Whether by cspan or in the room with us. My name is natan sachs, and i am the director of the center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution and on behalf of the center, the Brookings Institution large, i want to welcome you again. We have a special event and a full house to boot. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic , and i think it is a fair question to ask why, why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . I think that is the topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. I think two points are worth pointing out at first, and perhaps even right here ive said this here before. Brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. It is controversial, but we do. And we think that norms might matter or should matter. Perhaps more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i cannot think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a large important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people
Plus, march madness officially kicking off this week and the games have changed dramatically. Now players are allowed to make money which cleared the way for ea sports to bring back an old favorite and play pay players for their names and likenesses. We will get that back to back. Two straight losing week spirit had not happened since october. You can see the nasdaq is leading the way higher by about 1 . The s p 500 not too far behind and the Dow Jones National average of 3 10 of a percent. Ai optimism boosting tech stocks and not just in video which we have already seen. Google and apple may be working together. Those reports both helping those two stocks as well. Now to the two big events that markets will watch this week. First up jensen wong, nvidia ceo delivering the keynote. That is today at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Everyone wants to know what he will say about demand for aig chips and what they have in the pipeline. Coming up n wednesday, jay powell, we will hear from them to 00 at 3
Narrator funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Announcer and now, bbc news. This is bbc world news america. The u. S. President promises a drops to gaza as calls grow for an investigation into a deadly incident at an 80 convoy. Thousands gather to say goodbye to Alexei Navalny two weeks after his death. Iranians said to the polls for the First Time Since antigovernment protests. One of more than 50 Countries Holding major elections this year. Welcome to world news america. U. S. President joe biden announced plans friday for a military airdrop of food and aid supplies into gaza in the coming days, saying, we need to do more and the United States will do more. Other countries including jordan, the u. K. , and france have carried out aid drops into gaza. The desperation for supplies is growing. According to the united nations, at least a quarter of the population is uno the brin
Crossers, some were just making their way into the United States without protection. Now were are seeing almost everybody who does cross. Its just not surprising, we are going to leave this conversation and find it on cspan online and take you live to the floor of the house. Members will be working on extending funding deadlines. Live to the floor here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Holy god, you have set an awareness of eternity in our hearts that we would spend our days longing to be forever united we. Hear then our deep desire to appreciate what is beyond our Human Capacity to understand and to strive to live into your perfect will. May we grasp that what we experience this day is but a speck in the vastness of eury temperature. Teach us to number our days that we may live wisely and well, and on this extra day, may the added wisdom we gain and enrich our hearts and
The freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Announcer and now, bbc news. This is bbc world news america. The u. S. President promises a drops to gaza as calls grow for an investigation into a deadly incident at an 80 convoy. Thousands gather to say goodbye to Alexei Navalny two weeks after his death. Iranians said to the polls for the First Time Since antigovernment protests. One of more than 50 Countries Holding major elections this year. Welcome to world news america. U. S. President joe biden announced plans friday for a military airdrop of food and aid supplies into gaza in the coming days, saying, we need to do more and the United States will do more. Other countries including jordan, the u. K. , and france have carried out aid drops into gaza. The desperation for supplies is growing. According to the united nations, at least a quarter of the population is uno the brink of famine. Data groups have criticize