Association and Spirit Airlines. The subcommittee will come to order. I would ask unanimous consent ththe chair be last consent they authorized the recess during todays m hearing and without objection sosoperm ordered. Aysi ask consent that they aret on the subcommittee be committedjectio to sit with theo subcommittee in todays hearing and asked questions, withoutgooi objection so ordered. Good morning, want to thank the witnesses offacco the subcommite today for discussion on the airn travel experience. Accordingtist to the u. S. Borouh of transportation desist except the u. S. Airlines carried 925. 5 million passengers in the u. S. Oe and abroad. The highest total since 2003. The federal aviation aviation Current Aerospace forecast will increase roughly 2 per year over the next 20 years. Where im from, the number of complaints will grow from 24 million in 2018 up to 55. 6ie million bys 2015. By demand creates new opportunities through the nations aviation network, inv n longstanding
By about 414 points. Things have bounced around rapidly. Weve seen the volatility. Part of that was the big selling that happened. Nasdaq off another 140 poijnts. Looking at the 10year trading down talking historic lows every day when the 10yearwas above 1. 2 on the ticker, i was looking for it this is an important time to watch that, didnt you think it is crazy its a new time line to look at global rates we never thought these type of rates would get to us. They are still higher than the rest of the world is at. It is still staggering it is unbelievable and shocking on the daily basis. Providing the context. It does not happen often they are usually tied to an event. 1998, it was the collapse of the he hedge fund in 2010, resulting in a drop 2008, the financial crisis led to a fourday decline of more than 1,500 points. And now the coronavirus with a loss of 3,200. The big one was 1987 that wasnt really precipitated by any other event other than insurance. 22 in a day i want to make a
Government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Now its a Panel Discussion on the syrian conflict and International Communities humanitarian military and diplomats response to the crisis. The middle east institute post runs just over 90 minutes. Im sorry for the delay this morning. Its keeping our moderator busy but in the interest in time and we are on air on cspan, we should get moving. Ill be giving opening remarks, well get started on our opening remarks and theyll be here and spend we will start the moderator discussion. First of all, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. As someone who has worked on syria and particularly on this nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say events like this couldnt come a more important time. Im mostly not aware of any other funds like this one happening in washington these days. Im extrema glad its taking place. The humanitari
And a dream come true. Viola davis takes us inside the new Virtual Reality exhibit recreating the historic 1963 march on washington. I cant wait to see that. Its friday, february 28th, 2020. Here is todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. Coronavirus sending shock waves through the markets. It seems like a frantic selloff. This is panic. This is what panic looks like. Global markets brace for another wild day. This administration seems to be dealing with the coronavirus as if its a political problem. We have seen this before. They know they cant beat them. They bash them. This time its about coronavirus. 33 turkish soldiers have been killed in an attack by Syrian Government forces by russia in the region of syria. This massive storm pushing through parts of the northeast. Some areas saw whiteout conditions from lakeeffect snow. Just winter again. Youre in upstate new york. Business and schools shut down in houston after a massive water main break. There was so much water it flooded
A controversial citizenship law in india. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms Opposition Leader. And we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. Welcome to the program the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. Tare and kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u. S. President trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the response agains