Gaured and preserved these materials as well and its this early collection of books that actually is the foundation of the state Library Research collection today. Im often asked which is the oldest book in the collection. We do have a book or a pamphlet from 1496 which is our oldest item but its only seven pages long we dont feature it as a book. Our oldest book is this one. 15 pa and printed in switzerland. The interesting thing about this book it has legend, as often the case, legends are not true only partially true and the legend about this book is that it was owned by philip in germany and he was a close friend and thinker during the protestant reformation. What led to think to believe that it belonged to him was notations throughout the book and sold by samuel, the book seller as copy, most likely because he could make many if associated with someone famous. Scholars say that the writing does not match his handwriting. So unfortunately that particular legend is not true, however
Early today starts right now. Great to be with you on a tuesday. We begin with breaking news. That could bring more legal scrutiny on the white house this morning. After the Washington Post reported it was President Trump himself who dictated his sons misleading statement on that controversial meeting with the russian lawyer in 2016. Its a whirlwind story that could have massive implications for trumps presidency. Ron allen. Good morning. Whats most important about this story is that it raises the question whether President Trump himself tried to mislead the public and investigators about that meeting and whether the president is involved in a cover up. Remember the meeting happened during the height of the campaign. When confronted about it, a Statement Released by donald trump jr. Said it was a short introductory meeting. I asked Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort to stop by. We primarily discussed the program about adoption of russian children. According to the Washington Post, Preside
Im frances. And im phillip mena. The general takes command and cleans house. Newly instilled chief of staff and retired general john kelly has begun to rein in a tumultuous administration, ousting anthony scaramucci. It was just ten days ago that scaramucci delivered a performance that was celebrated by his boss, only to push the envelope too far. And it looks to be just the first of many moves we can expect from the new chief of staff. For more, were joined by tracy pots. Fill us in on how this played out. Reporter frances, what were hearing from sources who are familiar with what happened here, john kelly had a lot to do with this in terms of bringing order and getting scaramucci out of there. Ivanka trump, Jared Kushner, the president s adviser and soninlaw also reportedly on board with that. In fact, the White House Press secretary said the president found scaramuccis profanity filled tirade inappropriate. So now one big opening near the top with general kelly now in power to be at
Wilfred frost great to be back together. On vacation like two months. One week, and youve not been here various different places. I am teasing. Happy birthday for last week. And to you. Thanks very much. Lets take in global markets. Have a look at futures which are pointing higher. We mentioned weve got gains around the rest of the world, and thats helping bounce back following last weeks declines small gains friday, for the week as a whole, between 1 and 1. 5 for each of those. All sectors were negative apart from consumer staples, energy was the worst, but in terms of sub sectors, banks stood out as decline. Russell 2000 small caps, lot of people thought it was bearish. The banks down almost 4 because we saw that risk of buying bonds, compressed yields and that hurt the banks performance. Seeing it tick up, below 2. 2 on friday yields rising a bit. You can see trend over august is down Economic Data out of asia overnight. This was a wow number out of japan, gdp grew at annual rate of
[applause] thank you so much. My name is arlo haskell, and i am the executive director of the key west literary seminar. [applause] before i get started, let me make just one quick housekeeping announcement. Were going to do the question and answer session a little bit differently today. There will be stationary mics in each aisle, and if you would like to ask a question, you should get up out of your seat and come to the mic and ask your question. When we get to that point. Okay. It is a pleasure to welcome you all to the San Carlos Institute and to the 35th annual key west literary seminar, revealing power the literature of politics. This sunday afternoon session is free and open to the public. This is our gift to the community. And it wouldnt be possible without the gifts that many others have made to us that support our operations throughout the year. Id particularly like to thank peggy whose support makes this free sunday Public Session possible. Thank you. [applause] and in addit