And i ended up writing a column about it. It began a conversation with chris that was part of his effort to develop this book and the arguments in it. Want to ask chris to take us all on a journey he has been on. He has shared some with me over the years. The book starts with a really chilling account of what would happen in the first hours and days of a war with china. Maybe that is a good place to people whyaining to we have a problem when it comes to technology. Chris thank you, david. I appreciate your friendship and guidance throughout this whole process. It has been invaluable. With the timens is spent on the Senate Armed Services committee, the better part of a decade supporting the committee and senator mccain, looking closely at the u. S. Military, how we were investing money and werent investing money and ultimately, how we match up against emerging great power competitors, first and foremost china. The reason i wrote the book was a concern i had then add have now that we are
The Senate Committee on finance the subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange but an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair treatment practices of foreign governments and especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because of its growing of facts on this list in the United States as well as culture. Last fall for example the National Basketball association had its Market Access lock in china because individual american citizens used to media platform not allowed in china to express a political opinion. Now the topic is become much more important to the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contri
Countries, targeting the development of treatments and vaccines. You heard it here first, back in april, when senator tom cotton joined me on sunday morning futures. You believe that they are stealing intellectual property right now as we speak. I have little doubt that the Chinese Intelligence Services are actively trying to steal americas intellectual property as it relates to the virus that they unleashed on the world. Maria and now we have the of usual word. Breaking the official word. The u. S. Ordered china to close the consolate in houston as reports come in of documents being burned on the site. We have the late echt. Markets looking at a lower opening for the broader averages, futures indicating a decline at the start of trading, 88 points lower on the dow, nasdaq lower 17, s p 500 lower by 10 and a three quarters. The dow and s p 500 continued a winning streak yesterday. The nasdaq took a breather. The nasdaq was down. Its one of the busiest days for earnings this morning, bi
A negative picture for the u. K. And labor economics does not necessarily tally with whats happening. We are getting some details on whats happening in the u. S. Housing market. We are dealing with that. This is a month on month number. Last month it bounced back strongly. This month the market was a 16. 6 number and we are ahead of expectation. Yearoveryear, we have seen this out of the come back. The last time it was at 10. 4 and we were expecting 2. 2 on that number. Expecting 12. 7. This is more positive. Alix but can we sustain it if we dont get sustained stimulus . Coming up, kevin johnson, the starbucks ceo will be joining us. And patrick will be talking about the tech hearings and what he has to say area to say. Peter is joining us now, nothing is expected today, but what can say to reassure markets that they are all in . Ritika not expecting a whole lot, peter not affecting a whole lot, but i think that the press conference will be important, certainly powell will have to addr
So he asked me to host. I brought food. I didnt get one large platter with people picking up cheese and meats like theyre in the game operation. I adjust to the times. I made individual pandemic platters. For the crew. Enjoy that. Really the only place i go besides my house right now is to the supermarket and its a nightmare. I didnt think Grocery Shopping could become an even bigger pain in the ass, but it has. Ive got nothing but love for the workers. They are putting their lives on the line so we can buy mints to not smell our own mask mouth. But its the shoppers that bother me. They dont understand that we need to treat a trip to the Grocery Store like a bank heist. Get in, get out. There is no time to ask the butcher is this lamb chop from new zealand or montana. Lady, its lamb. Youre lucky the delivery guy doesnt have the virus. And dont bother checking expiration dates. It aint gonna kill you. You know what is, the guy sneezing on the plums and this one guy had a face shield mas