Procedural vote will take place this morning on the nominee. The confirmation vote later this afternoon. And the negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Live coverage now here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god our shield, we rejoice in the gift of your salvation. Look with favor upon our senators today, delivering them from fear and guiding them around the obstacles that hinder their progress. Lord, unite them for the common good of this great land. Lord, manifest your purposes to them, making clear your plans and guiding them with your love. Give them the wisdom to have confidence in your power, as you inspire them to use their talents as instruments of liberation and healing. Almighty god, have compassion upon our nation and world. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge a
Movers was in the s p 500 this week. Tshirt. Ands and your underpants, right . I guess what. When you work at home, you still need your briefs. [laughter] still with us, hopefully, david balin. David, we are heading into the heart of the earnings season next week. Earnings companies next week, that is the real meat of it. What are you looking for to see from these companies . Margin improvement . Revenue growth . Or are you still concerned about the bottom line . Those three, but more importantly we are looking for the trajectory, the information they provide about the trajectory in their business at this point. The Balance Sheet health of the companies and their ability to fund operations, the degree to which they are bringing back employees and we are looking at changes in competitive position, which you touched on several times in the weeks passed to see if companies are actually gaining share in their respective businesses. So, its a lot of data that we think indicates the degree t
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In ireland, all of the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake. The radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition, and they are guiding the country through the covid i9 pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed its moment . Mary lou mcdonald in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well you won the most first preference votes in irelands general election you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, whats happened to that revolution . Well, five months on, we are into really uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves, with a global pandemic, with the Public Health eme
And stability. 14 people dead an ongoing cross border fighting between us and by john and armenia. We begin with breaking news from the International Court of justice at the hague its ruled in favor of qatar in a dispute with 4 out of countries that have imposed a blockade on the gulf state and that prevented qatari aircraft from flying over their airspace the court said the u. N. The Civil Aviation agency has jurisdiction in this case because of one. Unanimous. Rejected deal brought by the king of bahrain. Of egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. To. By 15 both you. Told me that the council of the international t. V. That the organization has been doing that they. Need to eat by the government of the 38 of. The 27 p. And the c. Of the occasion he said listen. A little began in june 27th teen saudi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt sever ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade doha then called on the international Civil Aviation organization to declare t
So i can state as the nominee prepares an operation against buddhist separatists the un is warning ill be intensified fighting. And president marcos party faces a setback but its a good night for the greens after local elections in fronts. Across the world hof a 1000000 people have now died from corona virus and more than 10000000 have been infected a quarter of all those infections and deaths are in the United States which is by far the worst hit country with a sharp spike in infections recorded in southern and western states the u. S. Health secretary is warning time is running out to contain the virus as we go again has the latest. The corona virus is marching through america in Houston Texas hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care beds in florida arizona and texas mobile testing sites are being overrun with people waiting for hours many turned away Health Experts warned this would happen in many of these states mostly republican governors move to reopen businesses stres