Bill despite talks on capitol hill last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says lawmakers will be given 24 24 hours notice to return to capitol hill to vote if a deal is reached. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to guide their lives. Lord, give them the wisdom to receive your reproof with the understanding that you chastise those whom you love for their good. Make their lives productive for the glory of your name. Mighty god, protect the oppressed and helpless, preserving them from evil. We pray in your great name, amen. The presiding officer join me in reciting the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic
Affiliation. This is the first opportunity on the senate floor to offer a word about kamala harris, one of our colleagues in a historic move was asked by another former Senate Colleague of the Vice President joe biden in his preferred nominee to be Vice President of the United States. Ive come to know senator harrison or four years in the senate through her service on then Judiciary Committee and the intelligence committee, her publicservice track record is a significant one worthy of praise from her work as a District Attorney in the line prosecuteds no untrained and in San Francisco where she focused on trying to keep her Community Safe to services, California Attorney general running the portfolio toe include Environmental Justice and Consumer Protection and her work tin the senate since 2016. What i find so compelling about senator harris to her track record of Public Service during her long career as her personal story raises the child into immigrants and jamaican father and india
Theyll be fixed. Theyll be rigged. The bush pac from democrats and republicans. E situation is and have the election on november 3rd as already scheduled. A live report from the white house straight ahead. Breaking news. At least one marine killed, eight others missing after a training accident off the coast of Southern California. A search and rescue Mission Still underway this morning. Home at last. Congressman john lewis laid to rest. Family, friends, and former president s coming together to celebrate the life of a man called a founding father. America was built by people like him. We live in a better and nobler country today because of john lewis. The call to action in the wake of his death. All that plus slam dunk. Puts it up and in lebron james the nbas return doesnt disappoint with two thrillers inside the bubble. And the commissioner of the nhl joins us live on the eve of hockeys big restart. Today, friday, july 31st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah
Group. All of the numbers as soon as they hit the tape this morning. Futures showing a mix bag as you can see, excuse me, we have that is arrows across the board. Nasdaq up 34 and a half, s p is up 11 this after yesterdays crazy lateday selloff. California announced lockdowns and when the announcement came through that really did hurt the market. The dow barely holding a gain. We will see if we can do better today. Well, jumping species. Animal to human virus contraction may become more common. How to protect yourself, plus, ford taking nostalgia route with newest suv back by popular demand. Mornings with maria is live right now. Coronavirus lockdowns in the United States and scaled back reopenings both impacting european markets. As you can see red across the board. Weve had improvement overnight with europe. As you can see the dax and the cac 40 down more than half percent. Not in asia, red across the board. Different story from yesterday morning. We have pressure on markets especial
So far police have not said if theyre looking for a possible suspect. Im at the live news desk tracking reaction from a very bold tweet from the president this morning taking a live look from the white house. The president is suggesting we postpone the elections this year about voter fraud. He tweeted universal mail in voting is good. Referring to undermining the election process and the u. S. Postal service that deals with the mail in ballots. Michelle. Anne, thank you. The stock market is down thanks to grim new economic reports now taking a look at big board and the dow is down about 230 points. And on capital hill, negotiations over a new bill to stabilize the economy amid the pandemic have stalled. Skyler henry has the latest from washington. Coronavirus shut downs across the country led to the worst Quarterly Economic report ever recorded. Second quarter u. S. Gross domestic product plunged a record 32. 9 . If we go back to the great recession, i think our worst quarter was down