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looking at have been slightly bigger declines for all three of the major averages. 500 is down but investors seem to be a little uncertain. but investors seem to be a little uncertain. there were political concerns last week so investors are taking a breather perhaps even a bearish hangover. we have stocks down several weeks in a row, the nasdaq is down for its fifth week in a row, the first time that will have happened since 2012. lots of uncertainty and we break this helpstor wise, to exploit why the s&p 500 has popped higher. telecom and real estate are up top. yields art down ever so slightly. these are high dividend yielding stocks. they look more attractive when yields are lowers and that is weighing on financials, the second worst sector for the s&p 500. on the bottom is energy, down about 7/10 of 1%. yield is down about one basis point, represented in greenwich tells us that haven bonds are rallying, helping telecom along with real estate while oil is down 1.8% ....
the president will be addressing military strategy in afghanistan, shortly. in u.s.dy the largest history. betty: good morning, folks. it has been another busy news day, not least because half the country was watching the solar eclipse. in the meantime, as we are awaiting the president and his speech on afghanistan, we had many lieutenants are talking again about policy. was one, the treasury secretary at an event in kentucky with mitch mcconnell, and he was talking about tax reform, and one of the most contentious areas of tax reform is the carried interest, which president trump had noted is a carried interest break for the 1%. he noted on the trail i am going to pull it. a little bit of a turnaround for mnuchin. they said they would that to continue the carried interest for funds that create jobs. the hedge funds are evil. get rid of them before the other funds that actually create let us keep them. he struck a different tone. let me play this for you guys. per ....
coast, millions of people in the path, of what could be the strongest hurricane to hit the united states since katrina. we are live along the texas coast, where evacuations are well underway. and taking flight in south philadelphia, man there, was a lot of scoring. down field, smith there and got it for a touchdown. carson wentz finally connects with his new weapons in what is likely their final tune up before the regular season what did they show? did they show enough against dolphins to prove they are ready for the redskins? i don t know what to think. bob s out on the road, scott s here because where is sue? she s on vacation. she s watching the sunrise right now she just posted. she went down the shore with roofus. and her husband. i think. hi, scott. on this friday, all eyes on the texas coast take a look at hurricane harvey, it is moving to the north and west, a lot of heavy rainfall, look, they are expecting over 20 inches of rain, so isol ....
and it s a pity those members selected will never have to joy of enriching he could be today s house of commons. he was a man of considerable wit of great charm. he was passionate about his politics are not very deep-seated views. however passionate he was, there is never a hint of malice or threat a behavior from an. he was one of those great politicians who would absolutely love a stranger s are half an hour later. he was a man of great authenticity in an era where the public politicians are molded to be as colorless as possible. a man of great integrity who spoke from the heart about the issues he cares so much about. and he loves this place from the minute he came here and i remember coming to see him a few weeks after the election. he absolutely loved the house of commons. however important he became in this place, he was never self-important at any time. i will remember him for integrity, humanity and decency and many of us in this house will have that accolade. i ....
it was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. only the bill of rights occupied the case. we had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. the story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the national archives. she became the first historian in 2013. she was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie: thank you, david. i am very happy that steve could be with us today during american archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. it shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a national archive has created ourselves. in writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my ....