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Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac so when lewis and clark met the shashonis the horses had spanish brideless, they said where did you get them, they said we got them from the spanish. 12 days ride away. As i understand it smallpox take 14 days for the symptoms to appear. So if you are the shashoni you can be home sleeping with your wife, kissing your babies before the smallpox erupts. It goes pretty much everywhere. Black feet get it from shashonis, goes across the northern plains, goes to the villages which are a central trade network. In the winter 1783, 84, hudson bear Company Traders on the shores of hudson bay who are used to indian people coming in and bringing their pelts, nobody comes. So they go out into indian villages and people are dead. And they talk about going into the lodges and gathering the beaver pelts themselves because their customers and hunters are all dead. Its the same epidemic that broke out in mexico city four years away. Who knows how many people die
The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more from trump than from powell. It is onesided, for sure. What effect has not had on the fed . What chris got to was, not much of an effe
Nationwide, the number one farm and total Small Business insurer in the u. S. Jolly Christmas music [jann] our first stop is the beautifully quaint town of portsmouth, New Hampshire. [rodney] i think its safe to say that no one does christmas quite like portsmouth. [jann] oh curious george, Merry Christmas [rodney] portsmouth, New Hampshire. Population, 21,000, is about 110 miles north of boston. [jann] their month long celebration is called a vintage christmas. Think of it as portsmouths Christmas Card to the world. [crowd] three, two, one cheering portsmouth is a very vibrant, exciting town and ya know, you can see by the crowd, people just come out and they love the holiday season. [jann] this might just be the place to channel your inner christmas. Ho ho ho. [jann] the local Strawberry Banke Museum brings christmas past to life. [rodney] for around 40 years, theyve been hosting the candlelight stroll. Candlelight stroll is 300 years of december in the same neighborhood. This is the
And we also have ibm reporting earnings after the bell tonight. Could that add to the gains or derail this run . Thats the big question. Well get to that coming up. A lot of earnings this northern already contributing yes. To this move. Very much so. Heres netflix. Yesterday we told you about the earnings in the session today, it cannot hold those gains can netflix become the next hollywood . The streaming giant says it will make, get this, over 80 original movies next year which is in one year. More than the other studios combined is this the best use for the content spending thats coming up as the stock looks to close lower on the day. I have a lot to say on that were going to save it. Lets start with breaking news fourth round of what were calling the nafta negotiations but really the nafta renegotiations those are wrapping up. Representatives from all three countries, the u. S. , canada and mexico, are about to discuss any progress they have made. Our Kayla Tausche has already been