Crude Oil Last Week which hit the highest interday wti up to 63. 72 an barrel ice brent crude is up to 69. 49. Gold hit a nearly fourmonth high last week posting its eighth straight positive session on friday. Longest daily winning streak since june of 2019 right now gold price is up another 1. 75 to 1,579. 60 an ounce. Our top story, tensions with iran escalating over the weekend. Eamon javers has the latest from washington good morning. Good morning, joe the iranians were vowing revenge over the weekend the administration took to television to explain its decision to kill that iranian general who was in iraq last week and to offer an explanation for what its plan is Going Forward. Mike pompeo said the administration is prepared and ready to handle anything that the iranians respond with. Heres what he said. If the American People should know that we have prepared for this, that we are ready well talk cultural that our responses are lawful and the president will take every action nece
Sundays Chris Wallace, Eleanor Holmes norton, and lloyd abrams. This is one hour and 10 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Walter to the news forum. We welcome you tonight to welcome the newseum and the First Amendment and to look to a new chapter in it i would like to look to several of the Founding Partners we have with us this evening, leslie hill and carol, ryan and myra, arthur, and robin. [applause] jan we are also honored to have several trustees in attendance. Shelby, phil, david, jack gutierrez, jack kirschenbaum, john lee, charles, mike regan,rd, john, mike, and barbara walkure [applause] while. And barbara while. Wall. [applause] jan after more than 11 years, the newseum will close its doors on pennsylvania avenue at the end of the month. While the closure saddens us, we are heartened that nearly 10 million visitors walked through our doors to experience a story of news, the role of the free press in history, and how the core freedoms of the First Amendment religio
Thank you again for joining us here for black History Month. Now, the association for the study of africanamerican life and history was founded by dr. Carter godwin woodson. It started as negro history week and now of course has been expanded to black History Month. We would like to thank our sponsors. They include the prince georges truth branch, usa today, and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 is special for many reasons, and we will explore those reasons in two parts. Part one will talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black migrations. Our press event also includes a panel of scholars who enlightened this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of africanamerican perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival of 20 africans in 1619. But first, if we have her here, were looking for the president of the National Press club, Allison Fitzgera
Truth branch of asalah, usa today, and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 is special for many reasons, and we will explore those reasons in two parts. Part one will talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black migrations. Our press event also includes a panel of scholars who enlightened this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of africanamerican perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival of 20 africans in 1619. But first, if we have her here, were looking for the president of the National Press club, Allison Fitzgerald cojack, who will come go get her who will come to give welcome in a few minutes. We are also honored to have the presence of dr. Lonnie g. Bunch iii, the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture and also a centennial ray of light. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Bunch. Thank you for your o
Freedom forum. Tonightme you all here to celebrate the museum and the First Amendment and look forward to a new chapter. I would like to recognize some of the museums Founding Partners who we are so pleased to have with us this morning. [applause] we are also honored to have several of our trustees in attendance coleman, davidke jack kirschenbaum, john lee, charles, peter prichard, mike, john, prichard, mike, john, barbara. [applause] after more than 11 years, the museum will close its doors on pennsylvania avenue at the end of the month. While we are sad, we are also heartened that nearly 10 million visitors walked through our doors to experience a story of news, the role of the free press in history and the core freedoms of the First Amendment religion amendment religion, speech, assembly and petition apply to their lives. We think everyone who visited, but thank everyone who is part of this room. Belief inou for your the importance of our work and our mission. [applause] years, your