Appropriate time. We have to leave this but you can continue watching online, cspan. Blooge take you live to the senate floor on cspan2. Part of our 40 year plus commitment to covering congress. Day the senate works on the nomination of james knapp to be us district judge for the Northern District of ohio. You are watching live coverage on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, by your grace, give authority to the godly that this nation can thrive. Continue to raise up people who have reverence for you and desire to do your will. Lord, give our senators the wisdom to live blameless lives that please you. May they find joy in your presence as they trust the unfolding of your loving providence. Lord, empower them to use their integrity to bring stability to our nation and world. And, lord, thank you for the opportunity on tomorrow to honor our veterans and celebrate t
In china. China rolls out its fiveyear plan, promising to build a tech powerhouse. Coming his party also wants greater sustainability. At the ecb says more stimulus is coming as eu governments proposed new virus lockdowns. It says bond buying and support wont seize until the covid wont cease until the covid crisis dies down. Shery quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures coming online under pressure, down 1 after disappointing markets in earnings. We managed to end the session higher by more than 1 , s p 500 gaining the most in two weeks. We had strong data to surge Third Quarter u. S. Economic growth and a decline in weekly jobless claims. That recovery in the u. S. , setting us up for a recovery in asia as well. Look at new zealand trading at the moment, ever so slightly higher, asx futures pointing to a gain of. 4 , reversing declines of 1. 6 we saw thursday. Nikkei futures pointing higher, a little weakness though in seoul. Top story, plenty of action after the bell in the u. S. W
Speaker pelosi remains optimistic about a preelection aid package. I dont know talks are continuing today not sure how Mitch Mcconnell feels about all that yeah, we got meadows on the tape too making some comments about that well get to that in a bit, guys lets start with snap. Hard to start anywhere else as they crush the estimates, revenue up 50. Rbc this morning says the growth looks less like a v and more look a check mark. And i saw you gave evan spiegel shoutouts on twitter last night. I had to. Doesnt have a lot of followers. Didnt bounce it back to me. Unlike there is some people who get right involved like one of my guests today. One thing i found that was spectacular was when i first started the street, we had a guy from advertising, he said, look, the holy grail is to get someone to start using colgate when theyre 16 snap augmented reality is all about reaching that age before they decide, you any, look, it is going to be old spice or going to be whatever, i dont know, churc
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
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