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Next the director of the federal Housing Finance agency testifying on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. House Financial Services Committee Members asked him how his agency is handling the rice in foreclosures and forbearances as well as the operations of fannie mae and freddie mac. The hearing runs over three hours. The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few matters including some required by the regulations accompanying House Resolu...

Some ople asking if amazon is a monopoly. The question for the democracy is, are we okay with one company essentially winning capitali . How do you and jeff think about the call to break you guys up . Simply because the companys beenes suul doesnt mean its somehow too big. Narrator now on frontline. Domination was very much the idea. Narrator amazon empire. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporationor public broadcasti...

State, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. The lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The czu in san mateo counties. The possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Something we are tracking. Lisa, we can we expect this morning . We are looking at b...

At cal fire currently has its hands full with a number of wildfires burning up and down california a fastmoving wildfire in butte county has burned more than 250,000 acres, its killed at least 3 people. The creek fire in Fresno Madera counties has burned more than a 175,000 acres. Its 0 contained and in Southern California, the eldorado fire in San Bernardino county has burned more than 12,000 acres. After that fire was sparked by a smoke machine at a gender reveal party over the weekend. As wil...

Some of her advisers would have liked about her life story. That is the first thing she did. The second thing she did was what she is going to have to do between now and november, which is try and make the argument for a joe biden presidency. Effectiver speech was on both of those counts. Power last lot of night with president obama. I think she did what she needed to do. Host usually Vice President s are seen as hatchet men or hatchet women. Do you think she waited into that yesterday waded int...

There where the fog is. Meteorologist mark tomaio has been talking about the a. M. Fog and hazy skies today. Looks like the air quality is slowly getting better. At least than it was earlier in the week. Wednesday welcome to mornings on 2. Its been a stressful time. We could all use a little laughter. Tommys t comedy club is coming to the rescue reopening this friday and holding comedy shows outside. Because of covid19 shows are going to be held in the parking lot at the location on hop road. At...

No legal basis to visit the sites. A man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in new york state has begun serving his prison sentence for corruption. Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reported to a prison in new york today. He was sentenced earlier this year to 6. 5 years behind bars. In 2015onvicted later but the appeals have kept him out of prison. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 c...

Nasdaq up 151 points and looking to open about 31 points higher it has been a wild ride for investors all week the dow and s p are down over 2 the last three trading sessions the s p on pace for its worst twoweek performance the nasdaq has been a big mover. A lot to chew on after a tough week true, andrew. Tough in that it had been up so much we sort of glossed over september 11 19 years when you say it, dont you say, oh, my god, september 11 for you, it is about half your life for me, about a t...

Detecting new cyberattacks from russia, china and iraq election. The clock ticking away for tiktok. President trump says theyll be no extension for the sale of popular chinese app. Ceos calling on de blasio to crack down on crime. The dax index lower by 46, the uk economy rebounding. Gdp up 6. 6 in the month of july for uk. In uk green across the board. Best performers were in hong kong, japan and china all up 3 quarters of 1 . Now some of the top stories that we are watching this morning. Presi...

[inaudible conversations] good morning. I call this hearing to order. In just the past six months, the covid19 pandemic has completely upended our everyday way of life. One of the most sudden and stark transitions to the way all of us work. Millions of americans have been unable to go to the office each day, as a result, weve had to find a way to get our jobs done and keep our economy going. The financial hit to small and larger businesses has been devastating during this crisis. Reducing expens...