And watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv. On cspan2. Good evening everyone and thanks for being here tonight at Balboa High School in San Francisco. I am susan solomon, i am a kindergarten and prek teacher currently serving as president of the united educators of San Francisco. [applause] thank you so how many educators we have in the room today . Okay, a lot of them. And Community Supporters . Those two. We also have San Francisco board of education member with this allison collins, glad you could make it i see others walk in, zero Gabrielle Lopez another school board member. So happy to have everyone here. Of course we are here to hear diane ravitch, i have a couple of housekeeping items. Can trade a retired social studies teacher in San Francisco, taught here at one time, is passing out cards on which you can write questions. So our format is going to be diane and i are going to talk for a little while, and then we will open the floor to questions from the aud
Night, caterpillar warning this morning. Money moving into the bond market. Yields lower by about two basis points. Time now for global exchange. And london to you new york washington, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson will Face Parliament after lawmakers blocked his plan to rush the deal into law. We now face further uncertainty, and the e. U. Must now make up their minds over how to answer parliaments request for a delay. Alix European Council president donald tusk earlier signaled that the eu was likely to do. In order to avoid a theeal brexit, i recommend eu 27 except the u. K. Request for an extension. For this i will propose a written procedure. Anna edwards is in westminster. Anna the Prime Minister is concerned. There are two paths that could lie ahead. One of them is to change the type of the existing agreement billed to give it another chance in parliament, to see if it can get support after its got more
Africa is a fascinating story. Votes are being counted for the election. It looks like the more market friendly candidate is going to win. The u. S. Dollar is weakening against the rand. We will catch up with that later in the show. Peso, a big day for emergingmarket elections. It is viewed as market friendly. It is also viewed as looking at the next index down, despite the fact we are getting so much information about the tax plan, about different political developments. David nothing well bring the vix up. Lets get an update on what is making headlines. Trump will do clot declare china a competitor in a speech. His speech will be heavily influenced by his views on trade and economic relations. He is expected to outline economic actions that could target china. In atlanta, power has been restored at one of the busiest airports after a blackout that caused thousands of flights to be canceled. Power says a fire caused extensive damage in an underground facility. Delta says it will opera
My chart of the morning has to be with carper copper. ,ou are looking at nineday run the longest winning streak since 2004. What it means for inflation, we will dissect that. David lets find out what is going on outside the business world. Emma some new Jersey Transit riders are facing decades of tax hikes to subsidize a new 12 billion into manhattan. Outgoing new Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed a surcharge in his state until at least 2038. He canceled the hudson river rail tunnel in 2010, saying he did not want to burden taxpayers. The great lakes is dealing with recordbreaking snowfall. Yuri, pennsylvania was hit particularly hard with 63 inches of snow since christmas day. At least another five to 10 inches are expected. Chinas leading policymakers plan to discuss amending the National Constitution for the third time since 2004. The decision was made today at the meeting headed by the president. The party will convene in january. There are no details where possible changes c
We are printing, following higher euro markets as well. You have killer pmi data coming out across the board. Services are stronger in europe. That leads to a selloff in all the major developed markets, and courtonds developed bonds in europe as well. The curve is moderately steeper, and crude, only 4 10 of 1 , but almost 52 a barrel. What does that mean for production . David the saudis do not mind. Alix and at the top of Global Growth is copper, up 1. 3 , at 7,200 a ton, a big move for copper. We will discuss that Global Growth story. David lets find out what is going on outside of the Business World with emma chandra. Scott it has emma it has been a dramatic split between President Trump and one of the former architects of his campaign. He says steve bannon has lost bannond, after insulted his family in his book. Congressional leaders have signaled progress on a budget agreement needed to avert a Government Shutdown this month. There is no deal yet. Among the deals being discussed,