Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy, but provide Historical Context to help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the Mellon Foundation which makes this series possible. I also want to thank Rachel Wheatley in the back of the room who is our assistant director and helped organize this. I want think the i want to think the office of gerry connolly, and i want to alert you to the fact that you will have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions, they will get formal remarks in the first hour, and the second half hour will be devoted to q and a. We will go from there. Thank you offer coming. This the rest of it is in the flyer. I worked briefly with the Congressional Research service. A little longer with the department of energy.
Its ceo Michael Wirth will join us exclusively this hour tesla shares set to hit a new record at the open as the electric carmaker delivers its first china made model 3 to customers. 24 hours ago looked like the selloff might continue on monday and reaction to those middle east tensions but stocks did erase earlier losses to finish yesterday in the green. Major indices saw their third positive session we watch gold, jim, are we betting this is short in duration and limited in scope . You used to work for zilian i keep thinking about that word over and over again thats the word that define this is market. Because yesterday when we were down very bad, ugly down 200 dow points, the dow is down that much, it did look like the beginning of something big, and you know what you saw . Shorts pressing, thinking this is it, this is the big one it wasnt the big one and i almost feel like that unless something happens thats completely out of left field, if you read what iran wants to target, peopl
Joanna gosling the headlines a vigilfor the victims of the London Bridge attack the Prime Minister and the labour leader will be among those honouring jack merritt and saskia jones at a Remembrance Service in the city. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its war against nature as two weeks of talks on Climate Change begin in madrid. Travel disruption for thousands of rail passengers as workers on South Western Railway begin a 27 day strike in a dispute over guards on trains. Jeremy corbyn pledges to cut rail fares by a third and give under 16s free travel as part of labours plan to renationalise the railways. And coming up in the next few minutes the Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon will be answering your questions live on independence, brexit and more. Captainjoe root rescues englands cricketers in the second test in new zealand he makes a double century, to leave them trailing byjust five runs. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news a
What we are doing here and why were doing it. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the center that brings Historical Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan. The purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide sort of Historical Context to help inform policy makers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing series possible. I want to thank rachel wheatly in the back of the room who is our assistant director and has helped to organize this. I want to thank the office of jerry connelly. I also want to alert you to the fact you have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. Well collect them. Theyll give formal remarks in the first half hour and the second half hour will be devoted to q a. Well go from there. Thank y
Perspectives to current issues. The center itself is strictly nonpartisan, and the purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policies, but in fact to provide Historical Context to help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. I want to thank or acknowledge the Financial Support of the mellon foundation, which makes this briefing possible. Theso want to thank assistant director that helped organize this. I want to thank the office of gerry connolly, and also alert you to the fact that you all have index cards on your chairs. This is for questions. As the presenters are speaking, feel free to jot down questions. We will collect them. The second half will be devoted to q a. We will collect the questions and go from there. Thank you all for coming. David . David good morning. Thank you for coming. My name is david paynter. Er. David paint i have been Teaching International history at Georgetown University for 30 years. The rest of it is in t