Admiral James Stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme a
Ten admirals and the voyage of character, which was published late last year. Admiral james stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So
The dollar index just below 97. Crude oil rallying 2 today on stocks going higher. 87. Arrel of wti 37. Lets get more on the markets. Scarlet fu is with us. Scarlet jay powell testifying before congress for two days of discussion, stuck with his message that the economys path is uncertain. We have seen indexes come off of line isghs but the positive. You look at the industry groups, 20 groups are higher. Within the dow, 29 out of the 30 names are up. In terms of leaders, caterpillar, boeing. The white house is preparing a 1 trillion infrastructure proposal. Up 4 frastructure etf right now reflecting higher demand. Retail is up after a record gain in sales. A lot of retail names are heavily shorted, so you could be seeing a short squeeze as investors rushed to cover their bets. All of it comes back to fundamentals, like earnings. Morgan stanley talked about the disconnect between the optimism out there and the bottom line. Andgap between the s p 500 as aftertax profits has soared to rec
A key figure from the arrival of ministration makes a surprise appearance in moscow. And marching to the beat of a different drum india defies its growing coronavirus told to reopen shops and places of worship. Center 2 weeks after 46 year old black man george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer sparking a global wave of protest the accused killer has faced court there it show been has been charged with 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as 2nd degree manslaughter he appeared by video link in a Minneapolis Court as the charges were read thousands of people queued to pay their respects to george fords body in his home city of houston his funeral will be held there on tuesday and as the protests grow theyre trying to defund the police has become louder counselors in minneapolis have already committed to dismantling the department or new york and los angeles ive also vowed changes to funding john hendren is live from houston and john has been moving a scene there tell us a bit mo
Different drum. India defies its growing coronavirus toll to reopen shops and places of worship. Hello. Two weeks after 46yearold black man george floyd died under the knee of a Police Officer, sparking a global wave of protest, the accused killer has faced court. Derek chauvin has been charged with second and third degree murder and Second Degree manslaughter. He appeared by video link in a mm court. As the charges were read, thousands of people queued to pay respect to George Floyds body in his home city of houston. His funeral will be held there tuesday. As the protests grow, the cry to defund the police has become louder. Councilors in minneapolis committed to defunding the Police Department while new york and los angeles have also vowed changes to funding. John is live from houston. Moving scene there. Ell us whats been going on. Reporter we are entering hour six of six hours of viewing of the body of george floyd. Crowds have been lining up by the hundreds. You can see behind me,