Ever closer to our national calling of equal justice under the law. Send that same spirit upon the members of this peoples house, that they who have been entrusted with ensuring this great calling might fulfill that great promise and it will truly come to pass that justice would roll down like a river and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from florida, mr. Garcia. Mr. Garcia i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, e nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina rise . Ms. Foxx i ask unani
The germany dakotas is up 2 . This, of course, follows big gains that we saw on monday, the last trading day of 2012. Still another story for the markets in asia that were open. But see markets continue to be closed in tokyo where shares dont begin trading again until thursday. In china, the shanghai was also closed. In new zealand, that market is closed. You can see the hang seng was up by 2. 9 almost. Bombay and australia also trading higher. At this point, we are beginning to see the u. S. Equity futures, as well. Lets look, and youll see the dow future up by 148 points. No surprise after what we saw around the globe with some market already trading higher. But most markets seeing this as a relief that something got passed, that you are not going to see much higher taxes kicking in on americans making less than 400,000. You will not see the immediate spending impacts. What the markets think longer term is still in question. Again, the dow futures which just began trading are up by 1
Large fires are raging in the states of california, oregon and washington. Looks at the map from the National Wildfire coordination group. It gives you an idea of how many fires are burning on the west coast right now. The bobcat fire which it is called in the Los Angeles National forest started on sunday. It has grown to 26,000 acres and 6 contained. The north complex fire is 250,000 acres and 23 contained. Oregon officials calling it a mass fatality incident. 36 fires have burned through a million acres so far with 500,000 people evacuated or waiting evacuation orders. Washington state Officials Say ten large fires that burned through 600,000 acres this week. 80 of the small town of mauldin was destroyed. The governor blaming climate change. We talk about this as a wildfire. I think we have to start thinking more of climate fires. They are climate fires because thats what creates conditions that make them explosive. There is a sustainable problem. That is climate change. Its a climat
Beginning of the month. And an influential model of the coronavirus pandemic predicts more than 385,000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. By february 1st. That projection is just that, a projection. If we all work together, and do all these things we node we should do, we can stop this from becoming a reality. The science backs that. The latest study shows more than 100,000 lives can be saved if americans just wear masks. Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has been going over this data. Break this down for us, elizabeth. Brianna, this is so interesting how these numbers work out. Lets look at how Many Americans are wearing mask dependably, only 49 . What this study found is in 85 if we could get that number up to 85 , we could say 95,000 lives. If the numb abouter were even higher, to 95 , we could would save 129,000 lives. Masks are not perfect, but you can see they help enormously. Lets talk about remdesivir, which i think so many folks have been hopeful would be extremely wo
Grandmother fainted. Right back into the arms of the president. He caught her tenderly and gently. The encore presentation of first ladies, looking at the public and private lives of our nations first ladies. Next week, Anna Harrison to eliza johnson. Cspan, we bring Public Affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings on the white house events, briefings, and conferences and offering complete coverage of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. Industryy the cable tv 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite providers. You can watch us in hd. A look at the Defense Departments budget cuts under sequestration and the impact of those cuts on military readiness and strategy. The pentagon will have to cut 500 billion over the next decade. The discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. Good morning. Called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. I am marvin calvin. I am