Tell us the history of the green party, how has it changed since 1984, and what does the party look like today . Guest we got started in 1984 after the german greens elected 19 people to their bundestag, their congress, and people around the world said maybe we in 1984 inhat we met st. Paul, minnesota and said, we cannot build this out of the president ial run. We have to start in local politics, and we proceeded to do that for the next dozen years. In 1996, ralph nader let us use his name on ballots for president. We got on over 30 ballots, and then he ran an active ballot in 2000 and we were on over 40 ballots. That put us on the national spotlight. Andave been here 35 years currently have 100 29 elected officials in local offices. It is one of the best kept secrets in american politics, more than any independent Progressive Party has. You have to go back to the heyday of the socialist party before the 1940s. What has changed as we have a lot of ballot lines running local candidate,
Kloots. What does she know, as Ghislaine Maxwell sits in jail. Whether shell cooperate in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. How some of the greatest cultural sites are turning to new technology in the pandemic to let tourists return safely. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The growth is exponential at this point. You know, weve been breaking record after record after record all the last couple of weeks. The staggering 40 out of 50 states are seeing Coronavirus Infections on the rise. Florida surpassing more than 200,000 covid19 cases. More hospitalizations, more icus and respirators and more fatalities. 99 of which are totally harmless. President trump told a crowd on the National Mall those covid19 cases are, quote, totally harmless. We must take this seriously. Tony award nominated broadway star nick cordero has died from complications of the coronavirus. If i live my truth im living just for you remains found in texas are confirmed as missing ft. Hood s
We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Trading here. What is really interesting is the sentiment on the floor, right . Ive been coming down here for the last three weeks. Weve seen very, very extreme swings daily and traders right now are basically desensitized to what theyre hearing and what theyre seeing and these big movements in the market. It is not to say theyre not worried about it, and theyre not worried what will come out of wall street. The question, and the point they make to me, this virus needs to get to the point where it peaks and starts to trail off. That is where the markets calm down. Not until then will we see volatility subside a little bit. You see the Market Selling off 1000 points today. The point made in the previous show. There was a lot of hope yesterday that washington would come up with some sort of a stimulus solution. Right now, folks are kind of scratching their heads, wondering whatever they come up with, if it will be enough. Were watching the dow down 1052 right now. The the biggest dow dra