Chair discusses the coronavirus. Join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington host good morning. It is monday, july 13, 2020. A threehour washington journal ahead and we begin the day the race from the for the white house and we are three weeks away from Vice President joe biden announcing his running mate. We want to hear from democrats who do you think joe biden should pick to be on the 2020 ticket . Democrats in the eastern or central time zones can call in o 274 88000. You can also send us a text. Please include your name and where you are from. A good monday morning. As a reminder, joe biden has said he would pick a woman to be his running mate in 2020, so that helps narrow down the list, but were asking democrats who runninge joe bidens mate. This piece takes up the 11 most logical picks. The top three, congresswoman val demings of florida, senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, and the number one pick, senator, harris of california. Aaron blake writes she has be
The biotech industry was formulated in the united states. It was an industry that was unpacking the biology of cells, understanding how the biology of these cells could be used to made new medicine to make new medicines. Pharma in the past was essentially trying out medicines on animals to see if they worked and then put them into a human being through a Clinical Trial process. Once we understood how the genes worked, how to manipulate those genes, a whole new ability to transform what we knew about cells into medicine came into being. This is a real revolution. It started in the 1970s, walked through the 1980s and now today. There are approximately a couple thousand companies, about 700 of whom are members of bio. Many others are private. There are smaller industries in and these in asia small companies, although tiny represent no more than anyone of the Big Companies in terms of numbers of employees, generating about 70 of all medicine. What is the difference . It is simple. In the b
Five day winning streak. Dom chu has more. And it has been the outperformer the nasdaq again up about onethird of 1 , so well off the lows of the session so far all those lows by the way, the dow industrials down roughly 271 points and weve gained back a lot of ground, but a lot of waiting and seeing with the s p just about flat. Lets take a look at some of the sector movements since the covid lows that we saw back in march over the last three months, the real standouts have been energy, up about 68 , consumer discretionary, retail names up 47 . And Technology Names up about 37 . Are more sensitive names playing on a recovery or hopes of one driving those particular gains so something to watch. And then the stock of the day is spotify hitting a record high up 13 off the highs of the day after it inked an exclusive deal with Kim Kardashian west to host a new exclusive podcast centering around kriccriminal Justice Reform and remember a lot of headlines, dwrenkt listin direct listing, not
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 47, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the vought nomination. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton whats happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and an affront to the civilized world. In a year in which so much has happened we may look back in the near future and view this moment in hong kong as the single biggest moment of the year. The presiding officer will the senator suspend. The senate will be in order. Members take their conversations off the floor. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton mr. President , whats happening in hong kong right now is a tragedy, as it crime, its an affront to the civilized world. In an eventful year with so much happening every single day, we may look back in the nea
In central beirut as the political power struggle and economic crisis worse. Thanks for joining us protesters are pouring into americas capital as the city gears up for its largest demonstration yet against racism and Police Brutality take a look at the live scene in washington d. C. Right now 12 days off to a george floyd a black man was killed while pinned down by a white Police Officer his dress has triggered waves of anger and protest right across the nation with a message block lives matter of gaining renewed support around the world meanwhile floyds family has held a Memorial Service for him in North Carolina thats where he was born. I think for. Everybody been talking about everything in there these family is a can love and they love everybody a man. And im not the one the prince but ive come to tell you today that god. Its gods son. That you out there. What. Is on our south. Carolina. I dont like this c. E. O. And i want to tell you some way to bring about you know back in the