Later, a Bed Bath Beyond stock handing in one of its best days ever one of our traders says it could be headed even higher from here. We start with a developing story out of washington. The next round of coronavirus aid apparently hanging in the balance. Lets get right to it with ylan mui. Reporter the house has begun debate on democrats 2. 2 trillion relief package with a vote expected later on this evening. Five Straight Days of negotiations between the treasury secretary and the speaker of the house nancy pelosi have failed so far to produce a compromise the white house has propose aes 1. 6 trillion bill but those numbers are still far below what democrats are willing to accept. Pelosi also pointed to business and child tax credits as another major Sticking Point in a statement her office said that the two sides discussed further clarifications but distance on key areas remains. Chuck schumer put it even more bluntly. He said, they are not in agreement yet and there are lots of area
This includes the National Fish Habitat Conservation through partnerships provision, a bill i championed. This title establishes a National Fish habitat board that supports a successful Publicprivate Partnership to restore fish habitat. I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee, rob bishop, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife, tom mcclintock. I would also like to to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their ceaseless effort and commitment to making sure we do everything we can to conserve prork tect and enhance the resources that we are in charge of taking care of. I look forward to continuing to advance other important provisions, but this bill hopefully will be on its way to the president s desk. As cochair of the Chesapeake Bay watershed task force i would specifically like to act modge my friends an colleagues in the bay delegation who labored so hard for so long to help clean up our great Che
Cspan coming your unfiltered view of politics. The Senate Aging Committee looks at the coronavirus and Racial Health disparities. Members and witnesses talk about how covid19 disproportionately addresses fx minority communities. Effects minority communities. Senator moran the Economic Impact of the shuttered main street businesses resulting in responsible Public Health protocols have been felt in every corner of the country. T has become clear that however, during this time of National Emergency and courtney did recovery, there are scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers especially the nations most full noble communities like that of our nation seniors. Sentinel Consumer Network reports that consumers across the u. S. Have reported cases of different scams totaling approximately 90 million in losses from january 1 until july 20, 2020. At home in kansas over the same time period, consumers report over 500 million cases. Everyone should also bear in only the these are repor
And the aflcios Richard Trumka talks about Union Members and campaign 2020. Then priorities usa chairman guy cecil talks about his super pacs role in the election. Washington journal is next. Ccept yours i a nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. That was californias democratic senator, kamala this is the washington journal for august 20. Joe biden will accept his nomination. You can see that starting at 9 00 this evening. For the next hour your comments on the event of the Democratic Convention including senator harriss acceptance speech. Yo if you support joe biden, 202 7488000. If you support President Trump, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Cspanwj, and you can post on our facebook page. Our coverage starts at 9 00 tonight for the final night of the Democratic National convention which you will hear from joe biden and senator cory booker and the former mayor of south bend indiana, former president ial candidate,
Benefited from the stay at home trend, both popped into the open both have gone lower all day long big swings and stocks are set for the second straight week of losses the s p 500 just fell through the 50 huday moving average. 59 minutes to go on a volatile day, week, and final hour of trade. The s p 500 is flat right now. Fwha but that belies the volatility that youre talking about. We have a big lineup on the show coming up, the ceo of kroger will join us on the back of the companys strong Earnings Report better than expected guidance as well plus, labor secretary Eugene Scalia will be with us to discuss the job situation in the country and the renewed push by some companies to bring workers back to the office and one brookings economist has a bold idea to get america back to work and speed up the recovery pay people to have a covid19 vaccine. But lets get straight to the market another wild session to close out a roller coaster week. Mike santoli is tracking all of the action today