One stock getting a big upgrade today thanks to, get this, brown shoes. Lace up, ladies and gentlemen. Power lunch starts right now. I cant get enough yeah, yeah and welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Three hours left in the quarter and stocks are firmly in the green. Were just about two points off the session highs in the s p 500, which is higher by about. 9 . Financials really helping the lead, to lead the day, thanks to Deutsche Bank. Good news there potentially. Semiconductors a big standout. Theyre on pace to close out their best quarter in 13 years. I am brian sullivan. Here is what else is happening at this hour. Hurricane matthew strengthening. It is now a category 3 storm in the caribbean. It is expected to make landfall in jamaica by monday. Consumers getting a little swagger back last month. Consumer sentiment topping expectations. And your sweet tooth can celebrate. The peeps who make those marshmallow peeps going back to work. What is that sound . Dentists everywhere
He was host of the Dennis Prager radio show and cofounder of Dennis Prager university, he is the author of several bestsellers, his most recent books hope why the world needs American Values to triumph and the 10 commandments still the best moral code. Arthur Dennis Prager, why did we invite you to be with us . Guest i have a connection with hildale which is not professional or monetary or employment. My connection is of the heart and mind. I have always admired this institution which takes no federal funds. I was reading yesterday, i did not know you would ask that, did not prepare a statement, my wife showed me last night the literature of hillsdale. It was founded in 1844 and one of the first universities in america to admit black women. It is considered conservative. A good example of how twisted our vocabulary has become, too many people that will sound odd a conservative institution, one of the first to admit blacks and women. Conservatives stand for you are a human person before
Conversations]. I want to recognize the Homeland Security and investigations, Caroline Lynch. After 15 years working on capitol hill, caroline has decided to move the back to her home state of arizona to be close to her family and to pursue the next steps of her career. We are very sad to see caroline go. During her time in washington, dc, caroline works for john ofdegg in this chief counsel House Republican policy committee. She came to work for the House Judiciary Committee and in 2008, she became chief counsel of the judiciarys crime subcommittee. She has had an enormous impact on criminal and National Security laws. Few people in washington have done as much to promote the safety of our community. Caroline has overseen the drafting safety. Caroline has overseen the drafting negotiation and passage of critical legislation regarding the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, the Electronic Communications privacy act and the most sweeping set of reforms the government practice in 40 y
Having with one entity or another. What i get to is that the president did have an opportunity to talk with chancellor merkel today, and their conversation was focused on the situation inside of syria and they shared a deep concern about the increase in violence there. They also had an opportunity to discuss the situation in ukraine as well. And continued violation of ukraines territorial integrity by the russians. But i dont have more detailed readout of the conversation to share beyond. Josh, thanks. [inaudible] the president is aware of the crash in hoboken. Just received a detailed briefing at this point, fsk is still in its early stage of that investigation is being led by the National Transportation safety board. I know that the federal Railroad Administration is involved as well, and has personnel on site. They are collecting as much information about what happened as they can. The president will be updated on that situation as they learn more. Im not aware of any conversations
Panelist is micah hawkerboehnke who is a senior at Cornell College here in cedar rapids. Micah thank you for being with us. Micah thank you for having me. Craig our third panelist is dr. Carin crain the dean of students at the university of iowa law school. Carin thank you for joining us. Carin thank you for inviting me. Craig i mentioned that our conversation today will be about cheating in higher education. The impetus for this show came from a class i taught last year, unfortunately an ethics class, in which three of the students that i had failed because of plagiarism. I also suspected several other students of buying papers to turn in as their own work, i couldnt prove that so they passed the class. But i had never before seen in such cheating that goes on in our education. Lesley id like to start with you, i understand your dissertation was about student cheating in higher education. Leslie yes. Craig can you give us a brief summary of that . Leslie sure. My dissertation, basical