The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. August 22, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable brenda l. Lawrence to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of us all, thank you for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house gathered here at the capitol for an extraordinary session in extraordinary times. Inspire them with wisdom as they hope to address the needs of our nation in such a difficult period of our shared history. Continue to bless those who labor to attend to the sick among our citizens and those also who strive to find effective treatments and vaccines. Keep us all safe in your divine mercy. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Ame
Well never forget and forgive the still. President. The belarus Opposition Leader calls Police Violence against protesters the governments worst mistake and tells aljazeera the president must go. And russian Opposition Leader alexina valley is airlifted to germany where hes being treated for suspected poisoning. Welcome to the program the u. S. House of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened mail in voting ahead of the president ial election politicians voted to give the agency 25000000000 dollars and rejected reforms that would have slowed mail delivery the fight over the Postal Service has become a key election issue democrats accuse the head of the Postal Services of trying to undermine mail delivery to benefit President Donald Trump the Postal Service had warned that they could not guarantee that ballots cast by mail would arrive in time to be counted or she able towns are caused by the following events for us from capitol hill the hou
The 27,700 level. Remember, it was 18,000 on march 23rd. The s p, what, nearly 3400. New alltime high. The nasdaq well over the 11,000 mark. Who would have thought of that. Add it all up and yes, we are now in a brand new bull market. Heres another reason for the rally. Terrific performance from major retailers, target, out today with a blowout report. Online sales nearly tripled. It was targets best overall growth rate ever. That stock is going straight up. Add this to the numbers from walmart, home depot and its clear the major retailers won big by staying open in the lockdown. Really, though, kind of tough on the smaller operators. Got to get to it. The convention, boring in my judgment. Tv ratings way down. Wheres the excitement . Everything is on tape and the whole thing lacks the spontaneity of a live crowd. The performance of the old guard, bill clinton, john kerry and a grim chuck schumer. The bright spot was aocs oneminute appearance. She nominated Bernie Sanders. The democrat
Rehabilitation programme. The pastor says more than half have stayed on the straight and narrow. At least five others who did not have been killed. Back at the detention centre, more arrivals, suspected gang members corralled in a new crackdown by el salvadors president. He is urging young men to leave the gangs and go home to their families, otherwise, he says, the only future is prison or death. Orla guerin, bbc news, san salvador. The nominations have been announced for this Years Mercury prize for the best album by a british or irish artist. On the shortlist are bands including idles and the 1975, singer songwriter anna calvi and northampton rapper slowthai. The Mercury Prize prides itself on recognising an impressive breadth of musical styles with its nominations. This year, there is the more commercial sound of the 1975. And the band foals. As well as the more reflective melodies of cate le bon. And ten piece jazz collective seed ensemble. Singer songwriter anna calvi has now bee
Eleanor and taylor this is the news hour live from london coming up. The catalan president says catalonia has the right to become its own state but stopped short of declaring independence. Kenyas Opposition Leader now says hes withdrawing from the president ial election rerun. In liberia where polls are just closing as a country votes to elect their next president. Ten dead more than one hundred people injured and twenty thousand evacuated as wildfires spread in the u. S. State of california. With the latest sports news including syrians world cup dreams come to an end theyre beaten in extra time by australia who are one step closer to russia twenty eight to. Begin in spain where in the past the catalan president praised him on that catalonia has earned the right to become its own state but stopped short of declaring independence outright in a speech for the Catalan Parliament to call for a deescalation of tension and said he was ready for dialogue with the Spanish Government he said m