You left after like song five or six. Went on for a long time. I did get out early, but not early enough. Im very tired. I was really excited to see the opening. Killed it. Fantastic. And then i partied hard. I danced through five songs and then girls got to go to bed. Thats certainly what you did. This girl stayed up a little later. Got late night food. I really regret most of last night. Not the concert, but everything else. Shawn tempesta, what is planned for this weekend . Relaxation. Recoup. I feel like i need to recharge. Thats on my priority list. And some laundry. You . Im halfway through the laundry. I already started that and i have to put together a crib. Oh. Thats cute no. Is it like you have to put it together yourself . I have no idea. I dont know if its allen wrenches. Good luck with that. Let me know how it goes. Of music, the guitar project gee is back. Just take a listen to this. . . Yes. We first met nik kai on the Morning Blend when he was just 11 years old. Now fiv
Who else is driving this . That is a very good question. One has to mention senator Bernie Sanders who ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the democratic residential nomination. President ial nomination. In addition to that, one might mention some other liberal members of congress such as rosa delauro and others. It does remain to be seen. The composition of the Congress Next year will be different. It will be a leader in that group who will be a leader and he will remain our questions are questions. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you. Tv is live beginning at form. Eastern in washington race in america. A Panel Discussion examining the relationship between police and the africanamerican committee. April right and author of the presidency in black and white moderates the discussion. Other panelists include joann reid. The princess sat there for africanamerican chair Princeton Center for africanamerican chairman will be there. Race, obama and public policy. Christopher murra
Groups. You will get the people that are looking for the handout coming into the office with far less frequency. That enables you to focus your energies on those in need of aid. It also means there is less abuse of the taxpayer. There we go. In welfare reform, we basically had two goals. The first was to establish work requirements, not just to a game aid to families with dependent children, but also work requirements for food stamps. Secondly, and most importantly, to deal with the problem of out of wedlock childbearing and increase the number of children born inside marriage. Those were important. I think we made some modest progress on both of those fronts. Certainly not everything we could have done. This is going to be a very familiar chart. You saw one version of this. This is the temporary assistance with needy family caseload. This goes back to the time of the korean war. This is essentially the same data he was presenting. What we can see is that for a 55 year period, that red
Taking on disney. Sony moviesing in and opening his second theme park. Of me know what you think todays stories by following me on twitter. Dont forget to include trendingbusiness. China and hong kong online in 30 minutes. We have a look at what is happening. It is mixed after that exuberant rally. The nikkei is not playing along. The holiday just ending in into negative territory, down. 2 . Still, emerging markets across the world are seeing huge inflows. Than 20 billion of inflows in the last 16 weeks. On a tear. Os take a look at this chart. Couldiwan Stock Exchange pass its 1 trillion mark for the First Time Since june last year. Taiwan semiconductor leading those gains. Taiwan semiconductor is an apple supplier. Record highs on the new sales of Iphone Models beat estimates. Company has an 18 weighting in taiwan. A big gain for the taiwanese market there, helped by taiwan semiconductor. 30 minutes before the open and china and hong kong. We are expecting the markets to gain slightl
We will discuss the markets in full detail in just a moment. Also want to let you know we are waiting on the president to make those comments from the white house on those new regulations regarding tax inversions, ones that have seemingly put that pfizer and allergan transaction, 160 billion transaction, in jeopardy at this hour. We will follow that story. We will take you live to the white house and we will discuss the broader ramifications of it as well. But lets begin with the markets. Stephanie, you do have the market. The dow heading for its worst twoday decline since february. Brent and wti are rolling over today. Is that what the rally hinges on . Well, i think we are waiting for earnings. Its always a tricky time between earnings because then we get so absorbed in the macro. Im actually looking at the dollar, looking like its peaked. Oil looks like its in a training range. Its not collapsing, its kind of stabilizing and in a range. Interest rates are low so i think thats a good