In washington dc. Host i would like to welcome you to politics and prose. And i would like to welcome wil haygood that we see him several times a week. Is a customer in front of the store. In the author of the book that we are celebrating tonight. One of the things that i like about this book, a sign that it is a biography of one of the great men of the last century. His title. King of the cats. Because it so adequate describes Adam Clayton Powell jr. It was smooth and he was cool and goodlooking. He was smart. And he always was a complete package. And he spoke eloquently for africanamericans and the poor in this country. One of the great things about this, we have student come in was looking for a biography of Adam Clayton Powell jr. There wasnt one. All of the books about him were outofprint. So is a privilege really to have king of the cats back in front read and also privilege for us to have wil haygood here to talk about his book. Walk on. [applause]. Adam welcome. Thank you. It i
Much as 2. 5 after those headlines, now back down to a healthy 1. 5 of a gain. 2925 is where we are. Etail and apparel makers tens spread doing well. The peso in argentina improving just a little bit, but still weaker buy another 3 today. On when we goter those headlines, we saw massive strengthening and the offshore yuan. We are reversing that again a slight little bit, but we went right through the seven mark and 699. 08. Guy the Trump Administration delaying tariffs, as weve learned this afternoon, on some chinese goods until middecember, including iphones. Apple rallying strongly. Buyd by having it best having a pretty solid day as well. We are joined by bloombergs mike regan. The market was feeling its way on the downside. This feels a bit like a short sweep. Do you buy the move . Reporter people are obviously buying it, with the caveat that who knows what the next headline or tweet might send it in the other direction. I think the surprise here is maybeeople were worried Presiden
Politics. You have this wonderful map that takes a look at europe and the be nd that continues to gained by the radical right. Weve really took an in depth trying to dissect the myth from reality about the trength of the far right in europe and across the democracies. Because there is a feeling that has gotten lost a little by in the u. S. Because the president and donald trump his agenda. There was a time when he beat the national frought and came to an election. Lso what we saw in the netherlands which also beat a challenge from a far right leader that weve seen really of the far right in europe. That has proven not to be the case. Desperate, i would very much stress desperate coalition genders across the parties they have stitched together broad support that is common in draws on that it immigration, law and order and need of sentiment. In how very different they operate in their respective parts of europe. We said,no mistake, as we found data that support for views is extreme right
To the polls. Are you thinking about the congressional contest in your state and district, and how would you feel about a split control of congress with democrats controlling the house . Phone lines are open this morning. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also catch up on social media on twitter at cspan the bj and on based at cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. This years importance of the Congressional Elections were on the front of Washington Times yesterday. Do not forget about keeping congress. The states for congress are also high. Former congressman allen west, a republican, writes that if Democrats Gain a majority in congress under clinton [indiscernible] the Associated Press yesterday encouraging their readers to keep their eyes on the set in on the senate. Democrats would need to pick up for seats four to gain control of the senate to once. If donald trump wins the presidency, democrats would need to pick up five seats.
Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks to you as well. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Thanks for being with us on a friday night. Were starting tonight with whats turning out to be a global manhunt. In the british press, the man who was seen this week on video murdering american journalist jim foley. The isis militant who speaks to the camera throughout that video in what sounds like a distinct london accent, and then he ultimately kills mr. Foley on tape, the same man then threatens to kill another american journalist, Steven Sotloff whos also being held in captivity by the same group. That man is now the subject of a murder inquiry and International Manhunt by the u. S. Department of justice and the fbi, and british Counterterrorism Forces and the british equivalent of the fbi which is an agency called mi5. Theres an International Manhunt for the man who killed jim foley on camera this week. In the british press, though, theynamed the guy who did it, kind of named him. I