Im a Research Scientist on behalf of all of my colleagues i like to would like to welcome you to tonights special event. Its an honor for me to have the opportunity to introduce our speaker tonight. At Times Holding positions as editor of the research magazine. The policy director for the top lobbyist. She ultimately served as Vice President of both the Public Policy and of corporate strategy. The days of slaughter which will discuss shortly. That insider view. Since her time at freddie mac they had worked as an academic. In an entrepreneur. And at that people in college of business. That helps firms, nonprofits and governments manage the claims. She earned her phd from the center for Public Administration. In the policy please join me in welcoming dr. Susan whorton gates. [applause]. So welcome everybody. It really means a lot to be here and i want to thank dan and marsha and christine and all the others who brought me down and set up this event. The global forum on resiliency is just
That did not go down well. Senator schumer, all condemned the president. Very few republicans wanted to comment. Speaker y and z be. White supremacy is repulsive. Politically, the president increasingly isolated. Charlottesville has led overdue condemnation of the entire term presidency. Business also backing away. Seven ceos know like the president S Advisory Council plus Union Leader Richard Trumka appeared ceos do not want to be associated with this president see. It classic trump counterpunching style, such has gone on the attack. Jeff bezos earns the Washington Post which is a harsh term critic. There you have it. The most chaotic politics of this presidency so far in a market that ignores it and rallies again. Youve never seen anything like this. Varney company is about to begin. Such you at the group on one side that was bad of was bad in his grip on the other side that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that. Ill say it right now. You had a group on the other side that
Overall. You can see germanys dax regaining some of the losses, france is the only major indices in the red right now. The tenyear note yield very important, one of the reasons why the financials have performed so poorly and there is that yield, down just a bit, 2. 362, although this is right around where we were yesterday. As for oil, up and up rather nicely. And the latest s p case shiller home prices report, prices up 5. 9 in january compared to a yearni year ago, faster than the 5. 6 economists had been predicting. As for the road map, ford expected to announce significant new u. S. Manufacturing investments this morning. The automaker receiving high praise from the president. Plus futures are pointing to say flat open, the dow seeking to reverse course from the longest losing streak now since 2011, six years, and yum brand ceo reid will sit down exclusively with our own sarah eisen. Nobody elses. She is a road warrior. Lets deal with the bond issue up front, about an hour ago we g
We have our coverage across the country. Lets begin with richard engel. He was in chelsea. Reporter i spoke to a witness even closer to the scene than i was. He said he heard a very loud explosion, immediately thought it was a bomb. His ears were ringing. He was inside his apartment. The window didnt break, but the mirrors fell to the ground. He went outside and saw broken glass everywhere, on both sides of this very busy intersection. He said that some of the broken windows were as high as on the fourth floor of nearby buildings. Whats unclear, however, is who did this or why. Just after 8 30 last night, an explosion rocked new york city as chelsea neighborhood, sending people running in panic. Lets go get off the streets it sounded like thunder, to be honest. You felt it in your heart. I heard a massive explosion then fire trucks and police cars. A massive response. Very unnerving. Reporter social media lit up and crowds grew as First Responders raced to the scene. A mangled dumpster
We have our coverage across the country. Lets begin with richard engel. He was in chelsea. Reporter i spoke to a witness even closer to the scene than i was. He said he heard a very loud explosion, immediately thought it was a bomb. His ears were ringing. He was inside his apartment. The window didnt break, but the mirrors fell to the ground. He went outside and saw broken glass everywhere, on both sides of this very busy intersection. He said that some of the broken windows were as high as on the fourth floor of nearby buildings. Whats unclear, however, is who did this or why. Just after 8 30 last night, an explosion rocked new york city as chelsea neighborhood, sending people running in panic. Lets go get off the streets it sounded like thunder, to be honest. You felt it in your heart. I heard a massive explosion then fire trucks and police cars. A massive response. Very unnerving. Reporter social media lit up and crowds grew as First Responders raced to the scene. A mangled dumpster