So many others and so many attendees and so much time has gone into giving us 16 book festivals and i really want to say thank you to all of you for coming out today and having come out for 15 years. I also want to think to medicine Public Library taking his event on when heas was unsure whetherr not someone would and for getting us this evil space to keep p putting on events for the public in medicine and from anywhere you can from today. I also want to think the madison Public Library foundation they do the private fundraising and keep these events free and open to the public. We have been doing this is our 25th festival here the mass Public Library and all of our events have been free and we care deeply about that and hope you do too. I want to say a huge thank you to them and to all the sponsors have helped put on the specimen from the year. I also would ask you right now to please silence your cell phones. That goes for dave, as well. [laughter] and probably me but the architect.
About the fact that theres too Much Negative for the banks right now. Suddenly you start to see it and start to push back in these and then jamie comes in on what he does on the earnings call. It was not great, but it was much better than everybody anticipated because they knew how bad january and february were. That improvement did add to the the earnings and you look at this and nothing great here and year after year and then the bar was set so low because of the bad couple of months that by march things started to turn around. What is the reason in your views . Well, jp morgan cleared a hurdle and thats the market and they get higher not because of jp morgan but selling when youre in a down trend. This rally has not been far and a lot of people are are on the sidelines and everybody goes by and its a one percent day in and day out. It gives people and saying that they have to keep the money to keep the pace. This is going to get more and then the buying and sort of a sense. Its buyi
The federal government is overreaching. Loretta lynch saying it offers protection. What do you think about the law and the lawsuit . And heres your chance to let us know. For democrats, 2027488000. For republicans, 2027488001. And for independents, 2027488002. Also North Carolina residents, 027488003. Host joining us to set up the current cases that were lobbied at each other yesterday is Michael Gordon. Hes with the Charlotte Observer. Mr. Gordon, good morning. Could you give us a brief sketch that the legal arguments of both sides are taking . Guest sure. Overnor pat pat macquaries lawsuit accuses the Justice Department and by extension, the obama conversation of a radical reinterpretation of the Civil Rights Act. 2 is nothat house bill discriminatory. It is a common sense law that basically basks traditional restrictions on bathroom access. He focuses in on Employment Law that says nontransgender employees of the state of North Carolina required to use a bathroom of their biological
I catch a weekend in just a bit. His ashes will be made to walk rate not nearly as eventful here on the Traffic Network but we like to see at five oclock in the morning that things are rolling stay smooth into the rush hour right now well take a life jacket wrapped around the midtown tunnel we are far from the rush hour at this point south traffic or the lanes i should say here eastbound and westbound around the midtown tunnel that was working this point in the morning so if youre about to head out the door to an early bird commuter youll be in fine shape on the Traffic Network mass will take a look at one more spot for you in williamsburg. If youre headed eastbound or westbound taking away other toward newport news the direction of richmond youll also like to write out their very calm and quiet in the right westbound headed toward richmond was like passing kroger six mount zion in old stage or at seventy five miles an hour so flowing very nicely out there and i would assume is probabl
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