Moments with the top newsmakers in this weeks mornings with maria in this weeks edition of the talkers. Adam schiff, the chairman of the intel committee, is out and about this weekend on sunday morning shows saying all of this news is just russian disinformation, and its not true. Let me be clear, the Intelligence Community doesnt believe that because theres no intelligence that supports that, and we have showered no intelligence with chairman shared no intelligence with chairman schiff that the laptop is part of some russian disinformation campaign. Maria does xi really want to get a deal she really want to get a deal done or not, mark . She says its about respecting the science, its really about her political agenda, maria, but i am optimistic. Maria what were hearing from director ratcliffe and director wray in terms of this foreign interference they say on the election. We shouldnt be surprised. Russia is our enemy. Iran is our enemy. We have tried to interfere in elections before.
Moments with the top newsmakers in this weeks mornings with maria in this weeks edition of the talkers. Adam schiff, the chairman of the intel committee, is out and about this weekend on sunday morning shows saying all of this news is just russian disinformation, and its not true. Let me be clear, the Intelligence Community doesnt believe that because theres no intelligence that supports that, and we have showered no intelligence with chairman shared no intelligence with chairman schiff that the laptop is part of some russian disinformation campaign. Maria does xi really want to get a deal she really want to get a deal done or not, mark . She says its about respecting the science, its really about her political agenda, maria, but i am optimistic. Maria what were hearing from director ratcliffe and director wray in terms of this foreign interference they say on the election. We shouldnt be surprised. Russia is our enemy. Iran is our enemy. We have tried to interfere in elections before.
Convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonights happy vision. And we will justify our gorgeous past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. Thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have and that was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons hold study in libertyville, illinois. Richard norton
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
Thedual listing could be biggest share sale in history. Softbank makes headlines again. Amassedid to have 20 billion in a stock trading movement despite a skeptical response from shareholders. Lets take a look at how markets are trading at the moment. At this as we are just getting some line through when it comes to the reserve bank of australias assistant governor. They are giving a speech saying it is more complex to assess the policy stance than it has been in the past. Due to the economic and fiscal conditions at play. We will continue to monitor some of those comments and we are also looking ahead to the rba Meeting Minutes as well. We are seeing downside in the first couple of minutes or so, trading in sydney on 5. 1 and then new zealand, that market is back to modest gains as we continue to process the outcome of the victory we saw from the Prime Minister and her resounding reelection effort over the weekend. The nikkei 225 seeing upside when we get into the open of. 25 of where