Will give us the overview of the book, jack will give us some comments on the book and we will take it from there and tried to yield as many of your questions as possible and you can submit those questions through the event page or over twitter, facebook or youtube using the cato events. First our first guest is her author Saikrishna Prakash, the distinguished professor of law at the university of virginia as well as a senior fellow at uba center for the study of the presidency and is one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is the henry l professor of law at harvard, someone who youre probably aware has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile extremely tense ten year in the Bush Administration office of legal capital during a key early. In the work. Jack is one of ou
And the u. S. Outweigh recent stimulus gains. It share in hong kong. Lift after the exchange relaxes rules around chinese companies. Shery lets get started with a quick check of the markets this is as stocks have fluctuated with gains. Lower we havedow losses led by energy and to wait a, continuing rise in coronavirus. Markets were also under pressure after reports of President Trump and chinas xi jinping for reelection helped, according to National Security advisor john bolton. We did have the nasdaq composite gaining. 2 . Three quarters is trading above the 200 Day Moving Average so we continued to see strength for those big tech companies. We are seeing wti trading below 30 a barrel and we have seen pressure in the new york session after reporting crude stockpiles reached another. Lets show how things are shaping up for asian market. Asian stocks are set for a mixed session with a lot of groups at the open. Qe stocks opened lower. Gains, due in 45 minutes time. A contraction is expe
That is growing. The nasdaq was up 110 and s p up 38 points, one and three quarters percent higher across the board. George floyd will be layed to rest today in houston, this as calls to defund even disband Police Departments across the world intensify. President trump, though, holding firm saying we cannot give up on Law Enforcement opposing efforts to Defund Police forces. Turn to ongoing battle against coronavirus, the World Health Organization says that the spread of the virus by people who are asymptomatic appears to be rare as some cases seeing rise in case this week. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning red across the board. Take a look at european indices. Cac request rant in paris 89 and germany by 237. The economy will decline 5 and a quarter percent in 2020. Take a look at asian markets overnight with the best performer there hong kong, hang seng index up better than 1 . Some of the top stories that we are watching this morning, President Trump
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