[indistinct chatter] good evening, everybody. I am the president of the White House Correspondents Association. I just wanted to welcome everybody to tonights fantastic , of course,to thank our esteemed panel here. Marthayou know how great is, but let me take a moment to thank her for all that she does for us in terms of her scholarship and her research. She is a constant resource for all of us who cover the white house and for any of the American Public who is interested in the presidency, the operations inside that building. I also want to thank the White House Historical association for your generosity and your support of our programs and of marthas work and of all of our study and common interest in the presidency. Before i turn things over to martha, to mention that last was at thewhca Truman Library for what we hope will be the first update partnerships and events with president ial libraries and museums across the country talking with americans outside of the beltway and answeri
Kospi in south korea was up by 1 1 3 shanghai index ended slightly higher as well this morning in europe in some of the early trading weve already seen, again, the green arrows continue there, too the dax is up by over half a percentage point the cac in france up by 4 ftse is up by. 3 of a percent. Check out crude oil prices which were up sharply last week. We saw oil close above 50 for the first time in over a month a gain of 2. 50 over the course of the week. This morning down by 2 cents to 49. 87 currency, dollar was also stronger after coming under pressure in recent months but the dollar index was stronger. Dollar down against the euro at 119. 5. Up against the yen, 111. 29. Record night of emmy awards. Handmaids tale. Took home the top prize. The cast of veep took home the best comedy. Saturday night live came out on top it won nine awards hbo won the most awards of any network. Big little lies helped secure that record. Hbo held off netflix yet again winning 29 total emmys compa
What is expected to be one of the hottest days on record. Is also the hundreds day 100th day of the Trump Presidency and people are concerned. People are here talking about Climate Justice. Last night at a forum at Howard University was a discussion about Climate Justice and climate racism. Climate disruption is the topic everywhere. We are standing in front of the ous kent along where a News Conference is happening, of the leaders who will be marching today. There are thousands. I wanted to start by going to 350. Org. Of good morning. You standing between the capital and the washington monument. Your thoughts on this day and why so many are gathered. It is an important day. It is the 100th day of the Trump Administration. We have seen nothing but bad news for people in the planet. That is why so many will come. Amy who came up with this . That is what is wonderful. It is truly a coming together of labor, health groups, environmentalists, community groups, over 900 organizations are ma
And he just bought more today. Hes going to give us the name and, chances are, you might own it too and black rocks terry sims son said the trump trade is on, quote, life support. So what does that mean for the rally . But first, we start with what seems to be the magic words for this market, tax cuts. Every time someone from the Trump Administration utters those words and recommits themselves to be the agenda, the market takes off after paul ryan said the party is unified on tax reform during a town hall last night the dow having its best day since april. Soaring nearly 200 points. As the markets soar, the volatility index sank. The question is tonight, do you continue to buy stocks on hopes of tax reform and how much higher can this market go . Guy great to have you on board. Maybe what everybody was thinking about in the past. Whats the question were going to attempt to answer my answer would be yes weve been pretty steadfast in that belief. Brian kelly about a week ago at the heigh
San jose, and if you want to mingle and have fun, and go have a festive lunch, this is the place to do it. Some shoppers we spoke with said they are not into making the exchanges, and they waited until today to see how much things would be markdowns so that they can get what they consider to be real bargains. Others using their gift cards out of the stockings. A large tree toppled over and crushed a toyota below, about 4 30 am, and there was we end in the neighborhood near the oakland zoo and the hills but they are not saying how the tree came down to who will be responsible for cutting it up and getting it out of there. Alcohol couldve been the factor in this deadly crash in san jose were a woman in teenager were killed around 12 30 am yesterday morning on the capitol expressway, and the car crossed over the median and smashed headon into another vehicle. The Police Believe the driver that crossed over the median was drunk at the time, and she was killed as well as the 14 yearold boy