Lots of interesting things going on today, but the number one thing without question is a deteriorating take in the last hour, and what is front and center in the United States is a reaffirmation of the first wave of the pandemic. Other issues on the virus worldwide, including in india, for example. Bombay shifting to really grim news out of delhi, a flareup in tokyo as well. Isthe United States, there no other topic than this pandemic. Jonathan totally agree. Claims 30 minutes away as well. We face elevated long unemployment. What we need is a clean reopening so we can bounce back quickly, and hopefully the temporary job losses dont become permanent. From an economics perspective, that is why the pandemic and the fragile data in states like texas is so worrying. Reopeningins the process. If it reverses it, worst case an area, we face a lot of pain for a lot of people. Tom i am going to suggest you put separately the pandemic and claims. I would like them quite closely together, in tha
Restart the economy. Some of the money being earmarked for 5g and broadband. And new developments in the house investigation into big tex. Bloomberg has learned that the facebook ceo and alphabet ceo will testify if called along with amazon ceo jeff bezos. Lets talk about the markets. Abigail doolittle joining us. Another wild day. Talk to us about the main drivers. Abigail a roller coaster day. During the day out with that alleged tone. Some positivity around a possible cure for the virus. Plus, retail sales, the best on record. Then, virus news coming out to beijing closing schools, plus texas hospitalizations at a record high, florida at a record high. Netnet, we had stocks close slightly higher. Apple of for a third day, big driver, getting a boost from price target standpoint from citigroup to a street high of 400. Bank getting an upgrade at of america. Indication down very slightly. , stock on thee move to the downside. That is oracle. They reported their fiscal fourthquarter, di
She was pregnant. Approximate her husband had recently traveled to europe where he acquired a drug. It had not been approved yet for use in the United States of america but it was available many european countries. It was used to treat a number of Different Things. Women began taking it to aleave morning sickness and her husband had been in europe. He had acquired some of these pills and brought it back home for her and she takes about 40 of them early on in her pregnancy. They did not know that it causes birth defects. She read an article about the drug, she found out a little bit more and she called her doctor. She started to learn more about what the medicine can do. For children, it can cause brain damage, damage the eyes, nose, ears, face, damage the growth of limbs. And many cases, the children who had been affected by it did not survive at all. In england about half of the babies died within a few months. Somewhere around 10,000 of these children were born. Most in western europ
So, lets move on to employment discrimination. So, the 1964 Civil Rights Act when it was passed, to sabotage the act, a couple of legislators who were against the act decided to insert a gender clause, thinking that that would sort of cause a lot of people to basically not vote for the act. That backfired. The act got passed anyway. But also, in terms of what it did for race, which weve talked about in the class, it also made it illegal to discriminate based on sex, okay . And so, initially, a lot of womens organizations are pretty optimistic that this will be enforced, but when it is not, of course, a group of women in 1966 founded an Organization Called the National Organization for women. So, n. O. W. , now, is founded in june of 1966 at the third annual conference of commissions on the status of women in washington, d. C. , by its first major organizational meeting in 1966 it was still pretty small, just had about 300 members, but by the early 70s, it had grown to roughly 40,000 me
Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.