City is major spy hub. Markets pointing higher, dow industrials up 52 and the nasdaq up 39 and s p 500 higher by ten minutes. The dow moved 560 points between highs and lows, the Technology Startup set for a big price tag as it readies to go public with offering next week. We have all the numbers coming up. Speaking of tech, amazon unveiled a whole new slew of gadgets to boost gaming experience. Candy craze, more americans are stocking up halloween candy despite no worries of trick or treating this year. Mornings with maria is live right now. Take a look at indices. Things have worsen in the last few moments. Markets in europe poise today see the worst week in june as uk reports rise in coronavirus cases. Mixed story in asia as well,ation markets finishing flat but a mixed story. Japan and korea were up. Hong kong and shanghai were lower. Some of the top stories that we are watching out right now. President trump handing out drug discount cards to seniors as he lays out to America Firs
Good evening, and welcome to tonights montana u. S. Senate debate. Im john twiggs. And im anna rau. We would like to welcome visitors across the state on radio and the Northern News Network as well as viewers joining us on cspan. We have both candidates on the ballot in our studio tonight. Theyre incumbent senator republican steve daines. Welcome. And montana governor democrat Steve Bullock. Welcome, governor bullock. We appreciate having everyone here in person, not a simple process these days, but were safely distanced and ready for a spirited debate. We have a slightly different format tonight. Each candidate will have an initial 90 seconds to answer the question, then there will be an open discussion period for that topic with a chance for rebuttals, followup questions and direct exchanges. Well finish the debate with a 90second closing statement from each of the candidates. Lets get started with one of the topics dominating the headline headlines, the Supreme Court justice confirm
Let me also make a few reminders for these members appearing in person. You will only say members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking and active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with the webex by now but let me remind you of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote. As long as you have your webex set the active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff. Second, we have timer that should be visible on your screen when youre in the active thumbnail view. The house rules require we see you so please have your cameras turned on at all times. Fourth, members appearing remotely who are not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise and feedback. Since i will recognize members verbally and let members retain the
His 2016 president ial campaign, a promise to protect American Workers, to put an end to the abuse of the h1b visa program. President trump signed an executive order at the white house today banning federal agencies from firing american citizens or green cardholders from their federal jobs and or suring Foreign Workers and hiring Foreign Workers to replace them. Todays action also orders a study to determine just how many federal jobs are now held by foreign visa workers. President trump today heard from a number of American Workers, workers who were forced into the degrading, humiliating process of training their less qualified foreign replacements. Thats right. H1b visa workers trained by the reporters they were the workers they were replacing from the Tennessee Valley authority. The federallyowned corporation that provides Utility Services to residents in seven states. The tva recently announced a plan to outsource 20 of its Technology Jobs to Companies Based overseas. Do you suppos
Rovider. Next, an update on the Coronavirus Response from President Trump. He also talks about preparations for Tropical Storm isaias, the expansion of Telehealth Services and his views on mailin voting for the 2020 election. 4 this week, the storm passed just east of florida. Got a little lucky. Didnt hit florida too hard. Working with the governor, working with everybody, but did not it did not hit directly. It is currently off the coast of south carolina, heading northward to north carolina. Its expected to make landfall sometime this evening as a category one hurricane very serious, a lot of water, a lot of water coming from that storm. Ive already issued emergency declarations for florida, north carolina, south carolina, and femas personal, they are great, they are doing a great job, they are already on the ground in all areas, every single area we have mentioned is covered. Over the next several days, there is expected to be heavy wind and rain in the coastal areas of north carol