Center for economic law. It is my pleasure to introduce our lunch speaker, kevin hassett. Many of you may know kevin. He is currently chairman of the council of economic advisers and before that, was a senior ekeehn mist. Held the james q. Wilson chair m American Culture and politics at the American Enterprise institute. Aei, where he was one of the leading thinkers there. And before joining aei, kevin was senior economist at Federal Reserve board. Now any of you who know kevin or have seen him speak know he is a clear thinker, a straight talker, and says what he thinks. And he is, i think, serving the administration, the country extraordinarily well. The format were going to used to is question and answer. I will lead off with a question or two for kevin. And he has been kind enough to be willing to accept questions from the audience. He has hard stop at 1 30. Lets keep that in mind. Lets have a round of place for our panelists this morning, first. [ applause ] thank you. Im going to
133 points from its alltime high. How about that . The markets continue their march. Meanwhile, disney refusing to pay ransom after hackers get ahold of the new pirates of the caribbean movie. The pirates aimed at his daughter sarah on saturday night live. We cover it all on varney and pane for you Varney Company for yous which is about to given. Ashley and a quick look at the dow futures for you with. How about that . More green arrows. The dow showing it will be up 42 points or thereabouts at the opening, the s p and nasdaq also up again after record closing highs yesterday. It just goes on and on. Higher profit, by the way, in sales at home depot helped by a strong Housing Market. Premarket up over 1 . Nice quarter for home depot. A few more retailers reporting this morning, tjx and marshalls and home goods, weak sales and guidance. Weak sales also at Dicks Sporting Goods but encouraging sales at staples. Up nearly 2 . All right, lets stay on the economy and bring in economics profe
And the school says as soon as it found out about the incident, it took action. Proctor Academy Conference that the student indicted is derek. According to court paperwork, he is charged with three counts of felonious sexual assault. In a letter to parents, the school said it learned of the alleged in the event shortly after it happened. And reported it in accordance same day. The letter to parents goes on to say that he entered the girls dormitory let in by residents after checkin hours and after the faculty and residents had retired for the evening. According to the academys website, he was on the schools hockey team for two years. There is no place at proctor for the incident has had on our community and the young womans wellbeing is of particular concern. The academy says advisers will be meeting with dunes to answer any questions and will be available for guidance. Suzanne rountree in the studio. Tom a grand jury has now indicted a man from henniker on 15 l h accounts. 15 felony a
And the school says as soon as it found out about the incident, it took action. Proctor Academy Conference that the student indicted is derek. According to court paperwork, he is charged with three counts of felonious sexual assault. In a letter to parents, the school said it learned of the alleged in the event shortly after it happened. And reported it in accordance same day. The letter to parents goes on to say that he entered the girls dormitory let in by residents after checkin hours and after the faculty and residents had retired for the evening. According to the academys website, he was on the schools hockey team for two years. There is no place at proctor for the incident has had on our community and the young womans wellbeing is of particular concern. The academy says advisers will be meeting with dunes to answer any questions and will be available for guidance. Suzanne rountree in the studio. Tom a grand jury has now indicted a man from henniker on 15 l h accounts. 15 felony a
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