Hearing on the covid19 pandemic best practices and opportunities for innovation. Before we begin i would like to remind members that we have established in the military and the distribution list dedicated to circulating red materials that members might want to offer is part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit that terry will. Send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to you all and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. I also ask unanimous consent that following items be entered into the record. A letter to chairman johnson and Ranking Member roby and the American Association of judges and the results of a study in a recent survey by the federal Bar Association and its members on Legal Practices in the covid19 era. Without objection, so admitted. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. Welcome to the Senate Committee hearing on courts during the covid19 pandemic best practices and opportunities for i
Did. Even with a number of developments out of washington, investors were focused on the possibility that corporate profits will be strong this quarter and that Global Economic growth will continue to improve. Today the Dow Jones Industrial aver rose 30 points to 22,871. Nasdaq was up 14 to that record. The s p 500 added two. For the week, all of the major indexes were higher. The maet risen even more today if not for the decline in the health care stocks. Shares of hospital operators and insurers were lower after President Trump said the administration will immediately stop making subsidy payments to Health Insurers that sell plans under the Affordable Care act exchanges. Those payments are used to offset the cost of coverage for lowincome people. As Bertha Coombs explains, that leaves a lot reporter President Trump says hes cutting off what he calls subsidies to Health Insurers. That money is going to Insurance Companies to lift up their stock price. And thats knonot what im abou. Ta
Temperatures even more. And weve been telling you about the big drop in temperatures and tonight we are definitely feeling it. It is a bitterly Cold Saturday night. But that didnt stop many of you from going out today. Weve got some video of folks bundled up, trying to stay as warm as they could around the Verizon Center in northwest. The winds being blamed for a branch hitting and critically injuring a young woman in montgomery county. Were going to have more on that story in just a minute. First, with he get to storm you can expect tonight and into tomorrow. Right now youre looking at the current wind gusts across the area, anywhere from 20 to 30 miles per hour. Well continue to track strong winds overnight tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. So take a look at this map. Everybody is under a wind advisory. Thats going to run through late tomorrow for gusts at times over 40 miles per hour. The winds will be especially strong tomorrow afternoon. Miles per hour. With winds this stro
Asa assurance that is not the case. And this morning secretary kerry was on tv acting like that was the case. I felt reassured yesterday. This morning it was seen we were going to do that. So i would like your response. I think you know there is bipartisan support for new sanctions authority in response to irans repeated Ballistic Missile launches. I think the repeated ballisic it missile launches and the desire to purchase weapons from russia prove an increase push back if necessary. I hope you can help us answer these questions in a constructive manner so we know what the administration is thinking regarding these important matters. I want to thank you again for your service. I am glad you were confirmed in the timeframe you were. We appreciate you being here. I will turn it over to the distinguished Ranking Member ben cardin. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and thank you for convening this hearing. As we look at how we are going to look at the postjcpoa era. Ambassador shannon, it is a ple
Everyone knows greece will repay 4 of gdp from the surplus. Anna later we look at what is best for business in the u. K. And europe in the first of three Bloomberg Politics special debates. We will discuss key issues facing both ahead of the general election with the Panel Including a formal chancellor and the chairman. Mark policy makers reveal a risk on terrain rates we bring you the details, plus, what you need to now ahead of todays bank of england rate decision. Anna good morning. Manus rk coming up, a 29 billion drug deal. Caroline lets head out to hong kong were stocks are surging. The market will catch up with its counterpart, the shanghai composite. Shery ahn has the story. We saw searches in escapes 6 earlier. In excess of 6 . Shery ahn 6. 4 , the most since 2009. Hunghong kong has been rising for the sixth consecutive day. So why are we seeing this sudden surge . Because investors are thinking hong kong shares will catch up to their counterparts in shanghai. The shanghai com