Im an assistant professor of history at the university of Southern California and this is my first in person Conference Since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment, its wonderful to be able to talk with you today. So just wanted to get a big thank you to the organization for putting together this conference and for accommodating the varieties of which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to thank who cant be here today but is the one responsible for bringing us all together today. As she originally conceived of the roundtable as one that would be focused on the civil war and the west but ultimately last yearry around february decided o focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republican Party succeeded into some of its original Campaign Promises abolished in the district of columbia and the western territories as well as passing the homestead ac
We saw weaker thereasury yields last week. The 10year treasury at 4. 7 . The 2year treasury at 5. 07. Meantime, israel and hamas denying reports of a ceasefire to allow Foreign National palestinians to cross the border to egypt from gaza. Today, the temporary border was an supposed to allow temporary aid to enter. It is unclear if the border will open. Last night, President Biden spoke on 60 minutes and warned of the mistake they would make of occupying gaza. We are going to do everything within our power to find those who are still alive and set them free. Everything in our power. Im not going to go into details of that. Were working like hell on it. Senator Chuck Schumer visiting israel over the weekend. He posted on x that the delegation was rushed to the shell toter to await out rocket fired. He plans to lead a Bipartisan Senate package for israel. Lets get back to the congress. The Senate Returns from the weeklong recess today, but without a House Speaker. No legislation can pass
1st. Is that what the date was . The fear gauge hitting the lowest level in more than two decades. The volatility index closing yesterday at 9. 77, the lowest level since december of 1993. I cant imagine thats not a place where you would buy. Though normal stocks that hit new lows what do they do . Hit more new lows. Stocks that hit new highs, hit more new highs. It can only go 9 more lower. Yeah. This only happened five times ever. Having always thought in a contrarian way that complacency and when people get participants get bullish, you worry. Call ratios, you worry. Percentage of investment services. If its that complacent i admit, okay, its not going to be le pen, but the world at this point, theres nothing that were not thinking about that could happen that could throw us for a little bit . It scares me. The flip side is if premiums are so low, you can buy insurance and remain long or replace your stock with calls. There are different ways to use this to your advantage to remain
Did we notice this before . Reporter the last days before opening a High School Play are always about putting pieces together, but at Santa Rosa High School this week those pieces were literal and broken. Pieces of theater all over the theater. We found our columns had been knocked over. We found broken swords. We found broken lances. Reporter drama teacher victoria carpenter on the vandals who trashed this auditorium on halloween night. They almost turned their greek tragedy trojan women into a real one. This matters to us and its important to us and the hard work we put into this is real and it just absolutely broke my heart thinking that someone could just look over that. A song for troy. Reporter the play tells with trojan women banding together after losing their husbands in war. After the vandals smashed their set and parts of the auditorium, this cast banded together to make things right, backed by overwhelming support from the community and across the country. I dont think that
Its ted cruz up by 11 points over donald trump and marco rubio is in third with 19 . John kasich and ben carson are much further behind. Well have more battleground poll numbers and results from the South Carolina democratic primary coming up but right now we want to go to donald trump who joins us from his home in west palm beach. Mr. Trump i want to start with a tweet from you this morning in which you write, quote, republican establishment has been pushing for light weight senator marco rubio to say anything to hit trump. I signed the pledge, careful. What does that mean . Well, theyre not treating me well. I signed the pledge, ive been very good and straight and honest and honorable not treated me well. Look at the way they stacked the audiences in the debate ive won every debate according to every poll. Every Single Online poll but way they stacked the audiences, the way they talk. They have this light weight terrible things, just personal terrible things. I dont think its fair th