Months. The situation is dire, and we need to act on it. The legislation before us provides 18 billion in reducing carbon emissions and strengthening Resilience And Building electric charging stations and alternative fuel infrastructure. That is what we need to do, and i am pleased that the legislation addresses those issues. In a second area, i was pleased that this bill has a significant increase in the Transportation Alternative programs that i authored. This increased funding will make it easier for our local governments to move forward on projects that are important to their priorities. Were talking about better sidewalks and bike paths and dealing with safety. Were seeing an alarming increase in fatalities on our highways and roads and community roads. The Cap Program will allow us to deal with those issues. We all need to be able to get around our community without using our cars, and the Tap Program makes this a priority so we can enjoy our communities and we have local decisio
Secretary with the procedural vote later this afternoon. Off the floor negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Now to live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, as we think of those so desperately in need of legislative action, give our lawmakers the wisdom and courage needed for these challenging times. Use them to empower all americans, particularly those on lifes margins. Lord, help our senators today to discern your voice, as they seek your will in all they do. Give them the ability to differentiate your guidance from all others, permitting you to lead them to your desired destination. Speak to them through your word, guide them with your spirit, and sustain them with your might. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
7. 09 offshore. Spread between offshore and onshore is particularly wide. 106. 10. Trading at if we look at the s p 500, it is semiconductors, copper stocks, casinos and gaming with exposure to china, asia, and all of that area. One bright spot, tyson foods after a whopping quarter. Guy european stocks are down. They followed asia, down by nearly 2 on the stoxx 600, and it is on big volume. The german tenyear, 50. We are now 52. See a haven bit attached to the german bond market. Talk over the weekend is that brexit cannot be stopped, and that we are headed for a new deal brexit. That was the message coming from the chief advisor now to Prime Minister boris johnson. The pound on the move as well, but coming back to flat. Vonnie china of course pushing back after President Trumps tariff threat, allowing the yuan to cross seven per dollar for the first time in a decade, and instructing company to suspend imports of u. S. Agriculturals. We are joined now by Charles Robinson charles robert
Deaths after a shooting. It happened in el paso which is located in the far west of the state, right on the border with mexico at the cielo vista shopping centre. Details are still coming in but local authorities in el paso say there up to 20 casualties, and and at least one suspect is in police custody. Lets get the lastest from peter bowes whos in los angeles. What is the latest . We are beginning to hear from what is the latest . We are beginning to hearfrom some what is the latest . We are beginning to hear from some eyewitnesses who have been describing the chaos, the pandemonium as this began to happen. And the first that some people knew that there was something wrong was when police were swarming on the scene to tell them to get down, protect their heads and try to get to safety. There are now confirmed reports by the local police that there are some fatalities. We dont know how many. 22 is the number of people we understand that have been taken to people we understand that hav