Things look very different than in years past. It is a Virtual Convention. Speaks come in from across the country. Former first Lady Michelle obama, senator Bernie Sanders will speak there is a republican on the list, speaking at the Democratic Convention former Ohio Governor john kasich. President trump in person will make his way to wisconsin. He will be in oshkosh trying to rally supporters ahead of the Republican National convention which begins virtually next week. The real reason we are here to speak to the voters, trying to get a pulse of the people if you will. You will hear from some of those voters in just a few moments. First our top stories with fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman is at the white house. We start with Lauren Simonetti on the markets. Lauren. Lauren connell, good to see you. The markets are closing the session out mixed. We have a new record close for the nasdaq. Apple shares, where do they end the day . They are within striking that two trillion dollar
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Threatening biodiversity now theyre providing a life life to people struggling to put food on the table. Then coronavirus on the canvas well see how the pandemic has inspired the latest paintings of kenyas michael soule. To. Proceed with a welcome to news africa its good to have your company it is exactly a week since a coup in mali and the future of the country is on the former president. Has said he does not want to return to power and now the question is how will the country be covered and until any diction can be held that is something west african envoys and bodies new military rule is couldnt agree on during talks that ended on monday ill be talking to. An analyst about what the Sticking Point saw after this report. Life on the streets of the capital bamako has seemingly normalized say for the question of whos going to run the country the answer was supposed to but did not come out of talks between envoys of whats known as ecowas the west african bloc of countries and the mali mi
Im jamie colby, and today im on the road in lawrence, kansas, on my way to the university of kansas home of the jayhawks, one of the most storied teams in all of basketball. Now, kansas is actually not where the tale of this strange inheritance begins, but through a turn of events, it does wind up here. In 1939, my grandfather, dr. James naismith passed away and left us an artifact that dates back to 1891. He was my greatgrandfather, and what he left us was the magna carta of basketball. Naismiths. Jamie. Im jim. Good to meet you. Hi, jim. How are you . Jamie, im sean naismith. Great to meet you both. Likewise. I am interested to hear about your strange inheritance. Im awfully curious what the connection is to k. U. Wed love to show you. My greatgrandfather, dr. James naismith, started the first basketball teams here at k. U. [ whistle blows ] but time out lets reset the clock. The boy who would grow up to invent basketball, James Naismith, is born in ontario, canada, in 1861. At age 9
Community of brighton each, in brooklyn. A beautiful place right on the beach. Long island sound. Many poor russians lived there in those days. , we were veryhad poor. My father was a restaurant worker all his life. What did your mom do . Ben my mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. My father worked in a cafeterias. My sister and i roslyn i were left more or less alone most of our lives. I was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. Growing up. Ut that was fine, i loved it in the bronx, where we lived in the bronx park, a wonderful place, the bronx zoo, a Botanical Gardens that i used to go to all the time, i use to sneak into the bronx zoo overnight to see the animals after it had closed. I had no planes at all. We had a great time being poor. Better, beach was even right next to coney island. I could go to coney island, ride on the cyclone, get hot dogs and at nathans. I was a pretty lucky kid.