A lot of the focus is on the tension in hong kong and what that means for european stocks. You can see a shift to the downside. Pound is your time to figure out whether we will see a deal or not. The dup is pushing back on what was optimism in the markets. The u. S. 10 year yield is at 1. 72. To a chiefwe speak executive. They have a new way of looking at risk, dont miss that interview at 11 30. Lets get straight to first word news in new york city. Ohio, joe biden defended his son against Donald Trumps attacks and Elizabeth Warren faced criticism of her how she would pay for her vast government programs. But the Democratic Candidates reunited on one thing, the need for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. President mounting on and kara ankara. They face sanctions and accusation of war crimes. Moscow says the operations are quote unacceptable. A former pentagon chief says that recent actions could lead to a return of the Islamic State in syria. Surprise injection caught traders
In the markets its about fed and Jerome Powell saying you know what, rate cuts can wait, but it is appropriate to cut rates this year. Pal reiterating what hes said before, but consider whether its appropriate this year. We also heard from Neel Kashkari, weighing in and saying maybe he sees two or maybe just one rate cut this year. The msci asiapacific index up about 3 10 of 1 . We are keeping and i csi 300 index. It is about the mpc. It states and we heard from the pboc governor saying there is still room for rate cuts. At rrr that investors have a wedding four. We also heard that they will make those moves if they need support in the market and weve seen some support in the market already. In terms of the csi 300 index, in positive territory right now. The yen front and center in the fx space. This office port of government officials saying they support the move to hike rates this year. To our top story, markets focusing on possible dovish moves. Before we get to that, we have breaki
Guest these are characteristics captured. Host we are wrapping it up quickly. We just had a president ial election. The winner he was president already so hes been filtered for four years, but mitt romney. Was he extremely filtered . Guest unfiltered without a doubt. In historical is not a lot of time in politics. Had he won the presidency, he wouldve been second second only to wilson and arguably Grover Cleveland in terms of the shortness of his political career before he became president. Host well, listen, thank you. This is a fascinating books. Alexis totino, the toes he says he dont know about it. Guest thank you very much. The fact that was, but tv signature programs in which authors are interviewed by policymakers, legislators and others familiar with their material. After words errors at 10 00 p. M. On saturday, 12 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online. Go to booktv. Org and click on the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of
It has to be one of the oldest debates with social science predating the idea there is but the hideous social forces explain human outcomes. Its all about biography. What i thought is these are two further apart view points. The problem is that both arguments make sense. The social scientists or the people following the tradition of, you know, not just marx, but most social scientists say, look, theres three reasons why leaders dont matter that much, that the leader of my organization faces external constraints. If youre the ceo of company, you have competitors. You cant set prices at whatever you want. Theres internal constraints, tradition, culture, everything inside a country, company, military unit. You cant do whatever you want. Most importantly, leaders are not chosen randomly so most leaders of powerful organizations, organizations that we care about, organizations that have the ability to reshape history, they are not picked out of a hat, but picked because that organization is
Historian Harlow Giles Unger recounts the life of americas sixth president on quincy adams who died in 1848. Quincy adams was some of the second president john adams had a long political career which included, aside from his presidency, ten years of secretary of state, senator, congressmen and miniature. This is a little under an hour. I will start with a very simple question. Was there a moment you said to yourself i need to write a biography of John Quincy Adams . Yes, indeed, there was. A couple years ago when i ran out of any ideas on the Founding Fathers. Others had written on washington, jefferson, madison, and id written on Patrick Henry, james monroe, james hancock. So i pulled out john f. Kennedys cal woods prizewinning book profiles in courage and their in chapter 1 was John Quincy Adams. I thought his name begins with a xu chapter 1. Thats not the reason he was in chapter 1. John kennedy himself a war hero had listed these characters in order of the degree of courage, and he