The u. S. And china may Start Talking trade again. Beijing says the phase one progress review should happen soon. Alibaba offered more signs of chinas strengthening rebound. Shares jumped last quarter. The company says it is no threat to National Security. Lets take a look at our final friday session in asia. Sophie kamaruddin is half in hong kong. Green for are seeing asian futures on friday, this after the wobble we saw. We are keeping an eye on names like panasonic. We are keeping and i on a theme in japan, showing the dominance of quality stocks versus their value peers may have a bumpy road ahead. Torall, we could be looking end the week on a risk on note. Watching the terminal, we are looking to see if asia will track. Joint the slot punch joins the slump on softer chip prices. With that risk, the big jump in taiwans july export orders may be too backwards looking. Offer a more timely check. On the tech front, alibabas results showed improving Chinese Consumer sentiment. Shery he
Than fourteen times while they were together. And thanks and respect forjack charlton, one of englands world cup football heroes as crowds line the streets for his funeral. Hello and welcome. President trump has used his first Coronavirus Briefing in weeks to warn that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Tens of thousands of new cases are identified every day in the us, and more than 140,000 people have died. Speaking at the white house, mr trump urged americans to wear face coverings when they could not maintain social distancing an apparent change in tone from his previous reluctance to wear or recommend masks. Everybody that. When you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask. Get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not they have an impact, they will have an effect, and we need everything we can get. Donald trump has said the us has conducted nearly three times as many tests as all of the other countries in the western hempishere. Per capita, the us is conducti
Lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the author of unity, remind our lawmakers that people accomplish laudable goals more through unity than division. May our senators remember that all of us are more effective than any one of us. As our legislators pursue effectiveness in their work, give them the wisdom to forge alliances that make the difficult become easy and the impossible become probable. In their search for common purposes, inspire them with the conviction that nothing is impossible for those who believe. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting 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, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The pres
Senator from montana. Mr. Daines mr. President , americans want their privacy protected. For far too long the patriot act and the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, commonly referred to as fisa has been used to trample the Civil Liberties of american citizens. For montanans the right to privacy is so fundamental it is enshrined in our own constitution. In fact, very few states have such protections, but the drafters of the Montana Constitution recognized that privacy was essential to exercise all of the other freedoms that we hold so dear. The fill the u. S. House has sent us does have some good reforms. It has some good provisions in it, including a provision from my bipartisan bill with my colleague from oregon, senator wyden, called the safeguarding americans private records act which would revoke the now terminated call Detail Program which secretly collected data on our cell phones, our land lines as well as private conversations. But the house bill fails to enact real reforms
For far too long the patriot act and the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, referred to as fisa, have been used to trample the Civil Liberties of american citizens. For montanans, the right to privacy is so fundamental it is enshrined in our own constitution. In fact, very few states have such protections, but the drafters of the Montana Constitution recognized that privacy was essential to exercise all of the of the freedoms that we hold so dear. The bill the u. S. House does have some good reforms. It has some provisions in it, including a provision from my bipartisan bill with my colleague from oregon, senator wyden, called the safeguarding americans private records act, which would revoke the now terminated call Detail Program which secretly collected data on our cell phones, our land lines, as well as private conversations. But the house bill fails to enact real reforms to fisa that will actually protect a the privacy of the American People. And we saw what a handful of scornf