have received 50% more pay. and the widely anticipated movie 50 shades of grey hitting the silver screen. already breaking box office records in europe. could have a big valentine s day weekend. universal is part of the comcast family. in the meantime let s go to michelle with a check on the markets at this hour. yeah let s take a look at the u.s. futures following yesterday s 100 point gain on the dow and the nasdaq at a 15 year high. strength in europe feeding into the u.s. the numbers suggest the dow would open higher by 33 points: we want to bring your attention to the european markets. they re on track to end this volatile week on seven year highs. the german dax crossing the 11,000 mark after germany gdp numbers came in higher than expected. greece however weaker than expected. we ll talk more about that later. shares of conagra tanking citing a strong dollar and weak sales. they are also appointing former chief sean connolly as the new ceo ceo. kraft is switching up
corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. this is pbs newshour weekend. stewart: good evening. i m alison stewart. hari sreenivasan will be back next weekend. there has been another terror attack in europe. police in copenhagen, denmark, say a gunman fired dozens of bullets into a cafe killing one person and injuring three policemen. at the time, an event titled“ arts, blasphemy and freedom of expression” was being staged there. the event featured a well-known swedish artist and cartoonist who had been threatened during his career for his depictions of the prophet mohammad. the french ambassador to denmark was there but was unin
up let s get you up to speed on the markets. u.s. equity futures are suggesting a positive open and implied open of 70 points for the dow and s&p nearly 9 and for the nasdaq a little more than 24 points. right where we were yesterday before the retail sales report. here s the other big stories we re watching today. two economic reports due at 8:30 eastern. we ll hear from kohls before the bell and this afternoon watch for nordstrom among others and in corporate news general electric is going to sell it s commercial finance business. this is part of the plan to spin off most of ge capital. the business is worth around 5 billion dollars. the dow closed yesterday just over 18,000 so up or down or up a little some days and down a little other days. flat lining still. that s 2015 and really the story this year. good today though up 72 points indicated on the dow jones up 9 on the s&p. nasdaq, the strongest in premarket trade up 24 indicated up 25 so far on the session. europea
who refused to be silenced by the far left. this is worth fighting for. this is worth voting for. we need my husband s leadership now more than ever in order to bring us back to the strongest country ever known. [applause] brian: we are coming to you live. amazing loss is bill clinton when he walked through all those tunnels and hallways the most famous walk now is melania trump s walk down the walkway to the she knocked it out of the park. she did it in front of a live audience. steve: there she is right there. ainsley: what a story. she talked about growing up under communist regime. and she said it was always my dream to become an american. that was where. brian: i thought that was great. ainsley: land of opportunity. first lady she speaks so many different languages, english is not her first language. for her to deliver a speech that long and beautifully hats off to her. steve: the cover of the new york post this morning it says give them mel as in melania. first
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. notjust in the united states but across the world, the black lives matter movement has prompted debate about race, identity and power. it is a campaign predicated on ideas about what it means to be black and white. but what if those very terms are themselves part of the problem? my guest, thomas chatterton williams, one is a mixed race american writer, a self declared ex black man, whose ideas present a challenge to so called ‘woke culture . and how much room is there right now for respectful, thoughtful debate? thomas chatterton williams in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. thomas, i think we need to begin with a little bit of your personal story. you were born in the united states to a black father and a white mother. i m just wondering how, as a child now that you have had many, many years to reflect on it how did you forge