Streaming on cbsn bay area. We are looking live outside this morning from our mark hopkins camera as we look at the transamerica pyramid. Its tuesday, december 1st. Its the 1st of december and we are feeling that winter like weather. Lets check in with mary lee for a first look at the forecast. How is it going . We are looking at a chilly start so definitely feeling like december as we start off our day. Also some foggy conditions. Current visibility down to a quarter mile in San Francisco, down to near zero and three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. We will see sun as we go through the afternoon. Those daytime highs on the mild side. 62 in San Francisco for a high temperature. 64 in oakland. 65 in san jose and 66 for concord. The daytime highs, above average for this time of year. Three to eight degrees above average. We will talk about it the rest of the week if there is any change. Details as we look to the rest of the week coming up. Lets check in for a look at traffic on this tue
And the vote is set for 11 eastern advancing nomnation for the u. S. Court of International Trade. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. Thpresiding officer the senate will come to orde the chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray holy god, continue to be our strength and shield. Extend your powerful hands to aid and deliver us. Lord, inspireur senators to bieve that you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Let your favor shine upon our lawmakers, and sustain them with your unfailing love. Lord, release to them the pleasings you have stored for those who honor you. You are our god, and our future is in yourands. Remind us al to seek first to understand before we stri to be understood. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer 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 one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and
Pandemic that has already claimed more than 225,000 american lives. We are 00 mere eight days away we are a mere eight days a away from a president ial election. Donald trump announced his nomination of judge barrett even before we could fully mourn the death of the great Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. And Senate Republicans then rushed this nomination to the senate floor. In doing so, they violated the rule that their leader, Mitch Mcconnell, imposed in 2016 which kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court after president obama nominated him in february of that year to fill the vacancy that arose with the death of justice antonin scalia. That rule was clear. That rule was concise. That rule was definitive. The senate would not consider a nomination to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court during a president ial election year. Many of my republican colleagues echoed leader mcconnells pledge. In fact, my colleague, senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the judiciary committee, admonished us to
The presiding officer pursuant to rule 4, paragraph 2, the senate having been in continuous session, the senate will suspend for a prayer from the senate chaplain. The chaplain let us pray. Holy god, as our lawmakers strive on this decisive day in history to accomplish your purposes, show them how to discern your will. May they renew their minds through the in yourishment of your an hourishment of your holly word. Lord, prepare them to be sober minded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing the tasks that receive your approval. Lord, keep them from conforming to worldly impulses, as they strive to ensure that their conduct will rightly represent you. May they conduct themselves with holiness, godliness, and civility, waiting for the day when you will return to establish your kingdom on earth. Lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace without spot or blemish. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. Mr. Lee mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee mr. P
We get additional fiscal stimulus. Our guest is from morgan stanley. It feels like from the last 23 months, we have been turning the volume up and down and gone nowhere. Are we starting to change the track a little bit . Are we making progress around the fiscal talks . Only question that matters right now, Mitch Mcconnell does he have the votes to pass a 1. 8 trillion package . Think the Senate Majority leader needs all 53 senators to vote for this package. Choice is, the between getting something done ahead of the election or waiting until after the election seeing the outcome then making decisions about the stimulus package. Markets most importantly, the question is not necessarily whether it gets done ahead of the election but whether it gets done at all. Upsaw elements of that show in the minutes from earlier this made it clearfed that if there wasnt a stimulus in the next several months, if it gets done in a timely manner, the fed will be pleased as will the market. Jonathan coupl