By was johnsons plan passes its first hurdle in parliament. But he faces big obstacles in the house of lords. Heated debate President Trump clashes with california state officials over whether Climate Change is causing wildfires in the region. And the acts falls at the the citi,lls at citigroup resuming job cuts. Anna absolutely, lets talk about the jobs market, specifically in the u. K. , we are getting jobs numbers coming through. Jobless claims arising by 73,700 in august. To give you some context to that, that is lower than the previous number. In the prior month, jobless claims numbers rose by 94,000 in july. Perhaps if you are looking at that rate of change or the pace of the surge we have seen in jobless claims, it is not as much as last month, but we are living in a very strange o job market in the uk given the furlough scheme that is keeping in a lifesupport certain businesses thereby limiting the number of jobless claims. In the unemployment rate, the same applies. For threeo
The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan hous
I see that we have a quorum. Before i go forward, i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi will be stopping by. I must consent that she participate at any point she rise during the hearing. There she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Speaker pelosi thank you very mr. Chairman. For having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken and the bipartisan house and Senate Democrats and republicans with one voice and defense of those being oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. We continue to urge president to hold chinese officials abuses,ble for including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act. We must consider all tools available, including economic penalties. Here today i am very honored to join the general secretary Hong Kong Confederation of trade union. Carl peterson, law o
Rep. Sherman the committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess in the committee at any point, and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous materials, and questions to the record subject to the length and limitations of the rules. To insert something into the record, please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact the full committee staff. I see we that have a coram and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Rep. Pelosi thank you very uch, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senat