And it was fitting and proper that we come together to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker is peter carr michael. I have seen cwi hats around this morning and it is wonderful to see youpjz here. He has a ph. D where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. It was published by unc press in 2005. He is also one of the series editors of unc presses civil war america series, and i know him best through this capacity. He was my editor for midnight in america, and his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail, and his generosity resources made my book a better bood. Today he will tell us about the war for the common soldier that was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious little field series. A review in the journal concl e concluded it is a poignant book. It brilliantly communities civil war combatants. It will be a valuable work for anyone with a lived experience of the civil war soldier. Please welcome peter carmichael. Good morning. E
Tech ceos on their meeting with the president. And whole foods and amazon, how both companies see that deal making sense. Mondays tech rebound result in nasdaqs best day of the year, closing highs for the dow and s p were not far away from posting doubledigit yeartodate for all three, which we havent done since 2013. No. And a lot of people felt coming into the year the market was overvalued, having had a big run after trump got elected. Obviously, that was not the case there was more to it a lot of people would have felt if you had the Federal Reserve being as aggressive as it is, theres no way you could do it earnings worried about the strong dollar, we have a weaker dollar one thing i point out today will be oil its going to be very messy. This is my level i felt it could get to those are big cap stocks f it goes too much lower, people will say, wait a second weve been buying. Maybe demand is not as strong. Because its the summer, you would expect more demand be careful, oil. Tech s
That is a Flash Flood Watch in the entire bay area. If you live near a creek, river or stream, you need to watch that closely and winds could top 30 miles an hour, that will bring us Power Outages and downed trees and a blizzard warning now in the sierra. Were going to get it, its going to get here quite heavy and strong. See you soon. Some people in the south bay arent taking any chances with this upcoming storm. They are hauling in the sandbags and hauling out debris from storm drains. We go live to san jose where many people shifted in high gear today. Marianne. Reporter they certainly did. If you take a look at this pallet, just an hour ago, this paletlet was full and now its already empty. Many people say because of the storm last week, they were caught unaware and now they want to be better prepared. Benjamin ochoa needs sandbags, a lot of them and fast. With the storm thursday expected to dump 4 inches of rain in the south bay, he wants to make sure his house stays dry. We have
10, whenever, when he was giving eight checks to Hillary Clinton or when donald trump was giving money to Anthony Weiner or donald trump was contributing to you just name it charlie rangel. Go down the long list. But he actually gave in 2013 i think ivanka did, too. Yeah, ivanka did, too like i said, the trumps are big fans. And they dont just say it with their words. They say it with checks that they write. They put their money where their mouth is. Last month, President Trump said she would be a fine choice. Hes changing his mind this morning. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Its very interesting. It is wednesday, august 12th. Along with joe and me, we have White House Reporter for the associated press, jonathan lami lamire, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie dc, kasie hunt, host of msnbcs politi politicsnation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton, and nbc news and msnbc contributor Shawna Thomas is with us. So, after weeks of
53,000 people have died in just the last 30 days in the u. S. Across the country, though, states are pushing forward with reopening plans. Tomorrow, in fact, restaurants will welcome customers again in georgia and tennessee. Cash registers will be ringing again at stores in colorado, minnesota, and montana. And elective surgeries will resume in arkansas and iowa. Meantime, from the white house today, mixed messages on the state of the u. S. Economy, which in just the last five weeks has seen more than 26 million americans file for unemployment. Make no mistake, its a really grave situation, georgia. This is the biggest negative shock that our economy has ever seen. I think as we begin to reopen the economy in may and june, youll see the economy really bounce back in july, august, september. And this just in, recipients of the federal stimulus payments have been finding something unusual in their mailboxes, a personal letter from the president sent at the governments expense. In the let