Day. We ask your blessing upon those throughout our country who are suffering so much more each day. Keep safe the firefighters out west. Keep safe those who are responding to the destruction of Hurricane Sally on the gulf coast. Listen to the cries of those who have lost so much as a result of these natural covid rs even as the pandemic weeks its havoc in our communities. Here in the capitol impel with your spirit the members of congress who, more than any others, have the opportunity to address our nations needs. Give them the wisdom and ourage to do so working as a united force for good in these times. Lord, have mercy. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Men. The speaker thank you, father. Pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. Slotkin. Ms. Slotkin i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and
Provide administrator to provide information about security protocols with chinese behemoth tencent. Meanwhile, bytedance and oracle have tentatively agreed to a deal has to be approved by the Chinese Government, and there is significant confusion about timelines. Lets check in without markets ended the day with senior markets correspondent scarlet fu , leading declines but outperforming all year. What has been happening . Scarlet there was a lot going on and to some extent, you can blame the federal reserve, j powell saying rate will stay at current levels, lower for longer, but investors were expecting a dovish surprise and were left hanging. When you look at equities, most of the damages from the large cap, big tech names, but it was a broad decline, eight out of 11 sectors in 20 active 24 sectors finishing lower. Outperformance today were value encyclical stocks. If you look at the past two weeks, it has been a clear theme. The two bestperforming groups were materials and industria
Company ipo in a year, if approved by President Trump. Is this ride hailer. Eeking to shore up cash haidi lets look at how we are setting up for the final trading session of the week in asia. After a pretty lackluster session, we had u. S. Stocks passing some of those parsing some of those losses, still dropping for a second day but finding support after bouncing off the 50 Day Moving Average on the s p. S p futures seeing a little positivity on the u. S. Fridays session, about 0. 2 higher. Tax leading the client is apple, facebook and peppe microsoft are weighing on declines. We saw a Little Movement in treasuries as well. In asia, the nikkei 225 is seeing an upside, 0. 1 when it comes to futures trading in chicago at the moment. Dollar weakness yen strength will be an issue, the. We have the yen appreciated to the strongest level in six months across broad dollar weakness. The u. S. Dollar index falling for a fifth straight session. We are also keeping watch on the dollar and how it
Promises billions of dollars in aid and assures supports during weeks of protests. And americas top diplomats reiterate the call for a quick solution to the gulf crisis and lifting of qatars economic blockades. Its past time to find a solution to the gulf rift trouble mistress you see this few resolved to reopen cutters air and land borders currently blocked by other gulf states. Im well into the sports news is tennis number one Novak Djokovic opens up about being flung out of the u. S. Open and well hear from the man who went on to win the tournament and his 1st major trophy dominate take. All that still to come but 1st an israeli settler has been hand. 3 life sentences for the murders are all 3 members of a Palestinian Family amir on been only through a far bowmans the home of the da wop share family in 2815 killing the couple and their infant son harry forsett reports from outside the courtroom in leeds israel. More than 5 years after firebombing the house of the family as they slep
August 20, 2020. Budget and Appropriations Committee. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have announcements . Due to the covid19 health emergency, the Committee Room are closed. Members will participate in a meeting remotely. This is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and directives. Committee members may participate to the same extent as if physically present. Put lick comment shall occur at the recessed meeting august 24 at 10 00 a. M. You may send it in the following ways. Email to the budget and finance committee clerk, and it will be forwarded to the supervisors and included as part of the official file. Thank you, good morning. We are reconvening our meeting from yesterday. This weeks hearings are focused on changes and reductions that the Budget Committee would like t