Its great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of the originals and insightful economicic thinkers, amy shlaes. Over the course of her distinguished career, shes got her wideranging intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of the countrys leading intellectual and cultural and technician. She served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, columnist forle both the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Hi now in addition to her prolific book writing, she serves as a president ial scholar for james college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and for us at nih hermiachairs the selection comme for the Manhattan Institute cries, an award she herself has won. The latest work a new history is a stunning achievement. Few decades have been printed on the popular quite as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decad the decade t drama
Holy god, we love you. You are our strength, rock, and protection. Use our senators today to make our nation safer and better. May they often think of the positive legacy they can leave through faithful service to you and country. Lord, remind them that you have brought our nation through much greater difficulties than the ones we now face. As they strive to unite for the common good of this land we love, may they embrace your promise that you will never leave or forsake us. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask permission to speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the Trump Ad
Sharp selloff by friday. Look at the week that was with dow industrials down 4,000 points on the session. Thats 17 on the week. The nasdaq was down 995 points, 12 and a half percent lower and s p down 406 points, 15 lower on the week. President trump deploying the National Guard to new york, california and Washington State to fight what he calls the invisible enemy as more people are told they must stay home in the heavilyhit states. More companies stepping in the fight the war against coronavirus, meanwhile, they are working with the white house to manufacture mustneeded supplies and medical equipment. Plus more businesses forced to shut down as tighter rules go into place. St. Louis Federal Reserve president warning that Unemployment Rate could soar to 30 . Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check Global Markets with ftse 100 in london 236 points, european indices red across the board. Cac quarante down 150 points and dax index down 243 down. In germany Angela Merkel i
Appropriations Committee Held a hearing on emerging threats and at that point we were experiencing the secondlargest outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo. It was a global danger there was a flu outbreak bigger than we had seen in a long time. One year later we are still fighting the Ebola Outbreak in the drc antibiotic Resistance Continues to be a global problem and according to doctor Fauci National institute of allergy and flu isous disease the one of the worst in decades. Several thousand americans die every year from the flu at least 35000 sometimes as high as 75000 about 350,000 have died over the last decade now facing a new danger with the new coronavirus we have not seen before patient zero who does not know they have this yet on the plane or a cruise ship event on another country or continent in a matter of hours and once again to be reinforced like all other diseases, it doesnt know any boundaries. We are no longer living in a world where we can be separated
Reporter investigators in south florida trying to figure out how a car on a ferry plunged into the water, killing two women. Car went in the water just as it pulled away from the dock at Fisher Island. Reporter 63yearold emma afra and 75yearold Viviane Brahms seen here in photos were inside that car. Teams of divers searching the waters tuesday night finding the two women still inside the sunken 2019 mercedesbenz. Both were unresponsive. We got a look at the entire operation and make changes to make sure that its absolutely safe. Reporter ferry workers placed tire chocks in front of cars and urge customs to use their brakes. The ferry is extremely popular. Now the coast guard tells abc news the Fisher Island ferry was last inspected just about three weeks ago but could not give other details because of that ongoing investigation. Gio benitez, abc news, washington, d. C. Our thanks to gio there. Just tragic details. We move on to a musician suffering from a brain tumor played her violin