And, hopefully, you. We focus on telling the stories of the American Experience, from full cart, photography, painting, sculpture, craft, and media arts. Our exhibition can be viewed on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery and it is a premier event among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. I am the director of the Smithsonian Art Museum and we call ourselves sam for short. You are in for a special treat this evening. We have assembled a group of historians and scholars to talk about the Kennedy Administration and the legacy. Many of you remember the Kennedy Administration and the arc of history. We have members of congress and i want to recognize them and their staff for doing the peoples business. Please join me in recognizing congressman jim banks, david cicilline, and steny hoyer. [applause] we have asked representative hoyer, the House Minority whip, to introduce our moderator this evening. He is the head of the foundation. I want to note that this is being
Our exhibition can be viewed on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery and it is a premier event among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. I am the director of the Smithsonian Art Museum and we call ourselves sam for short. We have assembled a group of historians and scholars to talk about the Kennedy Administration and the legacy. Many of you remember the Kennedy Administration and the arc of history. We have members of congress and i want to recognize them and their staff for doing the peoples business. Please join me in recognizing congressman jim banks, david cicilline, and steny hoyer. We have asked representative hoyer, the House Minority whip, to introduce our moderator this evening. He is the head of the foundation. I want to note that this is being livestreamed and recorded by cspan. Please turn off your digital devices so that we can enjoy the program. Thank you for being here tonight with us. Thank you for the work that you do. I was told to introduce
This is the session low. Look what is hit the hardest, Energy Stocks and exxon dragging down the dow. Chevron as well. Some technology, intel. Look at that dropoff. What do you think, charlie . Well i wrote a column earlier in the week in the New York Post i said this will be the new norm for the markets. Listen, heres the problem that janet yellen. Melissa you mean volatility. Volatility and steep drops. Here is the problem janet yellen has. There are pockets of inflation out there. Weve been keeping Interest Rates at near zero for what, five years now . We are tapering, but that is not, were still printing a lot of money. It really hasnt helped the economy. At some point you have to rely on the underlying economy for the markets to keep going up. When traders look at underlying economy, it is not that great. Melissa yeah. I dont know if it is merits 17,000 on the dow. Melissa jack what do you think . Look at that dropoff. We saw a spike in the vix. Investors will drive themselves cra