Republican from oregon, former chairman of the energy and commerce committee. Now, the Top Republican on that committee which sees a lot of telecommunications legislation. Our guest reporter, chris mills rodrigo of the hill. Congressman, youre retiring. Why . Rep. Walden i have had a great run. I have been at this 22 years in the u. S. House, the oregon legislature. Im not one of those members leaving cranky and angry. Democracy is built to be messy. Ive had a good run, ive enjoyed it, but it is time for somebody new to step in. My wife and i are ready to go take on some new challenge, of what i have no idea yet. I have been so busy, but it has been a great run. We got a lot done, so i am pleased with what weve done. Peter speaking of that, you are regarded as one of the Telecommunications Experts in the congress because of your background in radio and being on the enc committee. What is your legacy in telecommunications . Rep. Walden thanks. I dont spend a lot of time on that sort of
A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Well brazils president be forced to take a coronavirus a risk that. Hes dismissed for months as a little how will he deal with the fallout from the worlds 2nd largest covert 19 outbreak this isnt a story. Hello and welcome to the program. Brazils president spent months downplaying the coronavirus pandemic. Refused to wear a mask dismissed lockdowns and said his athleticism would protect him now hes one of the 1600000. 00 brazilians infected with covert 19 only the United States has more infections and rio de janeiros famous copacabana beach has become a memorial for the nearly 70000 brazilians have died so far cemeteries are struggling to find space for the dead hospitals cant cope but also remains defiant he wont state governors to reopen shops and factories to restart south americas largest economy despite the rising total of inf
Research and we will talk about inventory numbers. The equity strategists are just reluctantly upgrading their target and we will talk to new and we will talk to them on the hour. Guy hes a 2900 on the markets at 31 so we will see what happens. As you mentioned, its an interesting day in the u. K. , the pound is getting a minor boost, the market is really shrugging its shoulders as we have seen radical plan to save the economy. How radical is it . Heres the chancellor of the exchequer. I want every person in this house and in the country to know that i will never accept unemployment as an unavoidable outcome. Here here. We are not in everything we have done so far just a step back now. In truth, the job has only just begun. Its a 30 billion bound program, again the pound shrugging its shoulders that what we heard. Guestfind out what our says. Is that the right reaction . Why is this enough to move the pound . Else, the as anything focus is slightly elsewhere. Brexit talks happening sep
Donors he would get rid of most of trumps tax cuts. That wouldnt be good for stock prices or your 401 k . Right now we see the dow losing maybe 90 points at the opening bell, 25,400. The s p will be down and the nasdaq is off about 20 points. No serious selloff at this point. But we do have dramatic stories breaking this morning. Overnight, a young black man, 16 years old, shot and killed in the seattle chop zone. Its the fourth shooting there in nine days. Democrat mayor durkin said the zone would be removed. It is still there. In new york city, the city votes on taking a billion dollars out of the budget the police budgets. Mayor deblasio calls it real redistribution. This follows a devastating blow, the citys 15 billion theater industry will stay closed until next year. The democrats trash the president and mt. Rushmore. A tweet from the dnc says the president will be quote, glorifying White Supremacy when he attends a fireworks display there on july fourth. But its okay. They took
A 10000000000 dollar government rescue package to help keep it afloat. The governor of the u. S. State of texas reversed his plans to lift the locked out there after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. And further consolidating power russians take part in a referendum that could see the president stay in office for another decade. And sport australia and new zealand of won the rights to host the 2023 womens world cup the joint bid between colombia and a vote held by footballs world governing body. Its been a month since the death of george floyd in custody and policing in the United States could be on the brink of a major change the house of representatives is debating democratic legislation that reduces Legal Protections for officers and would make it easier to prosecute police it would also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force. Exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i cant breathe and change the course of history since then here if it day ame