About 300 the day before that, continues to the upside. Up 83 points or half of 1 . The s p 500 mentioned right now up 14 points in record territory closing here and the nasdaq composite adding 27 and half of 1 . Lets get right to it with our Closing Bell Exchange on this friday to wrap up the week. Gerard fitzpatrick. Steve sax. Pat ty edwards. And kenny pulcari. Patty, questions to the women today seem to be the theme here, what do you think happens . Is this a santa rally . Have we just put it in and seen the gains . All rebalancing and a quad witching effect . What do you think is going on in this market . I think theres a whole lot of things going on. You know, we have got people doing window dressing for the end of the year. Tax loss selling that seems to dissipating. You take all that into consideration and then the fed comes in and says, wait a minute, we dont need to have anxiety about things. We are logical about how we proceed and i think that the fed has just really put a b
Good evening. I am delighted and really honored to be here to talk about the battle for life champlain in 1814. Been thinking about for several years have i seen the bicentennial coming. I have not been a student of the war of 18 well my whole life. I of 1812 my whole life. I connected with the shipwrecks through Lake Champlain. Over the last several years, we have been traveling with our our Reach Program in interpreting the war of 1812, knowing that in 1914, we were going to have an opportunity to talk about the things that happened here, which we think are really very important and very special. Its also important to acknowledge that september 11 is a powerful date in history. I spoke to my elderly mom today in new york city, and she told me she was watching tv where they were reciting the names of all the folks who lost their lives back in. My brother, my cousin, my dad, all of those losses that hap pened. I feel for that. In fact, in the aftermath of 9 11, i was traumatized enough
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Congressional gold medal to the world war ii for special Service Force. The special Operations Team was formed in 1942 and helped liberate much of europe. Both american and Canadian Veterans attended the event at the u. S. Capitol. This program lasts about an hour. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man they lost, they killed 25. For eve