Ready to pass a grim milestone. Border battle. How the Coronavirus Crisis is playing out in the southwest border closed because of a cdc Public Health order since march, the rapid expulsions of migrants. And concerns about minors housed in hotels. Well talk to the acting deputy secretary of homeland security. Social justice fight. Prince harry taking on systemic racism. This is up to every Single Person thats on the planet right now. The impact the prince is trying to make, and his comments first on gma. The fit ar dritoac dreams. Autism is not something that can be, you know a weakness, it can be a strength. Gearing up for todays competition. Good morning. The number of coronavirus cases in the u. S. Is approaching 5 million, far more than any other country. 26 states plus washington, d. C. , and puerto rico reporting daily increases in deaths even as the rise in cases in the u. S. This summer appears to be slowing. Now 18 states say hospitalizations are actually going down. So some e
Happen late. These briefings of course have been quite controversial with the president sometimes contradicting the scientists standing right next to him and also pushing treatments that have not yet been proven. The president as of yesterday has started urging americans to wear masks, saying to do so is patriotic. All that said, stocks, mixed picture today. Tech leading the losses. Abigail doolittle has been breaking it down and watching the action. Abigail another jittery day and another day where this is not a satisfactory answer, it does not feel like a satisfactory answer to some. It is very hard to say that yesterday was risk off and therefore you had technology and stayathome leading, and today is risk on. If it was a strong cyclical rally and the sectors that were higher were those cyclical sectors such as energy, financials, industrials. A stronger gain has to do with that tech laws. Nasdaq down 1 . More jittery action, that tells you lots of uncertainty as we head into the st
Patriotic. Vaccine is on to find a amid warnings of a greater resurgence to come. Haidi pretty mixed midweek outlook when it comes to trading here in asia and for the first time in a while, we have seen equity markets kind of take a step back in terms of not headlines. A great deal of activities and commodities. Lets take a check of futures. Contracts trading higher after we saw a lack of conviction in u. S. Markets as we get concerns that perhaps this fourth round of fiscal stimulus will not be forthcoming. We are hearing the republicans are in the midst of crafting their own proposal to take to the democrats and we also heard from President Trump as he resumed his virus presser, encouraging americans to wear patrioticart of a duty. Over in japan, we are seeing outside of point 3 when it comes to trading for nikkei futures in chicago. More earnings on tap along with japanese pmi readings as well. Take a look at gold and soldiers. Pretty much flat at the moment, jumping close to a nine
And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a position to impose his will on a chaotic battlefield in a single moment of genius or a series of moments of genius.
I am a fellow, prod to have you all here, and also i am one of your two cohosts from representing the school of Public Policy and Public Administration, where we prepare lots and lots of wonderful students for federal service as well as service in a variety of part of the public and nonprofit sector. Im delighted to be here for several reasons. Good to see a lot of my old friends. With 12 of our faculty are not the fellows. At least a couple of us are here at this sort of midsummer, a lot of people at the beach and its great you all are you. Its an important topic, and we are delighted to be here to invite you to host, and also its wonderful always to see gene dodaro. Just a couple months ago i was up on this stage giving, being part of the arthur awards commission to give gene a Lifetime Achievement award. I dont know if you know that but he was an Arthur Flemming award winner very early in his career. Its an award that goes to federal leaders early in their career, and as i said it w