Battle of volusia where i got started as a combat historian. On that day i will never forget we went through an aid station in and al qaeda aid station. There was blood on the floor and cots, a situation that was interesting. I will never forget looks on the side of the wall, the light had changed. There was obviously a person that was running next to me on the other side of the wall. I had this sense of foreboding. Seconds later, a marine was killed along with a member of the iraqi forces that were accompanying us. It was a very poignant moment, shot in the head, the Battalion Commander was right next to me. Five minute before that, said who are you . I am a combat historian and im here to gather your story. I have written several books on world war ii. Interestingly enough he said any, a colonel of the battalion, he said my father was the pilot in world war ii who fought on the eastern front. We had this immediate reports and within five minute for engage in combat. What was so strik
And were watching the market this hour of markets now. Connell those headlines show you there is a lot going on9 today. We will get to the mess in egypt in just a moment, but first, our market today with the selloff, seeing the biggest decline in a couple of months. Nicole petallides starts us off on the floor of the new york Stock Exchange. Nicole you are absolutely right. The lowest point, the biggest move to the downside since june 20. Down about 1. 5 right now. Back on june 20 the dow dropped over 2 , this is the biggest moving percentage terms since that time. You have a couple of names that are weighing on the do dow jones industrial, betterthanexpected Economic News. Walmart and kohls are two names we are following closely. As well as Cisco Systems. Walmart higher payroll taxes are hitting the customers and not much customer traffic in walmart. A little less than expected, up 5. 5 . Really bucking the trend today, back to you. President obama United States strongly condemns the
Them to be. Kurt eichenwald, his most recent book, 500 days secrets and lies in the terror wars. Military historian Patrick Odonnell recounts the u. S. Armys second ranger battalions e. Company, also known as dog company. The group was composed of 68 men whose military campaigns during world war ii, included landing on the beaches of normandy and the sense of Pointe Du Hoc. It is about 40 minutes and starts now on booktv. Thank you so much for having me here today. Its great to see so many of my friends here. This is a situation where things have come full circle in many ways. But today is the anniversary of the battle of falluja where i was embedded as a combat historian. On that day i will never forget we went to an aid station that was an al qaeda aid station. There was blood on the floor. It was quite a situation that was interesting but ill never forget to i like look on the side of the walls. The light had changed. It was obviously a person that was running next to me on the othe
Of africanamericans in this country. So by the time Robert Smalls died in 1950, he died brokenhearted, and financially, not near as well off as he once was. And so i have spent a lot of time talking about the history of this. As i used to say to my students when i taught, if it happened before it can happen again. And we see all the speculation about what the Supreme Court is going to do with the most important civil rights act, which i think was the Voting Rights act of 1965. And most experts think that thats about to come to a significant, and i call, a noble end. Oh grams of affirmative action, that simply means youre going to take positive steps. You cant be passive. Youve got to take positive steps to overcome the current effects of past discrimination, the history. Not going to happen by itself. If you bring that to a close, and people are speculating that that is about to happen, in fact i saw a few days ago one of the leading scholars, legal scholars in this country who was say
Imus in the morning hang on to your wallet, try to keep your mind from numbing up. Davos is in full swing. Good morning, everyone. Yes, the annual gab fest is underway, the worlds great mind meeting in the alps, grappling with the issues that you and i just cant understand. But i know exactly what they will come up with, a 14 trillion dollar plan to make a greener planet, thats already been proposed. They will move on to taxing the rich some more and then defending the welfare state. In short, president obamas inaugural address will be echoed over there. He gave davos the blueprint and the high and mighty will adopt a collectivist mentality, but we will not. No elitism here, Varney Company is about to begin. [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. Splitsecond stats. [ indistinct shouting ] its so close to the options floor. [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ]. Youll bust your brain box. All onhinkorswim from td ameritrade. [ slap ] [ male announcer ] your Favo