American workers and forced them to train their lower paid foreign replacements i promptly removed the chairman of the board and now those talented American Workers have been rehired and are back providing power to georgia alabama tennessee kentucky mississippi North Carolina and virginia the they have their old jobs back and some are here with us this evening please stand you went through a lot please stand thank you thank you very much the only rely they think you very much thank you last month i took on big pharma. You think thats easy. And signed orders that will massively lower the cost of your prescription drugs and give critically ill patients access to lifesaving cures we passed the decades long awaited right to try. Right to try to open we also passed be a accountability and v. A. Choice the great veterans are taking care of us better with the over 91 percent Approval Rating this month that they have a given by our veterans 1st time anything like thats ever happened by the end
Couldnt afford a funeral towards the end of march its means they became 2nd to the us in the number of cases of the. One with the deaths also came moments of humanity. Italian sang to one another and applauded Health Care Workers which was a pit is in britain and elsewhere. By may brazil became 2nd to the u. S. In the number of reported infections president both in our contract it covered 9000 in july of 2 downplaying the illness for months he was among many politicians who contract the virus including britains Prime Minister bars johnson. With many countries having is not down for suffering a 2nd wave india continued to struggle with almost 4 and a half 1000000 reported cases. Covering 19 has now had an impact in almost every part of the world the i. M. F. Says the Global Economy will sink at least 3 percent this year the worth since the Great Depression millions of both the Jobs International travel is the stop to its billions have been confined to the home 2020 would be known for ge
We will have law and order on the streets of this countryfo r every american of every race and creed and color. Tonight, President Trump acpts his partys nomination for four more years. The final night of the Republican National convention. Woodruff good evening. Welcome to our special pbs wshour live coverage of the final night of the republican naonal convention. We, along with thousands of others, had initially planned to be in charlotte,orth carolina, k,this wut because of the pandemic, the gathering will be almost entirelyirtual, including some of our reporters, analysts and the speakers for threpublicans. Tonight also has the backdrop o ssive hurricane along the gulf coasts of texas and louisiana. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis during this critical time in a historic election year. I am here in our studio, socially distanced, with amy walter. We have reporters and analysts ac. Ross the count and our amna anwaz is in the studio around the corner to he
We have blake burman at the white house. We begin with gerri willis. We finished with the s p at new record highs for first time in six months. Above the prepandemic highs. Think about that. That is the 14th record close this year. Turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second Straight Record close for that index. The 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. Good news there. Market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. One was walmart. Shares down after the nations largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates samestoresales up 9. 9 . Online sales up 97 . Even so the stock is down. Dont know what it takes to get walmart up today. Home depot that stock up as well. Blowout Second Quarter with the sales up 23. 4 . Americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, stay there, work there all the time. Finally weve been watching apple shares closely. They are higher today as the
Rose still who tragically died on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and thank them for participating. March 10th marked the 1year anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 which was preceded by the loss of land near flight 602. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies go to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from the investigation that the faa has the number of serious problems, the investigation staff of dozens of witnesses, thousands of documents and emails who have been diligent in pursuit of these facts no matter where they lead. However, i must express my profound frustration with the agencys lack of response to most of my requests dating back to last april, documents that stem from whistleblower disclosures. On april 2nd, 2019, i sent