National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
Were looking at a sharp selloff for the nasdaq, down 271 points right now, the s p and nasdaq snapped a winning streak on friday. The markets are down across the board. Large labor day parties raising concerns about a coronavirus spike. Creating a futuristic Fan Experience at the u. S. Open. Watson using Artificial Intelligence to allow fan interaction, even with empty stands. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning are under pressure, take a look at european indices, markets are under pressure as concerns grow over a no deal brexit. The cac is down 63 and the dax is lower by 108. Germany is showing signs of a slow recovery. Exports rising 4. 7 in the month of july, imports were up just over 1 . That was far below prepandemic levels. Checking asian markets this morning, take a look at what happened overnight, green across the board in asia, best performer as you can see japan, nikkei average up three quarters of a percent, same situation with the shanghai com
Up, Rosalynn Carter. She served as first lady from 1977 to 1981 and shes the author of five books and in 1984, or bestselling memoir first lady from planes was released. Mrs. Carters subsequent book have focused on caregiving Mental Health care. A subject she has championed throughout her life. Now from 2010 years Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach, ending the Mental Health crisis. Thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be here tonight and really neat to see so many peopleinterested in my book. Ive been on a book tour this week area i started on monday and i got the same two questions every time so i thought i would tell you what they were. The first one is how did you get involved in Mental Health . The second one is why did you write the book . So im going to tell you why i got involved in Mental Health. I was campaigningfor jimmy carter. You cant hear me . Im telling you how i got involved with Mental Health issues. I was campaigning for jimmy and
Recognizeey i myself. The warnings we had and decisions made about the most recent worldwide Intelligence Committee in january of 2019, and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings are going unheeded, and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats . Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow . That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea, raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical jeopardizing cr
More than 2 and the s p and nasdaq at more than 3 a piece for the week and the s p and the green, five weeks in a row and that the longest winning streak since december, the dow on track to have for august since 1984. So the run keeps going for stocks, we will talk a lot about it, number of stories were covering with fox Business Team coverage, edward lawrence, blake berman, sit down jerry, we start with edward in washington. A quick flight back to jacksonville, part of the gains that we saw here in the markets could be related directly to the Federal Reserve and the action that the fed took yesterday, the Federal Reserve president said its an evolution, not a revolution specifically related to averaging to achieve the average of a 2 target in an inflation, the Federal Reserve trying to see if they can make things average about 2 , theyre saying that the people will not see the prices of the things that they buy jump noticeably, what theyre looking for is the price stability, less than