You. It was the president s third speech this week. He spoke earlier today when he talked to republican members at their gop retreat in west virginia. We want to say thank you for allowing us the privilege to be able to serve. Pray that you would pour onto us what you spoke to jeremiah. You said that you would be my spokesman. Pray that you would give us were the words to be able to speak to the nation that needs encouragement right now. Pray for our president , the Vice President , and their teams. Pray that you give them insight that can only come from you, direct their hearts and minds, their teams to be able to function in unity for the sake of the nation that desperately needs it. Pray that you would continue to guard them. We do not know what tomorrow holds. , thee grateful to know you one who owns tomorrow. So guide us in that moment. Thanks again for this time we get to be together. In your name i pray. Amen. Leadership,me your majority whip steve scalise. Majority leader kevin
Were here today to talk about rebuilding our nations infrastructure. Isnt it about time . Spending money all over the world except here. We dont spend our money here. We spend it all over. And well do it using american labor. American energy. American iron. Aluminum and steel. [ applause ] we believe in the dignity of work and in the greatness of the american worker. No worker like our american worker. I want to thank secretary perdue, secretary zinkey and administrator pruett for joining us today and you saw what we did with our great administrator. You saw what happened last week with the socalled paris accord. We will we will keep our nation so great and so strong and we will never have outside forces telling us what to do and how to do it. Believe me. [ applause ] that would have been a huge anchor on our country. Im also grateful that governor matt bevin, his wife glenna and his family could be here along with Lieutenant Governor Janine Hampton from kentucky. Great place. Wheres j
Replace the president s friend as she replaces the finance chief. Is 8 00 a. M. Across the emirates, 4 00 a. M. In london. In hong kong, just past noon. Welcome to labor markets middle east. Lets take a look at the state of play on the markets. We cant ignore what is happening in the u. S. , because thats whats driving the sentiment we are seeing across the board in asia. Trading for almost 20 minutes, down close to 1 . As you can see, despite the topicshaven of the yen, is also down more than 2 . It really is all about volatility as a result of the latest paul showing trump in the lead. Manus yeah. C onink if you go to ele your terminal, you can pick up the sentiment. This is very reminiscent of what happened in the 10 days before brexit. If we look at the bank of america volatility chart, youve mentor rumpall trumpometer, dollarpeso. This is in the five days. I took it back a little bit further. If we go back as far as june, you can see volatility is nowhere near where we were on bre
Many of the events are open to the public. Look for them to in the future on book tv, on cspan2. Welcome to the free library of philadelphia. I am representative jim roadblock, i am certainly very happy to be here this evening. H i am a native philadelphia, graduated from central highhmy a school. [applause]. My particular focus tonight is on the fact that i went to First College at Virginia University in richmond, from which i received a history degree of honors and then i did my masters and phd at the university of virginia in charlottesville. So i am a wahoo as they say. Subsequent to that, i taught history at Drexel University for more years than i would like to think about, hitting all the right points here. I worked briefly in the Mayors Office as an assistant to mayor wilson good and i was elected to the state legislature where i still serve and im currently the minority, or or democratic chair of the house education committee. Fr the Free Libraries dedicated to advancing litera
The helm of five president ial libraries and Centers Across this country and throughout his career. He appears regularly, as many of you know, im sure, on newshour and is cspans inhouse historian. Next month he will leave his semiannual president s and patriots history tour. He travels through the american heartland and focuses this year on truman, eisenhower, and churchill. Both in his tours and in his writing, he is able to bring history to life. The boston globe praises his scholarship as compelling and provocative, and the New York Times says his writing has perception and authority and is immensely readable. We are so pleased to have him here tonight, and ladies and gentlemen, i hope you will join me in welcoming Richard Norton smith to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] mr. Smith thank you for that morethangenerous introduction. We may agree or disagree about what is a failed president , but this is a successful introducer, without a doubt, so thank you. [laughter] [app