Crucial states. Markets are proceeding very cautiously. They are mixed at this hour after the dows 650point monday meltdown. We are only adding to that right now. Getting a little uncomfortably close to lows of the session. We are down 185. The low is a loss of 196 at the moment. You can see the s p is down seven but the nasdaq is holding on to some green here, up 50 points. No surprise, then, that megatech is powering the markets leaders. Could all that change tomorrow, when the top brass from facebook, twitter and google face the music in what is expected to be a contentious capitol hill hearing . Senator roger wicker is the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee. He will tell us what he needs to hear from Mark Zuckerberg, jack dorsey and sandar pichai. And breaking news out of tmobile. Forget telecom and 5g wars. Tmobile Just Launched a dual attack on cable and streaming leaders. Tmobiles ceo is here to unveil his brand new weaponry of offerings that has the stock moving higher a
Support to get as Many Americans vaccinated as fast as possible. The pentagon says theyre going to be deploying 1,100 troops to five vaccination megasites all over the country. Three of those sites are still tbd. The first in california. The pentagon says that those first troops should be arriving there in a little over a week. What we know is that 1,100, an initial group, one team of 222, will be deploying to california to a site in california in the coming days. We expect they will get on site, on or about the 15th of this month. Martha this is part of President Bidens push to get 100 Mass Vaccination Centers in a month. The pentagon has asked fema to provide 10,000 Service Members to staff the centers. Todays announcement marks the beginning of fulfilling that request. Vaccinating teachers, its been a big topic in the White House Briefing room all week after the director of the cdc said it was safe to reopen schools without Vaccinating Teachers first. But the White House Press secre
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing i want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes mooths smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco web x for the remainder of the time attending this hearing unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a member is experiencing any connectivity issues or problems, please inform the Committee Staff as soon as possible so you can receive assistance. A chat function is available for members on the web x platform for this purpose and members can also call the committees main phone line at 2022254472 for Technical Assistance by phone. Members may also not participate remotely in any other proceeding that may be occurring simultaneously. It is the responsibility of each member seeking recognition to unmu
Nations rail Service Needs 4 billion to stay afloat for fiscal year 2021. He made the comments in testimony before the house transportation subcommittee on railroads. The subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing. I want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco webx for the remainder of the time they are attending this hearing, unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a member is experiencing any connectivity issu