Should be defunded, the left is worried that the president may rally the countrys morale and they cannot have that, Speaker Pelosi, treasury secretary mnuchin, they will talked again about the stimulus plan, the far apart on the size of the package but they agree on extending emergency payment, they are still talking, nbc held a town hall for joe biden last night, no questions about packing the court, offering statehood to puerto rico in washington, d. C. , who the democrats were put on the Supreme Court, it really was soft ball city, maybe that changes in the Vice President ial debate tomorrow night, mike pence faces off against Kamala Harris, plexi glass screens will separate them. 910 minute segments, the president s leadership on covid and mike pence pushing hard on the issues, this could be the turning point in the election which is four weeks away. All of that is politics, now money, big gains across the board monday for the stockpackas morning, the dow industrial looking at 130p
Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti
Ceos testify on Prescription Drug pricing. Members question why the retail price of their drugs frequently increases and at a rate that far exceeds inflation among other issues. This is just under 4 hours. Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by
With any recovery increasingly week. And the senate backs a bill to punish china for tightening its grip on hong kong. U. S. Banks may be hit if they continue to do business with beijing. Shery u. S. Futures flat at the open, after we saw u. S. Stocks jumping in late trade. Major indices all gaining at least one present in the regular session, after fluctuating through most of the session. We saw some moves to buy the dip. We have the pandemic in the u. S. Raging. The s p 500 rising the most in a week. Only banks were solidly in the green after regulators eased the volcker rule that will free up capital. We also had mixed data in the u. S. Jobless claims higher than forecast for a second straight week. Take a look at what oil is doing. We are seeing upside pressure, up 1 , around 1 , above 39 a barrel for wti. We saw whale under pressure earlier this week, but russia slashed exports of its crude to the lowest in at least 10 years. That gave crude prices a boost, haidi. Haidi as you men
To rise. S continue the u. S. Now topping one million american deaths, now surpassing the total suffered in the vietnam war. President trumps top infection expert says the virus is not truly going to go away. Anthony warns any reopening of the economy must be prudent. Breaking news out of south korea right now. We are getting march Industrial Production numbers. When it comes to the month on month figure, a gain of 4. 6 . This was a much bigger than gain then was expected, reversing two months of declines. When it comes to the year on your number for Industrial Production, it is a gross search of 7. 1 percent again. The expectation was at was for a contraction. We have seen the south korean economy really battling the coronavirus pandemic. We had seen First Quarter gdp sinking seeing the biggest drop since the financial crisis back in 2008. It seems that we have a little bit more optimism when it comes to the Industrial Production side of things. We are going to get samsungs final earn