Gdp to be negative this the First Quarter of 2021. It is friday before a holiday week 59 minutes left in the session down a quarter of a percent on the s p 500. No gobbledy gook coming up for the next two hours here either. Coming up on this show, instead we are going to dive into the latest on the coronavirus and pfizers push to get emergency use authorization for its vaccine with the fda commissioner and pfizer board member dr. Scott gottlieb. Plus, new york city shutting st. Louis down the head of the Teachers Union in new york will be here to weigh in. Lets check on futures mike santoli tracking the margaret as always meg tirrell with the latest on pfizers vaccine and bertha comes has the latest on what President Trump just announced. Mike santoli, lets start with you. Not disturbed so far by the news last night about the treasury pulling the funds from the fed. If you look at the pattern here, it is about a flat week as well. Trading just below the highs we hit on monday. Before t
So, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Robert merry, this is his second presentation in the somewhat hallowed halls of the kansas city public library. Five star library this week from the public journal. Thank you. Hes a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. Hes been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor, executive editor and editor in chief of Congressional Quarterly and more recently, the american conservative. The american conservative, he says its collaborative, but it sounds like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy. We believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound monetary policy, clearly delineated borders, authentically free markets and Foreign Policy mixed with diplomatic acuity. We adhere closely to institutional max um, principles over party. One could wish there were more of that kind of true
The program the u. S. Supreme court has blocked from obtaining president trumps financial records the courts decision. And the. Case the justices ruled. To the president. In. Theory District Attorney called the decision a tremendous victory for the u. S. Justice system the lower court will also have to decide whether or not those records will be made public. Lets join our Washington Bureau chief in this poll who can now walk us through whats going on oh well so one of the Supreme Court rulings today went against the president talk us through that decision from the justices. Well phil the big news i think is really the checks and balances are still in place here in the United States some people already started to doubt that right so the major decision is that a sitting president that a president is not immune against criminal investigations thats the easy part to understand now its getting a little bit more complicated so the Supreme Courts decided that new york prosecutors will gain ac
Cheevers coronavirus cases rise in many parts of the world with easing lockdowns. Also one of englands most diverse cities has been told to continue pandemic restrictions even as the rest of the country is about to relax them and the white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russians funded taliban strikes on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan. Have you with us its a development that whole cause prodemocracy movement have been fearing for years progovernment told called media are reporting that chinas top legislative body has passed a National Security law for the territory that will crush Political Freedoms the legislation aims to cement beijings control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the walls Major Financial Centers beijing has circumvented hong kong. Only legislature to impose the legislation. Brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st lets cross over to beijing where katrina you is there for us liv
Soldiers in afghanistan. And egypt says its dispute with ethiopia over its megaton project on the nile could lead to a conflict if the u. N. Fails to intervene. Into the program its the development hong kongs prodemocracy movement feared the most chinas top legislative body has unanimously approved a National Security law for the territory that may crush Political Freedoms acts of secession subversion terrorism or collusion with Foreign Forces could face a maximum sentence of life in jail now critics say itll be used to stamp out all forms of dissent it comes after months of mass unrest sparked by fear of chinas tightening grip on the whole cold legislation aims to cement beijings control over the 77 autonomous territory and reshape the future of. One of the worlds major financial sentence adrian brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st lets cross over to beijing where katrina you is there forcing between or just talk us through the process in terms of what we