Policy and plans. The confirmation vote is expected at 11 a. M. Eastern. Lawmakers will also work on a judicial nomination. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, hear us when we cry to you. You have been our help in ages past, and our hope for the years to come. You dont keep a record of our transgressions but shower us daily with mercy and forgiveness. Great is your faithfulness. As our senators wait for the unfolding of your powerful providence, give them your peace. May they cling to your promise, knowing that you will lead them to a desired destination. Give them the wisdom to trust your unconditional love and your willingness to save those who call on your name. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands
Amendment. Always. [applause] my administration has also curtailed harmful and intrusive use of federal consent decrease which wrongly give meddlesome officials in washington, d. C. , immense authority to tie down local Police Departments and make it very difficult to do their work. No longer will federal bureaucrats micromanage your local police. We will work with upon request local police to help them, not to hinder them. And were waiting for a call from chicago because there is is no place we would rather help than chicago. To reduce people going back to prisons and help nonviolent inmates successfully rejoin society. Last year we passed historic bipartisan criminal justice reform. It has been very successful. They have been trying to get it passed for a long time. We had conservatives. Connell President Trump addressing members of the police force in his first visit to chicago since he took office. The president as you heard on fox business taking aim at major issues facing the cit
I am Francine Lacqua in london. You can see the stoxx pretty much unchanged, and if you look at the chinese were nimby the renminbi, china does not want a comprehensive deal with the u. S. , and we are looking at the pound, because we are seeing a little bit of a move on brexit, things on both sides, the eu saying they are looking at a proposal but are expecting more from the u. K. , the u. K. Saying they want to speak to Emmanuel Macron, the president of france, directly, and the euro is now at 1. 0973. And hsbc is cutting jobs, but bloombergs get to first word news. Reporter ready to emerge with impeachmentrump inquiry, a Law Firm Says it is acting on behalf of multiple whistleblowers. Abc news earlier reported the second whistleblower has not yet spoken to the committees investigating the president. The white house says this does not change the fact that trump did nothing wrong, and ealspects for a brexit d fading, after doubt be a cast on whether a deal can be reached before the oc
Good thursday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. I am Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt, Morgan Brennan at post nine of the New York Stock Exchange watching the markets and trade today, long awaited china trade talks are back on. Kayla tausche is in d. C. Good morning, kayla. Reporter good morning, carl. The rumor mill of potential breakdown in u. S. china trade talks, saying theres a big day of negotiations china, they want to make a deal, but do i i meet with the vice premier tomorrow at the white house. The idea was floated by chinese officials and media overnight they would leave washington early in a fit of frustration over hawkish measures the u. S. Administration unveiled earlier this week. Now the president and top negotiator from china will meet in the oval Office Visits happened a handful of times this spring. During the visits they resulted in agricultural purchases or tariffs being delayed. Thats the reason the market is optimistic this time around. Earlier this morning, going
And government and i am pleased to be your moderator joining us today senator and democratic candidate Michael Bennett representing colorado since 2009 before serving as superintendent of Public Schools in denver where he worked to improve accessibility and quality of education and also the author of a new book called the land flickering lights we wlalk about the book for the back story with a hyper partisan conflict calling washington out to restore integrity we are excited to have them here with us. [applause] we will talk about the book obviously we will talk about congress for covert you were born 1964 new delhi india. But is not a very good origin story but it works. Tell us the circumstances. I was there because my parents were there. [laughter] that makes sense. They were working for the embassy theres chester bowls with the ambassador to india and with the jfk view the United States had a role to play with countries like india i was there for 18 months. I have been back but now