Panama canal would be subject to attacks from panama. They felt the United States use of the canal would be far muir secure if panama owned the canal. Carter agreed, but he added one additional element. He explained it to me in an interview. I felt like the canal issue was a key test of my overall human rights policy, to start treating other people as worthy of respect and not try to dominate small countries. I wanted to treat panama fairly. I had studied the issue fairly thoroughly and i was convinced it was an unfair original agreement that was forced upon the panamanian people against their will. That was one difference that set carter apart. The other difference was that he did something about his judgment. He fought and won the battle to get the treaties approved. Fascinated byen the canal as child when reading richard halliburtons book of marvels, in which the adventurer described the history of the canal and then told of swimming its length. He paid a total of . 36 because he wa
The transformation of american politics. Australia. Melbourne, numerousritten for publications including the new politico, and fox. Nicole i would like to thank both for that great introduction and all of you for coming out here today. Time oft is busy this year postelection and postthanksgiving. Thank you for coming out and for inviting me. About my bookalk and i thought i would focus on the relationship between conservative media and electoral politics since that seems particularly timely this month. To do that, i want to start not in the 1940s in 1950 passes when the book begins, but in the last few months. Donald trump announced in mid august another campaign shakeup. He was hiring steve annan, the breitbart. The world react as if wires had been crossed. From the media, jumping straight into politics. Even in the world of partisan media, it seemed unusual to give up all pretext of difference pretense of difference. Maybe that should not have been so surprising. Conservatives have b
This state wasnt just recently named the top state for business in america. So many huge businesses are down here, including Delta Air Lines. Ceo Richard Anderson joining us exclusively in just a moment. Also, georgia governor nathan diehl is going to join us. Well ask him how hes going to be tops on the business lid list next year. Fed president Dennis Lockhart will join us after the bell in a newsmaking interview. And the person rumored to be home depots next ceo, craig menear, also here exclusively and gives us a peek into some of the major changes theyre making to their distribution network, bill. Yeah, the economys doing okay in georgia there, and its contributing a great degree to whats going on on the east coast here, so weve got a lot to talk about in that regard. The european economy is struggling, though, and the european markets were down today. The german dax was down enough to make it into correction territory today. It has since bounced back a little bit, but those europe
Hell be here to explain why and what it could mean for the markets, as well. Speaking of the markets, 24 hours from now much of the country in the grip of a winter storm that could literally hitting at the worst possible time. For anyone trying to get home for thanksgiving. Guys down here thinking it may be affecting volumes. Well have the latest on how bad the storm will be, how long to last and where exactly it will hit. Also, the other story were all keeping an eye on at this hour. Law enforcement officials in missouri are bracing for what many fear could be a second night of violent protests. Property and businesses ransacked and burned in the wake of that grand jury decision not to indict Police Officer who shot Michael Brown in august. We will be speaking with the owners of one particular local Family Business there in ferguson who watched their livelihood completely destroyed overnight. And they want to know why it was allowed to happen. And those are questions that are being as
Dow having a pretty good day. Its the Big Industrial names that would be more impacted by an economic slowdown of any sort of magnitude. Intel is holding up today ahead of the earnings. Chips killed lately. Those are the next best performers out of the dow today. I would suggest thats much more important than a chevron which is towards the low end sliding on oil. United health is a Big Hedge Fund trade and maybe selling there. Cocacola, staple. Home depot is a bad performer today and downgraded. Jpmorgan off the earnings. You raise the point and one the need talk about with the group coming up here but to what extent is pressure on the hedge funds writ large responsible for some of the market declines we have been seeing . I looked this morning and you saw even in the face of an up market that a lot of the most Popular Hedge Fund names were down and suggested they were selling the name and when the overall market bounced they got a bounce, too. Remember yesterday things looked decent a