The nasdaq up by about 120 yesterday was a down day for the markets. The dow off by about 270 points. But if you want to take a look at november hes historic gain, check this out, the dow actually up by 1. 8 for the month, that is its best month since january of 1987. The s p no slouch either it gained about 11 while the nasdaq was up nearly 12 november by the way was the best month for all of those indexes since april which was a huge month. Also small cap stocks were some big winners. The russell 2000 finished the month up more than 18 , 245ethas right, 18 in one month, the best month since that index was created back in 1984 so here we are heading into december and year to date, the nasdaq is the superstar, up nearly 36 the s p 500 is up by 12 and the russell 2000 up by 9 . The dow up by 3. 9 so fantastic november for all of these indices. Nasdaq leading the way in terms of year to date. Joe. Yep, coincident with the surge. Go figure. The second surge are you sure it is never too ea
Assisted living facilities. With dr. David gifford and we will also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host four weeks after the election, joe biden and Kamala Harris today will receive their first president ial Daily Briefing with their inauguration as president and Vice President just over six weeks away. This as President Trump and his first tv interview since the election continues to maintain that he won. Good morning, it is monday, november 30, 2020. Glad you are here. We will start the program by asking you this, how has President Trump changed the Republican Party . Heres how to join the conversation. Emocrats, 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can also send us a text at 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us who you are and where you are texting from. On twitter, its cspanwj. And we are at facebook. Com cspan. We will show you some of the Maria Bartiromo interview this morning. But
I have guy with me a wonderful author writing a fantastic book john, you are a distinguished scholar and historian and have given us a book at exactly the right time we need in the midst of a pandemic. You have said your goal was to do a citizens guide what did you mean by that quick. Great question. I wanted to write a book that will be a first draft of history during the covid and beyond but would speak to an interested reader not just a specialist in the field there are a lot of specialist and my valueadded code be a translate to readers who are just fascinated by the blizzard of the legal issues that have arisen in the last six months that we were not on most peoples agenda until now. And we never thought about past epidemicsut we are now particularly what can weearn from them andhen do we know it will be over. But i want to beg at the end of your book and now i will back to ask you more about this questn. You wh america has two histories one is far more appealing in the mons and y
Ethiopias conflict. Thousands are displaced and left without basic sanitation and what little food. The countrys Prime Minister describes International Calls for dialogue. As in the syrians and Domestic Affairs and the call for welcome to the program. One of irans leading Nuclear Scientists has been assassinated. It will be sunday has long been suspected by the west, and israel of masterminding, a secret Nuclear Weapons program, as car was ambushed outside the capital tehran, according to iranian media, he later died in hospital. The countrys foreign minister zarif has tweeted there were serious indications of an israeli role in the attack. Israel has not commented on the event. A country right in the heart of iran, transformed into a scene of horror. The images are too graphic for us to show. Body parts lie scattered in a bloody end to a controversial life top scientists mock suffocate. The day perished in what seems like a targeted attack. Homilies shows a car carrying him was shot a
In his new book christian says if we continue to rely on Artificial Intelligence to solve our problems what happens when ai itself becomes a problem . Computer science and poetry tackling the ethical and technological. His work has caught the attention of people like elon musk who said his book the human human was his night table reading. It questions whether its a replication of an epitope vias and how can we get a handle on technology before you lose control . He argues although with trained these decisions force eventually humans will need humans. Well be discussing a lot in the next hour and i want to ask your questions but if youre watching live with us please put your questions in the text chat on youtube so i can into end of the conversation today at the thank you brian welcome in thank you for joining us. Its why pleasure. Thank you for having me. This is not your first book of course could i want to ask the opening question and its not the type of question you ask an author bu