Hearing. Futures this morning look like this, markets fractionally moving this morning, they are in the red on fears of a new coronavirus wave. Dow industrials down 17, nasdaq down 23 and s p 500 not too far from where it closed yesterday, down just about 2 points. Despite positive talks on a new round of stimulus. It is he departure from yesterday, markets were boosted by energy, technology and financials. This morning, we are seeing reversal after four weeks straight of losses, the dow industrials yesterday were up 410 points, nasdaq up 203 and s p higher by 53. California wildfires turned deadly as more than 50,000 people are forced to evacuate their homes and wine country has been ravaged by the flames. We will take you there live. And hitting the brakes, the epa questions californias new plan to ban gas powered cars by 2035. Why it may not be legal at all. Plus, a skeleton of fun, this gigantic halloween decoration making the buzz this morning. Wait until you hear the price tag. M
Safe and effective vaccine. If so, who gets it first . Soledad im Soledad Obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Every roadmap for fully reopening the country begins with a vaccine. So who gets it first . We posed that question to experts about a month ago and learned an Advisory Group to the c. D. C. Is working on guidelines to distribute initial doses. And it hopes to have a proposal ready in late september. Potential vaccines are racing through the deve operation warp speed promised to stockpile milli doses. Declared safe and effective, there likely wont be enough for everyone who wants it right away. Meharry Medical College in nashville is one of the nations oldest and largest historically black Academic Health Science Centers and is enrolled in operation warp speed. Dr. James e. K. Hildreth is an immunologist and the president and c. E. O. Of meharry. Instead of being a lead researcher, hes going to be a participant in the testing trials. Dr. Hildreth, its so nice to talk to you. Why
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chief executive officer of the george w. Bush president ial center, ken hersch. [ applause ] thank you and welcome to the engage series presented by highland capital. Im the introducer in chief. Our goal is to provide content you cant get anywhere else. Were honored today with this session to launch a wonderful insiders look at president ial retreats and a glimpse of what life looks like for a president outside of the white house. Its a fascination that so many people. Were delighted to take a deep dive into camp david, crawford, kennebunkport and the lbj ranch. Tonight, we have a series of guests who can also give us that special insight. To kick us off, i would like to introduce the 43rd president of the United States. [ applause ] thank you all. [ applause ] thank you very much. [ applause ] so this is a special moment for laura and me because we have such fond memories of the president ial retreats. One of the things about the presidency tha
Soledad do you see that as part of your role, if youre a very visible and successful black chef . Announcer can he change the face of fine dining . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. 2020 is just around the corner. But before you change your calendar, we wanted to look back at some of the important stories we covered this year, including a recordbreaking year in politics. When the 116th congress was sworn in, it became the most diverse in u. S. History. It includes the first native american women to be elected to the house of representatives. Deb haaland from new mexico and Sharice Davids from kansas promised to tackle the epidemic of violence against Indigenous Women. Native american women have a murder rate 10 times higher than nonnative women. We spotlighted the crisis earlier this year and found native women are disappearing without a trace, leaving their families without hope or justice. Ive been having a lot of friends that have gone missing and never found. So
Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half