Respect and admiration on memorial day come also to veterans and those that have come back from the more contemporary wars overseas and to extend our heartfelt thank you and deep respect and acknowledgment to the challenges that many of our veterans continue to have as they come back from the horrific experiences in combat and other experiences, noble experiences related to their service at war. We are here in their spirit, in that light of optimism and respect for the opportunities they have all provided us. I want to make a point as we are here to make this point. We not only hold those things dear and rhetorical terms but in terms of our practices. I want to recognize the outstanding practice of demonstrable,t is the veterans homes from the state of california. 2000 veterans in these homes, protected disproportionately so because the outstanding leadership of our secretary of Veterans Affairs and his remarkable team, outstanding frontline staff. That is not something every governor
Daily Washington Journal Programs or through our social media feeds. Americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Peter representative Yvette Clarke is a democrat from new york. She is vice chair of the energy and Commerce Committees, and she is also cochair of the smart cities caucus. Shes our guest this week on the communicators. Congresswoman clarke, thank you. And i want to start with that smart cities caucus. First of all, what is it, and how do you envision smart cities . Rep. Clarke well, we decided to establish a bipartisan smart cities caucus. Originally, darrell issa was my cochair. Hes now a congresswoman from indiana. Peter susan brooks. Rep. Clarke susan brooks, exactly. And we knew that already technology is a major part of our lives. Its a utility that we can use to make sure we are economically feasible going into the future, that we are efficient in our use of energy, and it enables our society, i think,
Tensions between the two countries, calling on his nations military to, quote, explore ways and means of training and preparing for war. End quote. Xis comments come after a recent internal chinese report warning beijing they need to be prepared for the potential of Armed Conflict with the United States. Chinese communist Party Officials have made it clear over recent days they will utilize the wuhan virus or pandemic they helped create to achieve their goal of global domination. Chinas foreign minister telling the United States to stop what it calls its Wishful Thinking of trying to change china. All of this as the Chinese Military reportedly readied two new aircraft carriers for deployment off the coast of taiwan, and china continues to push ahead with the effective takeover of hong kong later this week. The u. S. Response to these actions so far have been diplomatic, measured, even muted. President trump and Husband Administration threatening his administration threatening to impose
Stalling, the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, this as the white house is still blaming beijing. Elon musk scoring a win in his battle with california really Alameda County getting green light to open alameda factory after orders to stay close. Futures are searching for direction. This after markets gave up early gains over concerns about a possible spike in coronavirus cases, that leading to a selloff yesterday. Uber looking to take over grubhub in possible all stock deal as food demand surges during lockdowns. More controversy in the Michael Flynn case, a federal judge delaying a decision on the Justice Departments move to drop the case against the former National Security adviser. One programming note, tomorrow, do not miss marias sitdown with President Donald Trump. Latest on getting america back to work, more stimulus, china, the 2020 race and a whole lot more, you dont want to miss any moment of it right here starting at 6 00 a. M. Eastern. Meantime mornings with maria is liv
Rally yesterday dow futures are now down. Nasdaq futures lower by 64. Nasdaq up 190. Now this, former Vice President joe biden and the ukraine scandal back in the spotlight, an investigation Just Launched overseas after phone conversations between biden and then ukraine president are released. Meanwhile u. S. Senate taking a major senate in probe of Hunter Bidens role of Barisma Holdings and tesla tapping the brakes in battle with california, dropping the lawsuit after plant is allowed to open. Mornings with maria begins right now. And Global Markets this morning red cross the board, take a look at european indices as u. S. China tensions rise, the cac quarante is down 48 and dax index in germany lower by 174, there are sign that is the european economy is slowly coming back. The euro zone purchasing manager index coming above expectations this morning. In asia overnight, markets mostly lower. Take at the numbers in asia, worst performer half percent lower shanghai composite in china.