[background noises] [background noises] good afternoon everyone. I am jolt present of the publicc Diplomacy Council of america. It is my privilege on behalf George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy y and Global Communication the university of Southern California center on communication leadership and policy, i did that without breathing. And the pdc aid to welcome you to the first monday of septembe. Nevermind this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11, 911. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing on that day 22 years ago and the struggle to reach out to our loved ones. We will move on with our agenda today. We do so holding in our hearts the spirit of the almost 3000 who perished during that disaster and the many more whom we have lost post 9112 elements derived from heroic rescue x and conflicts. Todays tech host is tom gabby, where are you . In the back. Mike right here in the
Ongoing challenge. For discussion from George Washington university. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon everyone. I am jolt present of the publicc Diplomacy Council of america. It is my privilege on behalf George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy y and Global Communication the university of Southern California center on communication leadership and policy, i did that without breathing. And the pdc aid to welcome you to the first monday of septembe. Nevermind this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11, 911. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing on that day 22 years ago and the struggle to reach out to our loved ones. We will move on with our agenda today. We do so holding in our hearts the spirit of the almost 3000 who perished during that disaster and the many more whom we have lost post 9112 elements derived from heroic rescue x and confl
Ongoing challenge. For discussion from George Washington university. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon good afternoon everyone. I am joel fishman, president of the Public Diplomacy council of america but it is my privilege on behalf of the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and global communication, the university of Southern California Annenberg Center on communication leadership and policy, i did that without breathing, and the pd ca, to welcome you to the first monday of september, 2023. Nevermind this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11. 911. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing that day 22 years ago, and the struggle to reach out to our loved ones. We will move on with our agenda today but we do so holding in our hearts the spirit of the almost 3000 who perished during that disaster, and the many more whom we have lost post
Trading in a pretty tight range today. It feels as though they are waiting more direction. That said, stocks are new the highs of the day. Earlier, we were offering we were saying major averages trade lower. On the plus side, we have the financials, which have been writing today along with technology. On the downside, Consumer Staples and consumer discretionary. Apple is one of the stocks on the rise today. Tony over a bernstein says the company could reach a trillion dollars in market cap if it shifts toward a Subscription Services type of model where people will pay a monthly fee for their iphone and other Apple Services rather than one lump sum for the iphone of front and so an interesting call and the stock is trading in the obit higher. We are watching the banks trade higher. They have been going up along with rates today. That is treasury yields on this outlook. Perhaps some insight in the fed minutes that we will see in interestrate sooner rather than later potentially. , bank o
Worlds largest economy could shut down. That could mean hundreds of thousands of Government Employees would stop work. There would be delays in pension checks and many parks and museums would close. Over the weekend, republicans brought the issue of health care into the mix. Fingerpointing and playing the blame game on the steps of the u. S. Capitol ahead of the monday night deadline for the government to cease operating. If this government shuts down, it is because the democrats that control the senate want to shut down the government because they have refused to even consider the compromise we have offered. Democrats say it is the republicans who started it by attaching amendments on Health Care Reform to a spending bill that would have kept the government running. Republicans want the Health Care Plan delayed for a year. That is out of the question for the white house. Democrats in the senate say republicans will have to ditch the amendment if they wanted to pass at all. Put the cle