Then im going to introduce a new concept to you, and thats the idea of political culture. And i will compare that concept to something weve encountered before, Political Parties. And finally, the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence, in fact on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas of evidence to talk about today, one, Tobacco Culture, two, political friendships, and, three, affairs of honor. And well conclude there after getting through that evidence. All right. Like we obvious do in the class, im going to start today with an image on the screen and im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something that you see right away that strikes you . There we go. Lady washington is on a platform. Yeah. How high do you think she is, maybe, off the ground . Like, i dont know, a foot. A good foot. Thats a good piece there. What else do you see . Another one down there. Thank
Bill providing an additional 3 trillion in coronavirus economic stimulus. We expect to see that bill on the floor tomorrow. Also to discuss promoting voting and Committee Work. And now back to the start of todays hearing, this is cspan3. [inaudible conversations] the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician, doctor monahan. We asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these and while he has not mandated their use he did share that and i quote, my preferences that members retain their face coverings when speaking as an activity which can release virus particles. Especially if the speaking is of a highspirited nature. S ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a highspirited nature so we will leave it up to individual members to decide but i think to be cautious here i will keep mine on and i hope that everybody else will be mindful of th
You are watching cnbc. Welcome to the show live at cnbc global headquarters. Lets get right to how your money and markets are setting your day up. Stock futures pointing to positivity at the opening bell if these futures hold. S p up by about 15 and nasdaq up by about 81. S p down about 485 points yesterday. Some are selling the safety of bonds. Twoyear just below. 20 and 10year. 65 checking the price of oil. You can see slight positivity. Wti crude back above 20 a barrel crude up a similar amount. This is as a new report that suggests Trump Administration is weighing a plan to pay u. S. Drillers to keep oil in the ground amid that big back stock there is going to matt in singapore a mostly weaker session for the asia markets investors waiting to see the jobless claims weve got a fairly large piece of Economic Data here in the form of chinas q1 gdp china market did manage to hold up with a very small gain. The shanghai composite holding with a third of one percent. Holding on to hear t
Housing data rebounded with Building Permits at their highest levels in 12 years we are set once again for record time close on the nasdaq anything positive, of course, is a record the s p has just dipped negative the dow has been negative for most of the afternoon. Joining us for the full first hour of the show, steve weiss from short Hill Capital Partners steve, very good to see you. How you doing . Good to see you what stands out as to whether or not were going to issee a meaningful move higher or lower . Its all about trade. Home depots announcement aside, which wasnt terrible wasnt terrible or was terrible was not terrible. And the stocks appropriately are saying, theres lots of people buying it into the earnings. And home depot, lets face it, theyve delivered remarkably over the last decade, particularly since new management came in but i dont think its really a referendum this report on the health of the consumer, which is what the market is based upon. And appropriately, were b
To repair and could it be a september to remember. Trying to brush off its reputation as one of the worst months of the year for stocks. It is monday, september 23rd and Worldwide Exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Wherever it may be, good morning, im brian sullivan. Here is how your money and your Global Markets are setting up their day and their week futures now down 99 points right now. Little red on the screen this morning. Coming into today the s p 500 has been up three sessions in a row. Right now, looking like its not going to make it 4 but a long way to go. In the credit markets, things have cooled off just a bit well talk about that in a second benchmark ten year treasury market 1. 86 after all those wild moves, things have cooled off just a bit in the last week. There are no Major Economic data points or policy speeches today. Around the world in asia, japan was closed for a