Of business. 2020 marks a special year, our one hundredth anniversary and we are celebrating 100 years of purpose driven business education. Since our inception we believed in the power of partnerships to inform and lead change. I would like to thank the center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners, the museum of American Finance and cfa society of new york for cosponsoring the conversation. One of the goals of the centennial series is to shine the light on the importance history plays on shaping the future. In shennette garrettscott at latest book banking on freedom black women in u. S. Finance before the new deal she explores the rich period of black financial innovation and its Transformative Impact on us capitalism. Todays session will take place in 3 parts. First my colleague and friend david cowan, president and ceo of American Finance will introduce shennette garrettscott. Then she will discuss her book banking on freedom black women in u. S. Finance before the
Im thrilled to be back at the jupiter inlet. Its a great state, the state of florida. Sit down, everybody. Sunshine state is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth. I love it and we will together preserve its breathtaking natural splendor for generations to come. We are here today to celebrate our incredible record of natural comps conservation. I have been working with your governors. Your current governors fantastic and weve been working very hard. Weve been working hard to make sure everything is perfect. Andrew wheeler, thank you. And Governor Ron Desantis who ran a great campaign, hes a great governor. What a great job he did. We will let you know on november 3 if he did a great job. I want to introduce Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez who is such a fantastic friend and supporter, thank you very much. One of the great attorney generals anywhere in the country, ashley moody, thank you very much. Cfo, jimmy, thank you. Man who everybody loves, hes highly respected in wash
Answered that question is raising some eyebrow as a new frontrunner could be emerging in the race for the white house. Ashley how much would you give up for a night of perfect sleep . Lauren a lot. Ashley the big pay cut some americans are willing to take to catch some extra zs. Sign me up. It is tuesday, september 3rd. Fbn a. M. Starts right now. Lauren welcome to fbn a. M. Good morning. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley good morning, everyone. Im ashley webster. Lauren lets take a look at at how your money is moving this tuesday. First trading day of september. Its living up to its reputation as the worst month of the year for the s p 500. That index down 19 points, dow down 188. Ashley the yield on the 10 year treasury, the yield down 2 basis points, the 10 year at 1. 48 . Lauren oil prices are also moving lower, down 1. 2 , 54. 45 a barrel. Ashley take a look at stocks in asia. Their monday pretty much done. The nikkei slightly higher, the hang kenning anhang seng and koy lower. Lauren B
the devastation in very direct terms. the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did not evacuate. finding a lot of the roads are impassable. we have a lot of power lines down, a lot of flooding going on. i don t want to speculate on fatalities, but we have had some reports being called into us in reference to potential bodies being found. right now the storm is moving eastward through florida with the carolinas and georgia in its sights with flash flooding a major concern. you c
Mind you keeps making and welcome to the program. Good to have you with us because of how most control of Civil Defense agency says it has um, covered almost 300 bodies, buried in a mass grave. The agency says some of the dead had no closing. It was uncovered inside the nasa hospital complex. In the Southern City of han eunice, the hospital was rated twice by is really troops and is no longer operational. Israels military says it is checking the information which has not yet been independently verified. Meanwhile, a new report says, israel has failed to provide evidence backing up its claim that members of the un agency for palestinian refugees, what members of terrorist groups . The review panel was commissioned by the un following is really allegation. Sions that 12 unrest, stuff were involved in the october the 7th. How most terror attacks. The report found that unreal has procedures in place to ensure its neutrality, but that there is room for improvement. Okay, lets get moved from