In an effort to fight those rising numbers here in this country the u. S. National guard has been activated to 3 of the hardest hit States New York california and Washington State now almost half of the u. S. Cases about 20000 of them are all in new york state alone now several states have issued a stay at home orders for its residents with some even ordering nonessential businesses to shut their doors this means stay at home and avoid going out as much as possible unless its absolutely essential now current restrictions include the 3 biggest cities in the country new york city los angeles and chicago now overall the policy is going to affect millions of people so here in the Nations Capital republicans and democrats all clashing in the senate as the coronavirus rescue bill fell short of the votes needed to advance on sunday night theyre back at it today debating on that bill while debating the bill present. Trump and the Coronavirus Task force team gave their Daily Briefing where they
In an effort to fight those rising numbers here in this country the u. S. National guard has been activated to 3 of the hardest hit States New York california and Washington State now almost half of the u. S. Cases about 20000 of them are all in new york state alone now several states have issued a stay at home orders for its residents with some even ordering nonessential businesses to shut their doors this means stay at home and avoid going out as much as possible unless its absolutely essential now current restrictions include the 3 biggest cities in the country new york city los angeles and chicago now overall the policy is going to affect millions of people so here in the Nations Capital republicans and democrats all clashing in the senate as the coronavirus rescue bill fell short of the votes needed to advance on sunday night theyre back at it today debating on that bill while debating the bill President Trump and the. Coronavirus Task Force Team gave their Daily Briefing where th
Now. Maria we want to check Global Markets this morning, european indices all over the place this morning following the u. S. Central Bank Stimulus package. London shut down, some of the mass transit lines in an effort to contain virus. Ftse 100 is down 12 points right now. Dax index in germany right now up 21. In asia overnight it was red across the board. Take a look. Korea getting hard hit down better than 8 overnight in korea hitting levels not seen since 2009 even as coronavirus cases are dropping in korea. As you see the other majors are also weaker. Lets check the oil markets now. Seeing a rebound this morning after 18year low. As you see oil prices bouncing 250 a barrel at 22. 87 a barrel. Yield on the 10year treasury hovering above 1 . Yields are bouncing once again 1. 92 on 10year. Investors certainly gearing up for another wild day this morning in terms of volatility. Lets check futures. We are expecting another tripledigit decline. The nasdaq is down 35 and s p 500 weaker b
Charles high level trade walks are underway in china as we speak. Already a ton of headlines are trickling out. Edward lawrence is live at the u. S. Trade Representatives Office with the very latest. Edward . Reporter charles, i can tell you these talks started about 30 minutes before they were scheduled to talk and they have been working through lunch. They passed through a break in the schedule on this i cant tell you if that is good news t could be good news. It could be they reached a sticking point. In any case they are still talking which is good news here. Chinese trade sources said the chinese would like to work out a deal on parts they already agreed upon, that both sides agreed upon and lay a timeline out what comes next year for those difficult points. Following the guidelines theyre looking at sort of the japaneseu. S. Deal where they have a deal on agricultural and digital trade. Move forward with the rest of the stave later on. The u. S. Wants to know what concessions chi
[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to our witnesses, several of whom have traveled the considerable distances to be here today for this important hearing on paid family and medical leave. Before we move to our scheduled committee business, i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela moomau, a valued member staff of the staff of the joint committee on taxation for over 28 years. A reminder, again, of the considerable talent that exists sometimes outside of the glare of publicity. Pamela began her career at the joint committee on taxation in may of 1991, and over the years applied her skill on many legislative issues, both large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee on taxation have said that pam was tireless in her dedication to the work of the joint committee, and that she readily accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often data deficient. She was in her office cheerfully worki