Its really the period immediately after the civil war is the period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union, right, of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy. Theyre now defeated. And the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union . And that is why this period is known as reconstruction. It is not that wellknown in American History as the civil war. So, so far weve been talking simply about the civil war, right . Before the midterms, we covered the civil war. Everyone knows about the civil war. It has kind of a triumphant end, at least if youre not a newer confederate. The union wins. Slavery is destroyed. Reconstruction, on the other hand, does not have a happy ending. Its a great experiment in racial democracy immediately after the war, but it is overthrown. Maybe we all like happy endings, and thats one of the seasons we dont know that much about recons
Never forget and forgive and they still are our president the below us dollar ruth Opposition Leader calls Police Violence against protesters the governments worst mistake tells all just there the president must go. And russian Opposition Leader alexina valley is airlifted to germany where hes being treated for suspected poisoning. Of to the program the u. S. House of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened mail in voting ahead of the president ial election and politicians owed it to give the agency 25000000000 dollars and rejected reforms that would have slowed mail delivery the fight over the Postal Service has become a key election issue democrats accuse the chief postmaster of trying to undermine. Mail delivery to benefit President Trump the service heard warned it could not guarantee that ballots cast by mail would arrive in time to be counted the legislation now moves to the senate but the Top Republican there says it will not be appr
To get things started off. The dow is down by 17 points but the s p and the nasdaq is there. Nasdaq is indicated up by 47 points this is after a strong month of july for all three of the averages the dow up by 2. 4 for the month. The s p saw its best july by ten years. It was up by 5. 5 . Thats nothing compared to the nasdaq today is the first trade ding d of august. Thats out at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time today also take a look at treasury yields you did see yields under extreme pressure or ten year closing at its lowest level since all the way back to march 9th. Right now it is a little bit higher 0. 546 stimulus talks in congress. Trump administrations officials and House Speaker nancy pelosi are set to resume negotiations today on their competing visions of a bill. The Sticking Point continues to be a boost set at 600 per week in march that lapsed on friday he and Speaker Pelosi are on the same page about the need of direct Cash Payments of 1,200 to most americans. Andrew. And big co
Peter navarro. It has been a huge swing s p futures up, nasdaq up by 62. The nasdaq up seven sessions in a row. S p is up. Watching for the month of june, all three of these is up on track to be the third month in a row taking a look at treasury yields youll see the 10year is yielding 0. 715 . Crude oil up above 40 for the First Time Since the lockdown in early march. Getting to the story it has been a wild ride overnight. Last night on fox news, white house trade advisor Peter Navarro responded to a question about the china trade deal saying it is, quote, over. At that point, futures plunged about 400 points but then recovered after he later clarified his comments saying it had nothing to do with the phase 1 trade deal which continues to be in place. He was speaking to the quote lack of trust of the Chinese Party after they lied about the origins of the chinese virus. President trump posting a tweet saying the china trade deal is fully in tact. The lesson is that the move is a good re
Even my worst enemies. Firefighters continue to battle dozens of raging bushfires in eastern australia. Officials warn residents that conditions are expected to worsen today. And coming up Hillary Clinton tells the bbc that its inexplicable and shameful the uk government hasnt published a report on alleged russian interference in british politics. Im dumbfounded that this government wont released a report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. Good morning. Its november 12th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The labour party says there has been a sophisticated and la rge scale cyber attack on its digital platforms. The party said the attack had failed because of their robust Security Systems and that no data had been taken. In a statement, the party said. Our security procedures have slowed down some of our campaign activities, but these were restored this morning and we are back up to full speed. We