Of backing down. We have to do everything we can, given that relative, you know, privilege to be out here and to really push as hard as we can. While demonstrations have turned violent at College Campuses around the country, this week here at cal, the Uc Berkeley Divest Coalition has led a peaceful protest. Students are taking turns camping out, and theyve grown from about a dozen tents on monday to more than 70 by friday. We have three kind of sleeping pads here, undergrad cecilia luna parra shows us around the tent shes sharing with five fellow bears. She was just elected to Berkeley City Council last week. Our tuition dollars are currently going to corporations that are aiding this genocide. Protesters are calling for the uc to divest from those companies to end its silence on gaza, to cut ties with israeli universities and to protect students organizing in support of palestine. Supporters are lending their own creativity to the cause, with this chalk artist sketching a bird onto th
Comes to the opec meeting on thursday. Spread coming in at 57 basis points. And bitcoin. Is it going to be 10,000 today . Time for the morning brief. At 8 00 this morning eastern steven mnuchin, William Dudley on the hill of the sec will all be speaking in new york at a conference on the structure of the u. S. Treasury market. At 10 00 all eyes will be on capitol hill as Senate Begins confirmation hearings for Jerome Powell. And President Trump continues to campaign for a tax overhaul. He will be going back to the white house for a meeting with congressional leadership on how to avoid a government shutdown. Thats all coming up today. The big story into ec is Federal Reserve nominee for the chair, Jerome Powell. The gap appears to be narrowing between short and longterm Interest Rate raising concerns on the future of the u. S. Economy. Joining us now is drew matus, metlife and that achievement metlife management chief market manager. Are we expecting to see anything different from the c
He gave 2 billion to nih, which is more than 5 . Its 5 plus inflation. Pretty darn good, better than the house, but better than the president and he did it at the expense of a lot of other good things in the bill. Dont get me wrong. Im not happy with the way he approached it, but he was sensitized by the researchers in st. Louis. Washington university to the need for medical research. And i believe this crosses the spectrum. We have to reach the point where we take the research and innovation and say this is a special consideration of the United States and the future. Its not going to be to the same budget control rules as z other expenditures. Last night Steve Kornacki showed an interview about how you and he were gym buddies and turned marco rubio around on immigration and used the gym as a Hunting Ground to turn people over. Who are some of your targets that you might like to was Chuck Schumer lying . I go to the senate gym daily. He said that republicans go early and democrats go l
Special consideration of the United States and the future. Its not going to be subject to the same budget control rules as the other expenditures. Last night steve corn aky show showed an interview about how you and he were gym buddies and turned marco rubio around on immigration and used the gym as a Hunting Ground to turn people over. Who are some of your targets that you might like to was Chuck Schumer lying . I go to the senate gym daily. He said that republicans go early and democrats go late. Yes. I tend to be thats why i try to be there first at 5 30. I go there every day for no obvious reason. A way to relieve stress. The first one there is an Orthopedic Surgeon from wyoming. We talk about these issues. And theres an opportunity there. Your guard is down when youre sweating and puffing and all the rest of this stuff. To talk about some of these issues. I have solved some big problems in the gym with my colleagues. I caught them at a vulnerable moment, you know. I think approach
Disease in virtually all of the countries around the world. I was just impressed as i walked through the poster sessions at aaic how many of the posters were researchers from korea, thailand, china, japan, et cetera, who were coming here to washington to share their knowledge and their perspective on the disease. Its a global disease, for sure. Its not affecting western countries. I want to throw one more question in here which is in terms of having a National Plan and harnessing all of the different groups working on this from the Research Community to big pharma to universities, government, et cetera. Three years ago, the Obama Administration released a National Plan to address alzheimers and the goal was struck me as exceedingly ambitious. By 2025, so in ten years to be able to prevent and effectively treat alzheimers disease. Does that strike you both as realistic . Ten years . The way we look at it its an aspirational goal. We absolutely want to be there by 2025, and i think the e