Interning with the First Federal congress project a long time ago. He is not sensitive about his age. He is too young to be that it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of these the he some of the stuff he worked within our office, develop that and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. A well grounded hope, abolishing slavery and racial inequality in early america. He teaches at the university of mississippi, now we are really fortunate to have him come all the way up here to d. C. I want to thank the other people who made this a truly national event, with a scope that goes beyond this area code. We have a visitor from the west coast, from california, a good friend of ours. And another wonderful friend from new york city. For some reason, i am forgetting your name. I am sorry, john. Maurice represents the harvard conservancy. Who is developing the federal hall site of where the First Federal congress met into a goin
There. Retirement night 602 million , the headlines coming out fast and we will bring you some of the figures as soon as we get them. Erik wells fargo is one of the more consistent performers on wall street, beating earnings per share would be the seventh time in the seventh quarter. They are managing analyst expectations. The big issue for wells fargo is about the Net Interest Margin. The Net Interest Margin is almost 3 . Wells fargo among the biggest banks with the very best Net Interest Margin. The difference affects the Interest Rates between the Interest Rate at which you lend and borrow. And it was of the vacation but more or less what it works out to. And the second bank of the day jpmorgan being the first where we see an increase in the interest margin. Youre heading toward that fed rate hike whenever that happens and that will be good for banks but this gives us an indication that it seems that the banks of a slight bit more Pricing Power as we head toward the rate hike. Matt
A few hours in the city of brotherly love before getting attacked. We begin this hour with the expansion of u. S. Military actions in syria. The steppedup rhythm of u. S. Attacks comes amid some new reminders about the dangers for civilians in syrians civil war. A fighter jet crashed into a market killing at least 27 people. Meanwhile an independent Monitoring Group called air wars says u. S. Lead air strikes against isil fighters in syria and iraq have killed more than 450 civilians. The u. S. Military says since the strikes began a year ago, only two civilians have been killed. There are concerns the policy could make the u. S. More directly engaged with the regime of syrian president , bashar alassad, and thats something the Obama Administration has pledged to avoid. Jamie macintyre joins us live from the pentagon with the latest. Jamie . Reporter david, the u. S. Has said all along, once the fighters it trained to take on isil got into harms way it would have a moral obligation to
Symbol of hate or whitewashing history . The confederacy actually happened so i dont think anyone benefits from erasing or attempting to erase any part of our history. Debate over massive memorial in georgia. Plus photo finish stunning shots from around the globe, the winners of National Geographics 2015 Photo Contest. Wind and drought are fuelling wildfires in california. More than 20 are burning tonight across that state. Devouring forests and forcing thousands of residents from their homes. The governor has declared state of emergency, and the National Guard has joined thousands of firefighters working day and night. Many struggling to contain one enormous blaze that tripled in size this weekend. The rocky fire in the foothills and canyons of Northern California is proving to be the most destructive of the wild fires scorching the state. It has incinerated nearly 60,000 acres and more than a dozen homes. It continues to burn for a sixth day, threatening thousands of structures forci
Gather in a prequel to the big first debate. Major issues were on the table but they mostly focused on the democrats. 13,000 people have evacuated their homes in california because of wildfires. Twenty fires are burning in the state, many in Northern California. It is still early in the summer fire season, but firefighters say what they are seeing is unprecedented. Jacob ward explains. Just over the riming, you can see behind me, it is literally hell on earth. The firefighters be deal with not just the local challenges of terrain and local climate theyre fighting against global forces. The western states of the u. S. Are on fire. Northern california is the latest casualty. We just passed a checkpoint where residents are no longer able to go. We are driving into a 60,000acre blaze that is defying all traditional expectations firefighters would have about a wildfire in Northern California at this time of year. The rocky fire should have peaked after two days, but at that point the firefi