Minute, but Nadine Strossen. Tell us about your. Oh, peter, im delighted to be here. My career has basically been as a civil, libertarian and human rights crusader. In addition to being a constitutional law professor, which is how i have earned my living. But as a volunteer, i was the National President , the American Civil Liberties union, the aclu for 18 years. Many people are surprised to learn that is a volunteer position because it is very demanding in terms of time. In fairness, the aclu uses the title president for the chair of the board. We do have a paid full time ceo, the executive director. But in my educational capacity, i about rights, including freedom of speech, and in my advocacy capacity, i advocate for a very broad interpretation and enforcement of those rights, including free speech. Where do you teach common law . At new York Law School in the heart of manhattan and still full time teaching. I took emeritus status several years ago. Peter, i love teaching. Thank goo
Stuart our producers chose this song on the grounds all of us think this has been a very long week. It has dragged out. It seems like a very longer we can we are glad it is friday. 10 00 eastern. A mixed picture. The dow is 39922, fractional gain for the s p, fractional for the nasdaq. The 10 year treasury at 4. 40 , up slightly on the yield side. The price of oil close to 80 a barrel, 797. Now this. Friday, may 3rd, a truck rolled to the front gates of the Marine Corps Base in virginia. The driver said he was making a delivery to the post office since he had no affiliation with the base, he was directed to a holding area. He didnt stop, he kept going and tried to get in. That would have been a serious security breach. The driver and passenger were jordanian nationals, both in the country illegally. Now in custody. The acting director of the Immigration Service was asked if one of those was on a terror watch list, i cant confirm anything like that. You know why the question was asked.
Charm. Tonight, i think we will see definitive proof of that assertion when he presents his third Kansas City Public Library talk and barely more than 18 months. This time, he is offering an original treatise on economist Milton Friedman, the nobel prizewinning intellectual architect of the free market reforms of the postworld war ii era. Today, as it happens, would have been dr. Friedmans 102nd birthday. I have no doubt it will be marks best presentation yet. So you might ask, why am i willing to go out on a limb this way . As an economist might put it, on the one hand, according to the website, superscholar. Org, mark is one of the top 20 living economists in the world. I guess that designation is a gentle way of reminding us that as the no longer living economist John Maynard Keynes famously said, in the long run, were all dead. But i digress. Marks topranked status was echoed by a columnist for scientific american, who recently wrote that he has emerged as one of the clearest write
European going on in equities today. Pray much unchanged on the stoxx index, ever so slightly higher, hitting a record high in this session. Sterling, bucking the trend a little bit as other currencies are treading water. The euro hit the 1. 20 handle in this session. 1. 999, and the 10 year yield, down one basis point ahead of the fed decision and Janet Yellens press conference. Lets get the bloomberg first word news. 7. 2 magnitude earthquake has struck mexican city. It is the countrys second major quake this month and came on the anniversary of the earthquake in 1985. This temporarily closed the airports and halted trading on the mexican stock exchange. It plans to open tomorrow. Hurricane maria has strengthened to a category five storm again with top winds reaching, 175 Miles Per Hour, causing at least six deaths on the island of dominica. Warnednt trump has north korea of military action. The arab nations are looking at ways to remove the regime. Trump is said to have told them th
Opinion, the nfl has lost credibility. Game operations, all players must be on the sideline for the own. Stand at attention, face the flak. They have failed to enforce that rule and we now have the case pa tv ratings for sunday nights game the lowest since 2006. But get this. Pregame show ratings are up here the president explained it this way this morning. Breeding for nfl football or way down except before the game starts with people tuning in to see whether a country will be disrespect it. This is the oxygen out of the real issues that affect your money. For example, for example, in 90 minutes President Trump meets at the white house and its crunch time on tax reform. After the meeting, Committee Members may take statements that could move the market. Example two, obama is all but dead. Senator collins became the third novella. That means we are stuck with a failing system. Example three, puerto rico, no power, no water, no school, very little food, thousands stranded because the ai