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You can text us, 202 7488003. Include your name, tell us where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. We will look for your posts as well on our facebook page. We start this morning on the modernage of usa today, applied monday for an emergency use authorization from the u. S. Food and Drug Administration after receiving more good news about the safety and effectiveness of its covid19 vaccine. They are the second vaccine maker to request authorization from the federal government after...

Medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. Theyre sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. A new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80 of americans are willing to take the vaccine. Although a large percentage say they dont want to be among the first to do so. Frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. Ri...

Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination 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. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senat...

James knapp to the u. S. District court judge for the Northern District of ohio. Votes expect around 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. You are watching live coverage of the u. S. Senate on cspan2. Ie senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Sovereign god, you are you are wisdom without end and mercy without limit. We worship you. Lord, have compassion on our nation. Heal our physical, mental, and spiritual wounds. We are worn out from t...

Representative rick marsh, a democrat from washington joined book tv to discuss the books hes reading. Congressman rick larson of washington, whats on your reading list right now . My Summer Reading list hasnt been long but its coming into the middle of summer now. Im working on wrecked, its the third icu novel by joe day, hes a mission writer and iq is his character and rex is the third book in the series. Hes kind of a detective novel. Hes a private investigator and a lot of action, a lot of g...

Fire danger in effect from 11 00 tonight to 8 00 a. M. Wednesday for many of the Higher Elevations of marin county, parts of napa and Sonoma County and lake county, wind gusts could reach 40 Miles Per Hour or higher. Once again, this is in the Higher Elevations and for the nxt two days. Fires can start and spread easily under thesications. For the remainder of the bay area above 1,000 feet, a fire weather watch in effect from wednesday into friday. Similar conditions, only we expect only occasio...

Coming after yesterdays euphoria that is part of the momentum growth trade materials and industrials are the only sectors in the green. We have a few more ipos and awaiting more news on tiktok and oracle it will be busy coming up on todays show, mohammed elerian will join us on the on going stimulus stalemate and well speak with Jim Fitterling and shares of Cybersecurity Firm Palo Alto Networks up 80 from the march lows as companies boost protections for employees working from from home the ceo ...

Lot going on as stuart did tell you that whole hearing where the tech giants will gather virtually at least. It is parked back maybe half an hour. I was doing back of the napkin guesstimating on their wealth. That is on, i think is worth about 180 billion. Our Charlie Brady follows this thing would know to the penny. I think it is roughly about that. Mark zuckerberg facebook, close to 90 billion, close to 2 billion, tim cook of apple, thanks to appreciation of that stock, he is at around 2 billi...

Mary trump, to block her tellall book. Plus, that roger stone sentencing bombshell. Before congress about facing heavy political pressure to cut the president s close friend a break. Turn of events. The fbi saying nascars only elite black driver, bubba wallace, was not the target of a hate crime after that noose was discovered hanging in his garage. What nascar and bubba are saying this morning. Abc news exclusive. Restaurant confrontation caught on camera. A black mother and her 9yearold son de...

Consolidation coming uber reportedly talking about buying an industry rival more here on cnbc. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening where wherever in the world you may be watching. Thank you for joining us on this last trading day of the quarter frmt looking at the very early trade. They are down slightly 120 points to the dow. The nasdaq with a higher inflied over weaning we could see a reversal. Blue chips look to erase the selloff surging nearly 600 points that surge to put s p and the ...