Ok thats it for us for now were expecting the Russian Foreign minister to take to the podium of the u. N. General assembly in the next half an hour or so and well be right back to bring you that live meantime its putting the hoax in a few moments. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. 3 days of salutations while the impeachment horns are blaring all over your cable news feeds and pedantic punditry this week or watchers its important to remember there was more going on in this world than just us President Donald Trump versus nancy pelosi out im sure if joe biden than reality. That there is more news out there than whats allowed on jake tappers teleprompter every night news that is important thought provoking and even scarier in other words news that affects you in the rest of us just as much as political impeachment games played by millionaires working for billionaires news li
A center for study which found that 95 countries now own military drones and Drone Operations are becoming deeply embedded in the Armed Forces Worldwide in ways that are changing Global Security how bad is that you ask well the report estimates that there are at least 21000 at least 21000 and probably more than 30000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in military Service Worldwide today and while were on the subject of technological terrors that we vastly underestimate and their negative impacts on our lives sovereignty and well being lets talk about the westmoreland family of milwaukee wisconsin who came home one quiet september afternoon to find their smart home was hacked fox 6 news reports that their thermostat had been turned all the way up to 90 degrees a boy speak again speaking to them from a camera in the kitchen and then started playing vulgar music in the 21st century you dont need ghosts to haunt your house just these 2 folks from the ninetys now. Lets go now lets get to the show and
This discussion. You can see the rest of it on cspan. Org. Going live as maritime administrator mark busby is talking about defense funding, live coverage on cspan2. Retired navy admiral mark busby. I would like to welcome the general officers and the many distinguished guests that are with us this morning. Welcome to our industry partners, leaders of industry and others for your continued support of this event in the navy league as a whole, General Dynamics is pleased to sponsor the special topic breakfast. These events and venues for the Defense Industry to interface with government requirements and acquisition professionals, something that we value. General dynamics thanks you for your participation and we thank General Dynamics for their support. Now back to our special guest. Are you ready, admiral . Admiral mark busby was sworn in as maritime administrator on august 8, 2017. Prior to his appointment he served as president of the National Defense transportation association. A posi
Recordtying sixth u. S. All around title if that does not impress you, just think about this, she did a double twisting, double summer salt dismount from a balance beam unreal its monday, august 12th and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching im brian sullivan. Happy monday well, at least for now we are seeing a little of the craziness for the recent market moves take a break to start the week, although li will say this, futures are now down they were down 50 points just about 15 minutes ago then we had the headlines about all flights being cancelled out of hong kongs airport and saw futures take a leg down. We lost 75 points like that. You never know whats going to happen the rest of the day in the bond market, bond yields remaining a little steady. The bond yield still on the ten year very, very low at 1. 685 again, this is what you want to watch, 1. 59, 1. 65, the twoten spread that
Flights today. Goldman sachs lowering its growth forecast and reports that wework could file as soon as this week. Were going to start today with the markets. Jim, not a repeat of last week, but were going to it is going to be busy, cpi, retail sales and more. Retail sales is on front burner it is hard to believe that given that unemployment rates are so low. People keep waiting for the inflation story in retail. I dealt with a number of retailers, and almost every retailer says, listen, very small margin hit to the september 1 tariffs. But as soon as you hear small, you say, big, big, big really good piece about dollar tree, not a lot of exposure to china and does well when the economy weakens. I want to watch that to see if we dont get the situation where we start trading down in terms of tocks macys, 7. 7 yield thats the paradigm of what people are avoiding. I think the macro does trickle down to the micro. Im concerned. Im really concerned about this hong kong situation too. You me