Anna a very warm welcome to daybreak europe. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. We have one spared we have one very special guest, tim draper who joins anna and i. Anna appetite for technology generally. More a foreign appetite for japanese stock. [no audio] manus this is your green line. These are the buyers that come. N, the nikkei ambassadors are buying japanese stocks. They bought nearly 6 billion in the first week, the most in 2. 5 years. The foreigners are still underweight and it could be the abe call. It could take you to 25,000 on the nikkei. Anna we watched the politics of there. The japanese stock market up by. 2 . Lets put up the risk radar. The Asian Session is really on pause. Near recent highs. Concerns around the korea coming back to the market concerns around north korea coming back to the market. Not shaking the markets excessively. Outover in the u. S. Geeking new alltime highs. On thes a lot of focus next fed chair. How hawkish is the next fed chair going t
I had the opportunity to work at several embassies around the world, white house, united nations, pentagon. In 2011 i became assistant secretary for nonproliferation, which is an appointed position chosen by the president and confirmed by the senate. I did that job since 2011. After our election, like every other president ial appointee, i tendered my resignation. I sent a simple letter to the white house saying i am prepared to leave service if the new president does not want me, otherwise i am prepared to stay. During the transition to the Trump Administration, i tried to work with the Transition Team in order to prepare them for the very specialized issues of arms control and nonproliferation that they would face. I was also prepared to stay on, as is traditional, every four prepare a new to under secretary and assistant secretary for a pretty good job. Instead, about five days after the inauguration, while i was traveling to jordan and preparing to go from this meeting in jordan wi
President s tweet the president is not going. Why . I think its pretty safe to say, but this wasnt a president who was elected to spend his time with supporters or celebrities. He campaigned on speaking directly to americans. Thats what he is going to spend his time doing. I think it is naive for us to walk in and pretend that tension isnt there. If a girl scout egged your house would you buy cookies from her . I think this is a similar scenario. Theres no reason to go in and pretend this is going to be another saturday night. He is very focused on our country. Instead of doing that i think he will spend the night looking at what he can do to help america. And this week the president heads to capitol hill to address congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked about that. Ive read that some democrats are thinking of bringing guests who they believe have been impacted by the president s policies . That would be a normal thing to do. I myself will bring a guest who is a dreamer
Archives flagship building in washington. Its on the insect drill land of the people. I am david farrow, archivist of the United States, and its a pleasure welcome you to todays conversation with kevin boyle and andy smith. About boyles news book, the shattering. Before we begin, i would like to tell you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel. On wednesday, january 26th, at 1 pm david mccain will tell us about his new book, watching darkness fall which recounts the rise of the third reich in germany, and the road to war from the perspective of four american ambassadors in key western european capitals. London, berlin, rome, paris, and moscow. On tuesday february 1st, at 1 pm, we will hear from sara pollack who will discuss her book fdr in american memory. Roosevelt in the making of in icon. She analyzes roosevelt as a cultural icon in american memory, and historical leader who carefully unintentionally bill to his public image. Kevin bail because his look at the 1960s