The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
The dow is up more than 3 good week for the s p 500 as well the best since early july. As we close out this week its right to point out as tyler just did were not that far away from record highs and that trajectory has been little rocky but its been, you can see to the upside. Just a couple percent away from the record highs that we saw prepandemic back in february as we take stock of the week, check out these particular sectors. They have been a focus for many traders and investors. Check out whats happening with industrial, communication services, internet related names and technology stocks. These three sectors have out performed the500 this week they are the more defensive, less economically sense tiitive names. Theyre all in the green but not as much as the market overall. Watch those as under performers. Can you believe it, tyler, its been two years since that famous or infamous elon musk tesla tweet about funding secured at 420 per share over two years, you can see a 277 gain. B
Skin color. Plus a surprise drop in u. S. Unemployment raises hopes that the worlds biggest economy may be recovering on the throne of i was crisis more quickly than expected. And on World Environment Day we take a look at the future of the planet its the Global Health emergency has led to a cut in pollution and Greenhouse Gas emissions in some regions many doubt whether the improvement is sustained. Im going to have alphas welcome to the program the latest round of brags that talks between the e. U. And the u. K. Have ended with no significant progress according to the hughes top negotiator Michelle Obama it is abused london of failing to honor the brakes a divorce agreement as the 2 sides trying to thrash out trade deal before the end of the year he claims british officials are trying to backtrack on commitments theyve already agreed to other british say the negotiations needs to speed up the a was clearly frustrated. We are engaged in this negotiation and of a fusion of a joint poli
During the morning the city center was almost completely deserted thats not to say necessarily that lots and lots of hong kong wasnt chosen like part of the strike but what the process to say early on monday was they stopped people from getting to work for example they used the their bodies to block the doors of subway trains so the subway system was completely shut down for about 6 hours on long time likewise they saw lots of the main roads coming in to the center of hong kong which meant that around here in the Central Business district it was almost like a ghost town people have started to come back in now the protests of changed tactics theyve moved on the subway system is operating and you can probably see some people in the background behind me right now though as well the big protests going on in 7 different locations around the school most of them so far weve just come from one the reason we black that is that with so many people that thousands on thousands completely covering