That is the shoes, right . The shoe extension . Francine i dont know if you can hear it, but it is a neighbors. It wont last very long. Hammeringtle bit of there. We welcome all of you here, to the realities of the pandemic. The pandemic is front and center, but there is a lot of other news. I would note pacific rim currencies continue strong. Francine they certainly do, and there is quite a lot going on also in pound talks, so lets not forget brexit and the u. K. E. U. Relationship. Les get to first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika the Trump Campaign is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 is withdrawing a key part of its lawsuit against the Election Results in pennsylvania. It is abandoning demands that almost 700,000 mailin ballots be thrown out because observers were kept too far away from the count. The challenge is now against a far smaller number of ballots, almost certainly just a fraction of bidens lead in the state. Joe biden is Meeting National security experts, but his
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
Are going to have you with us midday here in moscow this is our theater. Students across the world are back in class schools of reopened after the summer break but for many face to face learning wont be the same this new school year with anti coronavirus measures being brought in to prevent outbreaks for example in germany recommendations they vary from state to state but they include the use of masks regular disinfection of premises and smaller class sizes in spain temperatures checks are being implemented and entire schools could be quarantined if there is an outbreak while in france schools of focus making sure pupils are washing their hands and the use of masks has been made mandatory for students and teachers lets find out what is happening in russia aunties dont cause side a school in moscow. The going to be a different start to the school year. Good morning neil well yeah its that time of the year again time for students all over the world to go back to school and many of them w
Im jamie colby, just northeast of bellingham, washington, near the canadian border. Beautiful isnt it . The woman im about to meet is the heir of a controversial relic that, according to family lore, connects her and her ancestors to jesse james and his notorious gang from the 1860s and 70s. My name is sandy mills, and i inherited a very old picture from my grandmother, isabelle. She said it was the infamous outlaw, jesse james. I believed it, but it didnt seem like anybody else really did. Sandy. Hi. Im jamie. So nice to meet you, and i cant wait to hear your story. Sandy explains that her roots go back to missouri, where her grandmother, isabelle, shared with her the family legend that their forebears occasionally aided jesse james. The outlaw jesse james. Yes, maam. She would tell me the stories as i was growing up, how they would give them horses and food and shelter, just protect them. To prove it, grandma isabelle shows sandy this picture, known as a tintype. Its an early form of
Markets looking to start the week to the upside. Futures inching higher this morning take a look there. The dow jones up about 71 points the nasdaq up about 63, and the s p 500 indicated higher by just about 10 points. This after markets finished a little change on friday. Retail, of course, and focus this week earnings expected from heavy hitters including walmart home depot lohse and target fighting back former mcdonalds ceo steve easter brook is slamming lawsuit from the company over his severance his defense later this hour. And heat wave, brutal temperatures hit the west, threatening the power grid in california. Plus, the state of travel airports bracing for a whole new world of changes at checkin what you need to know before heading to the airport. Mornings with maria is live right now. And were taking a look at the european markets edging higher as well. Take a look there the ftse higher and now investors are keeping the focus on travel restrictions, and u. S. China trade tensi