Futures indicating gain at start of trading. Take a look. Dow industrials up 38 points on top of rally yesterday fueled by a rise in oil prices. All the major indices higher this morning. Oil prices adding to yesterdays gains as well. Take a look at yesterdays close. Dow industrials up 456 points. Other averages also strong, oil prices this morning 1. 95 at 1573 creeping back higher on oil. Reopening the american economy, lockdown easing in some areas of the country bringing cheers to some and concerns to other including the white house. Most if not all of the economy will open later this summer. Secretary of state mike pompeo meanwhile blasting china and the World Health Organization saying they need to be held accountable for lack of transparency as the focus remains on the lab in wuhan as the origin of virus, something ive been putting a spotlight for months. Meanwhile missouri is filing a lawsuit against the Chinese Government. Attorney general eric schmitt, 7 30 a. M. Eastern on G
Wisconsin, the house is coming in. Thank you so much. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 16, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The house prepares to recess for a week of constituent visitation and in home districts. As the nation anticipates the Martin Luther king long weekend. As we remember the heroic struggle of the civil rights movement, the badges and incidents of slavery from continued through policies still operative today, though recently being addressed through efforts at criminal Justice Reform and sentencing reform. The pains of racism,
Receive the managers of the house of representatives to exhibit the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore the hour of 12 00 noon having arrived and a quorum being present, the sergeant at arms will present the managers on the part of the house of representatives. The sergeant at arms mr. President and members of the senate, i announce the presence of the managers on the part of the house of representatives to conduct proceedings on behalf of the house concerning the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. The president pro tempore the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. The sergeant at arms hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the United States articles of i
German chancellor Angela Merkel meets with russian president Vladimir Putin in moscow the true leaders have several significant points of just fuse box can they find Common Ground on the middle east and the rising tensions in the region. Im sorry great welcome to the program the commander of irans revolutionary god is excepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake and its blaming human error after the plane flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash to run had previously denied claims from the u. S. And canada that it was responsible. An explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial irans military admitted its guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the Ukrainian International Airlines Flig
And iran together with ukraine are following up with the investigations and once a Technical Report is concluded. They will be presenting to their current and canadian leaders and they will disclose their outcomes to the whole world. And. As you may notice that the latest information we have. Presented related on time. If they have technical proof they can come forward and presented. But this is a very important point however. Considering the fact that. The information contained in the black box. All the Fusion Systems including the recent conversation between the pilots these pieces of information are very critical. There are hundreds of technical points that should be at rest before reaching a conclusion therefore any statement made before extracting the information contained in that black box. Are. Groundless however i would like to assure that the craft was not hit by a missile. The craft suffered flames for one of the have minutes after taking off as a result of the pilot decided