Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Host representative omar, democrat from minnesota has a new book out. Here is what it looks like and this is called what america looks like. Congresswoman, thank you for joining us on book tv. There are two characters in your book and who are they . My grandfather and father. Abba is the word we use for dad in somali and abba is the Traditional Middle Eastern name for father since i was born as his child that is what his children call him and we continue to call him that as well. They were both father figures to me and so i continued to call them abba and abba. Host what were the first eight or years like for you . Guest peaceful. I had a really enjoyable childhood and i grew up in a household where we had, not just you know my siblings and my father, extended family lived with us, my uncles and aunties and grandfather and my greatgrandmother was always around and so it was a very loving environment and i was raised by educators so education was
A warm welcome to our 21. 00 this time from weimar for a special edition devoted to the good to medal every year since 955. 00 germanys go to institute on ars luminaries whove made outstanding contributions to International Cultural exchange well the theme of this years awards is the burden and benefits of contradiction which simply put is in treating us to avoid black and white thinking and to engage in the kind of debate that encourages a more profound reflection well its certainly evocative of the work of the 1st of our 3 go to medal recipients british author ian mckeown and because hes currently sitting out the pandemic at his residence in the cotswolds west of london we conduct. To this interview with him over skype. Mckeown has a keen eye for detail little escapes him hes interested in every aspect of the Human Experience the murky depths of our souls our political debate the latest developments in science his insatiable curiosity as reflected in his novels an essay. With whats h
A new emerging of a possible buyer of tiktok. More challenges for boeing as it continues to deal with the fallout from the pandemic and the 737 max woes it is tuesday august 18 and this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning. Good afternoon good evening perhaps that song will get you, you know, jumping. Why not . Global markets are setting up their tuesdays stock futures slightly higher right now. They are in the green investor focus on the dow remains on the s p 500 a half a percent from the alltime record high if you are counting at home, any close above 3386. 15 would be a record close stop us if youve heard this one before one area not waiting around is technology the nasdaq pushing to a record high the 37th high of the year and 33rd record close of 2020. Once again leading technology, tesla. Another record high. By the way, also adding another 8 billion to elon musks personal fortune pushing him back on the list tesla shares up 32 in just five days 32 in five days hey, maybe that rec
A warm welcome to our its 21. 00 this time from weimar for a special edition devoted to the good to medal every year since 955. 00 germanys go to institute on ars luminaries whove made outstanding contributions to International Cultural exchange well the theme of this years awards is the burden and benefits of contradiction which simply put is intriguing us to avoid black and white thinking and to engage in the kind of debate that encourages a more profound reflection well its certainly evocative of the work of the 1st of our 3 go to medal recipients british author ian mckeown and because hes currently. Sitting out the pandemic at his residence in the cotswolds west of london we conducted this interview with him over skype. Mckeown has a keen eye for detail little escapes him hes interested in every aspect of the Human Experience the murky depths of our souls our political debates the latest developments in science his insatiable curiosity is reflected in his novel as an essay. With wh
There is no return to lockdown here. Europe shouldsays not return to full scale shutdown to avoid another hit to the economy as french daily cases hit levels not seen since april. Tech continues to drive gains. The nasdaq hits a new record, propelling stocks and futures even higher. Pfizere news on a vaccine serves as a tailwind. Plus, biden vows to end the darkness. Calling his opponent a National Embarrassment. He promises to support the working class and reform taxation. Look at the futures right now. In terms ofains tech stocks in the u. S. A new high. Now we see a little bit of a mixed picture with ftse futures pointing down, but continental futures are on the rise. Back all gaining. Lets take a look at what u. S. Futures are showing us. More green arrows. Almost 0. 2 percent on nasdaq futures right now. Alsond dow futures are gaining. What are you seeing on the gmm . Anna it seems that markets, investors taking a glass halffull approach. You can see some of those markets doing we