To start in september. The s p 500 is therefore positive though not at a record. Were 59 minutes left to trade and we have two big exclusive interviews coming your way on todays show delta Ceo Ed Bastian will join us with the latest view from 30,000 feet on the state of the Airline Industry and his companys announcement today to keep middle seats blocked until at least the end of the year. Plus, well speak with marc short about stimulus negotiations or the lack thereof. China trade talks and the latest signals on the economy you dont want to miss either of those conversations. Lets get to the big stories were tracking a volatile day for the lows we have a look how the economic recovery hasnt benefited everyone but we begin with the fast moving developments surrounding uber and lyft in california. Fast moving indeed. We found out just moments ago that uber and lyft have won a delay for converting drivers to employees. The i was about to come on tv and tell you that both apps were going
Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa
Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa
Abraham lincoln bicentennial commission. Thank you for joining us today. Unlike that of winston churchill, Abraham Lincolns humor tended towards selfdepreciation. During one of the Lincoln Douglass debates in illinois, a spectator shouted lincoln was being two faced. Two faced, shouted lincoln. If i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . Lincolns humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades, he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed rhodes professor of American History and institutions at Oxford University and a fellow of st. Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi College Oxford in 2010. And served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im a board member of the Abraham Lincoln institute and a former executive director of the commission. Thank you for joining us today. Unlike that of winston churchill, abe lincolns humor tended toward selfdepravation. The spectators shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced cried lincoln. If i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [ laughter ] lincolns humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at corpis kristy. He taught history before being appointed professor at Oxford University and a fellow of st. Catharines college. He was elected president of the college in 2010 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln a life of purpose and power which was awarded the lincoln prize in 2007 a