Im on the edge of glory. And im hanging on a moment of truth. Im on the edge of glory. And im hanging on a moment with you. Ill on the edge. The edge. Lauren happy friday. Welcome to fbn a. M. Im lauren simonetti. Tracee im tracee carrasco, in for cheryl casone. Lauren it feels like a tri. Tracee . Tracee a friday. Tracee . Lauren we have all three major averages up significantly, a quarter percent a across the board, ill all three major averages did close at record highs yesterday and are up at least one andahalf percent on the week. Tracee lets take a look at how things are moving in asia right now. Asian shares rising as data did come out showing that chinas economy grew as expected, that was 6. 1 . Lauren and investors in europe responding to two major trade deals with china and mexico and canada yesterday, so green on the board here. The big outperformer is the cac in france, up 1 today. We start with a fox business alert and that is just moments ago irans Supreme Leader praising
Screeria nigeria. Lincolns life. Professor wilson. [applause] professor wilson good morning. See what it says here. My name is douglas wilson. [laughter] im the codirector of the Lincoln Studies Center in illinois. It is my privilege to introduce the first speaker in the 2015 Abraham Lincoln institute symposium. He is a young scholar. He has already earned an array of honors. He was educated at penn state where he took his bachelors degree in two dozen one, and the receipt of maryland where he earned a masters degree in 2003, and a phd in 2008. The department of history maryland awarded him a price in potable history. His doctoral dissertation earned a prestigious prize and thousand 10. He has already authored several books. Including to lincoln titles most recently, emancipation, and the union army and reelection of lincoln. More than two dozen articles have appeared under his name in scholarly journals and Popular History magazines. In 2005, he won the john t hubble prize for the bes
1814, they offered other terms of negotiation. The we were not entirely satisfied by those terms negotiation was better than no negotiation at all. Our own ministers there, mr. Adams, mr. Craig, mr. Russell they will recommence the negotiations. Hopefully something fruitful has arrived. We wont know yet. Thank you. [applause] you are watching American History tv. 48 hours of American History on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter. This is a live picture inside fords theatre, where all day today, until about 4 30 p. M. , we will be you live coverage of a symposium on lincolns life and legacy. Fords theatre is the site where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by john looks toy John Wilkes Booth. The event should be getting underway in just a few moments. Live coverage here on cspan 3. [inaudible chatter] good morning. I know some of you are still getting settled, but we have a very packed schedule today. We want to try and keep ourselves on that schedule. My name is paul. Im the director fords t
From the eastern parts of texas, mississippi, alabama, and georgia. And on the north side of the system, both good news and bad news, we may see a very White Christmas in parts of oklahoma, arkansas, and missouri. But on wednesday it moves to the ohio valley, great lakes, and interior portions of the northeast with over a foot of snow and wind gusts. Obviously this is a very big travel week. Im meteorologist jeff beardelli for cbs news in miami. Now, to the debate over gun control. The National Rifle Association Says the best way to prevent School Shootings like the one in newtown, connecticut, is to put an armed Police Officer in every school. Tara mergeners in washington with more. Tara, good morning. Good morning, duarte. The nra says guns and police will help stop the next killer already waiting in the wings. Its a controversial idea in the middle of an already emotional and heated debate now raging across the country. Hundreds of protesters march aid cross the Brooklyn Bridge aski
We begin with a major storm that promises a white but treacherous christmas for parts of the midwest and northeast. The storm is expected to get stronger as it heads east. Winter weather alerts and advisories are posted from texas to indiana. All this during one of the busiest travel days of the year. Jeff berardelli at our yamtmiami station has more. Well, this is shaping up to be a very stormy week across the united states. Now, the good news is during the day today at least it should be fairly quiet. Therell be a small storm in the eastern part of the country producing a little light rain to the south and a little light snow to the north, but the bigger issue is what happens on Christmas Day. Across the southeast, we could be talking about a widespread Severe Weather outbreak and maybe numerous tornadoes anywhere you see the red here from the eastern parts of texas, mississippi, alabama and georgia. And on the north side of the system, both good news and bad news, we may see a very