Runs here. They were safe bets and safe harbors in the middle of that whole virus storm. Apparently proving that even after the fact right now. The point in the selloff, everyone was abandoning stocks, no matter what their business prospects, how many regret doing that now . Knowing that all of those issues have come storming back, in fact race to highs beyond their old highs. And, look at the dow, look at s p 500. Even with the selloff here, five, six Percentage Points away from alltime highs. Not too shabby. A lot of this is built on optimism, today notwithstanding about the reopening of the economy across the board despite more than a dozen case reporting spikes in cases, most say the spikes are manageable. That is really in the eye of the beholder. Jackie deangelis breaking down what were looking at. Reporter good afternoon, neil. You point out the nasdaq is moving higher but the rest of the markets are pulling back. You have the push pull here as market moved high as you know, inv
Federal reserve board member. First round of votes are expected at 12 15 eastern. Youre watching live coverage of the u. S. Senate right here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain of the senate, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Holy god, your goodness extends to all generations. Thank you that you can be found by all who truly seek you. You are our god and we trust your love, wisdom, and power. Lord, guide our senators to protect our goodly heritage of freedom, using them to defend our constitution from all enemies, please, god, hear our fervent prayers, for you are our refuge and strength. Cause us to live now as we shall wish we had done when our time comes to die. 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 which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,
Q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecil and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james a stevens, is not only, im sorry. I skipped over. Curtis wilkie. No, hes over there. Our moderator is curtis wilkie, associate professor of journalism at the university of mississippi and a fellow at the universitys Overby Center or southern journalism andpolicy and hell take over. Thank you for coming and we appreciate the presence of our guests on the panel at the mississippi bookfestival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly. Our guest will carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have discussions for the towards the end of our hour. Karen abbott is a bestselling author of several books and her newest one, the ghost of eden park is an in the next pick as wellas an amazon best book. A glowing review in last sundays clariion ledger, maybe some of you read, said abbott captures th
Bows. Sir . Reporter youre exactly right. Everyone thought the hong kong protest issue was settled last week. Controversial bill was suspended. People left the streets. Now it is back, bigger than before, this is pushback against china and their influence in hong kong. Nearly two Million People of hong kong took to the streets on sunday demanding a number of issues. First of all release of people who had been arrested last week, punishment for police who ordered the use of force, resignation of hong kong leader lam and that secretary of state mike pompeo will raise the issue with president xi at the g20 next week. We see what is happening, unfolding in hong kong. Were seeing people of hong kong speak about things they value. Reporter the protest revived of a joshua wong, a prominent activist leader rallied the crowd after being released from prison. He was serving a twomonth sentence taking part in 2014 protest. It is time for us to the ability to step down and she will face two millio
Also hearing testimony on that case before a Second Grand Jury in d. C. And this hour in ohio, voters are voting on a state constitutional amendment that could make it harder to pass ballot issues including the right to an abortion. A big test in a critical election state. And its too darn hot for millions of americans continuing to feel the impact of blazing summer heat causing severe summer storms, storm damage. Flight cancellations across the midwest and again on the east coast. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan has ordered a hearing no later than this friday on what is usually a standard order in the d. C. Circuit against the exposure of Grand Jury Testimony once they receive it from prosecutors. In a filing monday afternoon, attorneys for mr. Trump objecting to what as i say is usually a standard usually agreed upon agreement in the circuit. Writing the government requests the court assume the role of censor and impos