House. And banks ahead of a slew of earnings reports today jp morgan and citi tomorrow before the open. 59 minutes left in the session sara and we are higher across the board. The banks stocks up close to 3 for some of them 3 up for the nasdaq. Best day for the nasdaq since april. Coming up, the ceo of ho logic plus we will speak with the council on Foreign Relations richard haas about how the handling of the pandemic in the United States is being viewed by the rest of the world and how it influences geopolitics first an update on the stories we are watching. Mike mike tracking the market action, ylan moi with the latest on the stimulus negotiations and more on the coronavirus treatments mike, what is driving this rally . Good question is it possible to have a low volume buying panic . Thats a little bit what it feels like today certainly the nasdaq doing most of the work. The big cap tech stocks. Look how it aektsds affects the 17ds it looks like an acceleration higher out of the trad
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
Pray for you when they know that thats not so. The bible tells us weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. We need top lean on one another, lift one another up. But we had tremendous success on the apprentice. And when i ran for president , i had to leave the show. And they hired a big, big movie star, arnold schwarzenegger, to take my place. May god bless you all. A different time. Very different. You know it reminds me of a bible verse. I googled it while i was watching that. Matthew 7 1520. Where are false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Willie, you know, ive been to that Prayer Breakfast, know the people who run it. Saw what donald trump, through the years, talking about the apprentice. Himself. Talking about himself, Attacking Political again, know them by their fruits. It is the antithesis of everything that you see in red letters when you read through the gospel of jesus christ.
Senior fellow and director of the Chinese Energy at the huston institution. Hudson institute. Hes a distinguished defense and policy advisor, a former highranking Government Official andauthor of numerous books and reports on china. I can tell you definitively that might has really changed the us militarys thinking. Back a number of years ago he was sent to china to collect Chinese Military writings and he was the First American official who revealed that what the chinese were telling themselves militarily behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public about how they wanted to be friends with the world and it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militaries view of the peoples republic ofchina. His book is a landmark book. His most recent book is the hundred year marathon, chinas secret strategy to replace america as a global superpower. This book is really a fascinating look and is probably one of the only places in public where youll find inf
Outcome, a weaker sterling, is stunning into the Fourth Quarter of this year. Plenty onwe will have that smart note from kit juckes. Lets get to first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. The chinese owner of tiktok is gaining confidence its deal with oracle will be okd. Bloomberg has learned it is likely to greenlight the deal as long as it doesnt involve the transfer of Artificial Intelligence algorithms. President trump is ridiculing fbi chief christopher wei, who told congress that rush is trying to hurt joe bidens president ial chances through social media and his operations. Chris,ident tweeted, you dont see any activity from china even though it is a far greater threat than russia, russia, russia. The vaccine they move by moderna and pfizer are moving off increasing fears that the Coronavirus Vaccine is becoming politicized. Theyre making statements about late stage trials and how they plan to gauge their safety and effectiveness. Trade talks with the European Union wer