I am David Rubenstein coming to from the library of congress with the Jefferson Building and i have the pleasure today to introduce Richard Haass and has just written a book a brief introduction so thank you very much for coming today spent for those who may not know your background lets talk a little bit about the book you are a native in new york going to college in ohio than a rhodes scholar. What did you do to become a rhodes scholar. Not aware there only 32 people picked every year so what do you do to be one of the top 32 students . My children would claim it was administrative error. I did nothing i can also answer was one of 32 people who picked at the right time. My own guess and with that conventional background and with archaeology and i wrote a column for the campus newspaper and took the credit and the religion of a middle Eastern Studies major. I have no expectations of getting it i was not for no student. You went to oxford and got a phd. Classic in and out career i work
Senior executives started trying to bring him down months before he was first attained. Governmenthong kong admits chinas security rules may not conform to longtime practices, but the Stock Exchange insist things will be better in the long run. I think this certainly creates a clarity and stability for us to move forward. Lets take a look at the monday morning markets. A tepid rebound after we had the biggest route in about 12 weeks on the back of that retailfueled surge we saw in valuations. This is what we are seeing when it comes to s p futures, down about 1 . Chicago nikkei futures also lower. Positive,ures in the still indicating a downside of about. 2 . Then stocks trading at lowest in about two weeks. Kiwi stocks, trading underway. After we heard a contraction when it comes to the Services Industry and a bit of a pullback when it comes to the aussie and kiwi dollars. Risk very tepid across the board. Lets turn to those fears of a second virus wave in beijing. China probing offic
Julie hyman is in is in. Julie we are seeing a little in today, really a pause market of the moments. The dow is doing the best of the threeday averages. Things may heed up over the course of the week as we get more Economic Data and a dozen S P Properties are still scheduled to report their earnings tomorrow. Well be watching those. In todays session we are watching some of the last companies. Quest diagnostics and Lab Corporation of the americas. Late on friday, we got new information posted, final rates for medicare. They were posted late on friday and so they have implications for these companies. The final rates still suggested 8 . Cut to the revenue in 2018. We are seeing a minute drop today. We are watching a big deal in the retail industry, or at least an investment. Alibaba, 2. 9 million is how much it is paying to buy 2. 9 billion is how much is paying. Walmart is down. It operatesbed, about 400 hypermarkets. Are seeing those companies trade accordingly. Also checking on home
He understood it better than our current politicians, that is why he was abraham lincoln, i guess. [applause] our original constitution did not even have an income tax. Instead it had tariffs emphasizing taxation of foreign, not domestic, production. Today, 240 years him after the revolution, we have turned things completely upside down. We tax, regulate, and restrict our companies to death and allow Foreign Countries that cheat to export their goods to us, taxfree. How stupid is that . How could it happen . Him him him [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is time to declare our economic independence once again. Means [applause] that means voting for donald trump. I will do it, no doubt about it. Not even a little doubt. It means reversing 2 of the worst legacies of the clinton years. America has lost 1 3 of its manufacturing jobs since 1997. Even as the country has increased the population by 50 million people. At the center of the catastrophe are 2 trade deals pushed by bill and Hilla
The three leaders hold a joint News Conference wednesday, live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern in ottawa. You can see it here on cspan. Later our coverage continues as president obama i just as the canadian parliament. That is at 5 45 eastern here on cspan. This weekend on cspan citys tour, along with our Comcast Cable partners. We will explore the history of utah. Who has we will been collecting rare books for the past 30 years, showcases many of his great finds including Brigham Youngs copy of the book of mormon. Thomas payne went to robert bell and wanted to have this printed. Buyanted to proceeds to soldiers mittens. After it went through three periods, they had a falling out. Thomas payne allowed anybody to printed. To print it. That is why the book is so well known. The author of a peculiar people talks about antimormonism in america since its founding in the 1830s through its current troubles and the origins of the animosity. Kind of properly in that because not only are they a minority,