Television companies supports cspan2 as a public service. Now about our featured attraction, Walter Isaacson. I would be surprised if you havent already seen him on tv in the past few days, or read a bit about his new book, because, well, hes been everywhere. And for good reason. The release of another biography has become ancson event in itself. He staked out a wellearned reputation as the preeminent biographer of geniuses, and what hes writing about brilliant people from long ago like leonardo da vinci, Benjamin Franklin and albert einstein, a more contemporary innovative figures of our age, like steve jobs, or henry kissinger, you can bet the result will be a fascinating, revealing comprehensive and vividly told book. And the story turned out to be even more than walter bargained for when he set out a couple of years ago to do the biography. Back then, walter thought hed be writing mainly about moscows technological trailblazer, a leader in the fields of electric vehicles and privat
Points, s p has lost 10 , Kbw Bank Index down 20 . Alix that puts it into perspective. The banks are in bear market territory. It was the theme starting in australia today. Those stocks sinking into a down market. Closesocks, the stock lowest level since july 2014. A lot of weakness overseas in that arena. Moving to europe, a different picture. You had a rebound. Euro stocks rebounded from its lowest level in two and a half years. Games. E the dax making having the best a since august. The question being was this a relief rally, we are so oversold you have to have some momentum to the upside. Joe looking at the treasury market not making too many waves they are in either direction. Increase, 10eld year ticking down. Everyone is concerned about that flattening of the 10 year below 1. 7. As it gets closer, we see the yield continue to go lower. Alix the most flat since 2008. That is what i keep hearing. You are seeing direction in currencies. Scarlet the yen continues to strengthen. Movi
Obamacare on day one of his administration. But does he have a backup plan in place . Executive action. The president with drawing the u. S. From a key trade agreement he says thats good for American Workers but what does it really mean for manufacturing job at home . Lets start with the briefing one of the most hotly anticipated in my memory for sure press Secretary Sean Spicer has become a punchline after a widely ridiculed statement from the Briefing Room podium on saturday. Spicer said in particular President Trumps inauguration featured the largest audience to witness an inauguration. That is false. Check out the two shots, one on the level from president obamas first term inauguration in 2009, on the right from President Trumps inaugural on friday. Spicer also claimed the Floor Coverings you see in the photo on the right were a first for this inauguration, gave an improper view of how many people were there, unfairly highlighting areas of no crowds. January 2013, Floor Coverings
spacex and tess ka, kevin plank of under armour, mark sutton of international paper, wendell weekes the ceo of corning, chief of staff reince priebus, steve bannon, the vice president s chief of staff and senior adr steven miller. the breakfast was an opportunity for the president to hear directly from america s top business leaders about the challenges they re facing and take some suggestions about what policies and action can be taken to help them create jobs and grow our manufacturing base. the meeting included a really great exchange of ideas and the president has decided to reconvene the group in a month and have them meet on a quarterly basis. as you know the president s vision is to negotiate fair trade deals that create jobs, increase american wages, and reduce americans trade deficit. he s appointed a tough and smart number of trade experts who will fight on behalf of american workers. with that vision in mind, the president has already taken