Being the final week where they really recalibrate. And remember, for years ago, this is one President Trump, with a vengeance, recalibrated. Francine yes, we look at the polls, we look at georgia. Thatof these swing states have been, for a pretty long time, read turning blue, so we will look at the polls there. And it must be election week if you are singing to me. That is what the markets are looking at, and that is, what they say, even what Boris Johnson is looking at before signing with the e. U. Tom long lines across the nation, a lot of stories and anecdotes on that. Lets get to our first word news. In new york city, ritika gupta. Ritika good morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the chamber could pass a pandemic relief package this week. Still, a deal with the white house remains elusive. The republican led senate may not act before the election. Both sides accuse each other of moving the goal posts on legislation. Mark meadows says the u. S. Is not going to control the pande
Selloff. The dow industrials down 36 points, nasdaq up 61 and s p higher by 3 and a quarter. This as we await testimony from treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman jay powell today, both on capitol hill later today. This follows a huge selloff yesterday sparked by an open Supreme Court seat and impact of it on the ledge Kellyanne Conway slalegislative agenda. Dow indusn 500 points, nasdaq lower by 14 and s p lower by 38. The state of our cities, the department of justice naming three major cities anarchist jurisdictions that could lose federal funding due to ongoing unrest. Rudy giuliani is back with us with his take on all of this. Then, fine on the field, nfl handing out massive fines for mask violations, all the numbers coming up this morning. Women and wellness, how some are expanding business while keeping their cool in the era of coronavirus. Super model Kathy Ireland is here with lifestyle tips you dont want to yo miss. Mornings with maria is live right n
Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the National Humanities medal, the claremont institu institute, lazano long. Patrick j oconnell, james patterso patterson. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. Thank you very much, please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special. No matter where you go in the world, this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients on their really, and i mean truly phenomenal achievement to the incredible achievement and congratulations to all. [applaus [applause] with us today are vicepresident mike pence. Mike thank you very much. Secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos. Thank you very much, betsy. Cha
Register of tragedy, a list that stretches from parkland to pittsburgh. Charleston to columbine, aurora to orlando. San bernardino to sandy hook and to las vegas. Because that ever growing list can sometime seem abstract. Lets not forget the specific places where the awful shootings occurred. May have theaters and nightclubs. Shooting malls and office parks, music if he feels and traffic stops. Churches, synagogues, mosques, colleges, high school and an elementary school. Our hearts remain with the families of the victims and the survivors of these Mass Shootings whose lives were turned upsidedown in an instant by madmen who never should have had access to a gun, the touching letter that senator murphy read from one of his constituents, whose child died at sandy hook is just one of many testaments that to turning upside down ruining your life forever on one of these horrible, awful incidents. At the same time that our hearts are with the tens of thousands more whose lives were ended or
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort