Nomination for the director of office of management and budget. Live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god of light, as we approach independence day, we thank you for giving us the gift of true freedom. You have blessed us with freedom from sin, guilt, and shame. You have redeemed us. You have also given us freedom from fear, providing us with peace in the midst of the storms. Today, please guide our lawmakers so that they will fulfill your purposes as they face the challenges of these times. Lord, awaken them to your inescapable presence. Keep them from thinking that you are absent from our world or disinterested in it. Enable them to feel you in their midst, as they grapple with the problems of our time. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
I am manus cranny. Coming up on the pulse, well be speaking to the former a tie in finance minister and the bank of italy director general emeritus the british co simon money emeritus fabrizzio saccomoni. Angela merkel warned that the clock is ticking. Time is running out. Where emphasizing the social cause they need to be made. And on to resolve the situation as it is. Manus let us get to our team. Guy johnson in athens. Once nichols in brussels. Hans nichols and brussels. Guy, let us go to you. It is about the banks. European Central Banks is holding Europeans Bank is holding firm on what they loaned to the banks so far. Guy paul will give you the details of what is happening. The Banking System remained shut. This economy is grinding to a halt. The agency said about depression. That is what it feels like at the moment. Businesses are shutting up. They cannot get more credit. Npls were already bad. They are going through the roof at the moment. The greek tagging system has enough cas
Dollar infrastructure plan today, boosting spending in rural areas. Manus welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Right here in the city of london. I manus cranny area anna and im and edwards. Out at westminster, the polls keep coming in. More polling data this morning. We will talk about the strength ofthe strength or weakness the u. K. Economy as we head toward tomorrows general election. Security continues to be the dominant domestic theme, of course. We will get analysis from Neil Williams who is joining us. Lets check how the markets are doing over in asia. Manus we have a lovely chart in you, but anna is rooted westminster. Our election coverage goes through the day. Will catch up with the managing mori. Or at ipsos thats right here on daybreak. Its go to china, this moment of reprieve in the market. Well talk about that and the risk radar. China had cut their holdings of bonds by the most since the year 2000. This was a drop in their terms of holdings of bonds at the big boys are
Are looking like. Well tell you all you need to know for the day ahead. Banks down under in trouble as well. Some down graded by moodys. Today, as venetians vote to ban the big cruise ships, let us know what you think. Are you a fan of a cruise or is it possibly the worst holiday idea that you could even come across . use bizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. 7 . . . Newsub the former Chief Executive and three other ex barclays staff are also ba rclays staff are also facing criminal charges. The charge relate to the emergency funding. At the height of the financial crisis in 2008 this was. It was at the same time that rival banks, rbs and lloyds turned to the government here in the uk for help, but barclays government here in the uk for help, but ba rclays instead government here in the uk for help, but barclays instead opted to seek money from qatar, the gulf state. There are now questions over how the funds were raised and what barclays offered to qatar in return. Lets get the
Begin to panic. The balloon crashing into a gatorinfested pond. And good evening. Im tom llamas in for david and we begin this monday night with chaos at a major american airport. Reports of a vehicle plowing into a group of people, many of them injured. Heres the scene at bostons Logan Airport at a parking area crowded with white taxis. One of those taxis jumping a curb, slamming against the building. The sdint causing special individual lens for security threats. Abcs Adrienne Bankert is there with the information on the driver behind the wheel. Reporter tonight a frightening scene near bostons Logan Airport a taxi cab careening out of control, and into a crowd at this taxi pool. We have engine 9 and ladder 2 responding for a Motor Vehicle accident. Its on the airport. Reporter Authorities Say around 1 40 this afternoon a taxi driver plowed into a group of fellow drivers in an area used to gathering during breaks in between fares. We have accident reconstruction on the scene right no