Has been the trend we have been watching for quite some time future indicated 44 points by the dow. S p futures by 3. 5 this comes after we saw all three of the major averages sitting at new highs again on friday thats happened a lot recently the dow and the s p 500 up for the last seven of the last eight sessions nasdaq on an eightday winning streak and thats something that youre watching as we kind of rush into the Holiday Season here also look at whats happening in the treasury market. Youll see that right now the ten year looks like it is yielding 1. 91 just below 2 for the ten year we have some news breaking just literally in the past hour now. Report saudi arabia sentencing five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist jamal khashoggi, he was murdered of course in that saudi consulate in istanbul just last year by a team of saudi agents saudistate run tv saying three other people were sentenced to prison over the killings and reports say that the investigation
And there are some Big Questions about whether this deal will actually be good for worker former u. S. Congressman from florida alan grayson joins us to break it down. 5 of the protocol members should no longer be considered a viable candidate or my narrow when it comes to privacy well tell you what one we thought and found out what it means for privacy and if you wish to be continues over to the wildly popular app is now pivoting to other countries weve got the report straight ahead a lot to get through today so lets get to it. And we begin with what has been a good year but really a great year for tech stocks in fact tech stocks are racing toward their best year in a decade and that means that investors are interested in Companies Offering everything really from memory chips to social media platforms tech stocks seeing their best year since 2009 demonstrates that while the broader economy may be showing signs of cooling there is a lot of confidence that. Companies will be able to con
A slightly more positive note japans lower house of parliament approved a limited trade deal with the u. S. But now there is uncertainty over progress regarding highly contentious tariffs on its cars and car parts japan and the u. S. Formally signed a limited trade deal to cut tariffs on u. S. Ag giving President Trump a moral victory but now theres fear about next steps as trump known for his flip flopping ways have not confirmed that the u. S. Would scrap tariffs on Japanese Cars and car parts despite giving jack assurances it will analysts cited these times as unfavorable as details were intentionally vague giving us leverage to win more concessions at a later date what was actually close to a trade deal with mexico and canada just last week House Speaker nancy pelosi said that a breakthrough on the new trade agreement called the u. S. In ca was this is her word imminent President Trump has been pushing for this new trade agreement but one of the groups pushing back or us labor unio
This is secretary mitchell get that for Global Public Affairs Bureau we are very honored to have them here today special welcome to our commissioners Advisory Commission Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hill today as we know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa and where it fits in the state department the vision for Public Diplomacy in the 21st century it is my honor to open this event before i turn the mic over to my colleagues for comments i just want to tell you a little bit how things gonna go today were gonna hear some brief comments we have speakers and they will speak at the end of the presentation will be happy to take a questions and comments. Please hold questions or comments until they have been as the presentation. For the moderated to a sergeant will be a microphone please speak into the microphone when you ask you questions because this whole event not only your remarks but also
And the Edward Kennedy institute for the u. S. Senate, the Young Leaders network aims to promote in the next generation of leaders the spirit of Public Service as embodied for decades on capitol hill by ted kennedy. Our goal is to provide students with programs that enrich their experience while interning in washington, d. C. And to help them create a network of peers as they lay a groundwork for a career in Public Service. Tonights program, uncovering the treasures of the library of congress will focus on the importance of collecting physical information and materials in the modern digital age. Our distinguished speakers will discuss the work of the Nations Library by providing Public Access to some of the most valuable treasures and documents in the nation. Please give a warm welcome to the librarian of congress, dr. Carla hayden point by broadcast joined by broadcast journalist and nyu alum, ray suarez. Ray i figure the applause is my cue. [applause] carla hayden, welcome. Dr. Hayde