We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix
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All coming after the markets are coming off a very strong month of june. For the dow, it was the best june performance in over 80 years. You have to go back to 1938 for the month. The dow was up by 7. 2 s p was up by 6. 9 for the month that is its best performance since 1955 and the nasdaq was up by 6. 9 and thats its best performance since the year 2000. Taking a look at what happened overnight in asia, hong kong was closed for a Public Holiday but those markets that were open also up very sharply on again, this idea that trade talks are back on. The nikkei was up by 2. 1 . Shanghai composite up by 2. 25 europe this morning where early trading is taking place, youre going to see green arrows across the board there as well. Biggest gainer looks like the dx ax up by 1. 25 finally check out u. S. Treasury yields on friday we actually fell below 2 for the tenyear briefly. I think we closed right at 2. 0 . Ten year is yielding 2. 01 . Getting to all the weekend news President Trump returni
Steve garvey has to find his own voice. The two men emerged from the crowded field in the most Expensive Senate race in state history. Of dollars to the chagrin of democrats katie porter and barbara lee. Remember the old saying, be careful what you ask for. Hes like the pitcher that throws me 70 mile an hour fastballs. And then watches me run around the bases. Challenges ahead. The last time a republican has been elected to the u. S. Senate from the republs 2 to 1, and hell continue to b asked if he supports donald trump. And for more specifics on his positions, hes going to havec to find a place to do more than just slap a couple of singles. Hes going to have to bang one off the wall. Lets do that. I want to acknowledge the right of our protesters, and i look forward to working with you all. One challenge facing schiff, evident at his Victory Party propalestinian protesters interrupted most of his speech. Schiff has supported aid into gaza, but not an immediate cease fire, something p
Measures says their passage does not indicate that the city frome principles in its push for safety. San francisco continues to push forward our values and extraordinary ways and we have not abandoned those, but we also accountability supervisor asha safaie, who is running for mayor says the results show a city fot change. They want to see new leadership around all the different issues. San franciscos facing people are concerned about public safety, rightfully so they are concerned about the homelessness crisis on the streets. The Mental Health spdrug abuse mark farrell, the most recent candidate to jump into the mayors race, also voters looking for change. San francisco needs to change directions. The last sixuhave literally seen our city crumble. We need to do it about face as a city. Incredible momentum. Yeah. Last night, daniel lurie, also running for mayor says the policies that voters approved reflect a more nuanced snapshot of the citys electorate than simply looking at it as el