Canonical shes a knee jerk off to new heights for what i mean. 247 live from the russian capital this is our teams and i hope you can join us to help. Put off last story for you this hour the horrific of a french history teacher last week has left many in the profession traumatized with teachers now fearful that the freedom to speak and instruct in fact is at risk and took up around the tons there told us the impact the gruesome attack has had. Tragedy that happened last week that theyre such a colleague of mine is many many things its a tale of terror teachers in france are expected to do a locks and it sounds like we will be expected to even more presents many ills in society and i know my colleagues and i are ready to take on many challenges but its teachers are really under the threats of islamic terrorism. And we should not ask ourselves heres how you will teach kids should ask ourselves serious how we will protect the school itself and the surroundings of the School Summer party
Veterans day as we thank those who served us in the past and continue to serve us today im becky quick along with joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin things are in the green once again. Looks like the dow is indicated up by about 181 points and if we were to open at these levels and hold it through the session, you would be looking at the dow closing at a record high it has been up six out of the last seven sessions. Up another 626 points yesterday. Dow futures are up, s p futures up by about 26 and then the nasdaq, which has been the weaker part over the last several sessions, down more 1 , actually indicated higher today as well. Up by about 130. The bond market today the is closed in ob sservance of veters day. Well talk with David Petraeus later this morning andrew thanks. And an important day in the United States of course. But there is also a holiday going on in china, very different kind of holiday, made up of a shopping a made up shopping holiday i should say called single
On further coronavirus stimulus until after the election the dow, which had been up, turned around and actually closed down by about 375 points. It was down by 1. 3 , s p down by 1. 4 and the nasdaq off by 1. 5 . However, this morning the stock futures are sharply higher this started last night around 10 00 p. M. When President Trump posted a flurry of tweets, one of them calling for airline and Small Business payroll support immediately. And another calling for a standalone bill on stimulus checks he was saying that he would sign these bills immediately. And as a result, take a look at the futures, dow futures indicated up with fair value by close to 200 points. Ylan mui has been following all of this and has more good morning. And just hours after the president walked away from the bargaining table, he appeared to take three steps back calling on democrats to pass targeted relief first it was that 25 billion for the and i remember industries Payroll Support Program and 135 billion fo
Capitol hill where Congressional Budget Officer director Phillip Swagel is getting ready to testify before lawmakers on the cbos budget. The hearing is expected to begin shortly and youre watching live coverage on cspan3. Good afternoon. Ill call the committee to order. Today the committee will hear testimony from the Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel. These projections account for the effects of the covid19 pandemic and legislation enacted in response to it and provide a window into the future of our financial state. This is dr. Swagels first time testifying since becoming the 10th director of the office. Unfortunately, the pandemic has delayed us from having him appear before this committee. I would like to thank dr. Swagel for being here and thank the cbo staff for working to provide congress with informed estimates at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and unusual working conditions. Cbos updated budget projections confirmed what we all know, that the economic di
For a bill combining several Clean Energy Initiatives followed by five measures dealing with veterans issues. Live now to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. Orde the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The advance of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise in a number of states around our nation, send your spirit of healing and wellbeing among those who suffer and your angels to protect the Many Health Care workers who place their own wellbeing in danger every day. Comfort those today in the Supreme Court who begin the blic mourning of a beloved colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and console those who worked with over so many years. Bless the members of this peoples house who labor today to pass bills to advance the common wheel of our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolut