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Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks analyze this full week of news. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Md anderson cancer center. Making cancer history. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this has been a day of great tragedy in a city that has known great tragedy before. Last nights sniper ambush in dallas left five Police Officers dead the w
Catherine the british pound was worth nearly a dollar fifty yesterday. It lost ten overnight. Thats causing the price of gas to spike in the u k catherine here to talk about the Brexit Impact on your finances is bruce stuart, a certified Financial Planner with morgan stanley. Catherine i have heard people call this a nasty divorce and i have heard you call it a car crash. Was not anticipated by those in the finance industry. And it has caught a lot of buzz off guard. It is really an unknown at to what is going on. Catherine i am surprised the people are saying that they are surprised. The poll were used as a measurement. It was very likely at the time we thought that it would be to remind both. Remained vote catherine question why so much market volatility when it will actually take many months and even years for britain to withdraw from the e u . Catherine question how significant is it when the dow takes a plunge . Doesnt it always recover . They should make sure that i stay with the
Three alarm fire, grass ignited and peoples yards spreading the flames and threatening other homes in the neighborhood. Crews closed several of the roads leading to those homes in the fire was eventually brought under control. Firefighters and battle a series of brush fires this afternoon. Cal fire says three fires broke out and burned 211 acres. The fires were first reported around 5 pm off interstate off interstate 580 and west grant road, 10 miles east of livermore. All lanes of 580 were shut down as cal fire fought back the flames. They said the fires are currently 75 contained. A deadly fire in Central California burned more than 35,000 acres and thursday. Its only 10 contained. The wildfire known as the erskine fire destroyed a 150 homes at 2500 homes remain threatened. From our partners at cnn, jennifer kastor is one of the hardest hit neighborhoods where she spoke with people who lost everything. Reporter from michael and his father pete, a few pins and nicer all that made it.
And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. These days, president ial conventions are generally a demonstration of political pageantry. Several days for each party to showcase their best to the nation, to dress up in niceties, to firmly dispense with whatever the primary campaigns have wrought and focus on the election at hand. But, the Political Convention has not always played such a congenial role in president ial politics. Over the next hour, well remember some of the most influential conventions to shape modern politics. Well recall the raucous behavior that infiltrated chicago in 1912. The 1964 convention that had republicans questioning the direction of their party. Well also recall those moments that became the retrospective sign posts for a nation in the midst of change. But we begin with, the convention that fell during the most tumultuous year. The convention that devolved into violence both inside and out. The convention that left the Democratic Party mortal