Quickly. And staying strong. The worlds top iron ore prices are among the highest out of china. Shery lets get you started with another check of how markets are trading at the moment. Futures underu. S. Pressure as stocks fell to the lowest level in two weeks. We are seeing it down 0. 7 . Than 2 ,00 lost more same for the dow and the nasdaq. The dow losing more than 700 points. We had the sharp increase in virus cases, adding to economic anxiety. So risk off positioning was very strong last week. We did get positive data over the weekend, signs that the chinese economy is continuing to recover and profits rebounding in may for the First Time Since november. Take a look at what oil is doing because it continues to fall. Actually, we saw a second week of declines, the second weekly decline since april. We continue to have these lower prices after a cautious rebound, now headed towards 37 a barrel for wti. We also had chesapeake filing for bankruptcy in the u. S. , one of the biggest vict
Parade. Watch first ladies influence in image monday at 8 pm eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Lawmakers recently discuss the best ways to ease Financial Burdens for those who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. They heard from witnesses who shared Solutions Like work from home programs and Unemployment Insurance extension to help those impacted. This house select subcommittee on the coronavirus hearing is two hours. With objection, the chair authorized to declare a recess of committee in time. I now recognize myself for the opening statement. Today, the select subcommittee is holding our First Official hearing which bills on the productive committee we have held over the last several weeks. Todays hearing will address the catastrophic levels of unemployment the American People are facing. Our nations job crisis is a direct result of a Public Health crisis was as our virus spreads throughout our community in january and february we failed to control that one. Lead
Our speaker today is james mo morgan, an longtime civil war enthusiast and host of the civil war roundtable in charleston and recently joined the board of the ft. Sumter ft. Mulldray Historical Trust and his tactical stuff balls bluff a little short of bluffs, is widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. So, lets welcome james morgan. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. Everybody hear me okay . Im going to be moving around, so ill be using this microphone. So, were good on sound back there . Okay. First of all, our topic, our theme really is small battles and large results, and balls bluff certainly meets those criteria. Small battle, 1,700 men on each side. Numbers were almost dead even, 1,709 confederates, 1,720 federals. It makes it amusing to read the officers afteraction reports because on both sides, they insists they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. Numbers were dead even, okay . Not only the total number, but also at every point of contact during
Chairman of the friends of falls bluff, his tactical study is widely considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets welcome james morgan. applause good morning everyone can everyone hear me ok . I will be moving around, so this microphone can i get sound back there do you have sound back there . First of all our topic, our theme a small battles and big results. And balls bluffs meets this criteria. 1700 men on each side the numbers were almost dead even. 1709 confederate, 1700 federals. Makes him using to read the officers after actions report because on both sides they insist they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. The numbers were dead even. Not only a total number but also at every point of contact during the day as those numbers are increasing up to the ultimate 1700 or so. Every point of contact the numbers are fairly close. That is just kind of fun to read the after action reports. Small battle general charles stone, Union Division commander after the war, w
Going to show you some of the recent debate in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew siddons, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why the issue of underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but a sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond mo