The great bob cousey, former point guard for the boston celtics. Well break any headlines that come out of white house as the hour goes on. Apple revealing the next lineup. What we know about the upcoming product. The release of a socalled proiphone. New concerns over vaping. Cdc now investigating the link between the rising trend and mysterious illnesses reported in 16 states. Melissa fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman is at the white house, gerri willis is on the floor of the new york stock exchange, Edward Lawrence live from jackson hole for the feds annual meeting and phil flynn enjoying all the action in oil at cme. Lets start with blake burman. Blake. Reporter melissa, President Trump continuing his criticisms of Federal Reserve. What is new for the president , a main focus of the president today was specifically focusing in on germany, the negative bond yields there. This is what the president wrote at one point earlier today, saying germany 30 year bond offering negative
So good afternoon, and welcome my name is tim bowman executive dean for administration and finance at the Harvard Engineering school of engineering and Applied Sciences. And in my six years of commissioner on the commission for institutes of Higher Education, and its my pleasure to welcome you to the afternoon session, and it is my honor to introduce to you our presenter and speaker for this session. Chuck im sorry already ive started off bad. Chuck door is associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of education at Bowden College, after receiving his bachelor of arts from George Washington university chuck spent first ten years of his career as a High School Social studies teacher in maryland, california, and or very interestingly to me casablanca morocco received masters degree from stanford, university i think ive heard it have a harvard wannabe on west coast but im still looking that up and ph. D. From university of california berkeley. In 2012, 13 received a u. S. State to t
[indistinct conversation] announcer Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking member jack reed of rhode island discussed for policy on friday. He spoke with abc news chief washington correspondent at the council of foreign relations. This is an hour. I think it is ready to start. Thank you all for being here. Welcome to the council on foreign relations. A warm welcome to our senator jack reed, Ranking Member of the Armed Services committee. He is from the great state of rhode island. I will be presiding and asking which is the next this is an on half hour. The record meeting. In fact i also want to welcome , those cfr Members Around the nation, maybe around the world, participating in this meeting through the live stream. So thank you all for being here. Senator, reed, so much to talk about with you, but i want to start right with the perhaps the most pressing National Security issue, north korea. Just a bottom line question, as we hear, does the words we heard from the president and his
Back in the early 60s, medicare and medicaid combined were. 1 of gdp. Gdpal security was 2. 6 of and Discretionary Spending was 11 and a half percent of gdp. Medicaid arere and 5. 6 of gdp, Social Security is 4. 9 and discretionary expenditures has shrunk to six and a half percent of gdp. Why is that important . Are reallyyments consumption and you do not get that much return on your investment and i want to highlight the blue line. Back in the 60s, investments as a percentage of the federal budget was higher than transfer payments. They were 32 . They have gone down to 15 . For the republicans in the audience, if there are any in berkeley, california. [laughter] i want to remind you that Government Spending can be a lot more effective than what some of you have been putting out there in the press. What did you get for this blueline . , theot the internet, gps interstate highway system, and we got grants that have moved the needle dramatically on cancer and other diseases. What has bee
Are lucky to have him here. A russian liberal journalist, tv host, and filmmaker. He is editor in chief of multimedia projects around the world. He is the host of a monthly talkshow, a roundtable. Chief of the National Geographic travelers, russian edition. He received a number of professional awards. This was not shown on russian tv. 2002 through 2004, he was host of the 25th hour, which was suspended eventually. Political advisor to mikael prokhorov. , he serves as a member of the president ial council for Civil Society and human rights. Last, but not least, nikolai zlobin, the founder of cgi in 2012. Advisor to president gorbachev and boris yeltsin. He has been associated with a variety of top institutions and has served as the gobetween between the american policy and Economic Community focused on russia. Wellpublished in english and russian. Most importantly, he serves as an interpreter of russian culture. With that, i will turn it over to nikolai and he can begin the conversation