Welcome in, everybody, to power lunch. Im tyler mathisen. Glad you could join us. Three hours left in the trading session and stocks showing animal spirits. They are in the green. As you see, the dow industrials up about a third of a percent or 65 points. Ditto the s p 500, a third of a percent of 2148, thats a sevenpoint gain and the nasdaq leading the way up. 75 . Big winners, boeing, 3m and microsoft, microsoft trading at an all time nominal high. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is happening at this hour. Consumer reports naming lexus its most reliable automotive brand. More on that coming up in the next hour. Nike topping forbes list of most valuable sports brands. Oil cracking below 50 a barrel, right around 49, 50. Right now crude down 1. 9 . Back to you, tyler. Thank you very much. We got a big two hours ahead. But lets kick it all off with the deal of the year. At t, there you are, announcing plans to buy time warner for 85 billion. The ceos of both companies weigh
First look at the logo. 13 action News Reporter Marissa Kynaston joins us outside t mobile arena with the latest on the announcement. Adlibs the nhl sent a tweet last night saying sleep well vegas tomorrow your vegas hockey nhl team unveils its name. Heres what we do know the team will reportedly be called either the silver desert or golden knights. Thats because owner bill foley i graduate and prefers a team name that includes knights. The reveal will come five months after it was announced las vegas was joining the nhl starting the 2017 season. If you want to join the discussion you can add me on facebook were making guesses on what the team name will be on my page. With temperatures ranging mostly sunny skies will continue through saturday with pressure which will allow 60 and 65 degrees and just with the passing of this front, temperatures will drop a little breaking right now. Six students are dead. One boy and four girls that includes 1 student student in kindergarten, 1 in 1st h
Rainy day in washington, d. C. I am honored to be the chair of this panel which attempts to answer the simple, yet in many ways, complex question, what is africanamerican religion. Africans in america, the vast majority, were by law chattel, to be bought and sold, exploited unapologetically and often cast aside once every ounce of value had been extracted. But unlike the livestock that was listed alongside them on the state inventories and at auctions, this peculiar brand of property fought to assert and preserve their humanity, in their relations with each other, in the establishment and operation of their social institutions, and especially in their sacred beliefs. Peoples of african descent adopted a belief system that adopted their ethnicities in the particular circumstances that shaped their lives and labor. Time and experiences altered and redefined the beliefs and practices familiar to the ancestors. The descendents of these men and women adopted new ways of looking at the world
Finally, my friends of this staggering test, that you have assigned me i will always try to do justly to love mercy and walk humbly with my god. [ applause ] American History tv primetime continues wednesday night with a look at the 1964 president ial campaign of barry goldwater. A two hour discussion of the life and career of the nominee. At 10 50, a look at his role and the Conservation Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Cspan. Org you can watch our Public Affairs and political programming at your convenience. Go to our home page on cspan. Org. You can type in the name of the speaker and the bill and the event topics and click on the program you want to watch or refine your search tools. If you are looking at current programs and dont want to search the library cspan. Org is a public provider. If you are a cspan watcher, check it out on cspan. Org. Up next, of 1952 president ial election of john robert greene. Mr. Greene talks about the introduction of political tv ads and how they cha
Brought to the tasks. They are truly visionaries. It is unfortunately dont have the opportunity of having this conference in the new museum space. But when you look over at the National Museum of African American history and recognize that a few short years ago, there was nothing there, and what lonnie has accomplished is mindboggling. The idea that lonnie and jim have had about making this engagementand an with the past as a central aspect of opening the museum to the American Public is really quite terrific. I must say i feel uneasy standing up here at this moment. This is the last session of a long conference day. And as stimulating as the conference has been thus far, from my own experience, i know what happens at this point [laughter] everyone is sort of flagging. Youre thinking about fresh air. You are thinking about a drink. And are probably exhausted at having all sorts of people appear chattering away. The good news is i think you will find the presentations in this session ve