Though still awaits aprooul from the house of rep sentives. That vote expected tomorrow. Jobless claims surging above 3 million americans, far outpacing the record of 700,000 and also well above what economists were looking for around 1. 5 million unemployment claims and the virus itself remains front and center for wall street as italy reports more than 6,000 new cases, the most in five days, the worldwide total now shy of half a Million People wilfred. All of the sectors of the s p higher up 4. 7 . All higher, but one to keep an eye on is energy it has been the best performing. Its now towards the bottom. Still up by 4 oil prices slipped a lot this afternoon. Theyre down 7 , so well hope that doesnt drag the rest of the market lower weve got a huge lineup of gu guesting coming your way, ceo of General Mills, plus peter orszag whether he thinks the stimulus bill is enough to ease the pleading and well speak with the ceo of hertz about their program the give free rentals to new York Ci
Before we talk about markets. Ecigarette maker juul, which, pardon the pun, almost went up in smoke last year, bankruptcy. Were hearing the company is seeking to raise about 1 billion here and it is working with jeffries to do that fundraising effort. The company had a bite had about 800 million in revenue in 2022. The hot headline is they are looking for about 1 billion in funding there. We will get you more details later in the show. That aside, and smoking is not good for you just in case, markets right now, not really up in smoke but we are coming up to lows in the day. Were down for a third day. China opened up and is providing some left to these some lift to these markets. We will flash it on your screens in a moment. Down for a third day. Certain sectors are picking up the slack,. 5 to the downside still. But were stable here. You had a big drop in u. S. Markets overnight, you had a melt up on yields with a 10 and 30 year continuing to move up. We are now closing at 4. 10. It re
Former president obama and former Vice President biden gave tribute speeches. This is just over an hour and a half. Boston has given this nation some of the greatest leaders from john adams the john f. Kennedy and that is something that we are very proud of. Secretary kerry is in that same tradition. As a diplomat, he has called many places all. Home. Any places i do not know these been at any address longer than here. Thank you for being a boston voter. [applause] in case you are not committed, walsh is on the ballot. In all seriousness, the secretary is a true bostonian and a good neighbor. I secretary of state, he took every opportunity to showcase our city with foreign dignitaries. We know the impact of your leadership not only in washington dc, but on washington street. Not only in middle east but in east boston. Thank you. As a senator, you took on issues that were not easy or popular. Protecting the environment, investing in education, fighting for local and small businesses, gr
Lets check the markets. The europe 600 on a tear. Higher because of expectations of tax reform in the u. S. And what that can do not only to the dollar but to the world economy. It could make the spirits of the u. S. Move up a touch. Lunch in brussels. Will they are will they not . To severalspeak groups interested in brexit. Lets get to the first world news. Sebastian in the u. S. A Senate Investigation of the russian meddling in the trump case a instruction of justice case is coming. This is from Dianne Feinstein after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to line to the fbi. I think we are beginning to see the putting together of a case of objection the case of obstruction of justice. I think we see this in the indictment please that take place in some of the comments being a. I see it in the hyper frenetic attitude of the white house, the comments, the continual suites. U. S. House republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress Resolution against members of the fbi. They claim that the rem
Welcome to everybody. Were delighted to have you here. Im dr. Curtis sandberg, the director of the National Center for white house history and i have this long title. Im concurrently the associations Senior Vice President for educational resources. I would like sort of con textually put this all into a nice picture. Shear background about the association and then that places tonights talk into a proper context. We are, and some of you may know already were a private nonprofit educational organization. The mission of the place and it has been for a long time is to enhance the understanding and appreciative of the executive mansion. A long, long time means 56 years at this point. Its 1961. This is during the kennedy administration, and first Lady Jacqueline kennedy founded the association and its purpose was to help the white house to collect and exhibit the very best of American History and culture, but underscoring all of that, to inform and excite the public about the history of the e