Looking at chinese data coming out confirming the momentum of the return. We have pmi data. Is a look at the benchmarks we are looking at. Some of the foreign exchanges and commodities. Climb. Ing a massive up 3. 4 . The dollar index is moving up. We have seen this drop alongside the oil prices as well. The dollar is one of those in the crosshairs. Gold is steady. Lets get to new york and have a look at some of the first word news headlines, here is karina mitchell. Coronavirus cases are leading to more lockdowns. Germany, and the u. K. Already increasing but controls. Than. S. Reported more 78,000 new cases over the week and after two Straight Days of National Records. Anger is rising across europe as governments impose new lockdown rules. Officials blocks travel from local regions. There is still no national clampdown. The u. K. Will go into lockdown again later this week while extending wage support for four load furloughed workers. South koreas export led recovery continued last mo
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
Nation and world. We praise you that your plans succeed and your precepts are sure. Lord, you know our thoughts before we think them. Encourage our lawmakers to do your will. Give them the wisdom to totally depend upon your unfailing love, remembering that unless you help them they labor in vain. Lord, when doubts fill their minds, provide them with the renewed hope in the ultimate triumph of your purposes. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i would like to have one minute for morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thirty years ago today, the freely elected parliament of lithuania declared the restorati
Just an osc body. It is very much one that we hope we have not met yet, but we will have active participation from the services, from the combatant command, so they have that element of hearing from all parts of the department where there are challenges and what is needed to get them. Like most bodies, there are lower working groups that will feed into this on a regular basis and be meeting more often. When i asked richard to talk to that. Just to briefly say, as someone who has cochaired Nuclear Posture, i think my colleagues and we served as the daytoday cochair working group for the bpr, and i think she has been sick and tire of this when we made all these comparisons through the Nuclear Posture review. But as was noted, i think there were some value there in one of the outcomes and the mpr. As we do npr and plantation, a lot of those issues were identified to have a body to go back to to be the lead for implementation for there was a Nuclear Weapons counsel on the case of policy or
Our second panel. We will start with dr. Go paul who is a former executive and author of a book. He will provide an overview of the evolving supply chain landscape. Then we will hear from the next panelist a senior fellow with the trustee chair and China Business and economics. She will address the rapid rise of we very much appreciate both of your testimony. Why dont we begin with you . Can you hear me . Now we cant. Talk backwards. Ok. Something is happening with our sound with our witness. Do you suppose we could correct that . Because i know i cant. Why dont we move to miss mizzoco . Could you begin while we fix that . Thank you. Thank you, members of the commission and staff of the commission for the opportunity to be here. I have been asked to discuss electric vehicle sector of china. Let me start by saying like with other Clean Technologies like solar panels, china is important in the eb supply chain. Vehicles made in china are affordable and of increasing quality. I can hear yo