On civil war leadership posted by Longwood University in virginia. Its about an hour. Less weaker of the morning is william jack davis. He is from independence, missouri. He has a bachelors and masters degree from brett sonoma state university. You may know him from civil war times illustrated. Onlys popular civil war magazine. Those with the best years of it. He is the author and editor of 60 books. They are relating primarily to the civil war, but also southern u. S. History. Think about that for a minute, 60 books. Was athose, his first history of the new market campaign, which i think is a model small battle history 40 years after was written. Its one of the last small battle historys ever written. He wrote a biography of john c reich and ridge breckenridge. War, inn the end of the florida and other locations. I corresponded with him about the escape of some of the confederate cabinet members through florida. He is the editor of the series on the civil war in virginia, a separate v
Francine a very warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe, our flagship morning show from london. Manus were waiting for a couple set pieces. Credit suisse getting those numbers. I think it is the resignation well spend time on in terms of the sentiment. These markets are still rallying. Me bring you these moving parts. The dollar extending losses, and some will be seeing a little bit of that, reacting to Michael Flynn resigning from the National Security advisory. Thats the sort of line you can draw. It seems a bit tangential. Does this tell us anything about trumps ability to implement policy . Manus mitsubishi would say its a little bit of a moment for the dollar, but its not exactly going to pound it into the ground. The damage to the dollar from the resignation will be moderate and limited. The chinese data, as you said, has that reflation headline driving the aussie dollar. Business confidence is the highest in more than nine years. Anna exactly. Double punch for the aussie dolla
Janet yellen, will she put march back on the table . German fourthquarter gdp comes in weaker than expected but with flat that fast this fastest inflation since 2015. Manus matt lets take a look at where the buns are bunds are. Futures pump pointing to a lower open. Yields down a little bit as investors buy into german tenure debt. 0. 327. 83 twoday chart. Yesterdays trade a little bit of a try rise. This morning, it looks like german investors are wary of the numbers that we are seeing coming out. Inflation number, cpi at 1. 9 yearoveryear. Gdp numbers not quite as strong as may be have been expected at 1. 8 . Guy pretty comparable. You think about the United States, bonds. 3, treasuries 2. 3. We will talk about that for a program. Dollar index, what else is interesting this morning . The yen is trading higher. Tohiba, go thing i want mention as well as iron ore is bouncing around. One of the contracts trading down by 1 to the story we are being paying attention to. The one thing i wa
Special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games and i will be honest with you, im above. Youre nervous . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, do you know what, thats actually right. We are hosting the Opening Ceremony, what do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set up wonderful little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago, i was Walking Around talking to on copacabana beach and i walked up to this guy right here and i said, hey, love the tv, team u. S. A. , you got the simone b
Today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games. And ill be honest with you, im excited, im nervous, im all of the above. Youre nervous . What . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, you know what, thats actually right. You know, we are hosting the Opening Ceremony. What do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago. I was Walking Around talking to some of the people who are here on copacabana beach, and i walked up to this guy right