Overnight in asia, the markets in china, hong kong and taiwan all closed for dragon boat festival. And early trading in europe, also red arrows. The dax is the biggest decliner. Down 1. 25 the cac and ftsi boat down 1 . Wti down but still well above 50. And george soros front page this morning. A bearish soros is lured back to trading again. Getting back into the game. Soros recently directed a series of big bearish investments, semiing stocks and buying gold in shares of gold miners. And in an article he warns the falloff from ununwinding of chinese investments likely will have global implications. Soros is worried that continued inflation in china will hurt the u. S. And others. And he say s telling the jou if britain leaves it could unleash a general exodus and the disintegration of the European Union will become practically unavoidable. Soross best known trades of course he bet against the pound in 1992 in a trade that led to 1 billion in profits. We know what the markets done. Som
Refund to get your reaction. Did you watch and what did you think about that speech . Our phones are open. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans at 202 7488001. Independence at 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on twitter or email us. A good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin talking about first ladys Michelle Obamas commencement address. She speaks of the emotional toll of being the first black, first lady. They wrote, mrs. Obama delivered the address to much applause but in intertwining her personal journey she if raised this question, how much has america progressed on Race Relations and can this generation prevent being defined here is a bit from the address in which she specifically talks about being the first black first lady. [video clip] back when my husband first started campaigning, folks at all sorts of questions for me. What kind of first lady would i be . What kinds of issues what i take on . When i be more like laura bush or Hillary Clinton or nancy reagan .
F. C. C. Chair tom wheeler will be before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee this morning talking about the budget request and joining us is ajit pai. Well have live coverage in about half an hour here. Also live at 11 25 on cspan3, president obama will take part in a roundtable discussion on ways to address poverty in the u. S. Its part of a threeday catholic evangelical summit at georgetown university. Again, thats 11 25 a. M. Eastern. And also at 2 30 on cspan3, the Veterans Affairs committee will talk to deputy Veterans Affairs secretary sloan gibson. It will include representatives from several veterans interest groups. Thats on cspan3 at 2 30 eastern. This weekend the cspan cities tour partnered with comcast to learn about the history and literary life of Fort Lauderdale, florida. So this was really cultural tourism and so when they set up their villages along the way, along the trail sometimes only leaned to the buses would stop because heres the tourist attraction. The semi
Our country. With that, House Foreign Affairs committee will hear about how to handle humanitarian and security needs. On cspan310 00 a. M. Eastern. Later in the day, Senate Homeland security hearing on border security, focusing on infrastructure and fencing which we will have live on cspan3 at 2 00. This sunday night at 8 00 eastern on first ladies influence and image, we look into the personal lives of three first ladies. Rachel jackson, Emily Donaldson Angelica Van Buren. Rachel jackson was called a bigamist and adulterer, since jacksons 1828 president ial campaign, died of heart attack before he took office. His niece Emily Donaldson becomes white house hostess, is later dismissed as fallout from a scandal. When widower Martin Van Buren becomes president , his daughterinlaw, Angelica Van Buren is white house hostess. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series first ladies, influence and image. Examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the posi
I am not confident i can support this agreement. I think it needs additional strengthening if we are going to be confident that the policy that we have now doesnt help china far far more than it is going to harm the long term nuclear and Ballistic Missile nonproliferation agenda which we put at the highest pinnacle of American Public policy. We look forward to your input in that regard and it is fascinating that our witnesses clearly state that china is in violation of the existing agreement and yet we are extending that agreement. Senator perdue. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And thank you, general, and mrs. For your lifelong dedication and service to this country. And thank you for your testimony last night in a classified environment. Im be very brief mr. Chairman. I agree with senator markey. I have done business in china. If it was consistent with their Strategic Initiatives and objectives, i believe they could police this but let me just you touched on several proliferation questions