Fails in his bid to trigger a snap election. China signals more support for the slowing economy indicating a cut in the Bank Reserve Ratio is on the way. Protesters vowed to return to the streets of hong kong and continue their calls for change. They say carrie lam section is too little too late. Shery it was all about k anditics, both in the u hong kong. We saw a risk on sentiment across the board with the dow caning gaining almost 240 points. The nasdaq up 1 . Tech shares leading the gains. They were the biggest losers in the last session. We have the Energy Sector in section gaining ground. We had the dollar falling the most since june. It was all risk on and the geopolitical tensions subsided. Not a lot happening with u. S. Futures. Lets get you across some breaking news on the terminal. We have julys current account of numbers from south korea coming in at a surplus of 6. 95 billion dollars. The current account for south korea in july. This as expectations grow for further easing
Abraham lincoln and the 16th president s influence on his successors. George weltumnist looks at judicial review and the constitution. He argues that majority rule is inevitable but not inevitably reasonable. A concept he believed lincoln would support. This is an hour. Host a splendid institution where i am honored to serve as dean. Im pleased to welcome you here to the auditorium where the second lecture in a series, hosted by the college of law entitled the new lincoln lectures what lincoln means to we aret century. Privileged to be hearing from a remarkably accomplished and ideologically diverse set of national thought leaders on lincolns legacy and his relevance, 100 50 years after his passing. As i said when i introduced our woodward lecture bob in january, the law school has chosen to focus these lectures on Abraham Lincoln in part because lincoln undeniably is among the greatest lawyers in americas history. The fact that he assumed many other important roles, president , legisl
Mad at all. A couple high clouds may make it to the north, but mostly sunny today. 40s to 60s in livermore. The breezes are way up there. 60s for the most part for a high today. High clouds in the north. Breezy in the hills. Not as bad as yesterday. Temperatures will inch upwards. Kind of tough this time of year. The benefit of a north wind helping a few locations. If you are already starting off near 60 degrees, as long as that breeze holds, low to mid 70s. 60s by the bay. Here is sal. Good morning, steve and everybody. We are looking at the commute and it looks good if you are driving in many areas enforcement major problems except for one, the Livermore Valley if you are coming in from the tracy triangle there. Is a crash there. It has been there for at least a half hour. Traffic is going to be slow coming in. They had all the freeway blocked for a brief time. The three right lanes were blocked for almost the entire half hour to 40 minutes now. We are inviting to you take extra time