workers during the covid-19 pandemic. our response to the covid-19 pandemic and those on the frontlines of the fight against this virus. ranking member burr and i will each have an opening statement and then i ll introduce dr. shah, dr. abraham and dr. jha and introduce dr. fuchs. five minutes for a round of questions. before we begin, i again, want to walk through the covid-19 safety protocols in place. we will follow the advice of the attending physician and the sergeant at arms in conducting this hearing. committee members are seated at least six feet apart. and some senators are participating by video conference. and while we were unable to have the hearing open to the public or media for in-person attendance, live video is available on our committee website at help.senate.gov. if you are in need of accommodations including closed captions, you can reach out to the committee or office of accessible services. we are all grateful to everyone including our committee clerks
workers during the covid-19 pandemic. our response to the covid-19 pandemic and those on the frontlines of the fight against this virus. ranking member burr and i will each have an opening statement and then i ll introduce dr. shah, dr. abraham and dr. jha and introduce dr. fuchs. five minutes for a round of questions. before we begin, i again, want to walk through the covid-19 safety protocols in place. we will follow the advice of the attending physician and the sergeant at arms in conducting this hearing. committee members are seated at least six feet apart. and some senators are participating by video conference. and while we were unable to have the hearing open to the public or media for in-person attendance, live video is available on our committee website at help.senate.gov. if you are in need of accommodations including closed captions, you can reach out to the committee or office of accessible services. we are all grateful to everyone including our committee clerks
Abigail we have gains for the andr averages, the s p 500 the nasdaq higher. Weekly gain for the s p 500 and the nasdaq, the best weekly gain since december of last year. The bullishness we saw last year in the s p 500 in 20 feet teen into 2018. Extending there is one small divergence or difference, that is the russell 2000, down ever so slightly. But on the week it is higher. There is a bit of the tax theme to the russell 2000. It has been a bit of a proxy for tax report, and one company is saying it will be hit by the tax cuts or tax reform, Deutsche Bank. A 1. 8 billion tax cut, the shares down 5. 9 . The real culprit behind this weakness is Deutsche Bank saying its fourthquarter trading revenue action activity down 22 . That is weighing on jpmorgan and Goldman Sachs, both of these big theirderive much of revenue from trading activity. We will continue to watch headlines around that. Speaking of passes, we will check in with some of those taxes, check in with some of these high Tax C
And sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now world powers have approved a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire for syria a resolution was passed in a unanimous vote at the u. N. Security Council Headquarters in new york arties came up and has more for us there has been a resolution agreed on by the fifteen member body that leaves the United Nations regarding the situation in eastern guta this is an enclave to the east of the syrian capital of damascus and its a place thats under the control of rebels and terrorists that are working to overthrow the Syrian Government since two thousand and thirteen it has been surrounded by Government Forces and the fighting there has recently intensified and were hearing allegations against both sides about human life being taken about civilians being killed were hearing accusations from the syrian observatory for human rights which is based in the United Kingdom theyre saying that that syria with the support of russia is hurting. Civilians and
Lone wolf attack. The detonator went off but failed to set off the main charge that would have been devastating. The detonator burned people on the train car and sent passengers scrambling for cover. People were jumping over things at the train station. Jumping down. Jumping into people. I dont think you understand. That is what im trying from the higher level to the lower. Not caring if they break their bones. You can hear how desperate people were to get away from the incident. This is the video circulating on social media showing the aftermath on board the train. It appears to have been contained in a construction bucket in a foil lined plastic bag and you can see the flames inside and outside of the bucket. Mike, you said 29 people injured in this incident, many reporting flash burns. Passengers say it started with an explosion at 8 20 local time in one of the train cars during the height of the morning rush hour. Passengers rushed from the scene with burns on their faces and bodie