Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the reasons we sat on this committee thats been bipartisan and its been nonpolitical, and we tried to do the best by our veterans whether you are the republican side for the democratic side of the aisle. I particularly appreciate the re
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A big cornwells fought on the answers with some stacy in the root cause a report up next that neil harvey is on his way to be sure to bring the morning news updates next hour join us again that. Time max keiser this is the report i salim accessed a standard Telegram Group where there are 24 hours a day just talking to people. And me forwards arent spell. And do it this way weve got about 8000 in there now going to be blindly as party on planet earth so stacey remind me again whats happening in the world rides well the big news in the past week is at the end of last week a video was released of a conversation between the former bank of england had mark carney now interviewing people for the council on Foreign Relations so a very powerful organization in america and larry fink who is the c. E. O. Of blackrock the largest Asset Management firm in the world they have 7 trillion dollars under management so you know larry fink is like an untouchable right like hes probably more powerful than
And that because your point on bonds. Right now we have the 10 year yield backing up six basis points on the week, up 14 basis points. The worst week for bonds going back to august. Bonds selling off. That pushes yields higher on the idea there is some kind of recovery happening around the stimulus. It is going to be interesting to see whether or not the 10 year yield can break out of this range. David we will have to watch that carefully. We knew the job numbers would not reflect all of the covid surge, but we did not expect them to be showing downward trend before the covid came roaring back. To take us through what the numbers may indicate we welcome douglas holtzeakin, president of American Action forum. He earlier served as director of the Congressional Budget Office as well as chief economist under president george w. Bush. Great to have you back with us. Disappointing on the downside. How much should we read into that . Douglas the real significant piece is on the Household Surv
Plus, the mysterious death of a former ceo of online retailer zappos. What the medical examiner is saying. Felicity huffmans comeback. The new acting gig shes landed after the College Admissions scandal. And for the first time we hear from this man rescued after clinging onto the top of his boat in the open atlantic for hours. What he did to survive. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Today is a crucial day in the coronavirus emergency. Cdc advisers will vote on who should get the vaccine first. Today could also be the first day we see more than 100,000 people in the hospital with this virus. More states are setting up field hospitals to handle patients and more cities are considering wider lockdowns. A new study finds a onemonth shutdown in england helped reduce the number of covid cases by 30 which doctors say is encouraging as we wait for a vaccine. This morning a major step forward in getting americans vaccinated. A panel advising the cdc will give its recommendation today on who shou