Good day. Welcome to the Hudson Institute. Im todd linberg, a seen the yor fe senior fellow here. Were having a conversation today with peter burkowitz, the developer of planning at the state department. Peter is on leave from the stanford university, peters undergraduated years, he has an m. A. In philosophy from the Hebrew University in jerusalem, and then a j. D. And ph. D. From yale. And so hes obviously rather overqualified for any position he finds himself in. But were glad hes able to join us today to talk about this report. The elements of the china challenge. This is a report by the policy planning staff in the office of the secretary of state. Ill just say a word or two about that office. The policy planning staff is an office within the secretarys office. So it is tasked principally by the secretary to undertake such research and policy planning, indeed, as he zeem deems fit and this staff is, of course, a political appointee and has led the office since early in 2019. Let m
Decision to extend federal funding past the december 11 deadline to avoid a Government Shutdown. Your watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Bay black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who in your wisdom has so ordered our earthly lives that we must walk by faith and not by sight, increase our trust in your sovereign care. Remind our lawmakers that no problem is too difficult for you to solve. Lord, give our senators a faith th triumphs over despair, love that triumphs over hate, and courage that triumphs over faintheartedness. Empower them to be bold participants rather than timid spectators in meeting the daunting challenges of these times. We we pray in our powerful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I edge allegiance to the fla of the United States of erica, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
News cribber john solomon are here, joining me in the you 8 0. Earnings season rolling of on. Big banks on deck this morning. All the numbers as soon as they hit the tape and impact on markets. Broader markets pointing to a gain at the start of trading, dow industrials up 84, nasdaq up 28, the s p 500 up 10 o 10 poin. Yesterday stocks were sluggish over weak Quarterly Earnings and halted covid19 vaccine trials. At the end of the day, the s p 500 was lower by 22. Shiny now apple, the Technology Giant unveiling four new iphone 12s ss for your convenience. Coping tips from outer space, astronauts have isolation advice for the weary public and its making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets in the green, take a look. The fq100 up 14, the cac is up 1 andahalf and the dax index higher by 15, fractional moves this morning in europe but to the upside. A mixed story overnight in asia, as chinese president xi jinping is calling for young People Living in h
Congressional coverage here to you can watch that online at cspan. Org. We will take you live now to the senate for where lawmakers will see about extending federal spending past october 30. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, sovereign, source of wisdom, hear our prayers. Listen as we lift our hearts to you in our times of distress, answer us quickly. Strengthen our lawmakers. Keep them restless until they find rest in you. Keep them dissatisfied until they find their satisfaction in you. Lord, give them the wisdom to make wise choices that will glorify your name. Help them to keep their hearts and minds responsive to you, enabling them to help make a better nation and world. Remind them that you keep a protective eye on the godly so that they may be surrounded with the shield of your divine favor. May our senators, with faith, expect you to provide them with strength for each task. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of
Now. Is the work from home trend here to stay or just a temporary blip its random but interesting. Well bring you the results coming up on this monday, september 28th, this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Thank you for joining us on this monday. Lets get right now to your monday money and stock futures are higher dow futures up about 229 nasdaq futures on a percentage basis are up slightly more but do keep in mind we could see a lot of people not working today and volatility does tend to increase particularly in the morning. And the big loser lastweek was not stocks it was the medals. Gold and silver losing a lot on inflation concerns silver down a bunch last week as well not seeing a big move today maybe a slight move to higher in some of the medals gold down about. 7 of 1 now lets set you up for the week with what were going to call the wex watch list. Thats our internal name for Worldwide Exchange get it w. E. X. This is the most important thing for you this week. Now all