A recently formed island that critics say is vulnerable to flooding and psych loans refugees and aid groups claim some people have been coerced obando desh the night is this almost a 1000000 range and live in crowded comps on the mainland the un is requesting oversight of the process. A legendary nightclub forced to close because of the corona virus and demick has reopened as a covert 19 Testing Center cat was a popular venue for fetishists and was closed in march the club has advised its new visitors coming for a rapid virus test to arrive clothes and not ready to party. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of is it our website d. W. Dot com. Now in a rare display of bipartisan unity the u. S. Congress is agreed that President Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany must be reversed thats just one of the provisions of the final draft of the National Defense authorization act which Congress Still has to vote on the president has already thre
Book as director of legal policy and he holds a jd and mba from yale and a ba in economics and other firm chapel hill as a morehead scholar glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Its always a pleasure to speak to those at the foundation i have said it before add a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and it is a Gold Standard think tank that has helped me to shape North Carolina and a lot of the resilience right now to have found a cisco flooding in the middle of a pandemic is due to the great work the John Locke Foundation has done thank you. Thank you for those comments you actually live in North Carolina so your book writes about federal policy but you follow state Public Policy as well and hopefully after we talk about your book you will get your take what is happening with Governor Cooper and Emergency Powers use here in North Carolina but i have to tell you the book is unelected you can buy the book now i think my col
Mr. Hawley i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Hawley mr. President , a week ago, i stood in this chamber and spoke about the death of democracy. I spoke about how free people are slowly losing their basic liberties right in front of our eyes. I spoke about how a deeply oppressive regime is defiling laws and tearing up treaties that offer protection and peace. I spoke about how the bright light of a great city is descending into darkness, chaos. I spoke, mr. President , about the plight of the people of hong kong. Id like to take this opportunity to remind everyone, both at home and those listening abroad, about the urgent and existential crisis that plagues this outpost of liberty in the indopacific. On may 28, the Chinese Communist party in beijing adopted a resolution and began drafting a new National Security law in hong kong. Thats what they call it, anyway. But the more we learn about this impending legislation,
Potential pandemic. Investors dont seem to care. U. S. Markets close out the best quarter since 1998 with the s p 500 up 20 . Gold is trading near 1800. Shery lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We are seeing u. S. Futures opening under a little bit of pressure at the moment, down 2 10 of 1 . This as we just mentioned, u. S. Stocks finishing the best quarter in more than two decades. We are talking about a 20 increase in the last three months. We have the s p 500 seeing the best two days in about three weeks. All 11 sectors finished up. The dow underperformed a little bit compared to other major indices. A plunge in boeing. Terminating their purchases of all remaining jets on order. Take a look at what oil is doing. We have seen it gain ground. It is continuing to rise near 40 a barrel. It just posted its best quarter in nearly 30 years, bouncing back from that historic price crash. Really climbing from negative territory in april. Haidi yeah, it really is the histo
We will break that down later on. Take a look at the rest of the market. You see caution still. The likes of gold, despite the rebound in stocks, gold topped at 1800 for the First Time Since 2011. Theres caution around a resurgence of cases. We have the situation in hong kong with china and acting sweeping powers. Goldman saying we could see 2000 for gold in the next 12 months or so. Extending theg best performance we have seen in 30 years. Money coming off of the dollar here, more of quarter selling and rebalancing. A little bit of strength in the yen. Offshore renminbi gaining at 705. Take a look at the nikkei. A survey cannot very negative. Manufacturing sentiment dropping to the lowest level since 2009. China seeing shares up 6 10 of 1 . The pboc said to Lower Borrowing costs for small businesses. Perhaps anticipating a rate cut today. Watching bonds. Treasuries did tumble. They continue. 68 basis points. Lets get to our top story now. Hong kong marking 23 years of chinese role hou