That representation Transportation Safety issues along with my Ranking Member senator cantwell let me welcome our Signature Panel of witnesses and thank them for this hearing. Well hear from the department of transportation including neil szabat ron brinks and straygur of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and deputy minister of traffic and safety. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2019 better known as the fastback rasterized the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface transportation paid sns and fra. Identifying issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The fastback places a greater focus on our nations Multimodal Network that includes establishing the emperor Grant Program. This program and others such as formerly tiger grants are critical to improve our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the winces will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve our i
Closely guarded secret. But please do join us after the news headunes please do join us after the News Headlines when well be telling you exactly what the nations supposed favourite ice cream is, which i think were were. Do we which i think were were. Do we agree with it . We do agree. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. It is. It is. But first, lets get the news with rhiannon. With rhiannon. Thank you, ellie. Good morning. Its 932. Your top stories from the newsroom. The stories from the newsroom. The chancellor says efforts to fight inflation are working after the u. K. Economy grew by 0. 2 in the Second Quarter. Figures from the office for National Statistics also show gdp rose by 0. 5 in june alone , buoyed by the june alone, buoyed by the Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy hunt says the governments laying the Strong Foundations needed to grow the economy. The results mean theres no immediate risk of the uk slipping into
Today is december 7th, a most appropriate day to welcome the authors of surprised again, the covid crisis and the new market bubble. Ive read this book cover to cover twice, once in its early stage before it was in print and again in the past week. Its not only an excellent account of the financial crisis that gripped the country as it recognized the severity of the covid crisis. But a very interesting discussion of the Government Policies enacted to counter the economic consequences of the pandemic. After the authors discuss their new book, chris demuth, distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute and i will react to some of the issues and events. Alex howard discuss in surprised again. Then well turn to the audience for questions, including the online audience who can send in their questions. And if my past interactions with these scholars, any guide, i would not be surprised at. All if we have a lively discussion. Alex pollock is a senior fellow of the macys institute. Between nove
Kayleigh explosions in the skies over israel right now. Listen to that. Idf continue to make preparation for a Ground Invasion go gaza. Trey yingst in Northern Israel with the latest. Trey. Trey kayleigh, good afternoon, weve been following developments near to the gaza border. Over the past three weeks, weve heard nothing like we have heard tonight and seen nothing like we have seen tonight. Effort by Israeli Military to strike targets in northern part of the gaza strip from the air and also the ground and the sea. Weve seen Artillery Units active here. Hais fire going into gaza. We have seen 155 cluster rounds on northern part of the strip. The navy is shelling. I just want you to listen to that there, sense how heavy airstrikes are, they are shaking the ground near the gaza border. Kayleigh trey, no doubt, you said that is heaviest you have heard and certainly that weve heard here on the couch. You spoke to the Israeli Defense minister and he said it is not a question of weeks, but
Theresa may is delivering another puzzle to the irish border. Will she be able to convince skeptics within her own party . Fox hunting. Comcast is seeking full control of sky in the battle for 21st century fox. Will the house of mouse take the prize . Matt foxhunting. Are less than half away half an hour away from the european open. Trading up here across the board, not a huge gain for ftse futures but you see dax futures and cac futures up. A threeday trade of 10 year treasuries, the yield has them coming down. It is recovering a little bit as investors selloff wants. What do they do with that money . Do they use it to buy stocks . You can see the same picture if you look at the bonds. U. S. Investors might be getting some cash together to buy the dip. Guy what lets talk about what the gmm is showing. Bitcoin is not on this board. The nikkei bouncing back strongly overnight. These undated driving that. Markets have come back overnight in the overnight session. The nikkei coming back 1