Welcomed. Its good to have you with us the United Nations on tuesday adopted a resolution welcoming talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban the talks which got underway last weekend in doha bring together 2 sides thats a 40 each other for nearly 20 yeahs. And negotiators and diplomats are pushing for a ceasefire as a 1st step to a longer roadmap to peace but the taliban have so far today to their team is to establish as a quote truly islamic country with no details provided as to what that means there are fears that given the budget to groups. That could take away from women and minorities rights that have been hard won in the past 2 decades. Lay down their weapons. Were fed up. Thats the message of these afghan women who marched in jalalabad as the government and the taliban engaged in high profile discussions about the future of their country. The protests brought together young and old generations united by a longing for peace. But only when our taliban brothers come dow
The dow industrials this wednesday morning are going to go up about 170 odd points at the opening bell. S p, modest gain. A fractional loss, though, for the nasdaq which is at the 11,000 level. Stocks overall getting help from the virus relief talks. Mitch mcconnell talking compromise. Senator schumer talking concessions from both sides. Theyre looking for a deal by the end of this week. My opinion, there is no way Congress Leaves Town friday without spending at least a trillion dollars. I think a deal is coming and the market likes it. Two stocks in the news and moving. Disney, up sharply despite losing 5 billion during the pandemic lockdown. Disney plus has 60. 5 million paid subscribers, 100 million overall and they are starting another streaming service next year. All of that helps. Disney is up seven. Novavax, their phase one trial showed their vaccine to be safe and created an immune response. That stock is way up, 30 bucks a share on the upside. All right. Something different. L
My name is james sharp. When i was in korea i was marine pfg. And im very pleased to be doing on mayterview with you, 29, 2014. That is a long time after the end of the war. So you will have to forgive any memory lapses i may encounter. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much again. Would you please share your birthday and birthplace. 28,es my birthday is may 1933, in new york city. I was born in York Hospital in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. How was it . James it was wonderful. My daughter was here and one of my grandchildren was here. He came early and we went out to play golf, which was my first time playing golf, and over of thears, because entry to my leg. Oh. Es the cancer in my like. Leg. It was a very wonderful birthday. Thank you. Please tell me about your family background, the school you went to. In york city . James in new york city, yes. I want to a school that is now called the Fashion Institute of technology. You are in Fashion Institute . James i tried but i n
Quorum call mr. Shelby mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Shelby thank you. Mr. President , the American People the presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Shelby i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Shelby mr. President , the American People are apprehensive about the spread of the coronavirus in the u. S. And abroad, as we can always remember. Global Financial Markets are on edge. Both are resilient but vigorous action is needed to calm nerves, stabilize the situation and get our arms around this crisis. I believe Congress Must marshal the resources here necessary for an aggressive, comprehensive, and swift response. Im pleased to report to my colleagues this afternoon that we, with the house, leadership, both sides have reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on an emergency supplemental appropriations package to do just that. The agreement provides a surge in funding at ev
Investors to take risk even with the pullback, dow slipping 130 points and nasdaq losing. 27 and what a week. We almost went to war and then we didnt go to war. We almost didnt get a trade deal and it is coming next wednesday. And then this morning we were worried the Labor Department report might come into too hot and they might mouth off about inflation and a bunch of governors speaking next week and that could have gotten ugly and how about a goldilocks job number, one that was not too hot, not too cold. You get that ive got to tell you, we created good jobs but we had sub 3 wage gain so the the feds should not be worried it could have been a lot worse since some of the shortfall related to a companys specific problems at boeing that just said the former ceo is not going to get severance the labor report was one reason to buy stocks and that is what happened this morning for even the most raging bulls either ran out of capital and got bored of buying the same old stuff or nothing ne