Were lockstep with europe this is a very big change. You pointed that out a number of times the tenyear note yield creeping up a little bit from the lows we saw last week. Maybe helping firm up the financials just a bit. You see crude there. We just heard, of course, from the treasury secretary of the United States, steven mnuchin. As they wrap up squawk box. Tax reform, its got to be the most significant item on the agenda you know, he seemed to echo comments he made in the past about 15 being a target but not hard and fast. He did say some things in terms of pass throughs when pressed by andrew how are you really going to be able to prevent people from becoming llc and therefore benefitting from the potentially lower tax rate than they would as individuals he said, Service Companies would be one example that were not going to allow im not sure we heard that before in terms of specifics when it comes to how theyre going to sort of thread that, very importantly if everybody becomes a p
The s p up by 3 and nasdaq up by 15 this comes after all the markets looks looked very strong yesterday. The dow was up by 260 points s p was up by 26 it was a record close for the s p 500 and thats its first since august 7th the dow closed at a onemonth high take a look at whats been happening in europe this morning. The gains we saw yesterday as concerns about irma faded a bit and, again, some concerns about north korea not quite as potent as they had been as we headed into the weekend this morning, it looks like a bit of a mixed picture in europe most of the major bourses are higher with the dax up by. 5 and a similar gain in france the ftse is down by about. 2 . Lets flip the charts and see what happens overnight in asia youll see when it comes to asia, there were some closes actually, lets go excavate to the currency check it looks like the dollar is down a little bit against the euro today. Below 120 for the first time if in several days. 1. 196. Dollar is up against the yen, 109
Anniversary and replace it with a republicanwritten program. A vote that ultimately got postponed because it didnt look like the bill could pass. This legislative circus is creating a world where the averages are held in abeyance. Either one step away from the gallows or nirvana. Dow dipping five points. S p inching down 0. 11 . Nasdaq declining 0. 07 . Thats the definition of flat line, people. First let me set the scene of where we are at this moment and then ill go into the real risks and rewards so you know whats actually on the line here, not what you heard is on the line. Now, we know first of all that something has to be done with the Affordable Care act as the Big Insurance Companies are prepared to pull out of the exchanges that were supposed to drive prices down because theyre losing too much money on the policies. The problem . Lots of older people with preexisting conditions keep enrolling, and there arent enough younger, healthier people signing up to balance them out. If
I dont want to talk about anesthesia. It was an inability to get the white house to recognize something that had been reported and reported which was the moderates dont really exist. This was being reported consistently by all sources inside and they were not paying attention to it so i think at that point, the chairman of the joint chiefs made a call that makes sense to me. If you argue they are always beholden to the white house thats what he saw when they were not paying attention. For better or worse you have a hard time getting stuff through to him. Not too many generals are constitutional lawyers. What i was getting at when i asked the question what the constitution says or means its certainly not their job to interpret it. We have to wrap up here. I would say that it starts with the deal and he pledged to end the war in iraq and afghanistan and maybe he tried his best to avoid getting entangled when clinton and kerry were pushing for that fight. On the other hand, how do you whe
The mississippi book festival, thank thank you for inviting us all here today, thank you very much. [applause] youre watching book tv on cspan2. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at whats on prime time tonight. We kicked off the evening with a report on the worlds water supply. Then Robert Watson remembers one of the worst maritime eras. At 10 00 p. M. On book tv after Words Program and colder presents her case. We wrap up book tv in prime time at 11 00 p. M. With Service Employees International Movement with david roth. It all happens next on book tv. Now Judith Schwartz on clean water around the world. Good evening everyone, welcome to the north shire bookstore and thank you for coming tonight. My name is tracy and i am the director of events here at north shire. I would like to ask if you have not done so already to please violence your cell phone and also let you know that following our discussion this evening, there will be a book signing downstairs at the signing table