These two men were both a heartbeat away from being interesting this evening. It was a Vice President ial debate. One of these men will lose and we will never from him again. The other one will become vp again and we will never hear from him again. 4144. All right. A look at the late night takes of Vice President ial nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance. The Ohio Senator largely kept things cordial in last Nights Debate focusing most of their attacks at their Running Mates at the top of the ticket. We are going to go through the big moments from what could be the final faceoff between the campaigns before election day. We will bring you a live report from The Middle East following a major escalation by iran launching a massive ballistic Missile Attack on israeli. We will have the very latest developments just ahead. Two major stories this morning. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, october 2nd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early white House
I have an Opening Statement i would like to submit for the record. Ill do so without objection. And make a few comments. Today, were having a hearing about the foreign sovereign immunities act, coronavirus and addressing chinas culpability. Generally speaking, we have a foreign sovereign immunities act basically shutting off lawsuits against other nations because whatever we do to them, they can do to us. We made exceptions to it. We have amended the act four years ago regarding terrorist activities. This is not an issue i take lightly. This is something i have thought a lot about. My colleagues have worked to put together legislation. They have reconciled the legislation. I think senator blackburn, hawley, and others, and what would it mean if we amend suits to china. And why would we take this unprecedented step . This is the third pandemic to come out of china. The coronavirus came from wuhan province. Whether it was a mistake in the lab or spread at a wet market, i dont know, but w
Certainly china is to blame and has to be held accountable. View, doesr point of the sovereign immunity act need to be amended at all to allow you to move forward . We are moving forward because we believe that is how we proceeded on our lawsuit which we filed in the United States Federal District court of mississippi. That onportant to note the foreign sovereign immunities act, the commercial activity section is an act based on commercial activity in china that has a direct effect on the United States and they may not be immune. A reference to the nature of the court of conduct and a particular transaction or act. China was engaged in commercial activity, including the production, purchasing, import and export of ppes. Even essentially nationalizing the manufacturing. We believe this exception is workable and that is why i am proceeding with our lawsuit. Now, certainly the amendments of the Foreign Policy immune act would be helpful. Providing additional exceptions provides us broader
A show of solidarity and american resolve, honoring all who are keeping this nation if moving forward through the Global Pandemic on the front lines of the battle in our health care and hospitals and clinics. Todays mission the first of several across the country planned for the next few weeks. Our thanks to the air force, the navy acrobatic teams and all they honored today, all the Great Health Care workers battling against this pandemic. President trump and his administration preparing for parts of the country to get back to work as soon as its safe to open for business. President trump today in the white house east room touted some of the success of the Small Business administrations paycheck protection program. That program, after having its funds replenished by congress, approving nearly half a million new forgivable loans worth 52 billion just since yesterday morning. President trump added the program has saved 30 million jobs and will help this countrys economy quickly, quickly
A show of solidarity and american resolve, honoring all who are keeping this nation if moving forward through the Global Pandemic on the front lines of the battle in our health care and hospitals and clinics. Todays mission the first of several across the country planned for the next few weeks. Our thanks to the air force, the navy acrobatic teams and all they honored today, all the Great Health Care workers battling against this pandemic. President trump and his administration preparing for parts of the country to get back to work as soon as its safe to open for business. President trump today in the white house east room touted some of the success of the Small Business administrations paycheck protection program. That program, after having its funds replenished by congress, approving nearly half a million new forgivable loans worth 52 billion just since yesterday morning. President trump added the program has saved 30 million jobs and will help this countrys economy quickly, quickly