Office to step down to end protests and the power vacuum following a failed election. On the human cost of a conflict hospitals in the disputed region of new gonna cut about filled with victims of the war between armenia and azerbaijan. We begin in mali where a kidnapped politician and a french aide have landed in the capital bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on choose the hostages had been held by an alliance of groups linked to al qaida nicholas as the story of. The end of their ordeal. Wrapped in a white scarf is french aid workers so people are not free at last after spending almost 4 year hostage in the hands of al qaeda affiliate fighters in northern mali is desert. Shelter 51 year old son sebastian. Before he had lost hope of ever seeing her life something to put it well says to her son they held me for almost 4 years you were there with me i could hear you say hold on dont give up
Discussion with julian, id like to share a little bit about the history of the strand. The strand was founded in 1927 on book row. Stretching from union square, book row gradually dwindled from 48 bookstores until, after 93 years, the strand is the sole survivor. Now run by Third Generation owner nancy bass. We want to thank all for our support because without all of you, we wouldnt be where we are today. And also an update on the store in case youre curious, the physical store in union square is open, weve been open for about two weeks. So wear a mask and stop by if youre in the area. Tonight were excited to have Julian Zelizer who is celebrating the release of his book, burning down the house. Julian is a class of 1941 professor of history of Public Affairs at Princeton University and a cnn political analyst. His most recent book coauthored by our moderator, kevin kruse and the fierce urgency of now. Zelizer has been awarded fellowships with the New York Historical society, the russe
Divide. A virtual author event hosted by the bookstore in new york city. Welcome tonight, i saw comments, thank you so much. We work on this, we are very happy to have her tonight. Id like to share a little bit about the history. Its founded in 1927. Union squares active place, gradually going to 40 bookstores. So surrender. Now run by the owner, nancy, i want to thank all of you for your support. An update in the store two weeks on this. Tonight we are excited to have with us julian, celebrating release of the book, burning down the house. Julian is a stephenson 1941 professor of history and Public Affairs university and a political analyst. His most recent book, the history of the United States since 1974, coauthored by our moderator. The best book in congress. Awarded the New York Historical society, the Guggenheim Foundation in america. They will be joined by crews. A political, social and urban suburban history of the 20th century america. Focused on conflicts over race, religion,
[applause] welcome, michael. How many people here have been here all day . [applause] very impressive. How many people came just to hear michael . Okay. My wife is here. Im sure she did. [laughter] one of the countrys most distinguished most respected and most admired president ial historians and let me tell you a little bit about the background before we talk about presidency and latest book president s of war, highly recommend and we will go through that, michael is native of chicago area, he went to williams where he came under the influence of a famous historian and subsequently went to Harvard Business school, after Harvard Business school he did not go to private equity which he should have done, higher calling. David it did it the right way, he was inclined to history, 30year hes historian for nbc and youve probably seen him many times on television. Why did you decide to go and become historian if you went to Harvard Business school . I wanted to be a historian, no joke, since
On Economic Optimism around tax reform. This is an appropriate week for that last one. Basically inline, isn manufacturing index, month of november. Major averages, not much of an influence. We are looking at a small decline. In recordt putting highs. We have had several record highs in a row for the dow, but this is the first down day in six for the dow, at least right now. The tech heavy nasdaq down nearly half a percent. This week has been about a lot of volatility. As you look at the fiveday chart of the nasdaq 100, monday and tuesday flat, and a big on wednesday, a tech selloff. A bit of a rebound yesterday. Now, we are looking at a drop again. The nasdaq down about 1 . The dow one pays for its best week of the year. A do in terms of volatility. About 15, closer to 16. The s p 500 vix closer to 11. Interesting to see how all of this plays out. Volatility tends to breed volatility. There may be more intraday and closing day moves ahead. We do have november auto sales out. A bit of