Please give them a look. I mentioned to some of the other day, i was reading the words in preparation for tonight and thats the new faulkner biography. You have the faux fur part right. The best way i could describe this book is equal parts. Military history social commentary and literary criticism. I think all appear equally to fans many of those subjects. What the book really did for me, was forced me to get some serious thought to his fans where at the time we are asking ourselves difficult questions about our countrys history on issues of race. Was he a pioneer it was another white wire that was profiting off of the characters of black americans. Is a professor englishman literature at Smith College in massachusetts sits which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. Is essays have come up in the New York Times book review. Thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you very much for having me. I want to thank the library for hosting and my friends that live right for putting us togethe
We have the markets on the move. We also have some pmi figures. Euro area january services pmi rising to 58. That was a little more than the preliminary 57. 6. Eurodollar, 1. 2462. Europe seems to be powering ahead. Stoxx europe 600, down some 3. 8 . We saw that big selloff in asia. It is all about Global Market angst because of rising inflation. Today is the day that jay powell takes over from janet yellen. It will be interesting to see what he makes of some of this. Yield, 2. 31. Year we have an allstar guest lineup for you today. Mark wilson of of eva, the largest insurer, joins us shortly. We also have to yield, 2. 31. Look at the future of advertising. We also talk about the French Economy with maurice levy of trackis, and we will treasuries and the selloff with john normand. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra in america, janet yellen has said u. S. Stocks and commercial real estate prices are elevated. She made the comments to cbs sunday morning tv show in an interv
Lets quickly check on your did. We see somey where distortions are some of the key data points we need to watch out for. Risk assets seems to be taking a breather amid the further signs that chinas economy is cooling. Base metals seem to be dragging down a lot of the mining stocks. Bp and the stoxx 600 basic resources down 1. 3 . Major currencies drifting before the Rate Decision. The inflation data which is why want to show you the pound 1. 32106. And eurodollar. We will talk plenty more currencies throughout the hour, the lets get to first word news. North korea has been to use a Nuclear Weapon against japan. Agency quotednews that japans archipelago should be sunken into the sea. The japanese said that the threat was an abominable provocation. , some has blood chinese backed investors from buying a semi conductor. The fourth time in a quarter of a century that the u. S. President has stopped a foreign takeover of a firm. China says it is concerned by the move and that the u. S. Shou
The administration of george w. Bush. This Hoover Institution event is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning, i am paul peterson, director of the education, policy and governance at Harvard University , and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. I would like to welcome you all today to an event that celebrates the publication of the new book called scalias constitution, essays on law and education. It is published by paul Gray Mcmillan and the editors are myself and Michael Mcconnell , who is a professor at Stanford Universitys school of law and was a judge of the Circuit Court of appeals. Of appeals. We held a conference about year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. Antonin scalia was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote and signed opinions directly o
Blaze under control. And more breaking news. Out of Southern California police say the man accused of shooting and killing two officers in palm springs. Has been arrested. This is new video showing other palm springs Officers Holding at procession outside a hospital late last night. Officers were shot remained on lockdown just hours ago. Thats bececause police say the suspect was barricading himself inside the home for nearly 12 hours. Police say they were originally called out. For a domestic dispute. A third officer was also wounded during the shooting. The condition of the wounded officer isnt clear. Good morning las vegas. Im lesley marin. The time now is. Of your first alert forecast with 13 first alert meteorologist greg bennet. Good morning greg adlib adlib rising. From Hurricane Matthew made landfall in South Carolina saturday morning. Matthew is now a category one storm miles per hour. Heavy rain is causing major flooding problems. For carolina coastal communities. Matthew lef