Out was roosevelt . [laughter] i realize with this crowd you probably were her neighbor. [laughter] so nonetheless i will try to set the context for the reading that my coauthor coauthor, marc peyser will do. I may be going over the familiar territory but for the sake of the crowd of one to take a minute to make sure i cover up the details. You will see behind me a family tree that appears in the book that is the expanded version and it is actually simplified. The actual line because we start with the american founder of the family neck and was quite literally has tens of thousands of descendants at this point so really we just highlight the story and provide you with the two branches of hyde park and Oyster Bay Branch and those to become symbolically very important in the story. This year roosevelt senior, the father of fear roosevelt was really the person who pioneered that civic minded his of the family and he was a remarkable man who founded hospitals in museums in charitable cause
markets. it is all about the fed, currency, and dollar. dollar strengthening versus most of its peers. u.s. treasuries repeating retreating. stanley fisher will be speaking to us about two hours from now. that may provide clues on the timing of interest rate increases. gainingsee the european . the volatility index at 12.88. let s get straight to bloomberg first word news with sebastian selleck. sebastian: the brazilian president has testified. she spoke about her torture and imprisonment during israel s military dictatorship during brazil s military dictatorship. if twol be removed thirds of congress finds her guilty. apple is said to be facing a tax bill running into the billions of euros with an eu ruling as early as today. the european commission is expected to say ireland provide them with illegal aid. apple said it has nothing to add to previous statements rejecting previous statements. european competition commission is scheduled to hold a news conference at 11:00
climate scientists find another guy induction of one of the salesmen as it may have the chemistry needed to support life. afghanistan goes to polls on saturday for presidential elections are meant to mock the first democratic transfer of power in its history the country s current president more than twelve meters from the site is due to stand down as the constitution you gone from seeking know. in all it s the only good one. there are a total of eight candidates for afghanistan s top job would tighten rates predicted between the three front runners which included is on my to afghanistan s former foreign minister daddy i must say is a former finance minister in world bank official. he previously contested in two thousand elections became full he s a doctor and former minister he was a close associate of the match on the student who owns the assassinated in two thousand won. thirteen million people are eligible to vote to afghanistan s election. securities be joined in the citi
clippers in the family. and grand reopening. the washington monument welcoming back visitors for the first time since the iconic symbol was damaged by an earthquake. al is there live today, monday, may 12th, 2014. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and, good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. good day to be a tourist in the nation s capital. that s right. al roker is there. oh wait, there s an even more exciting thing. the washington monument is reopening, as you see. al is there to cover it live and take us inside. let s start, though, with this morning s top story. we ve got breaking news tied to the kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls in nigeria. the terror group behind those kidnappings making new demands in a new video. nbc s stephanie gosk has the latest on this. steph, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. well, this is essentially a hostage video wit
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