Still waiting for the French Market and the German Market to really get into their stride perhaps this morning. he british pound up around 0. 3 as we hone in on december 12. The Options Market is currently adjusting itself around that kind of timing. The dollar index is down by around 01 . 1 . s look at 0. Lets get a look at the sector perspective. And the outer space, what is good for one company doing m a might be bad for another. Financials looks to be an area of red, as does health care. A couple of areas of green coming through their but essentially read in both of those, as is staples. Utilities and staples looks to be fairly green. That looks a bit defensive on of what we are seeing here from sectors. One of the sectors we have focused in on a lot is the auto sector of course. The vw share price is trading higher, up by 1. 9 . There was no change in revenue on margin guidance from vw. Weve been speaking to the vw ceo, that is frank witter, about the cut to the forecast. Frank ma
Its an early primary states and the candidates are seizing on this opportunity. Ktvu is live where the convention will get under way about two hours from now. Christina . Well, good afternoon. Events are already under way and people heading down to the convention floor. Theyre going to check out exhibits that are already open. In just a few minutes we saw governor gavin newsom taking selfies with people. We understand this is going to be a very big event for the Democratic Party. Take a look at the video inside that actual convention. Roughly 5,000 people expected to converge as well as 14 democrats running for president including california senator camilia harris, bernie sanders, Elizabeth Warren and corey booker among others. The spokesman for the Democratic Party says delegates are excited especially since the state moved up the primary from june to march and the theme for this convention is blue wave rolling. What were really worried about is that whats been happening in the white
Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad you are with us. We have a lot to get to. Five things to know for this tuesday, october 3rd. In a few hours, hunter biden, the president s son, and the former President Donald Trump head to court, different courts, but its extraordinary. The president s son set to be arraigned in federal court in delaware. The former president expected to head back to court right here in New York City for the second day of his civil fraud trial. The house headed for an historic moment. Congressman matt gaetz filing a motion to remove Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker. Charlotte sena rescued after she was abducted. Police tracking down the suspect thanks to a ransom note. And if you are waking up, you are not a winner. I am talking about the lottery. Not just generally, when it comes to powerball. The estimated grand prize now sits at 1. 2 billion. The largest of the year. And after a fivemonth strike, late night is back. Kinda weird coming back after being gone five
The record will show that on october 27th, 1947, a subcommittee of the house on American Activities Committee met with the chairman, dishonorable Parnell Thomas presiding. The house on American Activities Committee is in session. Let yourself go. You, sir, are not even subpoenaed to testify here. Yeah, im going to speak anyway. Very well, mr. Dreyfuss. My name is Richard Dreyfuss. And im a child of the blacklist. I was not my parents were not in show business but they were the victims of the blacklist nonetheless. I lived on 218 street in bay side, queens and every house on that block was lived in by a communist or a socialist. And if you have not fought hitler twice and not gone to the Abraham Lincoln brigade, you better have a dam good reason. When i was a young boy i turned to my mom and i said im the luckiest kid in the world and she said why . I said because im white, jewish and american. And she said its time you came into the meetings. And when i was about 10, i turned to a frie
2009 by the bbcs katty kay, who was guest host on the the diane rehm show. This is about 50 minutes. Katty thanks for joining us, i am katty kay of the bbc sitting in for diane rehm. On april the ninth 1865 general robert ely surrendered robert ely surrendered robert e. Lee and the sultana sank in the Mississippi River. Alan huffman tells us overlooked story. Thank you so much for joining us. We will be opening a phones a later on in the program, and comments to alan at our email address. Lets start by describing what you have on the front of your book, a picture of the sultana. Describe it to the audience. Alan the boat in the painting is in flames in the middle of the river, and you see a lot of rescue boats and it is night and you see people drifting down the river clinging to debris. It evokes what was going on. The river was full of people. There were 2400 people aboard a boat that was supposed to carry 375, roughly. After it exploded and caught higher, you had people and horses s