Deal tesco hales a strong start to the year but uk sales slow in the latest quarter and a calmer day in hong kong after massive protests against the extradition bill turned violent forcing the closure of government offices while beijing looks to allay investor concerns about the unrest good morning its been a relatively strong start for the day across europe you can see the ftse is 0. 15 higher dax in germany trading 0. 40 higher in paris, the cac 40 is slightly above the flat line. In italy, the ftse mib trading about a quarter percent higher lets look at the sectors behind those numbers to see where the positive signs are coming from the healthcare sector up almost three quarters of a percent. Telecoms trading twothirds of a percent higher real estate a half percent up on the day. The bank stocks, you can see across europe, they are trading lower as are Household Goods and some of those media companies. A huge focus of the media space in europe over havent days. That will be somethin
America army making the all volunteer force is beth bailey book from 2009. Her most recent an army of fire how the us army confronted its racial crisis in the vietnam era. We appreciate you spending a little time with us here on good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quot
Good morning, everyone. My name, happy saturday. Welcome. The immigration quota act. A century later, groups and long shadows. My name is magdalena marie nati and im a stay with Adolphus College in minnesota. Im currently the president of the Immigration History Society and i coedited with erika lee, a special issue of the journal of history on the origins and of 1924, from which this panel has drawn before. I introduce our presenters today i would like to briefly describe what the 1924 immigration act was. Those of you might not be familiar with it also being taped. So i think our audience will be really interested in that. The 1924 immigration act banned entry of most immigrants from because they were ineligible to naturalize it imposed. National origins quotas on immigrants the eastern sphere to reduce immigration, eastern and Southern Europe and it several categories for exclusion and deportation. While policymakers under pressure from business interest in the southwest exempted im
Theyre obviously getting the impression that no matter what they do, our aid will continue, so we do need to exercise our influence by saying were going to follow the law, particularly in light of your recent violent crackdowns, suspend aid until you restore democracy, until you move to an inclusive process for elections, and obviously, a new constitution that allows all people to have a say in it, to respect peoples rights. I think thats what we have to do at this point. Weve tried to go down a road to get them to do the right thing. Theyre not doing that. And also, i would say this, david. The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people. In fact, youre just going to encourage them to martyrdom, rather than just defeating them at the ballot box. They blew it when they were governing, and if we go to a democratic process, if the military does that, rather than taking this over in the power grab theyre involved in right now
All that ahead on meet the press this sunday morning, august 18th. Straight to the breaking news. A heavy security presence in cairo, egypt, this morning as military rulers are trying to strengthen their control over a country descending into chaos. So, how much worse will it get in egypt . Hundreds are dead, nearly 40 Christian Churches have been torched and looted, and supporters of the ousted president morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood, are vowing to fight back. Well have a live report coming up from cairo in just a moment, but back here in washington, the critical question is, are u. S. Taxpayers, in effect, footing the bill for the continuing violence . Joining me now, two members of the Senate Armed Services committee, democrat jack reed of rhode island and republican kelly ayotte of new hampshire. Senators, welcome to you both. Senator ayotte, straight to you. Several weeks ago, this question came up should we keep the u. S. Aid flowing to egypt . You said yes then. Have you had a c