Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Million. Brazil is the worlds pandemic hotspot. Infections in india rising at the fastest in asia. The fed chief is staying neutral on u. S. Aid, dodging senate attempts to make him take sides. He says more help would be needed but stopped short of a full endorsement. Shery we are seeing further afterre of u. S. Futures stocks fell to the last part of the trading session. We have had a strong start in week but there was a report on modernas vaccine study did not produce enough Critical Data to ss its success. There are similar patterns with drug makers like gilead. We saw the selloff. The s p 500 fell for the first time in four sessions for the nasdaq was outperforming at one point but turned negative. Look at what oil is doing, seeing wti above the 30 a barrel level after closing at the highest in nearly two months. We have june futures expiring tuesday. A month ago when may rises plunged prices plunged, we are not seeing that reaction this time around. There is more signs of markets
Mostly a celebration that this planting has been recognized as something that everyone can celebrate. Reporter a new way to celebrate. A bay area legend is using his platform to spread. And i want to express my appreciation to the ambassador of the bay, e 40. Reporter last night we caught up with e40 over instagram live. At least seven people close to him have tested positive for covid19. Hes asking everyone to home. Dispen dispensaries are doing deliveries. This was the scene this morning. This seems long but this industry has also taken a hit during this pandemic. Cannabis businesses are declared essential. Theyre essential but not equal. San francisco has a gross receipts tax thats coming in january thats going to tax cannabis retailers 51 times higher rate than your traditional retailers. Reporter as we speak, San Francisco Police Officers are patrolling golden gate park. Any violators will be cited. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. Today San Francisco released a map of coro
Being done to keep Hong Kong School students safe while they sit there most importantly. And why shipment of saudi oil heading for the United States is causing controversy. Well the figures are getting more mind boggling by the day on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the worlds biggest economy the United States is tracking towards 50000 deaths and 1000000 100000 confirmed cases the President Donald Trump is set to approve a bill worth nearly half a trillion dollars thats to fund hospitals and Virus Testing and to keep Small Businesses afloat it was agreed in congress over 2 sessions with members standing apart and Wearing Masks its the 4th aid package so far means the United States will have spent almost 3 trillion dollars to prop up its economy. The pandemic has left more than 26000000 americans out of work in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of 2009 recession have been wiped out thats one in 6 United States jobs trump though says the economy will bounce back q
Well im Richelle Carey this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week billions now to save trillions in lost economic output the hunt for a vaccine is on well talk to the c. E. O. Of a drug maker that is using a cancer drug in trials to treat over 1000. 00 patients and from senegal the 1. 00 test kit. Oil shock through to sinks into negative territory now cheap oil may be good for some users but it also means job losses as rigs shut down production. As government spent trillions on keeping a condemnation from collapsing it is time to consider the other crisis Climate Change and starting to issue green beyond. What should take 10 to 15 years the Global Scientific Community hopes to cramp in 2 months World Health Organization says there are 70 vaccines in the works for covert 193 of the most promising rall ready in testing the billions being spent now could help return the economy back to normality for now though these on and off lock do