Shannon from Wisconsin Public radio. Thank you so much for being here as well and moderating this conversation today. As always i want to thank the library and the Public Library foundation for the ongoing support of free cultural events through the wisconsin book festival. It is one of the great pleasures of this year for me that we are able to do these events virtually and ring is altogether even if we cant be all together. But we also have been expanded. There are many people from madison, many people from wisconsin with people from across the nation and across the globe so that is one small wonderful thing that has occurred because of the pandemic. We are grateful for it with with you today. Most notable are grateful Jennifer Palmieri is here to talk about her book, and i will turn the proceedings over to jennifer and shannon and and il sue at the end. Thank you so much. Thanks, tremor. This is so much fun. Thanks jennifer for joining us today. It is fun to be able to be in these d
The election in taiwan is set to lift markets. The victory moves the island further away from chinas influence. Saw stocks. S. , we falling, treasury yields falling with the disappointing december jobs report. We had hiring data lowerthanexpected. Wage growth the weakest in more than a year. The s p 500 fell for the first time in three days. We have industrials and financials leading the decline. Oil posting its biggest weekly loss since july. We had geopolitical tensions in the middle east fading a little bit. We have the dow being pulled down by boeing down. 5 . The new ceo officially taking charge on monday. Lets see how things are shaping up for asia. Offline. S we look to a week that will bring us chinese gdp and a decision from the bank of korea. We will check on korean trade and indian inflation. A mixed session mostly to the downside after a week reaching a high. It was a turbulent time for oil as well. We saw crude cap the worst weeks in july as the risk premium is fading and
Ongestserving party leader in the senate, announced he will step down from his leadership role this fall. We want to hear your top news story of the week. Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independents at 202 7488002. You can text us. That number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include your name and where you are writing from. On social media, it is facebook. Com cspan and on x cspanwj. Details coming out of the funeral of russian dissident alexei navalny. A story from the New York Times, thousands of people crowded a neighborhood on moscows outskirts on friday, some bearing flowers chanting noto war as they tried to catch a glimpse for alexei navalny. The outpouring turned the opposition leaders last rites into it took place under tight monitoring from the russian authorities who arrested hundreds of mourners at memorial sites since mr. Navalny died. Another story is the latest from the tragedy in gaza when many people tried to reach an aid convoy and
proclaimed the sovereign of the commonwealth. cnn will bring that to you, live. the centuries-old ceremony will take place here, in st. james s palace, in london. moments away from where i sit, outside of buckingham palace. the ascension counsel will officially bestow the title of king onto charles. the principal proclamation is expected in about four hours. friday morning, church bells rang across the country to mark the death of queen elizabeth the second, who died on thursday, at the age of 96. the new king, he briefly greeted mourners outside of buckingham palace and delivered his first address to the nation as monarch. have a listen. wherever you may live in the united kingdom, or in the realms and territories across the world. and, whatever may be your background, or beliefs, i shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love. as i have throughout my life. meanwhile, mourners are continuing to express their condolences. flowers and personal messages for
hello, i m rob matheson and this is the news are live from doha. coming out of the next 60 minutes. i angry protests in sri lanka after president goes to wire roger pack. so please, i had of our promise resignation, demonstrators colon the prime minister to quit after he s appointed his acting president and declares a state of emergency. joe biden is expected to arrive and israel in the coming hours and his 1st trip to the middle east. as you, as president, a 66 year old hong kong, active as known as at grandma won t plead guilty to charges of unlawful assembly. and in support. her time and could be very close to roger federer, the force he wrote is opened up about his future and hinted good bye to tennis isn t far away. ah, we re going to begin this news. our insure lanka weather s growing anger after the prime minister was appointed acting president. thousands are gathered at the offices of prime minister renewal wickham singer in colombo to demand his resignation. despite