That was a grand introduction. If you just want the major accomplishments of David Rice Atchison, thank you, it has been a lovely evening. [laughter] needless to say, his administration is a little less impressive than maybe truman or anyone else who was ever president. However, David Rice Atchison is someone you should know about. He was a significant player in the days leading up to the civil war and the term what we call bleeding kansas. He was one of the people who really began the push to get kansas as a state and he tried to direct it in a certain direction that he felt was beneficial for the union. Was he misguided . Very possibly. Was he successful . Absolutely not. And, but what is important was who this person was and why, unfortunately, he disappeared from everything. The library came up with the davidfor this program, rice atchison, president no one knows. Looking at that, i realized that long ago in another lifetime as a journalist, i wrote a column for the newspaper i wor
Across the country in major cities. Seattle, chicago, minneapolis, also in new york city. Of course, all of this as protesters continue the call to defund the police. And staying in new york city, get ready for phase two. Restaurants allowed to reopen. But its all al fresco. Thats all right. The weathers good. You have to sit outside. By the way, another 300,000 people expected to return to work in the big apple. And President Trump officially restarting his 2020 campaign with a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, but there is controversy over crowd size. We are all over that story and so much more. We will get it going on Varney Company which begins now. Ashley all right. First things first. Ive got to get you to the very latest on the virus. Over 2. 2 million cases now here in the United States. This as those 12 states on your screen have seen a record spike in cases over the weekend. Susan li joins us on this monday morning. Susan, give us the numbers. Susan good morning. So the states that s
We asked you if you plan to shop in a physical store, go to the store today, and were revealing the results as Worldwide Exchange begins right now perfect. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching it is friday, november 29th. Hope everybody had a wonderful thanksgiving to the rest of you, i hope you had a good thursday. Im Brian Sullivan before we get started into the show, we got a mystery chart for you. That is your chart of the day. Now, this retail stock is the best performing retail stock in the past three months. Past 90 days it is a rather unlikely name well reveal it in todays rbi, random but interesting, thats it keep it here for the answer. The stock markets here close at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time the bond market closes at 2 00 eastern time today how generous of them stock futures, theyre down 50 points on the nose right now, again. This will be a very thin day but with lighter volume can often come bigger pricing swings
Bid 140 a share or over 5 billion scluting debt. The apollos offer was accepted. The later offer accepted by tech data as the better offer and buffett says he does not intend to make a higher offer a little bit about tech data, it is a global distributor of Technology Products and services it supplies Small Companies with Technology Software and hardware made by larger companies, larger technology companies, a middle man. This is evidence of what has been happening with Berkshire Hathaway as the cash ward has grown. Topped over 128 billion according to most recent s. E. C. Filings from the company this move is interesting pivot for buffett, he rarely goes up against private Equity Companies and doesnt like to get into bidding wars it shows how hes going further afield to try andlook to deplo his large stash of cash that he has on hand. Hes known as being a cheap guy. Somebody who looks at prices he doesnt like auctions. Doesnt like auctions, doesnt like to get into the fray what is int
Way from tra dublin pleasanton with speeds well under 20 Miles Per Hour here. Checking over in sausalito, southbound, two left lanes blocked near the marin city offramp. You are starting to back up there. Theyre looking for a tow truck to come and clear the lanes out. A look at the drive times. About an hour, hour and 15 minutes westbound tracy to dublin. Highway 4 is bunching up with a 25minute ride westbound. San rafael into San Francisco, that is looking good with minor slowing through that sausalito accident as you make your way through marin city. Sounds good. Thanks. Breaking news, new york city mayor bill deblasio is dropping out of the race for president. Heres the announcement he made about 90 minutes ago. I have to tell you at the same time, i feel like ive contributed all i can to thishis primaimary election. Its not my time. Im going to end my president ial campaign. Continue my work as mayor of new york city and i will keep speaking up for people. Dsios four months. Deblas