Im looking forward. Its not too far away from virginia tech. Looking forward to having dr. Joins dr. Jones. Hes an expert in a civil war era history. Especially in Civil War Veterans with opiate addiction. Phd athe subject of a binghamton university, also published a recent article in the journal of the civil war era. Hes worked on a book on the topic. This is his topic. He knows it better than anyone. We are fortunate to be the subject of his talks. He will speak for about 35 minutes, so we will have plenty of time for discussion at the end. Inay you can engage discussions with dr. Jones is pretty q and a future. Onwont be able to turn cameras or microphones of the attendees. We will do everything through the chat box. Type in your question, and we will see it and hopefully be able to get to all of the questions. We will wrap up around 8 15. You can ask a question at any time. If something occurs during the talk, we can you can type it in and we will respond to them as we are able. Th
And way book rough welcome to the program a fiery anniversary today across france as the Yellow Vest Movement marks one year since 1st taking to the streets in paris police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse at times violent crowds the movement which has been accused of tolerating antisemitism and nationalist views in its ranks is attracting fewer people these days yet activists say theyll keep up the pressure on the government to improve the lives of regular workers. Then numbers have dropped since they peaked last year but frances you know best protesters are still determined to take a stand against inequality in time living costs the movements 1st anniversary soon the now familiar confrontation with riot police on the streets of paris. I was shocked to read a book i couldnt even breathe there was some much tear gas if the guy from mcdonalds hadnt opened the door for me id be on my way to hospital these imbeciles keep firing tear gas at as. The yellow vests want to make it cl
Many with the blank stare. Wondering what happened. I lived here when katrina was going on and i thought oh my gosh, those poor people and now it is happening to us. Reporter tonight, the effects of Hurricane Harvey are sticking around. How wide spread is the damage, well the mayor of houston announced that he is opening the Toyota Center which is an arena nearby this convention center. Too many people who actually need the shelter. So that will be opened momentarily and some of the people waiting in line outside can go to that area. These people are here because of an armada of volunteers and we will meet some of those people to want. Live report can from houston. Damian trujillo nbc bay area news. Natural disasters and crisis zones often leads to president ial visits. Mr. Trump and the first lady landed in corpus christi. He met with the governor and director of fema. And stood between two fire trucks to address the onlookers there. The crowd cheered loudly as he waved the state flag
Close to 85 points. Nasdaq up by about 27. Also take a look at treasury yields. Yesterday at one point the 30year hit a record low yield again. The 10year is yielding above where it had been. 1. 458 . Lets take a look at what happened overnight in asia after those strong results here in the United States. It carried out through the night. The hang seng up by 1. 6 . In europe in the early trade markets are stronger there as well. At least most of them. The dax is up 1. 5. The ftse just went slightly negative, but take a look at italy. That stock narcotic up about 2 . Spain the ibex is up 1. 9 . Crude oil prices, you can see equities higher this morning. Yesterday wti closed at a twomonth low. This morning up. On todays economic agenda, theres one report. Expected to show inventory rose slightly, but we have plenty of fed speaks today. Cleveland fed president spoke overnight in sidney. Chef said maintains stability in the Financial Markets should not be an explicit goal for the ed. A lot
Next senators hold a moment of silence and speak about the mass shooting in orlando, florida. You. You appear from Senate Majority leader mitchell, minority leader harry reid and floridas senior senator bill melson. This is 30 minutes. Ask the Senate Majority leader. I ask unanimous consent the Senate Observer moment of silence for the victims of the a orlando victims. The senate will now observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando Attack. Madam president. The Senate Majority leader. E above this capital the American Flag flies at half halfstaff. A symbol of national relies taken far too soon, a symbol of National Solidarity for families left the hind, plunged into despair. Isil claims terrorist that committed this horrific act is one of the quote soldiers of the caliphate. Our Intelligence Community oreri work to establish whether this terrorist act was directed or inspired by isil. Either way i will call him what he really is, a coward. A murderer, who claimed allegian