Forhis is the awardwinning reporting on the worlds oceans award. Pulitzer and contributes to the long and times and Senior Editor and writer. Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to discuss this issue of whether and why a
Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to discuss this issue of whether and why americans are turning against science. I would like to start with the panelist by asking is this new or something long been with us . Has ameri
I have been a fan since its inception. It is my anniversary. 10 years ago, i moderated my first panel on Climate Change. I am thrilled to be back with this wonderful panel. I would like to introduce eric conway, the historian of science and technology and the coauthor of a book, merchants of doubt, how a handful of scientists obscured the issues for tobacco and global warming. The p the director for Research Center and she has authored numerous reports focused on the public trust in science. Including views ranging from energy and climate to vaccines and gene editing. Have jeffot least, we from ucla, a sociologist Whose Research interrogates how a moral life work spirit he studies why people care about what they care about and how moral concern relates to issues of science and religion. I am going to jump right in. We are gathered here during this week of the anniversary of one of humankinds greatest and most celebrated scientific achievements. You really cannot escape it this week. Th
Fails in his bid to trigger a snap election. China signals more support for the slowing economy indicating a cut in the Bank Reserve Ratio is on the way. Protesters vowed to return to the streets of hong kong and continue their calls for change. They say carrie lam section is too little too late. Shery it was all about k anditics, both in the u hong kong. We saw a risk on sentiment across the board with the dow caning gaining almost 240 points. The nasdaq up 1 . Tech shares leading the gains. They were the biggest losers in the last session. We have the Energy Sector in section gaining ground. We had the dollar falling the most since june. It was all risk on and the geopolitical tensions subsided. Not a lot happening with u. S. Futures. Lets get you across some breaking news on the terminal. We have julys current account of numbers from south korea coming in at a surplus of 6. 95 billion dollars. The current account for south korea in july. This as expectations grow for further easing
First a check in on the market the dow lower by nearly 300 points moved low er perhaps by the fitc rating plus, some street talk around discover financial the company ceo resigning. That stock down more than 10 . Also, good news, bad news. The good, Warren Buffett adding a stake in the stock bad, home Builder Sentiment dropping sharply with rates over 7 . We begin with the warning from fitch the firm saying it may be forced to downgrade dozens of banks, big ones, including jp morgan chase, coming after recently downgrading the United States credit rating. For market reaction, lets bring in doug butler, director of research at Rockland Trust what has got fitchy feeling so well, i could rhyme but i wont. Ill also not go there. But again, fitch downgrading the banks, very core lair to what they just did. Its their really negative on the government and theyre taking this as a broad swath theyre saying the Banking Industry as a whole and greater problems which is why they would hit jp morga