Town halls. Who came out on top . I will ask. Also coming up, pfizer announcing it will hopefully be able to move forward with its vaccine next month as americans try to hold out hope. We have the very latest on the trials and how they impact the investing. Of course, its all about your bottom line. We will talk about that at the bottom of the hour. All that and so much more on making money. Charles all right, folks. The markets bolted out of the gate initially powered by higher than expected retail sales through september. Huge number, crushing wall street. In fact, overall, up 1. 9 . The street was looking for up. 7 . More than 300 more above the 0. 4 in consensus and the control group which goes into the gdp report, up 1. 4 . Department stores, they saw a huge rebound, clothing popped as well. Even the internet, its interesting, though, because it had a more pedestrian move. Meanwhile, restaurants, they picked up really nicely as Grocery Stores seemed to have plateaued. Auto sales w
John john jeffries. I was born in salt lake city, utah on august 7, 1929. Was raised by a mother who was single mother. Had five children. We had the bare essentials, barely. I got a chance to work on my mothers Brothers Farms and sisters farms as i was growing up. I had a great childhood. But was educated in salt lake. Went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. Graduated as a teacher. That was my desire, to be a coach and a teacher. My mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. I would try to get the men working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. I did that quite often and i tried to get a little work there. My father was an alcoholic and was not available. She was raising five of us on her own. Because she could not afford the liquor, she divorced so she could take care of us kids. The depression was as a young person i thought everybody was in the same boat. I did not realize they were people having three meals a day ex
The korean war began seven years ago on june 20 5, 1950. It ended with an armistice agreement in 1953. Next, an interview with John Jeffries recorded in 2014 by the korean war legacy foundation. We hear about his experiences providing medical treatment for north korean pows. The project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. John jeffries. I was born in salt lake city, utah on august 7, 1929. Raised by a mother who was single mother. Had five children. We had the bare essentials, fairly. Barely. I got a chance to work on my mothers Brothers Farms and sisters farms as i was growing up. I had a great childhood. Educated in salt lake. Went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. Graduated as a teacher. Desire, to be a coach and a teacher. My mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. I would try to get the men working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. I did that often and i tried to get a l
Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
Get ready to clap again. And a nonprofit like sixth and i. [applause] your attendance at events like this is truly vital to us and we literally would not be in without you so we just want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to introduce to nights event because it is not a secret amongst my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. Shes a native washingtonian who begin a radio career in 1973 as a volunteer for w and you and is into the producer, host and d. C. Icon we all know today. She is author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, life, and, of course, the book youre all here for tonight, when my time comes which addresses the urgent hotly contested cause of the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and with physicians, spouses, relatives and representatives of those who vigorously oppose amendment she gives voice to a broad range of people personally linked to the realities of