Costs in the slowing economy. The loan prime rate tracks credit of trustworthy customers. Shery we will discuss the crackdown by social media giants and what they called a china backed effort to undermine the protests in hong kong. First, lets get you started with a quick check of how the markets closed the monday session in the u. S. The s p 500 gaining more than 1 for a second session. Every sector in the green, led higher by energy and tech stocks. Oil rallying after a drone attack in saudi arabia. That really highlighting middle east tensions in the oil market. The dow gaining 250 points. The nasdaq up 1. 4 . More optimism over the trade fund. That is filtering in through the u. S. Dollar which was higher throughout the session. Taken to another level, the highest this year after the boston chief eric rosenkrantz sounded a more hawkish tone. See how things are shaping up for the as markets. Sophie asian futures are trading mixed with tech very much in focus after semis rallied on w
Good evening. One of the most prominent figures in american politics, the Majority Leader in the senate, has called for new elections in israel. Chuck schumer says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his way and accused him of pushing support for israel to new lows. Mr schumer, a democrat, and the highest ranking jewish official in america, also called for the Palestinian Authority president , mahmoud abbas, to step down, saying a new generation of leaders was needed, to work towards peace. All this comes as the us imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli Settlers in the occupied west bank, whove been accused of harassing and attacking palestinians. The Settler Movement is controversial with many countries, including the uk, which sees israel as an occupying power, and the settlements as illegal. Israel disputes this. West Bank Violence has surged since the start of the gaza war, triggered by hamas s attack on israel on october seventh. The us and uk have already imposed fin
Speak about a year ago. At the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. And i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. Its clear from your response that you all do too. Give a warm welcome to robin muncy. Thanks for being here. [ applause ] thank you so much. For that introduction and the invitation to come back. That didnt go too badly. And thank you to everybody at the Smithsonian Associates who made this possible. People who worked on publicity and taken care of the logistics. Okay. Let me make sure i got this. Good. So the 19th amendment of course the womans suffrage amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Finally made it through congress in june of 1919. And it was ratified by three quarters of the states in august of 1920. After that, no state could deny the vote on the basis of sex. Tonight our job is to explore some of the meanings of the 19th amendment immediately in the aftermath of its passage. Before we drill down on t
Speak about a year ago. At the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. And i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. Its clear from your response that you all do too. Give a warm welcome to robin muncy. Thanks for being here. [ applause ] thank you so much. For that introduction and the invitation to come back. That didnt go too badly. And thank you to everybody at the Smithsonian Associates who made this possible. People who worked on publicity and taken care of the logistics. Okay. Let me make sure i got this. Good. So the 19th amendment of course the womans suffrage amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Finally made it through congress in june of 1919. And it was ratified by three quarters of the states in august of 1920. After that, no state could deny the vote on the basis of sex. Tonight our job is to explore some of the meanings of the 19th amendment immediately in the aftermath of its passage. Before we drill down on t