President ial race. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis boy tight is son under lets go and get. Right to it the results in georgia the state of North Carolina pennsylvania and nevada will determine whether Democrat Joe Biden or President Donald Trump wins the waiting game will be over soon grant is at the big wall to break it all down for us, heres where things stand right now the 2 states have you had to pick 2 that everybodys focus on right now over on the east coast pennsylvania, and georgia. Both states have poll workers diligently counting votes as we speak well start with georgia click in their zoom in here and slide over 16 electoral votes are at stake and donald trump right now is clinging to a lead that is now fewer than 2000 votes. You see the numbers right here, 99 of the vote has been counted so his trend hes been chipping away chipping away at trumps lead there that if he wins georgia. That ends it. He gets it to 71st eclipse
On further coronavirus stimulus until after the election the dow, which had been up, turned around and actually closed down by about 375 points. It was down by 1. 3 , s p down by 1. 4 and the nasdaq off by 1. 5 . However, this morning the stock futures are sharply higher this started last night around 10 00 p. M. When President Trump posted a flurry of tweets, one of them calling for airline and Small Business payroll support immediately. And another calling for a standalone bill on stimulus checks he was saying that he would sign these bills immediately. And as a result, take a look at the futures, dow futures indicated up with fair value by close to 200 points. Ylan mui has been following all of this and has more good morning. And just hours after the president walked away from the bargaining table, he appeared to take three steps back calling on democrats to pass targeted relief first it was that 25 billion for the and i remember industries Payroll Support Program and 135 billion fo
Testify on the impact of regulations and efforts to create more diversity in the Financial Sector. This hearing is just under three hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair has authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection, members of the full committee not on this subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all time, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to mute themselves after they finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations of House Resolution 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules pertaining to order and decorum applies to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for
So this is a challenging year. Its historic in terms magnitude skull. And it also has required us a deep reservoir of resource. California is experiencing a record wildfire season with more than 2 million acres already burned our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how state leaders are bracing for the months ahead. With still months left in whats considered californias traditional fire season in the fire fight is far from over so far this year 2. 3 million acres burned for more than 7500 fires compared to 118,000 acres burned by this time last year its rather the challenge that we faced again so far this season, the governor said there are 900 active wildfires, 25 of the major including the second 3rd and 4th largest wildfires in the states modern history, 8 people have died in a more than 42,000 people have been forced from their homes while this record fire season. Rages on in september in the last few years some of the states most destructive fires happened in october an
Unmuting themselves muting themselves. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, staff will only use members to witnesses as appropriate avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion perspectives on the offices of minority and women inclusion. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Today, Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion, perspectives from the offices of minority and women inclusion. Our country is facing three pandemics, covid19 and the economic pandemic, and the fight for social justice pandemic. These challenges have reshaped our work and our personal relationships in unprecedented ways. Todays hearing is totally virtual and i appreciate all of our witnesses and members for participating. I am hopeful we will be ab