and ruined the town. Serious questions need to be asked about how and why the republican president ial nominee and his Running Mate are pushing baseless fringe conspiracies in the first pl
Rally has fed into crude. Propelled thates price. People look beyond the covid to a look beyond to a returned to normal. Gold pretty much stable appeared bitcoin at record highs. Up about two thirds of 1 . We have a u. S. Dollar index unchanged. Lets have a look at the copper price. Copper advancing. The highest price and a more than six years. It is under president elect joe bidens formal transition. The hope is there will be a move toward a Lower Carbon Energy future. That britain the outlook for its demand. As has what is going on in china up. Joining in all of that. Lets have a look at the transition in more detail as we get over to new york and join Karina Mitchell for the first word news. Introduced biden has his foreignpolicy and Security Experts as he seeks to calm relations with International Friends and foes. The president elect is promising a multilateral approach, reversing the America First tragedy of the Trump Administration. He will prioritize ending damaging executive o
Minutes. Good morning. I call this meeting in the Senate Committee on agriculture forestry to order. The ambassador doud, mckinney and johansen we are happy to have you back again for the committee to discuss the need for certainty and our Global Agriculture markets. International trade policies and their impacts on the United States agricultural economy. Has been a topic of great interest over the last few years. And more particularly the last few months. In fact, it is the second time in the last year we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the United States trade representative and the department of agriculture. I hope eventually it will result in a longterm, reliable markets for the United States agriculture. A great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee perhaps the most significantly to our members was the successful passage and enactment of the 2018 farm bill. With the help of everybody here. Much like the negotiati
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 238, the nays are 190. The joint resolution is passed. Pursuant to clause of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is the vote on passage which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk Senate Joint Resolution 37, providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of the united arab emirates, Great Britain and Northern Ireland for certain defense articles and services. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the joint resolution. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 238,
In federal farm offering this is about three hours. Good morning. The subcommittee on commodities, Risk Management and trade will come to order. Welcome to all of our witnesses. Senator hyde smith thank you to you and your staff working together with us to organize this hearing today. Chair stabenow and i believe Ranking Member boozman will be with us shortly but it would to thank them for joining us many thanks to the full Committee Staff for all of your help and support with this hearing. Thank you to everyone for attending. This morning is going to be a twopart hearing. Today was on the farm bill, the products title. On thursday will take on title v. The credit title in title 11 the Crop Insurance title. February the full committee the full Senate Committee heard from usda officials their family views of Risk Management and credit. Today we have the opportunity to hear directly from farmers, producers, stakeholder groups that work with farm Safety Net Programs every day. Hearing fro