Begin in washington d. C. This noontime where Laphonza Butler governor newsoms appointment to fill the senate seat of the late Dianne Feinstein is about to be sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Butler will be just the third black woman to serve in the us senate. No black woman has served in the chamber since Kamala Harris left to become Vice President. Butler will also be the first openly lgbtq senator from california. She is a democratic strategist. Prior to being appointed by governor newsom, she issued a statement saying no one will ever measure up to the legacy of senator Dianne Feinstein. But i will do my best to honor her legacy and leadership. And there has been a change to the Funeral Service for senator feinstein. The service has been moved to the front steps of San Francisco city hall so the public can attend. Its scheduled for thursday at 1 00. Weve learned that Vice President Kamala Harris and congresswoman nancy pelosi will be in attendance. There will be standing r
Lets see how things did overnight in asia. Asia was leading the declines yesterday. This time a little different story. Nikkei closed up by 1. 5 hang seng was up by 0. 6 shanghai was flat. In europe, at least at this early trading hour, there are green arrows across the board. Barely hanging on for the ftse the dax and cac each up by better than 0. 6 looking at crude oil prices, at least right now, crude oil looks like its down 7 cents 55. 26. Couple big stories were watching, mattel has rejected a takeover approach from rival hasbro reuters reporting that mattel believes the offer undervalues the company and doesnt take into account the potential for regulators to rejected the deal on antitrust grounds reports saying mattels new ceo who took over in february may be trying to drive a harder bargain in talks with hasbro the company cut its fullyear revenue outlook. You are looking at both of those stocks now time inc is reportedly restarting talks to sell itself to publisher and broadca
Thats some familiar faces in the audience and even as i look across all ways. Were out this weekend at the Reagan National defense forum, and for those of you in the audience who might not have been there or had the chance to see the live version on television, which if you were watching it issue suggest you find a life because it was a beautiful saturday. You should not have been inside watching television. But it was very interesting, and timely topics. I want to thank you all for asking me to come and address this ensearly mean it august group. I saw the honorable bob work on the way and he was smiling. Great to see all of you. Its Interesting Times that were living in, as the chinese Fortune Cookie says, but id like to kind of address with this group who i know in looking here you have been enduring endorsers of National Security and forceful advocates for a strong Navy Marine Corps team, and i would dont address my thoughts on how were going to take this institution going forward.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I welcome all our attendees. We have several members. Several uniformed members which is always good to see. Several people from the foreign court, distinguished guests. I would like to acknowledge first hour sponsors. From Lockheed Martin we are by retired navy captain robbie harris. Textron systems is represented here. We have a stellar program. We have refreshments next door. Take advantage of that. Our speakers will allow for questions today. Attentiveybody to be to the idea that we use the microphones. That we useant those so people can hear your questions, and also for the people beaming in can hear your questions which is important. I thank you for that. I ask that you get to your question because we have a lot of folks here today. It is my honor to introduced our first speaker, our keynote speake