Better than 1 move for the dow. Nasdaq record highs. Big tech taking a bit of a break. You see facebookdown as well as amazon amazon, netflix and microsoft lower. If its tuesday, it must be tilman frittia calling on americas governors to show some real leadership and tell us where the goal posts are on reopening. Power lunch starts right now tyler, thanks. Its Energy Leading the way today. On track for its best day since june 5th it might not matter as much as it used. Bob has more technology stocks, 27 of the s p 500. That doesnt include google which is really a tech company or amazon which is a consumer discretionary. All together top Six Companies are 25 of the s p 500 just about. Its approaching that. Its crazy the rest of the sectors are shrinking. Let me show you what the sectors are today. Energy is only 3 of the s p 500. Now it used to be 5 a few years ago but financials have shrunken dramatically for example, it was 15 of the s p just five years ago. Industrials were 10 now it
I have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government, and reply to the message forwarded to that government by the secretary of state on august 11. I deem this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration. It specifies the Unconditional Surrender of japan, in their reply, there is no qualification. That is president harry truman on august, 1940 five, announcing japans Unconditional Surrender following the u. S. Department of to atomic weapons, ending world war ii. Your new book culminates with this event 75 years ago. In the midst of what is going on in the country, why is it significant to pause and never this event so long ago . Guest i do not know if it is significant, but it is interesting and that was enough for me. [laughter] you have to say was significant for me personally, because i, as the host of the sunday talk show, i live and breathe washingtons world today. And one of the joys about researching and writing and now talking about this book, has nothi
Whats happening. Certainly on the virus front and this is a big nagging and ongoing worry of right now, as we look at states that are dealing with a big spike in cases particularly in florida were also looking around at how illinois, michigan and some of these other states are dealing with this and the debate about whether you could really make demands on someone to wear a mask, and a debate in georgia as well, well get into that and we are focusing as well not only on the markets but the feeling that seems to be generating among a lot of folks that unless we get a pickup in activity here and unless we see more things beginning to stabilize on the infection count, then things really probably will not change a whole heck of a lot. Matt fin n has been following this very closely in naperville, illinois when its coming down to wear a mask. Sir . Reporter neil, naperville just outside of chicago is moving forward with plans to hold classes in just a matter of weeks. Every morning parents a
Getting a quality education, and allowing us as parents to get back to work, where we are able to, and to make sure that we are attending as we anticipate this every year to so many other responsibilities as parents and caregivers. Today, i want to talk about what we are putting out in terms of guidance and guidelines for education in the state of california in the context of covid19. We will go through a list of specific recommendations, specific guidance as well is updating you as we do on all of the information related to Positivity Rates, hospitalization rates and icus. Lets begin with the found ocean framework lets begin with the foundational framework. It is nonnegotiable that schools must provide meaningful instruction during this pandemic, whether they are physically opened, the schools, or not. That is what i want to talk about specifically today. Our students, our teachers, staff, and certainly parents, we all prefer in class instruction for all of the obvious reasons. But on
Gov. Desantis good afternoon. This morning, i had the opportunity to pay a visit to the state board of education meeting. I know there is a lot that we are dealing with in regard to the coronavirus. And rightfully so. It was an opportunity to reflect on some achievements that we have achieved in florida, recently, particularly with our teacher pay increase, and expanding scholarships for low income kids. So we are proud of the work that has been done. We want that to make a difference in the future. We know parents had a lot of have a lot of angst about the situation generally. And of course, what will happen with the school year. I know we have 67 Different School boards, School Districts looking at their particular circumstances. For me, i think one of the Core Principles is that parents have to have the ability to opt for the type of learning that they think is important. If they are more comfortable in a Distance Learning environment, they need to have that choice. I know a lot of