In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo
Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of people across the world watched as history was made. Five times more nasa astronauts landed on the moon and returned home safely. President kennedys promise that our great democracy could achieve these hard things became a reality. As we watch those days in july, 0 years ago, dreams began to form. Every person watching the succes
Speaker. As chairwoman of the committee on science, space, and technology, its an honor to stand before you today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. The morning of july 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and buzz aldrin lifted ff from nasas cape kennedy. That day, millions watched in 11 s nasa launched Apollo Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of
They see an increase in the price of steel thanks to tariffs , so conagra is not doing well today. Down 2. 1 . There is a takeover attempt. It is being bought primarily for some of its features. Guy . Guy g20 leaders meeting in osaka this weekend. We seen the chinese president arrive in the u. S. President arrive. Investors watching for the outcome of the bilateral discussion between these two gentlemen, in particular whether or not we are going to make progress when it comes to the trade war. We are joined now by Neil Ferguson, senior fellow at the hoover institution. Good afternoon. What is your expectation for what is going to come out of this meeting . Neil i dont think a great deal is going to come out of it because i dont really see that either of the two leaders, trump and xi, have a strong incentive to make concessions. Trump i think senses that the chinese are on the back foot, that he has the upper hand here. Hes playing them, as he loves to do, by saying on one hand he is in
Weve had that weve gotten above an inch of rain. I have t look at the daily record for yesterday to see if we did break it. It wouldnt surprise me. We had so much rain that moved through the area yesterday. Plenty of flood warnings as well. We have a few showers out there. It wont be as wet but we are still a weather alert. We have a bunch of warnings. A lot of road closures and highstanding water. This system is moving up and out of her and will push through the area through the morning, but flood wnings are still o there. All of the areas you see in een, so, again, please be careful as you make your way out the door on this sunday morning. As far as current temperatures are concerned, temperatures are sn the 40s, we continue to see those temperatu drop through the day so we will talk about more rain chances for this weeke weekend. I have christmas on the tenday forecast. All the soaking rain leading to dangerous conditions for drivers. First responders in maryland and virginia making