And an Unlikely Partnership in one of the most isolated places on the planet. Hello, well have all your sport including the French Football Team prepared to play their first game since the paris attacks. Well hear from their captain later this news hour. Hello there, a warm welcome to the program. The french president Francois Hollande wants a coalition with the u. S. And russia to destroy the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. The state of emergency in paris could be extend ford three months. They are on the hunt for a man believed to be involved in the paris attacks. His brother was among those arrested and then released. They carried out 168 overnight raids. Earlier people across france and europe held a minute of silence to remember the 129 victims. Neave barker has the story now from paris. In the grand Congress Room of the palace of versailles, members of the upper and lower houses of parliament sing the national anthem. [singing] rare moment in french politics for extraordina
Host guggenheim fellow and has taught classes at oxford, cambridge, you know, university of chicago, chicago, and also the northwestern university, which he just retired from. He has written several awardwinning books on subjects ranging from the Tobacco Culture to the consumer politics of the American Revolution. His new book tells the story about a series of journeys that George Washington took to all the original 13 states during his 1st term in office. There is detailed account he demonstrates the vital importance of wheeling the role it played in helping unify scattered nation. In his review renowned historian notes, it is hard to think that anything new could be said about George Washington. But it has been done. He has given us new insight into the acute political skills of our 1st president in the state of the country in the 1790s. Please join me in welcoming professor timothy. Ill be happy to answer questions at the end of our mark. The most fun book i have ever written are re
France and italy are positive. The dax in germany lower by a fraction of 1 . In asia, major markets are mixed at this hour among the headlines out of the region. Growth in Chinese Services sector slipping to a sixmonth low in july. The nonmanufacturing pmi showed new orders rose at the weakest rate in at least a year. Brian, the nikkei is down slightly but the rest of the major averages across asia are slightly higher. Kayla, thank you very much. Folks do think its a slow summer week. You better think again because another big round of earnings are coming your way. Among the Companies Set to post numbers this week, aig, disney, time warner, aol, fox, cbs, wendys and hundreds more. The wall street journal reporting overall revenue in s p 500 companies seat to rise 4. 3 from last years second quarter. And that, folks, marks the fastest growth since the Fourth Quarter of 2013. The article also notes other companies that have already reported their earnings. Twothirds have beat the sales t
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister. Netanyahu is declaring victory his pollster says he will win, but it is going to be close. If he does retain private us what are the implications that Prime Minister, what are the implications . John if he ends up winning this race he has done it in an ugly way. He has now said he is not in a favor of a palestinian state. That is out of line with multiple generations of the u. S. Administration on what the solution should be. It is going to be very rocky if he gets it. If he does not, everything will be different. Mark he does not retain the job, youre going to see an attempt i john kerry to reignite the Peace Process and you will see them change the game. Forming a coalition is going to involve some bluster, and that is what they are doing. John back in 2019 and second and he was still able to put a coalition together. It will really change the whole atmosphere around the iran talks as well, because that will be the most immediat
Colorful political leaders makes an apology tour in the middle of a firestorm. Governor chris christie, already considered a leading contender in the next president ial race, said, today, he is humiliated, that someone on his staff apparently decided to create an epic traffic jam just to play politics. So, he traveled to the scene of the snarl to face the music. And heres abcs white house correspondent, jim avila. Reporter a political walk of shame on what he called his worst day as governor. Chris christie has made a National Reputation for bold, often heated, aggressive politics. Today, stepped back and meekly visited ft. Lee, new jersey, to ask for forgiveness and tell the mayor hes sorry. I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. Reporter gone are christies deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, and his political guru, bill stepien. She was doomed by the release of this email. Time for some traffic problems in ft. Lee, came after ft. Lees